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Herald/David Morris
With analog equipment in the background, KPLE engineer Steve Coffino adjusts the digital equipment inside the offices of the Christian-based television station. A banquet Feb. 19 will help fund the switch.">Herald/David Morris
With analog equipment in the background, KPLE engineer Steve Coffino adjusts the digital equipment inside the offices of the Christian-based television station. A banquet Feb. 19 will help fund the switch. .
J.J.'s Notes From Spring Training
Let's see.. 3 straight to wrap up the ALCS..4 consecutive wins in the World Series.. 2 lopsided victories over the local college nines...and now an 8-3 win over the Minnesota Twins to open the Grapefruit League schedule. That's 10 straight ! Dice-K, two solid innings of 2-hit, no run ball. He pitched to the minimum 6 batters, benefit of two double plays. Hideki Okajima followed with a 1-2-3 3rd inning. In all, 7 pitchers to the hill... IP H R ER BB K ERA
D. Matsuzaka 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
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Despite tension, Jason Kidd doesn't forget good times
It didn't end the way either side wanted. What breakup ever does? This fresh start with an old team has yet to inspire the confidence Jason Kidd or the Mavericks sought. Kidd doesn't dwell on such weighty matters. All he knows is that the Mavericks need a win tonight at American Airlines Center. The possibility that win will come against New Jersey is secondary. After all, this isn't the first trip around the NBA block or the first trade for the 34-year-old point guard. "You know, we achieved a lot of great things there," Kidd said of his 6½ seasons with the Nets. "Nobody can take that away. They can say what they want. "You take a team from being trash to being respectable, nothing can change that." The Nets were 26-56 before they acquired Kidd in July 2001.
REMEMBERING YESTERYEAR: Benjamin Long Rand's home has lots of history
In the original photographs one can see that there was a second story transom window located in the middle portion of this bay. It appears that this window was glazed with ornate leaded glass. Today, there is no window in this location. Also typical of the Queen Anne style is the polygonal tower just behind the front corner that rises from the ground level. The front of this home has a unique arched window in the cellar that may have been used to move coal or oil into the cellar for heating. There is an interesting folklore rumor surrounding this window. Allegedly there was a time in the Rand Co. history when their workers were attempting to unionize, which the Rands opposed as they did not want unions to be part of their business. It is said that someone, presumably an employee, fired a warning shot into this basement window in an attempt to pressure the Rand's into unionizing.
Church choir goes international
The choir is scheduled to give a concert at Down Patrick Cathedral in County Down, where St. Patrick was buried. Third Creek choir members will also perform at the Stormont parliament building in Belfast. "It's an honor because not just anybody can go in there," Huddleston says. "This will be the first American church choir ever to sing in Stormont." Huddleston arranged for Margaret Ritchie, the social development minister for Northern Ireland, to sponsor the group. Minister Ritchie will attend the concert along with a representative of the American consulate. .
COLUMN: Universal health care: There are better solutions
There use to be a time when one could afford to make a simple trip to the doctor without using an insurance card. This was before the government decided it was better suited to be in charge of your health care than you were, back in the 1960s with the establishment of Medicaid and Medicare. The years that followed would bring many tax laws into place, forcing businesses to provide health care options and turning the system into managed care, which, in turn, brought drug companies and lobbyist groups to Washington, throwing millions of dollars into the system for their corporate interests rather than people. This has taken away power from the people and doctors and given it to large corporate interests. Prices continue to increase because when the government or third parties are paying the bills rather than the individual, the hospitals and doctors charge top dollar for their services.
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