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Brewing your own winter beer
By Emily Williams
The Lynchburg Times
Doug John, owner of Pints O’ Plenty, is
on a mission. He wants to teach everyone
in the Lynchburg area who loves beer to
brew it! As the grey of winter slogs on,
January is a great month to pick up a
new hobby… so why not home brewing?
He is pursuing his goal on a one on one,
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Once you have a kit, Doug will make an
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After majoring in Chemistry and Biol-
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just make sure not to squeeze the bag!
Ground grains restrained in a brew bag
are allowed to steep for 20 minutes to an
hour depending on the type of beer.
Next, malts and other various ingredi-
ents (depending on the beer) are added
and the mixture is brought to a boil.
Then come the hops, an ingredient used
to flavor and bitter the beer. The mix-
ture, called wort, is then removed from
the heat and cooled down to 80 degrees
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or cooler.
on the primary fermenter.
Next, the wort is poured into a primary
fermenter, a 5 gallon bucket that comes
with the kit, and water added to reach
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a total volume of five gallons. The final
step in this stage is to sprinkle yeast into
the liquid, and seal the bucket with a lid
containing an airlock, a clear plastic de-
vice lets carbon dioxide escape but keep
everything else out. Besides producing
the carbon dioxide, yeast will bring your
beer to life… or at least add the alcohol!
In a week, we will transfer the beer to
the secondary fermenter, a glass carboy
also included in the kit. This step helps
increases the purity and flavor of the
beer. After a week in the carboy, a bit of
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, for the
yeast to carbonate the beer but then you
are ready to enjoy. Our first batch made
40 bottles and was a final product well
worth the wait.
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Governor pushes school choice, merit pay for teachers
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
Sen. Mark Obenshain wants public schools to
be the first choice for Virginia parents.
And he said two initiatives — one to provide
scholarships for low-incomes students and an-
other to fund a pilot performance pay program
for teachers — would help make that happen.
Gov. Bob McDonnell announced his Kinder-
garten through 12th grade legislative initiatives
Tuesday. He said he wants to improve student
achievement to keep them competitive nation-
ally and internationally.
Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, will sponsor a
bill that would provide tax credits to businesses
that donate to nonprofits providing scholarships
to 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 and
improvements within public schools, he said
following the governor’s presentation.
“We have outstanding public schools in most
areas, but they’re not good enough,” Obenshain
said.
McDonnell said even President Barack Obama
supports school choice and merit pay for teach-
ers, and Virginians should take steps to encour-
age innovation and leadership.
“We cannot be complacent,” McDonnell said.
“A young person’s opportunity should not be
constrained by their zip code,”
The state plans to offer grants of up to $5,000
per teacher to schools interested in a pilot per-
formance pay program. About 190 schools
around the state, which have difficulties retain-
ing or recruiting staff, would be eligible.
McDonnell included $3 million to pay for the
program in budget amendments he is seeking
from lawmakers.
But the some lawmakers are skeptical that this
is the right fix or the right time.
Sen. Jill Vogel, R- Winchester, said teachers
in her district say that each student and each
school district is different. Standard evaluations
and test-based performance evaluations don’t
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paint a complete picture of the student’s prog-
ress or the teacher’s effectiveness.
Vogel said that she supports the idea of merit
pay, but she questioned how it could be fairly
rolled out.
And Sen. George Barker, D-Prince William
County, said that schools need a steady stream
of funding from the state before they could af-
ford to implement performance-based pay.
Schools are currently operating at 2006 fund-
Gregory T. Steven W.
Stewart Thompson, Jr.
On Thursday morning, Janu- believed to be connected with
ary 13, 2011, Lynchburg Po- the December 23, 2010 and
lice Detectives, with the assis- January 10, 2011 robberies of
tance of LPD Tactical Unit and the Sunshine Express Market
Crisis Negotiation Team mem- on Pollard Street. Those ar-
bers, arrested several people rested are:
Tips to Ease
Winter’s Chill
Now that we’re halfway through winter,
how are the drafts in your house? For all
the winterizing we do in the fall, it some-
times can take a good blast of frigid air to
see where the leaks really are.
Use a stick of lighted incense to check for
leaks around windows and doors.
Although you can’t caulk outside while
the temperatures are so low, windows can
Read every issue online at www.lynchburgtimes.com
ing levels because of the state’s dire budget prob- “The worst thing in the world is to lock a child
lems. Cuts in state support were passed along to in a public school that is failing and failing them,”
local districts, Barker said. Athey said.
Delegate Clay Athey, R-Front Royal, said edu- Some Democrats support the governor’s pro-
cational organizations will likely oppose the posal. Delegate Algie Howell, D-Norfolk, a for-
governor’s initiatives, arguing that it takes mon- mer public school history teacher, stood with
ey away from public schools. Athey disagrees McDonnell Tuesday because the proposed bills
and said that tax credits to support scholarships would help underprivileged children, he said.
have worked very well in other states, and Vir-
ginia should do it, too.
bery January 10, 2011 robbery:
• Levar D. Washington, B/M,
DOB 04/10/80 of Lynchburg • Steven W. Thompson, Jr., B/
for robbery and use of a fire- M, 07/17/87 of Lynchburg for
arm in the commission of a grand larceny and wearing a
felony mask in public
• Steven W. Thompson, Jr., B/ • Gregory T. Stewart, B/M,
M, 07/17/87 of Lynchburg for 10/17/87, of Lynchburg for
robbery, possession of a fire-
grand larceny
Levar D. Pattl L. arm by a convicted felon, use Anyone with additional infor-
Washington Whitehead of a firearm in the commission mation regarding this crime is
asked to call Detective J.T. Loyd
of a felony
December 23, 2010 robbery: at 455-6178,or Crime Stoppers at
• Gregory T. Stewart, B/M,
1-888-798-5900, visit the Central
10/17/87, of Lynchburg for
• Patty L. Whitehead, B/F, Virginia Crime Stoppers website
robbery and the use of a fire-
DOB 10/22/74, of Lynchburg at www.cvcrimestoppers.org to
arm in the commission of a enter a web tip, or text “CVCS
for conspiracy to commit rob-
felony plus your message” to 274637.
be caulked on the inside. Then install clear remember to ask about whether the foil
plastic insulating film. If your sill is deep side goes up or down, depending on what
enough, two layers 2 inches apart will give you already have in place.) If you need the
even better coverage against drafts. blown-in kind of insulation, you’re better off
Invest in thick thermal drapes. Open not doing it yourself. Get references from
them on the sunny side of the house dur- whomever you decide to hire to do the
ing the day and close them once the sun job.
goes down. They’ll help keep out heat in Is cold air coming through your bedroom
the summer, too. walls? It’s possible, especially on the north
Uncarpeted floors can be chilly, espe- side of your house that never gets the sun.
cially if you have small children who run One way to block the cold is to hang a tap-
around in bare feet or who play on the estry on the wall behind the head of your
floor. If you have wood, laminate or ceramic bed.
floors, consider getting a few inexpensive
5-by-8-foot carpets from a big-box store.
A dark carpet that collects heat from the
Check unused electrical plugs on exte-
rior walls: Do you feel a cold draft on windy
days? Invest in those plastic plug covers.
sun all day will add warmth to the house A final note: Change your air filter, even if
and also provide insulation. They can be you did that in the fall.
rolled up and put under a bed during warm David Uffington regrets that he can-
weather. not personally answer reader questions,
If you have an attic with insulation, mea- but will incorporate them into his column
sure how much is there. Get a free energy
whenever possible. Write to him in care of
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Social Security numbers invalid for hundreds of Medicaid recipients
State aid could rescue localities from primary plight
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
Cities and towns could receive some relief in paying for
primary elections under legislation advanced Wednesday
by a Senate panel.
A subcommittee approved a proposal sponsored by Sen.
George Barker, D-Prince William County, that requires the
Commonwealth to reimburse cities and towns for the cost
of running primaries elections state and federal offices.
The full Senate Privileges and Elections Committee will
likely hear the bill next week, Barker said.
Barker said he ran for Senate in a primary in 2007, but
candidates in other northern Virginia counties were chosen
by caucus, which don’t cost taxpayers. The parties decide
what method to nominate a candidate, he said, and his bill
would 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 Obenshain’s approach could
put a chill on party primaries because the parties wouldn’t
want to foot the bill for the elections. The subcommittee
voted against moving Obenshain’s bill to the 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,” Obenshain
said.
Paying for primaries is a burden on localities during
tough economic times, he said.
Localities are partially reimbursed for the cost of presi-
dential elections. In 2008, cities and towns turned in bills
totaling more than $3 million to the state for reimburse-
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ment. But the Commonwealth provided only $2.5 million in
aid, said Nancy Rodrigues, secretary of the State Board of
Elections.
But the Virginia Electoral Board Association estimates
the total cost to administer party primary elections is closer
to $20 million annually, said Robyn Lind, who is secretary
of 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 didn’t 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 identification
with them when they go to the polls to vote. His bill would
not have required a photo ID, as some states like Indiana
have adopted. Instead voters could bring in a piece of mail
or utility bill with their name and address, which Obenshain
said would not be a burden.
“This is probably the eighth time I have patroned this
legislation,” Obenshain told the committee. “I still believe
this makes good sense.”
While voters do sign their names affirming they are who
they purport to be, there is no way to prove the signature
is a legitimate. It also makes it difficult to enforce state law
that makes it a crime to masquerade as someone else at
the ballot box, he said.
“This is not a huge burden on someone who would like
to cast a ballot,” said Sen. Jill Vogel, R-Winchester, in sup-
port of Obenshain’s 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 for the elderly woman who struggled to
walk to the polling site from the parking lot.
“We understand the philosophy,” Lind said. “But we
believe the practicality outweighs the philosophical pur-
poses.”
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By Paige Winfield Cunningham
Virginia Statehouse News
Virginia’s Medicaid program could be shelling out
$5 million every year for individuals who might not
qualify due to invalid Social Security numbers.
That’s an estimate made by Walter Kucharski, audi-
tor of public accounts, whose office did a computer
match between Social Security numbers from the
Department of Medical Assistance Services and the
federal Social Security Administration.
Over a period of one month, analysts found that
Social Security numbers were incorrect for 1,350
Medicaid recipients, calling into question $426,000
in benefits paid to health care providers. In some
cases, the Social Security numbers may have been
copied incorrectly somewhere along the process. But
in other cases, recipients may not be eligible for Med-
icaid at all.
Kucharski says it’s up to the Department of Social
Services to correct the problem since their local so-
cial workers are responsible for signing people up
and collecting correct information. Then the infor-
mation is transmitted to DMAS, which dolls out the
reimbursements.
“The problem is not with the Medicaid folks, it’s
with the Social Service folks,” Kucharski said. “We’ve
had an ongoing problem with Social Services giving
bad information or untimely information to Medic-
aid.”
Social workers are required to accept an individu-
al’s Social Security number even if they are not able
to validate it during the Medicaid sign-up process.
Recipients then have one year to provide the correct
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number. Social workers are supposed to follow-up
with them once a year, but that hasn’t been happen-
ing, Kucharski said.
He says it’s an issue that needs to be addressed by
Bill Hazel, secretary of Health and Human Resourc-
es.
“This is an ongoing problem, and literally the sec-
retary is going to have to get them into a room and
work it out with them,” Kucharski said.
VDSS spokesperson Carla Harris said that while
the agency currently corrects invalid Social Security
numbers manually, officials are looking at ways to
automate the process and reduce the potential for er-
rors.
“The VDSS takes its role as steward of the Com-
monwealth’s money very seriously and continuously
strives to ensure that local departments of social ser-
vices properly determine eligibility for benefits,” Har-
ris said, in a written statement.
Medicaid is one of Virginia’s fastest-growing ex-
penses. In the past decade, Medicaid has account-
ed for 20 percent of all growth in the state budget.
Spending on the program reached $5 billion in 2009,
equivalent to 15 percent of all spending. Officials ex-
pect Medicaid rolls to grow by about 50 percent dur-
ing the next few years as requirements of the federal
health care reform are put into place.
Other problems with Virginia’s Medicaid pro-
gram have been recently reported. In October, the
Joint Legislative and Audit Review Commission an-
nounced finding that Virginia paid $38.9 million in
fraudulent or erroneous Medicaid claims the year
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• On Feb. 6, 1820, the first organized immi-

gration of freed slaves from the United States
departs 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 the
U.S. Congress, which appropriated $100,000
to be used in returning displaced Africans.

• On Feb. 5, 1878, Andre Citroen, later referred

to as the Henry Ford of France for developing
his country’s 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 buy
on credit.

• On Feb. 4, 1938, Walt Disney releases “Snow

White and the Seven Dwarfs,” his first full-length
animated color feature. Naysayers warned
Disney that audiences wouldn’t sit through a
feature-length cartoon fantasy about dwarfs. In
June 2008, the American Film Institute chose it
as the No. 1 animated film of all time.

• On Feb. 3, 1959, rising American rock stars

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big
Bopper” Richardson are killed when their small
plane crashes in an Iowa cornfield. Singer Don
McLean memorialized the musicians in the
1972 hit “American Pie,” which refers to “the
day the music died.”

• On Feb. 1, 1974, Ted Bundy kills his second

victim, marking Bundy as a serial killer. That
summer Bundy attacked at least seven young
women in Washington. He was caught in 1977
in Florida and eventually confessed to 36 mur-
ders. He was executed in 1989.

• On Feb. 2, 1980, details of ABSCAM, an FBI

operation to uncover political corruption in the
government, are released to the public. Thirty-
one public officials were targeted for investi-
gation. In the operation, FBI agents posed as
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Bentley Commons at
Lynchburg Celebrates
Grand Opening
Join Bentley Commons at Lynchburg, the area’s
premier senior living community, as they celebrate
the Grand Opening of their New Assisted Living
Wing. The Open House will take place on Thursday,
January 27, 2011 from 2:00-5:00pm and include
tours, door prizes and music.
The Grand Opening will feature community tours
and the opportunity to learn more about the ameni-
ties and services that make Bentley Commons at
Lynchburg the natural choice for retirement living.
On your tour experience the numerous amenities
available such as the Bistro, Billiard room, Library,
Salon, Gift shop, Fitness/Rehab center and much
more! Visitors can also learn about the advantages
of 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 retirement
community consisting of apartment style homes. It
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reflects the attitudes of people who want a lifestyle
of independence knowing that they have access to
a variety of care should the need arise. Individual-
ized services for Assisted Living include daily per-
sonal care, medication supervision, housekeeping
services, dining services, recreational programs, and
transportation.
Stop by on Thursday, January 27, 2011 from 2-
5pm and enjoy refreshments in a great community
called Bentley Commons! For more information, call
434 316-0207. 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 step
closer to fruition…the establishment of Lynchburg’s
12th marker on the multi-state ‘Civil War Trails’ pro-
gram.
The project, a joint effort by the Taylor-Wilson
Camp #10 Sons of Union Veterans Civil War, Historic
Sandusky and the Lynchburg Convention & Visitors
Bureau (discover Lynchburg) has been awarded a
grant in the amount of $1500.00. The one-to-one
matching grant is awarded by the State Sesquicen-
tennial Commission together with the Virginia De-
partment of Tourism, and will be combined with local
funding to complete the project.
According to the LSC, that marker will designate
the location of a Union POW camp on the grounds
of what is now EC Glass High School. “This will be
a wonderful addition to Lynchburg’s current points of
interest on the Civil War Trails program” said Greg
Starbuck, 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 the
Civil War Trails program only adds to the impact and
draw 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 looking
for similar funding. “Any new event, display or site
not only helps bring visitors to our area, but added
inventory gives visitors a reason to stay longer” said
Beckie Nix, LSC Co-Chairman with Starbuck, and
director of the Lynchburg Convention and Visitors
Bureau. “This marker, once installed will increase the
many wonderful Civil War sites we currently have in
our community, and people coming to see these sites
need 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 and
CEO, Tulane Patterson and James River Furnishings,
owner Thomas Johnson have submitted applications
to the US Chamber of Commerce’s DREAM BIG
Small Business of the Year Award that is sponsored
by Sam’s Club. This award is designed to honor our
nation’s job creators and recognize their significant
contributions as drivers of economic growth.
Regional finalist will be announced on March 14,
2011. All award winners will be recognized at Amer-
ica’s Small Business Summit on May 24,2011 to be
held in Washington D.C. The winner will receive a
$10,000 cash prize, courtesy of the U.S. Chamber of
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tatoes
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 from
Ipanema,” what is she doing that attracts so
much attention? Bonus for knowing where
Ipanema is.
3. Name the artist who first sang “Red Red
Wine.”
4. Name the 1972 hit by Climax.
5. Name the Tommy Edwards hit that had a
melody written by a U.S. vice president.
6. Who had hits 20 years apart with “I Think
We’re Alone Now,” in 1967 and 1987?
Answers
1. Terry Jacks. The singer is dying and is say-
ing goodbye to friends and family. The song
also was covered by the Kingston Trio with
different lyrics in 1963.
2. She’s walking. That’s it, just walking. Ip-
anema is a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
3. Neil Diamond, in 1968. He also wrote the
song. The more well-known version was
done reggae-style by UB40 in 1983.
4. “Precious and Few.” The song hit No. 3 on
the charts.
5. “It’s All In the Game” in 1958. The 1911
melody was composed by Charles Dawes,
who would be the 30th vice president. The
song was used in the movie “October Sky.”
6. Tommy James and the Shondells, and
then Tiffany.
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3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
1. Preheat oven to 425 F. Brush 2 large cookie
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2. Cut each unpeeled potato lengthwise into
quarters, then cut each quarter lengthwise into
2 wedges (or, cut potatoes crosswise into 1/4-
inch-thick slices).
3. In large bowl, toss potatoes with salt, pep-
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coated.
4. Divide potatoes between cookie sheets,
The Abuse of Tucson
Almost instantaneously the horrific shooting in
Tucson, Ariz., became the occasion for partisan
hatred.
It’s one thing to charge your opponents with
increasing the debt or serving the interests of
the rich; it’s quite another to say they are accom-
plices to mass murder. In the ostensible (and al-
ways worthy) cause of civility, prominent liberals
rushed to blame conservatives, and especially
Sarah Palin, for the mayhem in Tucson.
Palin’s offense was posting a map on Face-
book with a bull’s-eye marking the districts of
20 Democrats she wished to see defeated. On
the list was Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the target
of Tucson shooter Jared Loughner. To connect
Palin’s map to Loughner’s criminal act requires
a massive leap that her detractors executed with
ease, since they feel they have warrant to say
anything about her without regard to evidence,
logic or -- ahem -- civility.
Palin’s martial imagery wasn’t just innocuous,
it was a tattered cliche. American politics runs
on metaphors drawn from war, and has at least
since the 19th century. What journalist didn’t
write about “targeted” districts or candidates in
the last midterm election? Why do we say “cam-
paign” and “rank and file,” or refer to “battles”
and “war rooms”? None of this has ever before
been taken as an incitement to violence. Then
again, never before was it a club with which to
bludgeon the hated Sarah Palin, while nattering
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on about how our politics should be less venom-
ous.
Loughner may have been obsessed with Rep.
Giffords as much as three years ago, before
anyone had heard of Sarah Palin, before the tea
party, before the rise of our alleged “climate of
hate” in response to President Barack Obama’s
election. Loughner attended an August 2007
town-hall meeting and left angered at her inabil-
ity to answer a nonsensical question: “What is
government if words have no meaning?”
Loughner’s profile fits that of the Virginia Tech
shooter -- a disturbed individual whose strange
behavior frightened his classmates and his
friends. The chances are his case will be an-
other in the sad annals of the untreated mentally
ill doing harm to themselves and others. Except
ghoulish political opportunists have latched on
to this crime.
The political use of Tucson is the latest blast
against a tea party that the left will never con-
sider legitimate. First it was AstroTurf, then it
was racist, now it is murderous. It’s hard to see
what could be next in this progression. Perhaps
Palin really intended her targeted congressional
districts to be wiped out in their entirety in an
act of genocide? By calling conservative rhetoric
“eliminationist,” the left is already on the cusp of
this escalation.
It is a time for deep breaths all around. The
Tucson shooter shattered lives and, in targeting
a public official, attacked our democracy. The
stories of the victims are unbearably sad, and
of the heroes unbelievably inspiring. In its horror
-- another mass shooting -- and in its uplift -- the
pluck of the grievously wounded Giffords, the
miracles of modern medicine, the kindness and
courage of strangers -- it’s an event that should
be 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.
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• It was American astronomer, astrophysicist
and author Carl Sagan who made the follow-
ing sage observation: “The fact that some
geniuses were laughed at does not imply
that all who are laughed at are geniuses.
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at
Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers.
But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
• If you’re like the average American woman,
you will eat 4 to 6 pounds of lipstick during
your lifetime.
• You probably won’t be surprised to learn
that Alaska is the most northern and west-
ern state in the Union, but would you believe
that it’s also the easternmost state? Yep.
Because the state crosses over into the
Eastern Hemisphere, it’s 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 trips
shorter than 50 minutes, it’s faster to ride a
bicycle than it is to drive a car.
• You’re almost certainly familiar with the
grouping of stars known in the U.S. as the
Big 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 the
Seven Sages, and Mongolians call them
the Seven Gods. Many in Northern England
see a Butcher’s Cleaver rather than a dip-
per. Scandinavians think it looks like King
Charles’ Wagon, those in Finland call it the
Salmon Net, and the Dutch have named it
the Saucepan.
• A shrimp’s heart is located in its head.
Thought for the Day: “If history repeats itself,
and the unexpected always happens, how
incapable must Man be of learning from ex-
perience.” -- George Bernard Shaw
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NASCAR in Wonderland
This is the time of year when everything is
going to be better. In part, this is because the
NASCAR season hasn’t started.
The same driver who fretted and commis-
erated over the notion that Daytona Interna-
tional Speedway was going to be repaved is
now describing that occurrence as the great-
est thing since the first NASCAR track (Dar-
lington Raceway) was paved in 1950.
“It’s 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 was
something of an obsolete concept is now ex-
ulting because changes in design are going
to “promote brand loyalty again.”
The same guy who once declared that the
Chase should only be open to legitimate con-
tenders is now poised to jump up and down
and use party favors while chanting, “The
more the merrier! The more the merrier! ...”
Pep rallies come to mind, and they actu-
ally might be just as interesting, and more
festive, than the current press conferences
in which all the drivers do their best Robert
Gibbs and recite talking points.
With six you get egg roll, and with pep
rallies, you get a band, cheerleaders and
pompons. Guys such as I might balk a little
at 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 fire
is so delightful.” It doesn’t just apply to the
weather. The fire will get even more delight-
ful in a couple weeks when NASCAR media
attend 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, new
front ends ... NASCAR might even take cred-
it for the Panthers’ new coach, the START
Treaty and a vital new breakthrough in video
The track at Daytona International
Speedway is now as smooth as a ba-
by’s rear end. Or so the story goes
with NASCAR’S pre-season yay-sayers.
(John Clark/NASCAR This Week photo)
gaming.
It’s a shame, really, that Lawrence Welk
died before he could raise a baton in NAS-
CAR.
It’s what the off-season is: “Wunnerful.
Wunnerful.”
Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The
Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at nas-
carthisweek@yahoo.com.
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January 20 - 26, 2011 • The Lynchburg Times • Page 11
1. Who gave up the last of Hank Aaron’s 755
home runs?
2. Of George Brett and Pete Rose, who hit the
most triples during his career?
3. N.C. State’s QB Russell Wilson set an NCAA
record in 2009 for most passes without an inter-
ception (379). Which ACC team finally picked him
off?
4. How many NBA Finals did Magic Johnson play
in, and how many did his teams win?
5. How many consecutive Stanley Cup Finals
have the Philadelphia Flyers lost?
6. When was the last time there was an all-South
American men’s soccer final in World Cup?
7. Against whom was Lennox Lewis’ last heavy-
weight boxing title fight?
Answers
1. California’s 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 champion
Vitali Klitschko, in 2003.
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The Best of 2010
The Butler (Almost) Did It
All of the usual cliches had been trotted out -- Cin-
derella, Hoosiers, Rudy, David and Goliath -- and sports
editors all over the country had a version of the “Butler
Did It” headline playing in their heads as Butler squared
off against Duke in the 2010 NCAA finals. But the manu-
factured marketing hype about March Madness and
Mike Krzyzewski, Blue Devils and Bulldogs evaporated
as soon as Butler’s Gordon Hayward launched his des-
perate buzzer-beater with seconds remaining, down by
two points, in the Finals. It seemed like an eternity for
the world’s sports fans, all of whom saw their focus nar-
row on one single ball, flying through the air toward a
small 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 you
believe in miracles” moment? The answer, left clanging
off the backboard and missing the net by a half-inch told
us no, but it was hardly resounding ... even in defeat, it
felt like Butler won.
Who Dat?
A few years separated from Hurricane Katrina and on
the cusp of the BP oil spill -- the biggest skirmish with
Britain the city has had since Andrew Jackson and the
War of 1812 -- the Saints of New Orleans finally made
their long prophesized stand. By winning Super Bowl in
a masterful performance over the favored Indianapolis
Peyton Mannings, they not only brought bragging rights
back to the bayou -- they reminded us about the impact
a beloved team coupled with an onside kick and a strong
Brees can have on a city’s psyche and soul. (And word
has it the notoriously conservative, old-fashioned and
stodgy French Quarter of New Orleans finally figured out
how to throw a party after the win.)
Perfection
The answer is 20, five and two. And there is no ques-
tion about it ... the guy tied to those numbers is one of
the greatest pitchers in the history of baseball. For only
Roy “Doc” Halladay can lay claim to being just the 20th
pitcher in Major League history to throw a perfect game,
one of five pitchers to throw two no-hitters in a season
and only the second pitcher to ever throw a post-season
no-no.
But there’s more to this Cy Young award-winning
story. Halladay, you see, doesn’t just leave it up there on
the mound. First and foremost, Halladay is a grounded
family man with two kids and a legacy of putting in time
at the local children’s hospitals. When considering both
on and off field performances, who can match Halladay?
The answer, just like those based on the amount of hits
he allows, is very, very few.
Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter and publisher of
The Kansas City Luminary.
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a TeenPact T-shirt, which displays the law school’s
crest on the back.
TeenPact offers weekly, dynamic, hands-on lead-
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in understanding the political process, the value of
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and TeenPact Leadership Schools. The sponsorship law school to be featured this season as an official
will cover all state classes for 2011. Each of the 3,000 sponsor,” added Mathew D. Staver, Dean of Liberty
teens participating in TeenPact in 2011 will be receive University School of Law.
Bedford County Sheriff’s Office 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 Forest
Road in Bedford County and went inside. While inside the store a white male who had been sitting
inside a vehicle in the parking lot entered the victims vehicle and removed several items to include a
gun. The subject then put the items in his white colored vehicle and, after getting a friend who was
inside the store, they fled the scene.
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ed within its authority under the Commerce Clause
when it enacted the mandates in the healthcare
law.
This appeal is focusing on the merits of the
claim which form the core part of this litigation,
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On Wednesday, the U.S. House plans a vote to
repeal this same healthcare law.
Mathew D. Staver, Founder of Liberty Counsel
and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, said:
“I am confident that the federal healthcare law will
eventually be struck down on appeal because it
is unconstitutional. Congress does not have the
authority to force every American to purchase a
particular kind of health insurance product. If Con-
gress had authority to force every American to buy
a particular health insurance product, then Con-
gress’s authority would be unlimited. The author-
ity and scope of the federal government’s reach
into our private lives would increase and our liberty
would decrease.”
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Stay at Home With PACE
Many of us fear being forced to move to a
nursing home or elsewhere when our health
starts to deteriorate. With the help of the
Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly
(PACE), many of us will be able to stay home
and get the assistance we need. In fact, PACE
has only one goal: to allow seniors to get care
and 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 mind
sorting out a pill schedule. PACE coordinates
all health needs, including with family and other
caregivers, and even has its own doctors.
PACE programs are paid for by the state and
federal government and work in conjunction
with local programs that provide ... well, nearly
everything. There’s no co-pay or deductible.
Education Benefits Get Needed
Boost
Did you see the Discovery Channel episode
on Howe and Howe’s Ripchair? Mike and Geoff
Howe build high-tech toys for the military. Part of
their arsenal includes a remote-controlled tank
called the Ripsaw. For SWAT teams, they have
the world’s smallest manned assault tank, the
Badger. Now they’ve 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 little
fishing, or anything else.
The bottom of the Ripchair is similar to the
treads on a tank but with bigger teeth to grab dirt
and forge ahead. It runs on a 30-horsepower die-
sel engine, climbs hills up to 50 degrees and runs
at 10 mph. It’ll go through mud and sand. Even
Participants get care above and beyond what’s
covered by Medicare. (Even with all the care
and services, it costs Medicare much less to
pay for a person to be in PACE than to receive
separate 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 list 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, primary
physician 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 more
coming all the time.
For more information, go to www.medicare.
gov and put PACE in the search box, and see
the PACE National Association at www.pac-
e4you.org.
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answer reader questions, but will incorporate them
into her column whenever possible. Write to her in
care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box
536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to
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more, it’s made of steel.
An online video shows an employee giving the
prototype Ripchair a test run. He ran it around a
dirt parking lot and then took it into woods, go-
ing down steep inclines and mowing down small
trees.
In an interview with the Portland Press-Herald,
the Howe brothers said they’re not going to make
the Ripchairs for profit. Instead, they’ll look for
donations and create a non-profit so they can
give the chairs away to disabled veterans.
Check the Internet for more information. Use
this as your search parameter: Ripchair Howe
and Howe. And check this site: www.pressherald.
com and put Operation Enduring Mobility in the
search box on the right side.
Also check them out at www.howeand-
howetechnologies.com -- don’t 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 a
copy of this column to:
Howe & Howe Technologies, Inc.
661 Main St.
Waterboro, ME 04087
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Leg Pain Often Due
to Clogged Arteries
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What can you tell me
about peripheral artery disease in my legs? How
about 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 with
clogged heart arteries. It causes leg pain for people
with clogged leg arteries -- peripheral artery disease.
Angina is the chest pain of heart artery clogging;
intermittent claudication is the leg pain that comes
from clogged leg arteries. The obstructed arteries
can’t deliver enough blood to leg muscles when a
person walks. The leg muscles signal they’re being
shortchanged in their blood supply by rebelling with
pain.
The pain can occur anywhere in the legs. If the
blockage is high up, then thigh pain is the result. If a
bit lower down, it’s calf pain. Lower down even more
produces foot pain. “Intermittent” indicates that the
pain leaves when the person rests.
Diabetes, cigarette smoking, high blood pressure
and high blood cholesterol are some of the things
that lead to artery clogging. Aging is, perhaps, the
biggest contributor to it. About 17 percent of men
and women older than 65 have this problem.
A doctor confirms the diagnosis by measuring
blood pressure at the ankle and comparing it with
blood pressure in the arm. The two readings should
be about equal. If the ankle blood pressure is much
lower, it indicates that there’s an obstruction in the
leg arteries.
Treatment involves a diet that reduces the amount
of fat and cholesterol; it’s essentially a diet of fruits,
vegetables and whole grains, with less red meat and
more fish. Although walking brings on pain, walking
is a treatment, too. The person walks to the point
of pain, rests and then resumes walking. Medicines
like aspirin, Plavix and Pletal can be beneficial.
You ask about the balloon treatment. It’s the same
kind of procedure used to open clogged heart arter-
ies. A slender tube with a deflated balloon at its tip is
inched through the artery to the point of obstruction.
When that’s reached, the doctor inflates the balloon
to squash the obstruction. The population of your
city is 50,000. I am sure many competent doctors
there are versed in this procedure and can treat
PAD 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 money
order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the
recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow
four weeks for delivery.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I expect sore muscles the
day after I exercise hard. They tell me I had a real
workout. When my muscles are sore, I take the
day off. I’ve been told to exercise regardless of
sore muscles. Do you agree? -- M.O.
ANSWER: A low level of exercise circulates blood
to aching muscles and quickens healing. All-out
exercise doesn’t give the muscles a chance to
fully recover. You shouldn’t 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 his
column whenever possible. Readers may write him
or request an order form of available health newslet-
ters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
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