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It was just after midnight on August 25, 1992, and Susan White's worst fear was on the verge of coming true.
With the shrill and panicked sound of her home burglar alarm in the background, White struggled to get her wits about her, to overcome the grogginess brought on by sleeplessness and her ingestion of two Valiums. Outside, three men were running around her house, banging on doors and windows in an effort to gain entrance. One of them, White knew, was Joseph Kent McGowen. She had been telling close acquaintances for weeks that McGowen meant to do her harm, but they didn't believe her. That sounded preposterous, because McGowen was a deputy with the Harris County Sheriff's Department, someone sworn to uphold the law. But White knew some other things about McGowen.
Lying on her waterbed in the downstairs bedroom of her home, White grabbed the telephone and dialed 9-1-1:
Operator: 9-1-1 County. What's your emergency?
White: There's a (unintelligible) here at my door. I've filed several complaints with him for sexual harassment and I need some help immediately ... So you can but get McGowen away from my house. Get McGowen away from my house!
White hung up after a few more exchanges with the operator, but seconds later she called 9-1-1 again:
Operator: Do you need a deputy out to your house?
White: They are trying to break into my house, please!
Operator: What's your address?
White: 3407 Amber Forest.
Operator: Who's breaking into your house?
White (crying): I don't know. They say they are detectives, but I have been threatened by one of them.
Operator: How many is there?
White (her voice sounding more frantic, the burglar alarm wailing): I don't know, but puleeze! They just broke in!
Operator: What are they doing?
White: Okay....
Operator: Ma'am?
White's phone disconnected, and a few seconds later she was shot to death by McGowen, who, along with two other sheriff's deputies, was executing an arrest warrant that McGowen had obtained under false pretenses. Eighteen months later, McGowen would become the first and only peace officer in the history of Harris County to be convicted of murder for actions committed while on duty.
Susan White has been buried in her home state of Louisiana for two and a half years, but her agonized friends and relatives are still haunted by two questions: How did someone like McGowen, a man with a checkered history as an officer, who had previously been fired from two other law enforcement agencies, get hired by the Harris County Sheriff's Department? And why is he still a free man?
On the surface, Joseph Kenton McGowen must have seemed like a model candidate for a career in law enforcement. He had been raised in a religious and affluent ranching family. His father, William, owned McGowen Land and Cattle Co. in Hockley, northwest of Houston. At age 18, McGowen married Michelle Morgan, his sweetheart from Lee High School in Houston. The couple have three children: two boys, ages 8 and 10, and a 6-year-old daughter. But beneath the facade of all-America normalcy lay a troubled marriage and even more troubled man.
McGowen, through his attorney, declined to be interviewed for this story. So did his now ex-wife, who filed for divorce from him in 1989. Almost as reluctant to talk was his former mother-in-law, Doris Morgan, who says since McGowen's murder conviction last March "things have been quiet" in her daughter's life for the first time in 15 years.
"I still live in fear for my daughter's safety," she explains. "He is extremely vindictive."
According to Morgan, McGowen didn't graduate from high school, but later obtained a GED and served in the Air Force for a short time. In the early 1980s, he became a state-certified peace officer and signed on with the Waller County Sheriff's Department as a reserve deputy, an unpaid position that is the law enforcement equivalent of a volunteer fireman. (Waller County officials claim to have no record of when McGowen was actually hired.) While with Waller County, McGowen apparently managed to steer clear of controversy. Unlike many law officers who have known McGowen, Howard Lester, who retired as a deputy from Waller County in 1988, has nothing but good things to say about McGowen and his family.
"It was really a religious family," says Lester. "He was married and had kids. They lived on his dad's place there and worked on the ranch.
"I had a boy who had cancer, and then I had a boy who got murdered, and the family [McGowen's parents], they'd come over and talk with us. They were really religious-type people."
In 1985, McGowen joined the Houston Police Department, where he developed a very different reputation -- that of a slacker with a pronounced misogynistic streak.
"He was always a problem," says a former desk sergeant at HPD's Westside Command Station, where McGowen was assigned. "The guy was an asshole. If there was a problem with a patrol car, he'd tear the mirror off so he wouldn't have to drive it. I couldn't prove it. But every time he got a car with no air conditioning, something would turn up wrong with it. He was a malingering malcontent with crusader arrogance."
The sergeant recalls one occasion when McGowen informed him that he no longer planned to write traffic tickets. According to the sergeant, a new captain at the command station had ended an unofficial quota that called for each officer to write two tickets daily. One evening the sergeant was dispatched to a scene in southwest Houston where McGowen was trying to resolve an automobile accident involving a driver who spoke only Spanish, had no driver's license or insurance, and had rear-ended a woman's car at a stop sign. McGowen refused to issue the man a ticket.
"And I asked McGowen, 'Why not?'," says the sergeant. "And he tells me, 'Conflicting statements.' And McGowen doesn't know any Spanish!
"And I say, 'Well, I think you need to write a ticket.' And he says, 'No, the captain says we don't have to write tickets. As a matter of fact, I don't even carry a ticket book anymore.'"
The sergeant says McGowen further informed him that the woman really had a bad attitude, a remark he believes reflected McGowen's own attitude toward women. It's an attitude that the sergeant would have to deal with once he left his desk assignment and was placed on patrol, where he served as McGowen's supervisor two days each week. According the sergeant, McGowen asked to be assigned to the Galleria area "because that's where the pussy is." And McGowen -- who was investigated by internal affairs on allegations of the sexual harassment of a female officer -- then boasted of his sexual prowess and practices once he finally got his wish to patrol in the Galleria area.
"He got over to the district and was bragging about getting all these women," says the sergeant. "And he said, 'Yeah, I've only had one that made me wear a condom. I finally broke down and wore one. But then it broke, so that taught her.' He didn't think much of women."
And the sergeant didn't think much of McGowen. To his delight, he had the chance to make his opinion official in an exit evaluation he wrote when McGowen resigned from HPD in 1989. In his report, the sergeant said that the only future law enforcement job that McGowen might be suited for would be one where he could work alone, have few responsibilities and no contact with the public.
McGowen reapplied to HPD in 1991, and the sergeant says he was asked to change his exit report, but he refused. One of the county investigators assigned to Susan White's murder says that despite the sergeant's steadfastness McGowen was allowed to take two psychological evaluations when he tried to hire on again at HPD. He failed both. The evaluations -- one conducted by a HPD staff psychiatrist, the other by a doctor at Baylor College of Medicine -- concluded that McGowen had violent tendencies and a disdain of women and minorities, but did get along well with fellow white men.
"I wrote [the exit report] the way I wrote it because I didn't want him back," says the sergeant. "I felt that he was a danger, that if the city took him back, they'd be leaving themselves wide open for anything that happened. Because I really felt that something might happen. I said, 'Somebody's going to die out here.'"
Unfortunately for Susan White, no one at the Harris County Sheriff's Department bothered to read the sergeant's report. Or if they did, they didn't care.
In Texas, peace officers must be certified by the state's Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education. To be licensed by the commission, an applicant must have received 560 hours of law enforcement training. (In contrast, a hairdresser needs 1,500 hours of training for state certification. In the words of one assistant district attorney, "A bad hair day is obviously infinitely more important than whether you are killed by a police officer in Texas.")
To keep the license without having to submit to new psychological screening and drug testing, an officer can't go more than six months without holding a commission -- that is, without having a job, paid or unpaid, with a law enforcement agency. Many former officers who have moved on to other careers are able to retain their certifications by becoming reserve officers -- unpaid volunteers -- usually in small cities or counties that can't afford a large number of paid officers.
In his resignation letter to the HPD, dated December 20, 1988, and effective January 9, 1989, McGowen indicated that his decision was based on his desire to become a full-time student and earn a college degree. Shortly after leaving HPD, however, McGowen applied with the Tomball Police Department to become a volunteer reserve officer, a job that would allow him to keep his state certification.
At first, things went well for McGowen, who was putting in between 10 and 20 hours a week for Tomball. He was even selected as the department's representative on the Harris County Organized Crime Task Force. But shortly after McGowen won that coveted assignment, questions were raised about how much he was charging the task force for mileage, says Leroy Michna, who was then the acting chief of the police department. Nothing ever came it, but Michna says it was about that time that he began to notice other McGowen oddities.
"He was always working on a big case," says Michna, who had retired as a captain from HPD after 21 years of service. "Whenever you talk to policeman wannabes, they're always working on that big one. 'Got a big one fixing to go down tomorrow.'"
Although he was beginning to have his doubts about McGowen, Michna, who is now assistant chief deputy constable for the Precinct 5 constable's office, says there was nothing he could really put his finger on -- that is, until the day McGowen came to the Tomball station to tell Michna there had been a threat on his life.
"He said he had received a page on his pager, returned the call and the man had threatened to kill him," says Michna, who decided to check out the story. The phone number was still in the beeper, and Michna traced it to an oil field supply company in north Harris County. Michna drove there and started asking questions. A nervous 45-year-old oil field equipment salesman denied any knowledge of the calls. Still, Michna says, he knew there was something strange afoot and asked the salesman to call him later.
"Turns out this guy calls me back," says Michna, "and he says, 'Look, chief, I don't want to go to the penitentiary. I'm a businessman. But [McGowen's] daddy is a very wealthy man. And he told me that he wants his son out of law enforcement. And he wanted me to call and scare him. And that's what I did for him. Because his daddy promised me a big order."
Michna says he then presented the salesman's story to McGowen's religious parents. McGowen's father, says Michna, vehemently denied any involvement. McGowen's mother, he says, claimed it was the work of the devil. (The Press was unable to contact McGowen's parents.)
"It was so crazy," says Michna, "that I finally told Kent that I didn't know what was going on in his life, but I knew that he was going to do something that was going to embarrass somebody. And when it happens I do not want the headlines in the paper to say 'Kent McGowen, Tomball police officer.' So I told him I was pulling his commission."
During the next year, Michna says he was besieged with calls from McGowen. One day, he says, McGowen would call and claim to have a job with an area law agency. The next day, Michna says, McGowen would call back accusing him of costing him his new job and threatening to get even. After several such calls, Michna had had enough.
"I told him that I was without influence but that his daddy might be doing this to him," recalls Michna. "Then I said don't ever call me again at my home. If you ever call me at home again, I'll try to file charges. You're crazy and I don't want to talk to you."
After leaving the Tomball department, McGowen worked briefly as a reserve deputy with the Precinct 4 constable's office, but he was dismissed from that job in connection with a civil rights violation complaint against him, acording to the Harris County District Attorney's office, which is in possession of his employment records. Despite his problems there and earlier at the Houston and Tomball departments, by October 1990 McGowen was back in the law enforcement business, this time with the Harris County Sheriff's Department.
There are two kinds of sheriff's deputies: district and contract. District deputies are assigned to various precincts in the county and patrol a wide area. Contract deputies -- usually officers with less seniority -- are paid for by civic associations and generally provide security for upscale subdivisions with low crime rates. It's an assignment that a deputy who considered himself a super cop, one who was always working on a "big case," might find beneath his talents. It was in that capacity that McGowen found himself patrolling Olde Oaks, an affluent subdivision in the northwest part of the county, in the summer of 1992.
Susan White and her 15-year-old son, Jason Aguillar, had settled in Olde Oaks that summer. An attractive and athletic 42-year-old, White joined the nearby Northgate Country Club and for a short time she utilized the club's golf course. But White, according to friends, alienated some fellow club members by obsessively talking about her failing second marriage and her problems with Jason, who seemed to be constantly in trouble.
One person to whom she did turn for support was Helen Bazata. An old friend of White's who was running a modeling agency at the time, Bazata says she and White talked on an almost daily basis. White worked for a finance company but had, with Bazata's help, landed a few modeling assignments. She also enrolled in an acting class.
In addition to unloading on Bazata about her crumbling marriage and her troubled son, White also had begun mentioning that she was receiving unwanted attention from a deputy sheriff who patrolled Olde Oaks. On numerous occasions, Bazata says, White complained to her that a Harris County deputy -- Joseph Kent McGowen -- had once again pulled her over as she drove through the quiet neighborhood in her white convertible BMW.
"He was hitting on her," says Bazata, "and she just wished he would leave her alone."
During that summer White had developed a friendship with Ray Valentine, a man 13 years her senior. Valentine says he and White met at Del Friscos Steak House, a FM 1960-area restaurant, where they had dinner together a half-dozen times during a two-month period before she was killed. Sometimes they would be joined at Del Friscos by C.J. Harper, a captain with the sheriff's department, one of the many local law officers Valentine had come to know in his long tenure as producer of the Shrine Circus in Houston and 53 other cities.
As they got to know each other better, Valentine says, White began telling him about McGowen's persistence and how she was concerned for herself, as well as Jason. Valentine recalls that White, during that vulnerable time in her life, had at first appreciated McGowen's interest, since her husband had moved out, leaving her and Jason alone. However, it had soon become clear to White that the 27-year-old deputy's interest went beyond the normal scope of neighborhood-oriented policing, and her initial appreciation quickly changed to apprehension. Valentine says White informally passed on her concerns to Harper and others in the sheriff's department.
"She was scared to death of him," says Valentine. "I thought she was just hysterical about it. But she told me, 'Well, I guess you and everybody else will believe me when he kills me or Jason or both.' And about 12 days later he did."
On Sunday, August 23, White and Valentine were again having dinner at Del Friscos when they received a call on Valentine's portable phone. On the other end was Jason's girlfriend, calling to let White know that her son had just been arrested by Deputy McGowen. Valentine drove White to the nearby strip center parking lot of Cliff's Hamburgers along FM 1960, where Jason was being accused of selling a stolen gun to one of McGowen's so-called "confidential informants," another teenager who also happened to be Jason's best friend.
Valentine says when they arrived on the scene he introduced himself to McGowen and told him that he and White were there to see how they could help.
"He took his gun and stuck it in my face," Valentine recalls. At that point, according to the testimony of several witnesses at McGowen's murder trial, White, who had apparently been drinking, began shouting obscenities at the deputy. Jason was placed in the back of a patrol car and taken to the sheriff's department's Cypresswood substation, where he was detained for several hours before being transferred to one of the downtown jails. Prosecutors on duty at the jail thought so little of the evidence that they refused to charge Jason with a firearms violation, but they did hold him on two counts of credit card abuse. For much of the next 24 hours Susan White tried to cut through the county red tape to free her son on bond.
It took her until 9:30 on Monday night to finally get Jason out of jail. She had been in contact by phone with Ray Valentine for much of the day as he drove to Wichita Falls in preparation for an upcoming Shrine Circus. Exhausted and a nervous wreck, White called Valentine for the last time around 11:30 that evening. Valentine says White voiced fears that McGowen would show up at her house. The last thing he remembers her saying was that she had taken two Valiums and was going to go to sleep.
"I told her that sounded like a damn good idea," he recalls.
Meanwhile, according to Harris County authorities who investigated White's murder, McGowen was outraged when he learned that the weapons charge against Jason had been ignored. The investigators say a revenge-seeking McGowen concocted a tale to obtain a warrant for the arrest of Susan White -- a warrant that accused her of threatening the life of his in-formant. According to trial testimony, McGowen, after several hours of trying, was able to cajole an assistant district attorney into okaying the warrant, and the piece of paper approving the arrest of Susan White was signed by a judge.
According to trial testimony, McGowen had given the assistant prosecutor the impression that his informant's life was in imminent danger. But rather than immediately arresting White, McGowen went home after obtaining the warrant. The next afternoon, August 24, he returned to work. It was not until after midnight, early on Tuesday the 25th, that McGowen, accompanied by two other deputies, drove to 3407 Amber Forest, ostensibly to finally arrest the woman who he claimed was imperiling the life of his informant.
Around 12:30 a.m. McGowen and the other two deputies began banging on White's doors and windows, ordering her to open up. She refused and, instead, called 9-1-1. Meanwhile, McGowen contacted a sergeant on duty by radio who gave him permission to kick in the back door. As the back door flew open, the burglar alarm sounded, and McGowen -- his gun drawn -- charged inside, heading first through the laundry room, then the kitchen and then down the hallway toward White's bedroom.
With the other two deputies a safe distance behind him, McGowen crossed the bedroom doorway, pointed his 10 mm semi-automatic pistol toward the inside of the room and three times ordered White to drop a gun. (White's .25-caliber pistol was found on the bed by McGowen and one of the other two deputies after the shooting.) In his statement to investigators and later at his trial, McGowen claimed that White turned and faced him and raised her pistol at him with her right hand. When she did, McGowen says, he fired at her three times. Later he would brag to a jailer that he had shot White first in the head and then twice in the torso -- in reverse order of the method recommended in a federal law enforcement training film he had seen. White died on her living room floor, despite paramedics efforts to save her life.
Fatal shootings involving police officers are always strange scenes. The "do not cross" perimeter cordoned off by yellow police tape is always larger. The detectives and other officers are always a little more tense, a little less friendly to reporters. But when investigators arrived at 3407 Amber Forest in Olde Oaks, they found, to their surprise, that there were no reporters or photographers around at all. Hurricane Andrew was about to hit the Louisiana coast and, in the aftermath of the Republican National Convention, newsrooms around the city were stretched thin. But stranger than the absence of the media, the investigators thought, was evidence at the scene that immediately raised suspicions about McGowen's version of what had happened in Susan White's bedroom.
The first odd thing to strike one of the investigators was the fact that McGowen had been executing a "retaliation" arrest warrant when the fatal shooting took place. You just don't see many retaliation warrants issued for people who live in fashionable subdivisions like Olde Oaks. But it could happen, the investigator admitted to himself.
Then there was the picture that McGowen, under questioning at the scene, painted of Susan White and her son being violent and dangerous, machine-gun dealing desperadoes. It just didn't seem to fit. Shortly after they had arrived, the investigators had been told that White had called 9-1-1 -- something you wouldn't expect a criminal to do.
Finally, they just had a bad feeling about the shooting. During the required "walk through" at the scene, in which an officer reenacts a shooting, McGowen seemed to be proud of what he had done.
"I've never seen that in an officer before or since," says one investigator.
Two months after White's death, McGowen was indicted for murder. In addition to the troublesome questions that had surfaced at the scene, other evidence had come to the attention of investigators. McGowen had claimed White pointed the gun at him with her right hand; all of Susan's friends and family knew she was left-handed. On top of that discrepancy, police firearms experts could find no trace of White's fingerprints on the .25-caliber pistol. In the meantime, officers from various law enforcement agencies began to contact investigators with their own stories about McGowen. Among them was Captain C.J. Harper of the sheriff's department, who told them of White's fear of McGowen -- a fear that he and others in the department had failed to take seriously (according to investigators, however, there is no evidence that White ever filed a formal complaint against McGowen with the sheriff's department, as she indicated having done in her 9-1-1 call).
McGowen's indictment angered lawyer Bob Thomas, a former Houston police officer who represented McGowen initially. At the time of the indictment Thomas told the Houston Chronicle that the charges against his client were intended to embarrass the department and Sheriff Johnny Klevenhagen.
"It's a big political game," said Thomas, who claimed that the indictment had been returned primarily on the basis of hearsay evidence -- admissible before a grand jury but not in a trial.
Much of the evidence the grand jury heard was, in fact, hearsay and came from witnesses like Ray Valentine and Helen Bazata, who testified about what Susan White had told them, rather than their own first-hand knowledge of what McGowen had said and done to their friend. And, indeed, it wasn't until McGowen's trial that investigators actually realized why McGowen was guilty of murder. The revelation came during the testimony of a crime scene investigator from the sheriff's department. And, in part, it was McGowen's own bragging to the jailer about the order of the shots he fired at White that would play a large part in convincing the jury that he was guilty of murder.
According to the jailer, McGowen had boasted that his first shot had hit White in the head. The crime scene investigator testified that claim was consistent with his findings. However, he said, the first shot was not a direct hit. It had first struck a cable television converter box, and had then hit White. The bullet traveled, right to left, across the bridge of her nose. If White had been directly facing McGowen, as he had claimed, the bullet would not have taken that path.
The investigators now realized what had happened that night. Rather than facing McGowen, White had been on the other side of her bed, near her phone. As she hung up the receiver, she turned her head to see McGowen in the bedroom doorway, and the first bullet struck her across the nose, and lodged in the headboard. As she fell back across the bed she was struck by the second shot in the upper chest, then a third that entered the back of her right arm, traveled through the arm and entered her torso.
From the beginning the investigators had known in their hearts that McGowen was guilty, but only then, as they heard the explanation again on the witness stand, were they sure of a conviction. It was a conviction sealed by damning character testimony from law enforcement officers from across the Houston area. Among the lawmen who took the bold step of breaking the so-called officers' code of silence and told the jury that McGowen was not a man to be trusted was Leroy Michna, McGowen's former boss in Tomball. Michna says he has never seen so many other officers line up to testify against another.
"This is the first time I ever had fear of reprisal for my testimony," Michna says he told the grand jury that indicted McGowen. "I think the boy's crazy. He's very much capable of retaliating against witnesses ... go out there and look at the poor woman who's dead and tell me you don't think he's dangerous to witnesses. If he'd kill her, he'd kill me."
On March 1994, after six days of testimony, McGowen was convicted of murder. However, prosecutors, not to mention White's family, were shocked when the jury sentenced him to just 15 years in prison. Under Texas law, a defendant sentenced to 15 years or less can remain free on bond while his conviction is appealed. At least one juror in the McGowen trial has said that he and other jurors were unaware of that provision of the law, and if they had known they would have imposed a lengthier sentence.
Today McGowen is a free man, pending the outcome of his appeal.
Attorney Clint Greenwood, who represented McGowen during his trial, admits that McGowen's defense team "stayed out of the character issue." But Greenwood is unwavering in his belief that McGowen is innocent.
"If he wanted to commit a murder," Greenwood says, "he wouldn't have brought along witnesses. If you set out to murder someone, you don't do it with a roomful of witnesses."
Greenwood also is confident that McGowen will be granted a new trial on appeal, based on the argument that the defense team was denied the right to make on opening statement.
But the appeal of his murder conviction isn't the only legal hurdle still facing McGowen. White's son, Jason Aguillar, who now lives with his father in Baton Rouge, has filed a $3 million federal lawsuit against McGowen, the Harris County Sheriff's Department and Sheriff Johnny Klevenhagen (who declined to be interviewed for this story due to the pending civil litigation). Aguillar is represented by Blair Davis, a former assistant district attorney, who says the problems that McGowen had at other law enforcement agencies should have been a warning signal for the sheriff's department.
"It just seems obvious doesn't it?" says Davis. "Clearly, [the sheriff's department's] biggest mistake was the neglect in reviewing Mr. McGowen's record and finding out about Mr. McGowen before they ever hired him. And if they did review it, it's just absurd that they went ahead and hired him."
And the sheriff's department, Davis contends, was also negligent in failing to take Susan White's allegations about harassment of her seriously. Indeed, in closing arguments of McGowen's trial, one prosecutor zeroed in on the fact that White had made her fear of McGowen known to officers of the department.
"Doesn't speak very highly of the sheriff's office, does it?" prosecutor Edward Porter told the jury.
Davis agrees.
"Apparently there were people [at the sheriff's department] who were aware of Mr. McGowen's problem [with White] and very little was done to resolve it," says Davis.
McGowen's murder conviction is just one of several recent cases to embarrass the sheriff's department. In April 1993, a woman filed suit against the county after she was sexually assaulted in a stairwell of the Harris County Criminal Courts building by Deputy Brian Nigro, who was sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping four female prisoners, including the plaintiff in the suit.
In October, Ronald Wayne Acreman, 31, a former county jailer, was also sentenced to 17 years in prison after being convicted on rape charges. Acreman had been fired from his job with the department about a year before the attack on the woman.
In November, 44-year-old Michael Durwood Griffith was charged with capital murder for the October killing of a woman at a northwest Houston wedding chapel. Griffith is also charged with robbery and attempted capital murder in connection with a savings and loan holdup in October, as well as robbery and aggravated sexual assault at a southwest Houston bridal shop the same month. Griffith had been with the sheriff's department for 10 years when he was fired in January 1993, after being charged with assault.
Perhaps it's just a coincidence or an unusual run of bad luck, but the troubling string of incidents involving current or former sheriff's employees has naturally raised questions about the department's hiring practices. One former close associate of Klevenhagen's, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, believes part of the problem has to do with the large number of employees hired to staff the county's new downtown jail at 701 San Jacinto, which opened in September 1991 and where McGowen worked for a time after first hiring on with the department. With a work force of 663, the new jail staff accounts for about 20 percent of the department's 3,334 employees.
"Whenever there was a personnel problem, a problem child as we called them," says the former Klevenhagen associate, "I would say, 'How did this moron get into the system?' And more often than not, this problem child was a product of an open hiring. They had to hire so many hundreds of people to open up the new facility."
The president of the Harris County Deputy Sheriff's Union, Lynwood Moreau, disagrees with that analysis. He believes, however, there is room for considerable improvement in the way the sheriff's department makes its new hires.
"There are 3,000 officers in this department and things like [the White case] are going to happen," Moreau says. "But I do think there needs to be more emphasis on psychological evaluations. The sheriff's department puts too much emphasis on physical evaluations, rather than concentrating on people with sound minds."
On paper, at least, it seems the sheriff's department's hiring standards are stringent enough to keep potential criminals from being hired. "A thorough background investigation is conducted on applicants, and evidence of good moral character and reputation is mandatory," according to the department's guidelines. Among the grounds for rejection is "evidence of mental or emotional insta-bility" or an "unfavorable record ...."
The department also requires that an applicant's past employment record be checked, "including number of jobs and reasons for leaving, as well as employment references ...."
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Leroy Michna says he wishes he had talked with the HPD sergeant who completed McGowen's exit review before hiring him at the Tomball Police Department. He says few law agencies take the time to examine personnel files from an applicant's previous job, and the fear of lawsuits makes agencies reluctant to voluntarily pass on such information to other prospective employers.
"If we terminate somebody," he says, "we'll tell [another department] they can come in and look at his file. But ... no, we won't tell anybody, 'Hey, this guy's a nut.'"
Susan White would have been 45 this past October. Today her grave is marked by a small headstone in a cemetery outside of Baton Rouge. Her family members, many of whom live not far from the gravesite, get little comfort from the distant promise of money from a wrongful death lawsuit. And they are tormented by the fact that her killer is still a free man.
"I don't understand these policemen," says 54-year-old Gloria Hamilton, Susan's sister. "I think they get a little cocky. I mean, this guy has taken my sister's life, and she was so dear to my family. And I am not going to quit until he's in jail.


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Federal University shut down over attack on First Lady, SUG disbanded
Following the attack on the convoy of the First Lady of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Fayemi by protesting students of Federal University, Oye Ekiti(FUOYE) on Tuesday, the authorities of the Federal University has closed down the school indefinitely.
In a statement signed by the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Kayode Soremekun on Wednesday, the management also proscribed the students' union government in the institution, henceforth.
Students of the university had on Tuesday held a violent protest to demand for the restoration of electricity to the two campuses in Oye and Ikole, where cars on the convoy of the First lady, who was on a local government tour were destroyed and many sustained bodily injuries in the process.
He said, "We hereby announce the immediate and indefinite closure of the university to forestall further breakdown of law and order.
"In the same vein, the students' union of the institution is disbanded indefinitely.
"Following this closure, the students population are hereby ordered to vacate the university premises no later than 10 am tomorrow 11th September 2019.
"Further developments will be communicated in due course".
The Government of Ekiti State in a statement by the Information Commissioner, Mr. Muyiwa Olumilua, confirmed the attack on Mrs Fayemi.
Olumilua acknowledged that the protest might have started as a peaceful one, adding that there was an escalation to violence, possibly due to infiltration by hoodlums.
"The convoy of the Wife of the Governor was attacked with several vehicles vandalised, leaving many people, including journalists, with varying degrees of injuries.
"While not denying the students the right to express their grievances on any issue, it is expected that such be done without resulting to violence.
"As a responsible government, it is on record that the State Government has been engaging the electricity company (BEDC) on how to improve the power situation in parts of the State, long before this unfortunate incident, and promise to continue to engage them on the improvement of their service delivery to Ekiti State.
"The general public is hereby advised to go about their normal activities as the situation is now under control", he said.
However, some journalists ; Folorunso Adebiyi of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Olasunkami Ogunmuko of CORE TV, Raphael Ogbonnaiye of Daily Trust, Ayodele Afolabi of The Guardian, Adedayo Oladele of New Nigerian and other journalists on the first lady's entourage narrowly escaped being killed during the attacks while some sustained varying degrees of injuries.
The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ekiti chapter, Rotimi Ojomoyela, condemned the calculated attacks on his members, urging security agencies to fish out the perpetrators.
Recounting how the incident happened, a journalist with Core Television station in Lagos, Sunkanmi Ogunmuko, said Mrs Fayemi was already conducting the empowerment programme at the civic centre in Oye Ekiti when the incident occurred.
Ogunmuko said they came in their hundreds from both Oye and Ikole campuses and started destroying vehicles with sticks and other dangerous weapons. They destroyed over ten cars in the convoy and wounded journalists and other participants.
"It was the security details around the first lady that alerted the entourage about the happening. They were the ones who summoned courage to remove all the bonfires and mounted road blockades before the first lady was frisked out of the beleaguered scene.
"Most of the journalists were wounded with the aid of sticks , bottles and sticks thrown by the protesting students."


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There's nothing subtle about the appeals landing daily in our inboxes and mailboxes: "Please send your generous contribution today." "Every gift counts." "We're counting on you to renew your support." "You make a difference in the lives of…." They make me, and probably you, feel rather needed and valued. If you don't feel the tug, and, let's be honest, the pressure to send a monetary donation in the next few weeks, you really are a tough cookie.
This past Tuesday was Giving Tuesday, the non-profit world's annual choreographed day to get people to make charitable contributions after three days of shopping (Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday.) As I said recently, every day should be Tuesday. We should look at charitable contributions all year round and not just on one day of the year. Here are five ways how:
Change your mindset about giving
No matter how much you'll donate, think of yourself as a philanthropist, which connotes someone who takes a longer-term view and commitment. I do. While I'm certainly no Bill Gates, I've reframed my role in giving, using him as my inspiration. Before I send my contribution, I visualize my role as a philanthropist, reminding myself that my gift is important.
When you approach charitable giving as an investment in solving a problem, your goals start to shift. You're no longer just shooting off a check for a one-time crisis or out of a sense of obligation. Instead, you're working to make an impact on the causes that matter to you.
Create a giving plan
In my case, I set an annual charitable contribution budget and designate a percentage of my income split among my chosen charities, including ones that have directly touched my life. You could do something like that.
For example, one of my chosen charities, is the Friends of Algonquin Park. I have been involved and have volunteered with them for over 40 years. Our family has been in the Algonquin Park community for over 100 years. The legacy and future well-being of the Park is very important to us.
Perhaps you'll want to help a group making a difference in your community, like a battered women's or homeless shelter. I am a founding member of 100 Men Who Give A Damn in our community which is a group of businessmen who contribute $100 quarterly and vote on one charity to receive the donation. Recently, we have assisted a group supporting literacy for new Canadians, another who facilitates health care for new immigrants, and a breakfast program for school children. The collective impact donation is a huge boost to these organizations.
To guide your giving, start by jotting down your charity mission statement: typically one to three sentences that put the purpose of your giving into words with goals for the next five years or so. A mission statement is very personal, but it really identifies what's important to you and helps you prioritize your giving. Most people don't have one.
One big benefit of a written plan is that it helps discipline you to say "no." That said, leave some wiggle room for discretionary giving, because you may want to assist a new cause. I always set aside a small amount (15% of my giving budget) for donations in memory of a person, friend or family member's pet who has passed away or to respond to a situation that really moves me.
Next, create an action plan and determine your charities, how much you plan to donate to each and how often you want to fund them — maybe once a year or a monthly recurring grant.
Carefully do your due diligence
Scrutinize any charities you're considering to be certain they're valid and using funds prudently. As a rule you'll want to select nonprofits that keep their administrative and fundraising expenses below 25% of their overall budget.
One helpful tool, in Canada, is a website www.charityintelligence.ca which applies evidence-based research to help guide giving decisions. They use similar research methods to find charities for donors and help donors create a balanced giving portfolio to best reflect their giving interests and the change they hope to achieve. Money Sense magazine also publishes an annual list of the 100 best charities in Canada in mid December each year. Here is a link to the list for 2018: https://www.moneysense.ca/save/financial-planning/canadas-top-rated-charities-2018/
Consider a donor-advised fund
Here, you create a charitable account — usually at least $5,000 to $25,000 — through a financial services firm, like a mutual fund company or investment brokerage. You get an immediate tax deduction for your donation (whether you're giving away cash, securities or other assets) and then allot grants of that money at a later date to a public charity under an umbrella name, like the Johnson Family Fund. And you can typically make donations for as little as $50 to a charity you select, depending on the firm. Don't ignore setting up a donor-advised fund because you're not wealthy.
Some people also like to donate to these funds their long-held, perhaps inherited, stocks that have appreciated in value greatly over the years. That's because a donor-advised fund lets you deduct the stocks' fair market value. If you'll be donating securities that have appreciated in value, you won't owe the capital gains taxes that would be due if you sold the stock and donated the proceeds, and your deduction will be larger this way too.
With donor-advised funds, people can save up while they're still working what they plan to gift in their retirement when they may not have as much money on hand. It's kind of like a squirrel – the fund is where they put all their stuff away to get ready for the winter.
Two players in Canada www.canadagives.ca and www.tidescanada.org. Most mutual fund companies also offer donor-advised funds. These companies handle most of the administration and management, typically charging annual administrative fees of 0.6% or less. Be careful though, some donor-advised funds charge 1% or more.
For some retirees, the centrepiece of their philanthropy is the donor-advised fund. It helps manage their giving. When they retire, most don't have a formal giving plan in place and give on an ad hoc basis. A donor-advised fund organizes it for them. They can go online to their account and quickly see how much they give locally, as well as nationally and internationally. They can space their giving according to wealth appreciation, depreciation, and market volatility.
Consider setting up a family foundation
For those with significant family resources, a family foundation offers more control over their giving a way to give besides writing a check to an established charity. As with donor-advised funds, you don't have to be a tycoon though. Generally, 3 out of 5 family foundations hold assets of less than $1 million.
Charitable giving is about a lot more than money, it's from the heart. It's finding a way to have an impact with skills and finances and engaging others to get involved. People considering starting a family foundation should do so with proper planning and professional consultation. That said, it doesn't have to be a daunting task. Start be picking an achievable goal, so you don't get frustrated and give up on it. Start small and build momentum, rather than dream so big you never really get anywhere.
The bottomline
December 31st is the deadline to make charitable donations for 2018 in order to get a tax receipt for your 2018 personal income tax return. Like RRSP contributions, some people scramble at the last moment to make charitable contributions. Above, we went over a couple of planning strategies to assist with structuring your charitable giving. The more it is on auto pilot, the easier it is to ensure they are made and you have the funds available. Charitable gifting should be more then just Giving Tuesday. We should be thinking about it year round. By thinking ahead, we are Keeping Life Current.


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On a recent visit to Almería I was disgusted at the state of the "Rambla Rambliza" near El Toyo. The rambla was filled with waste, from building materials, dug up pavements, ASBESTOS roofing (a clear health danger), toys, hundreds of pairs of shoes and everything in between.
In Arboleas, where we have lived, there is now a new "Punto Limpio" which is a proper recycling centre. It does make a small charge for the disposal of some types of waste.
The problems seem to come, when people are charged, however small the cost, they will take any opportunity to fly-tip, or dispose of inappropriate waste in the dumpsters meant for domestic waste at the sides of the road.
Perhaps there would be much less of this kind of behaviour if the recycling centre stopped up front charges and added a few Euros to the local IBI bill. That way, people would still think the service is "free" – even if they are actually paying through their local town hall taxes.
It would also remove the administrative burden of collecting cash at the Punto Limpio.
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As Craig MacGregor, Chief Engineer & Co-Founder of NavCoin, says in CryptoAdvocate interview there are some interesting projects ahead for NavCoin including Kauri (a multi-purpose wallet), Kauri DAEx (a Decentralized Atomic Exchange and an array of merchants tools with NavDelta just to name a few.


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This week, the Florida Department of Health in Citrus County has issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory due to an increase in mosquito-borne disease activity in areas of Citrus County.
The School District has taken several proactive steps to protect our students on campus. Custodial and maintenance workers on our school campuses are eliminating areas of standing water or items that may be collecting water such as rain barrels, discarded tires, and buckets that may be outside.
Before football season begins, areas around football stadiums are sprayed. "This is a proactive measure that we've been practicing for years, which reduces the likelihood of having mosquitoes in areas where spectators will gather for games," says Assistant Superintendent Jonny Bishop. "All of our athletic directors have been briefed on this advisory and have been tasked with sharing this information with their coaching staff."
We'd like to remind you of the symptoms and preventative steps because we know this is a time of year when families and students are spending a lot of time outdoors. Most people infected with West Nile Virus do not have any signs or symptoms. However, if you do see symptoms such as fever, headache, tiredness, body aches or skin rash, seek medical attention.
We understand that it is hot, however, we urge parents to make sure their children are covered with long pants, and long sleeve shirts when possible OR spray children with mosquito repellent PRIOR to them coming to school. Always use repellents according to the label. Repellents with DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus, para-menthane-diol, and IR3535 are effective. Read label instructions to be sure the repellent is age-appropriate. For more information, visit Citrus DOH's website at http://citrus.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2019/08/mosquitoadvisory.pdf.html?fbclid=IwAR16uwp3lV-YVGaXsNR-r2p4_v4G7x8hfGeemN8xxY9jTCNVoAIHoGKdg3c.
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Tens of thousands of comic book fans gathered in Louisville to meet some of their favorite comic book and movie super heroes.
FandomFest 2013 kicked off at the Kentucky International Convention Center Friday night.
One of the highlights of the event was the appearance of legendary comic book creator Stan Lee, 90.
If you think comic books are just for children, think again, Lee said, "When we started these conventions years ago it used to be all kids with an adult here or there, now it's all adults with a kid here or there."
Fandomfest runs through July 28 and will include appearances by William Shatner, Gillian Anderson, who played Agent Scully on the X-files, and several actors from The Walking Dead.
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I wrote the following recipe for my friend Jonathan. He is thirteen and has taken an interest in eating well and trying out new foods. He had never eaten kale before but when I told him he could season it to taste like some of his other favorite Italian foods he was willing to try it! Kale can be grown all year-long in the Berkshires and it can be prepared so many ways. I have a great Kale Chips recipe on my blog and there are literally hundreds of recipes on the web. This hearty green makes an excellent addition to any diet.
Easy Italian Style Kale
Makes 2 generous portions in about 20 minutes.
Ingredients: all organic, all the time!
1 bunch kale, any kind will do! Ribs removed and ripped into pieces.
2 cloves garlic, minced or even better, use a garlic press and press directly into the pan when it's time to add the garlic.
3 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, or more if necessary
½ medium onion, sliced into half moons
1 Tablespoon capers
5 – 7 sun-dried tomatoes, sliced thin
1 Teaspoon each fennel and oregano
Sprinkling of hot pepper flakes
Splash of Balsamic
Salt, if necessary, to taste
The Procedure:
In a cast iron skillet heat the oil over medium heat and add the pepper flakes and fennel. Cook for about 1-2 minutes.
Add the onion, capers and sun-dried tomatoes. Cook until the onion is clear and wilted.
Add the garlic, stir to incorporate and then add the kale and the oregano. Mix well so that the kale cooks evenly. When the kale is wilted but still has a bit of bright green to it, add a splash or two of balsamic.
Taste, adjust for flavor. Add more capers or herbs, more hot pepper and garlic or nothing at all!
Remove from heat and eat.
When I want to turn this side dish into a meal I will separately cook up some hot Italian pork sausage from Holiday Farm in Dalton, slice it and add it to the kale just before serving. French lentils also work really well with this kale dish for a hearty vegan option or in addition to the sausage.


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Join us for this new tour featuring some of the outstanding 'Landmarks of London', including behind the scenes tours of Wimbledon, home to the world-famous tennis tournament, and the iconic Royal Albert Hall. Plus a full day to explore all that Kew Botanic Gardens has to offer and exceptional hospitality at the Bull Hotel, making this a holiday not to be missed!
The 4 star Bull Hotel located a short walk from Gerards Cross town centre, is a former 17th Century coaching inn set in landscaped gardens overlooking the common. Beeches Restaurant offers a British & Mediterranean menu using fresh seasonal produce and there is also a conservatory lounge and traditional bar. All bedrooms are en suite with TV, telephone, tea making facilities, hairdryer, minibar, safe, ironing facilities, complimentary toiletries and Wi-Fi. There is a lift.
We travel south, with a suitable stop during the journey, to Gerards Cross for 4 nights half board accommodation at the Bull Hotel.
This morning we head to Wimbledon, home to the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the world-famous tennis tournament. We take an included tour where your informative guide will lead you around the media centre, members balcony, players entrance and the iconic centre court plus there will be time to explore the history of Wimbledon in the museum. Later we spend some time in beautiful Richmond, on the banks of the river Thames.
Today we travel into central London and start our day with a visit to the magnificent Royal Albert Hall. We include a 'behind the scenes' tour of this acclaimed music venue, including dressing rooms and under the stage, giving you an insight into what it takes to stage major musical events. Enjoy a free afternoon to explore our capital city at your leisure.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kew Gardens is our destination today. The beautiful botanic gardens have much to explore and highlights include the lush rainforest of the Palm House, the colourful circular borders of the Great Broad Walk, the historic 17th century Queen's Garden & Kew Palace and the beautiful Waterlily House.
Depart for home arriving into our local area early evening.
4 nights dinner, bed & breakfast, Luxury coach travel, Services of experienced tour driver.
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The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman
I was so excited to receive a copy of The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman from Berkley Publishing! I've seen this adorable cover here and there, online and at the store, without knowing much about it at all. I have a tendency to gravitate towards heavier stories or historical fiction generally. I am SO thankful for the copy Berkely Publishing sent me because I DEVOURED this book. Like in two days.
The Garden of Small Beginnings follows the story of single mom Lili (recently widowed....well mostly recently, three years) and her two children, her quirky sister Rachel and a slew of other characters that make this story just all around enjoyable and entertaining. Lili is an illustrator (mostly computer based) for a publishing company who is asked to illustrate (by hand! with actual watercolors!) a gardening book. To do so, her company signs her up for a six week gardening class taught by the expert writing the book! ((There are SUPER adorable little gardening tips between each chapter too! I love when books add little things like that, recipes or clips from the newspaper in the town, etc.))
I literally was laughing out loud by chapter two, as we drove to a family function, so much so that my husband asked what was so funny. I don't laugh out loud while reading books often, even if they are funny. I also don't usually laugh out loud at funny movies or things in general (I know, its a weird quirk). So usually when I do, its something REALLY funny. Ill direct you to pages 8 and 9. That was my first laugh out loud moment.
There is so much in this book to praise! The story, while in another context could have been melancholy, brings the grief of widowhood along for the ride of everyday life and life with two kids, a dog, a crazy sister, a full time job. I appreciated Lili's honesty about missing her husband, missing his boxers on the ground and the constant fighting over money (true life). I also appreciated her honesty with the kids, with chicken nuggets for dinner and how getting older means less make-up because wrinkles. So many little truths found in this story!
Overall the symbolism of Lili's six week gardening class, spending time under the sun growing things alongside her own life moving forward and growing is pretty easy to see but still well done and makes for an enjoyable story. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a funny female character who is living life and trying her best, who enjoys a few wacky truly laughable moments and wants to read something enjoyable! You won't regret it.
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Journey with Your Spirit Guides and Explore the Realms of the Unseen
When: Saturday 2nd to Sunday 3rd November 2019
Where: Banbha Room, Goddess House, Magdalene Street, Glastonbury, BA6 9EJ
I invite you to join me for two days with Guides, Allies and Angels
Together we will discover your connections to the spirit realms.
Exploring in community by journeying into past lifes, different worlds and spirit realms and journeying into non-reality for healing and connection.
Throughout history, indigenous cultures all over the world – Celtic, Northern, Aboriginal, African and Native American tribes – have used the realms of non-reality and their spirit helpers and guides for healing medicine, wisdom in times of trial, protection from the unseen, clearing energetic attachments, past-life regressions and much more.
Throughout your weekend you will experience:
- Shamanic spirit journey
- Channeling and mediumship
- Divination through tarot; skrying; runes; oracle and more
- Mindfulness and the Power of Now
- Past-life regression medicine
- Angelic connection
- Ancestral healing
- MAP healing
My invitation to you throughout this weekend is to experience the releasing of blockages, understand and know your boundaries, heal your spirit, and journey for both healing and connection. This will allow you to gain a profound state of personal and spiritual growth and go through some deep healing changes, awakening you to a new vision of your life.
This Journey takes place in the Banbha Room at The Goddess House in the spiritual town of Glastonbury in beautiful Somerset.
Early Bird discounts are now here – book your place before 2nd October 2019 and your place is only £155 for the whole weekend (after this date it will go up to £180)
Want to book all the 8 weekends in one go for your complete shamanic experience and get a great discount of 25% off the total price – just £1,080.00 for all 8 workshops.
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Home Decor: Hailey's Hot Tip of the Week: Save Energy and Money This Holiday Season
Save Energy and Money This Holiday Season
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Credit: MS Office ClipArt MC900439781, MC900445432
2010 @ wobuilt.com
Save a bundle over the holidays using these simple energy saving ideas:
[ V ] Do all your laundry using only cold water (unless you are sanitizing items like cloth baby diapers).
- Cold water for laundry
- Timers for lights
- House temperature down
- Full load (dishwasher / washing machine)
- Water heater temperature down
[ V ] Make sure your porch light and holiday lights are all on timers.
[ V ] Turn down the thermostat as low as you can adjust to. We keep ours at 69 degrees rather than some homes at 72, and we use each other and cozy clothes to stay warm.
[ V ] Don't run your dishwasher or your washing machine until you truly have a full load, as you'll use the same energy either way.
[ V ] Turn down the temperature of your water heater. Wait an hour. Stand at the tap; let the water reach it's hottest point, and test it with your finger, carefully, and then your wrist. If it's too hot to bathe in, why waste energy and money heating the water that hot, only to have to cool it down. Instead, lower your water heater temperature until the hottest temperature you can get from your taps is just perfect for bathing or showering, without needing to cool it down.
Enjoy the season!
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84 Irving Blvd., Suite 100
Bouctouche, N.B.
Tel: (506) 743-7263
Fax: (506) 743-7263
I would like to receive library news via email.
Opening Hours
Tuesday: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Activities and events
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Upcoming activities and events for all New Brunswick public libraries.
Library Manager - Monique Langis
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About the Library:
Get your choice of the best books, magazines, newspapers, CDs or DVDs. Weve got something for all ages! Search our collection thanks to our provincial catalogue. Find answers to your questions with the latest information.
We will help you with research for a special project; retrieve reliable health information and more. Start now, ask a question, check out our online Databases or browse our Recommended Websites.
Theres more to a library than books! We have activities for everyone. Use our public computers to surf the net, catch up on the news, write your resume, or tap into our online Databases and our Recommended Websites. The virtual branch of the New Brunswick Public Library Service, Electronic Library New Brunswick, is available 24 hours a day for eBook and audiobook downloads.
Ask for what you want to read. Just because something isnt on your local librarys shelves doesnt mean you cant read it! Stop by, place a hold in our online catalogue, or give us a call to request an item and well deliver it to the most convenient library for you.
Drop in... youll feel right at home!
Library Highlights:
- We have 3 public access computer workstations, and a black and white printer.
Our Special Collections:
- We have most of the printed works of the poet Gérald Leblanc.
Our History:
- The Rotary Club funded the construction of the building and the Library opened its doors to the public in 1990.
- The library was named in honor of Gérald Leblanc, the famous Acadian poet, editor and Bouctouche native.
Accessible Collections & Services
The library offers :
- Audiobooks on CD & Playaway
- Large print books
- Described videos
- Braille and print/Braille
- DAISY CDs (Talking Books)
- E-text, E-audio, E-braille
- Access to the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) and to Bookshare
- Access to the Service québécois du livre adapté (SQLA) (French only)
- Adaptive Computer Workstations and CCTV Units
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Getting help for a gambling addiction
There are services out there who offer support for gambling addiction.
Gambling addiction is a common issue in Ireland. If you or someone in your life is affected by and seeking help for a gambling addiction, there are places you can turn to for support. It is possible to live a life without gambling.
Gambler's Anonymous
- Gambler's Anonymous (GA) is a support group where members discuss getting help for a gambling addiction
- You can attend Gambler's Anonymous meetings which are located in several different cities and towns around Ireland
- Find out more about meeting times and locations here
- GA also has a mobile app listing all of their services and meeting times
- GA also hold meetings for family and friends of people with a gambling addiction called Gam-Anon
- GA and Gam-Anon meetings are free to attend
Problem Gambling Ireland
- Problem Gambling Ireland provide support services and workshops to help people with their gambling addiction and provide education on problem gambling
- They offer a free Monday- Friday call back helpline at 089 241 5401
- Workshops include a Youth Gambling Harm Prevention Programme and Problem Gambling Prevention and Education Workshops
- You can also get in touch with them via email at firstname.lastname@example.com
Dunlewey Addiction Service
- Dunlewey Addiction Service provides information on commonly asked questions about gambling. They have a helpline which can be reached at 1800 936 725 (ROI) or 08000 886 725 (NI)
- By calling the helpline you can find out more information about the support services and free face-to-face counselling available in your area
- Although Samaritans is not specifically a organisation to seek help for a gambling addiction, they are still able to provide you with helpful information and resources
- Feel free to contact them by phone at 116 123, or by email at email@example.com
- They are available to help 24 hours a day, every day
- Crosscare provides addiction counselling to those affected by gambling
- The service is available in Drumcondra, Balbriggan, or Blanchardstown
- It is free of charge
- For more information contact Susan on email@example.com or Gerry on firstname.lastname@example.com
Rutland Centre
- The Rutland Centre provides residential and outpatient treatment for men and women over 18 years of age. They are open to people from all over Ireland. This part of their service is paid, and is not available for free
- However, The Rutland Centre offers FREE family support and advice sessions every fortnight so that families can speak to a trained counsellor and get advice about how to approach somebody that they love and want to help
- Phone 01-4946358 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
If you're worried about your gambling or a friend's gambling, you can learn the signs of a gambling addiction here.
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Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training
Guide for the mainstreaming Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in vocational training programmes. Culinary arts.
The global Project "Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers -- Safe [email protected] Project", executed by the ILO and funded by the US Department of Labor, pursues among its main components: mainstreaming OSH in vocational training programmes, awareness raising of vulnerability of young workers and enhancing the technical capacities of labour inspectors to better identify the occupational risks faced by youth at work.
In this framework, ILO/Cinterfor is responsible for implementing the Project component related to OSH in vocational training in Uruguay and as a learning outcome of the implementation of the Project in the country, this guide was defined with the purpose of being a valuable tool for the entire region.
The guidelines and solutions that are presented here are the result of observation, analysis and reflection upon the experience carried out by the training institution, FISE, in the culinary field. It is actually a cooking training course that was selected by INEFOP to implement this pilot experience within the Project. It is a training proposal aimed at workers under unemployment insurance benefits (both men and women), who have completed primary education, which may include young people over 18, although it is not an exclusive requirement. The proposal is oriented to the culinary sector in general and, in particular, at healthy food, that is, for those who must follow a certain nutritional regimen due to suffering pathologies such as hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol, obesity, celiac disease, etc.
The course was selected based on successful criteria in terms of results (good performance in general of the training institution) and the demand by the labour market and the young audience. Indeed, although this training institution also offers bakery and confectionery courses, priority was given to the culinary course since it is the most demanded by the market and by young people.
Disclaimer: Funding for this project was provided by the United States Department of Labor. This material does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the United States Department of Labor, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the United States Government.


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MEESTER, Elizabeth 1877-1946
Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 3/7/2017 at 16:39:00
Elizabeth Meester Dies Suddenly; Heart Attack
Mrs. Elizabeth Meester died very suddenly shortly after seven o'clock at her home Monday morning from a heart attack. She had been up and had been doing some of the morning work in the kitchen when she suddenly collapsed and fell to the floor. Her cousin, Mrs. Minnie Schroedermier, who had been making her home with Mrs. Meester, was with her when she was stricken and she called in Mayor Albert Algood, who was near by, to help. A doctor was sent for, but life had passed out before he got there. County Coroner L. D. Coffman was called. He was satisfied death was due to a heart attack and no inquest was necessary. Mrs. Meester was 68 years old and spent all of her active life in this community. Mrs. Meester had not been sick. She had been afflicted with high blood pressure for a number of years and was urged to take things easy.
Funeral services are being held this afternoon at 1:30 at the home and later at the Linneman church west of Fern, with the local pastor, Rev. A. Linneman, officiating. Burial will be by the side of the husband in the Holland cemetery.
Mrs. Meester was born in Leer, Germany, June 6, 1877. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Von Sitters. She came to America with her parents in 1882 and they located in Grundy county which remained her home continually ever since.
On December 10, 1902, she was married to John F. Meester at the Pleasant Valley Reformed church. The couple made their home on a farm in Pleasant Valley township. Mr. Meester died April 16, 1933, and the following year Mrs. Meester bought a home in Holland and moved here.
Surviving are one brother, Henry Sitters from St. Paul, and two sisters, Mrs. Rene Orvis from Sumner, Iowa, and Mrs. John Dingle from Morrison.
--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 4 April 1946, pg 9
Grundy Obituaries maintained by Tammy D. Mount.
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According to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Brandon Gaitan and Keith Paris II, both 19, had what must have seemed like a good idea at the time: break into the apartment of someone on vacation and do whatever for as long as they wanted. Problem is, said vacationer returned home to find them still hanging out. Gaitan and Paris reportedly responded by drawing guns, taking some shit and splitting. Problem: the victim knew who they were. And now he knows where they are -- in custody.
Take a look at Paris and read the complete account after the jump:
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Douglas County Detectives Arrest Two Adult Males in Home Invasion Burglary
DOUGLAS COUNTY: Detectives from the Douglas County Pattern Crimes Unit, which is comprised of detectives from the Sheriff's Office and the Parker Police Department, finished up a big part of their investigation into a home invasion burglary and robbery by arresting the second of two suspects.
On 05/29/09, at around 12:35 am, deputies responded to the 9000 block of Pyramid Ct in Englewood, located in unincorporated Douglas County, on the report of a burglary that just occurred in the apartment of the reporting party/victim. The victim reported that when he returned home from vacation he found one of his outside locks had been tampered with. When he entered the apartment he discovered two adult males; one black male and one white male. The two males ordered him to get down and both displayed handguns. They took certain items out of the victim's apartment and fled the scene. The victim relayed to the responding deputies that he believed he knew the two suspects.
One suspect, Brandon Gaitan, age 19 from Centennial was taken into custody shortly after the incident and taken to the Douglas County Detention Facility. Keith Paris II, age 19 from Denver, was identified a few days later and taken into custody on 06/03/09. Both suspects are currently in custody facing charges of:
First Degree Burglary, Aggravated Robbery, Theft, Conspiracy, Menacing, False Imprisonment, Tampering with Physical Evidence and Criminal Mischief.
Both are being held on $65,000 bond.


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Car Loan Customer Service in Ontario Canada to us is not just about Customer Service when it comes to helping our visitors get the financing for vehicles.
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It has been more than a month since the preliminary release of the MRS Bulletin issue, Harnessing Materials for Energy. From anecdotal evidence, the issue has been well received, with positive comments, requests for bulk quantities, and healthy single copy sales. It has been and will continue to be distributed far and wide to scientists, policymakers, energy leaders, educators, and students in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Africa, and elsewhere.
But our goal is not to have it "liked." Our goal is to have it used.
It is time to look beyond the cover, and to build a dialogue in the community. By placing together the full spectrum of energy technologies from source through transformation to use and efficiency (shown in the Preface, illustration of the energy landscape, and Introduction), it is possible to see challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. We can beyond worrying about the future to joining the many researchers, entrepreneurs, and corporations looking for and building robust solutions. What important challenges have emerged? What scientific approaches might speed progress? What can we learn from experiments around the world, such as sugarcane ethanol in Brazil, hydrogen in Iceland, nuclear power in France, coal liquefaction in South Africa, wind energy in Germany, electric cars in Israel, and solar in California? Will immediate implementation trump stronger developments of tomorrow? What is needed for widespread use of cellulosic ethanol, white LEDs for general lighting, nuclear breeder reactors, carbon sequestration, methane hydrates, organic solar cells, or plug-in hybrids? I ask the readers of this blog to give thoughtful input to the unanswered questions and unquestioned answers related to materials and energy. Start with a look at the introductory content in the MRS Bulletin issue, Harnessing Materials for Energy. Where should materials research go next?
Please add your comments here. In future posts, we will examine other articles in the issue. We also welcome suggestions for future blog coverage, which can be e-mailed to email@example.com.
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Thanks to both an attentive reader who told me about these, and to Mr. VSiB who stumbled upon them at the Aldi and brought them home. They're a simple, but flavorful biscuit, available both plain and with hazelnuts. To me, they're reminiscent of a slightly sweeter digestive biscuit. Each box contains nine individually packed pairs of biscuits, so they're easy to take with you for a snack or as an accompaniment for your cup of coffee.
Both Mr. VSiB and I preferred the hazelnut biscuits, although the plain weren't bad. Much like the Nizza cookies I posted about earlier, I could see these working well for recipes that call for a cookie or graham cracker crust! And I checked with the manufacturer and they confirmed that the emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids) that they use is sunflower based!
It looks like the Millville brand is made especially for the Aldi, so that's where you'll find these.