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All along, Beckett had seemed more concerned about the injury than anyone else. While manager Terry Francona initially attributed the numbness and tingling to Beckett sleeping on his right arm awkwardly before his last start, Beckett said Wednesday, "I think scary is probably a good word for it. I've had some sleepless nights thinking about all kinds of stuff. You generally think the worst."Tony Massarotti, Herald:
Though the Sox have not specified the nature of Beckett's ailment, recent indications suggest the right-hander has been dealing with irritation or inflammation of the ulnar nerve, which can cause numbness in the pinky and part of the ring finger. The problem can be treated in a non-invasive manner or through surgery, the latter of which requires the nerve to be moved or "transposed" from its existing place in the ulna.Sean Casey had an MRI on his neck today. ... As this series begins, the Red Sox play 20 of their final 29 games at Fenway Park.
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In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. She blasted off aboard Challenger, culminating a long journey that started in 1977 when the Ph.D. candidate answered an ad seeking astronauts for NASA missions.
In a lecture she gave at Berkeley, Ride said she saw the ad on Page 3 of the student newspaper.
"The moment I saw that ad, I knew that's what I wanted to do," she said.
Ride died today in La Jolla, Calif., after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her company said on its website.
She was 61.
According to her official biography, by the time Ride decided to apply to become an astronaut, she had already received degrees in physics and English and was on her way to a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University.
According to her NASA biography, Ride went back into space in October of 1984. She was assigned to another mission after that, but it was scrapped after the shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.
Steve Inskeep spoke to Ride after the Columbia disaster in 2003. She said despite the tragedies humans would continue their exploration.
"Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge," she said. "That's something that is almost part of being human and I'm certain that will continue."
Ride served on the presidential commission investigating the Challenger accident. After a stint as a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego, Ride founded Sally Ride Science. As NASA puts it, the company allowed her to "pursue her long-time passion of motivating girls and young women to pursue careers in science, math and technology."
Ride was born in Encino, Calif., on May 26, 1951. Karen O'Connor, who chronicled her early life in Sally Ride and the New Astronauts, described her as a "tomboy," racing her father for the sports section of the newspaper when she was 5 years old.
Becoming an astronaut had a bit to do with luck. The same year she started job hunting, NASA opened up its space program to women.
"Sally Ride broke barriers with grace and professionalism – and literally changed the face of America's space program," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement. "The nation has lost one of its finest leaders, teachers and explorers. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sally's family and the many she inspired. She will be missed, but her star will always shine brightly."
In an interview with NASA celebrating the 25th anniversary of her flight, Ride described the awesomeness of space.
"When the space shuttle's engines cut off, and you're finally in space, in orbit, weightless ... I remember unstrapping from my seat, floating over to the window, and that's when I got my first view of Earth. Just a spectacular view, and a chance to see our planet as a planet," she said.
"I could see coral reefs off the coast of Australia. A huge storm swirling in the ocean. I could see an enormous dust storm building over northern Africa ... just unbelievable sights."
Ride is survived by Tam O'Shaughnessy, her partner of 27 years, her mother, Joyce; her sister, Bear; her niece, Caitlin; and her nephew, Whitney.
Update at 7:08 p.m. ET. Inspiring Young Women:
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Update at 6:25 p.m. ET. The First Woman:
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Finally, this hour, we remember Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. She died today at age 61 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride made history, blasting into space on the Challenger shuttle.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: ...eight, seven, six - we go for main engine start. We have main engine start and the ignition and lift off. Lift off of STS-7 and America's first woman astronaut. And the shuttle has pulled the power.
CORNISH: Captain Bob Crippen was her crew commander on that flight. Bob Crippen, welcome to the program.
CAPTAIN BOB CRIPPEN: Thank you.
CORNISH: First, I want to offer my condolences. And if you could tell us a little bit about Sally Ride. I know she was a member of the first class of astronauts to accept women in 1978. Did she talk to you about what that was like?
CRIPPEN: Well, we had six women that were selected in 1978 to join the astronaut office, and Sally was one of the best on that group, although they were all great. I had a chance to work with her for several years, until I have a chance to command a flight and I thought she'd be the perfect person to go fly with me.
CORNISH: Did you ever get the sense that she felt like she was breaking barriers?
CRIPPEN: Sally was not the kind of person that, I guess, would seem to go breaking barriers, but she obviously did. She broke through a lot of glass ceilings with that first shuttle flight and proved that young women could do anything they wanted to. And I was very proud of her. After she left NASA, she continued to go out and inspire young women to get - become interested in science and engineering, and that's something they tend to shy away from. But she was certainly a role model that - I believe she inspired a lot of young women.
CORNISH: And, of course, Sally Ride, by the time she went into space, she'd already earned a Ph.D. in physics. Tell us a little bit more about her personality.
CRIPPEN: Well, she was very personal, easy to get along with, fun to be with, and she fits right in with the crew. And she'd work like anybody would and molded well with the crew, which was important to me, that's one of the reasons I've selected her. Because when you go fly in space with a small group, it's important that everybody can work well together, and Sally certainly fit that model.
CORNISH: I've heard that. Obviously, astronauts spend a lot of time together. And I've also heard that sort of different personalities between astronauts who may be are rooted in being pilots versus those rooted in the sciences. What were some of the, I guess, personality traits that made her a good partner up in space?
CRIPPEN: Well, she could work with the team. That was the main thing. She didn't try to stand out; she tried to blend in. And that was what was important to me.
CORNISH: Bob Crippen, thank you so much for speaking with us.
CRIPPEN: It's my pleasure. Thank you.
CORNISH: That's Captain Bob Crippen. He spoke to us about Sally Ride. The astronaut died today at age 61.
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Over spring break a group of seven Lawrence Tech students traveled to the Jarabacoa region of the Dominican Republic for a service-learning experience with Escuela Nacional Forestal University, a local Dominican women's association, and representatives from the Peace Corps. The experience proved to be an authentic and meaningful service experience for Lawrence Tech students and the groups served.
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With a shimmering touch of metallics and ultra lightweight knit, this bebe sweater dress is one hot fall item that can be worn many ways. Try it with a belt and a pair of leggings and boots.
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A regional board agreed to Lenawee County Road Commission plans for spending $1.6 million of the county's federal aid road money this year.
Projects using federal aid total an estimated $2,425,000, including local matching funds, said Scott Merillat, road commission managing director. The proposal now goes to the Michigan Department of Transportation for final approval and bidding of an estimated $2 million of work to private contractors.
Projects include resurfacing nearly 10 miles of Rogers Highway from Tecumseh to Palmyra.
The federal aid is not available for a needed resurfacing of Occidental Highway, which Merillat said is being maintained with patching for now. The heavily traveled route is classified for funding under an urban program, he said. Lenawee County is not eligible to receive the $800,000 to $900,000 in urban funds needed to repave it.
This year's proposed rural federal aid projects fit within rules laid out by MDOT that scratched the road commission's 2012 plans for projects done with its own crews. The rule changes limit county road commissions to spending a maximum $400,000 in federal aid per year on projects done with their own crews.
A three-county regional task force approved the road commission's 2013 proposal on Wednesday, Merillat said.
The largest project is the Rogers Highway resurfacing. MDOT will handle bidding to private contractors for that work and two other paving projects, Merillat said. He expects a contractor to start the Rogers Highway paving in late summer and finish within three weeks. Traffic will be maintained during the paving, he said, but the road will be closed at the site of a large culvert being replaced.
Two other projects to be done by private contractors are near Blissfield and Deerfield.
Paving four miles of Weston Road between Pence and Berkey highways is estimated to cost $400,000, including an $80,000 local match.
The third project is paving less than a mile of Bucholtz Highway from Deerfield village limits to Rodesiler Highway. The estimated cost is $100,000.
Five sealcoating projects are planned with road commission crews at a total cost within the $400,000 cap. The projects are 4.4 miles of Clinton-Macon Road, 5.6 miles of County Line Highway south of Deerfield, 2.5 miles of Medina Road, two miles of Riga Highway north of U.S. 223, and three miles of Round Lake Highway between U.S. 223 and U.S. 12.
County $2.4 million road plan advances
A regional board agreed to Lenawee County Road Commission plans for spending $1.6 million of the county's federal aid road money this year.


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Whether you love it or hate it, the majority of the world's corporations depend on Microsoft's Office software suite. Whether it is typing something up on Word or compiling data in Excel, many of us use a version of Office every day.
Microsoft's latest version, Office 2010, is supposed to be released in June. There are six different editions, all of which will come in 64-bit versions for the first time. There will also be a limited free edition that will be supported by ads. Retail pricing will be similar to that of older versions of Office.
Office 2010 hit the Open Beta stage in November, with thousands of eager users downloading the 684MB software package. Microsoft has now moved on to the Release Candidate stage, but is deploying this initial version to a select few.
DailyTech received confirmation via Microsoft's PR agency: "Microsoft made a release candidate available to members in the Technology Adoption Program (TAP). This is one of Microsoft's planned milestones in the engineering process; however they do not have plans to make this new code set available broadly".
It appears likely that there may be another Release Candidate version for the public at a later time. Corporate adoption of Office 2010 is expected to be slow as Microsoft becomes a victim of its own success. Many users are happy with Office 2007, and mass deployments of Office 2010 are likely to be 64-bit editions rolling out with 64-bit editions of Windows 7 at the same time.


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Until now, Google hasn't talked about malware on Android because it did not have the data or analytic platform to back its security claims. But that changed dramatically today when Google's Android Security chief Adrian Ludwig reported data showing that less than an estimated 0.001% of app installations on Android are able to evade the system's multi-layered defenses and cause harm to users. Android, built on an open innovation model, has quietly resisted the locked down, total control model spawned by decades of Windows malware. Ludwig spoke today at the Virus Bulletin conference in Berlin because he has the data to dispute the claims of pervasive Android malware threats.
This is exactly the kind of data we need, and Google has revealed it all. So, less than 0.001% of application installations on Android - and this specifically includes applications outside of Google Play! - are able to get through Android's multiple layers of security. In other words, saying Android is insecure is a lie.Thanks to OSNews reader tkeith for pointing out this article.
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Lori Grebeck was ecstatic two weeks ago when she won $50 on scratch-off lottery tickets.
So imagine her reaction Thursday when she realized one of the Powerball tickets she purchased with her scratch-off earnings was a $1 million winner.
"My whole body started shaking. Then I started crying, and I ran to the bathroom," said Grebeck, 41, of Saxonburg.
Grebeck said she kept checking and rechecking the winning numbers against her card, then she drove home from work and asked her boyfriend to check the numbers again.
"I just couldn't comprehend they matched," she said. "I mean, I always dreamed of winning like a $1,000 or maybe $50,000. Nothing like this ever happens to me."
As of this morning, lottery officials say they have not verified a winning claim.


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Moraga Education Foundation (MEF) is a nonprofit educational organization that funds programs in Moraga schools. These programs benefit the students attending Camino Pablo, Donald L. Rheem and Los Perales Elementary Schools, and Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School in the Moraga School District and Campolindo High School in the Acalanes Union High School District. MEF's goal is to support and enrich the educational experience of all Moraga school children from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Mission Statement: The Moraga Education Foundation raises funds to preserve and enhance educational opportunities for all Moraga public school students, through a broad-based community effort. We believe that together the entire community can build a better future for our children consistent with the educational goals of the Moraga School District and Campolindo High School.
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Joey Logano charged out of a restart with three laps to go and drove to victory at the 2015 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Florida on Sunday afternoon.
Malcolm Butler made a game-saving interception of a Russell Wilson pass at the goal line, and the New England Patriots held on to beat the Seattle Seahawks, 28-24, in Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz. on Sunday.
Super Bowl XLIX pits the unstoppable offense of the New England Patriots against the impenetrable defense of the Seattle Seahawks. The 49th edition of the NFL's big game could be one of its most memorable contests. Here's a preview of Sunday's game:
The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks each won their respective conference's championship game on Sunday to advance to Super Bowl 49 in Arizona on Feb. 1 Here's a recap of the day's action:
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Eye of Newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,–
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
—Macbeth, the 2nd Witch
Stanczyk has been a big fan of the Bard for a lonnnnng time! It seems like eons. He was big into jesters and for that I applaud Shakespeare.
His works always seem prescient and applicable to the times at hand. I believe Shakespeare is second to the Bible in terms of being quoted. Has anyone applied the "psuedo-science" of Gematria to Shakespeare? I know about the "Bible Code" and I am pretty sure that mathematicians have used Moby Dick to find predictions in these texts in some kind of Nostradamus-like process of divination. But has any text been more lucid or evident upon the page without any mathematical calculation at all? I daresay not.
Let me hasten to post this article before the GOP flavor of the month disappears like so much Häagen-Dazs black walnut.


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After being top dog during his high school career in Salem, Mo., Crowder southpaw Ryan Smith admitted there's been an adjustment period during his college career.
After being top dog during his high school career in Salem, Mo., Crowder southpaw Ryan Smith admitted there's been an adjustment period during his college career.
It's an adjustment he's finally getting used to he says, not having to be the top dog any longer, as he's found a role in the bullpen with the talented Roughriders squad.
The ability to adjust should help him along, he admits, and says he'll do so next season at NAIA Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn.
He's the son of Don and Stacy Smith.
While Smith (5'9, 165 pounds) has fought with a host of others for time in a crowded, and very talented, Crowder bullpen, he convinced Lions coach Jonathan Estes to make an offer with a solid workout on a visit to Freed-Hardeman over the Christmas break. Estes made him an offer he couldn't refuse, too, and the sophomore said he couldn't be happier with his decision.
"It's a pretty good NAIA school and they were nationally ranked this year," Smith said. "It kind of sparked my interest and I'm glad I signed there. They offered me a pretty good deal I couldn't pass up."
During his time at Crowder, Smith, who is 1-0 this season after logging 6 2/3 innings with five strikeouts, said the work ethic instilled in him by coach Travis Lallemand and the Roughrider program will benefit him greatly with the Lions.
"Since coming here I know I'll make a big impact at Freed with my work ethic that Coach Lallemand gave me. Without coming here I probably wouldn't be the player that I am. I know what I've learned here will help out FHU along the way."
Lallemand said Smith has only continued to grow as a player with the Roughriders.
"Ryan came in last year and redshirted, worked extremely hard and developed," Lallemand said. "He probably added 6-8 miles per hour on his fastball last year. He's been in a relief role for us this year and he'll have the opportunity to move on and pitch at the next level.
"He's had good success in the fall and has been pretty good for us."
One thing Smith will already be accustomed to when he arrives at FHU is winning. After making it to the NAIA National Tournament last season, the Lions are currently 38-13-1 overall competing in the TranSouth Athletic Conference.
"I enjoy every minute with my teammates," Smith said. "I just enjoy going out there and going on win streaks and going on trips with them. It's just been a fun ride here at Crowder and hopefully we can make it to (the NJCAA National Tournament) Grand Junction (Colo.) this year."


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The Distance Learning Steering Team will meet Wednesday, March 18, at 9:30 a.m. ET in Meeting Room A at the Council on Postsecondary Education offices in Frankfort.
The agenda is available at http://cpe.ky.gov/committees/dlst/.
Directions to the Council offices are available at http://www.cpe.ky.gov/about/directions.htm.
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Many of this year's participants in the Polar Plunge were rookies. Now with one plunge under their belt, many promise they'll be back for the Special Olympics fund-raiser in 2014.
Many of this year's participants in the Polar Plunge were rookies. Now with one plunge under their belt, many promise they'll be back for the Special Olympics fund-raiser in 2014.
"It was definitely a lot colder than I thought it was, but it's for a great cause and I love doing it. I'm for sure coming back next year. I can't wait," said Brittni Shaw of Hannibal, adding she hopes more people will take part next year.
"I'll for sure be back. It was a lot of fun. We'll get the rest of our friends. It was definitely worth it," said Jen Link of Hannibal.
"I'll definitely be back next year. It was worth it," said Emele Richards of Hannibal, who jumped in with Shaw and Link as a member of the Gangster Squad threesome.
"It was cold, but it was a blast," said Trent Bauer of Hannibal. "I'll be back."
Bauer, who went into the river dressed as Shrek, was presented the golden plunger award for having the best costume.
"I saw a picture online and thought it would be pretty interesting to do it," said Bauer of his green paint job.
Among those coming the furthest to plunge was Kevin Urbeck of St. Louis. A student at Culver-Stockton College, Urbeck was recruited to participate.
"The girl who came up and asked me I couldn't tell her no, she's too nice," he said, adding he had help raising the $75 necessary to take part. "My parents put an e-mail out to all our family and got enough money for me to do it. It's a good cause. It doesn't matter how cold I get."
So how cold was the water?
"You really didn't notice it until you got all the way in. I ended up dunking my head under. By that point I was too cold to care any more. You went numb before you even knew it," said Urbeck. "My (legs) locked up pretty good, so I didn't do a whole lot of running back. I hobbled my way into the warm tent."
"As soon as you got all the way in you kind of lose your breath. Trying to catch your breath again is the hardest part," said Bauer.
"I was really scared at first, but it was a lot of fun," said Link. "The hardest part was getting out of the water. My legs wouldn't move. And then I ran to the warm tent. It was better then."
"It felt like needles hitting my skin when I ran in. I knew I had to stick my head under and it would all be over soon," said Shaw.
For Richards, the hardest part was waiting to plunge.
"I wasn't that nervous until I got here. It was cold standing in the open air. That's when I got scared," she said.


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Calling it "information overload," a business group is shooting down a state senator's proposal for more notification about the state's family leave program, saying the new requirements would be burdensome for businesses.
Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Edison) today introduced a bill in the Senate Labor committee that would require employers to proactively inform workers about their rights under the Family Leave Insurance provision of the state Temporary Disability Benefits Law, as well as oblige health care providers and medical institutions to explain the program to patients with conditions that would likely entitle them to take paid temporary family leave, such as pregnancy.
Buono referenced an August 2012 Rutgers-Eagleton poll that found roughly 60 percent of approximately 900 registered voters surveyed said they have not "seen or heard anything about" New Jersey's family leave insurance program, even though the law entitling employees to the paid leave went into effect in July 2009.
Stefanie Riehl, assistant vice president of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association, said she is "concerned (Buono's bill) won't achieve its intended objective and cause more administrative burdens for employers."
"We are never opposed to employees understanding their rights, but the notification process is cumbersome for employees and employers alike, as they're subject to 15 separate state and federal notice requirements — which doesn't count the four notices already required under state law that this bill addresses," Riehl said in her testimony today. "It's information overload, and sometimes employees are not paying as much attention as they should, or they just don't recall their rights when they need them. It's very complicated for employees and employers, as well."
Riehl said the state should instead post explanations of all employee leave programs and benefits on a centralized website that New Jersey businesses and workers can access at anytime.
At the committee hearing, Buono said one of the reasons the 2009 law has not been effective is because the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development has not completed any outreach programs to inform workers and employers about it, which she said is something the new bill would enforce.
While nearly one in five respondents indicated they had taken temporary leave for pregnancy, bonding with a new child or caring for a family member with a serious illness between July 2009 and August 2012, fewer than half of them had received pay or compensation during that time, according to the Rutgers-Eagleton poll.
Under the Family Leave Insurance provision, both women and men are eligible for six weeks of partial wage replacement up to 12 months after a birth or adoption, or at any time during the care of a seriously ill family member. Since the family leave benefits are self-funded through payroll deductions, the program is implemented at no cost to employers or the state.
The concept of the family leave insurance program seems popular, according to the Rutgers-Eagleton survey, which found more than three quarters of respondents had a favorable opinion about it after it was briefly described to them during the polling.


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These Lake of the Ozarks entrepreneurs have built successful businesses from the ground up. From Ozark moonshine to handmade soaps and award-winning barbecue, we highlight some of the best products made by small, family-owned businesses right here at the Lake.
Ozark Distillery
Find it at: Paul's Supermarket, Lake Liquor, Woods Supermarket, and several restaurants including Baxter's, Backwater Jack's, Wobbly Boots, Dog Days and JJs at the Copper Pot. Website has a full list of locations.
Location 1684 Hwy. KK, Osage Beach
Contact 573-348-2449
Online www.ozarkdistillery.com and on Ozark Distillery on Facebook
All it took was a Facebook post announcing they were open, and just after lunch, owners Dave and Tiffhany Huffman sold their first bottle of moonshine. Since the couple opened Ozark Distillery in March, they've been busy making jugs of corn whiskey out of the same building in Osage Beach that houses their property management company. Dave has been operating a real estate and vacation rental business, serving Tan-Tar-A Estates, for 17 years.
He's always been interested in making spirits and dabbled with making wine and beer at home. This "dabbling" propelled him to open his own distillery, and he learned the process of turning corn, wheat, rye and barley into a high-quality libation.
The distillery makes corn whiskey, labeled "moonshine," and ages batches of bourbon whiskey in oak barrels. The Huffmans hope to make the whiskey available later this year. Formula approval is currently pending on other flavors of moonshine, including Vanilla Bean, Peach Cobbler, Butterscotch and Pink Lemonade. Apple Pie was released in August.
Dave spends many evenings at the distillery, mashing grain and running the still. All of the equipment used in the process was custom made for the distillery.
"Our moonshine is not some backwoods swill that tastes bad and is harsh," Dave said. "With the time-consuming process we use, it's a very clean, high-end product and mixes well with just about anything." Recipes are offered on their website.
Unlike much of the moonshine available on the market, Ozark Distillery's moonshine is handcrafted, using Missouri-grown corn and all Missouri-made products with the exception of the corks and malted barley due to availability.
Future plans are to grow the distillery and offer more formal tours with a welcome center and tasting room. But anyone is welcome to visit the distillery now for samples and a tour. Just call ahead and make an appointment.
"We want everyone who visits to have a good time and learn a bit about how the process works," Dave said.
You can find Ozark Distillery's moonshine at nearly 70 locations around the Lake and surrounding communities.
Fun fact: The corn whiskey is distilled four times, making it cleaner and smoother. The finished product is 100 proof or 50 percent alcohol.
The Bread Bowl Bakery
Hours Wednesday-Sunday from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Check for fall hours.
Location 1375 Bagnell Dam Blvd., Lake Ozark (in Luby's Plaza)
Contact 573-964-5318
Online Bread Bowl on Facebook
So far it's been a busy season for The Bread Bowl. During the summer months, employees were working around-the-clock to provide pastries, cakes and fresh-baked bread to many local restaurants that depend on these goodies to keep their customers happy. Over the last 13 years, owners Jack Leaver, Sr., Jack Leaver, Jr., and manager and son John Leaver, have become known by some of the Lake's most popular restaurants as the "go to guys" for quality breads and pastries ― they've secured more than 140 wholesale clients.
When the demand for their products increased at local farmers markets and the public started calling, requesting their baked goods, the Leavers decided to open their business to the retail sector this past April, and now serve walk-in customers as well.
During the height of the summer season, as many as 50,000 pieces of bread are turned out daily. And from behind the counter, The Bread Bowl's new cafe offers pastries, donuts, different kinds of bread, cookies and other daily offerings. Hoagies, hamburger buns and dinner rolls are picked up by the dozen. Custom orders, including birthday cakes, can be filled with a few days' notice. All of the production takes place in a factory on the Bagnell Dam Strip.
Everything is made from scratch with recipes they've perfected over the years. "Anyone who works with us cares about quality," Jack says.
Any time, day or night, the factory is in motion. An assembly line moves as dough is measured out. Loaves of fresh bread emerge from the oven. Bagels are bagged and cupcakes are topped with icing.
Fun fact: By special order, you can have The Bread Bowl make you a pie that's baked into a cake.
Find it at: Paul's Supermarkets, Hy-Vee in Osage Beach and about a dozen other locations statewide, Dierbergs, G2M in Laurie, and on their website.
Contact 573-480-1655
Online www.jeffboyardeefoods.com and Jeffboyardeefoods on Facebook
Food, ordering, sales, packaging ― it all happens in the Lake Ozark home of Jeffrey Witt and Gracie Pease. Production of just a few batches of pickles or salsa can be an all day affair.
Witt, owner of Jeffboyardee foods, is nearing the end of a successful first year in business. With the help of his girlfriend and vice president Gracie Pease, Jeff makes pickles and salsas that are flying off store shelves at more than 30 locations statewide.
The business focuses on three different products: sweet and spicy pickles, sweet and spicy relish and salsa. There are mild and hot versions of all three. The couple is currently working on a relish and smoked salsa, with plans to launch both in 2014.
The process of getting the product into the market is time consuming and takes skilled preparation and precise timing. It takes hours to make just a few batches and, since everything is done in their "normal sized" kitchen, they can only cook two batches at a time. Depending on demand for the week, they have to plan sleep around certain steps in the production process.
Witt says he's been trying to find his way in the culinary world since attending Johnson and Wales Culinary University in Providence, Rhode Island. After making the pickles and salsa for family and friends, the couple decided to start their at-home business. The salsa is an authentic-style recipe that Witt learned while living in Texas.
Last year, the couple spent a lot of time handing out samples and conducting research to perfect their products. Early in 2013, their products started appearing on store shelves, including Paul's and Hy-Vee.
"Eventually, we would like to partner with a distributor to get our products to a wider customer base, but we are taking our time and trying to do things the right way."
Fun fact: Four batches of pickles makes about 60 jars, or five cases. Some weeks the company sells as many as 70 cases.
Divine Scents Soap Company
Find it at: The Osage Beach Farmers market on Saturdays through October, Natures Remedies in Laurie, Lake Embroidery by Design in Linn Creek, local craft fairs and festivals, and on their website.
Online www.divinescentssoap.com and Divine Scents Soap on Facebook
With an ever-increasing demand for organic products, RuthAnn Matthews has been able to turn her hobby into a business, making skin and body products without the use of chemicals. She operates the Divine Scents Soap Company out of a corner of her Sunrise Beach home. Matthews creates handcrafted soaps; solid lotions; bath salts, bombs and soaks; body butters; "cupcake" soaps, scrubs and chemical-free perfume that are all beneficial to your skin and the environment. There are nine different products available in a variety of scents.
"With all the chemicals and extras in our food and other products in today's world, I think it is our job as consumers to know what is in our food and products," she says.
Originally from Colorado, Matthews moved to the Lake six years ago and opened the business in 2012. She has been a licensed cosmetologist for 15 years, using her experience and knowledge and incorporating it into her business.
While many scents come from essential oils (extracted from plants and flowers) such as the Lavender Mint and Lemongrass, she uses some man-made fragrances to offer customers a wider range of products. These nearly- natural soaps include the Oatmeal Milk and Island Breeze.
"I love creating the products ― using different colors, scents and designs, and educating customers," she said. Matthews introduces new creations frequently. Most popular are the Lavender Mint, Lemongrass and the Bug Me Not soaps.
She uses local products like honey, beeswax and lavender, and everything is Paraben and Phthalate-free. She only uses preservatives when required. They are not tested on animals, are Vegan-friendly, do not have added artificial ingredients, and still has the naturally-produced glycerin left in.
"Customers are excited to try a locally-made product, and like that they know where the product is made, the simplicity of our ingredients, and uniqueness of the product," Matthews says.
Even the label that's wrapped around the soap can be utilized. The Lotka paper is from Nepal and is embedded with wildflower seeds. Plant it and watch the seeds grow!
Fun fact: In cold process soap making, the soap is left to cure for a minimum of four weeks after being poured into a mold.
Studio Joe Coffee Co.
Find it at: Hy-Vee in Osage Beach, at The Village Market & Cafe and on their website.
Cafe Hours 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 9 p.m. on weekends
Location 2599 State Rd. MM, Sunrise Beach
Contact 573-723-1020
Online www.studiojoecoffee.com, or Studio Joe Coffee Co. on Facebook
Many people won't start their day without a morning cup of joe. It takes a lot of effort to go from coffee bean to cup. Luckily for java drinkers, the owners of Studio Joe Coffee work hard to keep store shelves stocked with an assortment of their whole beans.
Melissa and Chris Galloway recently purchased The Studio Joe Coffee Company, after Chris heard about the company from a friend who played with him in a band. Even though the business had only been established for a short time, its growth was more than its original owners could handle.
Studio Joe is a perfect fit for the Galloways, who own The Village Market & Cafe on Shawnee Bend. The convenience store/restaurant serves made-from-scratch baked goods and has a full menu at the cafe.
"We had been buying Studio Joe Coffee beans and grinding them to make our coffee at home, and had become passionate about it," Chris said.
The coffee is full of flavor and free of much of the acid which can steer some people away from drinking coffee. The couple buys quality beans from around the world and roasts them right on the premises. It takes about 15 minutes to roast roughly 2.5 pounds of coffee. Roasting is an art that requires careful timing and a skilled eye. The more time in the roaster, the darker the bean.
Once the beans are roasted, Chris pushes to get them in consumers' hands within a few weeks to ensure freshness. They sell the beans whole, and Chris recommends everyone buy a coffee grinder for their home.
"We hope to educate people that the absolute best and economical way to make coffee is to grind your beans just before you make it whether it is a pot or a single cup," he said.
Their most popular blend is Garage Band, a medium roasted Columbian bean. They offer 14 different kinds, including decaffeinated.
Chris likes to inform customers about the difference between a quality coffee shop brew versus what you might find with some name-brand coffees, many of which have additives which affect freshness.
Chris says their goal is to become a regional player in the coffee industry.
Fun fact: When the coffee bean cracks twice, it is seconds away from being roasted.
The Family Jewels Gourmet Merchants
Find it at: Seven Springs Winery, Osage Outdoors in Laurie and on their website.
Contact 573-346-2000
Online www.enterthefamilyjewels.net
Joe and Sandra Johno enjoy a status barbecue lovers everywhere only dream of ― a coveted trophy at the American Royal sauce competition (the World Series of barbecue) for Best Sauce on the Planet.
The couple is known for offering some of the best barbecue, grilling and finishing sauces on the market. And the magic all takes place out of their manufacturing facility in Montreal.
In 2002 alone their sauces won 26 international food awards. To date, the total is 69.
Sandra, who moved to the Lake area with her husband, Joe, in 1986 from St. Louis, has a background in promotional graphic art and marketing. While still in St. Louis, they manufactured and distributed apparel for the Cardinals, the St. Louis Blues, Anheuser Busch, 7UP, Coke and other companies. The couple continued imprinting resort wear at the Lake, with sales across the United States.
Sandra's creative talents extend to cooking. For years her hobby was to make barbecue sauces, which her family enjoyed, so the Johnos began bottling their sauce for the public. All the recipes are Sandra's, who also created the label design and content for each bottle. The couple has produced three brands: Fat Bastard, Drop Dead Delicious and Holy Smoke.
Today, they make 25 sauces, all a type of barbecue sauce consisting of sweet tomatoes, vinegars, mustards, fruits, teriyaki and just plain hot. Each sauce is different; the variety of flavors offered includes the Holy Smoke Caramel Fire dessert topping, and a pepper jelly which goes great on cream cheese.
To ensure quality, the Johnos make small batches of no more than 50 gallons at a time. The products are never warehoused for longer than two weeks before being shipped to gourmet food stores, wineries, butcher shops and fresh produce markets.
Fun fact: Many of their sauces have been featured on the Food Network.
Made at the Lake
These Lake of the Ozarks entrepreneurs have built successful businesses from the ground up. From Ozark moonshine to handmade soaps and award-winning barbecue, we highlight some of the best products made by small, family-owned businesses right here at the Lake.


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The course here in Glendale, Arizona looks good, and with it being just a stone's throw from the luxurious Renaissance hotel that all the skaters are staying at, this is everyone's favorite stop on the tour.
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The Special Review Committee studying child abuse and neglect deaths of Oklahoma children released its report today.
The Special Review Committee studying child abuse and neglect deaths of Oklahoma children released its report today which includes both praise and criticism regarding the performance of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services and many other entities responsible for the protection of children, and also disputes previous claims made by legislators against OKDHS.
In a 38-page report containing 50 findings and 37 recommendations which took 16 months to develop, the Committee found there were many individuals, agencies, and situations which were both 'part of the problems and part of the solutions.'
"While our task was to review the work of DHS in the role of child abuse and neglect deaths, our Committee soon discovered that while DHS had some responsibility, the conditions leading to the children's deaths were the results of multiple omissions and commissions by any number of many groups, agencies, individuals, conditions, and factors," said Wes Lane, chair of the 21-member, blue ribbon committee.
The Special Review Committee, originally a subcommittee of the now-dissolved Human Services Commission, was created in late 2011 by then Commissioner and former Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane. Its purpose was to review OKDHS's role in child abuse and neglect deaths where the agency had some previous child welfare connection with the family.
The committee spent more than a year conducting a broad review of 135 child deaths which occurred between 2010 and 2012. The committee then conducted an in-depth review of 36 of those cases where the child died from either abuse or neglect and the family had some level of child welfare involvement in the 12 months preceding their deaths. Only one of the child death cases reviewed was of a child actually in state custody at the time.
"We observed instances where other agencies were involved in the complexities of cases, times when the public did not report abuse, and other situations where law enforcement or the judicial system, or others in the community bore some of the responsibility for a child's death," Lane said.
The committee's report resoundingly disputes accusations made by legislators who issued a news release stating "Fifty children - on average - continue to die annually under the care of the Department of Human Services." The release – issued in 2011 – quoted unverified numbers of child deaths, inferring the deaths occurred in the DHS foster care system.
"What we actually found was that over a 10-year period, there were an average of 12 children who died each year in state custody, and the majority died from natural causes or of the injuries they suffered at the hands of their abusers," said Lane. "The news release issued by these legislators was clearly not based on real numbers and issued at a time when stories about some of these children's deaths were being reported by the media before the full facts surrounding their deaths were known to anyone."
Lane described the report as balanced, noting that the findings are sorted among system issues, domestic violence, drug abuse, household conditions, OKDHS administrative, policy, and performance issues, and systemic issues outside of OKDHS.
"Make no mistake about it," Lane said, "we found clear areas where DHS must improve and make changes to its policies and procedures – and we note that many changes are already underway with the Pinnacle Plan. But what we ultimately have had to sadly recognize is that there are no sure methods to predict murder or to examine the circumstances in a child's family and be able to definitively predict what negative consequences will occur to those children."
The committee's report also noted that in addition to improving the child protection system, Oklahoma must find a way to address unstable family and home environments which contribute to occurrences of abuse and neglect.
"The truth is, DHS may never be able to stop children from being murdered because many times the problem is upstream from them," said Lane. "Sadly enough, children are going to continue to die in unstable family environments. Just tweaking a government agency is not going to stop this."
"As a state, we need to concentrate on building safe homes for our children and statistically the least-likely place for child abuse and neglect is in the home of the child's biological, married parents," Lane stated. "This is not the child abuse prevention 'silver bullet,' but if we know that children are absolutely safest in that environment, why wouldn't we as leaders from government, business, education and the faith community do everything we can to strengthen marriage as an Oklahoma institution over the coming years?"
National statistics show the highest rate of child abuse is for a child living with a single parent who is cohabitating with a non-biological partner. The incidence of abuse and neglect for those children is almost ten times greater than for children living with their married biological parents.
Ed Lake, who became OKDHS Director on November 1, 2012, expressed his gratitude to Lane and the rest of the committee for their work.
"We are most appreciative of the work of the committee resulting in these thoughtful and action-oriented recommendations," said Lake. "In fact, we have already implemented many of the recommendations specific to DHS and will continue to do so as we move forward with the Pinnacle Plan. It's also critically important for all of us involved in this work to reaffirm our commitment to fostering a truly dynamic system to address the complexities of severe child abuse and neglect."
Deborah Smith, Director of OKDHS Child Welfare Services, worked with the committee during their review of the child death cases.
"It was hard work but everyone involved was there because they want to help the children of this state," said Smith. "In any child welfare case, we can look back and find things that could have been done differently. The benefit of this review process was that committee members gained a better understanding of our agency's role and how we interact with the rest of the system, and helped identify areas where we could make changes that will have a positive impact on child protection."
OKDHS has issued its response to the committee's report which outlines internal changes already made which address many of the committee's recommendations, and how it will address further changes during implementation of the Pinnacle Plan, the five-year improvement plan for the state's foster care system.
Lane encouraged the governor, legislature, agencies working with children, law enforcement, schools, and the public, to read the committee's report in its entirety. He described their findings as important but the recommendations, particularly those dealing with prevention, should be a call to action for all Oklahomans.
"The work of this Committee will be in vain if our state does not act on these findings and recommendations," Lane said. "The citizens serving on this committee brought a lot of good old Oklahoma common sense to the table. They were deeply concerned that what we have with child abuse is far beyond just a DHS problem. It's an 'all of our' problem. We need to pay attention to what they had to say."
In addition to the Special Review Committee's work, Lane and former Human Services Commissioner Karen Waddell, have worked with prominent business and faith leaders in Oklahoma to form a clearinghouse matching needs, services, and people wanting to help abused and neglected children, called "Count Me in 4 Kids."
"The Committee's report speaks to our belief that children suffering from abuse and neglect are not simply a DHS responsibility, but everyone's responsibility," said Lane. "Karen Waddell is modeling what we hope many other Oklahomans will do for at-risk children – see a piece of the problem and own it. She has launched an organization to identify the many needs of the thousands of children involved with DHS in the greater Oklahoma City area – and meet those needs with the help of thousands of citizens of good will. Our expectation is that this community partnership between DHS and Oklahoma citizens will accomplish things together for children that DHS alone could never have been able to do. These are all of our children," Lane said.
"Count Me In 4 Kids" is a grass roots collaborative matching the needs of foster kids, foster families, adoptive kids, and adoptive families with those who want to help," Waddell said. "This is an organization where anyone in Oklahoma who wants to help kids and families can do so. We'll connect them to the right place or help them send a donation, sign up for respite care, be a foster parent, or read to a child. The needs are many and we're going to make sure that Oklahomans know who needs help and how to help them." The public will be able to volunteer, donate tax deductible funds or other resources to Count Me in 4 Kids at www.countmein4kids.org.


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Questions will be answered Tuesday evening. Regular board meeting cancelled
Taft High School officials will meet with parents next Tuesday offer information and answer questions in the wake of last week's campus shooting that left one student critically wounded and another facing life in prison.
The 5 p.m. meeting will be held in the I.R.C. lecture hall located on the south side of the campus adjacent to the cafeteria.
The announcement late Thursday morning from interim Supt. Dr. William McDermott said he and members of the Board of Trustees would "general information" and answer questions parents "may have regarding the changes that are currently taking place on our campuses."
McDermott is serving as interim superintendent while the district conducts a search for Mark Richardson's replacement. Richardson resigned in August on the eve of the beginning of the current school year.
Parents have been calling for a meeting – some saying the school should have assembled parents and provided information even before students were released after spending hours in lockdown after the shooting.
The meeting announcement addressed the reasons for the delay.
"The District has been dealing with the immediate needs of the students and staff and wants to communicate with parents," adding that the trustees "want to provide an opportunity to share what has been happening on the campus to move us forward."
School district officials are not responding to requests for information.
Then word leaked Wednesday night that next Tuesday's regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees had been cancelled.
Part of the reason for the news blackout may be the Kern County District Attorney's desire to try 16-year-old suspect Bryan Oliver as an adult and seek a sentence of life in prison.
In announcing her decision to try Oliver as an adult, D.A. Lisa Green said prosecutors were trying to avoid a change of venue that would move the trial out of the county.
Then, at her request, the Kern County Sheriff's Dept. – apparently the lead agency conducting the investigation – cancelled last Monday's scheduled news conference.
Green's office reportedly discouraged Taft High officials from talking about the case.
Meanwhile, counselors remain available to students who may be having trouble coming to grips with last week's incident that led to a community-wide school lockdown.
Additional counselors were sent from the Kern County Superintendent of Schools office and Optimal Hospice, among others.
Principal Marilyn Brown said the school was overwhelmed by offers of help.
Therapy dogs were on campus Tuesday when classes resumed and security blankets arrived on campus Wednesday.
Five hundred were distributed then. First-period science building classes – where the shooting occurred – got the first batch. Another batch was to be distributed today.
Attendance has returned to normal after some students stayed home on Tuesday, the first day classes were held since the shooting.
Some students gathered in front of the main building for a prayer and words of encouragement and solidarity.
The classroom where the shooting occurred has been sealed off, and teacher Ryan Heber's classes have been relocated.