Sunday, February 1, 2003

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----- Original Message -----

From: Beth Duffus
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 5:36 PM
Subject: music

Hello, first I would like to thank you for making such a wonderful web site. Secondly I'd like to ask what's the song & Artist of the song  that plays on the main home page of the web site. I love the song and would be forever grateful if you should Provide me with the above information.Thank you for our time. 

Your Sincerely,
Beth Duffus                                                                                                                    (Welland, Ontario, CANADA)   

From: "Gordon D. Duffus" <[email protected]>
To: "David Duffus" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: From Bonnie Scotland To Lovely Virginia


> David,
> I received this e-mail today. Although it was sent to me, it's not for
me..... at least the part concerning our meeting last summer. You know that
I can find Duffus Castle without assistance :-)  May I suggest that you put
it in the next Sunday News & maybe someone will recognize this gentleman &
get back to him.
> Thanks,
> Gordon
>
>
> [email protected]
>
Doug Murray wrote:

 Dear Douglas Exactly a year ago I read in The Northern Scot a thank you from a colonial to the British people for support on Sept 11. I thought there was a familiar ring to Duffus got the mystery man yet  anyway to cut a long story short up to Jan Feb 2002 I sent 2 or 3 e mail and a letter to USA all returned not known. So I sort of gave up! On Sept last on holiday on Stornoway Outer Hebrides we met an elderly American lady and her daughter I explained about your address she promised to try and trace you when she got home true to her word Sunday the 20 Oct new add arrived  Time to reveal my self. I am the man your wife met at the filling station in Elgin last summer I got in to your car and showed you the way to Duffus our meeting was brief, but as
I remember your Father or Grandfather was born in Duffus then your to play golf at Dornoch the following day did you get any birdies.  Am  I allowed to mention the Ryder Cup?  Oh oh.  Gold old Sam anyway. 

Douglas, I keep seeing your letters in the N Scot your quiet the Historian.  Sorry to read about your son hope things  have got better and his situation has improved. You will have to excuse my mistakes. All this Technology has come a bit late for me. We have an Amstrad - small screen telephone and key board present from the kids 2 Xmas ago. We do not use it much. Do hope this new address finds Chester. In the meantime Douglas good wishes to your wife and family and good health to everyone.
 

From  Douglas and Ann Murray
97 Duncan Drive Elgin       Morayshire    Iv30 4nh
Tel 01343 544762
 

From: "Duffus Gordon (PRA)" <[email protected]>
To: "'David Duffus'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 8:56 AM
Subject: RE: Latest Issue of the Duffus Sunday News

Hi David,

Thank you for the link. I have not been up to date on my relatives that
 much. I am glad that you included an article on Parris who is my 1st
cousin.

We have been very proud of him.

Gord Richard Duffus
 

David,

 

I hope you and your family are well, and thanks for the e-mail and the inclusion of my Grandfather in the latest "Sunday Evening News", I think you have done him proud. I will let my dad know, he is not connected to the internet so he will have to go into an internet cafe to have a look, or wait until the next time he visits Chester.

 

We have at last had two days of sun with the temperature hitting the 80's up until this it was nothing but rain, let's hope it lasts until Saturday when we are due to fly to America, we have been counting the days looking forward to our holiday.

 

A quick update of what's been happening, I am no longer a councillor have been defeated at the local elections in May so my old councillor e-mail address of [email protected] is not applicable now, you will need to amend your mailing list.

 

I fought the seat and was narrowly beaten into second place by a majority of 67, although disappointed at the time, I have got used to having time to do other things.

 

That's all for now.

 

Thanks again.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Innes Duffus
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 2:25 PM
Subject: Hammermen
 

Dear Mr Dobson:

Iain Flett has sent me a copy of your message asking about a James Geddy.

I have the names of all Masters entered into the Hammerman Records from 1587 to date on disk. Sadly no one by the name of Geddy, or any possible variations of that spelling are recorded, either in the 'Lockit' Book of the Trade or in The Journeyman Book, which included the Apprentices and 'servants', or employees. 

A short history of the Hammerman Craft of Dundee can be found on the website www.duffus.com which has been put together by a relative in N. Carolina.

Since it was written, a pair of Dundee Pistols made by I & L Low for Louis XIII of France in 1619 sold at auction for £54,000 in 2001.

It should be remembered that the only people to be come Masters were not only Craftsmen, but men of some means and influence (the influence was required in order to become a burgess of the burgh).

Most of the men who learned the Craft would become Journeymen, working for a Master. This of course, after an apprenticeship of seven years, plus one year for 'Meat and Fee', being part food and part wage.

During his apprenticeship, for which his father paid a fee, he would live in his master's house and the master and his wife would act in loco parentis.

If there is any more you would care to know about the Trades, please come back to me.

It will be no trouble to help all I can, as these things are too important to be left undiscovered.

Innes A. Duffus
Archivist to the Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee

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Posted : Monday, November 11, 2002 at 9:06 AM

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Below are more stories of families unjustly separated by the "system" without representation of counsel and/or a Jury of their peers. The starting page, with an index, is here. These people have volunteered their stories so that everyone can understand the true damage being done, and also, so those who may be experiencing your own personal "nightmare" may realize -- you are not alone!  We want you to here them in their own words. We can't vouch for the accuracy of these tales and we hope you will understand the bitterness and frustration you will hear in some of these.

Name: Lisa DiMarzo Duffus   Location: Charlotte, NC
Email Addr: [email protected]

Children/Birth Date: DJ (8-25-93) and Tonia (2-10-95)

Date Separated: April 1999

I guess I must say if you don't have a lawyer because you can't afford a lawyer, you have already lost.  I am a mother of two beautiful babies . One day I came home to find my x husband had gained temporary custody and moved them to his girlfriends house . I was so sick because I hadn't known where they were all weekend (this was a Friday). I tried to get help from courts, police or anyone. No one in the State of North Carolina seemed to know where my babies were. In  shock I spent a weekend in a local motel with my mom as she had to feed me zanax to keep me calm and asleep. Any way, court came along and of course I represented my self and made less money than he . . . so he was awarded custody and all I get was two weeks in the summer for visitation . . . oh my God! I thought. I tried to steal my daughter in February of 2000 but was told by Salisbury, North Carolina police that I would go to jail if I didn't return her. I thought deeply about this and believe me she means more to me than any jail! So I was about to go to jail until I put my faith in my brother ...

Look I am sorry.  I was supposed to march this year with  Kids-Right at Syracuse, I got cold feet. But since then I have moved to NC to see my kids more. I thought things were going to be different.  I guessed wrong, anyway, he said, " If you move here you will see them more", actually that wasn't the case.  I am still going through a really hard time. I can't see them. Their dad won't talk to me on the phone .... how immature! Anyway,  he has remarried and has my children calling her mom, kills me to no end...  How can you see your children if the father lies and won't talk to the mother. I have had it and no one will help. Sometimes I think I should have just gone to jail to prove a darn point, my heart cannot take much more
 ... lonely without my kids in NC
 

Update: 2/5/02:

Well thank you for your help. Maybe this year I'll not chicken out and come to Syracuse. I have been working myself to near exhaustion , trying to pay for a lawyer , because the state of NC does not have legal aid for family court. They say only if you are in a shelter. so therefore , as this state has taken my kids unless I  find an attorney , I'm doomed.. well please get back to me when you can ...

'Mother's' warning was not heeded

ROANOKE ISLAND From Buxton to Washington to Tarboro to Townsville in North Carolina. Loaded onto barges, railroad cars and ships, in and out of war-torn towns and cities and ports. To New York to Paris to New York to Baltimore. All those places. All 6,000 pounds, all 1,000 pieces of precision glass prisms went more miles and survived more close calls than the average Civil War sailor.

The original 1st-order Fresnel lens of the original 1803 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, long thought to have been lost to war or thieves, has been traced to where its journey started: on the Outer Banks.

Its remains have been found in a National Park Service climate- controlled museum storage facility on Roanoke Island.

"It's a tremendous find," said Jim Woodward, a Cleveland, Ohio, lighthouse lampist. "It's like a lost shipwreck."

After months of detective work by Raleigh-based historian, videographer and author Kevin Duffus, the mystery of the missing lens was solved last month in a dim room of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The trail ended just 15 minutes before closing, when Duffus was about to leave after reading books of hand-written letters all day. Something made him decide to turn one more page. And there, finally, was the document that pulled the story together.

"I was walking on air," he recalled. "I was extremely excited - you don't get an opportunity to discover things anymore. It's an absolute gift to be able to do something like that."

The document was a letter written May 27, 1870, to an inspector in New York by the chairman of the federal Lighthouse Board. The letter ordered the return of the lens, which had been sent to Paris in 1868 for repairs and was being stored in New York, to Buxton for service in the new Cape Hatteras Lighthouse under construction.

"Sir, you will please send without unpacking to Gen. J.H. Simpson Light House Engineer, by inland water transportation to Baltimore, Md., the whole of the 1st order apparatus and fixtures from Henry Lepaute marked `Hatteras' 1 to 37, numbers and marks of cases, which was received Oct. 14, 1868, and inform Gen. Simpson when sent," it read.

As the decades passed and institutional memories faded, it became widely assumed that the lens sent back to Hatteras was a different one - not the original 1st-order Fresnel. But the letter proved the true origins of the lens, which had endured a remarkable odyssey during and after the Civil War, only to fall victim to vandalism and neglect in the late 20th century.

The 1st-order Fresnel, a breakthrough in technology at the time, was installed in the 1803 Cape Hatteras tower in 1854 as part of a general upgrade of all lighthouses.

"I've been able to find the truth. . . by piecing together almost a quiltwork of facts, by kind of boiling down the little bits of research I was able to find," Duffus said. "All along, it's been important to me to correct or clarify a lot of myths and legends that have been perpetuated over the years."

In the course of his research, Duffus found that the saga of the lens was far more than the story of a lost light. Letter after letter in the archives showed how vital lighthouses in the South were to Civil War efforts.

The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, situated by the treacherous Diamond Shoals, was considered one of the most strategically important beacons to both the Confederacy and the Union.

The Confederacy gained control of the lighthouse in 1861 and ordered it turned off a year later. The lens was then carefully removed to keep it out of the hands of Union troops.

For a time during his search, Duffus said, he believed he had traced the missing lens to Raleigh, where several lenses were found by Union troops in April 1865. They had been wrapped in Colonial-era papers, some signed by Thomas Jefferson. But the distinctive Hatteras lens was not among them.

Instead, Duffus' research discovered, it had been secreted from Hatteras to Washington, N.C. When Union troops approached Washington looking for the lens, it was put on a steamboat with townspeople evacuating to Tarboro. From there, a Washington doctor shipped it by rail to Townsville in Granville County, where it was hidden.

In 1865, a Union garrison found the lens in Henderson, dismantled and stored in 44 pine boxes. Duffus, however, was not able to trace exactly how it got there.

The Union sent the lens to Norfolk by train, then shipped it to Staten Island, N.Y., where it was stored until 1867.

Its next destination was Paris, where it underwent repairs along with many other lighthouse lenses that had been removed across the South during the war. Finally, it was returned to New York and stored.

And there it stayed until the order came from the Lighthouse Board to send it to Baltimore, the depot for materials used to build the new Cape Hatteras beacon. Though the crate was marked "Hatteras," there was no reason for anyone to question its origins or history at the time, and no one did until Duffus started his research.

After the Civil War, a different lens had been reinstalled in the old Cape Hatteras light, which was later torn down. But engineers had decided against using that lens when the new tower was built.

The storied lens performed its duties in the second lighthouse until 1936, when severe erosion forced the Coast Guard to abandon the tower. During World War II, the lighthouse was used as a lookout post for German U-boats. After the war, and before the National Park Service acquired the lighthouse in 1949, the lens was vandalized, with many of its prisms taken as souvenirs. It was eventually replaced by a rotating airport beacon and put into storage.

Further damage was inflicted in 1987 while the lens was being kept at the Little Kinnakeet Lifesaving Station in Avon. Thieves broke through a chained gate, pried off a lock and stole three sections of lens, each frame holding 22 prisms. Investigators in 1988 recovered much of the lens in the marsh south of the station.

When the lens finally reached the climate-controlled storage facility at Roanoke Island, only about half of the prisms, many chipped and scarred, remained. Some of the bronze frames, picked clean, looked like toothless smiles.

Covered in a green patina, the frames are each stamped with a name and number. Each prism, ranging between 3 and 12 inches, was made to an exacting size and shape.

"You can see there's a slight bow, or curve, because this would have fit in a metal piece that was curving," said Steve Harrison, chief resource manager for the National Park Service Outer Banks Group, as he ran his finger along the edge of a prism. " When you put it in the frame, it had to be just right. It's pretty amazing."

The sea-foam-green prisms mirror surrounding images and reflect light at the same time. In lantern rooms with Fresnel lenses, dozens of rainbows dance on the walls when the sun hits the crystal prisms. As the lens revolves, the light captured from the prisms is concentrated and bounced through a bull's-eye panel, making the beam blink.

Some of the prisms taken from the Hatteras lens have been recovered, said Doug Stover, a cultural resources manager for the park service. Records show one was turned in in 1996 by an Illinois couple who found it in the sand at the base of the lighthouse in 1952.

A Buxton resident returned a piece found by one of his children in 1947 while playing in the sand by the lighthouse.

"If you decide not to display it, I would like to have it back, as it makes a good conversation piece," Jesse Stamey wrote in a 1960 letter to the park service. A section of the lens and its frame will be displayed at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, which is expected to be completed in Hatteras by 2004.

Joseph Schwarzer, the museum's executive director, said the display will show the lens portion as it looks today, a victim of the ravages of time in a salty, humid coastal climate. It will be part of an exhibit that will include a railing and deck removed from the lighthouse when it was restored in 1991.

"We looked at this stuff and said, `You know, we could put together a real nifty exhibit,' " Schwarzer said.

The park service has agreed to loan the artifacts to the museum for at least 10 years. If it wasn't for Duffus' persistence in tracking the location of the original 1st-order Fresnel lens of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Schwarzer said, the display would not have been nearly as captivating.

"It's just a remarkable job of research," he said. "This is probably the holy grail of lighthouse history."

Reach Catherine Kozak at 252-441-1711 or ckozak(AT)pilotonline.com

	Posted on Fri, Dec. 20, 2002
	Goalie hopes to net a job as a firefighter Duffus, who was on 1999-00 team, may play this weekend. By Dave Benson of The News-Sentinel   Recent Fort Wayne Komets signee Parris Duffus has walked into an adverse situation. But what he will face with the Komets this weekend will be nothing compared with what he will go up against if he is able to become a firefighter with the Fort Wayne Fire Department. This will be the second tour of duty with Fort Wayne for the 11-year professional. Duffus played goaltender for the Komets in the 1999-00 season, the team's first in the United Hockey League. He enjoyed his time in Fort Wayne so much he decided to make the city his home. Kelly Hurd was also a member of the 1999-00 team. Hurd retired and became a member of the Fort Wayne Fire Department in 2001. It was Duffus' connection with Hurd that led him to start the process of becoming a firefighter. "He told me some great things about it," Duffus said. "As soon as I heard that, I was sold on it. "It's a job where you can be a part of the community and help serve the community. I think people that become firefighters have really good hearts and are really good people. To be able to go to work and be surrounded by solid guys, I think it's kind of like hockey." He is several steps along in becoming a firefighter, but the process is intricate. Duffus is waiting to hear if he can proceed to the next step. Some future steps include psychological tests, physical tests and a final OK from the city. Duffus' responsibility is hockey, for now. The Komets had to put goalie Pokey Reddick on the 10-day injured reserve list because of a stomach virus. That left the team without a second goaltender for this weekend's games, and Fort Wayne didn't want to put 42-year-old equipment manager Joe Franke on the spot again. Duffus signed with the team without playing this season, but he could see action right away. "Parris, more than likely, might see a game this weekend. We'll play it by ear," Fort Wayne coach Greg Puhalski said. "He hasn't played at all. That's why it was important for him to get started right away. (Tuesday) was his first practice. I know he's excited about the opportunity here. You never know, it could work itself out to be more than a week. It could be two weeks, a month or the rest of the year. A lot of that will be dependent on how he plays." If Duffus does play, he will face some of the UHL's best teams this weekend. The Komets visit Missouri tonight, and the River Otters lead the league in points with 35. Saturday, Fort Wayne hosts Quad City, which has 30 points. Sunday, the Komets host Rockford, which has 35 points and is second in the league in scoring with 101 goals. Duffus has tried to stay in good playing shape. "I run. I try to keep my cardio up," he said. "It will take a couple of days, two or three days, or maybe a little bit longer, to get in the groove. "I've done it for a long time. I think sometimes when you might be a little tired or not in top playing shape, that's when your mind takes over and experience takes over." In other words, Duffus will be pushing his limitations on the ice. Pushing his limitations is something he also hopes to do as a firefighter. "It's challenging," Duffus said. "It will definitely be a hard job, and it will definitely push me to do different things. That's great. You definitely have to push yourself in life."

Posted on Mon, Dec. 23, 2002
Finding their groove - The Komets pick up two wins on home ice and move into a first-place tie in the UHL's Eastern Conference. By Dave Benson of The News-Sentinel   A sweat-drenched Parris Duffus stood in the Fort Wayne Komets' dressing room at the Memorial Coliseum on Sunday. He had a puck in one hand and a marker in the other. He quickly scrawled his name on the puck and gave it to his wife, who waited outside the Komets' dressing room. In many ways, it was like watching an artist signing a canvas after finishing a painting. Because Duffus was playing his first game of the 2002-03 season Sunday, he was like an artist who was given a blank canvas. Duffus made the most it and created a near-masterpiece. He stopped 27 of 29 shots to lead Fort Wayne to a 5-2 win over the visiting Rockford IceHogs. The win, coupled with Saturday's 4-1 home win over Quad City and a Sunday loss by the Adriondack Ice Hawks, left the Komets tied with the Ice Hawks for first place in the United Hockey League's Eastern Conference with 37 points. Fort Wayne entered the weekend in fourth place. "It felt good," Duffus said. "Our team played well defensively. Our penalty killers played well, and we played good team defense. They had two or three pretty good chances, but past that, it was a pretty routine game. It was a good first game for me." Duffus may have faced 29 shots, but they weren't all point-blank chances. Fort Wayne's defense saw to that. "When we play good team defense, I think we complement the goalies, and I think the goalies have complemented our team," Komets coach Greg Puhalski said. "They might not see a lot of shots for five- or six-minute stretches, but it's important for them to keep their focus and come up with the saves when we need them." Duffus' performance followed that plan. He was up to the task most of the time. "The butterflies go away pretty fast," he said. "It had been a long time. I just wanted to have a good game. I didn't want to give up a goal early or anything like that. I've played a lot of hockey for a lot of years. It's all in your head. You remember how to play." Duffus last played in Russia, and it happened so long ago he wasn't quite sure when it was. Duffus thought it was in the last week of March or the the first week of April. Ironically, the goalie who opposed Duffus was also making his season debut. The IceHogs' Ryan McIntosh began this season in the camp of Greenville of the East Coast Hockey League, but bounced around trying to make some independent teams in Texas before signing with Rockford on Dec. 11. The similarities between Duffus and McIntosh ended there thanks to the Komets' offense. Fort Wayne center Bobby Stewart scored the first goal of the game and netted the go-ahead goal 15 minutes, 57 seconds into the second period. Right wing Ryan Severson and center Colin Chaulk added insurance goals in the third period. Stewart finished with two goals to give him six goals in his last five games, while Severson finished with a goal and two assists to give him three goals and three assists in five games. "I don't think I've been playing any better or any worse," said Stewart of his recent stretch of games. "We went through a little stretch where we weren't scoring. If you look, I've been consistent with the amount of shots I've had each game all year. Maybe I'm paying the price a little more and being where the action is instead of playing on the perimeter." Practically all the Komets have been where the action is as of late. Sunday's win was the team's fourth in a row overall and third in a row on Memorial Coliseum ice. This is the first time the team has won three straight home games all season. "This weekend was obviously huge," Severson said. "We've figured out we can win at home. We've passed that mental block. We're playing together as a team and coming up with some big wins here." "This weekend was unreal," said right wing Kevin Kotyluk who scored a goal Sunday. "We got three wins which was nice, but the big thing besides the wins was how well we played. We played to win games. We need to play to win games all the time."

Jason Christensen threw two touchdown passes to William Pena on halfback option plays Saturday as Village Christian of Sun Valley upset previously undefeated Brentwood of Los Angeles 17-7 in an Alpha League opener at Kennedy High of Granada Hills. Christensen's first touchdown pass went for 17 yards in the second quarter, giving Village Christian (5-3, 1-0) a 10-7 halftime lead. His next went 24 yards with 4:54 remaining.

Then, Christensen, who also rushed for 75 yards on 15 carries, intercepted a Nick Henry pass with 1:55 remaining to seal the win.

Michael Templeton rushed for 76 yards and Jake Hagedorn completed completed 6 of 17 passes for 90 yards for Village Christian.

- Jack Pollon

--L.A. Baptist 28, Whittier Christian 7: R.J. Johnson passed for two touchdowns and ran for the two more as the visiting Knights of North Hills won an Alpha League game at La Habra High.

Johnson (9 of 23 for 159 yards) completed four passes for 83 yards to Eric Benny, including a 19-yard scoring pass.

With L.A. Baptist leading by seven, Kiki Duffus returned the second-half kickoff 63 yards to set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Johnson.

- Howard Abrams

--Salesian 7, St. Genevieve 6: Despite compiling 130 yards in penalties, visiting Salesian of Los Angeles (3-5, 1-2) made its extra point to edge St. Genevieve of Panorama City in a Santa Fe League game at at Poly High of Sun Valley.

Both teams scored in the second quarter. Benjamin Nunez caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from George Guerrero for Salesian. Richard Cisneros caught a 7-yard scoring pass from Jesse Reyes for St. Genevieve (3-5, 0-2), but the the extra point was blocked.

- Nathan Brown

--Lucerne Valley 40, Malibu 0: Jeremy Kent had a team-high 100 yards rushing on 24 carries and Karsten Demers added 53 yards passing for host Malibu (2-4-1) in a nonleague loss at home.

- Jason David

--Eagle Rock 38, Belmont 13: John Paul Yniguez rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns for the host Eagles (6-2, 2-1), who broke open a close game with 21 fourth-quarter points in a Northern League win.

Carlos Celis completed 9 of 17 passes for 174 yards, including a 44-yard touchdown pass to Gilbert Jaramillo and another 40-yard pass to Jaramillo (five catches for 116 yards) that set up a 3-yard scoring run by Ryan Paul (10 carries for 51 yards).

- Alex Valladares

--Rio Mesa 42, Pacifica 6 Rio Mesa of Oxnard lost three players to injury but dominated host Pacifica of Oxnard in a Pacific View League game.

Rio Mesa (3-5, 2-1) was dealt a painful blow early in the first half, when junior quarterback Brian DiDomizio went out with a knee injury. His injury forced junior running back Max Barroso to take the snaps. Barroso completed 2 of 5 passes for 20 yards but really hurt Pacifica (0-8, 0-3) on the ground with 11 carries for 111 yards including a 42-yard touchdown run.

- Rob MacIntyre

--Cantwell-Sacred Heart 50, Bell-Jeff 22: Brenden Doyle completed 18 of 40 passes for 300 yards and three touchdowns for host Bell- Jeff of Burbank in a Santa Fe League game.

Derek Leiphardt caught six passes for 97 yards and Clarence Viray caught eight passes for 125 yards, including scoring passes of 30 and 10 yards, for Bell-Jeff (4-4, 1-1), which became the first team to score more than eight points against the Cantwell (8-0, 3-0) defense. Cantwell had allowed just 14 points in seven previous games.

- Jason Tarr

--Ontario Christian 51, Vasquez 0: Kyle Jensen completed 15 of 26 passes for 94 yards and rushed for 48 yards for Vasquez of Acton in a nonleague loss at home.

- Jack Pollon

--Alemany 14, Harvard-Westlake 0: Sergio Lopez had a career-high 191 yards rushing on 31 carries for Alemany of Mission Hills (2-6, 1- 2) in a Mission League win at Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (4-4, 1-2).

- George Vranau

--Faith Baptist 60, Villanova Prep 13: Anthony Petterson totaled 254 yards of offense and had a hand in seven touchdowns as the Contenders of Canoga Park (6-2, 4-1) won in Ojai to remain tied for the Heritage League lead with one game to play.

Petterson, who passed for 212 yards, had scoring passes of 8, 22, 46, 24 and 2 yards, and ran for touchdowns of 2 and 8 yards. Henry Chung contributed 248 all-purpose yards, scoring twice, and Juan Bernardo contributed 15 tackles for Faith Baptist.

--Grace Brethren 58, Fairmont 6: Lance Campbell rushed for 86 yards on four carries, and Jash Flora added 84 rushing yards on six carries and a 75-yard kickoff-return for a score as the Lancers of Simi Valley (5-3) defeated Fairmont Prep of Anaheim (2-5) at Moorpark High.

- Dave Keefer

--Flintridge Prep 17, Chadwick 6: The victory left host Flintridge Prep of La Canada (4-4, 3-0) alone in first place in the Prep League.

TIPTON Town have just reeled off a magnificent seven straight wins to take them joint-second with Westfields in the West Midlands League, writes Nick Pullen. Now manager John Hill believes his side can launch a determined challenge for honours this season after making an indifferent start.

Hill has recruited well this season, bringing in full-back Darren Beddows from Lye, Wednesfield pair Mazir Iqbal and Hardip Dhanda plus James Corns, who was previously at Ludlow.

He has also added Andy Blakeney from Bridgnorth Town, much-travelled nonleague striker Adie Edwards and versatile Carl Duffus from Shifnal Town, who is equally at home in attack or central defence.

Tipton have also brought in both Tony Williams and Dave Parrish to coach the side, and Hill insisted: 'They've fitted in an absolute treat.'

WELSHMAN Ian Lougher, who now resides at Dromore, Co Down, was man of the meeting at the Stannifer Snoddons 80th anniversary Ulster Grand Prix meeting.

Lougher also set the fastest lap ever recorded at a British Isles circuit when he set an incredible speed of 127.820mph on the fourth lap of the main Superbike race.

But the meeting was overshadowed by the tragic death of 31 year old Gary Jess from Moira.

There was joy for the TAS Suzuki Team as they took victory in the four main races with David Jefferies taking the opening Production race on the 1000cc Suzuki machine.

Local rider Adrian Archibald finished second on the CD Suzuki after pushing Jefferies hard in the early stages. In fact, Jefferies had to smash the Production lap record with a speed of 126.341mph in his effort to break away from Archibald to win by nine seconds.

Lougher had to settle for third ahead of Scotsman Iain Duffus, Welshman Jason Griffiths and Manxman Richard Quayle.

After a lengthy delay while medics attended the ill-fated Gary Jess, the main Superbike race was reduced to five laps.

Leader on the opening lap was Lougher ahead of local riders Richard Britton, Ryan Farquhar, Brian Gardiner and Archibald.

On the penultimate lap, Lougher set the new British Isles record lap of 127.820mph in his effort to extend his lead.

Although Britton, Archibald and Farquhar also lapped the 7.7-mile Dundrod circuit at over 127mph, they were left to battle for the other podium positions.

Two more 127mph laps on their final circuit saw Britton taking second by 0.08 seconds from Archibald, with Farquhar just missing out a podium spot by another 0.08 seconds.

Gardiner settled for fifth ahead of Griffiths, Darran Lindsay, Duffus, Keith Nicholls and Quayle.

In the second Superbike race, sponsored by Road Racing Ireland, Lougher had an easy nine-second victory over Britton after both pre-race favourites Archibald and Jefferies failed to finish. In fact, Jefferies even failed to start after crashing out uninjured on the warm-up lap, Archibald retired with clutch trouble.

New Zealander Bruce Anstey pipped local Team McAdoo rider Farquhar by the narrowest 0.01 seconds. Gardiner was fifth again, ahead of Alex Donaldson, Nigel Davies, Paul Hunt, Trevor Ferguson and the best UGP newcomer Chris Heath.

Lougher completed his hat-trick when he just managed to pip Duffus in the Regal 600 race. They had a race-long duel throughout the five laps but it was Lougher who managed to take the victory after almost breaking the lap record on the last lap.

Another Suzuki machine in the capable hands of Lindsay, took third after a fierce battle with Farquhar and Britton.

Last years 600 winner, Archibald, finished a disappointing ninth behind Nicholls, Jefferies and Adrian McFarland.

Lougher also took the Regal International Championship and pounds 1,000 bonus following on from his earlier North West 200 victory back in May.

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HAT-TRICK HERO: Ian Lougher 1000cc TAS Suzuki stays in front to claim his treble Ulster Grand Prix race win in the Road Racing Ireland Superbike Race race.

Story Filed: Thursday, September 05, 2002 12:56 PM EST

WASHINGTON, Sep 5, 2002 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- VSA arts announced today that ten artists, ages 17 to 25, each with a disability, have been selected to exhibit their work at the S. Dillon Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institution from September 26 through October 27, 2002. Each artist will also receive a cash award from Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Jean Kennedy Smith, former Ambassador to Ireland and founder of VSA arts as Very Special Arts in 1974, emphasized the timely importance of "Expressing Freedom." "These celebrated young artists demonstrate perfectly the value of the arts as a universal language. There is no barrier that can't be broken- down. That's a powerful message anytime, but especially today."

In February of this year, VSA arts and Volkswagen of America, Inc. launched "Expressing Freedom," a call for art which encourages young artists with disabilities to contemplate freedom in their lives. The resulting 131 submissions demonstrated that freedom does not always refer to an external state but, as reflected by an abundance of self-portraits received, can be more intimate and personal.

The adjudication panel of experts reviewed the 131 entries and the ten finalists will be honored at a September 24th reception on Capitol Hill. The exhibit formally opens at the Ripley Center on September 26th.

Beth Ziebarth, director of the Smithsonian Institution Accessibility Program said, "We at the Smithsonian Institution are pleased to celebrate the talents of young artists with disabilities by hosting the 'Expressing Freedom' exhibition. Collaborating with VSA arts on this and future projects is of benefit not only for our programming staff but more importantly for Smithsonian visitors."

    The adjudicators for "Expressing Freedom" were:

Dr. Jonathan P. Binstock, Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art

    Ms. Phyllis Rosenzweig, Curator of Works on Paper, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Mr. Chris Bradley, Vice President-Creative Director, Arnold Worldwide,    Mr. William Newman, Artist and Educator

Matthew Krawcheck from Coral Gables, Florida is the "Expressing Freedom" grand prize awardee. Matthew is hearing impaired and when asked to provide a statement about freedom he wrote, "I live in a world in which spoken language is muted and indistinct. Visual art gave me the freedom to communicate with intensity and precision that broke through the frustration of acquiring language." Matthew will receive a $10,000 cash award, which he plans to use this year for tuition at the Kansas City Art Institute in Arkansas.

The first prize award of $5,000 goes to Bill Ferguson of The Woodlands, Texas who is a first year student at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. The second award of $3,000 went to Dana Liebermann of Philadelphia. Dana is a student at New York University. Seven Awards of Excellence will be given to Ailson Carvalho (Boston, Massachusetts), Gianna Marzilli (Rhode Island), Carrie Wheeler (Michigan), Ashley Youkilis (Ohio), Samantha Maggio (Pennsylvania), Justin Duffus (California), and Timothy Batten (New Jersey.) Each of the seven winners will receive a $1,000 cash award.

Some of the disabilities represented are blindness, deafness, developmental disorders, Asperger's syndrome, Hodgkin's disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and learning disabilities.

Soula Antoniou, acting president of VSA arts said, "'Expressing Freedom' is the mission of VSA arts. Programs like this, which provide support and encouragement, offer life changing opportunities for young artists. The partnership that has been forged between VSA arts and Volkswagen of America has resulted in an unprecedented cash award going to benefit young artists. It is this kind of relationship that makes it possible for us to serve our constituents to the fullest."

"Part of the VSA arts mission is to strengthen the human spirit, thereby improving the quality of life for these young artists," said Steve Keyes, Volkswagen director of corporate communications. "Volkswagen is proud to support and share in this endeavor."

VSA arts promotes the arts as a way to enrich the lives of 6.5 million children and young people with disabilities. Through its affiliates in 40 states and 60 countries, VSA arts encourages the arts for everyone through programs in the visual arts, music, dance and creative writing. For more information about VSA arts or events scheduled through an affiliate, please call Stephanie Moore or Tanya Travers at 202-628-2800 or visit the website at http://www.vsarts.org . To view the Expressing Freedom online please visit the exhibit at http://www.vsarts.org/gallery/exhibits/vw/index.html .

Founded in 1955, Volkswagen of America, Inc. is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen A.G. As America's top-selling European brand, Volkswagen markets a full line of vehicles through a network of some 500 dealers in the United States.

Simone Sommer knew she had a problem when she went to get a pair of her son's shoes out of a closet in their Greensboro home and found them covered with fuzzy blue-green mold.

"They were like what cream cheese looks like after you leave it out a few days," Sommer said.

The extent of the problem, though, became clear only when a contractor cut through the back wall of the closet to reveal a mat of black, slimy mold, the result of a water heater leak Sommer fixed months earlier. She and her 14-year-old son, Josh, blame the mold for a series of ailments, including nosebleeds, headaches and asthma. Driven from their home, they are suing their insurance company for allowing the mold to spread, causing as much as $250,000 in damage.

The tumult over toxic mold, which has made headlines across the country, has arrived in North Carolina. Some say the handful of cases surfacing in the state signal a new health crisis that may already afflict thousands. Others say they'll lead to unwarranted hysteria that will enrich a handful of lawyers and their clients.

Mold in the walls between new $300,000 townhouses in North Raleigh's Brier Creek forced the builder, Toll Brothers, to begin ripping out and replacing the walls this month.

A group of Triangle lawyers who have banded together to represent mold victims has received 1,000 calls from prospective clients across the state in the past year. In one of their cases, a Watauga County man is suing General Motors, claiming that mold in his Cadillac SUV coated his sinuses and made him sick.

State health officials field 40 to 50 calls a week from people worried about mold in their homes, said Ron Howell, an industrial hygienist with the state Division of Public Health.

"It's a real hot topic," Howell said.

Companies that sell homeowners insurance have watched mold claims and lawsuits mushroom nationally and have begun to limit mold coverage in North Carolina. The industry persuaded state Insurance Commissioner Jim Long to cap homeowner's insurance coverage for mold at $5,000, and only if the cause of the mold is also covered.

Meanwhile, home builders fear that they'll increasingly be forced to pay for costly repairs when mold crops up.

The mold scare has blown up so fast that homeowners often don't know how to respond.

To tell or not to tell?

Townhouse owners in Brier Creek are torn about whether to talk publicly about what may lurk in their walls, for fear their homes will lose value. According to city building permits, Toll Brothers is spending an estimated $100,000 to fix 10 townhouses in a section where it has sold about 35.

"We've decided to let Toll answer the questions, only because we're trying to protect our investments," said townhouse owner Marlene Kearney.

Toll Brothers isn't eager for publicity, either. Officials at Brier Creek referred questions to company headquarters outside Philadelphia, which issued a one-sentence statement: "When the company became aware of a problem, we acted quickly and diligently to address it and to minimize the inconvenience for our clients."

But mold has turned a few homeowners into activists, including Sommer, a family physician with a master's in public health. She has begun to speak out about what she considers the insurance industry's betrayal of its customers and to offer advice to other homeowners who think they have a mold problem.

"The prevalence of this problem, in my opinion, is greater than stucco, asbestos, radon and lead combined," she said. "If someone has indoor plumbing, someone has a potential problem with mold."

Mold is everywhere.

Scientists have found more than 1,000 different varieties inside U.S. homes, including those that grow in bathtubs and refrigerators without harming most people.

Mold thrives with moisture and "food," such as wood, paper or stale bread. It can hide in walls, under carpets and in crawl spaces -- anywhere a leaky pipe or other source of moisture gets it started.

Like other fungi, such as mushrooms, molds reproduce by releasing microscopic spores into the air. The spores can produce symptoms resembling hay fever in people with allergies, bring on asthma attacks and cause respiratory infections in those with weakened immune systems.

Teachers and students at Wake County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools blamed mold for a rash of allergies and other respiratory problems in recent years. Both districts had to spend millions of dollars tracking down and fixing leaky pipes and roofs.

No one knows for sure why mold has suddenly become such a big deal.

Some say today's more tightly built homes trap moisture and mold spores that feed on the cellulose in wallboard and other building materials. Others say people have become more aware of indoor air quality and are starting to make connections between mold and illness.

Still others blame scary news stories and opportunistic lawyers.

"There is this very aggressive trial bar that wants to make this their next moneymaking line of litigation," said P.J. Crowley, vice president of the Insurance Information Institute, a New York-based organization sponsored by the insurance industry.

Most attention falls on toxic molds, such as stachybotrys and aspergillus, that release toxins into the air along with the spores.

Some believe toxins from molds cause nosebleeds, memory loss, disorientation and other neurological problems, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention caution that there's no proof yet.

There is good circumstantial evidence, though, said Eugene Cole, a professor of environmental health and infectious disease at Brigham Young University and a former researcher at the Research Triangle Institute. Years of experience with farmers and other workers exposed to mold toxins in corn and other crops shows that they do make people sick. Scientists lack ironclad proof, Cole said, "because we can't experiment with human beings."

Uncertainty about mold's health effects hasn't prevented some high-profile lawsuits.

Television personality Ed McMahon sued his insurance company for $20 million this spring, claiming that mold in his Beverly Hills home made him sick and killed his dog. Erin Brockovich, the environmental crusader portrayed by Julia Roberts in the movie about her, sued the builder of her Los Angeles-area home over mold. But the case that frightens insurance companies the most originated in Dripping Springs, Texas, where a leaky pipe spawned a mold infestation in the walls of Melinda Ballard's 22-room mansion. Ballard sued her insurance company for not responding to the water damage and won $32 million.

"My house is literally falling down," said Ballard, who moved out.

"Once the appeals are resolved, we'll have to bulldoze it."

Like Sommer, Ballard has become a crusader, pressing government and insurers to protect homeowners from mold. She has testified before Congress and founded a group called Policyholders of America, which as of last February identified nearly 16,000 mold-related insurance claims nationwide since 1999, including about 500 in North Carolina.

Neither the state nor the insurance industry tracks mold-related claims in North Carolina. But insurers here look with alarm to Texas, which has seen a flood of mold claims in part because insurance policies in the state cover damage caused by slow leaks that isn't covered elsewhere. Mold has cost Texas insurers more than $1 billion over the last two years, according to industry estimates.

"We see some trends countrywide," said Ray Evans, general manager for the N.C. Rate Board, a nonprofit association that represents the insurance industry. "Mold claims have gone from a somewhat sporadic occurrence to, by some accounts, as much as $150 million a month."

Evans and the rate board sought the new rate cap in North Carolina.

Without it, he said, insurers would have to raise rates to cover mold claims.

Kimberly Wilson, a Raleigh lawyer who specializes in mold cases, counters that the cap is unfair to homeowners. "It's something that can be financially devastating for a family," she said. "That's why people have bought homeowners insurance."

Wilson is pursuing three mold cases now, including two in the Triangle that she says she can't talk about yet. She says her firm, Duffus and Melvin, has to be choosy, because mold cases require expensive tests and expert testimony from scientists and doctors that the firm must pay for if the case is a loser. "A bad mold case could ruin a firm," she said.

But Wilson predicts the number of mold lawsuits will grow.

"People are starting to make the connection," she said. "They know it's a problem. Mold does not kill people, but it can make your life miserable."

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MOLD

QUESTION: What is mold?

ANSWER: Mold consists of fungi that grow in moist places, out of direct sunlight. They reproduce by releasing microscopic spores which are found everywhere. More than 1,000 types of mold have been found in U.S. homes.

Q: What health problems does mold cause?

A: Most mold is harmless to most people. Mold spores cause hay fever symptoms in people with allergies and can cause respiratory infections in people with weakened immune systems. The spores also can bring on asthma attacks in people who already have it.

Q: What about toxic mold?

A: Under some conditions, some mold releases microscopic toxins that have been linked to a host of ailments, such as dizziness, nosebleeds, memory loss and headaches.

Scientists don't agree on whether mold produces enough of these toxins to make people sick.

Q: How much mold is harmful?

A: No one knows how much mold will make someone sick.

People are likely to respond differently to mold.

Neither the state nor federal government regulates mold, but Congress is considering a bill that would require federal agencies to identify harmful mold strains and determine how much people can safely breathe.

Q: How can you tell if you've got a mold problem?

A: Mold growing on walls, shoes and other surfaces is an obvious sign. A musty smell may indicate mold hidden in walls, crawl spaces or carpets. Mold is likely any place that is damp or has been damaged by water.

Q: Should I have my home tested for mold?

A: If the mold is obvious, testing may not be necessary.

The state public health department has information on hiring mold consultants and contractors at http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/oii/mold/consultant.html.

Q: How do you get rid of mold?

A: Scrub mold off hard surfaces with bleach and water and dry completely; then eliminate the moisture that caused the mold to grow. Moldy porous materials, such as carpet, ceiling tiles and wallboard, may need to be discarded. People should avoid breathing in mold or mold spores. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has more information on cleaning mold at http://www.epa.gov/iaq/molds/moldguide.html

Q: How do you prevent mold from growing in the first place?

A: Prevent moisture. Fix leaking pipes and clean up water spills. Make sure gutters and air-conditioning drain lines remain clear. Keep indoor humidity low (between 30 and 50 percent) by using air conditioners and dehumidifiers as needed, using vent fans in bathrooms, kitchens and laundry rooms and opening windows when possible.

Claims illegal tobacco supply dwindling

The Australian Taxation Office says it has identified strong signs illegal tobacco or chop-chop is getting harder to obtain on the illicit market.

The deputy commissioner for excise, Paul Duffus, says officers have intercepted more than 200 bails of chop-chop in far north Queensland during the past month.

He says with more than 100 officers working to stamp out the product across Australia, prices are on the rise.

"The price of chop chop has increased over the last 12 months or so. [It has] gone from around $80 a kilo to possibly around $130 a kilo, which would suggest to me that it's starting to become a little bit more difficult to buy," he said.

"But having said that we have been very successful over the last month and our activity will continue until we deal with the risk."

 

Dorothy A. Collins HEYWORTH - Dorothy A. Collins, 75, of Heyworth died at 10:50 a.m. Sunday (Aug. 11, 2002) at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington.

Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Calvert-Belangee- Bruce Funeral Home, Heyworth, the Rev. Vernon Oakley and the Rev. Kurt Flora officiating. Burial will be in Randolph Township Cemetery, Heyworth. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the family.

Mrs. Collins was born Sept. 9, 1926, at Bloomington, the daughter of Louis and Agnes Duffus Murphy. She married Gus Collins in 1951 in Tennessee. He died in July 1970.

Survivors include one son, Danny Lee Murphy, El Paso; two grandchildren, Lucas Murphy, Bloomington; and Shane Murphy, Pekin; one great-grandchild; one sister, Betty Allison, Normal; and Terry W. Smith, a special friend with whom she had made her home for the past 31 years.

Her parents, one brother and one sister preceded her in death.

Dorothy attended the Heyworth Christian Church, Heyworth. She was an employee of the Illinois House in Bloomington for 51 years. She also worked at the VFW in Heyworth, catering bingo every Saturday night for the past 15 years. Her three big loves were crocheting, bingo and her dog Biscuit. She will be sorely missed by her family and friends.

Hall of fame for JBSS founder   The century-old Jamaica Burial Scheme Society (JBSS), the oldest of the friendly societies here, will induct four of its outstanding members into its Hall of Fame which is to be launched June 27, 2001, as part of activities marking the 100th anniversary of the Society. Those to be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Institute of Jamaica, East Street in downtown Kingston, include the JBSS' founder, Andrew Duffus Mowatt, who will be honoured posthumously in a ceremony, which will recall the heyday of the society. With the sun at mid-sky on June 27, members of the society will assemble at the Ward Theatre in Parade. From there, they will wind their way along East Street, then south to the East Street home of the Institute, moving in procession to the beat of a marching band reminiscent of the early days. Members of the Mowatt family who now reside in Chicago, Illinois, will travel to Kingston to join the JBSS in honuoring their famous patriarch. Mowatt, a Methodist activist, formed the Society on February 18, 1901 to assist the indigent and provide a burial of dignity for poor Jamaicans.

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