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Combine intriguing art with Durangos premier classic music festival Music in the Mountains and what do you get? Violins and Vino, a great combination in any book.
Traditionally (that means at least 20 of the festivals 27 years), the festival has kicked off with a fundraising soirée at Toh-Atin Gallery, thanks to the generosity of hosts Mary Jane Clark and Jackson Clark. This year, the event moved from the end of January to the end of March, which made for lighter spirits all around.
Instead of a musical performance and an auction of private musical performances, this years festivities included an auction of violins painted and decorated by talented local artists along with just a few performances for sale others are being used at wonderful mini-concerts and fancy dinners as fundraisers for Music in the Mountains throughout the year, including From Russia with Love in February and the upcoming April in Paris.
Twelve artists received a gleaming new $75 violin, and most said the hardest part was marring that finish to get it ready to be a canvas.
Sharon Abshagen, sponsored by Sorrel Sky Gallery, based her Listening to Music in the Thin Air on a plein air painting she had done at the site of the Festival Tent at Durango Mountain Resort, and Eileen Fjerstads Symphony of Summer also portrayed the wildflowers and dramatic mountain views of the area. Hers was sponsored by Vectra Bank.
Cindy Coleman, courtesy of Riverview Animal Hospital, created a darling homage to Hey Diddle Diddle, with a miniature cow leaping on a spring on the rib at the base of the neck, and the plate and spoon preparing for their dramatic escape at the bottom of the instruments back. Dave Sipe, sponsored by Marias Bookshop, also was inspired by the line, the cat and the fiddle, using his violin as a component in one of his chain-saw sculptures.
The Sows Ear and Silver Pick Lodge sponsored photographer Paul Boyer, who honored Vivaldis Four Seasons; Karyn Gabaldon Fine Arts supported artist Miki Harder, who saw Nero goes to Phoenix in the grain of her violin; and Toh-Atin sponsored its Navajo artist, Leland Holiday, who envisioned coyotes frolicking to the music made by the violinist. Perfect for her sponsor, Animas Valley Audiology, Mariah Kaminsky used her talent for portraiture to create music of another type, Pavarotti in full operatic voice. Another Sorrel Sky artist, Phyllis Stapler, didnt just paint, she wrote a charming short story about the Songbird in Argyle to accompany it.
The Strater Hotel brought Barbara Edidins Bright Seraphim to the auction block. It was inspired by the baroque ceilings in Europe, with circular paintings on the back inspired by murals, including Raphaels angel with lute. Way cool.
And Elizabeth Kinahan, with her sponsor Pine River Valley Bank, has bragging rights as the winner of the contest, between artists for her Moosic to My Steers, also known as Dont Fence Me In. Complete with hand-barbed violin strings, it earned her a $1,000 prize, and her violin will be auctioned off at Pops Night in July.
In between auctioning violins, Calvin and Pat Story sold several musician packages, many with accompanying catering packages. Young violinist Chloe Trevor came complete with appetizers for 15 from Durangourmet; the purchaser of the Supreme Trio, also known as violist Philip Kram, flutist Sarah Frisof and harpist Anne Esfeller, will also enjoy a $250 gift certificate from Nortons Catering; and the Dynamic Duo, aka concertmaster Leslie Shank and her husband, classical guitarist Joseph Hagedorn, will bring appetizers for 15 from Hot Tomatoes Café and Catering along with their performance. (Hot Tomatoes also catered the Violin and Vino party for the 130 guests, including a lovely salmon filet that was moist and delicate.)
Other musical donors were Fort Lewis College assistant professor and percussionist Jonathan Latta, who will recruit a group of local musicians for Jazz It Up, and Musical Elegance, with violinist Emmanuelle Boisvert and pianist David Korevaar, which will definitely live up to its title.
The Storys had a busy weekend, working two other charity auctions, with KDUR-FMs Furniture as Art on Thursday and their own Treasure Auction event during last weekend. Im guessing its really quiet at their house as he rests his voice.
Kudos to the organizing committee, Chairwoman Jill Ward, Nancy Fisher (who made the best cocktail sauce ever for the big silver bowl of shrimp), Pamela Hasterok, Mary Ann McCarthy, Anna Passalaqua, Nancy Peake, Georgeann Reitz, Annie Simonson and Carol Treat for a lovely evening, which raised about $20,000.
Thanks also to Star Liquors for the titular vino and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory for the scrumptious truffles.
Partygoers also got a sneak peek at the upcoming festival with Music Director and 2012 Latin Grammy nominee Guillermo Figueroa performing Insula from his Cordero: Caribbean Concertos for Guitar and for Violin recording; the Alison Brown Band; Korevaar on Gershwins Concerto in F; and a return to Durango of Rachel Barton Pine, who wowed Durangoans as a guest artist with the San Juan Symphony in 2009 and has only grown in artistry and confidence since then.
The entire program is available online at www.musicinthemountains.org. Tickets go on sale April 15.
Hoping for April showers for their birthdays are Mary Catherine Baty, David Best III, Micah Priest, Dorman McShan, Jennifer McLaughlin, Kip Stransky, Holly Chavez, Mark Donahue, Larry House, John Lavengood, Anne Hani, Ed Cash, Wayne Hose, Dennis Polsfut, Verlena Collentine, Arden Peters, Charlie Hakes, Doug Shand, Nika Patterson, Josh Poole, Kyle Cheesewright, Judy Fairchild, Nikolai Bohachevsky, Aimee Martin, Roman Speegle, Barbara Ugai, Mike Brinnon, Lin Lewis, Wayne Ruby, Kurt Campbell, Nancy Ottman, Chad Tidwell, Cameron Delacey, Vance Bulen, Mya Oyler, Luke Stetler, Marilyn Folk, Fred Gale, Steve Scott, Anya Howell, Sarah Law, Alan Bohachevsky, Mallory Byrd, Marcia Heidenreich, Denise Simonson, Joyce Hondru, Jacob Ward, Michael Pratt, Lynda Morris, Kim Hobby, Haley Fleming, Anne Swanson, Haley Cotgageorge, Lillian Boe, Randy Bondow, Jessica Cox, Bella Kidd, Ivey Patton, Don Baker and Jim Edmanson.
Birthday greetings go across the miles to dear Rosemary Krass in Greeley.
When the American Association of University Women chose Dinah Swan as their speaker for its annual Book and Author Luncheon, they got a primer on Southern manners from the Southern belle.
Swan spoke about her writing career, including two mysteries, Cana Rising and Now Playing in Cana, which are set in a mythical town in Mississippi. She said there are three questions northern Mississippi residents ask: Who you kin to? Which county are you from? and Where do you worship?
Swan, who earned both her bachelors and masters degrees at the University of Mississippi, said those questions can present some challenges for folks who are not from the state.
I know many a family who joined the Unitarian Church so their kids would have an answer to that last question, she said.
Swan also talked about the difference in sense of community. When her car broke down in the post office parking lot in Oxford, Miss., everyone stopped to offer help. When the same car broke down in the parking lot at the Boulder post office that car did not like post offices no one stopped.
The event, which took place March 23, was held at the Vallecito Room at Fort Lewis College, where Sodexo prepared a diverse luncheon of salads and utterly fabulous brownies. Funds raised will go to AAUWs National Scholarship Fund (more than $4.3 million in scholarships this year alone) and the chapters Cheryl Jackson Scholarship, which members are working to endow.
The organizing committee was led by Megan McGrath, with help from Teresa Jordan, Grace Deltscheff, Marilyn Sandstrom, Bernardine Cox, Lou Falkenstein, K Redford, M.J. Moseley, FLC President Dene Kay Thomas and Barbara Shore, who had ably led the committee for the last two luncheons.
Im personally looking forward to the Animas Museums recreation of a third class high tea on the doomed Titanic, which will take place April 12, with doors opening at 5:45 p.m. and dinner, er, tea, served at 6:30 p.m. Brianna McCormick, the museums assistant, said they have been having a blast putting it together, researching the menu and planning appropriate entertainment for those who, like most of us, would not have been in first class with Col. Astor.
It promises to be a memorable evening marking the 101st anniversary of the tragedy.
Tickets are $25, and are available at the museum, or by visiting www.animasmuseum/events and clicking on PayPal by the event. Tickets must be purchased by Tuesday.
Enjoying some April flowers for their anniversaries are Ken and Paula Seay, John and Diane Knutson, Mike and Paula Kirchner, Bud and Sandy Beebe, Kyle and Cory Kindle, Guy and Beverly Tomberlin, Dale and Reba Warren and Charles and Janet Williams.
Im off for a few days, so Neighbors will return April 13.


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Swiss gun violence should count suicide… Reply to Woodstock Twp. board letter
Swiss gun violence should count suicide
To the editor,
Regarding Daniel Spaulding's recent letter ("The criminals will keep their guns; so should we," Feb. 3) and comment regarding Switzerland's "... VERY LOW gun death rate."
It's just not true. Switzerland's homicide rate is a little worse than Canada's and much worse than most of the European Union. However what is really striking is the firearm suicide rate which pushes the total gun death rate closer to the top. Of course, nowhere near the United States, but that's something they can shoot for.
Mark Busha
Reply to Woodstock Twp. board letter
To the editor,
Mr. Howland in his letter to the editor does not present the facts ("Woodstock Township board has issues," Jan. 26).
Comment #1. Several of the board members are related through "marriage" between grandparents and aunts/uncles of spouses. There is no "direct" blood relationships between board members. Mr. Howland's inference of nepotism is absolutely not warranted.
Comment #2. While I agree, to some extent, the board does not follow Robert's Rules of Order in every detail, they do their best to treat people fairly. It is agreed that board members should "formally" adopt RRO and read up on them.
Comment #3. The receipts submitted by the previous clerk were less than clear as to precisely what the purchases were for (e.g. cherries and cheese). Do we expect the clerk and treasurer to pay "any" receipt submitted without proper documentation as to why/what/if the expenditure was justified, I would hope not.
I might add, the previous board voted to "pay the bills" at the end of a meeting, as they always do systematically. After the fact, it was discovered that the clerk at that time had paid an organization "twice" to the tune of over $40,000 each time. The treasurer caught the mistake and did NOT "pay the bills" as was voted to. One would hope that is what Woodstock Township residents expect of the treasurer. While I am not privilege to the exact circumstances regarding payment of receipts submitted by the previous clerk, I do sincerely believe the treasurer is acting in the best interest of Woodstock Township by insuring submitted bills are "justified," "approved" and "accurate."
It does appear that Mr. Howland and a previous Woodstock Township clerk, along with a few other members of the audience are intent upon creating issues that are disruptive and not productive. I observed those tactics in past years and they created an atmosphere of hostility that is unacceptable. While honest, sincere disagreement regarding issues can be useful and productive, making a BIG fuss over minor issues is absolutely uncalled for.
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November 10. 2013 9:27PM
A Plymouth family tradition for 3-time winner of Francis Wayland Parker Scholar honor
By TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
PLYMOUTH — Being named a Francis Wayland Parker Scholar of the Month is becoming part of Andrew Buttolph's annual scholarly routine.
Buttolph is the September Scholar of the Month, marking the third time in three years the 18-year-old Plymouth Regional High School senior has had his essay selected.
"It just kind of fell into place and worked out that way," he said.
All he needs now is to earn the Scholar of the Year honor in May to match the feat accomplished by his older brother, Michael, who was a Scholar of the Month three times and was the 2011 Scholar of the Year.
"Then we'll be all tied," Andrew Buttolph said.
Buttolph, who is applying for admission to Cornell University, is the top-ranked student in his class and is involved in so many school and extracurricular activities that he needs three sheets of paper to list them all. He plays the trumpet, is on the ski-jumping team and trivia club and is a member of the student Senate. He's a member of the National Honor Society, has received the national Presidential volunteer service award three times and is an Eagle Scout.
In his essay, he imagines that Parker, the revolutionary 19th-century educator and Bedford native, has been appointed chairman of the school board and asked for "a status report on how PRHS prepares students to be effective citizens by implementing his vision."
He said the school meets Parker's vision — Parker emphasized independent thinking instead of rote memorization — because it "focuses on teamwork, encourages hands-on learning, and tailors approaches in order to nurture each individual's skills and abilities."
Buttolph's past winning essays were similarly styled. His sophomore-year essay was an open letter to Parker; his junior-year essay highlighted his school's use of distance-learning platforms.
"I like to try to think of something different for the essay," he said.
And the Buttolph legacy may not be finished — Andrew has a younger brother, Stephen.
"There's another, so we'll see," Andrew said of Stephen. "He works pretty hard."
The Francis Wayland Parker Scholar program is sponsored by the New Hampshire Association of School Principals, in cooperation with the New Hampshire Union Leader, Lifetouch Studios and the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England.
Other nominees for September were: Brittany Marshall, Hopkinton High School; Jack Salvatore, Manchester High School Central and Maria Barger from Manchester High School West.


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Attorney General Lockyer Delivers Tobacco Settlement Funds to Glenn County
(SACRAMENTO) – Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced the payment of $222,552.61 to Glenn County, representing the local government's share of the first two "initial payments" of tobacco settlement funds through the California Department of Justice. This payment is in addition to the annual payment which will be received by the state and distributed to local governments in April of this year.
The payment is the county's share of the more than $1 billion to be paid annually to California by tobacco companies under the landmark multi-state civil settlement reached in November 1998. California was among 46 states that took the tobacco industry to court over decades of allegedly deceitful advertising and illegal marketing of tobacco products aimed at children.
"The tobacco companies agreed to substantial monetary payments and to stop targeting young kids in their advertising and marketing in large part due to the determined and united front presented by state and local governments in California," Lockyer said. "Californians now have a fighting chance to save current and future generations from tobacco addiction, disease and premature death."
The state of California and local governments will split the tobacco settlement monies 50/50. Each county's share of the settlement is based on population. Like the state, counties have no restrictions on how the settlement funds are to be used. Each county will determine how to spend the funds.
In addition to the financial payments, the Master Settlement Agreement restricted how tobacco companies market and advertise their products. Among other things, tobacco companies are prohibited from targeting children in marketing and promotions, from giving away free samples where teenagers might gain access, and from using tobacco brand-name merchandise. The settlement also resulted in the elimination of hundreds of billboards featuring outdoor advertising of tobacco products.
The Attorney General's Office represented the State of California in the tobacco litigation. To ensure compliance with the restrictions, Attorney General Lockyer has established the first, full-time state tobacco enforcement unit in the country and provided consumers with a complaint line, 916-565-6486, so that Californians can report suspected violations.
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For those who still want to cling to that summer atmosphere while also kicking off the football season right, visit Pacific Beach Shore Club to take advantage of the restaurant-bar's endless lineup of high-definition big screens, as well as a stunning panoramic vista of the Pacific to enjoy during commercial breaks.
"We have TVs in every corner with every package you can have for football," said owner Billy Ramirez. "For Sunday football, it's great because we try to put on every game. It may not be on every TV, but we'll have a TV that is designated for each game that's on."
And with the bar just steps away from the sand, guests can take a dip in the big blue between games to cool off or simply enjoy the beachfront vantage point from the bar's oversize west-facing windows.
To accompany the sunny coastal view, Chargers regalia — like signed jerseys and bolt-laden flags — line the wooden walls along with some Wisconsin Badgers and Navy football gear dotted here and there.
"We are definitely a Chargers bar. We get a lot of fans coming in for the Chargers games. Especially for the away games, we're packed," Ramirez said. "We play the Chargers songs when they score, we turn the music on during the commercial breaks, and you're watching football right at the beach."
During home games, you can find Ramirez — a diehard Chargers fan — tailgating in the parking lot at the Chargers stadium alongside a 20-foot long Winnebago entirely wrapped in Chargers logos.
"We do a big barbeque out there, invite our family and friends, and give away a thousand free tacos," he said. "It's a complete setup, we've got two big tents, chairs, speakers outside, three flat screen TVs and a big barbeque grill going on the side. It's very hard to miss."
Back at the bar, Shore Club offers deals on food and drinks during every game, including $4 Bud Light drafts, vodka-Red Bull slushies, massive nacho platters or two-for-one burger specials on Thursday nights.
Even after the game is over, the lively atmosphere at Shore Club continues. To top off a great game, fans still at the bar after the game might even get the rare opportunity to congratulate some of the players in person.
"We have quite a few Chargers players in and out of here all the time, and they bring a lot of their friends in who are Chargers fans, too," said Ramirez. "Especially if it's a home game. We have a lot of Chargers play the game, and they want to blow off some steam and come hang out for a while."
Although Ramirez himself is a steadfast Chargers fan, he and his staff at Shore Club welcome fans of all football teams to join them and cheer on their favorite team.
"San Diego is such a melting pot of people, and that goes for our staff too. We've got people from back East, from the Midwest, and everyone has a different team, so it's pretty fun around here," he said. "We're accommodating for anyone who wants to come in and watch their team play."
At any point during football season, expect to hear cheers from small groups of fans emanating from any pocket of the bar's two expansive rooms, highlighting just how many different teams' fans come to share their love for the sport over great food, refreshing drinks and a striking San Diego seascape to boot.
"You're watching football on the beach, and we're about as close as you get," said Ramirez. "There's not many places you can do that."
To kick off the Chargers season and Monday Night Football, visit Pacific Beach Shore Club, located at 4343 Ocean Blvd., at 7:15 p.m. on Sept. 10 as the Chargers take on the Oakland Raiders. For more information, visit www.pbshoreclub.com or call
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Santana Donelson of Hannibal, Mo., and Kelly Arends of Holliday, Mo., have announced their engagement.
Santana Donelson of Hannibal, Mo., and Kelly Arends of Holliday, Mo., have announced their engagement.
She is the daughter of Joe and Raini Donelson of Saverton, Mo., and Joel and Shelia Combs of Hannibal, Mo.
His parents are Jerry and Donna Arends of Holliday, Mo.
The prospective bride is a 2010 graduate of Hannibal High School and a 2012 graduate of the Hannibal Career & Technical Center of practical nursing. She is currently studying registered nursing at Excelsior College and working as an LPN at Fulton Reception & Diagnostic Center, Fulton, Mo.
The prospective bridegroom is a 2006 graduate of Paris High School. He is currently studying athletic training with a pre-med emphasis at Central Methodist University. He is currently employed as a paramedic and emergency room technician at Samaritan Hospital in Macon, Mo. He is a U.S. military veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The wedding is scheduled at 1 p.m. June 2, 2013, at the Chapel at Excalibur, Las Vegas, Nev.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Guitarist Laurence Juber has created a photo book about his career, highlighting the years he spent with Paul McCartney's band, Wings.
"Guitar With Wings: A Photographic Memoir" will be out Tuesday from Dalton Watson Fine Books, the publisher said.
The book was written by the Grammy Award-winning Juber and music historian Marshall Terrill and recounts the guitarist's five-decade career.
The 250-plus page work has more than 200 previously unpublished images including Juber, McCartney and Wings, a spokesman for Juber said Monday.
"Contrary to my expectations that the Wings era would be absorbed into the general arc of Paul McCartney's career, interest in the band itself has continued to flourish and I recognized that I had a unique perspective to offer," Juber said.
In a statement, Juber said he wrote about on- and offstage moments of his time with McCartney, including recording sessions and the former Beatles' 1980 marijuana arrest in Tokyo.
McCartney, who is on tour once more in Japan, canceled several Tokyo concerts in recent days because he was sick with a virus.


text: The Raiders got a late goal from Senior James Cha and beat Maur Hill-Mount Academy 1-0 on Tuesday. Sophomore Mark Hernandez's shot went off the goalkeeper to Cha who kicked it under the goalkeeper's dive at the 62-minute mark. Hernandez has 21 goals this season, so Maur Hill triple teamed him whenever he got near the goal. It opened up an opportunity for Cha to score and give the Raiders the win. Immaculata was without defender Nathan Reardon because of a knee injury, and head coach Frank Mazeitis said he can't credit sophomore Andrew Jones enough for filling that spot. Senior goalkeeper Phillip Hernandez had 11 saves on the day. The Raiders will visit Maranatha at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.


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Dear Sam,
My family has a big storage problem at my cottage and my small home, too. We've been vacationing at the cottage all summer and the mess is starting to drive me up our newly painted white walls. I've been reading your column on summer homes, and I'm hoping that you can help me find a solution.
As soon as you walk into our cottage, you are in our living room and kitchen. There is no hallway, but there are loads of flip-flops and shoes. There's are also hooks where we can hang our towels, jackets, sweaters, hats, fishing rods, bags, pails and dog leashes. You get my drift. Ditto for our home in the city, without the pails and fishing rods. Thoughts?
Sincere thanks, Rosalynn Dear Rosalynn,
Your issue is not uncommon. Many summer homes don't have an entryway, closet or mudroom (such wonderful luxuries). Storage is a major issue for so many cottages. My team worked on one home where the kitchen cabinets were filled with dishes, beach towels, and bed linens.
Worry not, there are plenty of options for your city and country homes. You could add a narrow storage bench beneath the hooks. Bags and toys can be stored in the bench and shoes beneath it. In your case, the hooks sound like they are super-convenient for your family and friends, and it's likely your gang will continue to hang everything-but-the kitchen-sink on the hooks.
Another option is to buy a secondhand armoire. There are so many fantastic antique shops and country stores filled with treasures that you should have no problem finding one that fits your space. One thing you have to keep in mind with an armoire is that it can look like a giant vertical coffin in a small space. Be sure to shop with the measurements of your kitchen and living room, keeping in mind the scale and proportion of the other furnishings in your home. You will want at least two to three feet between your armoire and any other furniture. A designer trick to making any large piece of furniture appear smaller is to paint it the same colour as your walls.
In the HGTV Summer Home photo above, we solved your very same design dilemma with a Pax wardrobe from Ikea. A store-bought storage unit is a great way to get a built-in look at a low price. We chose a simple style in the same colour as the walls because we wanted the unit to become invisible in the space. Next, our contractor Colin Hunter reduced the depth of the wardrobe by cutting the sides to 18 inches deep. We then filled one side with storage cubbies and installed hooks on the other side with shelves for shoe storage. With a cabinet like this, if the raincoats, towels and shoes start to become unruly, you just slide the door shut and the mess is out of sight.
Wishing you storage serenity, Sam


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October 29. 2013 10:56PM
After violence at Elliot Hospital, Manchester aldermen call on state to allocate funds for urgent mental health care
By TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
Governor steps in on emergency room violence, sets up team to review recent incidents
Friends of injured Manchester man want answers
MANCHESTER — The Board of Mayor and Alderman passed a unanimous resolution calling on state leaders to allocate more funds for urgent mental health services.
The vote at Tuesday's meeting came as a local man, Fern Ornelas, 54, remains in a Boston hospital with possible paralysis. Following an altercation with a security guard at Elliot Hospital, Ornelas was arrested and at some point while in custody suffered a broken neck. He had gone to the Elliot for psychiatric care.
The state Attorney General's Office recently joined the investigation into how Ornelas sustained such severe injuries.
The incident was the second act of violence involving a mental patient at the hospital since July, when a patient who had been held there for three days allegedly assaulted two hospital employees. Both Ornelas and the earlier patient were awaiting transfer to the New Hampshire State Hospital, which has a waiting list for beds.
The resolution, which was drafted by Ward 3 Alderman Pat Long, notes that there is a "lack of vital funding to address the needs of our citizens suffering with mental illness."
It calls on Gov. Maggie Hassan and the House and Senate leaders to "allocate surplus funding in an expeditious manner with the creation of involuntary beds and much-needed services to end this inhumane treatment of our citizens suffering with mental illness."
Earlier in the day, Mayor Ted Gatsas had met with hospital officials and top legislative leaders, including Senate President Chuck Morse, R-Salem. He said there is a common understanding something has to be done.
"I think it's paramount," he said. "There's been two tragedies in four months."
Alderman At-Large Dan O'Neil said there had been enough debate about the shortage in mental health funding; something has to be done "immediately."
"I grew up with Fern. I consider him a gentle man," he said. "Talk is cheap right now. I think we need to send a message to Concord. It's the 2010 Legislature that cut mental health, and it's coming home to roost right now."
Gatsas revealed that the Manchester Police Department stations an officer at the hospital 24 hours a day, at a cost to the department of $550,000 a year.
Alderman At-Large Joe Kelly Levasseur said the Elliot should do more to fund security. "The Elliot should have something for the community. They don't pay us any property taxes," he said.


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Prosecutors ask to use replacement gun as prop during Auburn murder trialBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
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July 01. 2013 3:00PM
BRENTWOOD – A Ruger Redhawk .44 magnum allegedly used to murder a former Manchester business owner in December 2001 was stashed in a car that likely got crushed into scrap metal – making the handgun impossible to recover when police arrested a suspect 11 years later.
The lack of a murder weapon has prompted state prosecutors to ask a judge's permission to show jurors a state-owned Ruger Redhawk at the upcoming murder trial of Arthur Collins, who is charged with shooting George Jodoin, 50, inside his Auburn farm house on the night of Dec. 26, 2001.
Collins, 44, of Manchester, faces charges of first- and second-degree murder in Rockingham County Superior Court. Jury selection is scheduled to begin in October.
The state's request is the first court filing since Collins was indicted 8 months ago. He was arrested last May.
Collins told investigators from the state's Cold Case Unit how he put the gun inside a tire well in the trunk of a junk car, according to court records. He filled the vehicle with metal and car parts then had it towed to Advance Recycling in Manchester, where it was sold for scrap metal.
"Due to the passage of time and apparent destruction of the car with the murder weapon in it, the state has been unable to recover the murder weapon," Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin said in a court motion.
Collins worked as a handyman for Jodoin, who owned Mr. I Buy And Sell Everything on Main Street on Manchester's west side.
The gun that Collins allegedly disposed of was owned by Jodoin, and left on a kitchen table in his Auburn home after it was used for target practice earlier in the day, according to police. Collins was called to Jodoin's home on the day of the murder to repair a flat tire, and was invited back later that night to have drinks, according to police.
Jodoin was found in his own bed when he was shot in the head and neck.
Prosecutors want to use a Ruger Redhawk similar to the one owned by Jodoin that is used by the State Police Forensic Laboratory.
"That gun is kept in the lab's collection and is available for the state's use as a demonstrative exhibit/aid during trial," Strelzin said in the request.
The murder weapon had an 8-inch barrel. The lab's gun as a six-inch barrel, "but otherwise the guns are identical, if not substantially similar," Strelzin said.
A judge will have to ultimately approve the use of the gun, weighing whether it could prejudice Collins, or possibly jeopardize his right to a fair trial.
State prosecutors plan to use the replacement gun while eliciting testimony from Mark Dupre, a firearms expert. He is expected to tell jurors about how the gun works, the operations and features it has, and what it took to fire the weapon.
Dupre would also be "using the gun to demonstrate its trigger pull with each juror," Strelzin wrote in his request.
That testimony may be part of the state's effort to thwart claims Collins made to investigators that the gun had a hair trigger and just went off.
One issue expected to be contested at trial is Collins' "intent and the circumstances of the shooting," according to Strelzin.
Prosecutors have cited state and federal court decisions to support their request.
In one of those cases, a murder weapon was missing so they jury was allowed to see how a similar weapon worked "in order to determine whether the defendant knowingly killed the victim," Strelzin said in the court motion.
Public defenders have yet to respond to the state's request.


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School funding fix is offeredBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
January 31. 2013 8:26PM
CONCORD - The state Senate voted 23-0 to approve a bill Thursday to halt the drop in state education money for 77 communities, including the state's two largest cities - which stand to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Senate Bill 40 would essentially provide the same amount of state aid to all New Hampshire school districts this fiscal year as they received the past two years, something the 2011 law did not intend.
However, without the fix, some cities and towns would see property taxes go up.
"By passing this legislation, we will prevent confusion, delay and potential increases in tax bills for our citizens," said the bill's prime sponsor, Molly Kelly, D-Keene. "Without quick action on this correction, the citizens of cities and towns could potentially face a higher tax bill."
She and others called the bill a simple fix that does not cost the state additional money and does not impact future budgets.
The problem arose when the Department of Education erroneously told communities they would receive the same state aid as they did in fiscal 2012 and 2011.
Communities were given stabilization grants beginning in 2012 to ensure they received the same amount of state aid as they received in 2011. While the stabilization grants are to remain the same into the future, the balance of state aid to each community would go up or down beginning in 2013, depending on a number of factors including enrollment and the statewide property tax rate.
When the error was discovered and state aid adjusted, 77 communities saw their state aid drop by a total of $3.42 million.
School districts approved their school budgets for this school year in the spring of 2012 based on the assumption state aid would be the same as the year before.
Without the adjustments, Nashua would receive $342,606 less in state aid; Lebanon, $316,175 less; Londonderry, $307,286 less; Manchester, $193,223 less; Keene, $167,660 less; Newfound Area School District towns $137,755 less; Raymond $135,591 less; and Greenland, $116,858 less.
The remaining 69 school districts would receive lesser amounts of state aid without the adjustment.
After the vote, Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, said the bill is important to protect students and taxpayers.
"This technical correction will fix an error by the New Hampshire Department of Education and will ensure the education funding law passed in 2011 is implemented as the Legislature intended, resulting in the stable, level funding of all our school districts within the existing budget appropriation and will not increase state expenditures," he said.
SB 40 now goes to the House for action.


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Nashua police arrest seven selling own lottery tickets
September 06. 2013 8:17AM
NASHUA – Police shut down an illegal gaming operation, arresting seven people accused of selling illegal lottery tickets at convenience stores in the city.
The seven are charged with unlawfully conducting a lottery and include: Frederick Bianney Luciano Tavarez, 34, of 46 West Hollis St., one count; Ricky Tejeda, 31,of 10 Pleasant St, three counts; Sally Rodriguez, 27, 10 Pleasant St., two counts; Andy Cora, 36, of 104 Ash St., one count; Juan Gutierrez Ortiz, 27, of 7 ½ Amory St., two counts; Abigail Julio Genao, 48, 12 Broad St., 1 count; and Jose Tejeda, 30, of 104 ½ Ash St., three counts.
Police said the lottery tickets being sold were not regulated by the NH Lottery Commission, making them illegal.
All seven are free on personal recognizance bail, pending arraignment at a later date at 9th Circuit Court, Nashua District Division.
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These cartoon clips I post do nothing but promote Warner Bros. (and other cartoons). They don't compete with Warners. People who discover the cartoons on my and other fan sites will want torun out and buy high rez copies of them on DVD.
Warner Bros. even advertises on my site to sell Bugs Bunny and Looney Tunes related merchandise!
My blog and the blogs I link to are the best advertisements for old cartoons in the world.
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My blog is historical and educational content so is also covered by "fair use" protection.
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Three students have been selected as the Morehouse Parish School System's Students of the Year. Bastrop High senior Rachael Lara, Morehouse Magnet eighth grader Mollie Blondin and Delta Jr. High fifth grader Corey Atkins.
Atkins, a Mer Rouge resident and daughter of Ronnie and Dewanna Atkins, spoke with the Enterprise Thursday about why she felt she'd been chosen to represent the parish at the fifth grade level. At first, she modestly claimed she was unaware of any outstanding qualities that set her apart from the rest. But after she was questioned about her notable traits, she smiled and confessed that she did in fact demonstrate every attribute required to be a Student of the Year candidate.
"I think I made Student of the Year because of my grades and conduct," she said. "I make mostly As, but I do make a few Bs sometimes. I'm in the 4-H Club and the Community Service Club."
At first glance, Atkins appears to be the average fifth grader. But after a closer look, she exemplifies above and beyond qualities. Her likes include fishing, hunting, swimming and playing softball. She also likes the things that a typical fifth grader would despise.
"I love reading and math," she said. "I love all fruits and vegetables. I don't just like them because they're good for me, I love the taste of them."
Atkins has also won two additional awards this school year. She won second place in the Literacy Contest, which was a parish wide effort to encourage students to read more. And last week she won third place in the Black History Month contest at Delta.
"I made my Black History project on Ruby Bridges," Atkins said. "She was the first African American girl to go to an all white school."
Atkins said the quality she likes most in school is that it will help her to get a good education, therefore a better job. After high school graduation, she wants to attend the University of Louisiana at Monroe and study to become a nurse practitioner.
"My mom told me they make as much as doctors, but without the long hours," she said. "I could work regular hours and not have to be on call."
Atkins' fifth grade teacher at Delta, Priscilla Deanes, said Atkins could be a surgeon if she desired.
"She is very thorough when it comes to classwork," Deanes said. "Everything she does, she does to perfection. She is an excellent student."
Atkins said when she found out she'd won SOY, she was in her homeroom class, listening to the principal make the daily announcements.
"I had no idea I'd been chosen until Mrs. [Cynthia] Clark announced it over the intercom," she said. "I was very excited and the class cheered for me. My parents are pretty excited and proud, too."
Atkins, along with Blondin and Lara, went on to be judged at the Regional level Wednesday, which the Morehouse Parish School System was chosen to host this year for Region 2 by the Louisiana Department of Education. The other school districts that make up Region 2 are LaSalle, Caldwell, Richland, Monroe City, Ouachita, Morehouse, Concordia, Catahoula, Tensas, East Carroll, Franklin, and West Carroll.
All of the students that compete at any level in the competition, are required to submit a personal portfolio. They are then evaluated on activities, service, citizenship, leadership, awards and recognition, grade point average, standardized test scores, writing sample and personal interview.
Blondin and Lara will be highlighted in upcoming issues for their achievements.
The LDE will announce the regional winners after March 26. Regional winners will compete at the state level on April 15 and 16.


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Three hurt in Mount Washington avalancheBy PAT GROSSMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 17. 2013 10:25PM
MOUNT WASHINGTON - An Iraqi War veteran and two other people were injured when an avalanche swept them 800 feet down Mount Washington late Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Tiffany Benna of the U.S. Forest Service said the veteran, identified as Keith Zeier, 26, of Brooklyn who lost a leg in a roadside bomb in Iraq, was among the three people injured. She said their injuries are not life-threatening. They were taken to the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin.
Four U.S. Forest Service snow rangers, along with 19 volunteers - 17 from the North Conway Muntain Rescue Service and one each from the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Harvard Mountain Club - rescued the hikers, who fell about 800 feet down the mountain.
The avalanche happened about 5:30 p.m. at Central Gully in Huntingon Ravine. Benna said the group knew of the avalanche warnings issued Thursday because a U.S. Forest Service snow ranger talked with them and made them aware of the hazards.
Zeier was doing an ice climb on Mount Washington to raise money for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, according to WMUR-TV. Benna confirmed he was part of the Wounded Warrior program and said the other 11 people in the party were his support team.
The U.S. Forest Service's Mount Washington Avalanche Center issued "considerable" warnings of avalanches for parts of Tuckerman Ravine on Thursday, saying natural avalanches were possible and human-triggered avalanches were likely in the Lip, Center Bowl and Chute areas.


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December 28. 2013 1:00AM
Pat Buchanan: 'Duck Dynasty' and the new blacklist
POPE FRANCIS' call for a truce notwithstanding, the culture war rages on in America.
This month, a Utah judge struck down part of the state's anti-polygamy law, clearing the way for men to marry multiple spouses. Methodist pastor Frank Schaefer, defrocked for officiating at the same-sex marriage of his son, refused to recant, and joined a Dupont Circle congregation, declaring from the pulpit to repeated ovations Sunday, "Change is coming" to the United Methodist Church. Major media stories both.
Yet these were skirmishes alongside the culture war clash last week over the remarks to GQ magazine of Phil Robertson, patriarch of the clan of "Duck Dynasty," the wildly popular show on A&E.
Using crude terms, but biblically correct arguments, Robertson told GQ what he thought of homosexuality and moral relativism. Said Robertson: "Everything is blurred on what's right and what's wrong. Sin becomes fine. ... Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men. ...
"Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexuality offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers - they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself."
The homosexual lobby GLAAD swiftly demanded that Robertson be purged from "Duck Dynasty." And A&E suspended him indefinitely. Followers of "Duck Dynasty," Evangelicals, politicians and free-speech champions arose to defend Robertson's right to speak without punishment. Millions endorsed his views on what the Bible says and Christianity professes and promises. The battle revealed an immense and intense hostility in Middle America to the moral agenda being imposed by our cultural elites. What GLAAD wants to do is to blacklist Robertson, to punish him by taking away his podium, "Duck Dynasty."The blacklist of the Truman era did not deny the Hollywood Ten their right to produce movie scripts. It was an agreed-upon Hollywood policy not to commission or to use the work of unrepentant Communists as writers, producers or directors. Who were the Hollywood Ten? They were closet Communists, secret members of a Communist Party USA, then a wholly owned subsidiary of the greatest mass murderer in history, Joseph Stalin.
When Stalinists were eradicating freedom and exterminating Eastern European Christians and overrunning China and murdering millions, as President Truman tried to rally the forces of freedom, the Hollywood Ten took the Fifth Amendment.
They refused to repudiate Communism or name names of fellow Communists who were still reshaping the thinking of America from their upholstered perches in the film industry.Today, however, the Hollywood Ten are regarded as martyrs, moral heroes. Had they been secret Nazis rather than secret Stalinists in those years, they would likely not be so beloved of the Hollyleft.
Contrast if you will the sins for which Phil Robertson is being blacklisted with those of the Hollywood Ten. He is a fundamentalist Christian professing his belief in what he holds to be Bible truths about sin, homosexuality, heaven and hell. For so doing, he is being censored by elites who wish to deny him access to the medium they largely control - television.
To our modern moral and cultural elites, it is those who condemn the values of GLAAD who are the enemies of decency and progress who ought to be fired and blacklisted to prevent their poisonous views from being disseminated.
In the Hollywood of the late 1940s, Communism was persona non grata. In the 21st century, biblical Christianity is persona non grata.
According to a CNN poll before Christmas, while belief in God and the divinity of Christ is still shared by two-thirds of Americans, that share - older, more Republican, less educated - is falling. Worldwide, too, Christianity at Christmas 2013 seems in a long retreat. Receding slowly in America, and moribund in Europe, Christianity is undergoing merciless persecutions in Africa and the Middle East - from Nigeria to the Central African Republic to Egypt, Syria and Iraq.
Compared to these folks suffering martyrdom for the faith, we have it easy here. So, Sursum Corda. Lift up your hearts. And Merry Christmas.


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TECUMSEH — The Tecumseh school district was well-represented Jan. 17 at the annual Michigan Music Conference. Not only did the high school symphony orchestra perform, but director Amy Marr was chosen as the Michigan orchestra teacher of the year.
"It was amazing. I knew I was a finalist, but when they announced it, it was just great," Marr said.
The state is divided into 16 music districts, she said, and each district chooses a finalist. Those candidates are whittled down to three and all of the music and orchestra teachers vote. Marr was up against a teacher from Grand Rapids and another who had recently retired.
The annual three-day Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids has clinics, concerts and presentations to help music educators with professional development. The Tecumseh High School Symphony Orchestra was one of three performers. The other two are from Ann Arbor schools.
The high school symphony has 43 members; the entire symphony program, consisting of grades five through 12, has 350 members. Marr, who came to Tecumseh nine years ago, said the performance and the honor show how far the program has come since it was established 10 years ago.
"Eleven years ago we didn't even have a program," she said. "To come this far is just amazing."
Marr said the Jan. 17 performance took place at the DeVos Center in Grand Rapids, the same place the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra performs. She said several of the other conference attendees told her they were impressed with how well the Tecumseh orchestra played.
"It really went well. This was the best these kids have ever played," Marr said. "When they walked into the auditorium and saw the double balcony, they got excited. It was a great performance and a great experience for them."
The panel of judges who selected performers for the MMC Concert included representatives from the Michigan Band and Orchestra Association, the Michigan Music Educators Association and the Michigan chapter of the American String Teachers Association.
The orchestra does not have time to rest on its laurels. Marr said they are preparing for the orchestra festival in March and for a special concert in April. They will be performing with cellist Mike Block and guitarist Clay Ross.
"Mike Block is the guy Yo-Yo Ma calls when he wants to tour," Marr said. "It is going to be a great show. We are going to be busy."
More details on the concert will be released as the date gets closer.
Tecumseh schools orchestra director earns state honor
TECUMSEH — The Tecumseh school district was well-represented Jan. 17 at the annual Michigan Music Conference. Not only did the high school symphony orchestra perform, but director Amy Marr was chosen as the Michigan orchestra teacher of the year.


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Ayotte: Democratic leaders, White House doomed bid to end shutdownBy Bill Smith
New Hampshire Union Leader
October 13. 2013 11:58AM
MANCHESTER -- Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, said Sunday that Senate Democratic leaders and the White House scuttled a plan to resolve the stalemate that has shut down much of the federal government and threatens to send the country into default on its debt.
Negotiations on the plan written by Ayotte and Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska ended in a stalemate Saturday.
"We were close and then the Senate Democratic leadership and, I believe, the White House, pulled back," Ayotte said from Manchester on the CBS broadcast Face the Nation. "We had six Democrats, six Republicans and something that would get the government open, address the debt ceiling -- also some things we could agree on around Obamacare."
Many federal programs and installations were shut down when the government's authority to spend money expired on Oct. 1. Later this week, the government will run out of cash when federal borrowing hits the ceiling set by the Congress.
"I hope this bipartisan agreement can be resurrected so we can get this resolved and we can get the government open and also deal with the debt ceiling issue," Ayotte said. "We were close to a bipartisan agreement and I hope the President leads on this and that it doesn't just become a political game."
Ayotte called on the House of Representatives to "get its act together and come up with something that can pass the Senate ... if not, then the Senate is going to have to do it."
An opponent of the strategy of defunding the Affordable Care Act, Ayotte noted that the government is shut down, but the Obamacare health exchanges are open and operating. She called for conservatives to develop a workable plan.
"It's time for conservative problem solvers to move forward to govern the nation and to get things done," Ayotte said. "That's what Ronald Reagan did and I think that's what we need to do as a party."


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Danny "Dapper Dan" Hogan was a charismatic Irish mob boss in St. Paul, Minnesota during Prohibition. Due to his close relationships with the officers of the deeply corrupt St. Paul Police Department, Hogan was able to act as a go between. Known as the "Smiling Peacemaker" to local police officials, Police Chief John "The Big Fellow" O'Connor of Saint Paul allowed criminals and fugitives to operate in the city as long as they checked in with police, paid a small bribe and promised not to kill, kidnap, or rob within city limits.
Around 1909, he permanently settled in Saint Paul, and turned to organizing major crimes from the sanctuary of the city. He became so closely connected to Saint Paul's political machine that the police not only feared him, but actively protected his associates. Hogan was described by the Justice Department as "one of the most resourceful and keenest criminals" in the nation. He acted as an "ambassador" for Chief O'Connor and the visiting mobsters. Hogan himself owned the Green Lantern saloon on Wabasha Street in Saint Paul, which was also an illegal gambling casino, and became a speakeasy during Prohibition. Hogan was involved in planning armed robberies in the towns surrounding the Twin Cities, and also in money laundering in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area.
On December 4, 1928, Hogan got behind the wheel of his Paige coupe and turned on the ignition. A bomb located beneath the floorboards detonated and blew off his right leg. He slipped into a coma at the hospital and died nine hours after the blast. He was given a funeral worthy of Prohibition-era Chicago and was buried in Calvary Cemetery. Hogan's death was especially notable because it was one of the first instances of death by a car bomb. The most likely culprits in his assassination were rival mob figures. Although the murder is still considered unsolved, recently declassified FBI files reveal that the most likely person responsible was Harry Sawyer, Hogan's underboss. According to the FBI files, Sawyer felt that Hogan had cheated him out of his cut from a nearby casino.
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Obama on Martin: A sincere if clumsy effort
July 21. 2013 3:40PM
President Obama held a White House press conference on Friday to speak from the heart about the George Zimmerman verdict. As with his released statement from the week before, there was good and bad in what he said.
This President has received a lot of criticism for using Teleprompters during his political career. It would be better to criticize him for not using them. When he speaks off the cuff, he is not as careful, and he implies or states things that can lead to misunderstanding.
We get that the President wanted to make white Americans understand, or at least consider, what it is like to be unfairly suspected of being a criminal simply for the color of one's skin. He is right that the key to understanding the reaction of so many blacks to the Zimmerman verdict is to put it in the context of their own experiences and of this nation's troubled racial past.
And yet in trying to make this clear, the President suggested that Zimmerman targeted Martin for racial reasons and meant to harm him. And he impliied that Martin did not contribute to the terrible outcome that night. Both of those assumptions were effectively disputed at trial. Obama did reiterate that the jury verdict should be respected and that violence was the wrong response. But in reaching for some understanding, he left the impression that he personally thought the case was racial in nature and the outcome was unjust. That is a rather clumsy way to try to end the tension brought by this case.


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Like much of this list, this goes for your relationships with those who deal with any type of anxiety. When we react to something in a certain way or open up about a concern to you, it hurts if you assume it's only our disorder talking. Yes, the anxiety is there and it can intensify our emotions, but that doesn't mean there aren't other root feelings beneath it. Take the time to talk to your friends and loved ones and figure out what's going on before shrugging something off as "just" another anxious episode.
Sometimes, we may know why we're anxious; other times, we may not. When something specific triggers my anxiety, I often know exactly what's going on. The other day, though, I had a feeling of dread all day: It felt like something was sitting on my chest, though nothing out of the ordinary had happened. There was no culprit to pinpoint other than my disorder. It's often harder when that feeling comes out of nowhere because it can feel like some sort of premonition — like something bad is on the horizon, just out of view.5. Anxiety isn't rational.
And intellectually, we understand this. But that doesn't mean anxiety isn't difficult. When we're anxious and confide in you, don't tell us it's not a big deal. It might seem like downplaying things would be helpful, but instead, it feels like you're not taking our experiences seriously — which can push us away. It's more helpful to listen to what we have to say and remember that while our emotions may seem out of proportion to you, that doesn't mean they're not real.6. There are things you can do to help.
Asking what we need is more helpful than you know. It lets us know you care but also gets us thinking about what might help us in the moment of our anxiety. Active listening is great, and so is helping us establish coping techniques that might make things easier in the future. Having a plan in place in case of a panic attack, for example, might do wonders. Read up on what to do if you or someone you know is experiencing a panic attack .7. There may be more than anxiety at play.
Anxiety disorders (like generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD) often occur alongside other mental health issues.
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Tesla appears to have produced nearly 5,000 Model 3 electric vehicles in the last week of June, coming within hours of hitting a target CEO Elon Musk initially planned to meet by the end of 2017.
The 5,000th Model 3 came off the assembly line early Sunday morning, according to Reuters , which spoke with two workers. Social media posts from workers validated the report. Musk tweeted Sunday that Tesla had produced 7,000 cars in seven days. The tweet didn't specify if this was a combination of Model S, Model X and Model 3 vehicles.
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Tesla has been targeting a 5,000-Model 3s-per-week goal for months — without success. In a May 2017 letter to shareholders , Tesla saidpreparations at its production facilities were on track to support the ramp up of Model 3 production to 5,000 vehicles per week at some point in 2017.
But the company has failed to meet any of its production and delivery targets for the Model 3 since its
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when Musk handed out the first vehicles to employees. Tesla has been struggling with bottlenecks in production, and at one point had to revert to hand-building the cars.
Model 3 production problems first came to light in early October 2017 when Tesla reported it had produced just260 of its new electric cars in the third quarter and delivered only 220.
Musk, who has repeatedly referred to the Model 3 as "production hell," has ramped up efforts in recent months in hopes of proving the company can become a high-volume producer of electric vehicles. Musk recently directed the company to erect a giant tent structure at its Fremont, Calif. factory to house another assembly line for the Model 3.
Tesla typically reports production and delivery numbers several days after the end of a quarter. The second quarter ended June 30.
The company still has a lot to prove to customers and shareholders, including showing it can consistently hit the 5,000-per-week number and produce cars without fit and finish issues, a problem that has been noted by new owners.
Tesla recently opened up Model 3 orders to all reservation holders in the U.S. and Canada. The reservation holders, which number in the tens if thousands, were able as of Thursday to log onto the Tesla website and complete their order in the company's online design studio. For now, reservation holders have three versions of the Model 3 to choose from:long-range 310-mile rear-wheel drive, long-range dual motor all-wheel drive or the performance variant. Delivery estimates will be shown to customers as they make their selection and will depend on their order date and the vehicle configuration selected.


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Kalamazoo picks up win
It wasn't pretty and it wasn't easy, but the Kalamazoo Wings (21-20-4-1) managed to squeak out a 5-4 overtime win against their North Division foe, the Evansville IceMen (17-27-2-3) on Wednesday night at Wings Stadium.
"We were very, very fortunate to get any points at all tonight," K-Wings head coach Nick Bootland said following the game, "we really didn't deserve it."
After a sluggish first period, the K-Wings found themselves trailing the Icemen by a score of 2-1.
Alexandre Mallet scored the lone goal of the period for the K-Wings as he deflected a John Armstrong pass into the net to cut the IceMen's lead in half.
Dylan Clarke and Kevin Baker scored for the IceMen.
Bootland said that his team, for whatever reason, seems to struggle with the first game of the week all season. "We talked about it as a group about that this week and obviously we didn't make enough strides as a group," he said.
"The biggest thing is you have to find what clicks for you as a professional," Bootland said. "Every player is different when it comes to your preparation and what works for you. Not everyone can do the same thing and be prepared the same way."
A quiet second period gave way to a wild third period which saw the two teams score five goals in a span of just over six minutes.
Brett Lysak tied the game with a rebound tally, his 13th on the year, to make it a 2-2 game.
The lead did not last long however as Josh Beaulieu regained the lead for the IceMen just 31 seconds later on the power play.
It's deflating," Bootland said of the quick goal by the IceMen. "It's not a great feeling but we knew there was lots of hockey left and that we had an opportunity. We knew that there was a chance and it was one shot, that's all it was going to take."
Storming back just less than three minutes later, the K-Wings Alexandre Grenier and Elgin Reid scored a pair of goals just 52 seconds later to give the K-Wings their first lead of the night.
Clarke scored his second of the night for Evansville to tie the game at 4-4 with just over five minutes remaining in the game.
Yann Sauve scored the game winner just 47 seconds into the overtime stanza for the 5-4 win.
Sauve has three goals for the K-Wings in six games, two of which were game winners in overtime.
"I just try to work hard every shift," Sauve said, "it wasn't my best game today but I was able to put it in the net in OT. It wasn't a good shot, I mean it went in and we got out with two points."
Even though he did not feel his team deserved the win or the points last night, a win is a win and in order for the K-Wings to secure a spot in the playoffs, every game is a must win.
"To get to where you want to go you have to beat the teams in front of you, ahead of you, behind you, we have to beat everybody right now," Bootland said. "We can't take any time off whatsoever."
The K-Wings now have 47 points on the season and trail the third place Fort Wayne Komets by five points.
Leaving this afternoon, the K-Wings will travel to Elmira, New York for a game against the Jackals on Friday night.
On Saturday the K-Wings will head to Trenton, New Jersey for a game against the Titans and then wrap up the east coast swing with a game against the Reading Royals on Sunday.


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Keene councilman says $285,933 BearCat courtesy of Uncle Sam 'a waste of money'
By PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
By MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
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The official who in 2011 opposed purchasing an armored truck for the Keene Police Department still thinks it was a waste of money, but agencies with similar vehicles are happy to have them.
The Lenco BearCat - short for Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck - stirred controversy when Keene accepted a $285,933 federal Homeland Security grant to purchase it last year. In addition to cost, worries included the potential for police misuse of the 19,000-pound vehicle.
As a condition of the purchase, Keene police were required to report how the BearCat was used in its first six months since it was delivered in November 2012. According to the report, the BearCat was used 21 times: for 19 training exercises, one report of a suicidal person and one report of barricaded person. It was also displayed at City Safety Day.
In December 2011, Keene Ward 3 Councilor Terry Clark cast the only dissenting vote in a 12-1 decision to accept the grant.
"It's a waste of money," Clark said this month. "It was a waste of money then, and it's still a waste.
"I guess it hasn't cost us much to maintain it, but almost $300,000 for a vehicle that has been used mostly for training, on two false-alarm calls and as a nice truck on Safety Day? Our government is so cash-strapped, there are much more important things this money could be spent on."
The BearCat is an armored personnel carrier retrofitted with thick walls and glass that can stop high-caliber bullets. It can fit at least 10 police officers and is equipped with gun ports on each side and a rotating center hatch.
Besides Keene, the New Hampshire State Police, the Nashua Police Special Response Team, the Manchester Police SWAT Team, the Central New Hampshire Special Operations Unit based in Concord, the Southern New Hampshire Special Operations Unit in Derry and the Seacoast Advanced Response (SERT) Team in Portsmouth own similar vehicles. SERT serves 10 communities - Portsmouth, Stratham, Hampton, North Hampton, Epping, Exeter, Rye, Seabrook, Newington and Newmarket.
Nashua's BearCat and members of its Special Response Team (SRT) were dispatched to Watertown, Mass., in April to assist in search efforts for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzohkhar Tsarnaev. It was purchased in 2003 with drug forfeiture funds - money seized during drug investigations.
"We may only use it once a year, outside of training," said Nashua Police Capt. James Lima, who heads up the SRT. "But when you do need it, everyone involved is glad it's there."
An armored SWAT vehicle was also dispatched the scene of a violent shootout in Greenland in April 2012 in which Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney was killed and four other officers injured. The gunman, suspected drug dealer Cullen Mutrie, also killed his ex-girlfriend, Brittany Tibbetts, and himself in the incident.
SERT acquired its BearCat in 2005.
Portsmouth police Detective Lt. Michael Maloney, commander of SERT, said his team doesn't keep a written account of how many times the vehicle is used, saying only that it's deployed whenever the team is mobilized. He said it is deployed at least twice a month for training exercises.
"The times that it's been used, the protection it offers is invaluable," said Maloney. "We're glad to have it, and I'd say it's one of the most important pieces of equipment we have."
Keene police train for several scenarios with the BearCat, including crowd control during a riot, said Keene Police Chief Kenneth Meola. The BearCat can shield officers from glass bottles or other projectiles. Other training sessions simulated using it to help evacuate people caught in harm's way during a standoff.
Costs beyond the initial purchase have included $200 to write "Keene Police" on the BearCat, $315 to install a radio system, $154.42 for fuel costs and $49 for its state inspection. There were no maintenance costs to report.
"So, you are looking at about $200 (annually) for gas and the inspection sticker," Keene police Capt. Brian Costa said.
Keene's BearCat can be used by other town's in Cheshire County. These towns are asked to sign a pact with Keene police and pay $100 in yearly dues for maintenance costs.
When flash floods devastated Westmoreland at the beginning of July, the Keene BearCat was not deployed. Keene Mayor Kendall Lane said Westmoreland chose not to sign the pact, but if it had asked for assistance, Keene would have deployed its BearCat.
"Events like a flood, that was one of the reasons thrown around for getting the BearCat, and people aren't even thinking of asking for it," said Clark. "Again, a waste."
Mayor Lane said Keene officials are happy not to have to deploy it.
"We would be very happy if it never got used, but like a lot of pieces of equipment that the police and fire departments have, it's there, it's available if needed," Lane said.


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Trying Dzhokhar: Two (apparently) good calls
April 22. 2013 7:05PM
Based on the evidence made public so far, the White House's decision to charge Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in U.S. District Court rather than in a military tribunal seems to be the right one. The decision to delay reading him his Miranda rights definitely was.
With no established ties to a terrorist organization currently at war with the United States, Tsarnaev would not meet the current legal definition of an enemy combatant. Being a Muslim who detonated bombs in a U.S. city is not enough.
It is conceivable that the investigation of Tsarnaev would reveal connections that would make him eligible for enemy combatant status. Apparently the President believes that such connections are highly improbable. Either that or Obama wants to get Tsarnaev into civilian court before such connections can be established because the President has a strong distaste for using military courts even when their use is appropriate.
The President absolutely made the right call, though, in using the public safety exception to delay Mirandizing the suspect. This case clearly falls under that exception.


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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alek Shrader and Daniela Mack are having the kind of summer most young married couples would envy: working and relaxing in the mountains of New Mexico.
But when August is over, instead of heading home, they'll hit the road. They're both opera singers and "home" is a furnished apartment or hotel room wherever one of them — or, if they're lucky, both of them — happen to be performing.
"We're completely nomadic, traveling gypsies," said Mack, a mezzo-soprano who is singing the title role of Bizet's "Carmen" at the Santa Fe Opera, while her husband performs the tenor role of Ernesto in Donizetti's "Don Pasquale."
They discussed their unusual lifestyle during an interview last week at the opera house.
"We don't own any furniture, just clothing and scores," Shrader said. "So every three or four months we visit our respective parents, who keep our extra clothing in their garage. We change out the suitcase and get back on the road."
Another young married operatic couple, soprano Ailyn Perez and tenor Stephen Costello, do own a home, but they rarely get to visit it together, given the demands of their careers.
They met and married (in 2008) in Philadelphia, where Costello grew up and where they studied at the Academy of Vocal Arts. When her parents moved from Chicago to Chattanooga, Tennessee, that seemed like an appealing spot to buy a house, and, as she put it: "also maybe a place we could grow into."
The couple spoke in an interview in New York last month where Costello was appearing in a concert and she was helping promote their joint album of operatic and Broadway favorites, appropriately titled "Love Duets." From there, they flew to San Francisco, where they just completed a run of Verdi's "La Traviata."
"We've been lucky with working together," said Costello. "Not that we'd go to a company said say, 'Hey, you need to hire us together,' because people don't like that, and we don't have that power anyway. But a lot of casting directors see us in roles together, not because we're married but because they like us as artists."
Yet Perez is quick to note that later this summer, Costello will head off to Japan — alone. Like Mack and Shrader, they'll rely on phone calls or Skype to stay in touch.
"You get to tour the world and do what you love, but sometimes you realize, hey it's wonderful but I miss my family," Perez said. "So when you get together you appreciate it more."
Both couples met as apprentices, and though all four are currently in demand around the world, they seem aware of the dangers of a two-career family whose careers can develop unevenly.
Shrader said that when he and Mack joined San Francisco's Merola Opera Program, "we were given a huge lecture about how you shouldn't date a singer. Because eventually one of you is going to be more successful than the other one, and that's going to create jealousy and competition in your relationship."
But Shrader is confident they can avoid the pitfalls, insisting, "I'd be happy to be the one who's hanging onto coattails and taking care of the kids." Mack agrees: "As long as the family still is a healthy unit, it just means one of us will work more than the other one."
For his part, Costello acknowledged that "having the same amount of success makes things a little easier. I think it would be harder for a couple, if one's doing a lot of stuff and the other's not working a lot and they both want the same amount."
Both couples say children are definitely in their future, though Perez noted that making that happen is in part "a matter of logistics. We actually will have to BE together."
She's 34 and Costello is 32, and they don't seem to feel any immediate pressure. "There's something about being a little older and having your priorities straight," Costello said, "and knowing what it is you have to do to raise a family."
For Mack and Shrader, both 32 and married three years, having children will likely be the spur that prompts them to finally pick a place and call it home.
"I think it comes down to whenever the first kid is ready to go to school," Shrader said with a smile. "That's the deadline."


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