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By Amanda C. Grossman
Title: John T. McCutcheon cartoons and drawings, 1903-1945
Primary Creator: McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney) (1870-1949)
Extent: 42.0 Mss. Boxes
Arrangement: The collection consists of: cartoons and drawings with dates and titles; cartoons and drawings with dates and no titles; cartoons and drawings with titles and no dates; and cartoons and drawings with neither dates nor titles. The illustrations done for the George Ade fables that appeared in Cosmopolitan are arranged in chronological order, as well as the order of the unique number that had previously been assigned to them. One cartoon drawn by an artist with the name of "Triggs" has been included at the end of the collection.
Subjects: Caricatures and cartoons, Cartoonists--United States, Chicago Tribune (Firm), Illustrator, McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949
Forms of Material: Pencil works
Languages: English
John Tinney McCutcheon was born on May 6, 1870 near South Raub in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. His parents were Civil War veteran Captain John Barr McCutcheon (Sheriff of Tippecanoe County) and Clara (Glick) McCutcheon. Young John McCutcheon spent his early childhood in the rural areas surrounding Lafayette, Indiana. He had two brothers, George Barr McCutcheon and Ben F. McCutcheon, and one sister, Jessie McCutcheon (Nelson). His brother George Barr would later earn fame as a novelist.
McCutcheon entered Purdue University and was a founding member of the University's first fraternity, Sigma Chi. He was also a co-editor of the University's first yearbook, the Debris.
After graduating from Purdue with a B.S. degree in 1889, McCutcheon moved to Chicago and was hired to work for the Chicago Morning News (later known as the Chicago Record) as an artist. He began doing front page cartoons for the newspaper in 1895. In 1903, McCutcheon joined the staff of the Chicago Tribune and served in capacities as both an editorial cartoonist and occasional foreign correspondent until his retirement in 1946. As a cartoonist, much of his work appeared on the front pages of the Chicago Tribune, and the subject matter of his cartoons included issues on local, national, and international politics, war, journalism, societal changes, and economic hardships. McCutcheon traveled a great deal during his career, and covered many political events such as presidential campaigns, the Spanish-American War, and World War I. In 1932, McCutcheon was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for his work titled A Wise Economist Asks a Question. McCutcheon also created illustrations for his friend George Ade, a fellow Hoosier and Purdue graduate; the illustrations appeared in magazines such as Cosmopolitan, as well as books written by Ade. Due to the wide exposure and success of his professional work, McCutcheon is often referred to as the Dean of American Cartoonists.
McCutcheon married Evelyn Shaw on January 20, 1917, and they had four children (John Jr., Shaw, Barr, and Evelyn, who died as a small child). The couple owned a small island in the Bahamas, Salt Cay, which the family referred to as Treasure Island. Following his death in 1949, McCutcheon's widow Evelyn distributed his vast collection of original drawings to various institutions in the Midwest, including Purdue University. Evelyn McCutcheon also contributed to the posthumous publication of John McCutcheon's autobiography, Drawn from Memory.
Caricatures and cartoons
Cartoonists--United States
Chicago Tribune (Firm)
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949
Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions: The majority of the materials in this collection were created while McCutcheon was in the employ of the Chicago Tribune. Copyright questions should be directed to the Chicago Tribune.
Physical Access Note: 24 hours notice is required to access the collection.
Related Materials:
John T. McCutcheon Vertical File

This collection consists of newspaper clippings and other articles relating to life and career of John T. McCutcheon. The file is part of the vertical file collection stored in Archives and Special Collections.
Materials located at the Newberry Library:
Inventory of the John T. McCutcheon Papers, 1834-1996; bulk 1889-1950
Materials located at the University of Illinois-Chicago:
John T. McCutcheon Collection, 1915-1944
Preferred Citation: John T. McCutcheon cartoons and drawings, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
Processing Information: Whenever possible, original order of the materials has been retained. All materials have been housed in polyester sleeves, acid-free folders, and acid-free boxes.
Other URL: http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/fa/pdf/mccutcheon_cartoons.pdf


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NBA players and fans were shocked this past weekend when the Los Angeles Clippers became wrapped up in a disgusting scandal dealing with racist remarks made by their billionaire owner, Donald Sterling.
In recently released audio tapes, Sterling, a business magnate, allegedly told his girlfriend, V. Stiviano, that he was uncomfortable with her posting pictures on Instagram posing with blacks. While Stiviano will not reveal where the tapes came from, her lawyers acknowledged that they are legitimate. Now, the NBA (and the country) is abuzz about the deplorable comments.
We're here to simplify the story for you. Here's everything you need to know about the scandal:
1. Sterling: Who Is He
Sterling, 80, began his career in the early 60s as a divorce and personal injury lawyer. He built an incredibly successful independent practice, and later ventured into real estate. In 1981, he acquired the Clippers for $12.5 million, and is the longest-tenured owner in the NBA.
in 1957, he married his now-estranged wife, Rochelle, with whom he had three children. One of his children, Scott Sterling, was arrested at age 19 for shooting his childhood friend. The case was dropped in 1999. However, in 2013, Scott was found dead at the age of 32 from an apparent drug overdose.
2. Sterling: What He Said
On Saturday, TMZ released a 9-minute recording that allegedly captures Sterling expressing disapproval to his girlfriend, V. Stiviano, for posting a picture of herself on Instagram with former Lakers player Magic Johnson and Dodgers player Matt Kemp. "It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people," he tells her. "Do you have to?"
"I'm just saying, in your lousy [expletive] Instagrams, you don't have to have yourself with, walking with black people," he said. "Don't put [Magic] on Instagram for the world to have to see so they have to call me. And don't bring him to my games."
At one point, Stiviano points out that she's mixed race. Sterling says that's fine because she can pass as a "delicate white or delicate Latina girl."
On Sunday, Deadspin posted a longer version of the audio tapes in which Stiviano asks, "Do you know that you have a whole team that's black, that plays for you?" In response, he says: "Do I know? I support them and give them food, and clothes, and cars, and houses."
3. Sterling: V Stiviano
V. Stiviano is Donald Sterling's alleged girlfriend, and the woman whose voice can be heard on the audio tapes. She herself is also mixed race -- a point she makes repeatedly in the audio tapes. In the past, she's said she is part black and Mexican.
The young model is keeping mum about who leaked the tapes, perhaps because she's already at the center of another lawsuit. Sterling's estranged wife, Rochelle Sterling, accused Stiviano of targeting extremely wealthy older men and filed a lawsuit accusing her of having an affair with the billionaire. The suit claims that Donald Sterling used the couple's money to buy Stiviano a Ferrari, two Bentleys, and a Range Rover.
4. Sterling: History of Racism
Shockingly and sadly, this isn't the first time Donald Sterling has been accused of racism. For years, reports of his deplorable behavior have been mostly ignored by the NBA.
In 2006, the Department of Justice brought housing-discrimination charges against Sterling for allegedly refusing to rent to African-Americans at his Los Angeles residential complexes. According to one of Sterling's top property supervisors, the businessman said at one point: "That's because of all the blacks in this building, they smell, they're not clean... And it's because of all the Mexicans that just sit around and smoke and drink all day."
Unfortunately, it doesn't end there. For a full breakdown of his past controversies, see Business Insider.
5. Sterling: Protested
The Clippers proved silence can be a powerful tool. Players from the basketball team staged a silent protest as they warmed for an NBA playoff game on Sunday afternoon. They removed their warm-up shirts bearing the team logo to reveal red T-shirts worn inside out, with the logos hidden.
Additionally, The National Basketball Players Association demanded Sterling be barred from all playoff games this season, and the players want an accounting of past accusations of racism against Sterling, an assurance that the league commissioner will work with the association, and assurance the investigation will be conducted swiftly.
6. Sterling: Michael Jordan
Several current players, including Chris Paul and LeBron James, and former players, such as Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal, have spoken out about the controversy.
Legendary Chicago Bulls player and majority owner of the Chicago Bobcats, Michael Jordan, made an aggressive statement about the comments. "As an owner, I'm obviously disgusted that a fellow team owner could hold such sickening and offensive views," he said. "As a former player, I'm completely outraged. There is no room in the NBA -- or anywhere else -- for the kind of racism and hatred that Mr. Sterling allegedly expressed." Well said, Michael.
7. Sterling: Investigation
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Saturday that Sterling, who has owned the basketball franchise for nearly three decades, is now under investigation over the comments. Silver said that the league's investigation will seek to determine whether the recording is authentic and to figure out the context in which these "offensive and disturbing" comments were made.
However, Clippers President Andy Roeser suggested a woman -- whom he doesn't mention by name -- was "getting even" with Sterling over a lawsuit. Roeser could be referring to Sterling's ex-wife, Rochelle.
8. Sterling: Fallout
The President of the California NAACP suggested fans boycott Clippers games. "We also suggest that African-Americans and Latinos should honor (Sterling's) request and not attend games," Alice Huffman said in a statement released on Saturday.
Donald Sterling was, ironically, set to receive a lifetime achievement award at an event next month to mark the 100th anniversary of the Los Angeles NAACP, but the national organization tweeted Sunday that wouldn't happen.
Even President Barack Obama weighed in on the controversy. "When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk. That's what happened here," he said. Ouch.
9. Sterling: Clippers
The NBA has stressed that this is not about the Los Angeles Clippers, who are currently in the midst of a heated playoff series against the Golden State Warriors. Unfortunately, the players -- who have been bombarded with questions about the controversy -- lost to Golden State in Game 4 of the series on Sunday afternoon.
"It's not just the Clippers who were affected by this," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. "Everyone in the league was affected."
10. Sterling: Magic Johnson
One of the players at the center of the controversy, Magic Johnson, has now admitted that he is "absolutely interested" in purchasing the Los Angeles Clippers from Donald Sterling.
In March 2012, Magic Johnson became part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers after he and the Guggenheim Partners bid $2 billion for the team. Earlier this year, the group -- along with Johnson -- also purchased the WNBA's LA Sparks.

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76-year-old Deering man was selling drugs with his guns, police sayBy PAT GROSSMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 02. 2013 8:24AM
DEERING - A 76-year-old man is under arrest on drug charges after an eight-month undercover police investigation that resulted in the confiscation of $3,100 in cash, drugs and 57 firearms.
Robert "Burton" Johnson of 162 Camp Road was arrested about 6 p.m. Wednesday at his home by members of Deering and Weare police departments.
Weare police Sgt. Joseph F. Kelley said Johnson was selling firearms in conjunction with prescription pain medication out of his Deering home. He was arrested without incident.
Investigators recovered 57 firearms, including handguns and rifles, seven containers of a variety of prescription pain medication as well as two boxes of pain medication patches in Johnson's home.
Johnson was a license gun dealer in the 1990s, Kelley said, but currently did not have a license.."He was operating like a firearms dealer," Kelley said. "It's not everyday we run into this type of stuff. We took this very seriously."
Kelley said he does not know where Johnson got the guns, but the investigation is continuing. Johnson could be facing additional weapons charges.
What's next: Johnson is being detained on $9,000 cash bail in the Valley Street jail in Manchester on three counts of sale of a narcotic. He is to be arraigned sometime Thursday in 6th Circuit Court, Hillsborough District Division.


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Rumney family unbowed by fire that destroyed homeBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
March 17. 2013 10:18PM
RUMNEY - Charles Buckley and his daughter Kristen were setting up laptops in a warm home among several small camps next to the Rumney Bible Conference buildings Sunday, just 24 hours after they seemingly lost everything when their home burned down. They clearly weren't devastated.
"Everyone's healthy, that's the key," Charles Buckley said with a grin. "We lost some material things, but we're Christians and Christ is still on the throne, so we'll be fine."
Buckley and his wife were away from the family's three-story, 5,300-square-foot home at 500 Depot St. when firefighters said a fire in the home's chimney spread to the attic. Buckley's wife was out of state, attending the funeral of her sister, and Charles Buckley was elsewhere in town.
Kristen, 15, said she was sleeping when her sister Shaina, 18, woke her up at about 7 a.m. Saturday.
"The smoke alarms were going off and the neighbors were calling saying the house was on fire," she said. "I could see the smoke in the house as we got outside."
Both fled the house, making sure they got the family's dog and two cats were safe with them. The family hamster died in the fire.
Family and friends comforted the sisters and her father as the house burned.
"I didn't realize the whole house was going to burn up, or I would have gotten more from inside before I left," Kristen Buckley said.
The family is living in a home with the help of friends. They were loaned several laptops by a local business, which will help Charles Buckley keep his engineering business going.
The house was fully insured, Buckley said.
"Now it's just a matter of my wife picking a new house plan, however long that takes," he said. "We'll get the new one built quickly."


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Concord bans mom from praying at steps of school each morningBy BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 25. 2013 10:54PM
CONCORD — School officials have told the mother of two high school students that she may no longer deliver speeches on the front steps of Concord High School as students enter the building each morning.
Lizarda Urena's speeches were in the form of prayers and Bible readings. Superintendent Christine Rath said they won't be allowed to resume in the fall.
Urena, an anti-school-bullying activist, began arriving before school and praying after hearing reports that bullets had been found in a school washroom in February.
The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation heard about the prayers and complained.
"We sent an open records request to the school district, asking them for copies of any meeting minutes or any sort of documents which gave this woman permission to pray on school property," said Rebecca Markert, a Freedom From Religion Foundation staff attorney.
A response came from the Concord School District within days.
"There is no document giving Ms. Urena permission to pray on school property," wrote Rath.
Upon hearing that the schools had not given the woman permission to pray at the school, the foundation argued that the issue was its failure to stop her.
"Urena positions herself at the top of the school's stairs and prays out loud," Markert said, adding that she "holds her hands out toward students entering the school building."
A lawyer for a group that defends religious speech says if the school district didn't initially object to Urena speaking at the Concord High front door, and later responded to the content of her speech, then it has engaged in illegal viewpoint discrimination.
"Students and community members that are allowed to come on campus and participate in a neutral thing are allowed to express religious viewpoints," said Matthew Sharp, general counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom. "The students know it's the mother and her own speech — something that the First Amendment protects — and that it is not the school mandating this woman to do it."
The New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union takes the position that in the conflict between freedom of speech and religious speech to students compelled to walk through the door to attend class, the superintendent did the right thing.
"There is a particular concern with regard to the mixing of religious messaging and education by a school being perceived as endorsing a particular religious message," said Devon Chaffee, an attorney and executive director of the NHCLU. "The real question here is whether the acquiescence of the school in permitting these prayers reaches the level of sponsored speech ... her presence does give the impression that the school condones and endorses her activity."
Concord's School Board President Kassandra Ardinger supports Rath's decision.
"To be fair to all the kids in the school, it is probably best for the principal to say that she shouldn't be speaking out like this and proselytizing on school grounds," Ardinger said. "The best mode of action was to tell her to cool it."
Rath could not be reached for comment.
School Board member Clint Cogswell said shutting off the prayers at the school door isn't a restriction on religious rights.
"We had, at one time, a group that came in the morning, and they'd have a prayer meeting and hold hands in a circle and nobody had a problem with that," Cogswell said. "I think if someone went on the steps and started reading the Gettysburg Address, we'd have to weigh the disruption it might cause."
It is unclear whether the school district will ultimately have to defend the ban in court.
Sharp of the pro-prayer Alliance Defending Freedom says the group hasn't decided whether to take up Urena's cause.
"What this mother is doing is carrying on one of the great American traditions," he said.
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NH College Roundup: Vermont knocks UNH cagers out of playoffs
March 09. 2013 9:24PM
Senior Ferg Myrick scored a game-high 15 points in his final college game, but it was not enough for the seventh-seeded University of New Hampshire men's basketball team, which was defeated 61-42 by No. 2 Vermont in Saturday's America East quarterfinal matchup in Albany, N.Y.
The Wildcats season ends at at 9-20 overall. Vermont improved to 20-10 and advanced to the semifinals today.
New Hampshire jumped out to a quick 5-0 start on an opening 3-pointer from Myrick followed by a driving layup from Jordon Bronner. The Wildcats led 26-20 at halftime.
The Catamounts went on a 9-1 run to even the score at 31-31 early in the second half and would go on to score 15 unanswered points to pull away for good.
Men's lacrosse
Plymouth State 16, University of New England 5: At Biddeford, Maine, eight players scored for PSU Saturday in non-conference game. PSU (2-0) received four first-half goals from senior Mike Ventura and got a 16-save performance out of junior Jesse Kutz.
Darmouth 11, Robert Morris 9: At Hanover, Dartmouth overcame a multi-goal deficit for a home win Saturday. Senior quad-captain Chris Costabile led the Darmouth (2-2) attack with three goals.
Women's lacrosse
St. Anselm 19, Grand Valley State 9: At Manchester, sophomores Marissa Daly and Kaitlyn Stazinski combined for 11 points to lead the Hawks (2-1) Saturday. Daly registered five goals and an assist, while Stazinski scored four goals and set up another.
Florida 14, Dartmouth 9: At Hanover, it was an unfamiliar sight Saturday as the No. 13 Dartmouth women (4-1) lost at home for the first time since April of 2010.
The run of home perfection stretched across two regular seasons (8-0 and 7-0) and a win in the home opener this year against New Hampshire. No. 2 Florida is 9-0.
LIU Post 23, Southern New Hampshire 8: At Manchester, defending NCAA Division II national champion and top-ranked LIU Post (3-0) cruised past host SNHU (0-3) Saturday.
NCAA Championships: At Middlebury, Vt., Dartmouth finished fifth and the University of New Hampshire ended up eighth on Saturday. Colorado won the team title with 708 points.
A quartet of Dartmouth skiers finished in the top 10 of the two Nordic races. Mary O'Connell had the highest finish for Dartmouth in fourth place of the women's 15K free, while senior Sam Tarling led the Big Green men in the 20K by taking seventh.
Senior Anya Caldwell Bean (Wolfeboro) capped her college career by earning All-America Second Team in the women's Nordic 15K freestyle mass start to lead UNH.


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Police log for Feb. 27
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Feb. 27
1:47 a.m. Arrest at East La Mirage Lane and North Sahara Drive for using or being under the influence of a controlled substance.
8:56 a.m. Citation at East Ridgecrest Boulevard and South Gemstone Drive for driving without a license.
9:10 a.m. Found-property report on West California Avenue.
9:11 a.m. Found-bicycle report on West California Avenue.
9:17 a.m. Child Protective Services referral on West Bataan Avenue.
9:31 a.m. Violation-of-court-order report on West Perdew Avenue.
9:37 a.m. Violation-of-court-order-to-prevent-domestic-violence report on East Ridgecrest Boulevard.
9:44 a.m. Disturbance – verbal on North China Lake Boulevard.
10:25 a.m. Theft report on North Florence Street.
10:49 a.m. Residential-burglary report on South Sunland Street.
11:22 a.m. Warrant arrest and citation on East Kashmir Lane for driving on a suspended license and driving without a license.
12:03 p.m. Follow up on East Garnet Avenue.
12:25 p.m. Counseled runaway/out-of-control juvenile on West Ridgecrest Boulevard.
1:23 p.m. Theft report on West President Way.
1:54 p.m. Business-burglary report on South China Lake Boulevard.
3:19 p.m. Theft report at Cerro Coso Community College.
4:06 p.m. Suspicious circumstances on North Helena Street.
4:20 p.m. Unauthorized-use-of-access-card report on West California Avenue.
4:22 p.m. Suspect arrest on Woodland Drive, Wofford Heights.
6:09 p.m. Disturbance fight on West Haloid Avenue.
6:31 p.m. Vandalism report on North Gold Canyon Drive.
6:46 p.m. Petty-theft report on East Upjohn Avenue.
7:04 p.m. Verbal-threats report on West Drummond Avenue.
11:11 p.m. Disturbance – noise on North Norma Street.
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Area schools swept the individual Most Valuable Player honors on the 3A-4 All-District Team released Friday.
Madill quarterback Paten Bond was named the district's Most Valuable Player after lead the Wildcats to a 10-0 regular season and the Class 3A state playoffs.
Plainview running back James Bowker shared Offensive MVP honors with Dewayne Sanders of Pauls Valley, and Dickson linebacker Drake Haggard and Madill linebacker Levi Holliday shared the Defensive MVP award.
Only seniors were eligible for All-District awards.


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In this undated photo provided by family friends, Kyle, Patrick and Matthew Wilkins were all smiles during a charity event. The three boys, sons of Pelham School District employee Ray Wilkins, would have celebrated their 22nd birthday this month. Members of the Pelham Good Neighbor Fund are working to honor their memory. (COURTESY)
Muscular dystrophy
Wilkins triplets still have a place in Pelham's heart
PELHAM - A group of caring Pelham residents is working to keep the memory of Kyle, Patrick and Matthew Wilkins alive.
Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at the age of five, the triplets were raised in nearby Chelmsford, Mass., though their father, Ray, has worked in the maintenance department in the Pelham school system for more than three decades.
Ray and his wife, Lisa, lost their third son to the disease earlier this year.
In November 2006, Matthew lost his battle with the disease at the age of 15. Patrick, a student at Southern New Hampshire University, died in March 2012. Kyle, a student at UMass-Lowell, died in January.
All three young men served as ambassadors for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Members of the Pelham Good Neighbor Fund are hoping to honor the three boys, who would have turned 22 this month. Plans are in the works to place a memorial granite bench, surrounded by three trees, on the grounds of Pelham Memorial School.
With the project estimated to cost several thousand dollars, the Good Neighbors are hoping residents will consider helping the cause.
Project organizer Natasha Goyette, who contacted Good Neighbor Fund Chairman Frank Sullivan earlier this year, said she's known Ray Wilkins for many years.
Sullivan said the Good Neighbors were happy to lend a helping hand, and fundraising efforts will continue for another month or so.
A Pelham native, Goyette said she was saddened by plight of the Wilkins family and knew right away she wanted to do something to help.
Just last week, Ray Wilkins' mother passed away.
"This family is such a huge part of the community," Goyette said. "So a lot of people have already stepped up to help."
While the memorial's installation had initially been slated for spring, Goyette said that date would likely pushed forward until the fall season due to the late snowfall and activities already planned at Memorial School.
Principal Stephen Secor said the Wilkins family has long been a beloved part of the district family, and he's hoping the memorial can ultimately be worked into the landscape of an outdoor classroom being planned on the grounds of his school.
"Right now we're in the preliminary stages of both projects," Secor said, noting that many of the school's longtime staff members have fond memories of the three boys, who've all been described as having "amazingly positive attitudes and a general zest for life."
"We know how dedicated Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins have been to their family, which makes it all the more important for us to honor them in any way we can," Secor said. "We're a close-knit family here."
Once the memorial is installed, any funds left over will be given to the Wilkins family, Goyette said.
While Goyette never had the chance to meet Kyle, Patrick or Matthew, she said she's known their father for quite a few years.
"He's such a strong person," she said. "Even after all his family has been through, the first thing he'll ask is, 'How are you?'"
Though the triplets never attended Pelham schools, Goyette said the location for the new memorial is particularly poignant since the community has been a huge supporter of the Wilkins family over the years.
"Ray will get to go to work every day and he'll have a place to go and remember his sons," Goyette said. "He'll see that memorial, and he'll know just how many people care."
Those wishing to donate toward the Wilkins memorial may do so online at www.pelhamgoodneighborfund.org or send checks, made out to the Wilkins Memorial Fund, to Pelham Good Neighbor Fund, P.O. Box 953, Pelham NH 03076.


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Hi, my names John. Im an addict. March Madness.
Hi, John. ...
In case youre unaware, today, the Monday of tourney-opening week, is the day things really start cranking up. The brackets are out, and your office mate who loves running the pool will be around soon to ask for your dollar. Or $5. Or $10.
If youre halfway serious about this, you already have bracket in hand. Youre wondering: Can that little school in Spokane, Wash., really pull it off?
We follow the NCAA mens basketball tournament because we love to gamble, we love an escape, and more than anything, its a ton of fun.
Should we be worried about our addiction? And if youre an employer, should you sit back and let it all work itself out, or should you be worried about a lack of production?
Well, like anything in life, the answer is never black and white.
Lets face one fact: Some work time will be lost this week, particularly Thursday and Friday when games begin at 10 a.m., although its impossible to quantify this kind of thing.
Or is it?
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the original outplacement company (it basically helps people transition to a new job), does an annual study that supposedly does quantify this kind of thing.
The Chicago-based company estimates that March Madness will cost U.S. companies at least $134 million in lost wages during the tourneys first two days. Thats assuming 3 million employees making $22.38 per hour (supposedly the average U.S. wage) spend one hour of work time watching tourney games each of the first two days.
With games available on television, by streaming on your computer and even on your smartphone, theres pretty easy access to basically every game. Of course, employees have similar distractions every day, with access to email, games, Facebook, fantasy sports and more.
It truly can be an addiction, said Brian Burke, associate professor of psychology at Fort Lewis College.
For some people, the betting part can become a little bit obsessive, Burke said last week. When we gamble, it affects our brain very strongly. We actually get a dopamine drip in our brain, in the limbic system, which is our emotional centers of our brain, and thats what causes addictive behavior.
We get that drip when we get a Facebook message or a text, or when we smoke marijuana, or when we gamble, he said.
Not only that, Burke said, but the advertisements we see during the tournament dont generally promote healthy behaviors. Theyre generally about sugar (soft drink products, for example), alcohol (yes, beer) and money (investment firms).
In that sense, I think theres sort of a somber undertone to the whole thing, he said.
But he quickly shifted gears and put in a plug for his alma mater, the University of Arizona.
I love March Madness. I watch it every year. ... I think there is an upside to it. It can promote workplace cohesion, and that is super important. Doing anything that maximizes positive contact between co-workers can be really important.
Durango businessman Phil Bryson said he has no problem with office pools. If people dont go crazy about it, its fun to have it going.
The key is to manage the distraction. As noted, those temptations exist every day, whether its emails or fantasy football, he said.
Youve gotta manage all that or youre going to be in trouble, said Bryson, a former Washington state resident who truly is pulling for Gonzaga.
Jim Cross, associate professor of exercise science at Fort Lewis and former head basketball coach, says the NCAA tournament lures people in. Unlike most other sporting events, it rarely disappoints. The Super Bowl is sometimes a blowout, but March Madness always provides improbable comebacks, desperation last-second heaves and underdog winners. And all that madness means that skill goes out the window when picking winners.
I dont think the term expert applies to anyone ... because theres so many surprises and upsets. And thats what makes it so fun.
Cross, who is picking the University of Miami to win it all, said he used to run a pool in his classes and the students had fun with it. The winner would get extra credit or malted milk balls no money, of course.
So, will the U.S. economy hit the skids between now and the April 8 championship game, as employees stream hoops from their desks? Maybe, but probably not. It turns out even Challenger, Gray & Christmas isnt worried: At the end of the day, March Madness will not even register as a blip in the overall economy, John A. Challenger, the companys CEO, wrote in a March 13 news release.
But if your companys Internet connection slows to a crawl Thursday afternoon, youll know why.
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"I finally reached a safe place where I will receive shelter, food and other basic necessities", said Nazar when he and his family just arrived in the Admazine refugee camp in North-Western Ethiopia. "For the moment, I am just happy to see other people and to meet people from my village who I haven't seen for a while. I don't want to think about anything else." Nazar, his wife and their two children have been hiding in the bushes in the border area between Sudan and Ethiopia for the past five months, eating wild roots and drinking water from the river. Fighting was ongoing all around them and they constantly had to change their location. When the family's home was burned down, they were forced to flee the area altogether - all they were able to take was a change of clothes and their radio. Two days prior to their arrival in the Admazine camp, Nazar's family managed to cross the border into Ethiopia. People from the local community, Gemed, found them in the forest and brought them to the village where they received their first real meal in a long time. This small, rural village which subsists on agriculture and very basic gold mining has been hosting more than 3000 people since September, providing food and shelter. Even though people in the host community hardly have enough to cover their own needs, they are all happy to help because they want to support their neighbors and, as they say, save their lives. WFP currently provides food assistance to almost 300,000 refugees in Ethiopia, including 50,000 from Sudan. In addition to general food rations, malnourished children and pregnant and nursing women receive Supercereals, a fortified food, which helps them to regain weight. Given the unstable situation in three neighboring countries – Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea – the number of refugees in Ethiopia increases on a daily basis.
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Homesites at Twin Buttes may not officially be for sale yet, but theyre garnering plenty of interest as the housing market continues to improve and local inventory gets eaten up.
The sites can be reserved for $5,000 but wont close until 2014 after developers turn in a final plat to the city and get it approved. Sites in West Meadows, phase one of the large development west of downtown Durango, are currently available, and 25 of the 89 sites have been reserved thus far by homebuyers known as the founders group.
The group is composed of the first 50 people to reserve homes, and they are primarily people who have been following the development since it was first approved in 2008, said Nicole Perino, a broker for the Wells Group.
Jeryl Cundiff, a member of the founders group, said, The community aspect is really exciting. I can walk to my neighbors house and visit. Im just so excited.
Home construction is expected to begin next spring when the snow melts and the final plans are approved by the city, said Marc Snider, spokesman for the development. Buyers can then break ground whenever they want and choose a builder.
Cundiff plans on being one of the first to break ground if she is able to sell her current home, which she is planning on putting on the market in May.
The local real estate market has been steadily improving, and this year brokers anticipate inventory in La Plata County to decrease to its lowest rate in five or six years.
The area is in need of builders, but once construction companies come back to the area, brokers expect Twin Buttes, Three Springs and Edgemont will be the subdivisions with the most potential for growth in Durango city limits.
The Twin Buttes development, located off U.S. Highway 160, will be built in three phases on 150 acres and include amenities such as a garden, community center and trail system.
The City Council gave final approval to the first part of the development in 2011 after 290 acres of open space was donated by the landowners to the city for parks use. If and when the project is complete, it will house about 600 housing units, 75 accessory dwelling units and 140,000 square feet of commercial and civic space.
The sites currently being reserved are for single-family residential homes, but the development will also build townhomes and commercial buildings. While the site boundaries are set, they vary by size and range from 6,000 square feet to a half-acre for $120,000 to $180,000.
Cundiff has reserved one of the biggest lots and plans to build a 1,800-square-foot home on the property.
Another member of the founders group, Tom Harris, reserved two adjoining lots. Buyers outside the group may not have the option of purchasing adjoining lots, Snider said.
The Wells Group started listing the properties earlier this month and has received interest from renters looking to buy a home, current homeowners wanting an upgrade and people looking to move to the area, Perino said.
The Twin Buttes Open Space and Trail System opened last September and includes 580 acres of public open space and 10 miles of natural surface trails constructed by Trails 2000. An informal trailhead and dirt parking lot is located west of the Giant gas station, 20453 U.S. Highway 160, but the trailhead will move once homes are built.
The trail system should reopen in a few weeks.
The gardens also have been up and running, and now occupy 2 acres near the highway on the edge of the future development. The gardens produce is sold to a half-dozen restaurants in Durango, including Zia Taqueria, Seasons Rotisserie & Grill and Fired Up Pizzeria, Snider said.
Twin Buttes plans to offer a community supported agriculture program this summer where people can pay an upfront fee and receive a weekly share of produce throughout the season.
The garden is also getting 40 chickens and 10 beehives in the next few weeks. The development has hired people to care for the gardens, but homeowners can volunteer to help tend them.
Cundiff is planning to taking advantage of that perk. She currently lives on a large property with a big garden that is too big for me.
Animas High School announced earlier this month it will move to two temporary 12,000-square-foot buildings in Twin Buttes this summer. The schools board is trying to secure funding to construct a permanent building on the property.
The public charter school has outgrown its current home in a former strip mall on north Main Avenue. The school has 234 students this year but already has registered 304 for next year.


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Every person dreams of his or her perfect home. In fact, this is the first thing that comes into mind when one leaves their parent's house. Having a cozy and comfortable home to go to after a stressful day at work is the best. This is the reason why people opt to make their home as close to perfect as possible. This includes having the right floor to match the overall theme of the house.
Types of Floorings
Aside from cement, marble and tiles, the use of wood as flooring is the best as it connotes warmth and classic touch to one's home. You may be disappointed as normally when people say "wood", what comes to mind are the ordinary brown-colored floors. This is technically true, but thanks to the advent of technology, a wooden floor now comes in different shades; some may even match the color theme of the home.
Many hardwood flooring service companies nowdays offer custom finished projects for hardwood floors so that one can find white washed, black, dyed, textured and contrasting colors of wood floors. What is great about it is that most companies can alter the stain of the floor to meet the client's need without damaging the quality of the wood used.
Replacing Wood Floors Are Expensive
Wood floors are excellent for any residential or commercial sites. They may cost more compared to tiles or cement; however, care and proper maintenance can prolong the life and beauty of the floor. It is best to minimize scratching by not moving furniture from one place to another along the floor or dropping heavy objects onto the floor to prevent any dings or scratches to it. Another would be to opt for refinishing or sandless restoration.
Sandless restoration would bring back your floor to the same state as that of the original, except for those totally damaged or scratched areas that would require full sand and refinish. What is great about refinishing is that homeowners would not have to spend thousands of dollars to replace the wood flooring.
Choosing Your Hardwood Flooring
For those who wish to go for hardwood flooring, it is best to talk with a professional floor installation company to know the type of flooring that would suit the home or office where the installation would take place. Hardwood flooring comes in different types such as solid, engineered, unfinished and finished floors. Each of these flooring flooring has their particular advantages and disadvantages and as such, talking with a professional can save one time and money.


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Well we have had in depth conversations (with a few insults and rants thrown in for good flavor) about Albert. The first week of Training camp is about over. What say you???
Myself, I'm hopeful. From all reports Albert is showing a lot more foot speed than expected. There will obviously be some learning curve ahead, but hopefully he will do ok.


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Years later, SB2 still spurs debateBy MICHAEL COUSINEAU
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February 16. 2013 11:53PM
Nearly 20 years after legislators permitted towns to let residents make major town decisions by paper ballot, officials still are trying to tweak the law that sparks debate over its fairness every year.
Rep. Frederick Rice, R-Hampton, has submitted a bill this year to protect warrant articles submitted by residents from being amended during deliberative sessions to prevent "shenanigans and tomfoolery" of past years from squashing the article's original purpose.
About a third of the state's residents and more than half its student population live under Senate Bill 2 rule, where warrant articles dealing with budgets, town purchases and zoning articles are discussed - and potentially amended - at a deliberative session required in early February before the final articles get voted on at the polls on the second Tuesday in March.
"There is more legislation filed every year to change or alter parts of Senate Bill 2 than almost any statute that we would follow over at the State House," said Judy Silva, deputy director for legal, advocacy & communications services at the New Hampshire Municipal Association.
Next month, Temple for the ninth straight year will vote on whether to adopt SB2, in an effort for voters to have a say in town affairs without sitting through a multihour meeting with their neighbors.
"The core group in town believes in a town meeting where you deliberate and also vote on it," Town Clerk Wendy Drouin said. Last year's warrant article to adopt SB2 received 48 percent support, shy of the 60 percent needed.
Temple, a town of 981 registered voters located between Nashua and Keene, sends its children to the ConVal School District, which follows SB2. "Unfortunately at the polls, uneducated voters show up," Drouin said.
But others, including Jim Adams, chairman of the Granite State Taxpayers, said the SB2 method has "proven to be a very good way of governance" to allow greater participation.
"This is an excellent vehicle, so everyone who votes in the election has a say in their ... taxes in their community," Adams said.
Ken Grant, who heads the Barrington Taxpayers Association, saw his submitted warrant article about voting on who pays for roads and sewers amended at the deliberative session in 2007, stripping everything but the article's first two words, "To see."
After the state Supreme Court in 2008 sided with the town, the Legislature in 2011 changed the SB2 law to better protect petition warrant articles, according to Silva. Added in the law: "No warrant article shall be amended to eliminate the subject matter of the article. An amendment that changes the dollar amount of an appropriation in a warrant article shall not be deemed to violate this subparagraph."
Grant said he thinks the town "took away the rights of the voters who were working hard for this petitioned warrant article" to get before voters.
He backs Price's attempt to change the law but he also likes that SB2 gets more people voting on town issues than under the old town meeting format. He acknowledged there is a cost to that.
"I think the low-information voter speaks for the country," he said. "They go from watching game shows down to the ballot box."
The state municipal association examined 27 towns and found that an average of 2.4 percent of registered voters attended the deliberative sessions in 2010 and 25.5 percent of registered voters voted on the budget at the polls.
Silva said many voters in SB2 towns don't recognize their full responsibilities.
"One of the things I always say to people, I think that to the extent that people feel under the SB2 form of government they only have to show up and vote, they don't have to go to the deliberative session, I think they're missing out on half the meeting and a critical step of the process," she said.
"It really is much the same process you have at a traditional town meeting, but you put off the final vote," Silva said. "If you want a say in the final question that gets voted on, you have to come to the deliberative session."
More than 65 towns and around 80 school districts operate under SB2. It requires 60 percent support to adopt or repeal the SB2 official ballot format.
"It's still a very popular form of government and it remains popular," said economist Dennis Delay, who has done research on the topic for the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies in Concord.
"Some towns, it becomes very argumentative on whether it's a good idea or not," he said.
The Legislature passed SB2 in 1995, towns began adopting it the following year and the first towns started using the ballot format in 1997.
More than 40 towns that have tried to adopt SB2 have failed. And more than 30 towns have failed in their attempts to repeal it, according to the state Department of Revenue Administration.
Between 1996 and 2006, three communities repealed SB2 - Enfield, Dorchester and Orange, according to a report by the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies. No school districts repealed the measure during that time.
About a third of New Hampshire residents live in a town with a traditional town meeting, another third under SB2 rule and the remaining third in communities with a city council, according to Delay. He also analyzed the per-person spending for town expenses among SB2 and non-SB2 communities.
"I couldn't find any data that says SB2 towns spend more or less," he said.
SB2 towns and school districts "tend to be larger, they tend to have more people in them than the traditional town meeting towns and school districts," Delay said. "I think that speaks to again, as the town grows, there is a form of government that works better than the traditional town meeting."


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Romance: The possibilities are really endless. We speak of "carrying a torch" for someone. What's the goal of the heroine in many romances? A ring. And what is the symbol of the Olympics? Five rings. It would've been a natural.
Math: for people trying to figure out the scoring system
Political Science: for people trying to figure out the judging system
Dance: for people trying to figure out synchronized swimming
Humor: for people who can't be bothered trying to figure out synchronized swimming
Health: for watchers trying to figure out how those swimmers can consume that many calories and still fit into those swimsuits
Architecture: for watchers trying to figure out those swimsuits
Westerns: for visitors who think anything west of New York is the Lawless Frontier
Law and Crime: for visitors who know nothing about Chicago beyond Al Capone
Show Biz: for visitors who know no more about Chicago than Oprah Winfrey (and maybe the Blues Brothers)
Records: Nah: all these people are trying to break records
Reference: But we can do a lot with all those Guinness Books of World Records
Poetry: In Motion, for people watching the Gymnastics
Mystery and Science Fiction: because I need something to read while trying not to watch the Gymnastics (They're going to fall, I KNOW they're going to fall, don't make me watch)
Military History: In honor of the only gold medalist I know personally, who recalls arguing with a Japanese opponent in 1960, each insisting that the other was number one in the world. It hit him that less than 20 years earlier, his father and this man's father were probably shooting at each other. And he thought "The Olympics are really a more sensible way to do it."


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17 year-old William Heirens the alleged Lipstick Killer
On January 7, 1946, six-year-old Suzanne Degnan is kidnapped from her home in Chicago. Illinois. Police found a ladder outside the girl's window, and also discovered a ransom note which had been overlooked by the family. The note asked for a $20,000 in ransom and a man (presumably the kidnapper) repeatedly called the Degnan residence demanding the ransom, but hung up before any meaningful conversation could take place.
Someone later telephoned police anonymously, suggesting that police look in the sewers near the Degnan home. A search of the neighborhood turned up the girl's body. She had been strangled to death the night of the kidnapping, then dismembered with a hunting knife. Her remains were left in five different sewers and catch basins. Police questioned hundreds of people regarding the Degnan murder, and gave polygraph tests to 170 suspects but none ever proved to be the killer.
A break in the case came on June 26, 1946, when 17 year old William Heirens was arrested after a failed apartment burglary. When police searched his dorm room they found suitcases full of stolen goods, and a letter to Heirens signed "George M." Authorities soon learned that some of the stolen items had come from the murder victim's homes. However, they couldn't track down Heirens' apparent partner, George. Heirens was given sodium pentothal (truth serum drug) and interrogated. During questioning the subsequent questioning Heirens claimed that George Murman had killed Suzanne Degnan. However, it quickly became evident that George wasn't a real person at all, but an alter ego of Heirens himself. Slowly, investigators pieced together the pathology that drove Heirens. Apparently, he could only find sexual gratification through burglaries. He later found that killing during these burglaries added to the thrill. While doubtful that he was a true schizophrenic, prosecutors decided not to risk losing to an insanity defense and agreed not to seek the death penalty against Heirens.
Dubbed the Lipstick Killer by the media, Heirens pleaded guilty to three murders, Josephine Ross, Francis Brown and Susan Degnan and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. But many still doubted whether Heirens was the real killer. Though he remained imprisoned until his death, Heirens recanted the confessions, and asserted his innocence, claiming to be a victim of coercive interrogation and police brutality. He spent the later years of his sentence at the Dixon Correctional Center in Dixon, Illinois and died on March 5, 2012. At the time of his death Heirens was reputedly the world's longest serving prisoner, having spent 65 years in prison.
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With multifamily properties still maintaining their reputation as one of the safest returns on investment, and the supply pool continuing to shrink from lagging construction, competition among investors for New Jersey apartment buildings heated up in the fourth quarter of 2012, though a local multifamily expert said sales activity will cool down at the start of 2013 — especially if the capital gains tax rate spikes from 15 percent to 23.8 percent on Jan. 1.
"Sellers have been extremely aggressively pushing us to get deals closed before the new year, with the possible expiration of the (George W. Bush-era) tax cuts coming into play then," said Thomas McConnell, a senior associate at the Elmwood Park office of Marcus & Millichap. "With the low-cost leverage that sellers have right now, and the construction pipeline being suppressed, this velocity is exactly what I expected to see. But if the tax rates increase, I think next year's first quarter will be much quieter."
According to the firm's fourth-quarter report, sales activity in the state's multifamily market surged 50 percent from a year ago — a jump from the 40 percent year-over-year increase that was reported in the third quarter.
Despite the looming fiscal cliff, McConnell said that sales pace could continue through 2013 if interest rates on multifamily loans are held at today's extremely low levels, though "if they tick up even a little bit, I think sales and sales prices will drop."
Though 2,000 more rental units were delivered to the market in 2012 than the previous year, McConnell said demand continues to severely new development, especially in the northern part of the state, where prospective investors and renters increasingly are seeking out opportunities.
That strain on the supply side, coupled with falling vacancy rates, has given landlords enough leverage to drive rents above pre-recession levels, and squeeze the gap between asking rents and effective rents tighter. The report projects effective rents will reach $1,313 a month by Dec. 31 — a 4.2 percent increase from the start of the year, compared to the 2.3 percent increase in 2011.
However, McConnell said rental rates "have to be coming to that point where they're maximized, because if they continue to tick up, people will start to look harder at the 'rent verses own' scenario."
"While the newer class A product built near a transit hub has a different rent margin altogether, the majority of the product out there are older garden communities that have been in existence since the '60s, and haven't been updated in years," McConnell said. "So, for the market as a whole, I think rents are now as high as they'll get."


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Manchester aldermen considering meters to aid food pantryBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 06. 2013 10:55PM
MANCHESTER - More parking meters could soon be coming to downtown, only these would generate revenue for charity, not the city.
The aldermen's Committee on Public Safety on Monday approved a plan to install six coin operated meters where passersby could deposit their spare change.
The idea was proposed by Ward 3 Alderman Pat Long, who said it would allow people to donate their change to the needy without being concerned about how it might be used.
"People feel guilty about just giving change to people," he said.
The city's Parking Division has had a surplus of coin-operated meters since it installed computerized multi-space meters downtown, and so the cost to the city for the project would only be about $260, according to Parking Manager Denise Boutilier.
The money deposited in the meters would go to the New Horizons for New Hampshire soup kitchen and shelter.
Long said the meters would be specially painted and marked to differentiate them from regular parking meters.
He said the Art Institute expressed a willingness to participate in the painting of the meters, without charge.
Several cities have taken to refashioning their parking meters to raise money for charity, including Las Vegas, Nashville, Atlanta and San Francisco.
Ward 4 Alderman Jim Roy said he saw the meters in Nashville.
"I don't know how well they're doing, but I wasn't approached by any panhandlers," he said.
On a motion from Alderman Phil Greazzo, Ward 10, the committee voted to have the first $260 raised from the meters cover the cost of installation.
The proposal still must be approved by the full Board of Mayor and Aldermen.


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New London police chief resigns over incident with femaleBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
April 04. 2013 5:10PM
NEW LONDON - Police Chief David Seastrand resigned Thursday as part of a negotiated agreement with the Attorney General's Office after a female who was under arrest claimed Seastrand asked her to pose for nude pictures in exchange for her freedom.
Seastrand, who earlier in the week announced his retirement to the town at the end of the month for unspecified reasons, has been a member of the New London Police Department for 27 years and has been chief since 1995.
In a press release, Attorney General Michael A. Delaney announced that "pursuant to the terms of a negotiated disposition with the Attorney General's Office, David Seastrand resigned his position as the New London chief of police earlier today. In addition, Seastrand permanently relinquished his certification as a police officer."
On March 6, 2013, a complaint was made with the Attorney General's Office regarding Seastrand's interaction with an adult female who had been arrested a few days prior. The complainant alleged that Seastrand indicated her charges would be dropped if she allowed him to take a series of nude photographs of her. Based on the complaint, a criminal investigation was initiated.
On Thursday, Seastrand agreed to immediately resign as the chief of police and permanently relinquish his certification as a police officer.
"Given this resolution, the state's investigation will be concluded and criminal charges will not be brought in regard to Seastrand's conduct on March 6," Delaney said.


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'Northern Trespass' talk at film hosted by NBA player Matt BonnerBy TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 25. 2013 8:42PM
CONCORD — Perhaps buoyed by the support and participation of NBA player and local basketball standout Matt Bonner, a screening of "Northern Trespass," a film critical of the controversial Northern Pass project, sold out Wednesday night at Red River Theatre.
Produced on a shoestring budget over the course of two years by volunteer amateur filmmakers Jan Marvel and Michelle Vaughn of Thornton, the movie seeks to highlight the proposed electricity transmission project's impact on scenic views, health, property values and jobs.
"The Northern Pass has been using huge amounts of money to ram this transmission project, which is unneeded, down our throats," Marvel said before the screening. "We find it to be a very destructive idea."
Northern Pass, a collaboration between Public Service of New Hampshire's parent company, Northeast Utilities, NStar and Hydro-Quebec, has proposed building an 180-mile-long transmission line from the Canadian border at Pittsburg to Deerfield. The project would bring 1,200 megawatts of power to the New England market.
The project would mostly use existing rights-of-way, but also needs to identify several miles of new corridors for the lines. The proposal, which includes the construction of transmission towers as high as 90 feet, has had opposition almost since it was announced.
Bonner, who was born and grew up in Concord, said he decided to support the film and voice his opposition to the project because he wants to protect the state he still calls home. Bonner, a power forward for the San Antonio Spurs, hosted a question-and-answer forum with Marvel, Vaughn and fellow Northern Pass opponent David Dobbins after the screening and said he was sold on "Northern Trespass" after learning that Marvel and Vaughn accepted no payment for making it.
"I love my home state and I want to stick up for it," Bonner said. "I don't want people taking advantage of it for money.
"And ultimately, I want to increase awareness. Whether you're for it or against it, you're free to draw your own conclusions. The important thing is that people are aware of it because it's something that will affect everybody," he said.
The film, which opens with images of New Hampshire's natural attractions interspersed with scenes of power lines buzzing and Northern Pass opponents protesting the proposal, spans two years and features interviews with people who would be affected by the project.
It also shows scenes of the results of previous projects by Hydro-Quebec, such as emptied rivers and accusations of increased mercury in fish, and makes the argument that the transmission lines have links to an increased risk of cancer in adults and leukemia in children.
The film also tried to shoot holes in the claim made by Northern Pass that the project would bring more than 1,000 jobs to the state, with interview subjects saying the jobs would be highly technical, highly skilled positions that would likely go to out-of-state contractors rather than New Hampshire residents.
Chris Schadler of Webster said she thought the filmmakers successfully portrayed their opposition to the project without going overboard.
"It hit the nail on the head," she said. "It didn't shy away from the truth. And it was not an extremist position."
David Nesbitt, who also lives in Webster, said he was impressed that the film delved into the more difficult issues, such as safety and economic concerns, rather than just focusing on scenic views.
"It really raises issues that people don't really talk about, like the health issues and the promise of jobs," he said.
Martin Murray, Northern Pass project spokesman, called the information in the video "inaccurate and outdated."
"It is heavily focused on the false threat of eminent domain, which has been addressed by state law for over a year now," Murray said in a statement. "The current proposed route was created by working with willing landowners. The producers surely are aware of the facts surrounding this issue, yet chose to mislead the public."
He added: "New Hampshire is ready to debate this project on its merits, through honest debate. Unfortunately, this video only serves to distort the truth and mislead the public."
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Senate Finance Committee rejects Medicaid expansionBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
May 23. 2013 9:47AM
CONCORD – The Senate Finance Committee Wednesday night voted 4-2 to reject Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act and instead establish a commission to study the potential impact on the state.
Senate President Peter Bragdon, R-Milford, said he has reservations about the federal government meeting its obligation to pay 100 percent of the cost of the program for the first three years and then gradually reducing its share to 90 percent after seven years.
Medicaid expansion would cover about 60,000 Granite Staters who are currently uninsured and while paying state health care providers about $2.5 billion for medical services over the next seven years.
"The federal government is making many promises when it comes to helping states fund Medicaid expansion, but we have been disappointed before with these types of promises and need to be cautious," Bragdon said. "Furthermore, neither the information we have received from HHS (Health and Human Services) nor other studies, are able to point to clear evidence to prove expanding Medicaid will lead to lower costs or improved health care outcomes."
Instead he proposed establishing a bi-partisan commission to answer the questions and issue a final report by Dec. 1, 2014. The commission would have $200,000 to do its work.
Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, argued against Bragdon's proposals saying Medicaid expansion, moving to managed care system and fixing the Medicaid Enhancement Tax – a tax on hospitals net patient receipts – are key to balancing the state budget over the next two years.
Last week state health and human services officials urged the Finance Committee to include expansion in its budget, saying it could possibly not cost the state anything over the first few years and bring $2.5 billion into the state, while providing health insurance for approximately 58,000 residents.
They said the cost to the state could be about $27 million over seven years.
The Senate Finance Committee hopes to take a final vote on its proposed budget Tuesday and then the Senate would vote June 6.
The House included Medicaid expansion in its proposed budget, and expansion is backed by Gov. Maggie Hassan.
House and Senate budget negotiators are expected to address the issue as they try to reach a compromise on the next biennium's budget which is to go into effect July 1.


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Last week's Supreme Court ruling on the health care law might have made Roscoe Filburn a little happier.
Filburn was an Ohio dairy farmer who had a beef with the federal government, one he took to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1942. He lost.
The dispute was simple: The federal government said Filburn had grown too much wheat. In an effort to keep the price of wheat from falling — this was just after the Great Depression — the government limited how much wheat farmers could grow under a 1938 law, invoking its constitutional power to regulate interstate trade.
The government said Filburn could grow 11 acres. The farmer went out and planted twice that much.
Yes, he figured, he grew wheat. But he just fed it to his chickens. He didn't sell any of it across state lines. He didn't sell it at all. It never left his farm.
Jim Chen, dean of the University of Louisville School of Law, says you can understand Filburn's point of view. "I'm a chicken guy!" Chen says. "I'm a fourth- or fifth-generation farmer. You are bunch of pointy-headed economic idiots with economic charts and equations in Washington, D.C. And you know nothing about what it means to grow wheat. You can go to hell."
The feds tried to fine Filburn, and he fought all the way to the Supreme Court. It would turn out to be one of the most influential cases in history.
That's because the court ruled that the government could limit how much wheat Filburn, and other farmers, could grow. It could fine them for growing too much. Filburn may not have bought or sold any wheat, but he still affected the wheat market: Every extra bushel he grew was a bushel he didn't buy. In some small way, that moved the price of wheat.
And here's the parallel to the health care case: Roscoe Filburn didn't buy or sell wheat, yet the Commerce Clause still applied. What about people who didn't buy health insurance? Could it be applied there?
The Supreme Court last week said no, it didn't apply. Americans can be required to buy health insurance, just not under the Commerce Clause. Chief Justice Roberts argued that there's a difference between activity and inactivity. Filburn was actively growing wheat. But people not buying health insurance, aren't doing anything. (The court invoked the government's taxing authority to uphold the health-care requirement instead.)
Filburn died in 1987. His grandson, Gerald Spurgeon, said he didn't even know his grandfather had been part of a monumental Supreme Court case until after he died. "He never talked about it," Spurgeon says. "No, he wasn't talkative. ... He was a farmer."
When the Supreme Court ruled, last week, that, yes, the federal government can require people to buy health insurance or pay a fine, the Court did not allow it, as many had expected, under the commerce clause of the Constitution. In fact the court ruled the commerce clause does not give the government that power.
The decision would have made Roscoe Filburn very happy. He was a farmer from Ohio who took a related case all the way to the Supreme Court but lost.
Here is David Kestenbaum with our Planet Money team.
DAVID KESTENBAUM, BYLINE: Roscoe Filburn was a farmer with strong views of right and wrong. So when the government passed a law in 1938 that tried to limit how much wheat he could grow on his land that felt very, very wrong to him.
The purpose of the law was to try to keep the price of wheat from dropping; this was just after the Great Depression. And the commerce clause of the Constitution does give the federal government the power to regulate interstate commerce.
But Roscoe's thinking was, look, yes I grow wheat, but I'm just using it feed my chickens. I'm not selling wheat across interstate lines. I'm not selling wheat at all. It never leaves my farm.
Jim Chen is dean of the University of Louisville School of Law. He says you can understand the guy's point of view.
JIM CHEN: I'm a chicken guy - I sell eggs, literally walked in from the barn. Would you like some? It will cost you a dime for a dozen. I'm a fourth or fifth generation farmer. You are bunch of pointy-headed idiots with economic charts and equations in Washington. D.C. And you know nothing about what it means to grow wheat. You can go to hell.
KESTENBAUM: The law says he can only grow 11 acres of wheat. Roscoe Filburn goes out and defiantly plants twice that. The government tries to fine him. There's a court case. And eventually Roscoe Filburn, dairy farmer from Ohio, his case ends up before the U.S. Supreme Court. It would turn out to be one of the most influential cases in history.
The Supreme Court hears arguments and decides - I am going to translate into normal speech here: Sorry, Mr. Filburn, you've got to pay the fine.
It's true you didn't buy or sell any wheat. But you were still affecting the wheat market. Because every extra bushel you grew was a bushel you didn't have to buy, which in some small way affected the price for wheat.
And here's the parallel to the health care case. Roscoe Filburn didn't buy or sell wheat but the commerce clause still applied. What about people who don't buy or sell health insurance, could it be applied there?
The Supreme Court last week ruled people could be forced to buy health insurance, but not under the commerce clause. Chief Justice Roberts argued there was a difference between activity and inactivity. Roscoe Filburn was actively growing wheat, but people not buying health insurance weren't doing anything.
Roscoe Filburn died in 1987. I tracked down his grandson, Gerald Spurgeon, who said he didn't even know his grandfather had been part of a monumental Supreme Court case, until after he died.
GERALD SPURGEON: He never talked about it, nothing.
KESTENBAUM: Was he a talkative guy or a sort of quiet guy?
SPURGEON: No, he wasn't talkative.
KESTENBAUM: He was a farmer, yeah.
SPURGEON: He was a farmer.
KESTENBAUM: Roscoe Filburn eventually sold his farm. He took long vacations in Florida. He liked to fish and beat his grandchildren at checkers.
David Kestenbaum, NPR News.
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I remember seeing Brian Westbrook sweat it out at training camp last summer.
Working on his footwork, running through drills with trainer Rick Burkholder, trying to show Andy Reid he was healthy enough to get back on the field.
Even when he was on the sidelines at Lehigh, Westbrook was in LeSean McCoy's ear, advising the Eagles' rookie running back, showing him the ropes.
Now, six months later, after a frustrating season that included a pair of concussions, Westbrook's career in Philadelphia is over.
Drafted in the third round in 2002, Westbrook spent eight seasons here, earning Pro Bowl honors twice and often putting the offense on his back.
It's hard to believe that he's just two years removed from quite possibly the best year of his career. In 2007, Westbrook set career highs with 1,333 yards rushing, 771 yards receiving and 2,104 total yards from scrimmage.
I was asked earlier about the Westbrook memory that sticks out in my head. It has to be the 84-yard punt return in 2003 at the Meadowlands. With Donovan McNabb having completed just nine passes for 64 yards on the day, and the Eagles (2-3 at the time) facing a 10-7 deficit, it was Westbrook's return that saved the season as the Birds finished 12-4 while advancing to the NFC championship.
But, this is the NFL.
And that means that seconds after you recall your favorite Westbrook memory, your buddy is texting you about who the Eagles should add to replace him.
Here's a look at the RBs on the current roster:
LeSean McCoy - He obviously now owns the position. McCoy carried for 637 yards and four touchdowns as a rookie, averaging 4.1 yards per carry. He also caught 40 balls for 308 yards. McCoy is the future, and he's more than capable of being an every-down back as he continues to work on his blocking and blitz pickup. But he will be just 22 years old when the Eagles head to Lehigh next summer. The Eagles will need to find the right complement.
Eldra Buckley - He's not the guy. The Eagles liked using him at times in short-yardage situations, but don't expect to see Buckley play a much larger role.
Leonard Weaver - This is an interesting one. Do the Eagles have enough confidence in Weaver as a ballcarrier to team him up with McCoy as a two-headed monster going into 2010? He had 70 carries for 323 yards last season. Weaver is a restricted free agent, but it would be surprising if he somehow did not return.
Martell Mallett - The Eagles signed the CFL's rookie of the year last month. That's about all we know about him.
So, where does this leave us?
The Eagles could draft a running back. But would that really make sense, given that they spent a second-rounder on McCoy last year and expect him to be the guy well into the future? I don't really think so.
The more likely route is to bring in a veteran running back who fits their needs. I know what you're thinking. Didn't they have a guy like that in Westbrook? Yes. But who knows what his health is like? And who knows if he still believes he can play a larger role elsewhere?
LaDainian Tomlinson was released yesterday, and according to the New York Daily News, Jets RB Thomas Jones could be next.
Chime in on the comments below. Where does the team go from here? What's your favorite Westbrook memory? We're two and a half weeks removed from the Super Bowl and more than two months away from the draft, but there's no shortage of topics to discuss.
Colleague Mike Potter found a highlight video that is embedded below, and photos from Westbrook's career are at the top.
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Global Leaders Convene in PyeongChang, Korea Participate in Groundbreaking Special Olympics Global Development Summit
PyeongChang, Republic of Korea - 30 January 2012 - World leaders from government, business, education, economic and social development, media and civil society convened in PyeongChang, Republic of Korea at the Special Olympics Global Development Summit on Ending the Cycle of Poverty and Exclusion for People with Intellectual Disabilities. This Summit, the first of its kind focusing solely on people with intellectual disabilities, examined the urgent needs of the largest disability population throughout the world and takes place as part of the world's largest sports and humanitarian event, Special Olympics World Winter Games PyeongChang 2013, and was co-hosted by Special Olympics and the Special Olympics World Winter Games Organizing Committee PyeongChang 2013.
High level participants of the Global Development Summit included:
· Aung San Suu Kyi, MP—Chairperson, National League for Democracy, Burma (Myanmar)
· The Most Honorable Kim Hwang-sik, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea
· Her Excellency Joyce Banda, President of Malawi
· Congresswoman Na Kyung Won, Chairperson, 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games, Games Organizing Committee
· Mr. Song Sang-Hyun, President, International Criminal Court
· Senator and Vice Minister Jan McLucas, Government of Australia
· The Honorable Wilfried Lemke, Special Envoy, the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace
· Mr. Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
· Mr. Michael Elliott, President and CEO, ONE
· Mrs. Cherie Blair, Founder, The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
· Mr. Yao Ming, Chairman of the Shanghai Sharks Basketball Club and Founder, Yao Foundation
· Mr. Dikembe Mutumbo, Founder, Dikembe Mutombo Foundation Inc.
· Mrs. Cindy Hensley McCain, Chair, Hensley & Co. and Humanitarian
The Summit on Ending the Cycle of Poverty and Exclusion for People with Intellectual Disabilities discussed the obstacles faced by people with intellectual disabilities. In every community around the world, people with intellectual disabilities and their families face stigma and stereotype that results in low expectations for what they can accomplish and apathy and ignorance that limits their access to health care, education, housing, and employment. They also experience a lack of protection under the law that denies them their humanity, robs them of their dignity, subjects them to poverty and abuse, and threatens their freedom to participate as full and equal members of society.
"People with intellectual differences cannot boast a great success story around the world. Most live in poverty, are denied education and are unemployed. Most are lonely and shunned. If they were a nation, they would be 200 million people and the world's poorest." said Timothy P. Shriver, Chairman and CEO of Special Olympics. "Their revolution still awaits and the leaders who are here today have agreed to help lead this revolution."
From 29 January to 5 February 2013, the Republic of Korea welcomes more than 2,300 Special Olympics athletes from more than 110 nations to compete in seven Olympic-type winter sports as part of the Special Olympics World Winter Games. Every two years, thousands of Special Olympics athletes worldwide come together to showcase their athletic skills and celebrate the spirit of Special Olympics in alternating World Summer and World Winter Games. The first Special Olympics World Games took place in 1968 and since then have evolved into a world-class sporting event, attracting a wide range of sponsors, supporters and media. Special Olympics World Games bring public attention to the talents and capabilities of people with intellectual disabilities and are a capstone to more than 50,000 competitions that happen at all levels of Special Olympics each year. Special Olympics sports training and competitions, supported by a number of non-sports activities, help to change attitudes and break down barriers that exclude people with intellectual disability from the mainstream of the community.
Photos from the Summit will available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/soi-photo-stream/collections/72157632547303646/
More information can be found at http://www.2013SOPOC.org and http://www.specialolympics.org/News_and_Stories/Stories2012/Global_Development_Summit.aspx
About Special Olympics:
Special Olympics is an international organization that changes lives through the power of sport by empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect worldwide. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics movement has grown from a few hundred athletes to 4 million athletes in 170 countries worldwide, providing year-round sports training, athletic competition and related programs. Special Olympics takes place daily, changing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities all over the world. Special Olympics provides people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and experience joy and friendship. Visit Special Olympics at http://www.specialolympics.org. Engage with us on: Twitter @specialolympics; fb.com/specialolympics; youtube.com/specialolympicshq, and specialolympicsblog.wordpress.com
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