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Fun Fridays

 June 18-July 23

The last regular Wednesday night schedule before summer will be May 19.

Instead of meeting on Wednesday evenings this summer, the Kids Ministry will host 4 "Fun Friday" fellowship gatherings around the summer schedule. The focus of these events will be family fellowship so please plan to attend with your children.

4th-6th Grade Family Retreat

Sunday, June 13, 2021

1pm - Picnic (bring your own lunch) & 5th/6th grade recognition

3-5pm - Lake & Open Recreation

5:30pm - Pizza & S'mores (provided by WBC)

$15 per person for ages 4 and up (3 and under are free)

Day Retreat includes exclusive use of the Spring Valley Lake with swimming, canoes, corcl boats, aqua park with trampoline & blob, zipline, and waterslides from 3-5pm.

Your families and friends will also enjoy open recreation such as sand volleyball, hiking trails, cornhole, Noah’s Park playground, 9-square in the air, wiffleball, human foosball, gaga ball, and MORE!

To register, email Rachel Gregory by June 1.

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Vacation Bible School

at Woodmont Baptist Church

When: June 21-25

Time: 9am-12pm

Ages: 4 years to 5th grade

Cost: Free

What is VBS?

Vacation Bible School (VBS) is a bible-focused, fun-filled summer experience for children ages 4 to 5th grade. Kids will sign up in the grade level they just completed. VBS is Monday through Friday starting promptly at 9am and finishing at 12pm.

VBS Family Night

All children and their families are invited to participate in a Family Night from 5:30-7:30pm on Wednesday, June 23rd at Woodmont Baptist.

What is this year's theme?

VBS this year is "Destination Dig"! Kids will discover real-life

archaeological finds that have helped to uncover the truth about Jesus.

Monday: Jesus Came As God Promised

Tuesday: Jesus Demonstrated God’s Power

Wednesday: Jesus Was Betrayed and Rejected

Thursday: Jesus Died and Rose Again

Friday: The Bible is True

COVID Precautions

Due to summer heat, we are planning a mainly indoor, mask-required VBS. We plan to move the main gathering from the chapel to the sanctuary where children can be grouped in more distanced cohorts. Please note that drop off and pick up this year will be at the south-entrance steps-the main entrance to the sanctuary.

Other accommodations we are making are as follows: individually packaged snacks, snack time preferably outdoors and distanced, larger distanced meeting areas for Bible study, craft, missions, music, etc. We will prayerfully and intentionally make plans that align with the guidance of health professionals and government officials.

Please do not send your child to VBS if they exhibit any sign of sickness including fever, cough, chills, etc. Have a COVID related question? Email rachelg@woodmontbaptist.com.

Register your child or to volunteer below!

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2021 CentriKid Children's Camp

Monday-Friday, July 5-9, 2021

CentriKid Camp is an overnight children's camp for kids to experience the time of their lives and learn more about the message of Jesus Christ! We will be going to the week long camp this year July 5-9 at Shocco Springs Conference Center in Talladega, AL.

Camp is for kids who have completed 3rd-5th grade.

Links to register, pay the initial deposit, and pay on a payment plan are below.

Mandatory CentriKid Parent Meeting on May 23: 12-1:30pm, lunch and childcare provided. Please bring a 2021 notarized participant form to this meeting.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I am excited and expectant that God will do awesome things this summer!

-Rachel Gregory

Cost Breakdown

Total Cost: $330 Per Camper

Sibling Discount: $250 Per Sibling

$150 deposit due February 1, 2021

($100 deposit for Sibling discount due February 1, 2021)

Payment Options:

OPTION 1 (Full):

Pay $330 (or $250 with Sibling Discount) by February 1st

OPTION 2 (Incremental):

Feb. 1 - $150 deposit due

March 1 - $60 due

April 1 - $60 due

May 1 - $60 due

OPTION 3 (Incremental with Sibling):

Feb. 1 - $100 deposit due (per child)

March 1 - $50 due (per child)

April 1 - $50 due (per child)

May 1 - $50 due (per child)

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2021 Barefoot Republic Camp

Monday-Friday, July 26-30, 2021

Woodmont Baptist Church is excited to host a Barefoot Republic day camp again this year!

Dates: July 26-30

Time: 9am-4pm

Ages: Rising K-6th

Cost: $299 (Partial & full scholarships available; apply below)

Register your child here:

Volunteering with Barefoot is a

Rewarding Experience!

Volunteers needed:

  • Counselors (assigned to group of kids; help lead Bible study)

  • Camper Buddies (one-on-one with students that have specific needs)

  • Support Staff (behind the scenes helpers)

    • Kitchen Help (snacks, meals)

    • Registration Help (stickers, greeters)

    • Transportation Help (carpool, exiting the building)

    • Facility Help (clean up, setting up in the morning, water jugs ready)

  • Specialty Support

    • Instructors for:

      • Basketball, soccer, football

      • Videography

      • Photography

      • Help Kids learn to play instruments, Stomp (drums)

      • Vocal Performance

      • Art (visual arts, creative writing, spoken word)

  • Nurse (daily)

Register as a staffer or volunteer here: https://barefootrepublic.campbrainstaff.com/

Volunteer Waiver Form: https://barefootrepublic.salsalabs.org/BarefootIndividualVolunteerWaiver/index.html

General Website to Learn More About Barefoot: www.barefootrepublic.org

Back to School Bash

Saturday, August 7, 2021

Children who have completed K-3rd grade are invited to a Back to School Bash on Saturday, August 7, from 5-7:30pm. We will finish off the summer with one last hurrah as the new school year kicks off. Please email rachelg@woodmontbaptist.com by August 1 if your child plans to attend.

Promotion Sunday

Sunday, August 8, 2021

All children will promote up to their new grade and age level classes for the Sunday School hour on Sunday, August 8, 2021. Children starting Kindergarten will be given a children's Bible from the children's ministry. Please notify Rachel by August 1 if your child will be starting Kindergarten in August.


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Letter to Contractor for Non-compliance of Statutory Documents

A statutory document contains all the rules and policies a company has implemented. Anyone who needs to work in that company is asked to read the statutory document and then follow it afterward. Anyone who does not follow this document is considered to have shown noncompliance.

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You should provide the details to the contractor as to where he has shown the noncompliance. Although the contractor knows that already, this will confirm that you and the contractor are on the same page.

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Chester, Cheshire

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Up to 1834

Chester established a workhouse in 1575 when in a building just outside the Northgate near the quarry in the Gorse Stacks was converted for this purpose. In October 1691, the churchwardens of St. Olave's parish requested the lease of land on which to build 'conveniencys' in order to set the poor to work.

Following the Workhouse Test Act of 1723, several parish workhouses were set up in Chester. St John the Baptist opened one in 1724, and by 1730 there was one at Handbridge, in the parish of St Mary's-on-the Hill. Another existed in St Oswald's parish and, in 1751, Chester Cathedral opened its own poor-house. In 1758-9, a House of Industry for use by all the city's poor was erected on Kitchen Street at the north-west corner of the Roodee.

In 1761, Chester formed an incorporation of parishes (Holy Trinity, St Bridget, St John the Baptist, St Martin, St Mary on the Hill, St Michael, St Olave, St Oswald, and St Peter) under a local Act of Parliament which gave it greater freedom in the management of the city's poor relief. The incorporation was governed by the mayor, recorder, justices of the peace, and seventy-four other guardians. The Act also gave control of the Roodee workhouse for a period of 99 years.

At 2am on 24th February 1767, a disastrous fire broke out at the Roodee workhouse used for spinning cotton. The building, which then housed 200 children in addition to the adults, was totally destroyed. The fatalities included sixty children, twelve men and five women — seventy-seven in all. A report in the London Chronicle recounted the horrifying scenes of inmates running naked from the building, while others jumped from windows and the roof. A party of thirty men was employed to dig out the bones and dead bodies but without success — it was assumed that they had all burnt to ashes.

Chester was the subject of a report by Eden in his 1797 survey of the poor in England:

...in some respects, incorporated by an Act of Parliament (2 Geo. III. c. 45, 1761), each parish supports its own Poor. There is a general Poor-house in Chester, to which every parish can send its own Poor, on payment of a sum each year. The original intention was to have a house of industry, a plan which has at different times been carried into execution, continued for a few years, and then dropped. For the last 2 or 3 years very little work has been done. The Poor-house is situated near the river, the lodging and other rooms large and well aired; 15 or 16 beds in a room, made of chaff or straw, and much infested with bugs. No small apartments for married people. The Poor in the house at present are chiefly aged persons and children. Old women spin flax and pick oakum. Children at 10 years of age are sent as apprentices to Manchester and other places. About 11 deaths annually in the house. The assessments vary much in different parishes. The rates are about 2s. in the pound. Voluntary contributions in 1794 for poor relief came to £491 17s. 1d., of which £156 11s. 8d. remained in hand in November, 1795. 8,000 persons, nearly half the population, applied in the winter of 1794-5 for relief. The weekly bill of fare is as follows: Breakfast—Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday—Broth and bread; other days— Milk gruel and bread. Dinner—Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday—Beef, potatoes, etc.; Monday, Wednesday—Butter, milk and potatoes; Friday—Beef, soup and potatoes; Saturday—Oatmeal hasty pudding. Supper—Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday—Bread and butter ; other days—Milk, gruel and bread. One lb. of bread allowed each day to grown persons, 6oz. beef on meat days, and 1 pint of beer; children in proportion. Butter milk served on potato and hasty pudding days. The people of Chester find great disadvantages from the parishes not having been completely united. Removals and expensive appeals are continually taking place between the parishes. The great number of annual guardians is very inconvenient. The Poor have generally a dislike to come into the workhouse.

According to the House of Industry's annual reports, it also took in paupers from parishes outside the city, including Blacon, Hawarden, Higher and Lower Kinnerton, Mold, Puddington and Whitby. The annual numbers of inmates rose from 2,724 in 1810-11 to 5,496 in 1812-13 and then, after a fall, to 7,011 in 1817-18.

The House of Industry was extended in 1819 by the addition of a block for pauper lunatics on the west side of the building. This cost about £700 and averaged around twenty-two inmates. A school for 50 infant paupers was added in 1823 at a cost of £523. In 1821, a warm bath was installed in the main house.

Chester Roodee workhouse site, c.1870

Another contemporary account of the Roodee workhouse (Hemingway, 1831) was fulsome in its praise of the establishment:

There are few places in the kingdom where the comforts of the poor are so efficiently provided for, as in this institution. The board of guardians meet every Thursday, when each individual case of the out-poor is brought before them ; and when each inmate of the house is at liberty to state his complaint, if he have any to prefer. The internal management is truly excellent, and exhibits an example that may be advantageously followed by any work-house in the nation. The food of the inmates is good and nutritious; their treatment, gentle and humane, while an appearance of cleanliness and an air of comparative comfort are prominently discoverable throughout the whole of the little community. For 20 years, Mr. Jarvis has had the superintendence and management of the house affairs, and it is to his humanity and unceasing attentions, with those of Mrs. Jarvis, who is matron of the house, that is to be attributed this excellent state of its internal government.

After 1834

Chester's Incorporation status exempted it from most of the provisions of the 1834 Act. The Roodee workhouse continued in use, with offices and a boys' school located at 34 Bridge Street.

On 20 September 1869, the Incorporation was reconstituted as Chester Poor Law Union. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 19 in number, representing its 9 constituent parishes: Holy and Undivided Trinity (2 guardians), St Bridget, St John the Baptist (5), St Martin, St Mary-on-the-Hill (3), St Michael, St Olave, St Oswald (4), and St Peter. The parish of Chester Castle joined the union shortly afterwards. Then, in 1871, Chester Union absorbed part of the Great Boughton Union, the remainder continuing under the name of the Tarvin Union. The following parishes were transferred from Great Boughton:
Bache, Backford, Blacon cum Crabwall, Great Boughton, Capenhurst, Caughall, Chorlton by Backford, Christleton, Claverton, Croughton, Dodleston, Durham on the Hill, Eccleston, Elton, Hapsford, Hoole, Ince, Lower Kinnerton, Lea by Backford, Littleton, Marston cum Lache, Mollington, Mollington Banastre, Mollington Tarrant, Moston, Newton by Chester, Picton, Poulton, Pulford, Great Saughall, Little Saughall, Shotwick, Shotwick Park, Stanlow, Great Stanney, Little Stanney, Stoke, Thornton le Moors, Bridge Trafford, Mickle Trafford, Wimbolds Trafford, Upton by Chester, Wervin, Woodbank.

In 1874-8, a new union workhouse was erected on Hoole Lane, Chester, at a cost of about £30,000. The design for the buildings was opened to competition and the winning plans were submitted by William Perkin and Sons. The new workhouse had a large T-shaped main building facing to the east, with a separate infirmary to its west and a school to the south. The site location and layout are shown on the 1911 map below:

Chester workhouse site, 1911

The old Roodee workhouse building was subsequently used as a confectionery works by the Cheshire Preserving Company. It was demolished in the early 1900s.

In 1894, the British Medical Journal set up a "commission" to investigate conditions in provincial workhouses and their infirmaries. Following a visit to Chester, the commission's report noted that patient in the workhouse infirmary had recently died. A pauper employed as a night attendant had been found guilty of manslaughter due to his rough handling of the patient while unsupervised by the sole nurse who was occupied in another block. The BMJ report criticised Chester's crowded infirmary wards and undue reliance on pauper nurses, especially at night-time. It recommended that more fully trained nurses be engaged, ideally under the supervision of a trained medical superintendent. It was also suggested that telephones or bells be installed to improve communication between the wards, the master's quarters, and the medical officer's home. Further details are available in the full report.

In November 1894, the BMJ also reported that:

At Chester Assizes, on November 2nd, John Tonge, an assistant night nurse at Chester Workhouse, was tried for the manslaughter of Thomas Darlington, an inmate, aged 84. Being annoyed at the man's conduct, the prisoner, it was stated. threw water over him, pulled him out of bed, and afterwards struck him in the side, with the result that two of his ribs were broken and his lungs injured. He died three days later. Mr. Justice Lawrence, in sentencing the prisoner to twelve months' imprisonment, said he was afraid they seldom got to know what happened in places of this kind.

After 1930, the workhouse became St James' Hospital. In 1948, following the inauguration of the National Health Service, it was renamed Chester City Hospital.

Chester main building from the north-east, 1990s

The former workhouse buildings have now all been demolished.

The union's offices were later at 161 Foregate Street in Chester.

Cottage Homes

In 1900, the union erected a central children's home on the Wrexham Road together with smaller cottage homes at Upton Heath (Long Lane), Saughall (Hermitage Road), and Dodleston (Main Road). All the buildings still exist.

Chester Central Home, 2013.
©Peter Higginbotham

Chester Upton Heath home, 2013.
©Peter Higginbotham

Chester Upton Heath home foundation stone, 2013.
©Peter Higginbotham

Chester Saughall home, 2013.
©Peter Higginbotham

Children at the cottage homes had occasional outings to the countryside and seaside as pictured below in 1925.

Chester Cottage Homes outing, 1925.
©Peter Higginbotham

Note: many repositories impose a closure period of up to 100 years for records identifying individuals. Before travelling a long distance, always check that the records you want to consult will be available.

  • Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, Cheshire Record Office, Duke Street, Chester, Cheshire CH1 1RL. Holdings include: Inmates lists (1875-1954); Births (1914-43); Burials and graves in Union cemetery (1882-1900); etc.

  • Burne, R.V.H. (1965) The Treatment of the Poor in the Eighteenth Century in Chester (Journal of the Chester and North Wales Architectural and Historic Society, lii, 44-48.)
  • Handley, M (2007) Poor Law Administration in the Chester Local Act Incorporation, 1834-71 (in Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, vol.156).
  • Hemingway, J. (1831) History of the City of Chester
  • Lewis, C Building Chester's First Workhouse (in Cheshire History, vol 38, 1998-9
  • Utting, EJ (1969) The Working of the Poor Law in Chester in Tudor Times (A thesis for the degree of B. Phil. in Local History, presented to Liverpool University)

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Assault on port of Hodeidah resumes as US escalates Yemen intervention

At least 165 people were reportedly killed over the weekend as fierce fighting resumed south of the port city of Hodeidah, which serves as a lifeline for three-quarters of the population of Yemen, a country that depends upon imports for 90 percent of its food, fuel and medicine.

A force consisting of troops of the United Arab Emirates, Sudanese soldiers and Yemeni mercenaries, backed by Saudi air power, began an offensive to take the strategic Red Sea port last month.

The UAE announced a pause in the fighting, supposedly to allow for negotiations by UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths over a plan to turn the port over to UN control as part of a cease-fire agreement. The port and the city of Hodeidah are currently held by the Houthi rebels, who control Yemen’s capital of San’aa as well as the most populated areas of Yemen in the country’s northwest.

The UAE, the oil sheikdom that has played a major role in ground fighting since it joined Saudi Arabia in attacking Yemen in March 2015, had initially rejected any agreement outside of an unconditional surrender by the Houthis. The pause in the fighting followed fierce battles in which the UAE-led forces suffered serious losses while gaining little territory. The Houthis inflicted casualties as well as destruction of tanks and armored vehicles of the invading force, including through the use of armed drones and landmines.

While the UN envoy Griffiths has held talks with both the Houthis and the UAE and is scheduled to meet today with President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, a stooge of US and Saudi Arabia, who lives in self-imposed exile in Riyadh, a full-scale battle for the port city appears to be resuming.

Abdulmalik al-Houthi, leader of the Ansarullah movement, as the Houthi rebels are officially known, called for a public mobilization to reinforce the fighters who are holding the city of Hodeidah. He charged that the US-backed forces of the UAE and Saudi Arabia were “backing away from deals mediated by UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths to spare Hodeidah port city from an imminent major offensive planned by the coalition.”

“Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are using the United Nations as an umbrella to seize control of Hodeidah through baseless justifications,” al-Houthi said.

Al-Houthi’s statement came two days after the UAE, Sudanese and Yemeni mercenary forces launched a major new attack to overrun the Tuhyata district south of Hodeidah.

In a further sign of preparations for sustained military conflict in impoverished and famine-ravaged Yemen, the UAE armed forces announced Saturday that it is extending mandatory military service for male high school graduates from 12 to 16 months. Those who do not graduate from high school are subject to two years in the military.

The renewed fighting near Hodeidah has heightened the threat of a humanitarian catastrophe. The UN estimates that 121,000 people have already fled the besieged port city, seeking refuge in San’aa and other areas of Yemen that are ill-prepared to receive them.

For the more than half a million people remaining in the city, conditions are rapidly deteriorating. Food is in short supply, while prices for staple goods are skyrocketing. There are also frequent blackouts. The severe damage that has been inflicted upon the city’s water and sewage system has raised the specter of a devastating cholera epidemic.

“The fate of 600,000 people hangs in the balance,” said Muhsin Siddiquey, Yemen country director for the aid group Oxfam. “Slowly but surely the city is being squeezed and the real fear is that this is merely a precursor to an onslaught that will lead to widespread loss of life.”

The United Nations last month warned that as many as 250,000 people could lose their lives if the siege of Hodeidah continued.

The fate of the population of Hodeidah, however, could be eclipsed by a far wider disaster. If the siege stops the flow of food, medicine and other essential supplies through the port city for any significant period of time, the lives of some 8 million people already on the verge of starvation will be at risk.

Since Saudi Arabia launched the war to reinstall the US-Saudi-puppet regime in Yemen in March 2015, some 600,000 civilians have lost their lives or been injured as a result of the conflict, according to the Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights.

Washington has played an indispensable role in prosecuting these war crimes, beginning under the Obama administration with the provision of arms and munitions that have been used against the Yemeni population, the mid-air refueling of Saudi warplanes to allow their continuous bombardment of the country and the creation of a joint command center in Riyadh to provide US logistical and intelligence aid to the assault on Yemen.

This collaboration has only intensified under the Trump administration, which provided the greenlight for the siege of Hodeidah. Washington sees the war in Yemen as part of its broader strategy in the Middle East to forge an anti-Iranian axis consisting of Israel, Saudi Arabia and the oil-rich Gulf sheikdoms.

While the US and its regional allies have claimed that Iran is arming the Houthis and utilizing them as proxy force, they have provided no evidence to substantiate these claims. They view the rule of Yemen by any government that is not a direct puppet of Riyadh and Washington as a threat to US hegemonic interests in the region.

As the battle for Hodeidah and the threat of historic war crimes against the Yemeni people intensify, the US is steadily and secretly escalating its direct military intervention in the country under the cover of the global “war on terrorism.”

A report published by the Washington Post notes, “In the first year of President Trump’s term, the United States conducted far more airstrikes against al-Qaida militants in Yemen than it had in previous years … US Special Forces are on the ground here advising the anti-al-Qaida fighters and calling in American airstrikes, a role that has grown as the air campaign has escalated.”

According to the Post, “Last year, the U.S. military carried out 131 airstrikes, more than sixfold the tally in 2016, according to the Pentagon’s data.”

While ostensibly directed against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Islamic State elements, the escalating US intervention, carried out in tandem with the abrogation of the Iran nuclear treaty and growing war threats against Iran, is directed at imposing US domination over strategically vital areas of the Middle East. US support for the siege of Hodeidah has made it clear that American imperialism is prepared to sacrifice the lives of millions in pursuit of these aims.


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CSU 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast: Slightly Below-Average

April 4, 2019, 3:28 PM EDT

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Above: The strongest Atlantic hurricane of 2018, Hurricane Michael, as seen by GOES-16 at landfall in the Florida Panhandle on October 10, 2018. At the time, Michael was at peak strength, a Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds. Michael was the third most intense hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous U.S. based on central pressure, and the fourth most intense based on wind speed. Image credit: NOAA.

A slightly below-average Atlantic hurricane season is likely in 2019, said the hurricane forecasting team from Colorado State University (CSU) in their latest seasonal forecast issued April 4. Led by Dr. Phil Klotzbach, with coauthors Dr. Michael Bell and Jhordanne Jones, the CSU team called for an Atlantic hurricane season with 13 named storms, 5 hurricanes, 2 intense hurricanes, and an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) of 80. The long-term averages for the period 1981 - 2010 were 12 named storms, 6.5 hurricanes, 2 intense hurricanes, and an ACE of 92. The CSU outlook also predicted the odds of a major hurricane hitting the U.S. were about 48% (the long-term average is 52%). They gave a 28% chance for a major hurricane to hit the East Coast or Florida Peninsula (the long-term average is 31%), and a 28% chance for the Gulf Coast (the long-term average is 30%). The Caribbean was forecast to have a 39% chance of seeing at least one major hurricane (the long-term average is 42%).

“We have a lot of warmth in the subtropical Atlantic,” said Klotzbach in a livestreamed presentation Thursday from the National Tropical Weather Conference. As a result, Klotzbach said, he expects a relatively large number of weaker storms with subtropical elements, much like 2018, which set the Atlantic record for the largest number of storms (seven) that were subtropical during at least one point in their lives. This is one reason why CSU is predicting a near-average number of named storms but a lower-than-average number of hurricanes and ACE.

The CSU forecast has previously used only statistical techniques to make their forecasts. But this year, they collaborated with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center to use output from the ECMWF (European) model to augment the statistical technique. They used the European long-range ocean/atmosphere model to predict July 2019 conditions, which were then put into the statistical model. The warm sea-surface temperatures projected by statistical-dynamical models for hurricane season prompted Klotzbach and colleagues to bump up the number of named storms from the number predicted by the CSU statistical technique.

Departure of SST from average
Figure 1. Departure of sea surface temperature (SST) from average for April 3, 2019. SSTs in the hurricane Main Development Region (MDR) between Africa and Central America were near-average to slightly below-average. Virtually all African tropical waves originate in the MDR, and these tropical waves account for 85% of all Atlantic major hurricanes and 60% of all named storms. When SSTs in the MDR are much above average during hurricane season, a very active season typically results (if there is no El Niño event present). Conversely, when MDR SSTs are cooler than average, a below-average Atlantic hurricane season is more likely. Image credit: tropicaltidbits.com.

Analogue years

Five years with similar pre-season February and March atmospheric and oceanic conditions were selected as “analogue” years that the 2019 hurricane season may resemble. These years were characterized by weak to moderate El Niño conditions during August-October, and near-average sea surface temperature (SST) in the tropical Atlantic:

1969 (18 named storms, 12 hurricanes, and 5 intense hurricanes)
1987 (7 named storms, 3 hurricanes, and 1 intense hurricane)
1991 (8 named storms, 4 hurricanes, and 2 intense hurricane)
2002 (9 named storms, 4 hurricanes, and 2 intense hurricanes)
2009 (9 named storms, 3 hurricanes, and 2 intense hurricanes)

The average activity for these years was 13 named storms, 5 hurricanes, 2 major hurricanes, and an ACE of 80—not far from the long-term average. The most notable storms during these years were Hurricane Camille of 1969, which made landfall as a Category 5 storm in Mississippi; Hurricane Emily of 1987, which made landfall in the Dominican Republic as a Category 3 storm;  Hurricane Bob of 1991, which made landfall as a Category 2 storm in New England; and Hurricane Lili of 2002, which made landfall as a Category 1 storm in Louisiana.

Figure 2. Departure of SST in the tropical Atlantic Main Development Region (10 - 20°N, 60 - 20°W) plotted for the average of various Atlantic hurricane season types from 1982-2016. Also plotted are 30-day running averages of SSTs for 2017, 2018 and 2019. So far, 2019 is tracking in line with below-average Atlantic hurricane seasons in previous years. However, there is very little spread between below-average, average and above-average hurricane seasons at this time of year. Image credit: Colorado State University (CSU), from their latest seasonal forecast issued April 4.

A weak El Niño and near-average tropical Atlantic SSTs expected

The CSU team cited two main reasons why this may be a slightly below-average hurricane season:

1) The current weak El Niño event in the Eastern Pacific appears likely to continue and perhaps strengthen during the summer/fall. If El Niño conditions are present this fall, this would tend to favor a slower-than-usual Atlantic hurricane season due to an increase in the upper-level winds over the tropical Atlantic that can tear storms apart (higher vertical wind shear).

Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) were about 0.7°C above average during the past month in the so-called Niño 3.4 region (5°S - 5°N, 120°W - 170°W), where SSTs must be at least 0.5°C above average for five consecutive months (each month being a 3-month average) for a weak El Niño event to be declared (and atmospheric conditions must also be consistent with El Niño). In their latest March 14 monthly advisory, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) predicted that the current weak El Niño event has a 60% chance of continuing into the summer. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology, which uses a more stringent threshold than NOAA for defining El Niño, does not recognize that an El Niño event is underway. In the April 2 installment of its biweekly report, the Bureau said that the atmosphere has yet to “show a consistent El Niño-like response”, but maintained their El Niño alert, with a 70% chance of an El Niño developing later this year. The Bureau requirement for an El Niño is for sea-surface temperatures in the Niño3.4 region of the tropical Pacific to be at least 0.8°C above average, vs. the NOAA benchmark of 0.5°C above average.

Among the latest predictions from a large number of statistical and dynamical El Niño models for the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season in August-October, about 1/3 of the models called for neutral conditions, about 2/3 called for El Niño conditions, and none predicted La Niña conditions.

2) The tropical Atlantic is slightly cooler than normal, while the subtropical Atlantic is quite warm, and the far North Atlantic is anomalously cool. The anomalously cool sea surface temperatures in the far North Atlantic suggest that the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) is in its negative phase. A positive AMO is typically linked with above-average Atlantic hurricane activity; a negative AMO is typically associated with below-average activity.

As always, the CSU team included this standard disclaimer:

"Coastal residents are reminded that it only takes one hurricane making landfall to make it an active season for them. They should prepare the same for every season, regardless of how much activity is predicted."

Forecast skill
Figure 3. Comparison of the percent improvement in mean square error over climatology for seasonal hurricane forecasts for the Atlantic from NOAA, CSU and Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) from 2003-2018, using the Mean Square Skill Score (MSSS). Values less than zero indicate that pure climatology does a better job than the forecast. The figure shows the results using two different climatologies: a fixed 50-year (1951 - 2000) climatology, and a 10-year 2009 - 2018 climatology. Skill for forecasts issued in December and April is close to zero, is modest for June forecasts, and is moderate-to-good for August forecasts. Using this methodology, TSR has had the best seasonal forecasts. Image credit: Tropical Storm Risk, Inc. (TSR).

April hurricane season forecasts have little or no skill

On average, April forecasts of hurricane season activity have had no skill (Figure 3), since they must deal with the so-called "spring predictability barrier." April is the time of year when the El Niño/La Niña phenomenon commonly undergoes a rapid change from one state to another, making it difficult to predict whether we will have El Niño, La Niña, or neutral conditions in place for the coming hurricane season. Last year’s CSU April forecast called for a slightly above-average Atlantic hurricane season for 2018, with 14 named storms, 7 hurricanes, 3 intense hurricanes, and an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) of 130. This forecast ended up being successful, as the season actually had 15 named storms, 8 hurricanes, 2 major hurricanes, and an ACE of 129.

The next CSU forecast, due on June 4, is worth paying more attention to. Their late May/early June forecasts have shown considerable skill over the years. NOAA issues its first seasonal hurricane forecast for 2019 in late May, with an update in August.

TSR predicts a slightly below-average Atlantic hurricane season

The April 5 forecast for the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season made by British private forecasting firm Tropical Storm Risk, Inc. (TSR) calls for a slightly below-average Atlantic hurricane season--about 20% below the long-term (1950-2018) norm and 30% below the recent 2009-2018 ten-year norm. TSR is predicting 12 named storms, 5 hurricanes, 2 intense hurricanes and an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) of 81 for the period May through December. The long-term averages for the past 69 years are 11 named storms, 6 hurricanes, 3 intense hurricanes and an ACE of 104. TSR rates their skill level as low for these April forecasts--just 2 - 7% higher than a "no-skill" forecast made using climatology. TSR predicts a 29% chance that U.S. landfalling ACE index will be above average, a 24% chance it will be near average, and a 47% chance it will be below average. They project that two named storms and one hurricane will hit the U.S. The averages from the 1950-2018 climatology are three named storms and one hurricane. They rate their skill at making these April forecasts for U.S. landfalls at 0% - 3% higher than a "no-skill" forecast made using climatology. In the Lesser Antilles Islands of the Caribbean, TSR projects one tropical storm and no hurricanes. Climatology is one tropical storm and less than 0.5 hurricanes.

TSR’s main predictor for their statistical model of Atlantic hurricane activity is the forecast July - September trade wind speed over the Caribbean and tropical North Atlantic. Their model is calling for trade winds 0.83 m/s faster than average, due to the anticipated weak-to-moderate El Niño conditions during the summer/autumn of 2019 and slightly cooler than average SSTs. Stronger than normal trade winds during July-August-September are associated with less spin and increased vertical wind shear over the hurricane main development region, factors that reduce hurricane frequency and intensity. The next TSR forecast will be issued on May 30.

Bob Henson contributed to this post.

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YORK'S planned new Roman attraction beneath Rougier Street will aim to follow the successful model pioneered by Jorvik 40 years ago.

Most importantly, the whole design of the museum will be determined by whatever Roman remains archaeologists find when they begin digging beneath Rougier House and the Society Bar.

The York Archaeological Trust's dream seems to be to recreate parts of the Roman city of Eboracum in the very midst of authentic Roman remains - just as they did for the Vikings at Jorvik.

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Well, Rougier Street is on the opposite side of the River Ouse from the main Roman fortress, which was centred around the area now occupied by York Minster (High Petergate is on the line of one of the fortress's principal streets, and the Multangular Tower in Museum Gardens is on the site of one of the corner towers of the fortress wall).

Rougier Street is some way away from all this, and separated from it by the river. Nevertheless, on the Rougier Street side of the river there was, in Roman times, a large civilian settlement, or 'colonia'. A bridge across the Ouse linked this to the main fortress.

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2. Children from Bishopthorpe School watching Janet Clarke, Jim Spriggs and Chris Clark slide cardboard under a Roman mosaic, which had been covered with glue and muslin to help with lifting. The mosaic was found in 1851 at the corner of Clementhorpe and Cherry Street but then re-covered. York Archaeological Trust lifted it in 1976 when it learned houses were to be built. The photo was taken on September 24, 1976

3. Archaeologist Nick Pearson pictured on October 2, 1988, with a section of Roman wall he uncovered in Fetter Lane, Skeldergate

4. Time team presenter Sandi Toksvig pictured on September 3, 1999, with a Roman coin - one of many finds at a dig in Walmgate

5. Ian Milstead, the lead archaeologist from the York Archaeological Trust, cleaning a section of Roman Road found beneath beneath York Minster.

The road was discovered by archaeologists a few years ago during construction work on the new visitor development in the Undercroft.

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6. York Archaeological Trust's Giulia Gallio in January 2016 with the skeleton of a Roman-age body discovered at Driffield Terrace in York

7. A computer generated image of the proposed new Roman attraction beneath Rougier House and the Society Bar on Rougier Street

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HCLA applications – The Hamilton Co. Leadership Academy is accepting applications for the 2016-2017 class. HCLA is a leadership program that identifies and prepares informed leaders for our community. The program is open to Hamilton Co. residents or those with business or civic activities within the community. Informational meetings will be held at 8:30 a.m. May 10 at the Westfield City Services Building, 2728 E. 171st St., Westfield and 8:30 a.m. May 26 at the Fishers Public Library, 5 Municipal Dr. RSVP for the meeting by emailing Laura Crum at or calling 317-606-0324. Applications are due June 30. The application may be found online at

National Day of Prayer – Joining people of faith around America, those coming to this year’s National Day of Prayer event in Carmel will focus on prayer for the nation. This year’s observance will take place on May 5 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Carmel City Hall Gazebo. If it rains, the event will meet inside City Hall in the second floor City Council Meeting Room.

Cheer team championship – On April 22, the USA National All Girl Cheer Team won the gold medal at the International Cheer Union World Championships. The event was held at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, FL. Former Carmel High School students, Kirby Lynch and Kaylin Lapel competed for the USA team.

History Day awards – Several Carmel students are coming home with medals and/or prize money after winning awards at the National History Day state contest. Those students include: Bailey Ward, Shiva Vallabhaneni, Crystal Xue, Peter Haines, Jessica Zhang and Grace Hong.

Grants awarded – Susan G. Komen Central Indiana is awarding a total of $832,677 in Community Impact Grants to 15 breast health programs in its 41-county service area. Hamilton Co. will benefit from funding provided to Little Red Door Cancer Agency and YWCA of Greater Lafayette during Komen Central Indiana’s 2016-2017 grant cycle, which began in April.

Historical Speaker Series – The Carmel Clay Historical Society presents its Speaker Series at 6:30 p.m. May 11 at the Museum of Miniature Houses, 111 E. Main St. Thomas Hamm will present Quakers and the Underground Railroad. Carmel lore suggests that passengers on the underground railroad traveled north along Williams Creek through Clay Township to the Quaker settlement of Poplar Ridge.

Pops concert – St. Marks United Methodist Church, 4780 E. 126th St., will hold a Spring Pops concert and pitch-in lunch at 12:15 p.m. on May 15. Selections will include music from movies including Forest Gump, Rocky, and Star Wars and more. The concert is free. For more information, visit or call 317-846-4912.

Civil War Roundtable – The Hamilton Co. Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7 p.m. May 11 at Carmel City Hall. Retired attorney Chuck Beemer will speak on Lew Wallace and the Shiloh Controversy. The Battle of Shiloh itself will not be discussed in detail, but will form the backdrop for the controversy. The public is invited and admission is free.

Program for preteen girls – IU Health North will host Girlology – There’s Something New About You for girls in grades 4-5 from 2 to 4 p.m. on May 22. The program is designed to teach girls about puberty so they can face it with confidence and excitement. Cost is $20 per person and includes a goody bag for each girl. To register, visit and click on program descriptions.

CPD hiring – The Carmel Police Dept. is accepting applications for the position of police officer. The Carmel Police Dept. offers a variety of assignments with the opportunity for advancement, including promotions and specialized positions. Visit for to view qualifications and complete an application. Applications are due by May 15.

Percussion clinic – Students in grades 4 through 8 are invited to the Carmel High School Percussion Clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 21 at the high school band room, entrance #29. Techniques on keyboard and drums will be taught and a parent performance will be held at 1 p.m. Cost is $30 and includes a t-shirt, pizza and snacks. Register at

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Grand Park’s College baseball summer league seeks host families

Infielder Cooper Trinkle, an Indiana University student from Columbus North School High School, makes a throw during the 2020 summer league at Grand Park. (Submitted photo)

The College Summer League at Grand Park was able to enjoy a successful inaugural baseball season in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We basically put it together in four weeks,” said Mark Walther, Pro X Athlete Development director of operations. “We decided to do it because all these other college leagues were canceling and we figured the kids needed some place to play.”

The league, sponsored by Pro X, didn’t attempt to have host families for the players last season because of the pandemic.

“The players got housing on their own if they were out of the area or stayed with teammates,” Walther said. “Some commuted from Bloomington, Evansville, Ohio and Illinois. Most of our games last summer were on Mondays and Tuesdays. Players would come up Monday, stay the night and returned after the Tuesday game. Our schedule has changed for that, so it won’t be as much of an option.”

The league did play its All-Star and championship game at Victory Field and played a couple games at Municipal Stadium in Kokomo.

Walther said the mission for the league in its second season is to create a lively game-day experience for fans and to become engrained in the communities of central Indiana.

The league still needs several host families for the league.

Host family benefits include two season ticket packages (40 games), food/drink vouchers for every game day, host family appreciation tailgate at Grand Park, special autograph session with College Summer League players, team apparel and choice of a season gate pass for all Bullpen Tournament events and a free Family Diamond Sports Membership at Pro X Athlete Development.

The league will include players from Indiana University, Butler University, Purdue University, Indiana State University, Ball State University, University of Louisville and University of Illinois and St. Louis University, among others. Walter said there will be eight teams and 200 players.

The league will start on Memorial Day (May 31) and run through the end of July. Walther said most of the players will start coming into town the weekend of Memorial Day or shortly thereafter when their college seasons have concluded.

Those interested in being a host family can contact

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You Can Lead a Horse To Water is a project that focuses on a new understanding of the rural as a place of cultural production, a collaboration of craft and design between mother and Shepherd, Joanne, and daughter and Artist, Kathryn.

Together they collaborate on traditional making methods to create objects and workshops using agricultural by-products from a working hill farm based in the Peak District National Park.

The aim of the project is to promote minimising waste produce and sustainable sourcing, as well as creating a fair price for farmers and makers.

On the farm they keep two hives of Buckfast bees, from which they make pure, hand-poured/hand-dipped beeswax products.

This last year has been catastrophic for wool farmers, with the price of wool falling by 50% many farmers have been forced to compost their wool harvest because the cost of storing it would not be covered by the sales.

 The wool products within this project are repurposed into functional items and the profits are returned to the shepherds.

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Greater Conroe Arts Alliance presents Visionary, Pursuit of Excellence Awards

Ann Lee, artistic director of the Montgomery County Choral Society was honored with the 2015 Greater Conroe Arts Alliance's Visionary Montie Award.
Ann Lee, artistic director of the Montgomery County Choral Society was honored with the 2015 Greater Conroe Arts Alliance’s Visionary Montie Award.

The Greater Conroe Arts Alliance presented its Visionary Award and Pursuit of Excellence Awards at the fourth annual Montie Awards on Aug. 15 at the Crighton Theatre.

The Montie Awards ceremony honors actors, directors and technical staff of both The Players Theatre Company and Stage Right. At the event, the Arts Alliance also honors those advocates who have enriched the community by providing their time and talents to promote the arts.

Ann Lee, artistic director of the Montgomery County Choral Society, received the Alliance’s Visionary Award. The Visionary Award is presented to someone who, through their unique vision, action, support, creativity or initiative has created long-lasting, positive artistic development of an event, organization, or program in the Greater Conroe Area.

“It was an honor to present the GCAA Visionary Montie Award for 2015 to Ann,” said Annette Spikes, president of the Greater Conroe Arts Alliance, who along with Don Hampton of The Players Theatre Company presented the award to Lee. “Well deserving of the honor, Ann has dedicated her life to music and sharing it with others.”

A former Conroe High School band and choir teacher, Lee found time over the years to work with The Players Theatre Company’s musical productions and now provides her expertise to the Young Texas Artists Music Competition.

“Ann continues to be creative and innovative in the programs performed by the Montgomery County Choral Society, continually seeking opportunities for presenting new works, such as the Bluegrass Mass the chorus was invited to sing at Carnegie Hall,” Spikes said.

Individual members of GCAA’s organizations were honored with Pursuit of Excellence Monties, recognizing those who have shown exceptional growth in their artistry and have achieved awards or other recognition that reflect positively on the organization, or who have been instrumental in bringing positive publicity or change to their member organization. This award also may be presented to a member who has given an insurmountable amount of time or organization to an event or program that benefits the arts and the public at large in its mission.

Those receiving GCAA Pursuit of Excellence Monties include: From the Conroe Art League, Kathleen Roland, who spends immeasurable time volunteering to benefit both the Art League and the city of Conroe; Conroe Symphony Orchestra's Stephanie Harris teaches flute lessons, works with the Youth Orchestra, stages the CSO concerts, maintains the music library and is equipment manager as well as being in charge of facilities for rehearsals and performance venues; Crighton Theatre Foundation’s Jim Bingham, who has been involved at the theater for 25 years; Joe Kolb, a member of the Heritage Museum, who is always willing to lend his talent and expertise in graphic design; Author and former Conroe ISD Librarian Dede Fox, a member of the Montgomery County Literary Arts Council; Reporter Robert “Doc” Fennessy, considered the lifeline of the Montgomery County Performing Arts Society and many other organizations in the county; the Montgomery County Choral Society’s associate conductor/accompanist, Craig Stephan; Sue McClelland Hayes, who volunteers countless hours maintaining and keeping The Players Theatre Company’s costume shop organized; and seasoned actor Dennis O’Connor of Stage Right, a master at building stage sets, and founding member of “Let me Shine,” a group formed to provide performing opportunities and experiences to disadvantaged and disabled individuals.

The Greater Conroe Arts Alliance is a collaborative 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching lives by providing quality arts programs and events to the community of Conroe and the surrounding areas. The Alliance believes that participation in and support of the arts is an investment that enhances the entire community economically while providing an uplifting and fulfilling cultural experience to everyone.

Membership in the GCAA is open to any organization or individual with a desire to have an artistic voice and presence in the Greater Conroe Area. Interested persons or organizations are welcome to become members and attend meetings. For more information, contact Annette Spikes at 936-756-5347,


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'Just the ticket': 4-star solution to nuclear Air Force ills

Gen. Robin Rand, a career fighter pilot but who has never served in the nuclear force, will lead as commander of Air Force Global Strike Command and takes over Tuesday, replacing Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson.
Gen. Robin Rand, a career fighter pilot but who has never served in the nuclear force, will lead as commander of Air Force Global Strike Command and takes over Tuesday, replacing Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson.Ron T. Ennis

WASHINGTON— Working to reinvigorate its nuclear force after years of missteps and scandal, the Air Force is putting a four-star general in charge for the first time in the post-Cold War era. His mission: Restore institutional muscle and assert more influence on the force’s behalf.

“Having a four-star in charge of this command will be crucial,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said in an interview, “because rank matters.”

Gen. Robin Rand, a career fighter pilot, will take over Tuesday as commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, replacing Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson. Rand has never served in the nuclear force, but he has broad experience in the Air Force, most recently as commander of the organization in charge of all recruiting, technical training and professional military education.

He steps in amid optimism in the Air Force that it has put its nuclear force back on track. A series of Associated Press reports revealed that the force had atrophied and morale had suffered, in part because of a lack of resources as other arms of the service prevailed in competition for dollars and power.

Elevating the Air Force nuclear bomber and missile command to four-star rank was among the recommendations last fall by an independent panel that studied the root cause of slip-ups, particularly within the organization that operates and manages the Air Force’s 450 Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, at bases in Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota. The study was undertaken on orders from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in response to the AP reports starting in May 2013 that documented evidence of low morale, weak discipline and training gaps.Hagel ordered top-to-bottom changes and pledged $8 billion in new investment over five years.He endorsed the independent study’s conclusion that having a three-star run the nuclear force was a mistake.“There is no substitute for” four-star influence, the study said, adding that relegating the nuclear command to lower rank sent a “less-than-desirable message to the airmen performing the mission.”The days of having a four-star nuclear command ended at the close of the Cold War when the U.S. dismantled Strategic Air Command, the Air Force’s strategic bombers were reassigned to Air Combat Command and the ICBM fleet was given to Air Force Space Command. A shocking mishandling of nuclear weapons at a bomber base in 2007 brought reforms that led to creation of Air Force Global Strike Command, the organization that Rand will now lead.The command manages the Air Force’s nuclear force, but the military’s nuclear war-fighting group is U.S. Strategic Command, headed by a four-star admiral. It also has other responsibilities including cyber and missile defense.Virtually the entire nuclear Air Force chain of command has been overturned since the AP disclosed in May 2013 an internal Air Force email lamenting “rot” inside the ICBM force. The note’s author was Lt. Col. Jay Folds. He was reacting in part to training and disciplinary breakdowns at the Minuteman 3 wing at Minot Air Force Base that prompted the Air Force to suspend 17 launch officers, an unprecedented action that came to light only through the leaking of Folds’ email.Folds is now a full colonel and recently became the No. 2 commander at the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.Rand, a 1979 graduate of the Air Force Academy, has run the Education and Training Command since October 2013. Before that he headed the Air Force component of U.S. Southern Command, and he commanded the Air Force’s main fighter wing in Iraq in 2006-07. He declined to be interviewed for this article.His lack of nuclear experience is not a worry, said Air Force Secretary James.“I think he’s just the ticket,” she said. “The No. 1 thing this community needs is it needs a fantastic leader, an inspirational leader.”“It would have been great if he also had the nuclear experience, but in this case we didn’t have somebody immediately in the wings who was ready to take that on at that level, who had that experience.”Tony Carr, a retired Air Force officer who is studying law at Harvard, says putting a non-nuclear officer in charge can serve as a check against complacency.“Elevation of the position to a four-star billet is even more remarkable,” he said. “This reflects the Air Force’s acknowledgement that institutional neglect is a special risk in this community. A four-star’s access and presence at the highest level of resource allocation and policy collaboration is an insurance policy against that neglect.”James and other senior Air Force officials say they are confident that the ICBM force has been jolted out of its doldrums and its era of decline.“The actions we’ve taken over the last 18 months are moving us in the right direction,” Maj. Gen. Jack Weinstein, commander of all three ICBM wings, said in late June.


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Newtown gunman's motive still a mystery

HARTFORD, Conn. — In fifth grade, Adam Lanza wrote a book that included tales of children being slaughtered and a son shooting his mother in the head.

In the years that followed, he was obsessed with mass murders, assembling articles, photos, books, footage and violent video games, including one in which players gun down students in school. He even kept a spreadsheet ranking mass murders.

Nearly a year after Lanza shot his mother to death and then massacred 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, prosecutors closed the case Monday with a report that sketched a chilling portrait of a young man with a twisted fascination with violence.

But they were unable to answer the question that everyone has been asking since the tragedy: Why?

“The obvious question that remains is: ‘Why did the shooter murder 27 people, including 20 children?’ Unfortunately, that question may never be answered conclusively,” the report said.

Lanza “was under no extreme emotional disturbance for which there was a reasonable explanation or excuse.”

The summary released by the lead investigator, State’s Attorney Stephen Sedensky III, describes a 20-year-old gunman who had “significant mental health issues” but had sure knowledge of what he was planning: Besides having the spreadsheet, he smashed his computer hard drive and he used earplugs during the shooting.

Lanza killed 20 first-graders and six educators with a semi-automatic rifle at the school on Dec. 14. He also shot his mother in the forehead inside their home. He committed suicide with a handgun as police arrived at the school.

Sedensky said there was no clear indication why Lanza chose Sandy Hook Elementary other than that it was close to his home. He attended Sandy Hook from first through fifth grade, but he was never assigned to the classrooms where the shootings took place.

The spiral-bound manuscript that Lanza wrote in the fifth grade at Sandy Hook, “The Big Book of Granny,” was among items seized from Lanza’s home. There is no indication he ever handed the book in at school.

The main character has a gun in her cane and shoots people, and another character likes hurting people, especially children.

Lanza also became obsessed with the 1999 Columbine High bloodbath and other such mass killings, the report said.The guns he used in the attack had been purchased legally by his mother, who often took her son shooting and, according to the report, had written out a check to buy him a pistol for Christmas.The report said that in 2005, Lanza was diagnosed with Asperger’s disorder — an autism-like condition that is not associated with violence — and that he lacked empathy for others and behaved strangely.Nobody was allowed into his room, not even to clean, according to the report. It said Lanza also disliked birthdays, Christmas and holidays and did not like to have his hair cut.He also wouldn’t touch doorknobs, his food had to be arranged on the plate in a certain way, and he changed clothes often during the day. He was a loner at school and was repelled by crowds and loud noises.Weeks before the Newtown shooting, Nancy Lanza was concerned about her son and said that he hadn’t gone anywhere in three months and would communicate with her by email only, even though they lived in the same house, according to the report.However, she never expressed fear that she or anyone else was in danger from Adam, the report said. She was out of town in New Hampshire the week before the shooting, arriving home the evening of Dec. 13.Lanza “was undoubtedly afflicted with mental health problems; yet despite a fascination with mass shootings and firearms, he displayed no aggressive or threatening tendencies,” Sedensky wrote.“Some recalled that the shooter had been bullied; but others — including many teachers — saw nothing of the sort.”Sedensky said the hard drive taken from Lanza’s bedroom might hold clues but was so damaged that data will probably never be extracted from it.A timeline released with the report indicates that nearly six minutes passed between the arrival of the first Newtown police office and the time officers entered the school. The report said officers were operating under the belief there may have been more than one shooter.Whether the delay made any difference was unclear. The report said Lanza killed himself about a minute after the first officer arrived.Teresa Rousseau, whose daughter Lauren was among the six educators killed at Sandy Hook, said she hasn’t read the report.“It’s just too painful to go there,” Rousseau said.Donna Soto, the mother of slain teacher Victoria Soto, said in a statement that nothing could make sense of the shooting.“Yes, we have read the report, no, we cannot make sense of why it happened. We don’t know if anyone ever will,” Soto wrote. “We don’t know if we will ever be whole again, we don’t know if we will go a day without pain, we don’t know if anything will ever make sense again.”To try to figure out the motive, investigators said, they interviewed members of Lanza’s family — his father and brother cooperated fully — along with teachers and others. They said they also tried within the limits of privacy laws to gather information on his medical treatment.They found no evidence he had taken any medication that would have affected his behavior or explain the bloodbath.Sedensky’s report is a summary of a much larger Connecticut state police evidence file that is expected to be released at a later date.Sedensky has gone to court to fight release of the 911 tapes from the school to spare the victims’ families the anguish. A Connecticut judge said Monday he will listen to the recordings before deciding whether they can be made public.The report said the first officer arrived behind the school at 9:39 a.m. Two other Newtown officers then arrived within seconds, and gunshots were heard in the background.The last gunshot officers heard, which is believed to be the suicide shot by Lanza, was heard at three seconds past 9:40. Newtown officers entered the school at 47 seconds past 9:44, according to the report.


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Oil up on US economy; heat wave lifts natural

Upbeat U.S. economic news boosted the price of oil Wednesday, while scorching temperatures lifted natural gas to its highest level in more than five months.

Benchmark crude rose 85 cents to $80.21 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, gained 48 cents to $93.50 per barrel in London.

The Commerce Department said factories received more orders in May for long-lasting manufactured goods such as heavy machinery, computers and communications equipment. Oil and other energy products benefit from stronger manufacturing because they are used to help make and ship goods.

The report helped ease recent concerns about slower factory production in the U.S.

Separately, the National Association of Realtors said that Americans signed more contracts to buy previously occupied homes in May, which matched the fastest pace in two years. It follows other recent data that shows steady improvement in the housing market this year.

"Once again, U.S. economic data is confounding the critics," Price Futures Group oil analyst Phil Flynn said. "Maybe the economy isn't so dreary."

Still, job growth remains tepid, consumer confidence fell in June for the fourth straight month and demand for gasoline remains weak as Americans worry about jobs and the overall economy.

More immediately, Americans in the middle of the country worried about staying cool. Temperatures rose above 100 degrees in Texas, Kansas and a number of other states on Wednesday. The hot weather is expected to extend eastward as the week goes along.

That's giving a boost to natural gas prices, which have been depressed most of the year because of a mild winter and overproduction. Natural gas rose 7 cents to $2.774 per 1,000 cubic feet. That's the highest closing price since Jan. 11. It rose as high as $2.946 earlier in the day.

Oil traders will now keep a close eye on developments in Europe as government leaders meet to discuss the crippling debt crisis. Traders are uncertain what will happen during the two-day European summit, which starts Thursday. The goal is to work on solutions to the crisis has hurt economies within the eurozone and has filtered out to the U.S., China and other countries. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Wednesday that there would be no quick solution to the structural issues plaguing the continent.

At the pump, the national average for retail gasoline fell 1.4 cents overnight to $3.383 per gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service. That's nearly 26 cents less than a month ago.

In the morning, the Energy Department said that the nation's crude oil supplies fell by 100,000 barrels to 387.2 million barrels, which is 7.7 percent above year-ago levels. Gasoline supplies grew by 2.1 million barrels to 204.8 million barrels. Demand for gas over the four weeks ended June 22 was 4.8 percent lower than a year earlier.

In other trading, heating oil increased 1.72 cents to $2.5937 per gallon and wholesale gasoline fell 2.47 cents to $2.62 per gallon.


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Purcell: Politically correct summer camp

By Tom PurcellSyndicated Columnist

Dear Mom and Dad,

It’s been almost three weeks since you dropped me off at summer camp. You better come get me ’cause I’m in big trouble.

On my first day, I was feeling homesick. So I found a piece of wood and began carving it with my Swiss Army knife the way Daddy showed me.

Well, one of the counselors yelled at me to “freeze.” He took my knife, then patted me down. Then he marched me off to the camp director. The director said, who did I think I was bringing a lethal weapon, a symbol of pain and death, into her camp? Then she gave me a “verbal warning.”

One day, Billy Johnson and I got bored, so we went into the woods to play. We turned a couple of branches into guns and made bullet noises as we fought the bad guys. Sure enough, we got marched off to the director. The director said there’s so much war in the world because boys like us are taught to “celebrate” it from an early age. She said we should be ashamed of ourselves and that we were lucky she wasn’t sending us home.

So I figured I better stay out of trouble. But then I got in trouble at lunch. I began to say grace out loud, just like you taught me, and I was carted off to the director again.

She wanted to know who I thought I was imposing my beliefs on others. She said my actions showed how “ignorant” and “insensitive” Americans are to other cultures; then she gave me another warning.

Believe it or not, things got even worse. We were weaving baskets and I was sitting next to Mary Allison, the prettiest girl I ever saw.

“Mary,” I said, “you’re so pretty you make me smile from ear to ear.”

Well, sure enough, I was carted off to the director again. She said I really crossed the line this time. She said my behavior was not only “boorish,” but against the law. She said I should be sued for sexual harassment.

By the way, what is a “gender terrorist”?

I was pretty uptight by that point. But I was able to forget about it when we played kickball. I kicked the ball really far and I got a grand slam. I was so happy, I said, “We win! We win!”

Sure enough, that got me another trip to the director’s office. This time she said I was “insensitive” to the players on the other team. She said I hurt their “self-esteem.” Then she asked me if you and Daddy are Republicans.

By this point, I figured I’d better just keep to myself. So I got a jar out of the cafeteria and went into the woods. I caught a bumblebee in the jar and put some flowers in there to keep him happy. I was poking holes in the top to let fresh air in when I was hauled off to the director again.

This time, she was really mad. She said, who did I think I was giving a “death sentence” to an innocent bee? She said I had no respect for the Earth and that it was people like me who were responsible for climate change. She said I’ll be lucky if the world doesn’t end before I collect Social Security.

She said I better get with the program — that there is no place in this world anymore for “thoughtless,” “restless,” “insensitive” boys like me. She said if I mess up one more time, she was kicking me out of the camp.

By the way, what is Ritalin?

Anyhow, you better plan on coming back to get me. Tomorrow everybody is going for a hike in the woods. And I already picked some flowers to give to Mary Allison.

Your son,

Tom Purcell, author of “Misadventures of a 1970’s Childhood” and “Comical Sense: A Lone Humorist Takes on a World Gone Nutty!” is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist and is nationally syndicated exclusively by Cagle Cartoons Inc. Send comments to Tom at Purcell@caglecartoons.com.


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