2011年8月22日星期一
Sunday Focus: Misconceptions persist about those with disabilities
GALESBURG —
Stone-Hayes Center for Independent Living was established in Galesburg 15 years ago. While the name is known in the community, many people still have no idea what the center is and does. Even some people now receiving those services at one point did not know what Stone-Hayes is.
Stone-Hayes serves people in Knox, Warren and Henderson counties. No fee is charged for those services. While it is best known for the work it does to help disabled individuals live independently and speak for themselves, anyone can receive help from the agency. A good example is this summer’s fan drive. Fans were donated to the center or bought by Stone-Hayes and were available to anyone who needed one.
What would the community be like if there were no Stone-Hayes?
Assistant Director Vanya Peterson said there would be a gap.
“If there was no Stone-Hayes, there would be no empowerment for disabled individuals,” Peterson said. “We are an empowering agency. People come here because they want to, not because they have to. It’s the consumer that makes it happen.”
Consumers making it happen
The members of this year’s 16-week Legislative Internship Program developed a disabilities simulator, a demonstration available to area organizations to help their members better understand people with disabilities.
“It bridges the gap between people in society who may not be familiar with disabilities,” Charles Allen of the Stone-Hayes staff explained June 22 when the members of the internship program graduated.
Despite 21 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act, many people still have misconceptions about people with disabilities.
Felicia Owens of Galesburg, one of the graduates of this year’s Legislative Internship Program, is in a wheelchair now, but that has not always been the case. While some Stone-Hayes consumers deal with conditions they were born with, others have had to learn to cope with disabilities later in life.
Owens worked at St. Mary’s Square for eight years, was an in-home certified nurse’s aide and also was a support worker at Bridgeway. Owens most recent job was in the billing department at Galesburg Hospitals Ambulance Service. She suffers from a form of multiple sclerosis.
“That was a wonderful place to work,” she said. “It was like a family atmosphere.”
Owens, who normally is on oxygen, was able to take breathing treatments at the ambulance service, or go home, then come back later and finish her shift.
She lost her job in 2003 when billing was shifted to an outside agency. Owens has been in a wheelchair since 2009. She is waiting for a total knee replacement once the modification of her house is completed.
“Even with a new knee, I don’t think I could walk from here to The Register-Mail,” she said of a two-block distance.
Owens and Deb Williams, another Stone-Hayes client, admitted they did not know what Stone-Hayes did until they needed the agency’s services.
2011年8月16日星期二
The move has been welcomed by environmental groups
The move has been welcomed by environmental groups, but business leaders have voiced concerns about the economic impact.
Mr Lochhead said: "Plastic bags are a scourge on the environment and a blight on our streets, our countryside and our seas - that's why we are so determined to drastically cut back on their use.
"It's hugely encouraging that so many people are now taking this issue seriously, and over the past five years we have seen a lot of progress in cutting plastic bag use, both by shops and shoppers.
"We want to phase out the use of free plastic bags in supermarkets, with the continued help of retailers."
Marks & Spencer charges 5p for plastic bags, while Aldi and Lidl also charge. But Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons do not currently charge.
Former Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Pringle tried to introduce a 10p charge on carrier bags in 2006. But his Private Members' Bill at Holyrood, and a subsequent move to revive it, was not backed by MSPs.
The latest consultation will take place later in the year and look at options for cutting plastic bag use even further, including the prospect of legislation .
But CBI Scotland's assistant director, David Lonsdale questioned the need for the measure at a difficult time for business. "Retail businesses are already doing a lot to improve their environmental performance and have delivered very significant reductions in the use of plastic bags," he said.
"Any potential new environmental taxes such as on plastic bags could prove unnecessary and a costly administrative headache for firms, at what is a particularly challenging time for the retail sector."
A tax on plastic shopping bags in the Republic of Ireland introduced in 2002 cut their use by more than 90 per cent and raised millions of euros.
The Thomas Merton Center also is a partner
The Thomas Merton Center also is a partner, helping the Tote Bag Project with any financial concerns.
“It’s rewarding to me that we are able to do something that makes such a simple difference and to know that on an individual level, it could really matter for someone and allow them to get a little bit more food and not be so tired,” Kerr said. “For me, the fact that the food pantry trusted me enough and were willing to take a risk to try and do something brand new. That was good.”
A wide array of business partners, individuals and collaborators have held tote bag drives. Anyone can host a drive in their work place or organization.
“The concept of helping our neighbors who are hungry is universal and we aren’t hitting them up for a lot of cash—just tote bags,” Kerr said “I think the simplicity strikes people.”
The East End Food Co-Op started a drive in July which is now continuing. They have collected more than 250 bags so far.
Construction Junction also is a drop off center for the Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project.
Kara Holsopple, member services manager of the co-op, said the project is perfect for the organization.
“The co-op has been encouraging shoppers to bring in their own re-usable bags for years, and a few years ago, we made it official by no longer offering plastic bags at our registers,” she said. “We're so pleased to be working with the Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project to make that choice a reality for food pantry clients. Sustainability and community—it's a natural fit for us.”
Kerr said her next goal is to create a five-year plan and to get people thinking about the need on an ongoing basis.
“What we need to to do is get you thinking, 'Oh I need a tote bag,' so you grab an extra one, run to the co-op and drop it off. That is what we need to do. Some people are invested because of the hunger aspect while others are invested because of the environmental aspect.”
2011年8月2日星期二
It's difficult to sell anything
It's difficult to sell anything if it bears a mundane classification or title. It's tough to sell a two-hundred dollar nineteen inch television.
However, if a manufacturer produces a Flat Panel Thirty-six Inch Plasma HDTV Video Display Module with Three-Thousand Watt Surround Sound Stereo, there will be seventy-eight fools each waving five thousand dollars towards the unctuous Video Department Representative at BigDealElectronicsHyperMartEmporium LLC.
Similarly, For those in the entry level market, one brand of premium automobile dealerships presents only the Marque's specially chosen, inspected-and-serviced-to-factory-standards vehicles.
I infer they escort peons inquiring about a mere used car out to the wall behind the dealership and shoot them where blood won't splatter on the Marque's prestigious Previously Owned Models.
I once bought a mechanical pencil that boasts Power-Press Lead Advance, SuperClean Eraser, Ergonomic Grip, 0.5mm Super Leads and Life-time Durability enough to be hammered through a mahogany two-by-four by an inebriated gorilla in three blows with a six pound sledge hammer.
The pencil is ten years old and still clicks lead out as I expend it or when I snap it off. I've not encountered the gorilla so I can't attest to the pencil's ultimate durability.
Recently a store I used to visit twice each year for aficionados of finer tea re-opened. It's my British heritage dribbling through.
However, if a manufacturer produces a Flat Panel Thirty-six Inch Plasma HDTV Video Display Module with Three-Thousand Watt Surround Sound Stereo, there will be seventy-eight fools each waving five thousand dollars towards the unctuous Video Department Representative at BigDealElectronicsHyperMartEmporium LLC.
Similarly, For those in the entry level market, one brand of premium automobile dealerships presents only the Marque's specially chosen, inspected-and-serviced-to-factory-standards vehicles.
I infer they escort peons inquiring about a mere used car out to the wall behind the dealership and shoot them where blood won't splatter on the Marque's prestigious Previously Owned Models.
I once bought a mechanical pencil that boasts Power-Press Lead Advance, SuperClean Eraser, Ergonomic Grip, 0.5mm Super Leads and Life-time Durability enough to be hammered through a mahogany two-by-four by an inebriated gorilla in three blows with a six pound sledge hammer.
The pencil is ten years old and still clicks lead out as I expend it or when I snap it off. I've not encountered the gorilla so I can't attest to the pencil's ultimate durability.
Recently a store I used to visit twice each year for aficionados of finer tea re-opened. It's my British heritage dribbling through.
2011年7月27日星期三
Grandparents who watch grandchildren
Grandparents who watch grandchildren should know what Ruth and Dave Halpern of Staten Island have discovered: The weekly children's programs at Holmdel Library at Town Hall are educational, entertaining, and best of all -- free.
"This librarian, she's phenomenal," said Ruth Halpern, who watches over her twin 5-year old Holmdel granddaughters, Danielle and Sandra, on weekdays. Nelson was referring to Children's Librarian Alanah Mellin, who was on the carpet nearby, cheerfully cleaning up goop from a Dr. Seuss activity that had just ended on March 7. "She has patience, and she motivates them," she said.
On weekly storytime days, families like the Halperns arrive early to browse through the picture books in the children's room. When the librarian signals the storytime will begin, the children take a seat on the carpet to hear the story read aloud and a related craft, if included. Unless noted they must stay, the adults can exit to the main library.
On this day the children listened to Mellin read Dr. Seuss' classic, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, about a boy that must save a kingdom from a gooey substance. Then the eight children actually got to make oobleck, from cornstarch, water and a few drops of green food coloring. For little people in the K-2 age demographic, this is an intensely joyful way to spend a Thursday afternoon. The adults who had not retreated to the couch to flip through People Magazine, observed through the big glass windows, grateful this was not a take-home craft.
Zhanna Vernikov of Morganville said she had tried storytime in three other libraries with her son Steven, 6, before coming to Holmdel. It was her first visit, and she said she was impressed by Mellin's gentle manner. Occasionally, the kids interrupted the story, or strayed from the craft, but they were always guided back to the lesson without drama. "She seems to be the most patient," Vernikov said.
Mellin said she had not even noticed the distractions, "Its a natural part of their development. They explore at this age, and you should be concerned if they don't," she said.
"This librarian, she's phenomenal," said Ruth Halpern, who watches over her twin 5-year old Holmdel granddaughters, Danielle and Sandra, on weekdays. Nelson was referring to Children's Librarian Alanah Mellin, who was on the carpet nearby, cheerfully cleaning up goop from a Dr. Seuss activity that had just ended on March 7. "She has patience, and she motivates them," she said.
On weekly storytime days, families like the Halperns arrive early to browse through the picture books in the children's room. When the librarian signals the storytime will begin, the children take a seat on the carpet to hear the story read aloud and a related craft, if included. Unless noted they must stay, the adults can exit to the main library.
On this day the children listened to Mellin read Dr. Seuss' classic, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, about a boy that must save a kingdom from a gooey substance. Then the eight children actually got to make oobleck, from cornstarch, water and a few drops of green food coloring. For little people in the K-2 age demographic, this is an intensely joyful way to spend a Thursday afternoon. The adults who had not retreated to the couch to flip through People Magazine, observed through the big glass windows, grateful this was not a take-home craft.
Zhanna Vernikov of Morganville said she had tried storytime in three other libraries with her son Steven, 6, before coming to Holmdel. It was her first visit, and she said she was impressed by Mellin's gentle manner. Occasionally, the kids interrupted the story, or strayed from the craft, but they were always guided back to the lesson without drama. "She seems to be the most patient," Vernikov said.
Mellin said she had not even noticed the distractions, "Its a natural part of their development. They explore at this age, and you should be concerned if they don't," she said.
Arkansas Fires Pelphrey After 4 Seasons
Pelphrey was 69-59 in four seasons with the Razorbacks, including an 18-13 record this season. Arkansas lost to Tennessee in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Thursday.
Pelphrey replaced Stan Heath as coach of the Razorbacks in 2007-08 and finished 23-12. Arkansas advanced to the NCAA tournament that season, defeating Indiana before losing to North Carolina.
The Razorbacks struggled in Pelphrey's next two seasons, winning 14 games in each. This season will mark the third straight year Arkansas will miss the NCAA tournament.
Athletic director Jeff Long said in a statement that a national search would begin immediately. The school called a 6 p.m. news conference to address the program's future.
"After a thorough and comprehensive evaluation of our men's basketball program, including an assessment of the overall student-athlete experience within our program, it is clear that we have not made the progress over the last four years that is necessary to return Razorback basketball to a place of national relevance," Long said.
Arkansas saw a steady decline in attendance in Pelphrey's four seasons. The Razorbacks averaged 17,148 in his first season, 16,043 in his second and 13,182 last year. This season, the school averaged 12,022 in 18 games in the 19,200-seat Bud Walton Arena.
During its national championship season of 1993-94, Arkansas averaged 20,134 at home. This season, the school drew a season-high 14,174 for its game against Ole Miss in February.
Two weeks ago, following a home loss to Mississippi State that cost the Razorbacks second place in the SEC West and a bye in the conference tournament, an advertisement ran in the statewide Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The ad called for Razorback fans to contact university officials "on the future of Arkansas basketball before too much times passes."
Pelphrey replaced Stan Heath as coach of the Razorbacks in 2007-08 and finished 23-12. Arkansas advanced to the NCAA tournament that season, defeating Indiana before losing to North Carolina.
The Razorbacks struggled in Pelphrey's next two seasons, winning 14 games in each. This season will mark the third straight year Arkansas will miss the NCAA tournament.
Athletic director Jeff Long said in a statement that a national search would begin immediately. The school called a 6 p.m. news conference to address the program's future.
"After a thorough and comprehensive evaluation of our men's basketball program, including an assessment of the overall student-athlete experience within our program, it is clear that we have not made the progress over the last four years that is necessary to return Razorback basketball to a place of national relevance," Long said.
Arkansas saw a steady decline in attendance in Pelphrey's four seasons. The Razorbacks averaged 17,148 in his first season, 16,043 in his second and 13,182 last year. This season, the school averaged 12,022 in 18 games in the 19,200-seat Bud Walton Arena.
During its national championship season of 1993-94, Arkansas averaged 20,134 at home. This season, the school drew a season-high 14,174 for its game against Ole Miss in February.
Two weeks ago, following a home loss to Mississippi State that cost the Razorbacks second place in the SEC West and a bye in the conference tournament, an advertisement ran in the statewide Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The ad called for Razorback fans to contact university officials "on the future of Arkansas basketball before too much times passes."
2011年7月18日星期一
Massive solar system installed University of Queensland
Australia's largest flat-panel photovoltaic solar power system has been installed at The University of Queensland in Brisbane.
The system generates 1.22 megawatts of power from the sun, harvested from 5004 panels on the rooftops of four of UQ's biggest buildings.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield said the UQ Solar Array would provide between five and six per cent of peak electricity demand at the St Lucia campus.
The solar panel installation at the University of Queensland. Photo: Stewart Gould via Brisbane Times
The asset will be shared with the community, by giving interested people access to a website showing live and historical data about the solar power generated from the UQ array.
"The project is enhanced by its strong industry partnerships, including research agreements with a number of world-leading companies in renewable power," Professor Greenfield said.
UQ will undertake ongoing solar research projects with:
Brisbane firm Ingenero, which installed the array, and worked on its design and engineering
Separate to the rooftop panels, UQ has installed a ground-mounted, seven-metre-by-six metre 8.4 kilowatt concentrating photovoltaic array (CPV) that follows the sun each day as it moves across the sky.
Ingenero donated the SolFocus CPV array to allow UQ researchers to undertake detailed comparisons with a different type of solar technology.
Designing and installing Australia's biggest rooftop PV solar power system
drew on the combined resources and significant expertise of UQ academics and engineers, working with industry leaders.
UQ's Property & Facilities division and UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics worked closely with engineering consultants Aurecon and lead contractor Ingenero.
The 1.22 megawatt UQ Solar array is almost 25 per cent larger than any other flat-panel PV system in Australia, with the added complexity of being split between four buildings.
The system generates 1.22 megawatts of power from the sun, harvested from 5004 panels on the rooftops of four of UQ's biggest buildings.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield said the UQ Solar Array would provide between five and six per cent of peak electricity demand at the St Lucia campus.
The solar panel installation at the University of Queensland. Photo: Stewart Gould via Brisbane Times
The asset will be shared with the community, by giving interested people access to a website showing live and historical data about the solar power generated from the UQ array.
"The project is enhanced by its strong industry partnerships, including research agreements with a number of world-leading companies in renewable power," Professor Greenfield said.
UQ will undertake ongoing solar research projects with:
Brisbane firm Ingenero, which installed the array, and worked on its design and engineering
Separate to the rooftop panels, UQ has installed a ground-mounted, seven-metre-by-six metre 8.4 kilowatt concentrating photovoltaic array (CPV) that follows the sun each day as it moves across the sky.
Ingenero donated the SolFocus CPV array to allow UQ researchers to undertake detailed comparisons with a different type of solar technology.
Designing and installing Australia's biggest rooftop PV solar power system
drew on the combined resources and significant expertise of UQ academics and engineers, working with industry leaders.
UQ's Property & Facilities division and UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics worked closely with engineering consultants Aurecon and lead contractor Ingenero.
The 1.22 megawatt UQ Solar array is almost 25 per cent larger than any other flat-panel PV system in Australia, with the added complexity of being split between four buildings.
Scott County supervisors cool to tax breaks for solar project
GATE CITY Scott County supervisors are waiting to hold a public hearing next month before voting on a property tax exemption for solar equipment that would benefit a local energy project.
The tax break a 100 percent exemption projected to total almost $300,000 over the next 10 years would apply to 1,800 solar panels being installed in Duffield through a partnership of the Lenowisco Planning District Commission, Scott County Economic Development Authority and Staunton, Va.-based Secure Futures, LLC.
The solar project is part of a 10-year power purchase agreement that would supply green energy to the Pioneer Business Center and Crooked Road Technology Center.
The $3 million project is funded in part through a $1.75 million research and development grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission. Additional funding was obtained through state and federal sources. Secure Futures also contributed roughly $250,000 of its own capital to the project.
Representatives from Secure Futures the firm that will install and maintain the solar panels and the Scott County EDA lobbied supervisors for the exemption at the board’s July meeting.
Read the expanded version of this report in the print edition or the enhanced electronic version of the Kingsport Times-News.
The tax break a 100 percent exemption projected to total almost $300,000 over the next 10 years would apply to 1,800 solar panels being installed in Duffield through a partnership of the Lenowisco Planning District Commission, Scott County Economic Development Authority and Staunton, Va.-based Secure Futures, LLC.
The solar project is part of a 10-year power purchase agreement that would supply green energy to the Pioneer Business Center and Crooked Road Technology Center.
The $3 million project is funded in part through a $1.75 million research and development grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission. Additional funding was obtained through state and federal sources. Secure Futures also contributed roughly $250,000 of its own capital to the project.
Representatives from Secure Futures the firm that will install and maintain the solar panels and the Scott County EDA lobbied supervisors for the exemption at the board’s July meeting.
Read the expanded version of this report in the print edition or the enhanced electronic version of the Kingsport Times-News.
2011年7月15日星期五
A leader in the style of music
A leader in the style of music known as nuevo flamenco, Ottmar Liebert made his wine country debut Tuesday night before a sold-out Napa Valley Opera House crowd. The show proved to be a mixed bag.
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance that originated in southern Spain in the latter part of the 18th century in which Andalusian gypsies played an important role.
Born in the United States, there’s a musical movement derived in part from flamenco, as well as other styles of Latin music and world jazz. It’s been given the name nuevo, or nouveau, flamenco.
After he settled in Santa Fe, N.M., in the late 1980s, German-born Ottmar Liebert formed a band he called Luna Negra and launched a very successful career championing nuevo flamenco. Luna Negra’s initial recording in 1990 included “Barcelona Nights,” a tune that appealed to listeners around the world and propelled Liebert and Luna Negra onto the global stage.
Liebert blazed a new musical trail, and audiences were attracted to this new style of music for a number of reasons — nimble, articulate fingerwork; charming, uncomplicated melodies; and just enough flamenco authenticity to convince pop listeners that they had discovered something exotic.
No one would dispute that Liebert’s repertoire provides graceful and pleasant listening, even though the similarity in tempos gives his recordings a slightly homogenous feel.
And that was the problem Tuesday night. The concert was divided into a pair of approximate hour-long segments. The opening segment was repetitious and ultimately boring. I noted some audience members’ heads bowed, busily texting. Some left at intermission. One local guitarist slept through most of the opening set. It took the headliner’s switch to electric guitar on “Snakecharmer” to liven things up just prior to intermission.
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance that originated in southern Spain in the latter part of the 18th century in which Andalusian gypsies played an important role.
Born in the United States, there’s a musical movement derived in part from flamenco, as well as other styles of Latin music and world jazz. It’s been given the name nuevo, or nouveau, flamenco.
After he settled in Santa Fe, N.M., in the late 1980s, German-born Ottmar Liebert formed a band he called Luna Negra and launched a very successful career championing nuevo flamenco. Luna Negra’s initial recording in 1990 included “Barcelona Nights,” a tune that appealed to listeners around the world and propelled Liebert and Luna Negra onto the global stage.
Liebert blazed a new musical trail, and audiences were attracted to this new style of music for a number of reasons — nimble, articulate fingerwork; charming, uncomplicated melodies; and just enough flamenco authenticity to convince pop listeners that they had discovered something exotic.
No one would dispute that Liebert’s repertoire provides graceful and pleasant listening, even though the similarity in tempos gives his recordings a slightly homogenous feel.
And that was the problem Tuesday night. The concert was divided into a pair of approximate hour-long segments. The opening segment was repetitious and ultimately boring. I noted some audience members’ heads bowed, busily texting. Some left at intermission. One local guitarist slept through most of the opening set. It took the headliner’s switch to electric guitar on “Snakecharmer” to liven things up just prior to intermission.
2011年7月11日星期一
Thumbs up for handy camera bag
The warm weather has finally arrived and summer picture-taking season is in full swing.
Like many of you who have been bitten by the photography bug, I have a lot of gear. Many lenses for getting the right shot, a flash for when it gets dark and a tripod for taking landscape photos at dusk.
I have a huge camera backpack to carry it all around in, which is great, but I am always looking for the perfect, small-size, camera bag to throw a camera into so I can go take pictures without having to lug my full kit around.
Think Tank Photo, one of my favourite camera bag companies, has been making awesome bags since 2005. Just in time for summer, they have released a new bag they call Retrospective 5.
The folks at Think Tank were nice enough to send me one to review and I have been putting it through its paces over the last few weeks.
Think Tank Photo is relatively new to the camera bag scene, compared to standard names like LowePro. Because it was formed by two working photographers and two designers, Think Tank products have always been unique, yet highly functional.
This holds true for the Retrospective 5, which is designed with a micro four-thirds camera or small DSLR in mind. The shoulder bag is made from canvas and available in two colours — black or a retro-styled pinestone.
The design is minimal, so it diverts attention from the valuable camera you carry inside.
I was able to comfortably carry a larger-sized DLSR with a lens attached, as well as a longer zoom lens for getting some shots of the kids’ soccer moves.
Everything packs away quickly into the main compartment, which has movable padded inserts you can use to customize the bag to your gear.
Inside the main compartment there is also a handy organizer for sticking odds and sods: batteries, flash cards or a business card or two. An outer pocket holds a full-size, seam-sealed, rain cover, which is custom made for the bag.
Like many of you who have been bitten by the photography bug, I have a lot of gear. Many lenses for getting the right shot, a flash for when it gets dark and a tripod for taking landscape photos at dusk.
I have a huge camera backpack to carry it all around in, which is great, but I am always looking for the perfect, small-size, camera bag to throw a camera into so I can go take pictures without having to lug my full kit around.
Think Tank Photo, one of my favourite camera bag companies, has been making awesome bags since 2005. Just in time for summer, they have released a new bag they call Retrospective 5.
The folks at Think Tank were nice enough to send me one to review and I have been putting it through its paces over the last few weeks.
Think Tank Photo is relatively new to the camera bag scene, compared to standard names like LowePro. Because it was formed by two working photographers and two designers, Think Tank products have always been unique, yet highly functional.
This holds true for the Retrospective 5, which is designed with a micro four-thirds camera or small DSLR in mind. The shoulder bag is made from canvas and available in two colours — black or a retro-styled pinestone.
The design is minimal, so it diverts attention from the valuable camera you carry inside.
I was able to comfortably carry a larger-sized DLSR with a lens attached, as well as a longer zoom lens for getting some shots of the kids’ soccer moves.
Everything packs away quickly into the main compartment, which has movable padded inserts you can use to customize the bag to your gear.
Inside the main compartment there is also a handy organizer for sticking odds and sods: batteries, flash cards or a business card or two. An outer pocket holds a full-size, seam-sealed, rain cover, which is custom made for the bag.
2011年7月7日星期四
Rosemount Police Chief Presents Revised Animal Control City Code to Council
Rosemount Police Chief Presents Revised Animal Control City Code to Council
The Rosemount City Council listened carefully Tuesday as Police Chief Gary Kalstabakken read amendments made to the animal control city code during its first reading.
It was deemed necessary to make changes to the animal control portion of the city code after the state made changes to its potentially dangerous/dangerous dog statutes.
According to Kalstabakken, the animal control city code was last updated in 2004. In the amended city code, new sections were added, which would include state and city changes.
If the council decides to approve the amended animal control city code, some of the items it will include are:
If a hearing panel upholds findings of a potentially dangerous/dangerous dog, the owner will be subject to pay up to $1,000 for the hearing cost (state law). There would be no cost if the dog was not found to be potentially dangerous or dangerous.
In addition, Kalstabakken informed council of changes that would be made to chicken coops in the animal control city code.
Currently, there are four known chicken coops in urban, residential areas of Rosemount. In the amended animal control city code, owners would no longer need a permit to have chicken coops.
Our experience in the last seven years has been that [chicken coops] are non-issues, Kalstabakken said.
Also, the ordinance would reduce the coop's setback from a principal residential structure from 75 feet to 50 feet.
"Other cities have had as little as 25 feet," Kalstabakken said. "We feel 50 feet took care of any problem regarding a chicken coop."
The amended animal control city code was shortened from 32 to 23 pages, and council will take a vote on it at either the July 19 or Aug. 2 council meeting. Mayor Bill Droste said the public is encouraged to call the City of Rosemount with questions or issues pertaining to the animal control city code.
The Rosemount City Council listened carefully Tuesday as Police Chief Gary Kalstabakken read amendments made to the animal control city code during its first reading.
It was deemed necessary to make changes to the animal control portion of the city code after the state made changes to its potentially dangerous/dangerous dog statutes.
According to Kalstabakken, the animal control city code was last updated in 2004. In the amended city code, new sections were added, which would include state and city changes.
If the council decides to approve the amended animal control city code, some of the items it will include are:
If a hearing panel upholds findings of a potentially dangerous/dangerous dog, the owner will be subject to pay up to $1,000 for the hearing cost (state law). There would be no cost if the dog was not found to be potentially dangerous or dangerous.
In addition, Kalstabakken informed council of changes that would be made to chicken coops in the animal control city code.
Currently, there are four known chicken coops in urban, residential areas of Rosemount. In the amended animal control city code, owners would no longer need a permit to have chicken coops.
Our experience in the last seven years has been that [chicken coops] are non-issues, Kalstabakken said.
Also, the ordinance would reduce the coop's setback from a principal residential structure from 75 feet to 50 feet.
"Other cities have had as little as 25 feet," Kalstabakken said. "We feel 50 feet took care of any problem regarding a chicken coop."
The amended animal control city code was shortened from 32 to 23 pages, and council will take a vote on it at either the July 19 or Aug. 2 council meeting. Mayor Bill Droste said the public is encouraged to call the City of Rosemount with questions or issues pertaining to the animal control city code.
2011年6月28日星期二
From simple bags to prom dresses
Under the watchful eye of Cathy Andrews, sewing students start off with the most simple of tasks.
First they learn to pin a seam, how to thread the needle on the sewing machine, and then sew a straight line.
Next they sew a square that is turned into their first finished work — a sewing bag.
But from those small beginnings can come great things, including older girls who use their skills to sew their own prom dresses.
"They start out very basic," she said of the program, dubbed the Waverley Sewing Den. "But as they progress over the years, they finish — even the little ones do a simple one — a dress at the end of each school year."
Andrews has been teaching the finer points of sewing to children from ages six to 17 in her Waverley home for 20 years. Earlier this month, she hosted the season-ending fashion show with the girls modelling their finished dresses.
"I just do it right out in my yard. (Parents and friends) bring their lawn chairs and we set up tables with cake and ice cream. It’s always a big success," she said.
The kids, mostly girls, although it’s open to anyone, attend the two-hour sewing sessions after school or in the evenings, from September to June.
Andrews, who learned to sew before she was married and has upgraded her skills over the years, said she started the program when looking for an in-home business to run while her daughter was young.
"I liked being able to stay home . . . and then just continued on with it," she said. "I love it. They keep me young."
Since then, Andrews has taught an average 30 to 40 kids a year how to sew. Kids are with her for varying lengths of time, but some keep going all through their school years.
Andrews said she often bumps into former sewing students.
She said it can be a challenge to teach children of varying ages and skill levels in the same sessions, but she said the older girls are good at helping out.
Every year most of the older students choose to make their own prom dresses, which can be an interesting experience for the young sewers.
First they learn to pin a seam, how to thread the needle on the sewing machine, and then sew a straight line.
Next they sew a square that is turned into their first finished work — a sewing bag.
But from those small beginnings can come great things, including older girls who use their skills to sew their own prom dresses.
"They start out very basic," she said of the program, dubbed the Waverley Sewing Den. "But as they progress over the years, they finish — even the little ones do a simple one — a dress at the end of each school year."
Andrews has been teaching the finer points of sewing to children from ages six to 17 in her Waverley home for 20 years. Earlier this month, she hosted the season-ending fashion show with the girls modelling their finished dresses.
"I just do it right out in my yard. (Parents and friends) bring their lawn chairs and we set up tables with cake and ice cream. It’s always a big success," she said.
The kids, mostly girls, although it’s open to anyone, attend the two-hour sewing sessions after school or in the evenings, from September to June.
Andrews, who learned to sew before she was married and has upgraded her skills over the years, said she started the program when looking for an in-home business to run while her daughter was young.
"I liked being able to stay home . . . and then just continued on with it," she said. "I love it. They keep me young."
Since then, Andrews has taught an average 30 to 40 kids a year how to sew. Kids are with her for varying lengths of time, but some keep going all through their school years.
Andrews said she often bumps into former sewing students.
She said it can be a challenge to teach children of varying ages and skill levels in the same sessions, but she said the older girls are good at helping out.
Every year most of the older students choose to make their own prom dresses, which can be an interesting experience for the young sewers.
2011年6月20日星期一
Luxury of Replica Watches
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2011年6月13日星期一
It’s deadline time for women golfers
It’s deadline time for women golfers who are planning on playing in the annual Moore County Women’s Amateur Championship at National Golf Club June 27-28.
While the tournament is for golfers of all levels, with players pre-flighted by handicap, the championship flight has provided some top-flight competition and intriguing story-lines over the past several years and included winners with ages varying from teenagers to 60.
But if you’re planning on entering, you’d better do it now. The deadline is Wednesday
Patty Moore, the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame member who has won the event six times, has battled two-time former champion Diane Yelovich to the wire several times while youngsters Amanda D’Ostroph and Lisa Chandler have also won.
Another threat in recent years has been Katja Damman, a Pinehurst resident who plays on the Pembroke State University golf team
D’Ostroph, a rising junior at Charleston Southern University, won the title at the Country Club of Whispering Pines last year.
The championship is 36 holes of gross medal play with a 9 a.m. shotgun start both days.
Entrants must be 18 or older and have an established USGA handicap index. They must also be residents of Moore County or a member of a golf club in the county.
The entry fee is $95 and includes carts, range balls and an awards luncheon following the final round. Practice rounds are available June 21-24 for $30.
Prizes will be awarded to the overall champion and the first and second-place finishers in each flight.
Applications are available at area golf clubs and at Robert’s Golf Shop. For information call Ginny Siedler at (910) 673-3240.
N.C. Amateur: Nearly 30 years after it was last played there, the North Carolina Amateur Championship is returning to Greensboro Country Club’s Farm Course Thursday through Sunday.
The 72-hole, stroke play competition was played on the Farm Course and at The Cardinal Golf Club in 1981 and 1982. Ray Freeman, of Greensboro, won the1981 event, while Mike West, of Burlington, took the 1982 title.
While the tournament is for golfers of all levels, with players pre-flighted by handicap, the championship flight has provided some top-flight competition and intriguing story-lines over the past several years and included winners with ages varying from teenagers to 60.
But if you’re planning on entering, you’d better do it now. The deadline is Wednesday
Patty Moore, the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame member who has won the event six times, has battled two-time former champion Diane Yelovich to the wire several times while youngsters Amanda D’Ostroph and Lisa Chandler have also won.
Another threat in recent years has been Katja Damman, a Pinehurst resident who plays on the Pembroke State University golf team
D’Ostroph, a rising junior at Charleston Southern University, won the title at the Country Club of Whispering Pines last year.
The championship is 36 holes of gross medal play with a 9 a.m. shotgun start both days.
Entrants must be 18 or older and have an established USGA handicap index. They must also be residents of Moore County or a member of a golf club in the county.
The entry fee is $95 and includes carts, range balls and an awards luncheon following the final round. Practice rounds are available June 21-24 for $30.
Prizes will be awarded to the overall champion and the first and second-place finishers in each flight.
Applications are available at area golf clubs and at Robert’s Golf Shop. For information call Ginny Siedler at (910) 673-3240.
N.C. Amateur: Nearly 30 years after it was last played there, the North Carolina Amateur Championship is returning to Greensboro Country Club’s Farm Course Thursday through Sunday.
The 72-hole, stroke play competition was played on the Farm Course and at The Cardinal Golf Club in 1981 and 1982. Ray Freeman, of Greensboro, won the1981 event, while Mike West, of Burlington, took the 1982 title.
2011年6月9日星期四
Designers reinvent themselves
Today, Kroell works with plain leather and woollen yarn. With no stores of her own, she is designer, saleswoman and her own gal Friday. After quitting her own label in a dispute with investors, she is laboring from her living room to start a new brand, Dax Gabler. The goods are made in China, not Italy.
"I've done so much growing up in so little time," she says.
It's the fear of every high-achieving professional: excelling, reaching the pinnacle of your field - and, the next day, having to start over.
In both the fashion industry and the larger economy, reinvention has become a necessary skill. Once-hot designer Patrick Robinson was just fired from his job at mega-brand Gap. Paris haute couturier Christian Lacroix is remaking himself as a furniture designer after his label's high-profile bankruptcy. Hedi Slimane, a star menswear designer who left Christian Dior, is working as a photographer in Los Angeles and Paris.
For many fashion designers, the falls take place publicly, but the reinvention afterward happens, slowly and out of the limelight.
After he was dismissed from Nina Ricci in 2009, Olivier Theyskens disappeared from public view for about two years - even ignoring Paris fashion weeks. He resurfaced with his own line, Theykens' Theory. Hervé Léger lost control of his name and left the company - which continues to sell his popular bandage dress - more than a decade ago. He now designs under the name Hervé L. Leroux (a reference to his red hair), with a boutique in Paris.
Hussein Chalayan, London-based darling of the avant-garde, canceled his runway shows after losing his financial backers and now sells his clothes from a rented Paris showroom. This week, he announced he is changing the brand name to just Chalayan and launching three lines of clothing at various price levels, including one that will sell blouses for as little as $150. (Dresses from his runway collections can cost more than $1000.)
The second act of an accomplished designer often shows characteristic élan. Lacroix returned to the limelight with his first line of furniture, which he showed at the Milan furniture fair in April. He also penned a children's book, "Christian Lacroix and the Tale of Sleeping Beauty—A Fashion Fairy Tale Memoir." Though it might seem a leap from ball gowns, the furniture—a collaboration with the Italian company Sicis Srl—is unmistakably Lacroix: intricately colorful with an element of wink-wink humor.
Graeme Black spun in a matter of weeks from dressing the likes of Sarah Brown, wife of the former British prime minister, to taking long walks in London's Battersea Park with his dog, Harris. He had to close shop two years ago after several retailers reneged on paying for his collections, he says.
"There was a huge sense of loss and a huge sense of disappointment that the company I'd worked so hard to create had just sort of fizzled out," says Mr. Black, who had designed Armani Black and Ferragamo ready-to-wear before launching his own brand. "It kind of almost dazed me for a while."
Mr. Black freelanced as a creative consultant with Hugo Boss while searching for a more permanent gig from his London home. He is hoping to land a creative director job at an Italian luxury brand. "You have to just weather the storm," he says.
Many designers say the key to their reinvention came from using skills, interests and contacts from their earlier lives—without stopping for regrets. "Nothing's a bad experience and nothing is a waste of time," says Mr. Black of his previous life, including the loss of his company.
Mr. Lacroix notes that he has been interested in furniture design since childhood. Mr. Slimane, too, said through a spokesman that he has loved photography since he was 11, adding that he was "never committed" to one creative medium.
"I've done so much growing up in so little time," she says.
It's the fear of every high-achieving professional: excelling, reaching the pinnacle of your field - and, the next day, having to start over.
In both the fashion industry and the larger economy, reinvention has become a necessary skill. Once-hot designer Patrick Robinson was just fired from his job at mega-brand Gap. Paris haute couturier Christian Lacroix is remaking himself as a furniture designer after his label's high-profile bankruptcy. Hedi Slimane, a star menswear designer who left Christian Dior, is working as a photographer in Los Angeles and Paris.
For many fashion designers, the falls take place publicly, but the reinvention afterward happens, slowly and out of the limelight.
After he was dismissed from Nina Ricci in 2009, Olivier Theyskens disappeared from public view for about two years - even ignoring Paris fashion weeks. He resurfaced with his own line, Theykens' Theory. Hervé Léger lost control of his name and left the company - which continues to sell his popular bandage dress - more than a decade ago. He now designs under the name Hervé L. Leroux (a reference to his red hair), with a boutique in Paris.
Hussein Chalayan, London-based darling of the avant-garde, canceled his runway shows after losing his financial backers and now sells his clothes from a rented Paris showroom. This week, he announced he is changing the brand name to just Chalayan and launching three lines of clothing at various price levels, including one that will sell blouses for as little as $150. (Dresses from his runway collections can cost more than $1000.)
The second act of an accomplished designer often shows characteristic élan. Lacroix returned to the limelight with his first line of furniture, which he showed at the Milan furniture fair in April. He also penned a children's book, "Christian Lacroix and the Tale of Sleeping Beauty—A Fashion Fairy Tale Memoir." Though it might seem a leap from ball gowns, the furniture—a collaboration with the Italian company Sicis Srl—is unmistakably Lacroix: intricately colorful with an element of wink-wink humor.
Graeme Black spun in a matter of weeks from dressing the likes of Sarah Brown, wife of the former British prime minister, to taking long walks in London's Battersea Park with his dog, Harris. He had to close shop two years ago after several retailers reneged on paying for his collections, he says.
"There was a huge sense of loss and a huge sense of disappointment that the company I'd worked so hard to create had just sort of fizzled out," says Mr. Black, who had designed Armani Black and Ferragamo ready-to-wear before launching his own brand. "It kind of almost dazed me for a while."
Mr. Black freelanced as a creative consultant with Hugo Boss while searching for a more permanent gig from his London home. He is hoping to land a creative director job at an Italian luxury brand. "You have to just weather the storm," he says.
Many designers say the key to their reinvention came from using skills, interests and contacts from their earlier lives—without stopping for regrets. "Nothing's a bad experience and nothing is a waste of time," says Mr. Black of his previous life, including the loss of his company.
Mr. Lacroix notes that he has been interested in furniture design since childhood. Mr. Slimane, too, said through a spokesman that he has loved photography since he was 11, adding that he was "never committed" to one creative medium.
2011年6月7日星期二
That Bag Shop Preparing Opening a Brother Leather Goods Factory
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China TOP 10 leather handbags wholesaler www.thatbagshop.com is planning to open a brother leather goods factory, mainly manufacturing men leather bags, leather wallets and other leather goods. The subsidiary leather goods factory will endeavor to provide competitive cheap but good quality leather goods for worldwide customers, same as That Bag Shop Leather Handbags Factory.
Online PR News – 06-June-2011 –As business expanding, China TOP 10 leather handbags wholesale factory www.thatbagshop.com is planning to open a subsidiary leather goods factory, mainly producing men’s leather bags, leather wallets, and other fashion leather accessories.
The existing That Bag Shop Leather Handbags Factory is professional in manufacturing cheap and fashion women leather handbags for almost 11 years. With time going by, the business is expanding as customers have different inquiries of other leather goods, such as men’s leather bags, suitcases and leather gifts, etc. In order to keep the professional standard in producing leather handbags, as well as help customers making other leather goods, That Bag Shop decides to start a brother factory to handle the production of other leather goods other than leather handbags.
“This is a milestone of our business.” said David Wang, General Manager of That Bag Shop Leather Handbags Factory, “We do and only do one thing: leather handbags. This is the business principle we adhere to, since this is where our professionalism lies. The opening of another factory making other leather goods doesn’t mean we are giving up professionalism. On the contrary, this is our way of being professional.”
Manufacturing women leather handbags is different from making wallets and other leather goods. The opening of a brother factory will help separate handbags production from other leather goods manufacturing. The subsidiary leather goods factory will be equipped with professional machinery and experienced workers, to assure other leather items well-crafted at competitive cheap cost.
Wholesale customers of web-shop www.thatbagshop.com will be the biggest beneficiaries, since on the one hand, new manufacturers of leather goods are no need of sourcing and testing, and on the other hand, cheap but high quality leather goods are guaranteed. That Bag Shop is able to handle both cheap yet fashion leather handbags and other leather goods now.
About That Bag Shop Leather Handbags Factory:
That Bag Shop Leather Handbags Factory is by no means a new manufacturer in the industry of real leather handbags wholesale. That Bag Shop supplies cheap but trendy ladies leather handbags by top quality real leather and first class hardware, through its online factory showroom www.thatbagshop.com. All wholesale orders of leather handbags and leather goods are wholesale at cheap factory price and offered with FREE OF CHARGE custom logo design and embossing service.
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cloud west a street
Guangzhou guangdong, 510000
020-12345678
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China TOP 10 leather handbags wholesaler www.thatbagshop.com is planning to open a brother leather goods factory, mainly manufacturing men leather bags, leather wallets and other leather goods. The subsidiary leather goods factory will endeavor to provide competitive cheap but good quality leather goods for worldwide customers, same as That Bag Shop Leather Handbags Factory.
Online PR News – 06-June-2011 –As business expanding, China TOP 10 leather handbags wholesale factory www.thatbagshop.com is planning to open a subsidiary leather goods factory, mainly producing men’s leather bags, leather wallets, and other fashion leather accessories.
The existing That Bag Shop Leather Handbags Factory is professional in manufacturing cheap and fashion women leather handbags for almost 11 years. With time going by, the business is expanding as customers have different inquiries of other leather goods, such as men’s leather bags, suitcases and leather gifts, etc. In order to keep the professional standard in producing leather handbags, as well as help customers making other leather goods, That Bag Shop decides to start a brother factory to handle the production of other leather goods other than leather handbags.
“This is a milestone of our business.” said David Wang, General Manager of That Bag Shop Leather Handbags Factory, “We do and only do one thing: leather handbags. This is the business principle we adhere to, since this is where our professionalism lies. The opening of another factory making other leather goods doesn’t mean we are giving up professionalism. On the contrary, this is our way of being professional.”
Manufacturing women leather handbags is different from making wallets and other leather goods. The opening of a brother factory will help separate handbags production from other leather goods manufacturing. The subsidiary leather goods factory will be equipped with professional machinery and experienced workers, to assure other leather items well-crafted at competitive cheap cost.
Wholesale customers of web-shop www.thatbagshop.com will be the biggest beneficiaries, since on the one hand, new manufacturers of leather goods are no need of sourcing and testing, and on the other hand, cheap but high quality leather goods are guaranteed. That Bag Shop is able to handle both cheap yet fashion leather handbags and other leather goods now.
About That Bag Shop Leather Handbags Factory:
That Bag Shop Leather Handbags Factory is by no means a new manufacturer in the industry of real leather handbags wholesale. That Bag Shop supplies cheap but trendy ladies leather handbags by top quality real leather and first class hardware, through its online factory showroom www.thatbagshop.com. All wholesale orders of leather handbags and leather goods are wholesale at cheap factory price and offered with FREE OF CHARGE custom logo design and embossing service.
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'Fashion gang' on the prowl in shopping malls
A gang of six GCC nationals has been accused of stealing designer wear from high-end retailers at some shopping malls in the emirate.
The gang comrpising five women and a man form smaller groups and walk into a target shop at the same time. While one group kept the attendants busy the others grab expensive items and hide it under their abayas and quietly walk out, according to a report in 'Gulf News'.
Aged between 20 and 25, the 'fashion gang' were at Mall of the Emirates and Dubai Mall looking for designer shoes, handbags, accessories and would always ask for the latest collections, Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Head, Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department, was quoted as saying.
After the police received about 10 complaints, the suspects were nabbed in an undercover operation.
The gang comrpising five women and a man form smaller groups and walk into a target shop at the same time. While one group kept the attendants busy the others grab expensive items and hide it under their abayas and quietly walk out, according to a report in 'Gulf News'.
Aged between 20 and 25, the 'fashion gang' were at Mall of the Emirates and Dubai Mall looking for designer shoes, handbags, accessories and would always ask for the latest collections, Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Head, Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department, was quoted as saying.
After the police received about 10 complaints, the suspects were nabbed in an undercover operation.
2011年6月2日星期四
We speak of the ad promoting Orville Redenbacher’s Pop
We speak of the ad promoting Orville Redenbacher’s Pop Up Bowl popcorn innovation. It’s the unusual marriage of a Midwestern-based snack manufacturer and a Strip illusionist who also happens to star in his own TV show.
He would be Criss Angel, saw-blade wielder, strait-jacket inhabitant and occasional TV commercial foil.
In the new TV ad, the man whose image graces billboard and print ads and who stars on A&E’s “Mindfreak” appears through glass sliding doors of a residence you’d find in any American suburb. Summerlin, even. The magician produces a flattened package, shoves it into a microwave oven and -- voila! -- a quickie snack.
Angel doesn’t actually say “voila!” But that is the effect, as the couple comes away wowed at the self-contained foodstuff.
The heating-of-popcorn-as-illusion concept is Angel’s way of showing he can joke about himself and his art. Oh, and popcorn, too.
“It was very cool,” Angel, speaking of the idea in general and not the temperature of the heated popcorn, said in a phone conversation this afternoon. “We came in with a very, very loose concept, and they gave me the freedom to put it together and lay it out and create it. We were able to have my shop build the stuff, and it turned out great.”
The commercial, filmed in January and reported by my colleague Robin Leach in March, began airing in late April and has been providing the Luxor headliner national TV and YouTube exposure beyond his “Mindfreak” and talk show appearances. It’s Angel’s latest move in a concerted effort to show that he can do the funny along with the 40-some illusions featured in his live show.
“I kind of poke fun at myself,” he said. “I wanted to show I don’t take myself too seriously.”
He would be Criss Angel, saw-blade wielder, strait-jacket inhabitant and occasional TV commercial foil.
In the new TV ad, the man whose image graces billboard and print ads and who stars on A&E’s “Mindfreak” appears through glass sliding doors of a residence you’d find in any American suburb. Summerlin, even. The magician produces a flattened package, shoves it into a microwave oven and -- voila! -- a quickie snack.
Angel doesn’t actually say “voila!” But that is the effect, as the couple comes away wowed at the self-contained foodstuff.
The heating-of-popcorn-as-illusion concept is Angel’s way of showing he can joke about himself and his art. Oh, and popcorn, too.
“It was very cool,” Angel, speaking of the idea in general and not the temperature of the heated popcorn, said in a phone conversation this afternoon. “We came in with a very, very loose concept, and they gave me the freedom to put it together and lay it out and create it. We were able to have my shop build the stuff, and it turned out great.”
The commercial, filmed in January and reported by my colleague Robin Leach in March, began airing in late April and has been providing the Luxor headliner national TV and YouTube exposure beyond his “Mindfreak” and talk show appearances. It’s Angel’s latest move in a concerted effort to show that he can do the funny along with the 40-some illusions featured in his live show.
“I kind of poke fun at myself,” he said. “I wanted to show I don’t take myself too seriously.”
2011年5月31日星期二
Fort Pierre braced for flooding
Todd Bernhard lives in a $500,000 dream home. Tacy Kennison built her home herself with volunteers as part of the Habitat for Humanity program. Cora Jeffries’ house has stood where it is since 1963.
All three Fort Pierre homes are under assault by the rising Missouri River below the Oahe Dam.
“I’m absolutely devastated,” Kennison said.
She moved into her house only six months ago -- able, through the Habitat for Humanity program, to finally own her own home after years of living with her parents.
Now, Kennison is back with her parents, evacuated from her new house to escape floodwaters expected to engulf up to half of the Missouri River town.
“We just threw everything in storage. We didn’t even pack an overnight bag,” Kennison said.
For Jeffries, who is 79, being driven from her longtime home by floodwaters has a tinge of irony. In 1963, rising waters upstream from the Big Bend Dam forced Jeffries and her husband to relocate their house from its original Pierre location to the mouth of the Bad River in Fort Pierre.
Now, both that house and the newer structure where she now lives are in danger of being inundated.
“The dam was supposed to prevent flooding. We already had to give up one place for the dam,” Jeffries said. “Here we are, the second time around.”
Jeffries, whose son Ron is the manager of the Central States Fair in Rapid City, reluctantly left her home -- and the efforts to protect it -- in the hands of relatives to attend a graduation in Rapid City.
“It makes me nervous, but the kids just said: ‘Get out of here, Mom. You can’t do anything,’” Cora Jeffries said. “It’s stressful being away, and it’s stressful being there.”
Kennison surrounded her house with a three-foot wall of sandbags and moved all of her belongings she could fit into a storage unit. Kennison was lucky in that respect: She was already renting a storage unit. Trying to find storage in the Pierre area now is impossible, she said.
“There are no storage units in this town at all,” she said. “I talked to a couple people, and they’re hauling their stuff clear to Aberdeen to get storage.”
All three Fort Pierre homes are under assault by the rising Missouri River below the Oahe Dam.
“I’m absolutely devastated,” Kennison said.
She moved into her house only six months ago -- able, through the Habitat for Humanity program, to finally own her own home after years of living with her parents.
Now, Kennison is back with her parents, evacuated from her new house to escape floodwaters expected to engulf up to half of the Missouri River town.
“We just threw everything in storage. We didn’t even pack an overnight bag,” Kennison said.
For Jeffries, who is 79, being driven from her longtime home by floodwaters has a tinge of irony. In 1963, rising waters upstream from the Big Bend Dam forced Jeffries and her husband to relocate their house from its original Pierre location to the mouth of the Bad River in Fort Pierre.
Now, both that house and the newer structure where she now lives are in danger of being inundated.
“The dam was supposed to prevent flooding. We already had to give up one place for the dam,” Jeffries said. “Here we are, the second time around.”
Jeffries, whose son Ron is the manager of the Central States Fair in Rapid City, reluctantly left her home -- and the efforts to protect it -- in the hands of relatives to attend a graduation in Rapid City.
“It makes me nervous, but the kids just said: ‘Get out of here, Mom. You can’t do anything,’” Cora Jeffries said. “It’s stressful being away, and it’s stressful being there.”
Kennison surrounded her house with a three-foot wall of sandbags and moved all of her belongings she could fit into a storage unit. Kennison was lucky in that respect: She was already renting a storage unit. Trying to find storage in the Pierre area now is impossible, she said.
“There are no storage units in this town at all,” she said. “I talked to a couple people, and they’re hauling their stuff clear to Aberdeen to get storage.”
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