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Mon, Jun 25, 2012
In creating the registry, city officials emphasized they aren't trying to create a de facto form of gay marriage, which is illegal in Florida.
Councilwoman Yvonne Capin said she proposed the registry to make Tampa a better place to live for her newborn grandson, Miles. She modeled Tampa's registry on one passed by Orlando earlier this year.
Tampa is one of a handful of Florida cities and counties offering protections to unmarried partners and the first on the Gulf coast. The list includes several cities and counties in South Florida as well as Gainesville.
The registry is a reminder of the contrast between the city council members and Hillsborough County commissioners in their approaches to gay and lesbian issues.
Under former Mayor Pam Iorio, the city extended insurance coverage to the unmarried partners of city employees. County commissioners have declined to do the same.
Commissioners also have banned county libraries from creating displays featuring gay pride celebrations.
Mon, Jun 25, 2012
Western Carolina Univ.) took a ball in the back from Mills. Neary, the DH, would leave the game in pain and was replaced by Michael Jurgella (FR, St. Cloud State Univ). Alex Bacon (SO, Univ. of North Florida) popped out to end the frame, however.
In the seventh, however, the Rafters would strike. Mills was replaced by southpaw hurler Sam Forkert who hadn't given up a run in his four appearances this year. In fact, in his 4.1 IP, the lefty had yet to allow a baserunner. It would be a change of scenery for Forkert, as the first batter he faced, Josh Cyr (JR, Univ. of North Alabama), reached on an error, the second of the night on Madison, then back-to-back bunt singles loaded the bases with nobody out.
After a mound visit from the pitching coach Keith Richie, the Rafters brought up a pinch hitter, Jordan Dreiling (RS JR, Univ. of Kansas). Dreiling grounded a 2-0 pitch into right to bring around two runs, as Cyr scored and Sean Godfrey (SO, Ball State Univ.), beat the relay throw to the plate with a slide.
Tommy Danczyk (SO, St. Thomas Univ.) blanked the Mallards for two innings of relief, picking up the win and allowing only one hit. Forkert (1-1) took the loss for the Mallards. Skyler Debillzen tossed a scoreless ninth and picked up the first save of the Rafters season, first of his Northwoods League career in his second season with Wisconsin Rapids.
Bacon didn't pick up a hit but walked twice, extending his on-base streak to seven games.
With the win, the Rafters, improved to 4-3 overall and 3-1 at home. The Mallards, dropping their fourth straight game, fell to 3-4 and 0-3 on the road. The Rafters host the Wisconsin Woodchucks for the first game of a three-game set tomorrow night, and will put Cam Seidl (0-0, 4.15 ERA) on the mound. First pitch is at 7:05.
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Mon, Jun 25, 2012
Borbon became part of baseball lore in 1995 when, at age 48, he decided to return to the game as a replacement player during Major League Baseball’s labor dispute. He joined the Reds in Florida for spring training and faced two batters. He struck out the only batter he faced in an exhibition against the Pirates in Bradenton.
The Reds released him after he faced one batter in another game against the Indians, fell down while trying to field a bunt and threw wildly to first base for an error.
Borbon also got notice for his mention in the 1980 movie “Airplane!” While trying to concentrate, pilot Ted Striker hears a public address announcer’s voice in his head: “Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon ... Manny Mota.”
“He was always talking about that,” his son said. “A lot of people remember him by that. He liked that.”
Another son, Pedro Jr., pitched nine seasons in the majors.
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Mon, Jun 25, 2012
Robert (Rose) Cyert; nieces and nephews, Mick, Mitchell, Melinda, Cheryl, Scott, Kevin, Celeste and Tracy; special goddaughter, Bobbi Jean Tanberg of Downy, Calif.; godson, Ed Vanderbosch of Florida, as well as other relatives and friends.
Joyce was preceded in death by her parents; grandparents; in-laws, Lewis and Leona Prigge, and infant brother, George.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at St. Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The Rev. Richard A. Moore will officiate.
Private family interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from noon until the time of service Tuesday at St. Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorials be directed to the local American Cancer Society, Lake Winona Manor or Winona Health Foundation Hospice Services.
Online condolences or memories may be left for Joyce’s family at www.watkowski-mulyck.com.
Entrusted to our care - Watkowski-Mulyck Funeral Home.
(Winona Daily News)
Mon, Jun 25, 2012
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LPS was named to this prestigious list based on an employee survey conducted by independent research firm Quantum Workplace. The survey took into account factors such as company leadership, employee morale and whether employ...
Mon, Jun 25, 2012
Helen worked in Richmond and other cities around the country following Frank's stateside transfer orders. She worked as a secretary and an administrative supervisor in Kokomo, Indiana, Jacksonville, Florida, and Providence, Rhode Island from 1940-45, in order to support the war effort on the home front, and be with Frank until he was shipped overseas. After the war, they remained in Richmond sharing a wonderful life together, with much hard work and loving care. Theirs was a true love with ties that will live forever.
Helen was a volunteer Gray Lady at Reid Hospital for over 15 years. She also volunteered in various community organizations over the years including Richmond Community Schools, United Way, American Heart Association, and Indiana Election Campaign Headquarters.
Helen was a member of the Richmond Elks Country Club, where she enjoyed the game of golf. She was also a member of First English Lutheran Church where she served on many church committe...
Mon, Jun 25, 2012
It was very obvious that he was very alert to what was going on in the courtroom."
Judge White had been breaking color barriers ever since graduating at the top of his class at Florida A&M University College of Law in 1959. He was invited to join the city's first black law firm working with Fred Minnis and I.W. "Ike" Williams, but decided to open a solo practice on 22nd Street S instead.
"He had his own ideas and he just wanted to pursue that," said Kenneth Rogers, 71, Judge White's brother. He was soon joined by James B. Sanderlin, who would go on to become the first black judge in Pinellas County, and Frank Peterman.
In 1961, Judge White and Sanderlin began research for a lawsuit against the Pinellas School Board that eventually banned segregated schools.
The law firm dissolved after several years and Judge White joined the public defender's office, where peers knew him as unflappable and methodical. He defeated two other candidates to win the county judgeship, presiding over minor criminal cases, traffic cases and civil suits.
In 1981, Gov. Bob Graham appointed him to fill a vacant circuit judgeship.
"He appeared to have a tremendous grasp of constitutional law," Tepper said. "As a county judge, it appeared to me in retrospect that his talents were not well utilized, so it was a perfect fit for him to go on to the circuit bench."
However, the stresses of trying criminal cases with lives at stake was bad for his heart. Reluctantly, he requested permanent reassignment to civil cases. He retired in 1993, a year before the end...
Sun, Apr 22, 2012
Snider High School graduate and former Major League Baseball player Andy Replogle died April 10 in Florida. He was 58. According to his obituary, he was an employee of Estero Country Club in Estero, F...
Sun, Apr 22, 2012
Moose Lodge in Niagara Falls.
In retirement, he and his wife lived for six months of the year in Largo, Fla., for about 17 years before eventually selling the Florida home and returning to Niagara Falls full time. Mr. Colavecchia was an avid tennis, racquetball and shuffleboard player.
Surviving is his wife of 61 years, the former Constance Verciglio; a daughter, Paulette Queler; a sister, Ann Worley; and a brother, Joseph.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Vincent DePaul at St. Leo’s Church, 2748 Military Road, Niagara Falls.
(The Buffalo News)
Sun, Apr 22, 2012
School. When they graduated, she went to nursing school and he went to war and was wounded several times on the Normandy beaches. They were hardly ever apart in 54 years of marriage in New City and Florida. But with a great-granddaughter on the way, they tried to move back, closer to Rockland. On the trip north, they died three days apart. Their daughter Carol Kepler and son-in-law Roy allowed me into their lives to tell their love story. They, too, have popped up in other columns since then.
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There were other love stories, too, like the one shared by Arthur and Grace Huggins, who broke color barriers when they moved to Nanuet. When I met them, they were married 75 years and he was closing in on 100. Sadly, his rich life ended a few days before that birthday. And there’s Frank Hyde, who was almost invisible while his wife Georgine devoted her life to the East Ramapo School Board and to sharing her experiences during the Holocaust. Now, he’s caring for her lovingly as she confronts Alzheimer’s.
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I would never have found my way here were it not for Bernard Witlieb, the adviser of my high school newspaper, who lured me onto the staff. Or without New York Journal-American sportswriter Morrie Rokeach who, when I called in results from my high school’s games, asked me to come to the newspaper a couple of evenings a week to help compile incoming results. When my college newspaper was printed at the Yonkers Times Publishing Co., Al Granovsky, the owner of the weekly Croton-Cortlandt News paid me $30 to proofread his pages every Wednesday while he went to the Harvard Club in Manhattan for the day.
And then Yonkers Home News & Times owner Ralph Martinelli gave me a job helping in the composing room, pressroom and doing some editing. Eventually, I edited three of his papers for three years.
When I spotted a classified ad in the old Tarrytown Daily News — then part of Westchester Rockland Newspapers, forerunner of The Journal News — for a copy editor working midnights, I applied and was hired by Walter Anderson, who went on to be editor and publisher of Parade Magazine.
Our executive editor and later publisher Joseph Ungaro, one of the finest human beings I’ve ever known, helped my career enormously, as did Bill Chanin, the editor who brought me to Rockland as news editor and CynDee Royle, now our top editor, who cleared the way for me to return to Rockland as a columnist.
All along the way, I’ve met wonderful people, young and old and worked with talented, devoted journalists. We all think of this as a calling, not a job.
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Sharing stories
I have marveled at the accomplishments of the almost 1,200 scholar-athletes we’ve honored since 1980 and the kids who have played in our annual Little League Tournament of Champions.
I’ve been honored to tell the stories of veterans like Bob Shields, Howie Goldin, Tony Lombardi, Ben Roujanski and scores of others, who served their nation in war and their communities in peace. And Westchester resident Ben Capua, who I helped find the grave of Bruno Ablondi of Pearl River, who died beside him in Korea. He never forgot his buddy and eventually visited St. Anthony’s cemetery and connected with Ablondi’s family.
I could list hundreds more, whose stories touched me and many of you, who have called or emailed me th...
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