By Ian Bauer, Milpitas Post

As expected, City of Milpitas has posted language for the Nov. 4 ballot measure for voters here to consider a gambling establishment up to 70,000 square feet in size and bring in a projected $8 million in new tax revenue annually to the city.

The ballot measure on the card room question has been assigned as "Measure E."

Milpitas City Council voted unanimously Aug. 5 to place the measure on the fall ballot that if approved by voters would allow a card room in the city, likely to be San Jose's Casino Bay 101, along with imposing a tax on the operator.

If the ballot measure is approved by voters, the city expects an operator like Bay 101 to locate near the western edge of the city near North McCarthy Boulevard and generally between state Route 237 and the Newby Island landfill, west of Interstate 880.

The ballot question is written as follows:

"Shall one licensed gambling establishment in which any controlled games permitted by law, such as draw poker, low-ball poker, panguine (pan), seven-card stud, or other lawful card games or tile games, are played, be allowed in the City of Milpitas and shall that card room establishment pay a tax of 10.5% on gaming revenues?"

According to the city, implementing Ordinance No. 285 is Exhibit A to the resolution, and is available on the city's website -- http://www.ci.milpitas.ca.gov -- and a copy may be obtained from the Milpitas City Clerk's office.

The proposed ordinance will be published in full in all sample ballot pamphlets mailed to Milpitas voters by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters.

Ballot arguments in favor or opposed to the ordinance, limited to 300 words, were to be submitted by Tuesday.

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Dylan Zylstra spends a good deal of time in the weight room, especially in the off-season that starts almost as soon as the regular seasonends. (Full-size photo)(All photos)

There are days when Dylan Zylstra asks himself, Wouldnt it be awesome to just go toclass?

Just class, nothing else. No endless sessions in the film room, no lifting heavy plates in the weight room and the dining room. No getting knocked on his butt atpractice.

And definitely no bear crawls in an overheated gym room at 11 p.m. inFebruary.

In other words, nofootball.

Noway.

As painful and miserable as it can get sometimes, the feeling of running through the tunnel on Saturday gets you through almost anything, said Zylstra, a senior defensive lineman at EasternWashington.

And when the cheeringends?

Pretty soon, Im going to be looking for a job, and I think Im going to have an edge because I know to work hard, Zylstrasaid.

And smart. Somehow, for going on five years, the 22-year-old Zylstra has balanced a 40-hour-a-week football season with a full class load, a girlfriend, a social life and a black lab named Asher who loves to go pheasanthunting.

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VOL. 129 | NO. 162 | Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Some time in October, lovers of local craft beers could enjoy a cold brew in a new tasting room at Memphis Made Brewing Co.s facility in the Cooper-Young district.

Carpenters Dave Harris, left, and Eric Fields sand and stain baseboards inside what will become Memphis Made Brewing Co.s new taproom.

(Daily News/Andrew J. Breig)

Memphis Made Brewing, which launched its line of local libations last October, is adding a roughly 2,000-square-foot tasting room inside its 6,400-square-foot space at 768 S. Cooper St. In addition, Memphis Made Brewing is building a roughly 1,000-square-foot covered patio facing York Avenue.

Andy Ashby, the head of sales for the local beer maker, said the new additions, which will cost around $150,000, will allow Memphis Made Brewing to make deeper connections with beer lovers.

The tasting room will really allow us to reach out to the community, he said. It will allow folks to come up here and get a pint of beer, or half pint of beer, and drink it on the premises, or they can get a growler to go. Well also have events so we can meet the people who like our beer.

In addition to providing a place where people can enjoy a beer onsite, the new taproom inside the old Keathley Pie Factory building will give the public a better opportunity to understand the brewing process, Ashby said.

You go in, see the equipment and talk to the brewers and learn about the process, he said. Were really excited that when we open our taproom well be bale to educate more people in Memphis about brewing and the brewing process.

The additions come after Memphis Made Brewing doubled its production capacity. Earlier this summer, the brewery added three 30-barrel fermenters, which can each hold 930 gallons of beer.

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The Arab woman was eventually evicted from the hotel after two months (File/Shutterstock)

The management called the police after the woman refused to allow hotel staff to clean her room even once during her two-month long stay.

It took the intervention of the Dubai Polices Tourist Security Department to convince an Arab woman to vacate a hotel room after she refused to allow hotel staff to clean her room even once during her two-month long stay.

The elderly woman was reportedly in a state of depression following her husbands death.

The hotel management called the police, who convinced the woman to open the room. The room was found to be extremely dirty and the carpet and some furniture in the room were found damaged.

Colonel Mohammed Rashid bin Saree, Director of Tourism Security, said the department supervises all the 550 hotels and 350 hotel apartments in the emirate, in addition to rental car offices that are linked with the department.

He said the majority of the complaints lodged by hotel managements against tourists is related to the ruckus created by families, especially those with many children. The department intervenes when parents ignore warnings given by the hotel management.

Other complaints tackled by the department include non-payment of charges. Colonel bin Saree cited the example of a European, who failed to pay Dh80,000 he owed a hotel in the emirate, claiming that he was waiting for someone to transfer money to his account from his homeland. He later confessed that he had no money, following which legal action was taken against him.

The department works round the clock to ensure that tourists are comfortable and safe, Col bin Saree said. One of the main problems tackled by the department is regarding hotel bookings, especially those made on the Internet.

People use credit cards without getting confirmation and when they arrive here, they find that there are no reservations, he said. These problems arise when hotels are fully booked.

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By Wendy A. Jordan August 14 at 11:00 AM

Two years ago, Diane Harris moved out of her longtime home and moved in with her daughter, Rachael, and Rachaels spouse, Wendy Harris. Now Rachael and Wendy have created a home of Dianes own under their roof in Springfield.

Because health issues made it unsafe for Diane, now 78, to live alone, Rachael and Wendy moved Diane into their guest room in 2012. But the split-level house had steps between rooms that were risky for Diane to negotiate, and the guest room was tight quarters for Diane, Wendy says.

The Harrises hired Moss Building and Design of Chantilly to build a 1,000-square-foot addition that incorporates a new kitchen and a great room as well as an in-law suite where Diane enjoys the comfort, privacy and personal touches of her old home, all without stairs.

The suite features a spacious bedroom-living area and an attractive bathroom equipped for safety and ease of use. The bathroom has a large, low-curb shower with ramp entry, a hand-held shower head, a built-in bench and stylish grab bars. Although it is close to the kitchen and great room, the suite has a door that provides nice privacy, Diane says. Doorways are wide for accessibility.

Furniture and collectibles from Dianes old house bring a sense of home and the familiar to her new space. There are bedroom and other furnishings, glassware, paintings and family photographs, decorative hats that belonged to her mother and a tall, antique corner cabinet positioned under a 10-foot-high ceiling section specially designed for it.

Diane loves ice cream, and now she can easily visit the kitchen for late-night ice cream snacks. The new kitchen includes a chair-height counter near the refrigerator and ice cream parlor chairs brought from her house. The suite and other new rooms are working really well, she said.

Demand for in-law suites is growing, says Rodney Harrell, an AARP senior policy adviser and housing expert. With baby boomers aging, the U.S. population of people 65 or older is expected to burgeon from 39.6 million in 2009 to about 72.1 million in 2030, according to federal Administration on Aging data. Thus, more families are looking to provide space in their homes for an elderly relative.

Joe and Janie Mack remodeled their house in Annandale recently to create an in-law suite for Janies mother, Dunny. She was happy as a clam in the suite, Joe says of his mother-in-law, who called it my castle. Dunny, who has since died, regretted only that she had not made the move sooner.

Michael Winn, owner of Winn Design + Build in Falls Church, handled the Mack project, adding an accessible first-floor bedroom and a bathroom suite next to a new family room that replaced a carport. All the new rooms are on one level, with flush thresholds and wide doorways between them. The sitting area of the suite is big enough for a couch and chair. It adjoins a porch, so that it has plenty of natural light and views of the yard where the Macks four children play.

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SALINE--From the moment one steps through the white board fence surrounding the Weber Blaess One-Room School, you can enjoy homemade ice cream with a variety of toppings as ladies with white gloves and parasols leisurely stroll the grounds from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17.

Grilled hot dogs will also be served. Musical entertainment a will join the festivities as this fundraising event will be hosted by the Saline Area Schools Historic Preservation Foundation or SASHPF, and also provides an opportunity for young and old to experience turn of the century life.

Classroom re-enactments of a typical day in a one-room school will give insight into the teachings and discipline of a young maiden teacher to her students using the McGuffey Readers and slateboards. Children will enjoy playing the games that a 1900s recess would have included such as hopscotch, graces, stilts and many more. A craft area will also be available. The Saline Area Fire Department will conduct a bucket brigade to demonstrate an 1800s firefighting way of transporting water to put out a blaze. All of these activities have no admission charge.

A new addition to the 2014 ice cream social will be balloon artist, Matt Luedtke providing entertainment.

Old-time activities like croquet, watermelon seed spitting, walking on stilts and Bag-O will also be competitively challenged between the Saline Area School Board of Education, Saline Area Schools and the Saline City Council and staff. The middle school principal challenges anyone to beat his 2012 record for walking on stilts as does Dave Rhoades, City Council member, who will take on all challengers in croquet. The public is welcome to participate in these activities also.

Proceeds from this event will provide for maintenance of the building inside and out. The front entrance addition was recently repainted and a railing added for easier entrance. The doors have also been refinished on the front. Trees and shrubs are needed to add shade on the property. Curriculum needs are not extensive but with more than 1800 children visiting the school on an annual basis, materials are needed for their projects and activities.

The Saline Area Schools Historic Preservation Foundation, founded in 2001, has a mission to support the history of Saline schools with emphasis on the one-room school era. More than 1100 students visit the school annually supporting the second, third and fourth-grade social studies standards. During their day at the school, students experience a typical day of the 1870-1920s in these schools by learning the lessons, eating the lunches and playing the games that rural children experienced. This interactive museum is a highly effective learning tool for all types of students.

Its a summertime treat for the whole family as we celebrate a traditional activity on a Sunday in August. Admission is free to the public. Come join the fun.

Grilled hot dogs will also be served. Musical entertainment a will join the festivities as this fundraising event will be hosted by the Saline Area Schools Historic Preservation Foundation or SASHPF, and also provides an opportunity for young and old to experience turn of the century life.

Classroom re-enactments of a typical day in a one-room school will give insight into the teachings and discipline of a young maiden teacher to her students using the McGuffey Readers and slateboards. Children will enjoy playing the games that a 1900s recess would have included such as hopscotch, graces, stilts and many more. A craft area will also be available. The Saline Area Fire Department will conduct a bucket brigade to demonstrate an 1800s firefighting way of transporting water to put out a blaze. All of these activities have no admission charge.

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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. The cat room at Lake County Animal Care and Control is filled with felines in need of new and loving homes.

The cats range in age from 11 weeks to 3 years, with many of the cats already spayed or neutered in preparation of going to new homes.

In addition to spaying or neutering, cats that are adopted from Lake County Animal Care and Control are microchipped before being released to their new owner. License fees do not apply to residents of the cities of Lakeport or Clearlake.

If you're looking for a new companion, visit the shelter. There are many great pets there, hoping you'll choose them.

In addition to the animals featured here, all adoptable animals in Lake County can be seen here: http://bit.ly/Z6xHMb .

The following cats at the Lake County Animal Care and Control shelter have been cleared for adoption (other cats pictured on the animal control Web site that are not listed here are still on hold).

Male domestic short hair mix kitten

This male domestic short hair mix is 4 months old.

He has gold eyes, a white and gray coat, weighs 4.2 pounds and has been neutered.

He's in cat room kennel No. 6, ID No. 40066.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) A dilapidated 110-room, 70,000-square-foot estate is back on the market, but an architect says the $20 million price tag doesn't include the tens of millions more it needs in repairs.

The 34-acre Lynnewood Hall estate in the Elkins Park neighborhood has been in decline since the original heirs sold it in 1944, The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/1ondcxa) reported Sunday. The home, completed around 1900, once held one of the nation's largest private art collections. In its heyday, the house was dripping with silk, velvet and gilded moldings, the rooms furnished with chairs from King Louis XV's palace, Persian rugs and Chinese pottery and the halls crammed with art by Raphael, Rembrandt and Donatello.

But members of the Widener family who owned the property died or moved away. The estate was first sold to an association that wanted to build a Protestant university. Then it was sold to a housing developer followed by a seminary and another church. The property went through decades of bankruptcy proceedings and was repossessed, auctioned and sold for pennies to creditors all while descending further into disrepair.

But those who have seen the interior in recent years said most of the house's fine, historic fixtures are still there, even though some of the rooms are destroyed by water damage and broken windows.

Mary DeNadai, an architect who specializes in historic restoration, said it would take about $50 million to restore the home to its former glory, but time is running out.

"If it continues to be neglected as it is, it will be beyond salvage" within five to 10 years, she said.

David Rowland, president of the Old York Road Historical Society, said he has seen possible buyers come and go over the years.

"It was always loved more by the people who'd never been inside it than by the people who actually lived there," Rowland said.

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Typically, those who acquire ancestral homes modernize them. Keith and Janet Childs did the reverse, aging his grandparents' mid-20th-century split-level back about 200 years.

Except for an attached garage, the Blue Bell house now resembles the historic mansions of Germantown, such as Cliveden, site of a Revolutionary War battle. Gen. Washington lost that fight, but he won the war and the hearts of his countrymen - including Keith Childs.

"George Washington is in every room in this house," Janet Childs says.

Images of Washington include a copy of Charles Willson Peale's portrait, a depiction of him presiding over the Constitutional Convention, a painting in the family room of Washington on horseback, and, behind the canopied bed in the master bedroom, one of him kneeling in prayer.

To enhance the Revolutionary War-era decor, the couple chose Williamsburg paints: white for walls, with soft gray or sage green trim in living areas, and rustic red for the kitchen. (A built-in spice rack was crafted by one of Keith's friends.)

Janet applied blue milk paint to a TV cabinet Keith made to resemble a Colonial cupboard. He also built a Colonial-style liquor cage, a storage cupboard for spirits with a pull-down grate that can be locked, and he carved the small stone sink next to it.

Keith, 52, a stone mason with his own business, bought the three-bedroom house from his mother, Charlotte, in 1991. She had inherited it from her parents, Max and Hilda Mordhorst, who had the stone home built in a new subdivision in 1955.

"I spent a lot of time here as a kid," he says.

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