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Redbird Daily's 100 Greatest Cardinals: #20 to #16
by Rusty Groppel on August 18, 2018
This series was originally published at the Redbird Daily, but is now proud to call Cards Conclave home. This installment was written by Colin Garner.
If you haven't, check out the Introductory Article to gain understanding of how these rankings were built. That article can be found by clicking here.
20. Matt Holliday – LF (2009-2016, 4x All-Star, Silver Slugger)
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I was in a Manassas, Virginia GameStop when the Cardinals traded for Matt Holliday. I had seen Brett Wallace hit at Double-A Springfield, and he truly looked like a ferocious hitter (nevermind that he flung balls into the stands while playing catch).
Obviously, I couldn't have been more wrong.
Holliday fit right in. After going 4-for-5 in his debut, he hit .353/.419/.604 with a 169 OPS+ in just over two months and was a huge factor in the Cardinals surging to the top of the NL Central. The playoffs, however, were disappointing, and if he'd signed elsewhere, it would have been a disappointing trade.
Over the next seven years, Holliday was one of the best and most consistent players in the big leagues. Here are his rankings as a left-fielder from 2010 to 2016.
Average: 3rd
On-Base Percentage: 2nd
Slugging: 6th
Home Runs: 4th
wRC+: 2nd
WAR: 2nd
The Cardinals tremendous success certainly played a part in the Cardinals perception of Holliday, but it's not often that seven-year contracts look like good deals at the end of them. It was for Holliday. One thing, in my opinion, makes Holliday a fan-favorite: as much as St. Louis loved Matt Holliday, Matt Holliday loved St. Louis back just as much. In an era when Baseball Heaven has been spurned by Albert Pujols, Jason Heyward, David Price, and most recently Giancarlo Stanton, Holliday's love for St. Louis means a hell of a lot.
19. Lou Brock – OF: (1964-1979, 6x All-Star, 8x SB Leader, HOF)
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I never saw Lou Brock play, but you didn't have to in order to understand that he was a fan favorite. Every time the red jackets come out, "LOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU." It's a cliche at this point, but to outsiders, it might sound like boos for a Hall of Famer.
In 1964, Brock came over in one of the most one-sided trades in baseball history and immediately played an enormous role in the first World Series title since 1946. From June 15 to the end of the season, Brock hit .348 and stole 33 bases. His tear continued in the World Series, where he hit .300 with a homer, two doubles, and five RBI's.
Over the next fifteen years, which included another World Series and pennant, Brock was a six-time All-Star, led the National League in stolen bases eight times, and set the single-season record with 118 steals in 1974. Analytics tend to downplay Brock's career because they are skeptical of the value of the stolen base, but he's still ranked as the 15th best left-fielder in Bill James' Historical Baseball Abstract.
I don't do Lou service with what I've written. After all, I never saw him play and his statistics don't convey the excitement of 3,000 hits and one of the greatest base stealers of all time. Last Spring, Brock was diagnosed with cancer. Thankfully, it's in remission. At the time, StlCardsCards wrote a piece that conveyed what Brock meant to the Cardinals. He did it far better than I have. Give it a read here.
18. Ken Boyer – 3B: (1955-1965, 5x Gold Glove, 7x All-Star, MVP)
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Historically, the Cardinals haven't named a team captain. One exception is Ken Boyer. Despite his significant production, which included a .293 average and 255 homers in a Cardinals uniform, he was, by many accounts, the captain during the late 50's and early 60's. Said Tim McCarver, "He was the boss of our field. He was the guy everyone looked up to. He was the guy who really filled that role if that role needed to be filled."
Signed as a pitcher, the Missouri native went through a position change and two years of military service before breaking into the majors. Once, there, he excelled. In just his second year he was an All-Star, and after a down year in 1957, won a Gold Glove and earned MVP votes in 1958. He had four consecutive seasons with an average over .300 from 1958-1961.
In 1964, Boyer hit .295 with 24 homers and a league-leading 119 RBI's. He won the MVP, but his contributions didn't stop there. With the Cardinals trailing the Yankees two games to one in the series and 3-0 in the game, Boyer launched a grand slam to give the Cardinals a 4-3 lead. The bullpen hung on and the Cardinals evened the series, which they would win in seven games.
Boyer was never elected to the Hall of Fame. Stan Musial, however, thought he was deserving. "The ballplayers know he's a good one, but nobody else does", he said.
17. Jason Isringhausen – CP: (2002-2008, 1x All-Star, 1x NL Save Leader)
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As the Cardinals pursued relief help in the winter of 2017, the point was made that they hadn't signed a free-agent closer since Izzy.
Well, that was a good move. Over seven seasons with the Cardinals, Izzy averaged over 30 saves a year, and that includes an injury-riddled 2008. In his Cardinals career, he had a sub-3.00 ERA (2.98), 217 saves, 8.2 K/9, and a 143 ERA+.
Izzy is hard to write about simply because he was so good and so consistent. No, he didn't have the peak that Eric Gagne did, the longevity of Hoffman, or the postseason pedigree of Rivera. From 2002 through September of '06, the ninth was Izzy's. And he was one of the best in Cardinals history at putting leads in the win column.
16. Ted Simmons – C: (1968-1980, 6x All-Star, Silver Slugger)
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I was really hoping this would be a "Welcome to the Hall, Simba" piece. Unfortunately, he missed by one vote.
Regardless, Simmons is one of the ten best catchers of all time based strictly on statistics. Bill James, which uses a statistical formula, has Simmons ranked tenth at the position. Based on fWAR, he's the ninth-best catcher in baseball history. All eight players ranked ahead of him are in the Hall of Fame.*
James pinpointed why Simmons is underappreciated, and it sounds right.
The Cardinals weren't a very good team in those years; they spent most of the time fighting about something and criticizing one another for their failures, and then, too Johnny Benchset an impossible standard for a young carcer; there was always a feeling that Simmons' chance to shine would come when the Cardinals developed and Bench faded. But when the time came, Simmons' defense had become problematic and Whitey Herzog traded him.
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*Fangraphs has Joe Torre ahead of him in WAR, and he is in the Hall of Fame due to his achievements as a manager. That being said, Torre was also not strictly a catcher, so the point stands.
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Episode 79: What the Secret Sauce to Chick-fil-A's Success?
by Kal | Aug 9, 2019 | Brandstorm
You may already know that Chick-fil-A is the third largest fast-food restaurant chain in the U. S. and that it ranks #1 in customer satisfaction. But did you know this year, the fast-food restaurant chain entered the ranks of the country's most respected and revered companies at #51, ahead of Amazon at #54? This according to the Reputation Institute, a reputation measurement and management services firm. Kyle Bartz is one of the newest owners of a local Chick fil-A in Pewaukee, Wis. He joins #Brandstorm to talk about this great brand story.
About Kyle Bartz
Kyle didn't even know what a Chick-fil-A was when he walked into one of the restaurants on the East Coast 11 years ago. But, when the local owner told him to come work for her and he might have the opportunity to own his own restaurant in a few years, he was intrigued with the possibilities.
Kyle worked for two local owners before going to work for Corporate helping owners to open new restaurants. He spent nearly three years learning everything he could about the business and what you needed to know to be an owner and leader. He then became part of an extensive selection process to determine which restaurant location would be a good fit. That took another year and a half. In April 2019, Kyle opened a Chick-fil-A in Pewaukee, Wis.
About Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A's founder was S. Truett Cathy. Cathy started the business in 1946, when he and his brother, Ben, opened an Atlanta diner known as The Dwarf Grill (later renamed The Dwarf House®). Through the years, that restaurant prospered and led Cathy to further the success of his business. In 1967, Cathy founded and opened the first Chick-fil-A restaurant in Atlanta's Greenbriar Shopping Center. Today, Chick-fil-A has the highest same-store sales and is the largest quick-service chicken restaurant chain in the United States based on annual system-wide sales.
A quick fun fact about Chick-fil-A is how it got its name. Cathy called the first part Chick, because chicken was the primary food on the menu. The second part, "fil," is about the cut of meat used, the filet, and the "A" stands for Grade A quality meats and produce that always come from the very best sources.
Opening the Chick-fil-A Way
Kyle said every Chick-fil-A opening is different for every new restaurant. Openings are tailored to the local community and what resonates with them, but Corporate always provides a lot of support for the owner. In Kyle's case, his "opening" started on a Monday night with a Premiere Night. More than 100 residents were selected from a Facebook promotion and invited to sample the food and get a preview of what's to come. On Tuesday night, Kyle had a Dedication Dinner, which was a private, catered event for his team in Pewaukee. Wednesday was the "First 100 Camp Out." The first 100 to camp out that night were given a year's worth of Chick-fil-A, or one meal a week. On Thursday, Kyle officially opened the doors to his new restaurant.
Finding & Training Talent
When you have a great brand story like Chick-fil-A finding talent is a little easier than it is for other fast-food restaurants. Kyle says he received about 1200 applications in the first, four months. Retail is a people business, so Kyle was looking for friendly people who weren't just looking for a job. He was interested in finding people looking for a pathway to success, maybe even future ownership, like him.
Originating in the southeast in the 1940s, Chick-fil-A is somewhat new to the Midwest, and Wisconsin, in particular. Most of Kyle's employees didn't know much about Chick-fil-A and for many, this was their first job.
Kyle believes with his team, it is more about setting an example than it is training. The company has a what is called "Two Mile Service." The first mile is the guest's expectation. The second mile is what Kyle and his team do to go above and beyond a guest's expectations. If the guest's expectation is faster service, how do they make it faster? If politeness is the expectation, Kyle's team makes sure they are doing everything possible to please their guests, carrying meal orders to their cars, keeping tables clean and refreshing drinks, as examples.
Kyle also says he has two buckets of "care." The first bucket is for his guests and the second is for his employees. He gives stuffed plush cows and coupons to his employees and asks them to hand them to people who look like they are having a bad day or to make a child smile. He leads by example with his team, because if Kyle doesn't care for his employees, how can he expect them to care about the guests.
Long Drive-thru Lines
Anyone who has driven by a Chick-fil-A knows that there are often long lines in the drive-thru lanes. While you might say this is a good problem to have, Kyle is trying to combat this issue by taking orders while the customer is in line, so their food will be ready when they get to the window. Chick-fil-A now has a mobile app people can use to order food before they get to the restaurant. And coming soon, the app will include tableside ordering inside the restaurant.
Chick-fil-A has received a lot of bad press recently over being closed on Sunday. Some believe it is because its management is part of the religious right and are trying to politicize the company's policy. The truth is when Cathy opened their grill in the 1940s, he and his brother kept it open 24/7. Out of exhaustion, they decided to close the grill on Sundays, and that tradition has been a part of the company ever since.
Kyle likes to think it's good for a person's mental health to have one day of the week where not one employee must think about the restaurant. And for some reason, the chicken always tastes better after being closed on Sunday.
Connect with Chick-fil-A and Kyle
Facebook: @CFAPewaukee
Hiring: nowhiring.com/cfapewaukee
Stop by the restaurant anytime and ask for Kyle.

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TV producer Alexandra Spurway, co-host of podcast Balls Deep, wants to start asking men all the question she gets asked as a 30-year-old woman.
Why don't blokes get asked these questions?
by Alexandra Spurway
AS A newly turned 30-year-old woman, I'm used to the stock-standard questions.
When do you want to have a baby? Do you think your boyfriend will propose soon? When are you going to settle down and have kids?
I don't know why, but these questions are always directed at me. Never my partner. My friends ask me, colleagues ask me, even my neighbour asks me.
It's strange how these questions start to crop up as you reach your late twenties … like your future is spelled out for you and people are just waiting to hear the timeline. When, when, when.
Meanwhile, my partner gets off scot-free. No questions, no responsibilities. Living the dream.
All good guys - no pressure. I'm fine. FINE.
I know I'm not the only one … it this isn't anything new.
In 2014, Jennifer Garner spoke at the Elle 'Women in Hollywood' celebrations at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, where she gave a speech about gender equality in the industry.
Garner - who was then married to fellow actor Ben Affleck - used an anecdote about a string of media interviews the pair did together, and how much their questions differed from one another.
"I told him every single person who interviewed me - and I mean every single one … asked me: 'How do you balance work and family?'" Garner said in the speech.
So what about the questions Ben had to answer? "[Ben] said "As for work-life balance, he said that no one asked him about it that day. As a matter-of-fact, no one had ever asked him about it. Not once."
The logic and sense behind it confused Garner, who joked: "And we do share the same family. Isn't it kind of time to change that conversation? For the record, he's not on diaper duty tonight. He's working."
Scarlett Johansson is known for her talent and beauty, there's no hiding she often finds it frustrating that her appearance overshadows everything else.
In 2012, the Avengers actress shut down an interviewer when he asked co-star, Robert Downey Jr., about his craft as an actor, whereas she was quizzed about her diet.
"How did you approach this role, bearing in mind that kind of maturity as a human being when it comes to the Tony Stark character, and did you learn anything throughout the three movies that you made?" the reporter asked.
Then he asked Johansson:
"Scarlett, to get into shape for Black Widow did you have anything special to do in terms of the diet, like did you have to eat any specific food, or that sort of thing?"
Her response? Golden.
"How come you [Downey Jr] get the really interesting existential question, and I get the like, 'rabbit food' question?"
I think we've all had our fill, right?
I wanted to see how men would cope with the constant interrogation. How uncomfortable they would feel if they were having to face these private and often intimate questions every day.
Why aren't men asked the questions females are asked all the time? Do they feel pressure to propose, or settle down?
Do blokes actually want to be asked these questions and will they like talking about it? Have we forgotten that they're also involved in many of the pressures we face in relationships and life in general?
Alex Spurway is sick of being asked about when she will get married or have children.
Do they wish that just for once, they were asked about how they balance their load? (No pun intended).
That word "balance". Doesn't it just bring you to tears. If I have to justify how I'm balancing my career with my relationship and impending pressure to be a mum one more time I'm going to become a nun.
Maybe they'll surprise us and maybe, just maybe, they've been wanting to weigh in on these conversations for a while.
A new weekly podcast Balls Deep gives them the chance to do just that.
From parenting, to marriage and balance, News.com.au's Balls Deep podcast questions men on all the topics women often get asked about.
Co-hosted with news.com.au journalist Vanessa Brown, Balls Deep talks to Australian men in media, sport and everyday life about the topics women are constantly quizzed on.
Balls Deep starts Wednesday June 13. Listen and download it on news.com.au or iTunes.
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Juventus again wins Serie A without any team giving them a tough time, they've been phenomenal throughout the season and they singlehandedly dominated the league from beginning till the end. Turin is one of the greatest clubs in the history of football and the best thing about them is that they are retaining their class and dominance. Here we have three reasons why we believe they won the league this year.
1. Serie A Is Not The Same
Italian football has seen a major downfall in recent few years and Serie A is not the same anymore. There was a time when Serie A used the play the most competitive football in the world and every player had to dream to play in Serie A but now the things are quite different. Lazio, Milan, Inter, Roma and Napoli were considered as the giants of Europe but their charisma has faded and now only Juventus is carrying the burden of whole nation in European competitions. And the story is same from last five years, no club is giving them a hard time, they are dominating the league just like how Munich and PSG are doing in their respective leagues. So everybody knew from the beginning that Juventus is going to take the league with great margin and that's what they did.
2. Allegri The Genius
Allegri is the most underrated manager in the world right now. Yes, he has failed to bring success out of European football but he's been consistent in the domestic league. He has managed Juventus for five seasons and how many seasons he won? FIVE.
He has managed teams and played a good amount of football in Italy, he knows ups and downs of Italian football. He knows all the techniques which can be useful in Italy and he is using them in Juventus.
3. The Mighty Squad
Juventus have a mighty squad and they have every sort of player in their arsenal. And above all, they are the most balanced squad in Serie A at the moment. With players like Ronaldo and Dybala in the attack, with Chellini and Bonnuci guarding your posts, you can easily challenge any team in the world. And the credit of this again goes to Allegri who has been amazing throughout his tenure in Turin. He has created an amazing environment within the club and have developed his young force as well.
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One thing I do know is this; I know that not everything went my way today, and you know what? That is completely okay! yay!
It all started in the morning when I was wanting to eat french toast and Ashley's buckwheat bake.
As usual my stomach was growling after 30 minutes had passed, so I opted for an all-natural muffin topped with TJ's mango butter (heavenly stuff!!!) and cottage cheese on the side.
Earlier today I was perusing through several cookie recipes.
I was drooling all over Mama Pea's chocolate cherry cookies, Julie's no-flour cookies, and these babies right here. Uhhhh you see why I couldn't decide?
I had the kids memorize some Bible verses today, but of course I had to give them till next week. They were about to revolt against me for not giving them candy! Again, that didn't go as planned--and again, I know they're in God's hands. If you don't hear from me next Friday then you'll know what happened.
After volunteering I headed over to the Whole Foods food bar! Oh my goodness was it good. Hey, I guess at least that went my way!
Now I'm at a Starbucks typing away and it feels oh so good to sit down, relax, and get ready for Bible study tonight.
I'm so excited to see what we're learning today. I guess that's going my way too.
All in all, there are always blessings in the midst of busyness.
I'm thankful and hopeful that today's lesson about "trust" stuck with the kids. Actually, I know and I have faith that it went God's way.
Not everything has to go my way, and I loiiiiikk it. After all, He knows best!
Do you freak out when little things don't go your way?
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Kid Rock fans trash North Dakota venue after concert is canceled over weather conditions
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File Photo - Kid Rock in concert at Mystic Lake Casino. (Photo By Marlin Levison/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Musician Kid Rock was forced to cancel his concert at the North Dakota State Fair in Minot Friday evening because of high winds, prompting attendees to begin trashing the venue.
The performance was nixed at the last minute, after more than two hours of fans watching Night Ranger perform for the opening act. There was reportedly wind and lightning on the outskirts of town, which had delayed Kid Rock's show.
Fans were captured on video hurling beer cans and bottles toward the stage following news that the event was canceled, upset because it appeared the storm was beginning to clear.
At least one person was apprehended by police. The one fan was tackled after he attempted to climb onto the platform. He was later seen escorted away in handcuffs by police.
Kid Rock released a statement on Twitter after the cancelation expressing his frustration with the evening's circumstances.
"SO P---ED OFF we could not play for a sold out crowd tonight in Minot, ND (because of high winds) - I know it sucks but none of us can control mother nature. Please be safe leaving and take care of each other," he wrote.
There were around 18,000 fans in attendance, according to TMZ.
The North Dakota State Fair said in a statement the performance was canceled over safety concerns and promised to refund ticket holders.
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"The Sheriff's Department would like to clarify to tonight's concert fans that the decision to cancel the Kid Rock concert was not made by the Sheriff's Department. The Sheriff simply announced the cancellation," the Ward County Sheriff's Department wrote on Facebook. "We did not cancel the show."
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Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include The Mark of Zorro, Marie Antoinette, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan, Prince of Foxes, Witness for the Prosecution, The Black Rose, and Captain from Castile. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tyrone Power has received more than 3,080,861 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Tyrone Power is the 273rd most popular actor (up from 314th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from United States (up from 623rd in 2019) and the 144th most popular American Actor.
In his most famous roles, Tyrone Power was often cast as a handsome, romantic hero. His best-known films include "The Mark of Zorro" (1940), "The Black Swan" (1942), "Nightmare Alley" (1947), "Captain from Castile" (1947), "The Black Rose" (1950), "Prince of Foxes" (1949), "The Flame and the Arrow" (1950), "The Black Shield of Falworth" (1954), and "Solomon and Sheba" (1959).
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Among people born in 1914, Tyrone Power ranks 17. Before him are Julio Cortázar, William S. Burroughs, Mohammed Zahir Shah, Alec Guinness, Octavio Paz, and Richard Widmark. After him are Bohumil Hrabal, Lída Baarová, Joe Louis, Aribert Heim, Jonas Salk, and Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr. Among people deceased in 1958, Tyrone Power ranks 11. Before him are Rosalind Franklin, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Roger Martin du Gard, Maurice de Vlaminck, Clinton Davisson, and Ernest Lawrence. After him are Lion Feuchtwanger, Faisal II of Iraq, Milutin Milanković, Juan Ramón Jiménez, G. E. Moore, and Kurt Alder.
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Among people born in United States, Tyrone Power ranks 527 out of 15,968. Before him are Frank Herbert (1920), Ellen G. White (1827), Jodie Foster (1962), Richard Widmark (1914), Michael Porter (1947), and Howard Hawks (1896). After him are Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Johns Hopkins (1795), Nancy Pelosi (1940), Billie Holiday (1915), and Madam C. J. Walker (1867).
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Seven students graduate from Goshen Corner School
A 16.1 acre two-lot parcel on Winter Street Extension costing an estimated $65,000 was approved Thursday by the Claremont School Board as a proper site for the $5.5 million vocational skills center. The site choice no goes before city voters at a special school district meeting next Wednesday evening at 8 in the Stevens High School Auditorium. The announcement was preceded by a 50-minute executive session in which Superintendent Of Schools George Disnard informed the board of a sale of the property formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. G. Gardner McLeay Sr.
About the time Clyde Brackett graduated from Stevens High School in 1904, the infant motion picture industry was getting off the ground. So, perhaps it is fitting that now 75 years later, the theme for the Stevens High School Alumni Parade is Great and Brackett will be attending his 75th straight alumni banquet.
Addressing the 27 students graduating from St. Mary High School Tuesday night in St. Mary Church, the Rev. Hector LaMontagne, pastor, stressed the discipline required in obtaining an education. Receiving diplomas were Doreen Adams, Mary Ann Adams, Kelly Burnash, Karen Cardozo, Sharon Colby, Suzanne Lariccia, Lia Leblanc, Ronda Marr, Janet Maynard, Christine Mills, Leann Ahern, James Belange, Dale Bellavance, Dale Decato, Timothy Paris, Joseph Frechette, Barry Goldberg, Glenn Johnson, Eric Jones, Kevin LaPlante, Todd LeBlanc, Jeffrey Perkins, Michael Ranney, Scott Sweet and Mark Young.
Newport athletes were honored at the Spring Sports Awards Night June 6 at the Newport High School Cafetorium. Sportsmanship Awards went to Lisa Davidson, girls track; Chris Yurgeles, boys track; Jodi Kelley, softball, and Jeff Cornish, baseball. Most Valuable Player Awards went to Suzanne Stoddard for girls track and to Terry Gagne for softball. The Victor Jasinski Trackmeister Award went to Dan Kimball, boys track MVP. The Joseph P. Gonyea Memorial Award for baseball went to Tim Bates, MVP.
Malcolm W. Rowell has been named 1979 Alumnus of the Year by the Newport Alumni Association and will be honored at the annual meeting an banquet June 16 at Mount Sunapee State Park. A testimonial in the banquet program cites Mr. Rowell for "passing on to us a heritage of music and friendship." Mr. Rowell is a Newport native and a member of the Towle High School Class of 1932.
William and Heidi Bartlett, East Mountain Road, are involved in plans to fulfill a dream, a competition in the 1,200-mile Iditarod dog race in Alaska the last week in February 1980. They are training their 17 huskies and plan to enter a team of 12 to 14 of these mature racing dogs in the famed run on an old gold rush trail from Anchorage to Nome initiated eight year ago to commemorate serum run relays, which once had to be run during an epidemic.
United Construction Corporation, Newport, was awarded a contract by selectmen June 11 to build a combined town-school garage on Route 10. The United Construction bid was $49,579 less than the anticipated cost of $400,000 appropriated by March town meeting. All the bids came in at a lower figure.
A landing strip for private planes has received preliminary approval from the Grantham Planning Board. Barbara Briggs, speaking for Controlled Environment Corporation, outlined the subdivision as Lot A, a 62-acre strip of land along the Springfield Road to be leased for the airport.
Plans for a recreational lake project on Blood Brook Dam here are in the final stages, state officials told more than 70 residents at an informational hearing last night. The news prompted two hours of citizen questions, complaints and accusations about the project expressing fears it would cause widespread development at the expense of town environment. Vernon Knowlton, chief engineer for the New Hampshire Water Resource Board, which owns 10 sites for the Sugar River Watershed Project, said the legislature will decide within a week where to fund construction of the flood control dams in Newport and Goshen with a recreational facility in the latter town.
The American Optical Corp. has announced its Charlestown plant will be converted to manufacture of soft contact lenses this year. The Charlestown plant will become the company's second domestic soft contact lens manufacturing facility, according to Francis J. Doherty Jr. The lenses are produced in Framinghm, Mass., but rapid growth has required additional production capacity, headed.
Among the 560 Keene State College students receiving degrees at the college's 70th annual commencement recently were John Cloutier, Sherry Wentzell, Jeffrey Egbert, Victor St. Pierre, Ford Sanborn, Martha Aiken, Carol Williams, Kurt Normandin, Karen Novak, and Susan McLaughlin, all of Claremont.
The five top student at Fall Mountain Regional High School graduating class are Dennis Molesky, Jennifer Hayward, Janyce Havlir, Jean Graves and Julie Winzheim.
Receiving the highest honor bestowed upon a Boy Scout on Saturday evening was John Newton Jr., of South Cornish. Newton received his Eagle Scout medal in ceremonies conducted by Richard Breed of Claremont at the Cornish Town Hall. The son of Mr. and Mrs. John Newton Sr., East Road, he is the first scout in Troop 332 to reach this rank.
Melody Fadden, W. Kent Dickinson, and Jeffrey Trow were named Sunapee High School's three top honor pupils in the senior class, according to Principal David Sherburne. Miss Fadden will attend the University of New Hampshire, Durham. Dickinson will study pre-law at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., and Trow will be a business administration student at Whittemore School of Business, University of New Hampshire.
A young German girl will become a "Claremonter" for a year, and will attend Stevens High School next fall. The Rev. Michael G. Ireland, pastor of the First Baptist Church here, has announced that an application to sponsor a student from overseas under the auspices of the International Christian Youth Exchange has been approved. Miss Christiane Herm of West Berlin, Germany, will arrive in Claremont July 19, Ireland said. and will remain in the city for approximately a year before returning to her native land.
A young Claremont girl who says she "once almost burned the house down during a chemistry experiment," this summer will be the first girl—and one of the first high schoolers—to attend a summer session at the Canaan (N.H.) College of Advanced Sciences. Marya Keegan, 16, the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Keegan of 260 Pleasant St. here, is a sophomore at Stevens High School and alumna of St. Mary Grammar School.
Dixon's Super-Duper Market has just completed a major remodeling and redecorating project. There is a 50 percent increase in frozen food display cases and the meat display cases and a similar boost in refrigerated display of produce. Now, 100 percent of all fruits and vegetables are refrigerated.
Photo Caption—A $1,000 check from the St. Mary PTO was presented last night to the Right Rev. Msgr. John McCarthy by president of the local parent-teacher organization, Dr. Marcel Coutu, left. The money collected through several fundraising activities this year, will go toward a continuing PTO project to update and renovate St. Mary Grammar School classrooms. This year's money is earmarked for desks and new flooring in one room. Looking on are Mrs. John Hawley, PTO secretary, and Mrs. Mark Benjorno, treasurer, right.
Four of the 47 Towle High School students on the honor roll for the school year 1963-64 were high honor students. They are Thomas Ferriter, senior; Linda Snyder, junior, and Cynthia Harlow and Regina Louden, sophomores. They had no grade below 90. Honor students with no grade below 85 for the year were John Maxfield IV, Jennifer Twiss, and Terry Walker, seniors; Cheryl Demetrakopoulos, Judith Hodgman, Maureen Hollinshead, Rachel Huot, Mary Jasinski, Arnold Kranko, Andrew Miller, Linda Oldham, Carol Spaulding and Robert Winter, juniors, and Bonnie Fortune, Kathleen Pavlik, Laura Pinkney, Roxanne Smith and Diane Wirkkala, sophomores.
Coach Robert K. (Bob) Underhill, Newport director of physical education for the past four years, was released from his contract this week so that he could accept a similar position at Stevens High School. In his two terms in Newport, his clubs in football ran up a 37-15-3 record and twice his teams won the Division IV title.
Cynthia Harlow, a Towle High School sophomore, received three of the American Legion awards on Class Day Monday in Wheeler Gymnasium. The awards are given to top-ranking students in seven subjects. She had the top average in French, Biology and Mathematics. She is the daughter of Mrs. Harry Harlow, Summer Street.
"What we need is not security but a touch of adventure and a little risk in our lives," valedictorian Thomas Ferriter told a Towle High School graduation audience at Newport Junior High School last night."
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Alexander attended the commencement dinner at Holderness School, Plymouth, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander and their daughters, Chris and Cathy, attended commencement exercises at the school Sunday. Their son, Sandy, was one of the graduates. He returned home with them on Sunday to spend the summer.
Peggy Licht and her roommate, Kathy Froyd, University of New Hampshire, Durham, were recent guests of Mrs. Ernest Rainey. Miss Licht will return to Woodbine Cottage as a waitress again this summer.
There were 14 children registered for first grade at the Goshen-Lempster Cooperative School on Saturday, eight from Goshen and six from Lempster.
Raymond Reid, Newport, has purchased the Helen Brigham house. Mr. Reid has re-roofed the house and will make extensive repairs to the property.
The children of the North Grantham School, accompanied by their teacher, Mrs. Towne, and Mrs. Ronald Hastings, recently enjoyed a field day in Claremont where they visited the Dartmouth Woolen Mill, the Post Office, Library, Fire Station, Goodwin Community Center, Goddard Bakery, and the Daily Eagle.
Loren Patten, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Vera Patten, and his daughter, Mrs. Natalie Duford, New London, went to Norwich, Conn., recently and brought his daughter, Mrs. Diane Charles, and her son, Brent, home to stay while her husband is in Scotland on submarine duty with the U.S. Navy.
Pvt. Maurice Nelson Jr., Fort Dix, N.J., spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Nelson, Croydon Flat.
The Gad-a-Lots met last night at the home of Mrs. Walter Ainsworth on Woodland Street. Following bridge, a lunch was served by Mrs. Ainsworth and Mrs. Anton Pedersen.
Five motor vehicle for which the City Council appropriated roughly $10,000 are to be purchased for $8,468. They include a cruiser, two-door Ford sedan, $425; garbage truck, heavy-duty Dodge, $2,534; Park Department dump truck, $1,902, and Sewer Department dump truck, $2,253.
Bids for construction of a $9,000 field house at Barnes Park will be received by City Manager Philip L. White up to 11 a.m., Saturday. The field house, which will be 40 by 48 feet, will be constructed of cement blocks. The main room will be used as a sort of "shelter room," Mr. White said. It is expected to be used as a voting place for Ward 3, a warming hut for skaters in winter, a play room for children on rainy days in summer and by sports participants and others using the park during the baseball and football seasons.
One hundred reservations for the 78th annual alumni banquet reunion at Stevens High School June 18 have been received, Mrs. Vera Chellis, '49, Alumni Association secretary-treasurer, reported this morning.
Fifteen Stevens High School seniors were inducted in the National Honor Society at an assembly of the school this morning. Membership cards were presented to Robert Angier, Barbara Chase, Edward Chick, Margaret Eastman, Richard Fish, Elma Griswold, Martha Heller, Robert Hildreth, Donald Hodge, Philip Kaminsky, Philip Ledoux, Robert Marshall, Carolyn Papps., Carl Steinfield, and Doris Wadleigh.
The approximately 70 maples and elms on Newport's beautiful Common were sprayed last week by local tree surgeons, who protected the trees from infestation by insects. The work is done annually by the town.
Mother won hands down as heroine of Towle High School's graduating class this year, according to a poll taken of the Class of 1949 by the staff of the high school yearbook. In the class of 64 graduates, mother polled 25 votes as heroine. Father topped the vote for heroes with a vote of 10, the largest for any individual. Forth-eight different candidates for hero were listed by the class. Sad Sack polled two votes to run second to father. Two Towle instructors, Coach Jack Barry and political science teacher Orimer Bugbee were named as individual heroes.
Harold E. Perkins, Towle High School senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Perkins of South Main Street, has been awarded a four-year full tuition scholarship in the College of Liberal Arts at Boston University. An announcement made this week by Ernest M. Perkins, Towle High School Headmaster, revealed that young Perkins has attained one of the highest scholastic records at the high school with an average of 94 for the four years of attendance.
Photo Caption—M.J. Harrington, local jeweler, poses beside a Watch Master, an electronic brain that tells a jeweler in two minutes what once took him five days to find out. With the new machine, Harrington can time a watch in a matter of minutes. Previously, a customer was required to leave his watch at the jeweler's for five or six days so that daily adjustments could be made. The Watch Master tells the jeweler in 30 seconds exactly how the watch will perform in 24 hours. The machine, which is accurate to one one-thousands of 1 percent, can also tell the jeweler when the watch needs cleaning and what parts are broken.
Paul Gamsby has completed a year's work at New Hampshire University and returned to his home on Thursday.
With more than 200 Goshennites attending, graduation exercises for seven members of the Goshen Corner School were held in the Goshen Town Hall last Friday evening. Graduating were Miss Jean Richardson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Richardson; Miss Mary Michaelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Michaelson; Miss Melisande Pertusio, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rene Pertusio; John Tenney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Tenney; Charles Lund, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lund; Edwin Chartier Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Chartier, and Gordon Berquist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank I. Berquist. All plan to enter Towle High School in September. The children were led by their marshal, Virginia Hodgman, a pupil in the third grade.
The latest report on George Blanchard's condition is that he is much better. Mr. Blanchard's operation has been pronounced a success.
Mr. and Mrs. Orren Pillsbury enjoyed a motor trip to Hampton Beach Tuesday.
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Mr. Harold Leavitt started to work in North Charlestown last week. He is enjoying the work very much and hopes to gain a good deal of educational information from it.
Mrs. Ernest Leavitt is feeling much better this week after a siege of the grippe.
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The East Unity baseball team lost a had-fought game at Rands Pond in Goshen. The score was 10-2 in favor of Goshen. John Newton pitched and struck out 13 while walking nine.
Graduation exercises will be conducted this evening at 8 with retiring Superintendent of Schools Henry Hastings delivering the main address. Eighteen seniors who will be receiving their degrees include George Austin, Howard Bemis, Hilda Brown, Bonita BurneyBurney, Athena Caragiania, Norman Cobb, James Davidson, Beverly Davidson, Norwood Davis, Marion Hill, Betty Holden, Richard Kinson, Winona Loveland, Patricia Maltais, Harry Nelson, Cassie Rice, Shirley Walker and Irene Welch.
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The world can be a scary place. Nothing new there, nothing wrong there either. For one person to find their way in a society of others trying to find their way, it is an inherently shared and unique experience. Oxymoronic, but true. Of course, that isn't taking into account external factors, such as if the world were to be suddenly and intrinsically linked to another dimension chock full of beings beyond human imagination…well, not really, because a human did imagine them, but you know what I mean. Add on top of that the simple fact that every dimension and species holds its own heroes and villains and you've got yourself a recipe for chaos in a cookbook of insanity. But then, you have to ask yourself, is that the kind of book you would willingly read?
New York City, a bustling mecca of countless people who have gathered from across the globe…is gone. The whole thing exploded into another dimension or somesuch. Sad…and also catastrophic. However, in its place now stands Hellsalem's Lot, the one city on the planet which caters to humanity and the plethora of beings from the Alterworld who are now known to our world. From mushroom-esque beings lacking a skeletal structure, to something that looks legitimately like a devil, to a bunch of brains that wear a stylish cloak, the world as it once stood has fallen and in its place stands a much more complex one. Yet one thing remains the same; wherever there is good, there is bad and wherever there is bad, there is good. Thus, a select few exceptionally skilled beings have taken charge and decided to keep the world safe from threats that the police just cannot handle…even though they have police mecha. They are Libra and their newest member is our protagonist, a feeble fella by the name of Leonardo Watch who just so happens to possess the All Seeing Eyes of the Gods…which don't sound plot important at all. Spoiler: They are.
Long story short, Blood Blockade Battlefront (B3 for so-much-shorter) is a fish out of water story that thought a boy in New York was nowhere near intense enough and so destroyed New York, threw in more creatures than you could shake a handful of sticks at and gave him magical powers to boot. After accidentally joining Libra, Leo is confronted with danger and shenanigans on an episodic basis that serves to paint an abstract picture of this new world and develop those who dwell within it. Though he maintains his humorous, fearful outbursts, we slowly see Leo develop into the kind of person he never thought he was. From a backstory of self-declared cowardice, he spends damn near every episode trying to help someone. Sure he gets captured just as often, but, as we and Leo learn, it is his trying that sets him apart. In a world of all new forms of segregation and fear, what Leo considers to make him a normal guy are actually what set him apart. The simple fact that he is willing to help is enough to warrant his existence in the world. Of course it helps that his allies are able to fight the threats that oppose them, but Leo's place in the world, and in the story, is that of an emotional beacon that can pierce through the fog of the world. Also his magic eyes can literally pierce through the literal fog of the world, but that isn't the most heartwarming portion of his story…though it is really cool. That being said, Leo is only able to survive this journey of self-discovery thanks to the friends around him, namely Zapp, Klaus, Black and White. There are certainly other, but they don't receive nearly as much screentime as the others so, whilst their contribution is appreciated, it is not as visible. The mentioned also fill the rather specific roles of friend, mentor, possibly misguided friend and love interest, respectively. A veritable bounty of archetypes whose very existence is important without even going into detail, since their presence in Leo's life is enough to have changed it.
Now don't go thinking Leo is the only character who matters in this series, it is simply that, as the protagonist, he is the one most explored. There are however episodes that focus on the bulk of the main cast, wherein we learn the folly of Zapp's life, the intensity with which Klaus makes every one of his decisions and the emotional complexity which makes White and Black who they are. This is all, of course, interspersed with truly insane creatures committing often horrid and ridiculous crimes, with which Libra has to deal. From tracking the distribution routes of illegal drugs, to hunting down incomprehensibly powerful vampires (dubbed Blood Breeds), B3 provides a wide range of classic villainy tropes all modified to be, you guessed it, crazier than normal. This allows the series to reveal a large deal about the world whilst at the same time populating it with characters and stories. This wide swath also clearly denote the tone of Hellsalem's Lot as mismatched, bearing both humour and intensity, with both infallible good and unspeakable evil bubbling beneath the surface. However, as a direct side effect of this, B3 can be a little hard to read. The complexity which is born from under-explanation leaves the audience to build a lot of the story themselves and fill in the numerous gaps of plot. A technique which inspires interest assuredly, but given the "Anything can happen" concept of this world, sometimes necessary story beats become clouded and confusing, creating a snowball effect that may leave some not wanting to continue…or wanting to rewatch and understand. Six of one I suppose.
Visually speaking, B3 is an amazing and eclectic experience. Combining the multitude of fictional creatures and architecture with the previously established New York that once stood, the series creates an enthralling environment that seems as impossible as it does probable. Standard cars line the streets, waiting at red lights with road demons who appear as if they could tear though everything in their path and yet don't. Star faced announcers read the news, humanoid dolphins sit at diners drinking coffee and all manner of creatures line the streets to sell their various wares. Top that off with the more sinister side of society, such as brain monster mafia dons and skeletal human traffickers, and you've run the gamut forward and back. Even the powers of this world are strange in appearance. Leo's eyes are intricate sigils that spin and expand when in use, Zapp forges ornate swords out of his own blood and Klaus tops them all by forming immensely detailed crucifixes both out of his own blood and the souls of his enemies (when he confines them). The non-visually complex powers aren't much better when it comes to simplicity, such as Chain's ability to add and remove herself from existence at will. Which sounds equal parts cool and terrifying.
B3 also shines in its score. I'm not one to usually focus on a soundtrack outside of watching a series, but B3's is just so appealing. Generally resting on a perch of jazz, the series creates interesting melodies that not only support climactic sequences, but also build character in the world itself. The simple fact that, during a chess game between Klaus and Steven, a radio was playing a song lyrics and all was amazing. It added a sense of realism to the entire brief sequence that you don't see too often. One episode even played what was reported to be an Alterworld cover of an old Earth tune, using yet another element to build the story of the world. The soundtrack is honestly one of the strongest factors for me believing B3 feels more complete than a lot of other series. Not necessarily infallible or perfect, but simply the truest offering that the studio and people behind it wanted to convey.
Blood Blockade Battlefront is a complicated weave of story, visuals and sounds that culminates in a near overwhelming experience. Often points there is so much occurring on screen that a human being could not possibly observe it all and the world itself can appear so spontaneous and haphazard that it is difficult to even tread metaphorical water. Hell, there's even a chess-like game that never has its rules explained and causes its players to bleed internally after playing for 99 hours straight, which doesn't even appear to be a truly long game. And there, in this chaotic mess of negative points, lies the beauty of this series. We aren't meant to understand every nook and cranny of this world because, despite our own personal belief, we are just simple humans. We don't have magical eyes, we can't turn our blood into weaponry and we sure as heck can't truly comprehend a world where an entire city almost collapsed into another dimension. We are supposed to be overwhelmed, supposed to be confused and supposed to struggle to grasp this reality. Yes it can go a touch to far sometimes and bleed that confusion into plot, but it is not a fractured experience for those mistakes. It is a simple story that is layered with the maniacal. It is a story about a boy who wants to find his place in a world he doesn't understand, trying, failing and making friends along the way. And once you remember that, this particular world seems a whole lot less scary. Except for that restaurant where the clam chowder eats people, that will never not be terrifying.
This was a really enjoyable story but the end is so incredibly rushed. If the ending had been given a couple more episodes to play out I feel this would have been a much stronger series.


Most historians describe the Steins as a great whisky dynasty, probably one of the greatest understatements you will ever read.
Yes, the Steins revolutionised both the Scottish and Irish whisky industries, but without a doubt the family were also one of the greatest Scottish industrialists of their time.
The distilleries founded by the Steins were the largest manufacturing undertaking of any kind to emerge during the first decade of the Industrial Revolution in Scotland and Ireland.
The earliest reference to the Steins in the Clackmannan area dates back to around 1200. The family was obviously one of substance owning farmland at Craigton and also Greenyards on the far bank of the river Forth.
It is also thought the Steins extended their land holding at the reformation, upon the dissolution of Kennetpans Abbey, where they learned the act of distilling from the friars.
It is believed to have been Andrew Stein (1672 – 1741) that first established a commercial distillery at Kennetpans c1720s. Certainly by 1733 Kennetpans was the largest distillery in Scotland now run by Andrew's son, John Stein senior (1697 – 1773).
Later John's son, John (1745 – 1825), was to take over Kennetpans and for some unknown reason he also set his sights on the Irish market.
He founded the now famous Bow Street Distillery of Jameson fame in 1780 and in the same year, he purchased another Dublin distillery, Marrowbone Lane. Both would become vast manufacturing plants even by today's standards.
John had 12 children some of whom continued with the family's distilling traditions. James founded a large distillery at Kilbagie one mile distant from his father's Kennetpans Distillery, Robert founded the Kincaple Distillery at St Andrews, Andrew purchased the Hattonburn Distillery at Milnathort and John Stein junior eventually took over his father's interests at Kennetpans.
The Steins did not just fit in with the traditional distilling methods. They brought whisky manufacturing to a scale never seen before in Scotland.
They were true innovators open to any new technology they thought would benefit distilling. Two of the Steins greatest achievements were they founded the export market for Scotch whisky and the invention of the continuous still, they have never received the level of credit deserved for either.
An extract from the Philosophical Magazine published in 1798 states 'The improvements that have taken place in the common distillery business in Scotland within these few years are such as cannot fail to excite the wonder of men of science'.
With distilling on such an unprecedented scale came problems keeping these vast plants supplied with the raw materials required. This lead to massive changes to farming in the surrounding areas of these great distilleries.
The whole of Central Scotland's infrastructure had to be re-examined and the Steins commissioned huge engineering projects from building roads to canals and tramways. They also established major shipping interests.
The Steins drive for profit also managed to get them into difficulties over the years, whether with Customs or the London gin merchants; they often found themselves in tight corners not always of their own making (see Gin Trade).
They were always looking for an edge so when the level of duty was based upon the expectation that a still could only discharge once or twice a day, the Steins designed new shallow stills that could be discharged much quicker. The Steins Canonmills distillery could discharge at a rate of 94 times in a 24 hour period. This gave a huge advantage on the duty paid (or not paid?).
The Steins frequently attempted to avoid regulations, for example often distilling on the Sabbath when excise officers were not on duty. Similarly, when excise officers attempted to use hydrometers to measure the spirit strength accurately, James Stein of Kilbagie immediately accused the excise officers of trespass and had them escorted from his premises.
The matter was taken to the Court of the Exchequer which approved the use of the hydrometers, but admitted legislation did not allow the strength of spirit to be recorded or marked on the barrels and did not even permit the destruction of spirit found to be under proof. I am saddened to see bureaucracy has never changed over the years!
Other instances of the Steins being economical with the truth was when John and James plus other partners in crime found themselves being prosecuted by the Crown for under declaring duty payments on timber shipments landed at Alloa between 1786 – 1791. I would imagine their fleet of ships gave them plenty of other opportunities similar to the timber incident.
With any large business enterprise it takes a certain type of person with drive, determination and even ruthlessness to succeed. The Steins were not short on any of these.
The Steins were regarded as royalty when it came to distilling, and they always tried to control the market place by pushing family interests even to saturation point. It is without a doubt the Steins bankrolled the Haigs and Jamesons to enable them to flourish (at a cost). This was shown when William Haig of the Seggie Distillery went into liquidation owing John Stein of Kennetpans £42,000 (equal to £8million today).
They also controlled other non family distilleries in Scotland through complex agreements involving supplying credit and capital. If anyone stepped out of line the Steins were completely ruthless as Duncan Montgomery of Inverkeithing Distillery found out to his cost. The Steins purchased the mill upstream of his distillery and cut of his water supply forcing him into sequestration and if all other avenues failed, they were not averse to giving the odd bribe or two.
After the boom of 1815 exports to England stagnated. The Steins, and by now their financially independent cousins, the Haigs, were unscrupulous to protect their control of this trade. They paid their relatives John Stein of Kennetpans (by this time Robert of Kilbagie was by far the leading distiller in the Stein family) and John Philp of the Dolls Distillery not to register for the English market.
Similar offers were made to other distillers such as Robert More, owner of the Underwood Lock Distillery, who received £10,000 (£2 million now) not to supply English customers. They tried to rationalise the industry by buying up and dismantling struggling distilleries. These practices made the Steins / Haigs increasingly unpopular with other large Scottish distillers.
It would appear it was not only distilling the Steins were involved with and they even ventured into banking, with disasterous results. In 1800 The Workington Bank was founded by Messrs Wood, Smith and Stein & Co. Little is known about this bank and only a few copies of their bank notes exist today.
It was not a good time for country banks . As agriculture was going through a boom and bust period, coupled to the fact Workington's major customers were connected to the manufacture of arms and the iron trades, a brief period of peace with France did not help. The Workington Bank went into recievership in 1812 with debts totally £120,000 (approximately £20,000,000 today).
An Action of Insolvency was raised by the Commission of Bankruptcy in London on 11th August 1812 against 'John Stein, Thomas Smith, Robert Stein, James Stein and Robert Smith, who carried on Business as Bankers, Insurance Brokers and Merchants in Fenchurch Street, in the City of London, under the firm of Stein, Smith and Company, and in the Royal Exchange, in the City of Edinburgh, under the firm of Scott, Smith, Stein and Company, and of whom the said John Stein, Robert Stein and James Stein also carried on business as distillers'.
We are unable to trace the Stein's involvement in distilling after the closure of John Stein's Sudbury Distillery in 1856.
I find it hard to believe a family of the Stein's drive / stature would turn its back on the industry that had given them so much. Had their involvement just run its course, or did they teach their cousins too well and it was now the Haigs' turn to dominate the industry?
Whatever the reason, in the one hundred years that they dominated the market, they certainly left their mark on one of Scotland's and Ireland's most important industries.
Our Prime Minister David Cameron is a direct descendant of the Steins of Kilbagie and Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond's first job was in a Stein Brick work.
Do you know what direction the Steins took?


Our friends across the pond may already be familiar with Amara, a luxury home goods site based in the UK – but they've recently launched a US version of their site, so today they're giving away a $500 gift card to anyone in the world! In their virtual catalog you'll find a ton of pretty things bearing a bunch of familiar designer names: Missoni, Orla Kiely, Ralph Lauren and Jonathan Adler just to name a few. And in addition to home items (from furniture and bedding to decorative accessories and servingware), they've also got some clothing, body care, and other good stuff mixed in there too.
Please use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter (it might take a second to load, but it should eventually pop up below this paragraph). This giveaway is worldwide and Amara is also offering $40 off any order over $200 through the end of the year with code YHL40!
Wow—I love every item I see on your blog page for this contest….I guess I better check out the website:)What a great giveaway!
Absolutely love that ceramic squirrel holding the matches!
That's a Jonathan Adler piece.
Holy cats! I just checked out the website and I love it. Thanks for the heads up!
How fun! I was so surprised to see your post today and had to read it twice. My daughter (age 15) is named Amara, and she and I both agree this must be a wonderful company. How could they not be with such a name!
Second Amara we've heard of so far! It's a lovely name!
I MUST HAVE THAT SQUIRREL!! :) Great giveaway!
I think it would be hard to know so much about DIY and not feel used by people always wanting your handiness.
That's funny because we were talking to a friend of ours about that and we honestly don't have very many people who ask our help. Maybe sometimes with picking a paint color (that's so easy and fun for us we love that though!) and occasionally a relative or friend will let us help them paint a room or fix it up a little (like we did for John's sister or his Granny's bathroom) but I think people generally think "they do this all the time, they probably don't want to do any more of it with me – so let's talk about something else" – at least that's what it seems like. I'd say 99% of our conversations with friends have nothing to do with DIY. How funny is that?!
Thanks Janet! I kept staring at it and saying "what's wrong with it?!" Usually when one of us has a typo, the other can spot it! But John switching the D and the L totally skipped past my brain and it was invisible to me too!
A wee typo on Adler, ma dear (Alder).
Decisions Decisions, Kitchen aide, rug…curtians…?? Gift card would be sweet! What pretty stuff!
Where is this freebie bonus question you speak of ? Great giveaway!! Thanks!!
If you click on the words "over in forums" it should take you right to it!
Awesome! Need to check out their website. Thanks, guys!
So excited to see a world-wide competition! That means even little ol' me in South Africa have a chance of winning!
1) I love your blog!
Haha, I kept staring at it and saying "what's wrong with it?!" Usually when one of us has a typo, the other can spot it! But John switching the D and the L totally skipped past my brain and it was invisible to me too! Thanks for the tip Caroline!
Great giveaway today! Thanks for the opportunity! I am loving everything you have done with the new house so far!
Sherry, I know you do a TON of painting, so I was wondering if you could advise: I bought wood doll bunk beds, but the colors are really boring and I thought I'd re-paint them. Am I better off using a small roller, a brush, or a foam brush for this task? And do I need to prime, since they are already painted white? Thank you so much!
I would use a small foam roller (with a brush to get into the little cracks) just because that'll go faster and hide brush strokes. I would definitely prime since paint over paint can chip right off without a bonding coat of primer to join them. Hope it helps!
I've been thinking about this for some time and just wanted to say THANK YOU for all of your awesome giveaways and for NOT soliciting us to "pin this" or "share this" or "tweet this" or "facebook this", etc. Athough I have yet to win (insert sad face) I appreciate your simple giveaways!
Thanks Alicia! Every week the winner seems to say "Oh my gosh I never win anything!" so here's hoping your turn is right around the corner!
Hi! I have been a reader for a while now, and I know this answer is somewhere on the blog. I can't seem to find it though. I am redoing a rocker for my nursery, and I am going to spray paint the chair. What type of VOC-free spray paint and primer do you recommend? We just want a clean, white color.
Saldy they don't make VOC free spray paint yet, so I'd use low-VOC primer (like Smart Prime by Zinsser) and VOC-free paint (like Natura by BM or Mythic or Olympic Premium) and then seal it with SafeCoat Acrylacq if you need a sealer (it's non-toxic so we always use it for kid stuff!).
No, thank you for a great raffle! Fun way to become aware of a great new source.
The best of this contest, for me, is that I get on a plane for the UK tomorrow. No shopping time though. Going to a wedding.
I think I need that squirrel!
I'm all about that Orla Kiely cake stand!
I know I'm supposed to be a "Non-Consumer," but that Orla Kiely tiered tray wants to come home with me.
Here . . . kitty, kitty, kitty.
This may be a dumb question that's already been answered… But does that rafflecopter widget-thingy notify the winner in some way? I mean, I'm not the least bit surprised to not have won any of the giveaways on here, but I'm wondering if I need to still come back and check like in the old days… ;) Thanks!
I just saw a rug that made me swoon. Oh, I want it! Pick me! Pick me!
I too, was wondering about the winners of your great giveaways. Did you every consider announcing the winner from the previous week on the current week's contest? I like closure! HA!
We actually link back to the winner with a little PS announcement every Friday at the bottom of the post! Admittedly it's not always super obvious to see, but it's a link above the Forum Foursome and if you click it you'll see the Rafflecopter box with the winner displayed right on it!
Third Amara we've heard from today! I love it!
This would be amazing to receive in Wales, UK. Here's hoping. Thanks.
Dang it I live in the UK and didn't even know about Amara…shame on me! And there I was thinking that 'Merica had all the best homeware places!
This is very random, but thought you guys might know— is there a website that I can type my room dimensions and it can show me options as far as furniture layout/placement? I'm having so much trouble with my living room!
Try floorplanner.com! We have used the free version before and found it helpful. You have to create the furniture yourself but then you can build it to scale with yours and move it around to see what works best.
I would buy wall art! Lots of frames to make a frame wall in my foyer. Thanks!
Also, have you ever calculated odds for winning? Just curious!
Love the blog, love you guys, congrats on the bean!
If you click that link wherever we refer to it (the words "over on our forums") it'll take you to that bonus question. It's just for fun (people missed them when we stopped doing comment submissions to contests and moved to a Rafflecopter system, so they're not necessary to win, but folks like chatting over there and seeing other people's responses. As for the odds of winning, everyone gets one entry so it's 1 in _____ (however many people enter each week). So if the contest closes and there are 10,000 entries, the odds are 1/10,000 of winning. Hope it helps!
Not heard of Amara before – off my radar despite living in the UK!
Checked out their website and lusting over their Orla Kiely cushions so here is my entry!
If I do, I will spend the voucher on a Kenwood Table Mixer.
I'm so excited! Totally can't believe I get a $500 shopping spree. There are a ton of great things on this site, it will be hard to pick! My husband and I are in the beginning stages of a kitchen makeover (painting cabinets, new counters etc) this will be a perfect way to finish it off. Thanks John and Sherry.


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Cubs System Sonogram Gets Left-Handed
Which left-handed pitchers are on the way from the Cubs' farm system? What can we expect from them?
By Tim Huwe Jun 17, 2013, 1:00pm CDT
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As much time as I burn through listening to minor league games, I forget sometimes that to the vast majority of Cubs fans, the players I listen to are just names on a blog post. So here's a brief thumbnail of the left-handed pitchers in the pipeline at the top three levels.
Chris Rusin, Iowa Cubs
A fourth-round selection in the 2009 June draft, Rusin is the most ready of any of the players on this list to contribute. A finesse starter, Rusin has dropped his WHIP from the acceptable 1.3/1.4 range to a rather good 1.125 this season in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. His K/9 is under six, indicating his lack of top-end velocity, but his walks are at 1.7, indicating he knows how to pitch. Lefties hit him moderately better than righties, so he doesn't profile as a specialist/LOOGY type. Rusin walked more hitters in April than he has since.
Rusin is a better pitcher now than what you saw at the end of last season. On a good team, he'd probably be a second or third lefty in the pen. He could also be a decent fourth or fifth starter, given time. The Cubs should be able to give him said time starting in late July or early August. Getting this much value from a fourth-rounder is a nice haul.
Brooks Raley, Iowa Cubs
A sixth-round selection in 2009, Raley sports a WHIP of 1.55 in Triple-A, which is up from last season. Raley fans over seven hitters per nine innings, but walks three per nine. Raley has a better ERA against lefty hitters, but is more prone to the longball by them.
Raley profiles as more of a reliever at the MLB level, but falls in line behind Rusin, regardless of the category. Raley received the first call this season, largely because filling in for a couple days in the bullpen is less of a priority (Raley) than getting in regular work (Rusin).
Hisanori Takahashi, Iowa Cubs
Takahashi has been very good in Iowa this season after being mostly awful in April in Chicago. After a bit of a slow start, he has allowed only seven hits over his last 16-and-change innings. Lefties have had better success this year against Takahashi, both in terms of power and average. He is striking out just under a hitter an inning.
If the Cubs needed another lefty in the pen to salvage the season, Takahashi wouldn't be a bad gamble. However, as he is approachng 40, he doesn't figure to advance the rebuild in terms of 2014 and beyond, or as a trade chip.
Jeff Antigua, Iowa Cubs
I saw Antigua pitch a few years back in Kane County, while he was playing in the system with Peoria. He has pitched in Low-A for each of the last five seasons. I don't see Antigua being called up, but the brass might reward him at some point for the miles logged on Midwest League buses. He is, in case you didn't guess, a soft tosser. Antigua has a low likelihood for MLB success.
Hunter Cervenka, Tennessee Smokies
Cervenka came over in the Marlon Byrd trade last season, and has exceeded expectations. He pitched for Peoria and Daytona last season, and Daytona and Tennessee this year. His Double-A numbers look a bit rough, but he was hit hard in his first two outings for the team. His last six innings for the Smokies have been scoreless. If a player can perform at Double-A, he might be able to two levels higher.
His walk and strikeout numbers are a bit on the high side generally. It's doubtful Cervenka would be selected in December's Rule 5 draft, so he will probably be able to develop another year, and may earn a call-up next season to the parent club.
Eric Jokisch, Tennessee Smokies
An 11th-round pick from Northwestern in 2010, Jokisch has steadily climbed through the system. His WHIP is normally very acceptable, helped by low walk numbers. He generally fans over 7 per nine, so he isn't a pure pitch-to-contact guy. His splits are mildly reversed, so he doesn't appear to be a specialist.
If Jokisch keeps getting people out, his long-ish shot at being a big league contributor will continue. His splits don't help him as a short reliever, but he will battle every outing. The jury is still deliberating on this verdict, which is a prudent action on most prospects anyway.
Austin Kirk, Tennessee Smokies
A third-round choice in 2009, Kirk pitched a no-hitter for Daytona on July 4, 2011. He usually sits a bit below the 7 K/9 mark, and is more finesse than flamethrower. He's also unlikely to be taken in the Rule 5 draft in December, so Kirk will have the next two years to show if he is more starter or reliever in the future. His splits are traditional, and Kirk could be a lefty specialist in a few years, though he is still a starter now.
Zach Rosscup, Tennessee Smokies
Over the winter, some Cubs prospects were invited to Chicago for a long weekend, which included attending a Blackhawks game in a club suite. Rosscup was among the invitees. Acquired with Matt Garza in the much-discussed Rays trade, Rosscup has consistently had K/9 numbers in double digits in the Cubs system. His walk numbers have been a bit up-and-down. This year, his splits are mildly reversed, but he has pitched well against all comers.
Look for Rosscup to be added to the 40-man roster this winter, if not sooner. He is probably the most likely on this list to be in an All-Star game. He will be a reliever, but since the brass likes him, he will have plenty of chances. I expect he gets a call-up in late August or September, but I hope it's late enough so the team doesn't waste an option on him as was done with Rusin and Raley last season. (There's not much point in this stage of the rebuild calling up anyone to appear once or twice, just to waste one of their three minor league options. If that is the plan, summon someone other than Rosscup, who might have future value for the team in four years.)
Kyler Burke, Daytona Cubs
Burke came over to the Cubs in 2007 from San Diego in the Michael Barrett trade. After plateauing as a hitter, he switched to the mound exclusively in 2011. His numbers in High-A have been fairly good this year, with a WHIP under 1.1, and over 8 K/9. I doubt he will ever merit a 40-man roster spot, but if he reaches (and succeeds at) Double-A, all bets are off.
Frank del Valle, Daytona Cubs
Del Valle is getting used to Daytona. That isn't necessarily what the Cubs wanted when he defected from Cuba, but he has gotten better each year in the Florida State League. After splitting time in 2012 as a starter and reliever, FDV has been exclusively a reliever this season. His K/9 is over 12. His W/9 is over 5.
While a possibility exists of del Valle reaching Wrigley, his walk numbers are disconcerting. He probably has earned a look in Double-A if a spot opens up.
Jeff Lorick, Daytona Cubs
The last-remaining vestige of the Derrek Lee trade with Atlanta, Lorick is a short-stint reliever. He has appeared in nine games in 2013, surrendering hits in his last eight. The Florida State League is hitting over .300 on Lorick. He has walked more than he has fanned this year.
Sheldon McDonald, Daytona Cubs
McDonald is very good at changing speeds on his pitches. A 33rd-round pick from Canada in 2011, McDonald has a WHIP over 1.5. He walks over four per nine innings, fanning a bit over five this season. His splits between lefty and righty hitters are rather neutral. A team can always find a role for a pitcher like McDonald, but rarely is it in the major leagues.
There are some decent left-handed pitchers in the Cubs' pipeline. None of them figure to be major players with the next good Cubs teams. Rusin, Raley, and Rosscup figure to be the best, in whichever order. None pencil in as starting pitchers in a playoff run. The bullpen figures to have a few home-grown talents over the next few years, but don't expect 95 mile per hour heat in the left-field bullpen from them in Wrigley the next few years. The team has been more interested recently in adding top-end hitting talent than adding left-handed splash in the last few years.
In other words, don't expect internally-grown southpaw stars in the next few seasons.
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