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January 24, 2015 - Northwoods League (Northwoods) Battle Creek Bombers Battle Creek, Mich. - The Battle Creek Bombers have announced their first signings to the 2015 roster.
Dre Gleason and Cayce Bredlau, two 2014 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-Americans from Austin Peay State University, will debut with the Bombers this summer. In addition, four other All-Americans will be making their way to Battle Creek this season - giving the Bombers a total of six All-Americans on their Opening Day roster.Further information on these other players will be released in the coming weeks.
OF Cayce Bredlau (5'10", 190, Sophomore, Bats: L/Throws: L)
Bredlau was selected to the Ohio Valley Conference All-Freshman Team in addition to being named an All-American in 2014. As a staple near the top of the Governors' batting order, he led the team in on-base percentage (.444) and stolen bases (14), while ranking second with a .331 batting average. The lefty's bat picked up in OVC play, as he led the Governors with a .468 OBP and a .371 batting average during the 30-game conference schedule. While patrolling the outfield, he recorded just one error in 53 games, pacing the Governors. Bredlau also recorded 40 runs, 12 doubles, two home runs, and 21 runs batted in.
"Cayce's speed is unbelievable, especially in the outfield," Field Manager Robert Robinson said of Bredlau. "His range is some of the best in the country and that is going to be a huge asset for our pitching staff, especially at C.O. Brown stadium. At the plate, he finds ways to get on base and can use his speed to put himself into scoring position."
1B Dre Gleason (6'2", 210, Sophomore, Bats: L/Throws: R)
Gleason hit in the five-hole for much of his first season with Austin Peay. He launched four home runs, knocked in 29 runs, and recorded nine doubles, while starting 49 of Austin Peay's 56 games in 2014. He ranked second on the team in fielding percentage (.984), seven points behind Bredlau. Like his teammate, Gleason's offensive production also picked up in conference play. The Governor started all 30 games, batting .276 and hitting each of his four of his home runs against conference competition.
"Dre is a big, physical lefty with a powerful bat that will be critical in the middle of the order," Robinson said. "I expect him to have a great year on a young Austin Peay team and carry that momentum into the summer."
Bredlau, Gleason, and the Bombers' four other All-Americans start their summer at C.O Brown Stadium on May 26th, opening day of the Northwoods League season when the Bombers host the defending NWL Champion Lakeshore Chinnoks. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
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Road construction continues Wednesday in the northbound lanes of Interstate 359 as the Alabama Department of Transportation repaves the road.
The reorganization of the Alabama Department of Transportation has proven to be a boon to Fayette.
ALDOT has put a new area office in the city the only new office it is adding in Alabama under a reorganization plan announced last year.
Last week ALDOT announced that it is buying a 52,000-square-foot building located in Fayettes industrial park. The new area office will house highway administration, maintenance, construction and materials operations for a six-county area.
ALDOT, which oversees the states roads and bridges, estimated it would invest more than $6 million during the next three years in Fayette. The move also will bring new jobs to Fayette. How many jobs has not been determined, said ALDOT spokesman Tony Harris.
The Fayette area office will have 110 to 135 ALDOT employees but that number will include managers, supervisors and others workers who will transfer from other ALDOT locations, Harris said.
He noted that ALDOT has lost around 500 employees through retirements and attrition since 2011. Those positions were not refilled, so even if 100 positions were filled, ALDOT still will have around 400 fewer positions than five years ago.
Jobs that might be filled could include clerical, maintenance workers, laborers, warehouse employees, mechanics and equipment repair workers and engineers, according to ALDOT release.
ALDOT said its new organizational structure should provide increased decision-making authority at the local level and more accountability and efficiency.
It is going to have a major economic impact over the next three years for our whole community, Fayette Mayor Ray Nelson said of the new state office.
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Mecklenburg County plans to replace a set of steps at Romare Bearden Park with a ramp to make the popular uptown park more equally accessible.
A civil rights complaint lodged last September by local disability rights advocates charged that the parks lighted water fountain isnt accessible from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard for disabled visitors because its two entrances are steps. Those visitors, the advocates said, must use the parks front entrance on Church Street or a side entrance on West Third Street to get to the fountain.
As a temporary fix to meet civil rights standards of the American Disabilities Act, County Manager Dena Diorio decided to install two benches last month to block openings to the two entrances so no one can use them.
Yet all parts of the park remain open and equally accessible through other entrances.
Commissioner Bill James called the temporary fix a legalistic bone-headed move in an email Wednesday to commissioners.
Does anyone really believe that the county would purposely, and with malice, design a facility to discriminate against disabled people? he wrote. Barring the entrance to these two steps does not fix the ... problem. It just insured that everyone was equally unhappy with the result.
The park meets the ADAs accessibility guidelines, said Mark Hahn, the countys asset and facility management director.
But the complaint focused on the laws civil rights portion, Hahn said. It asserted that the two entrances from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard prevent visitors with disabilities from accessing this particular program area in the same manner as the general public, he said.
So, with approval from the disability rights advocates, Diorio decided to temporarily shut down the two entrances until the permanent fix is complete.
At Wednesdays commission meeting, James proposed leaving one of the entrances open while the ramp is being built at the other. He said he agreed that the ramp needed to be installed, but was concerned that closing the two entrances will open the county to other litigation from disabilities advocates.
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Tom Seaman, a Scottdale Borough representative to the Westmoreland Fayette Municipal Sewage Authority, attended this month's council meeting to give an update on the construction of a new sewage treatment plant.
In a quick year in review, Seaman told council that in January of 2014 the Glenn Schwartz property was acquired for the plant and in March the balance of the right of ways needed to install the interceptor lines was acquired.
He added in May an interim construction financing was established to borrow about $15.5 million from First National Bank at an interest rate of .01067 to buy all the equipment needed to build the plant.
Once the plant is built, the municipal authority will go with a regular bond issue for 40 years.
In June, the authority accepted new board member Diane Figg, who represents East Huntingdon.
Seaman said in August an agreement was made to charge a 5 percent collection service fee, which equals a total of about $5,000, against the $12 collected for Scottdale Borough that covers their storm water/sewage separation project loan.
He added if the borough were to collect the fee itself, it could cost the borough about $10,000.
In September, the authority advertised the project for bids and in October those bids were accepted. Port Vue Plumbing won the main contractor contract at $12,346,000, A-1 Electric won the electrical contract with a bid of $1,080,000 and Ligonier Construction was awarded the contract of $1,411,470.84 to run the new interceptor lines from Swedetown down to the plant.
Earlier this month, the authority finalized all of the contracts and sent them back to the vendors.
They should be ready to start sticking a shovel to the ground in February I would think, Seaman said.
Construction should begin soon on a sewage plant being built by the Westmoreland Fayette Municipal Sewage Authority.
They should be ready to start sticking a shovel to the ground in February, I would think, said Tom Seaman, a Scottdale Borough representative to the Westmoreland Fayette Municipal Sewage Authority.
Seman gave borough council members an update on the construction of a sewage treatment plant during council's recent meeting.
In a quick year in review, Seaman told council that in January 2014, the Glenn Schwartz property was acquired so the authority could build the plant. In March, the authority acquired the balance of the rights of way needed to install the interceptor lines.
In May, the authority established interim construction financing in which it borrowed about $15.5 million from First National Bank at an interest rate of .01067 to buy the equipment needed to build the plant.
Once the plant is built, the authority will go with a regular bond issue for 40 years.
In June, the authority accepted new board member Diane Figg, who represents East Huntingdon.
The authority agreed in August to charge a 5 percent collection service fee, which equals about $5,000, against the $12 collected for Scottdale Borough that covers the storm water/sewage separation project loan, Seaman said.
If the borough were to collect the fee, it could cost the borough about $10,000, he said.
In September, the authority advertised the project for bids, and in October, it accepted bids. Port Vue Plumbing won the main contractor bid at $12,346,000, A-1 Electric won the electrical contract with a bid of $1,080,000 and Ligonier Construction was awarded the bid of $1,411,470.84 to run the new interceptor lines from Swedetown down to the plant.
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Published Jan 16, 2015 at 5:50 pm (Updated Jan 16, 2015)
GOSHEN Goshen Postmaster Raquel Martin wants the public to keep walkways, sidewalks, and approaches to mailboxes clear of ice and snow for the the safety of postal letter carriers and everyone else who needs to use them.
"Patches of ice and mounds of snow in front of mailboxes create havoc for carriers trying to safely affect mail delivery," Martin said.
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The path to the mailbox should be clera including steps, porches, walkways and street approach to help postal carriers provide timely delivery service, she said. Customers receiving curbside delivery should also ensure clear access to their mailboxes for letter carriers from the street.
The blue street collection boxes also need to be cleared for residents and businesses who deposit outgoing mail and for the postal employees to collect the mail for processing and delivery. Residents, businesses, and local municipal governments with blue collection boxes on or near their property are also asked to keep them clear of snow and ice.
Goshen residents with questions or comments about their mail service may call Martin at 294-4288.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -
One of the oldest areas of Santa Barbara has one of the newest looks.
Artist Hugh Margerum and business owners in a two block area east of State Street and shaped in part by Canon Perdido Street and Santa Barbara Street, have claimed the area as the Presidio Neighborhood. It's also bordered by the landmark Presidio Chapel and State Historic Park.
To fully experience the food, shopping, culture and character, it takes a walking tour. Some residents might think they know the ins and outs already. The area, however has gone through a renewal, without a full blown master plan. It's just happened naturally with a trendy collection of businesses that compliment each other.
Margerum was quick to name everything around him in the first block of a stroll through the area. "Julienne, Sojourner has been here a long time, Drishti's (Yoga Clothing), Handlebars (coffee), Jimmy's which is now the Pickle Room and Three Pickles Deli and, it turns into Corazon pop-up taco bar on Sundays," he said.
An alley way has been converted into a quaint outside dining area for the coffee and lunchtime crowd. Often friends see friends and make new friends here.
"I almost run into someone every day. That's part of the cool thing, you see people you know, and do a little networking," said Margerum.
Nearby is a section of the old Chinatown in Santa Barbara with historic information on the wall. That is next to the oldest building in the city, the guard's quarters for the Presidio. El Cuartel, dates back to 1782.
A half a block away is the Lobero Theatre, with a full schedule of live performances throughout the year. It's also home to the "Sings Like Hell" music series, which is described as "The greatest music you've never heard."
Six tasting rooms, known as the Wine Collection of El Paseo are nestled into the walkways between Anacapa St. and De la Guerra Plaza. They are clustered near the Wine Cask, featuring top rated fine dining. It's complimented by the Intermezzo Bar and Cafe next door, for a more casual experience.
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Battling against a massive shift in culture, changing consumer habits and public sentiment, the 2014 Big Day Out proved apocalyptic for nearly all concerned. But despite dramatic lineup issues, ownership changes, infrastructure retooling, and the ensuing thinkpiece-party that had media pickling their opinion glands dry, the Big Day Out somehow miraculously survived. This year MARCUS TEAGUE ventured to the very different looking event to see what has changed.
The first fat to be sloughed off the cow was size and location. In 2015, it is no longer an acceptable rite of passage to enter a dust-strewn concrete stadium and navigate 50,000 people under the auspices of participating in alternative culture. There are, as we discovered, alternatives.
In a move interpreted as the final act of a complex checkmate, this year, AJ Maddah now outright owner of the festival shipped the Big Day Out into the spaces vacated by his recently shuttered Harvest Festival. Expanded sites at Werribee Park in Melbourne, Parramatta Park in Sydney, and the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane breathed lush new life into the BDO brand, as did the cap of 20,000 tickets per city. And in a controversial cost-saving move, Perth and Adelaide dates were scuppered in favour of a two-day camping stop at Byron Bay, making the show a truly East Coast-only event.
It wasnt a new idea but a novel one for the traditionally top-heavy Big Day Out. By doing away with their big font headliners, organisers tumbled screaming into the present. In practice, it turned the entire festival into the main event, with big names like Bjork, Deadmau5, Robyn, Kendrick Lamar, Blur, Thom Yorke, The XX, Sam Smith and Jack White, and the recently reunited Sleater-Kinney, scattered among this years main announcement rather than in descending order.
Whats more, with those acts peppered on shady stages and tents throughout the day, rather than vying for the late night slots, punters fanned out across the grounds instead of hedging participation until nightfall. Absent was the usual sense of waiting around. For what? The event peaked all day. It also meant you didnt find yourself at days end gingerly nibbling a tepid hot dog at the back of the masses, watching TV screens as the last train left the station.
If any festivals legacy deserved to continue the multi-genre schtick, its the Big Day Out. They managed to pull it off by this year putting dance and hip-hop acts on late and in the larger domain previously reserved for the orange and blue rock stages and sent the bulk of the rock bands to the back paddock. That switch had the bands sounding better than ever, letting the gear nerds get within earshot of what was being conjured on stage, while the EDM-inclined were able to witness the appropriately over-the-top production in a space big enough to actually dance. Cunning.
This year was quite visibly the start of organisers taking steps to close the gap between the events hoary legacy and the interests of the people they actually want attending. The 2015 campaign to win their crowd back included having a local label curate a stage in each city, arranging comp winners to interview their act of choice and publish the results on their own social media channels, 3D-printing ticket holders faces on to wrist-bands, and doing away with VIP sections all together in favour of tiered decking and raised walkways near all stages. All of which was nearly as great as the complimentary pizza, which tied in nicely with Macaulay Culkins The Pizza Underground appearing on the novelty band stage, alongside OK Go, The Wiggles, Sheppard, The Frozen Childrens Choir and The Beards.
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