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Te Lynchburg imesDoug John, owner o Pints O Plenty, is

on a mission. He wants to teach everyonein the Lynchburg area who loves beer tobrew it! As the grey o winter slogs on,January is a great month to pick up anew hobby so why not home brewing?

He is pursuing his goal on a one on one,household-by-household basis. Curious?Just pop by Dougs store and pick your-sel up a home brewing kit. Tese boxes

come with all the equipment youll need,with the exception o a big stainless steelpot, to get your brew on so to speak.Once you have a kit, Doug will make anappointment to come over to your houseand brew your rst batch with you.

A ter majoring in Chemistry and Biol-ogy at Lynchburg College, brewing beerseemed a logical step in Dougs careerwhen he began brewing in 1990. Since

then, he had a slew o awards includ-

ing being chosen as National Cham-pion rom over 3000 entries in the 1999American Home Brewers Contest in theStrong Ale category or his Strong Scot-tish Ale.

He opened Pints O Plenty in 1995.Te store, just o o Route 221 in For-est, has a small but riendly eel and ispacked with things any beer-nerd will gocrazy over. In addition to carrying homebrewing equipment, Pints stocks a widearray o beers rom around the world

and hosts tastings rom 5:30 p.m. to 7:00p.m. every Friday. Not a beer person?Pints O Plenty also carried wine kits anda decent selection o wines as well.

Te value o his one-on-one trainingis immeasurable. A ter over ten years o experience, Doug has amounted a library o tricks and suggestions to aid the brew-ing process that he is more than happy topass on. His passion or the cra t shows

in the smile that spreads across his ace

at times during the brewing process.Perhaps the biggest decision you willhave to make in your home brewing ca-reer is which type o beer to brew rst.Pints O Plenty carries ingredient kitsto make just about any beer imaginable,

rom a Munich Helles to a Russian Impe-rial Stout. I you dont see your avoritetype on the shel , Doug is great abouttracking it down. Our rst batch brewedwith Doug, a German smoked beer calledRauchbier, was a success and ready just

in time or Christmas. Tis past week-end we decided to attempt our rst solobrew. We took on Irish Stout, a nice darkbeer or the cold winter weather, and in amonth it will be ready to drink.

Te process starts, simply enough, witha big pot o water brought just below theboiling point, 150-165 degrees Fahren-

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Police search for suspectsfollowing robbery attempt/

shootingOn January 18, 2011 at approximately 8:21 pm

officers of the Lynchburg Police Department re-sponded to the 700 block of Madison Street Lynch-burg VA in reference to a malicious wounding. WhenOfficers arrived on the scene they found the victim,Daswann Shabaka Lezel Waller age 25 of LynchburgVA, outside an apartment complaining of a gunshotwound to his left leg. Waller told officers that he wasapproached by three black males who attempted torob him. Waller advised that after he refused to givethem money he was shot in the leg by one of the sus-pects. Waller was transported to Lynchburg GeneralEmergency Room for treatment. Wallers injuries arenon life threatening. The investigation is continuing.

The suspects are described as the following:

light skinned b/m 58, early 20s wearing a striped

shirt and blue jeans. b/m, early 20s wearing a red hooded sweat shirtand ball cap. b/m no further description.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked tocall the Lynchburg Police Department at 455-6054 or Central Virginia Crime Stoppers at1-888-798-5900

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Altavista Vineyards, the Lynchburg areas newestwinery, has recently opened just outside the town of Altavista. A short drive south on US 29, the wineryis open from 12-6pm tuesday through saturday. Thewinery offers five wines from the 2009 vintage includ-ing: Viognier, Chardonnay, Vista Blanca (a sweetwhite), Cabernet Franc, and Meritage (a Bordeauxstyle red blend). Details and photos of the beautifultasting room and vineyard may be found on www.altavistavineyards.com The winery may be reachedat (434) 324-4160.


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heit. Te rst step is a lot like making tea, just make sure not to squeeze the bag!Ground grains restrained in a brew bagare allowed to steep or 20 minutes to anhour depending on the type o beer.

Next, malts and other various ingredi-ents (depending on the beer) are addedand the mixture is brought to a boil.Ten come the hops, an ingredient usedto avor and bitter the beer. Te mix-ture, called wort, is then removed romthe heat and cooled down to 80 degreesor cooler.

Next, the wort is poured into a primary ermenter, a 5 gallon bucket that comes

with the kit, and water added to reach

a total volume o ve gallons. Te nalstep in this stage is to sprinkle yeast intothe liquid, and seal the bucket with a lidcontaining an airlock, a clear plastic de- vice lets carbon dioxide escape but keepeverything else out. Besides producingthe carbon dioxide, yeast will bring yourbeer to li e or at least add the alcohol!

In a week, we will trans er the beer tothe secondary ermenter, a glass carboy also included in the kit. Tis step helpsincreases the purity and avor o thebeer. A ter a week in the carboy, a bit o sugar will be added to get the yeast go-ing again and then it is into the bottles.It takes two weeks, give or take, or the yeast to carbonate the beer but then you

are ready to enjoy. Our rst batch made40 bottles and was a nal product wellworth the wait.

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By Amanda IaconeVirginia Statehouse News

Sen. Mark Obenshain wants public schools tobe the rst choice or Virginia parents.

And he said two initiatives one to providescholarships or low-incomes students and an-other to und a pilot per ormance pay program

or teachers would help make that happen.Gov. Bob McDonnell announced his Kinder-

garten through 12th grade legislative initiativesuesday. He said he wants to improve student

achievement to keep them competitive nation-ally and internationally.

Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, will sponsor abill that would provide tax credits to businessesthat donate to nonpro ts providing scholarshipsto low-income students who attend private

schools.Providing school choice to students and par-ents improves public schools because a compet-itive environment would yield innovations andimprovements within public schools, he said

ollowing the governors presentation.We have outstanding public schools in most

areas, but theyre not good enough, Obenshainsaid.

McDonnell said even President Barack Obamasupports school choice and merit pay or teach-ers, and Virginians should take steps to encour-age innovation and leadership.

We cannot be complacent, McDonnell said.

A young persons opportunity should not beconstrained by their zip code,Te state plans to o er grants o up to $5,000

per teacher to schools interested in a pilot per-ormance pay program. About 190 schools

around the state, which have difculties retain-ing or recruiting sta , would be eligible.

McDonnell included $3 million to pay or theprogram in budget amendments he is seeking

rom lawmakers.But the some lawmakers are skeptical that this

is the right x or the right time.Sen. Jill Vogel, R- Winchester, said teachers

in her district say that each student and each

school district is di erent. Standard evaluationsand test-based per ormance evaluations dont

paint a complete picture o the students prog-ress or the teachers e ectiveness.

Vogel said that she supports the idea o meritpay, but she questioned how it could be airly rolled out.

And Sen. George Barker, D-Prince WilliamCounty, said that schools need a steady streamo unding rom the state be ore they could a -

ord to implement per ormance-based pay.Schools are currently operating at 2006 und-

ing levels because o the states dire budget prob-lems. Cuts in state support were passed along tolocal districts, Barker said.

Delegate Clay Athey, R-Front Royal, said edu-cational organizations will likely oppose thegovernors initiatives, arguing that it takes mon-ey away rom public schools. Athey disagreesand said that tax credits to support scholarshipshave worked very well in other states, and Vir-ginia should do it, too.

Te worst thing in the world is to lock a childin a public school that is ailing and ailing them,Athey said.

Some Democrats support the governors pro-posal. Delegate Algie Howell, D-Nor olk, a or-mer public school history teacher, stood withMcDonnell uesday because the proposed billswould help underprivileged children, he said.


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Tips to EaseWinters Chill

Now that were halfway through winter,how are the drafts in your house? For allthe winterizing we do in the fall, it some-times can take a good blast of frigid air tosee where the leaks really are.

Use a stick of lighted incense to check for leaks around windows and doors.

Although you cant caulk outside whilethe temperatures are so low, windows can

be caulked on the inside. Then install clear plastic insulating film. If your sill is deepenough, two layers 2 inches apart will giveeven better coverage against drafts.

Invest in thick thermal drapes. Openthem on the sunny side of the house dur-ing the day and close them once the sungoes down. Theyll help keep out heat inthe summer, too.

Uncarpeted floors can be chilly, espe-

cially if you have small children who runaround in bare feet or who play on thefloor. If you have wood, laminate or ceramicfloors, consider getting a few inexpensive5-by-8-foot carpets from a big-box store. A dark carpet that collects heat from thesun all day will add warmth to the houseand also provide insulation. They can berolled up and put under a bed during warmweather.

If you have an attic with insulation, mea-sure how much is there. Get a free energyaudit or take a sample to the hardwarestore and get advice on how much of whatkind to put down. (If you get the roll type,

remember to ask about whether the foilside goes up or down, depending on whatyou already have in place.) If you need theblown-in kind of insulation, youre better off not doing it yourself. Get references fromwhomever you decide to hire to do the job.

Is cold air coming through your bedroomwalls? Its possible, especially on the northside of your house that never gets the sun.

One way to block the cold is to hang a tap-estry on the wall behind the head of your bed.

Check unused electrical plugs on exte-rior walls: Do you feel a cold draft on windydays? Invest in those plastic plug covers.

A final note: Change your air filter, even if you did that in the fall.

David Uf ngton regrets that he can-not personally answer reader questions,but will incorporate them into his columnwhenever possible. Write to him in care ofKing Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or sende-mail to [email protected].

Governor pushes school choice, merit pay for teachers

On Thursday morning, Janu-ary 13, 2011, Lynchburg Po-lice Detectives, with the assis-tance of LPD Tactical Unit andCrisis Negotiation Team mem-bers, arrested several people

believed to be connected withthe December 23, 2010 andJanuary 10, 2011 robberies of the Sunshine Express Marketon Pollard Street. Those ar-rested are:

December 23, 2010 robbery:

Patty L. Whitehead, B/F,DOB 10/22/74, of Lynchburgfor conspiracy to commit rob-

bery Levar D. Washington, B/M,DOB 04/10/80 of Lynchburgfor robbery and use of a fire-arm in the commission of afelony

Steven W. Thompson, Jr., B/M, 07/17/87 of Lynchburg for robbery, possession of a fire-arm by a convicted felon, useof a firearm in the commissionof a felony Gregory T. Stewart, B/M,10/17/87, of Lynchburg for robbery and the use of a fire-arm in the commission of afelony

January 10, 2011 robbery:

Steven W. Thompson, Jr., B/M, 07/17/87 of Lynchburg for grand larceny and wearing amask in public Gregory T. Stewart, B/M,10/17/87, of Lynchburg for grand larceny

Anyone with additional infor -mation regarding this crime isasked to call Detective J.T. Loydat 455-6178,or Crime Stoppers at1-888-798-5900, visit the CentralVirginia Crime Stoppers websiteat www.cvcrimestoppers.org toenter a web tip, or text CVCS plus your message to 274637.

Pattl L.Whitehead

Gregory T.Stewart

Levar D. Washington

Steven W.Thompson, Jr.


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By Paige Win eld CunninghamVirginia Statehouse News

Virginias Medicaid program could be shelling out$5 million every year or individuals who might notquali y due to invalid Social Security numbers.

Tats an estimate made by Walter Kucharski, audi-tor o public accounts, whose ofce did a computermatch between Social Security numbers rom theDepartment o Medical Assistance Services and the

ederal Social Security Administration.Over a period o one month, analysts ound that

Social Security numbers were incorrect or 1,350Medicaid recipients, calling into question $426,000in bene ts paid to health care providers. In somecases, the Social Security numbers may have beencopied incorrectly somewhere along the process. Butin other cases, recipients may not be eligible or Med-icaid at all.

Kucharski says its up to the Department o SocialServices to correct the problem since their local so-

cial workers are responsible or signing people upand collecting correct in ormation. Ten the in or-mation is transmitted to DMAS, which dolls out thereimbursements.

Te problem is not with the Medicaid olks, itswith the Social Service olks, Kucharski said. Wevehad an ongoing problem with Social Services givingbad in ormation or untimely in ormation to Medic-aid.

Social workers are required to accept an individu-als Social Security number even i they are not ableto validate it during the Medicaid sign-up process.Recipients then have one year to provide the correct

number. Social workers are supposed to ollow-upwith them once a year, but that hasnt been happen-ing, Kucharski said.

He says its an issue that needs to be addressed by Bill Hazel, secretary o Health and Human Resourc-es.

Tis is an ongoing problem, and literally the sec-retary is going to have to get them into a room andwork it out with them, Kucharski said.

VDSS spokesperson Carla Harris said that whilethe agency currently corrects invalid Social Security numbers manually, ofcials are looking at ways toautomate the process and reduce the potential or er-rors.

Te VDSS takes its role as steward o the Com-monwealths money very seriously and continuously strives to ensure that local departments o social services properly determine eligibility or bene ts, Har-ris said, in a written statement.

Medicaid is one o Virginias astest-growing ex-penses. In the past decade, Medicaid has account-

ed or 20 percent o all growth in the state budget.Spending on the program reached $5 billion in 2009,equivalent to 15 percent o all spending. Ofcials ex-pect Medicaid rolls to grow by about 50 percent dur-ing the next ew years as requirements o the ederalhealth care re orm are put into place.

Other problems with Virginias Medicaid pro-gram have been recently reported. In October, theJoint Legislative and Audit Review Commission an-nounced nding that Virginia paid $38.9 million in

raudulent or erroneous Medicaid claims the yearprior.

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By Amanda IaconeVirginia Statehouse News

Cities and towns could receive some relief in paying for primary elections under legislation advanced Wednesdayby a Senate panel.

A subcommittee approved a proposal sponsored by Sen.George Barker, D-Prince William County, that requires theCommonwealth to reimburse cities and towns for the costof running primaries elections state and federal offices.

The full Senate Privileges and Elections Committee willlikely hear the bill next week, Barker said.

Barker said he ran for Senate in a primary in 2007, butcandidates in other northern Virginia counties were chosenby caucus, which dont cost taxpayers. The parties decidewhat method to nominate a candidate, he said, and his billwould keep the option of party primaries on the table.

Voters ought to have the option for primaries, Barker said.

Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, introduced simi-lar legislation, but his version would required political par-ties to pay for primaries.

Democrats lead the Senate, and Democratic lawmak-ers on the subcommittee said Obenshains approach couldput a chill on party primaries because the parties wouldntwant to foot the bill for the elections. The subcommitteevoted against moving Obenshains bill to t he full committee likely killing his bill for the session.

We shift the burden. The party wants to have a primary,they can do it. The party has to pay the bill, Obenshainsaid.

Paying for primaries is a burden on localities duringtough economic times, he said.Localities are partially reimbursed for the cost of presi-

dential elections. In 2008, cities and towns turned in billstotaling more than $3 million to the state for reimburse-

ment. But the Commonwealth provided only $2.5 million inaid, said Nancy Rodrigues, secretary of the State Board of Elections.

But the Virginia Electoral Board Association estimatesthe total cost to administer party primary elections is closer to $20 million annually, said Robyn Lind, who is secretaryof the Goochland County Board of Elections.

And the cost per vote can be very high for localities if voter turnout is low, Lind said.

We wish we didnt pay for it, said Mary Jo Fields, direc-tor of research for the Virginia Municipal League.

The committee also turned back another Obenshain pro-posal to require voters to bring some form of identificationwith them when they go to the polls to vote. His bill wouldnot have required a photo ID, as some states like Indianahave adopted. Instead voters could bring in a piece of mailor utility bill with their name and address, which Obenshainsaid would not be a burden.

This is probably the eighth time I have patroned thislegislation, Obenshain told the committee. I still believethis makes good sense.

While voters do sign their names affirming they are whothey purport to be, there is no way to prove the signatureis a legitimate. It also makes it difficult to enforce state lawthat makes it a crime to masquerade as someone else atthe ballot box, he said.

This is not a huge burden on someone who would liketo cast a ballot, said Sen. Jill Vogel, R-Winchester, in sup-port of Obenshains bill.

But Lind said it would be a burden on a mother who wait-ed in line with her young children if she had to return to her

car to get her ID or f or the elderly woman who struggled towalk to the polling site from the parking lot.We understand the philosophy, Lind said. But we

believe the practicality outweighs the philosophical pur-poses.

State aid could rescue localities from primary plight


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On Feb. 6, 1820, the first organized immi-gration of freed slaves from the United Statesdeparts New York harbor on a journey to West Africa. The immigration was largely the work of the American Colonization Society. However,the expedition also was partially funded by theU.S. Congress, which appropriated $100,000to be used in returning displaced Africans.

On Feb. 5, 1878, Andre Citroen, later referredto as the Henry Ford of France for developinghis countrys first mass-produced automobiles,

is born in Paris. Citroen allowed potential cus-tomers to take his vehicles for a test drive --then a new concept -- and also let people buyon credit.

On Feb. 4, 1938, Walt Disney releases SnowWhite and the Seven Dwarfs, his first full-lengthanimated color feature. Naysayers warnedDisney that audiences wouldnt sit through afeature-length cartoon fantasy about dwarfs. InJune 2008, the American Film Institute chose itas the No. 1 animated film of all time.

On Feb. 3, 1959, rising American rock starsBuddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. The BigBopper Richardson are killed when their smallplane crashes in an Iowa cornfield. Singer DonMcLean memorialized the musicians in the1972 hit American Pie, which refers to theday the music died.

On Feb. 1, 1974, Ted Bundy kills his secondvictim, marking Bundy as a serial killer. Thatsummer Bundy attacked at least seven youngwomen in Washington. He was caught in 1977in Florida and eventually confessed to 36 mur-ders. He was executed in 1989.

On Feb. 2, 1980, details of ABSCAM, an FBIoperation to uncover political corruption in thegovernment, are released to the public. Thirty-one public officials were targeted for investi-gation. In the operation, FBI agents posed asrepresentatives of Abdul Enterprises, Ltd., afictional business owned by an Arab sheik.

On Jan. 31, 1990, the Soviet Unions first Mc-

Donalds fast-food restaurant opens in Moscow.Throngs of people line up to pay the equivalentof several days wages for Big Macs, shakesand french fries.


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Bentley Commons atLynchburg Celebrates

Grand OpeningJoin Bentley Commons at Lynchburg, the areas

premier senior living community, as they celebratethe Grand Opening of their New Assisted LivingWing. The Open House will take place on Thursday,

January 27, 2011 from 2:00-5:00pm and includetours, door prizes and music.

The Grand Opening will feature community toursand the opportunity to learn more about the ameni-ties and services that make Bentley Commons atLynchburg the natural choice for retirement living.On your tour experience the numerous amenitiesavailable such as the Bistro, Billiard room, Library,

Salon, Gift shop, Fitness/Rehab center and muchmore! Visitors can also learn about the advantagesof our New Assisted Living Wing by viewing the one-and two-bedroom apartments available and speak-ing with the experienced staff.

Bentley Commons is an active, senior retirementcommunity consisting of apartment style homes. It

reflects the attitudes of people who want a lifestyleof independence knowing that they have access toa variety of care should the need arise. Individual-ized services for Assisted Living include daily per-sonal care, medication supervision, housekeepingservices, dining services, recreational programs, andtransportation.

Stop by on Thursday, January 27, 2011 from 2-

5pm and enjoy refreshments in a great communitycalled Bentley Commons! For more information, call434 316-0207. Located at 1604 Graves Mill Rd,Lynchburg VA 24502 or visit us on the web at www.bentleycommons.com

Effort Receives Grant Funding

The Lynchburg Sesquicentennial Committee (LSC)is busy making plans for the four year long 150th an-niversary commemoration of the American Civil War.One item included in those plans just came a stepcloser to fruitionthe establishment of Lynchburgs12th marker on the multi-state Civil War Trails pro-gram.

The project, a joint effort by the Taylor-WilsonCamp #10 Sons of Union Veterans Civil War, HistoricSandusky and the Lynchburg Convention & VisitorsBureau (discover Lynchburg) has been awarded agrant in the amount of $1500.00. The one-to-onematching grant is awarded by the State Sesquicen-

tennial Commission together with the Virginia De-partment of Tourism, and will be combined with localfunding to complete the project.

According to the LSC, that marker will designatethe location of a Union POW camp on the groundsof what is now EC Glass High School. This will bea wonderful addition to Lynchburgs current points of interest on the Civil War Trails program said GregStarbuck, Co-Chairman of the Lynchburg Sesqui-centennial Committee. Our Civil War history here in

Lynchburg is much more substantial than most peo-ple realize, and to have these sites recognized on theCivil War Trails program only adds to the impact anddraw of each location.

For that reason the LSC has developed plans over the 4 year Sesquicentennial period to host or spon-sor multiple events, some of which will be lookingfor similar funding. Any new event, display or site

not only helps bring visitors to our area, but addedinventory gives visitors a reason to stay longer saidBeckie Nix, LSC Co-Chairman with Starbuck, anddirector of the Lynchburg Convention and VisitorsBureau. This marker, once installed will increase themany wonderful Civil War sites we currently have inour community, and people coming to see these sitesneed to eat, sleep and shop while they are in Lynch-burg Nix added.

For more information please contact discover Lynchburg at 847-1811 or go to www.discoverlynch-burg.org

Businesses submit applications for Lynchburg Chamber award

Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce mem-ber businesses, Generation Solutions, owner andCEO, Tulane Patterson and James River Furnishings,owner Thomas Johnson have submitted applicationsto the US Chamber of Commerces DREAM BIG

Small Business of the Year Award that is sponsoredby Sams Club. This award is designed to honor our nations job creators and recognize their significantcontributions as drivers of economic growth.

Regional finalist will be announced on March 14,2011. All award winners will be recognized at Amer-icas Small Business Summit on May 24,2011 to beheld in Washington D.C. The winner will receive a$10,000 cash prize, courtesy of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.


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The Abuse of TucsonAlmost instantaneously the horrific shooting in

Tucson, Ariz., became the occasion for partisanhatred.

Its one thing to charge your opponents withincreasing the debt or serving the interests of the rich; its quite another to say they are accom-plices to mass murder. In the ostensible (and al-ways worthy) cause of civility, prominent liberalsrushed to blame conservatives, and especiallySarah Palin, for the mayhem in Tucson.

Palins offense was posting a map on Face-book with a bulls-eye marking the districts of 20 Democrats she wished to see defeated. Onthe list was Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the targetof Tucson shooter Jared Loughner. To connectPalins map to Loughners criminal act requiresa massive leap that her detractors executed withease, since they feel they have warrant to sayanything about her without regard to evidence,logic or -- ahem -- civility.

Palins martial imagery wasnt just innocuous,it was a tattered cliche. American politics runson metaphors drawn from war, and has at leastsince the 19th century. What journalist didntwrite about targeted districts or candidates inthe last midterm election? Why do we say cam-paign and rank and file, or refer to battlesand war rooms? None of this has ever beforebeen taken as an incitement to violence. Thenagain, never before was it a club with which tobludgeon the hated Sarah Palin, while nattering

on about how our politics should be less venom-ous.

Loughner may have been obsessed with Rep.

Giffords as much as three years ago, beforeanyone had heard of Sarah Palin, before the teaparty, before the rise of our alleged climate of hate in response to President Barack Obamaselection. Loughner attended an August 2007town-hall meeting and left angered at her inabil-ity to answer a nonsensical question: What isgovernment if words have no meaning?

Loughners profile fits that of the Virginia Techshooter -- a disturbed individual whose strangebehavior frightened his classmates and hisfriends. The chances are his case will be an-other in the sad annals of the untreated mentallyill doing harm to themselves and others. Exceptghoulish political opportunists have latched onto this crime.

The political use of Tucson is the latest blastagainst a tea party that the left will never con-sider legitimate. First it was AstroTurf, then itwas racist, now it is murderous. Its hard to seewhat could be next in this progression. PerhapsPalin really intended her targeted congressionaldistricts to be wiped out in their entirety in anact of genocide? By calling conservative rhetoriceliminationist, the left is already on the cusp of this escalation.

It is a time for deep breaths all around. TheTucson shooter shattered lives and, in targetinga public official, attacked our democracy. Thestories of the victims are unbearably sad, andof the heroes unbelievably inspiring. In its horror -- another mass shooting -- and in its uplift -- thepluck of the grievously wounded Giffords, themiracles of modern medicine, the kindness andcourage of strangers -- its an event that shouldbe larger than tawdry partisanship and unsup-ported finger-pointing.

Our new era of civility is off to a rocky start.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.


1. Who sang Seasons in the Sun in 1974?Bonus for knowing what the song is about.2. In the 1964 bossa nova hit The Girl fromIpanema, what is she doing that attracts somuch attention? Bonus for knowing whereIpanema is.3. Name the artist who first sang Red RedWine.4. Name the 1972 hit by Climax.5. Name the Tommy Edwards hit that had amelody written by a U.S. vice president.6. Who had hits 20 years apart with I ThinkWere Alone Now, in 1967 and 1987?

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1. Terry Jacks. The singer is dying and is say-ing goodbye to friends and family. The songalso was covered by the Kingston Trio withdifferent lyrics in 1963.2. Shes walking. Thats it, just walking. Ip-anema is a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil.3. Neil Diamond, in 1968. He also wrote thesong. The more well-known version wasdone reggae-style by UB40 in 1983.4. Precious and Few. The song hit No. 3 onthe charts.5. Its All In the Game in 1958. The 1911melody was composed by Charles Dawes,who would be the 30th vice president. Thesong was used in the movie October Sky.6. Tommy James and the Shondells, andthen Tiffany.


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It was American astronomer, astrophysicistand author Carl Sagan who made the follow-ing sage observation: The fact that somegeniuses were laughed at does not implythat all who are laughed at are geniuses.They laughed at Columbus, they laughed atFulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers.But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

If youre like the average American woman,you will eat 4 to 6 pounds of lipstick duringyour lifetime. You probably wont be surprised to learnthat Alaska is the most northern and west-ern state in the Union, but would you believethat its also the easternmost state? Yep.Because the state crosses over into theEastern Hemisphere, its technically farther east than Maine. In Alabama, lawmakers once thought it

necessary to pass a law forbidding the oper-ation of a vehicle while wearing a blindfold. Traffic is so bad in Tokyo that for most tripsshorter than 50 minutes, its faster to ride abicycle than it is to drive a car. Youre almost certainly familiar with thegrouping of stars known in the U.S. as theBig Dipper, made up of the seven bright-est stars in the constellation Ursa Major.You might not know, though, that other cultures call it by different names. In India,for example, the stars are known as theSeven Sages, and Mongolians call themthe Seven Gods. Many in Northern Englandsee a Butchers Cleaver rather than a dip-per. Scandinavians think it looks like KingCharles Wagon, those in Finland call it theSalmon Net, and the Dutch have named itthe Saucepan. A shrimps heart is located in its head.

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The Best of 2010The Butler (Almost) Did It

All of the usual cliches had been trotted out -- Cin-derella, Hoosiers, Rudy, David and Goliath -- and sportseditors all over the country had a version of the Butler Did It headline playing in their heads as Butler squaredoff against Duke in the 2010 NCAA finals. But the manu-factured marketing hype about March Madness andMike Krzyzewski, Blue Devils and Bulldogs evaporatedas soon as Butlers Gordon Hayward launched his des-perate buzzer-beater with seconds remaining, down bytwo points, in the Finals. It seemed like an eternity for the worlds sports fans, all of whom saw their focus nar-row on one single ball, flying through the air toward asmall goal a half-court away. Could it actually happen?Could the Horizon Conference upstart Butler topple the ACC royalty of Duke? Would Jim Nantz have his do youbelieve in miracles moment? The answer, left clangingoff the backboard and missing the net by a half-inch toldus no, but it was hardly resounding ... even in defeat, itfelt like Butler won.

Who Dat?

A few years separated from Hurricane Katrina and onthe cusp of the BP oil spill -- the biggest skirmish withBritain the city has had since Andrew Jackson and theWar of 1812 -- the Saints of New Orleans finally madetheir long prophesized stand. By winning Super Bowl ina masterful performance over the favored IndianapolisPeyton Mannings, they not only brought bragging rightsback to the bayou -- they reminded us about the impacta beloved team coupled with an onside kick and a strongBrees can have on a citys psyche and soul. (And wordhas it the notoriously conservative, old-fashioned andstodgy French Quarter of New Orleans finally figured outhow to throw a party after the win.)

Perfection

The answer is 20, five and two. And there i s no ques-tion about it ... the guy tied to those numbers is one of the greatest pitchers in the history of baseball. For onlyRoy Doc Halladay can lay claim to being just the 20thpitcher in Major League history to throw a perfect game,one of five pitchers to throw two no-hitters in a seasonand only the second pitcher to ever throw a post-seasonno-no.

But theres more to this Cy Young award-winningstory. Halladay, you see, doesnt just leave it up there onthe mound. First and foremost, Halladay is a groundedfamily man with two kids and a legacy of putting in time

at the local childrens hospitals. When considering bothon and off field performances, who can match Halladay?The answer, just like those based on the amount of hitshe allows, is very, very few.

Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter and publisher ofThe Kansas City Luminary.

Answers

1. Californias Dick Drago, on July 20, 1976.2. Brett hit 137 triples; Rose, 135.3. Wake Forest.4. He was in nine NBA Finals, winning five.

5. Six consecutive series.6. It was 1950, when Uruguay defeated Brazil.7. Current WBC heavyweight boxing championVitali Klitschko, in 2003.

1. Who gave up the last of Hank Aarons 755home runs?2. Of George Brett and Pete Rose, who hit themost triples during his career?3. N.C. States QB Russell Wilson set an NCAArecord in 2009 for most passes without an inter-ception (379). Which ACC team finally picked himoff?4. How many NBA Finals did Magic Johnson playin, and how many did his teams win?5. How many consecutive Stanley Cup Finalshave the Philadelphia Flyers lost?6. When was the last time there was an all-South American mens soccer final in World Cup?7. Against whom was Lennox Lewis last heavy-weight boxing title fight?

NASCAR in WonderlandThis is the time of year when everything is

going to be better. In part, this is because theNASCAR season hasnt started.

The same driver who fretted and commis-erated over the notion that Daytona Interna-tional Speedway was going to be repaved isnow describing that occurrence as the great-est thing since the first NASCAR track (Dar-lington Raceway) was paved in 1950.

Its so smooth. I think we might race four-wide. On every lap. Five wide on the last lap.Guaranteed photo finish.

The same guy who said brand loyalty wassomething of an obsolete concept is now ex-ulting because changes in design are goingto promote brand loyalty again.

The same guy who once declared that theChase should only be open to legitimate con-tenders is now poised to jump up and downand use party favors while chanting, Themore the merrier! The more the merrier! ...

Pep rallies come to mind, and they actu-

ally might be just as interesting, and morefestive, than the current press conferencesin which all the drivers do their best RobertGibbs and recite talking points.

With six you get egg roll, and with pep

rallies, you get a band, cheerleaders andpompons. Guys such as I might balk a littleat having to clap along with the fight songs,

but there would be enough radio and TV net-works to throw together a decent card sec-tion.

The weather outside is frightful, but the fireis so delightful. It doesnt just apply to theweather. The fire will get even more delight-ful in a couple weeks when NASCAR mediaattend a tour (and despite it being a tour,much of it will be in the same place).

More than the season might be brand-new.There could be a new Chase, a new Nation-wide format, a new fuel, a new engine, newfront ends ... NASCAR might even take cred-it for the Panthers new coach, the STARTTreaty and a vital new breakthrough in video

gaming.Its a shame, really, that Lawrence Welk

died before he could raise a baton in NAS-CAR.

Its what the off-season is: Wunnerful.Wunnerful.

Monte Dutton covers motorsports for TheGaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at [email protected].

The track at Daytona InternationalSpeedway is now as smooth as a ba-bys rear end. Or so the story goeswith NASCARS pre-season yay-sayers.(John Clark/NASCAR This Week photo)


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TeenPact offers weekly, dynamic, hands-on lead-ership schools for Christian students across the Unit-ed States. TeenPacts primary goal is to train youthin understanding the political process, the value of liberty, the importance of Christian faith in the publicsphere, why faith is worth defending, ultimately to

encourage students to engage in culture.My passion is to train a new generation of lead-ers in the rule of law from a Christian perspectiveto use law as a fulcrum for good. The students whoare trained at TeenPact are energetic, bright, and ea-ger to become world changers. It is exciting for thelaw school to be featured this season as an officialsponsor, added Mathew D. Staver, Dean of LibertyUniversity School of Law.

For the past three years, Liberty University Schoolof Law has hosted the TeenPact Judicial Program,an intense, weeklong program, instructing highly mo-tivated and intelligent students interested in the studyof law. Liberty law professors, as well as, attorneysof Liberty Counsel, volunteer to teach Criminal Law,Foundations of Law, Civil Procedure, ConstitutionalLaw, Oral Advocacy and other legal topics. In ad-

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Court of AppealsLiberty Counsel on Jan. 17 filed its Initial Brief

at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Liberty University and two private parties, againstthe so-called ObamaCare legislation passed lastyear. District Court Judge Norman Moon foundthat Liberty University and two individual plaintiffshad standing to assert their constitutional claimsagainst the individual and employer mandates, thattheir claims were ripe for consideration, and thatthe Anti-Injunction Act, which prohibits taxpayers

from trying to enjoin the collection of taxes, doesnot bar the claims. He then ruled on the merits of the substantive claims, finding that Congress act-

Bedford County Sheriffs Of ce is seeking information on the identities of three subjects in rela -tion to a theft from an automobile on January 1, 2011 at the Sheetz located at 14449 Forest Road.

On New Years day at approximately 0245 in the morning a victim stopped at the Sheets on ForestRoad in Bedford County and went inside. While inside the store a white male who had been sittinginside a vehicle in the parking lot entered the victims vehicle and removed several items to include agun. The subject then put the items in his white colored vehicle and, after getting a friend who wasinside the store, they ed the scene.

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ed within its authority under the Commerce Clausewhen it enacted the mandates in the healthcarelaw.

This appeal is focusing on the merits of theclaim which form the core part of this litigation,namely that Congress lacks authority under theConstitution to force individuals to purchase agovernment-defined health insurance product at agovernment-defined price and also lacks author-ity to force employers to provide a government-mandated health insurance product. The brief addressed the Commerce Clause, the Taxing andSpending Clause, General Welfare Clause, First Amendment, Equal Protection, and the ReligiousFreedom Restoration Act. .

On Wednesday, the U.S. House plans a vote torepeal this same healthcare law.

Mathew D. Staver, Founder of Liberty Counseland Dean of Liberty University School of Law, said:I am confident that the federal healthcare law willeventually be struck down on appeal because itis unconstitutional. Congress does not have theauthority to force every American to purchase aparticular kind of health insurance product. If Con-gress had authority to force every American to buya particular health insurance product, then Con-gresss authority would be unlimited. The author-ity and scope of the federal governments reachinto our private lives would increase and our libertywould decrease.

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Chris Parks passed the CompTIA A+ Essen-tials test. Chris is a student at the LynchburgCampus of National College and hopes tograduate in August. Now that he is CompTIAcertified, Chris is excited about his future. Heunderstands how competitive the job market isand plans to continue taking advantage of everyopportunity that comes his way. He said, I havemade myself more marketable and proven thatI have the mental aptitude, dedication, and pas-sion to further my career in information technol-ogy. Chris understands that it does not pay tobe lackadaisical in a job search and the need to

stand out in a sea of resumes and cover letters.Great job Chris, best wishes for a successfulnew career in IT!

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Stay at Home With PACEMany of us fear being forced to move to a

nursing home or elsewhere when our healthstarts to deteriorate. With the help of theProgram for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly(PACE), many of us will be able to stay homeand get the assistance we need. In fact, PACEhas only one goal: to allow seniors to get careand still live at home.

With many seniors having several health is-sues, dealing with multiple physicians and hos-pitals can be a burdensome task -- never mindsorting out a pill schedule. PACE coordinatesall health needs, including with family and other caregivers, and even has its own doctors.

PACE programs are paid for by the state andfederal government and work in conjunctionwith local programs that provide ... well, nearlyeverything. Theres no co-pay or deductible.

Participants get care above and beyond whatscovered by Medicare. (Even with all the careand services, it costs Medicare much less topay for a person to be in PACE than to receiveseparate services or go into a nursing home.)

Those who are age 55 and over, need nurs-ing-home care and have Medicaid or Medicare

are eligible.Here is a short li st of the services PACE pro-

vides:Breakfast and lunch in the health center,

physical therapy, dentures and dentistry, glass-es and hearing aids, daily daycare, primaryphysician and nursing care, X-rays, respite for caregivers, personal care, transportation, re-hab, social services and more.

PACE has 166 sites in 31 states, with morecoming all the time.

For more information, go to www.medicare.gov and put PACE in the search box, and seethe PACE National Association at www.pac-e4you.org.

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personallyanswer reader questions, but will incorporate theminto her column whenever possible. Write to her incare of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail [email protected].


Leg Pain Often Dueto Clogged ArteriesDEAR DR. DONOHUE: What can you tell meabout peripheral artery disease in my legs? Howabout the ballooning of those clogged arteries?Where is a good place to go for that procedure?-- E.K.

ANSWER: Activity causes chest pain in people withclogged heart arteries. It causes leg pain for peoplewith clogged leg arteries -- peripheral artery disease. Angina is the chest pain of heart artery clogging;intermittent claudication is the leg pain that comesfrom clogged leg arteries. The obstructed arteriescant deliver enough blood to leg muscles when aperson walks. The leg muscles signal theyre beingshortchanged in their blood supply by rebelling withpain.

The pain can occur anywhere in the legs. If theblockage is high up, then thigh pain is the result. If abit lower down, its calf pain. Lower down even moreproduces foot pain. Intermittent indicates that thepain leaves when the person rests.

Diabetes, cigarette smoking, high blood pressureand high blood cholesterol are some of the thingsthat lead to artery clogging. Aging is, perhaps, thebiggest contributor to it. About 17 percent of menand women older than 65 have this problem.

A doctor confirms the diagnosis by measuring

blood pressure at the ankle and comparing it withblood pressure in the arm. The two readings shouldbe about equal. If the ankle blood pressure is muchlower, it indicates that theres an obstruction in theleg arteries.

Treatment involves a diet that reduces the amountof fat and cholesterol; its essentially a diet of fruits,vegetables and whole grains, with less red meat andmore fish. Although walking brings on pain, walkingis a treatment, too. The person walks to the pointof pain, rests and then resumes walking. Medicineslike aspirin, Plavix and Pletal can be beneficial.

You ask about the balloon treatment. Its the samekind of procedure used to open clogged heart arter-ies. A slender tube with a deflated balloon at its tip isinched through the artery to the point of obstruction.When thats reached, the doctor inflates the balloonto squash the obstruction. The population of your city is 50,000. I am sure many competent doctorsthere are versed in this procedure and can treatPAD as well as it can be treated anywhere. Ask your family doctor for a name.

The booklet on PAD explains the ins and outs of this common problem in detail. To obtain a copy,write: Dr. Donohue -- No. 109W, Box 536475, Or-lando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or moneyorder (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with therecipients printed name and address. Please allowfour weeks for delivery.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I expect sore muscles theday after I exercise hard. They tell me I had a realworkout. When my muscles are sore, I take theday off. Ive been told to exercise regardless of sore muscles. Do you agree? -- M.O.

ANSWER: A low level of exercise circulates bloodto aching muscles and quickens healing. All-outexercise doesnt give the muscles a chance tofully recover. You shouldnt do resistance exercises(weightlifting) with the same muscles on consecu-tive days.

Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer in-dividual letters, but he will incorporate them in hiscolumn whenever possible. Readers may write himor request an order form of available health newslet -ters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

Education Bene ts Get NeededBoost

Did you see the Discovery Channel episodeon Howe and Howes Ripchair? Mike and Geoff Howe build high-tech toys for the military. Part of their arsenal includes a remote-controlled tankcalled the Ripsaw. For SWAT teams, they havethe worlds smallest manned assault tank, theBadger. Now theyve built an all-terrain wheel-chair for disabled veterans.

Think what that could mean for a disabled vet-eran who wants to get into the woods for a littlefishing, or anything else.

The bottom of the Ripchair is similar to thetreads on a tank but with bigger teeth to grab dirtand forge ahead. It runs on a 30-horsepower die-sel engine, climbs hills up to 50 degrees and runsat 10 mph. Itll go through mud and sand. Even

more, its made of steel.An online video shows an employee giving the

prototype Ripchair a test run. He ran it around adirt parking lot and then took it into woods, go-ing down steep inclines and mowing down smalltrees.

In an interview with the Portland Press-Herald,the Howe brothers said theyre not going to makethe Ripchairs for profit. Instead, theyll look for donations and create a non-profit so they cangive the chairs away to disabled veterans.

Check the Internet for more information. Use

this as your search parameter: Ripchair Howeand Howe. And check this site: www.pressherald.com and put Operation Enduring Mobility in thesearch box on the right side.

Also check them out at www.howeand-howetechnologies.com -- dont miss the demon-stration videos of their other equipment.

Want to send a donation to help get their non-profit off the ground so they can start giving Rip-chairs to disabled veterans? Send a check and acopy of this column to:

Howe & Howe Technologies, Inc.661 Main St.Waterboro, ME 04087

Write to Freddy Groves in care of King Fea-tures Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando,FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected]. Copyright 2011 King Features Syndicate, Inc. 2011 North America Syndicate, Inc. All Rights Reserved


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