Martin Maher West Point

Martin Maher West Point: latest news about, In 1898 at the U.S. Military Academy, a young captain named John J. Pershing swore in an even younger new recruit, Pvt. Martin Maher. Maher, who had arrived in his new country just two years before from Ireland’s County Tipperary, was as new to West Point then as each year’s new cadets, or “plebes.” After over three decades encountering plebes and upperclassmen, Maher would earn a place in the hearts of countless graduates and, through his memoirs, a place in the memory of countless filmgoers.
Soon after his enlistment, Maher was assigned to the West Point gymnasium. He claimed he couldn’t swim a stroke, but as the Department of Physical Training’s swimming instructor from 1899 to 1928, he made sure that each and every cadet could.

“It has been argued that Marty Maher knew personally more officers in the United States Army than any other person alive,” the U.S.M.A. Public Affairs Office says. From Pershing to Patton, Bradley to Bolivar, Maher knew them all — and he learned more than just their names. The scrappy young Irishman knew them well, and loved them. His work ethic, enthusiasm, and affection for the corps of cadets inspired many to love him, too –he was named an honorary member of the classes of 1912, 1926 and 1928.

As Maher progressed through the ranks to technical sergeant (E-7), he essentially grew up along with many young officers; as he matured, he nurtured them. The novelization of his life was aptly titled “Bringing Up the Brass.” One of Maher’s former swimming students, Dwight D. Eisenhower, wrote the foreword: “I cannot put too high an estimate on the help [Maher] gave my morale. Marty, with his Irish wit and his talent for understanding, did the same for many, many others … This foreword is meant to be a testament of the admiration and affection one soldier feels for an old friend, associate and helper, Sgt. Marty Maher of West Point.”

Maher’s impressions and memories of West Point in the book were so vivid that director John Ford made them into what is still called the best movie about the U.S. Military Academy — “The Long Gray Line. Starring Tyrone Power as Maher and Maureen O’Hara as his wife, Mary, the film provides a warm and humorous noncommissioned officer’s perspective on our nation’s oldest officer training institute.
Source: newsofhot.com

Mary Weiland, Forsberg Mary Weiland

latest news updated, Mary Weiland, Forsberg Mary Weiland Mary Weiland was the wife of Scott Weiland, lead singer of the 1990s grunge band Stone Temple Pilots. I will never forget his song “Interstate Love Song” for many reasons, I will not mention here.
Forsberg Mary Weiland recently wrote about his time with Scott and the band in his memoir, “Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock n ‘Roll’, and mental illness.” Mary, a divorced former model, wrote the book with Larkin Warren, a former editor of Esquire.

It seems that Scott and Mary lived to the name of the band by getting stoned all the time. Both are linked to heroin. Mary recalls once soared as both had to wear long-sleeved shirts to hide the needle marks when he attended a July fourth launched by Leonardo DiCaprio in his Malibu home.

I remembered a scene from the film “Waiting to Exhale” When I read what Mary did in March 2007. It appears that Scott’s closet dragged into his path and set it on fire. She landed in a psychiatric hospital with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder for their actions. (Do not remember that happening in the movie.)

Mary said the experience of fire, “The fire was huge and very pretty. Everything went up in smoke quickly, except footwear of leather, Gucci was the longest. News reports said they had burned $ 10,000 worth of Scott’s clothes, he was wrong by a factor of eight. I was a little insulted in his estimate: “Eighty thousand dollars, Maria, said later.

Mary was just 16 when he entered a life of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll to include heroin and crack. Scott Weiland is credited with the breakup of the band because of their wild behavior.

The memoirs of Mary was released on 10 November if you want to read more. It is sad to think that these guys were so stoned when they sang some of my favorite songs.
Source: nydailynews.com

Mary Weiland

latest news about , Mary Weiland: Mary Weiland was the wife of Scott Weiland, lead singer of the 1990s grunge band Stone Temple Pilots. I will never forget his song “Interstate Love Song” for many reasons, I will not mention here.

Mary Weiland Fosberg recently wrote about his time with Scott and the band in his memoir, “Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock n ‘Roll’, and Mental Illness.” Mary, a divorced former model, wrote the book with Larkin Warren, a former editor of Esquire.

It seems that Scott and Mary lived to the name of the band by getting stoned all the time. Both are linked to heroin. Mary recalls once soared as both had to wear long-sleeved shirts to hide the needle marks when he attended a July fourth launched by Leonardo DiCaprio in his Malibu home.

Mary was just 16 when he entered a life of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll to include heroin and crack. Scott Weiland is credited with the breakup of the band due to their nature behavior.Mary Weiland was the wife of Scott Weiland, lead singer of the 1990s grunge band Stone Temple Pilots. I will never forget his song “Interstate Love Song” for many reasons, I will not mention here.

Mary Weiland Fosberg recently wrote about his time with Scott and the band in his memoir, “Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock n ‘Roll’, and Mental Illness.” Mary, a divorced former model, wrote the book with Larkin Warren, a former editor of Esquire.

It seems that Scott and Mary lived to the name of the band by getting stoned all the time. Both are linked to heroin. Mary recalls once soared as both had to wear long-sleeved shirts to hide the needle marks when he attended a July fourth launched by Leonardo DiCaprio in his Malibu home.

Mary was just 16 when he entered a life of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll to include heroin and crack. Scott Weiland is credited with the breakup of the band because of their wild behavior.
Source: gather.com

Mary Kay Letourneau Wedding Pictures

Mary Kay Letourneau Wedding Pictures: Mary Kay Letourneau and her former sixth grader _ the father of her two children _ are sponsoring a “Hot for Teacher” night at a nightclub in Seattle. Letourneau, now 47, served 7 1 / 2 years in prison after being convicted of raping Vili Fualaau, now 26. They married four years ago this week.
The bar owner, said Letourneau has served his sentence, she married her former student, and it’s OK to have a little fun on a Saturday night. Mike Morris, owner of Fuel Sports Eats and Beats, said this is the third time that Letourneau and Fualaau have hosted a ‘Hot for Teacher “night at the disco. The event begins at 9:30 pm Saturday.

The couple met when Fualaau was in second grade. Their relationship became sexual when he was 12 and she was a 34-year-old married mother of four.

Source: huffingtonpost.com

Happy Halloween Quotes

Latest News Updated, Happy Halloween Quotes: Going to a Halloween Party and need some lame jokes? Funny Halloween quotes and sayings are popular this week as All Hallows’ Eve gets underway. Have some of these jokes ready and waiting on note cards, and be the life of the party this Halloween.

Perhaps the best Halloween quote of all comes from The Huffington Post, “Halloween Is The Second Highest Grossing Commercial Holiday After Christmas. What used to be just a singular holiday with minimal things to purchase has turned into an entire “Halloween Season.” Between decorative lights and lawn ornaments, elaborate costumes and loads of candy, the average American spends a pretty penny on this fall holiday.”
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Blood donors needed.  See the Count.
2.
Free Broom Rides
3.
Broom Parking -  5 cents
4.
Carve out some good times!  (with carved pumpkin)
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Come as you aren’t!
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Forget the ghosts . . . beware of me!
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Ghosts have real spirit.
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Ghostly Greetings (on welcoming door sign)
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Halloween is a real treat.
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Just hanging out with my ghoul friends.
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Remember the gh’oul times!
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Time for a coffin break.
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It’s Hallo-scream!
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Have a spooktakular good time.
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Have a frightfully spooky Halloween.
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Have a fang-tastic night.
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Have a bootiful Halloween.
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Have a beary scary Halloween.  (with bear)
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I boo believe in ghosts!  I boo, I boo, I boo!
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You are bootiful.
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Ghoulia Child cooks here.
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I love being witchy
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Which witch are you?
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Don’t be a scaredy cat.
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Gone haunting.  Will return at midnight.
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I can’t stop falling in love with brew.
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I witch you a Happy Halloween.
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Trick or Treat. Smell my feet. Give me something good to eat.
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Trick or Treat. Be so sweet. Give me something good to eat.
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Trick or Treat! Give me something good to eat. Give me candy. Give me cake. Give me something sweet to take!
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The most difficult Halloween trick is to get the treats and the kids to come out even.
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Happy Haunting!
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Sit for a spell and have some brew.
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Hang around for a spell.  (with a witch’s cauldron)
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Stop in for a spell. (yard sign)
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Come in for a spell.  (welcoming sign)
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Come in for a bite.
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Mind your mummy.
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I want my mummy.  (put with little mummy)
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Fresh spider cider. (put on a cauldron with spider on rim).
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Witches brew is good for you, sit for a spell, let yourself jell, and drink a lot from my pot.
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May our best witches go with you.
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Mummy’s little monster (on a child’s t-shirt or under child’s picture)
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You’re so boooo-tiful!
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That’s witchful thinking.
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Welcome. The witch is in.  (“in” can flip flop with “out”)
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Free broom with flying lessons.
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Fangs for the memories and nightmares!
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Bugs & Hisses to you! (with spiders, bugs & snakes)
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My other car is a broom.  (good bumper sticker)
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Living in a nudist colony takes the fun out of Halloween.
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Are you a good witch or are you a bad witch?
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Spooktacular booquets sold here. Free delivery.
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Off we go a-haunting. . .
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I’m too cute to spook. (on a child’s t-shirt with cute ghost pic or under a pic of child in costume or on costume or treat bag)
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I only spook when spooken to.
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Have some boo bites.  (put with Halloween candy dish)
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Boooo spooken here.
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If the broom fits, fly it.
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Booooooo tooooo yooooooooo!!!!!
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Demons are a ghoul’s best friend.
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Please park all brooms at the door.
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It’s the season for Halloween howls and pump grins.
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What a ghastly ghost!
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Caution!  Ghost Crossing
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Caution!  Witch Crossing
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Caution!  Goblin Crossing
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Caution!  Skeleton Crossing
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Caution!  Monster Crossing
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Caution!  Black Cat Crossing
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Caution!  Low flying bats
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I’m a pleasingly plump pumpkin. (with big round pumpkin)
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Wipe that pump grin off your face!  (put with grinning jack-o-lantern)
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Take a fright turn into the fright zone.
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Fright turn  (directional yard sign)
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The graveyard shift is best.  No bones about it! (with skeletons)
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Happy Halloween whatever you are!
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Jack-o-lanterns are on the cutting edge. (with carved pumpkins)
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The littlest pumpkins have the biggest grins.  (with row of small grinning pumpkins)
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Boo to you from our crew.
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Scarecrows are too cute to scare.
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I’m too cute to scare.  (sign on scarecrow or child’s Halloween costume)
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Old witch Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With moss and slime,
and poisonous vine,
and toadstools all in a row.
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Three witches for you!  (with three little witches)
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Practice safe hex. (with witch)
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Hugs & Kisses 5 cents
Bugs & Hisses 10 cents
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Be the ghostess with the mostess.
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Witch Parking
All others will be toad!
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RE-POSSESSED!
Haunted House For Sale
Inquire within.
Surrealestate, Inc.
Ima Gool, Agent  (yard sign)
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Bats all folks!
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Skeleton Talk
by shirleyt
One skeleton said to the other,
“I have a bone to pick with you!”
And the old one said, “Not now.
My joints go out more than I do!”
. . . and they laughed humerously.
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Eat, drink and be scary.
93.
Bat Wing Soup
Now being served.
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Join us at the ghost post.
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If you want a tasty sweet. . .
Be sure to holler trick or treat!
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Missing
One Weird Thing
Please don’t bring it back!
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Used Coffin For Sale
Over 400 years old
Ask for Drac!
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Wicked Witches Convention Tonight!
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Spooky Stew Sale
All natural living ingredients.
We deliver after midnight!
Source : www.craftsayings.com/sayings/halloween.shtml

A Moveable Feast

Latest News Updated, A Moveable Feast: A Moveable Feast is a set of memoirs by American author Ernest Hemingway about his years in Paris as part of the American expatriate circle of writers in the 1920s. In addition to painting a picture of Hemingway’s time as a struggling young writer, the book also sketches the story of Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley.
A Moveable Feast is considered by many to contain some of his best writing. Some of the prominent people to make an appearance in the book include Aleister Crowley, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ford Madox Ford, Hilaire Belloc, Pascin, John Dos Passos, James Joyce and Gertrude Stein. The book was edited by Ernest’s fourth wife, Mary Hemingway, and published in 1964, four years after Hemingway’s death.

The book contains Hemingway’s personal accounts, observations, and stories of his experience in 1920s Paris. He provides the detail of specific addresses of cafes, bars, hotels, and apartments that still can be found in modern day Paris. The title was suggested by Hemingway’s friend A.E. Hotchner, author of Papa Hemingway, and comes from a conversation the two once had about the city during Hotchner’s first visits there:

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”

Editing by Mary Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway worked on the manuscript of A Moveable Feast during his later years, painstakingly rewriting several key passages, and had prepared a final draft before he died. After his death, however, his fourth wife, Mary, in her capacity as Hemingway’s literary executor, engaged in extensive editing. Literary scholar Gerry Brenner from the University of Montana documents her edits and questions their validity in many cases in his paper, “Are We Going to Hemingway’s Feast?”, concluding that some of them were misguided, and others derived from questionable motives. This would contradict with Mary’s stated policy for her role as executor, which had been an avowed hands-off approach.

After examining the vast collection of Ernest Hemingway’s personal papers, which were opened to the public in 1979 with the opening of the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston and included notes and initial drafts of A Moveable Feast, Brenner indicates that Mary changed the order of the chapters in Hemingway’s final draft, to “preserve chronology”. Brenner notes how this seems to disrupt the intent of the book, interrupting the series of juxtaposed character sketches between such individuals as Sylvia Beach (owner of the bookstore “Shakespeare and Company”) and Gertrude Stein. Additionally, Brenner points out that one whole chapter, titled “Birth of a New School”, which had been dropped by Hemingway altogether, was inserted back in by Mary without sufficient justification in its contents or execution.

By far the most serious edit, Brenner alleges, is that Mary deleted a lengthy apology to Hadley, Hemingway’s first wife and perhaps intended heroine. This apology appeared in various forms in every draft of the book, and Brenner suggests that Mary deleted it because it impugned her own role as wife with its implications that Hadley was the most important spouse.
Source: wikipedia.org

Mhsaa Football Playoffs

Latest news Updated, Mhsaa Football Playoffs: Here are the pairings for the 2009 MHSAA Football Playoffs, which begin with pre-district play Oct. 30-31. Qualifying teams for the Playoffs were divided into eight divisions of 32 schools each. Within each Division are four regions of eight teams each; and within those regions are two districts of four teams each.

pre-district pairings are based on regular-season computer rankings, with the first-place team in each district hosting the fourth-place team; and the second-place team hosting the third-ranked team.
Division 1

REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
East Kentwood (5-4) 68.667 at Rockford (9-0) 120.000
Grand Ledge (7-2) 84.667 at Grand Haven (8-1) 100.444
DISTRICT 2
Brighton (5-4) 62.444 at Holt (8-1) 100.444
Jackson (6-3) 65.778 at Howell (7-2) 91.333

REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Plymouth (6-3) 73.444 at Canton (8-1) 102.889
Temperance Bedford (7-2) 83.222 at Ann Arbor Pioneer (7-2) 85.667
DISTRICT 2
Livonia Franklin (5-4) 62.778 at Novi Detroit Catholic Central (9-0) 109.333
Northville (6-3) 66.333 at Livonia Stevenson (7-2) 82.889

REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Romeo (7-2) 86.000 at Grand Blanc (9-0) 118.222
Lake Orion (7-2) 88.333 at Clarkston (9-0) 116.444
DISTRICT 2
Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (5-4) 60.667 at Macomb Dakota (7-2) 89.444
Utica Eisenhower (6-3) 74.889 at Pontiac (7-2) 86.889

REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Detroit Cass Tech (5-3) 72.556 at Dearborn Fordson (9-0) 108.444
Westland Glenn (8-1) 96.778 at Detroit Southeastern (8-1) 107.333
DISTRICT 2
Roseville (6-3) 71.000 at Sterling Heights Stevenson (9-0) 120.889
Troy (6-3) 71.222 at Warren Mott (7-2) 80.667
Division 2

REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
St. Johns (6-3) 68.333 at Lowell (8-1) 96.889
Muskegon (6-3) 79.444 at Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills (8-1) 91.556
DISTRICT 2
Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills (6-3) 64.111 at Portage Central (8-1) 93.111
Caledonia (7-2) 80.000 at Portage Northern (7-2) 85.000

REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Bay City Western (6-3) 65.889 at Lapeer West (8-1) 96.889
Flushing (6-3) 73.111 at Midland (8-1) 89.778
DISTRICT 2
Birmingham Brother Rice (5-4) 66.819 at Walled Lake Central (8-1) 91.556
Fenton (6-3) 70.556 at Rochester Adams (7-2) 88.667

REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Berkley (6-3) 67.444 at Southfield (6-3) 72.889
Farmington (6-3) 68.333 at Farmington Hills Harrison (6-3) 71.444
DISTRICT 2
Warren DeLaSalle (5-4) 67.708 at Grosse Pointe South (7-2) 84.111
Port Huron (6-3) 68.556 at Grosse Pointe North (6-3) 70.333

REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Inkster (5-3) 65.111 at Dearborn Edsel Ford (8-1) 96.889
Redford Thurston (7-2) 73.222 at Detroit Martin Luther King (7-2) 85.444
DISTRICT 2
Southgate Anderson (6-3) 68.778 at Wyandotte Roosevelt (7-2) 82.333
Gibraltar Carlson (6-3) 69.556 at Brownstown Woodhaven (6-3) 72.111
Division 3

REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Escanaba (7-2) 72.444 at Cadillac (8-1) 92.127
Ogemaw Heights (8-1) 88.778 at Petoskey (8-1) 88.778
DISTRICT 2
Bangor John Glenn (5-4) 60.444 at Linden (9-0) 112.000
North Branch (6-3) 61.778 at Mt Pleasant (9-0) 110.222

REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern (5-4) 64.556 at East Grand Rapids (9-0) 112.444
Hastings (7-2) 77.556 at Byron Center (8-1) 90.556
DISTRICT 2
Richland Gull Lake (6-3) 59.111 at St Joseph (7-2) 87.667
Battle Creek Harper Creek (6-3) 64.444 at Stevensville Lakeshore (7-2) 75.222

REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Mason (8-1) 80.667 at DeWitt (9-0) 106.667
Lansing Sexton (7-2) 84.000 at Fowlerville (8-1) 84.444
DISTRICT 2
Milan (6-3) 64.778 at Adrian (8-1) 90.889
Chelsea (7-2) 78.778 at Carleton Airport (7-2) 80.444

REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Dearborn Divine Child (5-4) 58.571 at Melvindale (9-0) 110.222
Orchard Lake St Mary’s (4-4) 59.222 at Detroit Central (7-1) 95.833
DISTRICT 2
Highland Park (6-3) 68.056 at Detroit Crockett (8-1) 92.778
Hazel Park (7-2) 80.111 at St Clair Shores Lake Shore (7-2) 85.889
Division 4

REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Cheboygan (6-3) 56.222 at Kingsford (7-2) 85.556
Fremont (7-2) 69.111 at Big Rapids (8-1) 76.444
DISTRICT 2
Stanton Central Montcalm (6-3) 53.667 at Essexville Garber (7-2) 77.444
Saginaw Swan Valley (7-2) 70.444 at Portland (7-2) 71.111

REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Grand Rapids Catholic Central (5-4) 56.111 at Grand Rapids West Catholic (9-0) 94.222
Spring Lake (7-2) 71.333 at Holland Christian (7-2) 76.778
DISTRICT 2
Otsego (6-3) 60.667 at Three Rivers (9-0) 96.000
Dowagiac (8-1) 82.667 at Hamilton (8-1) 90.444

REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Lansing Catholic (6-3) 55.556 at Marshall (8-1) 91.444
Battle Creek Pennfield (8-1) 71.000 at Williamston (8-1) 78.889
DISTRICT 2
Dearborn Heights Annapolis (6-3) 58.333 at Detroit Country Day (6-3) 75.556
Madison Heights Lamphere (6-3) 63.000 at Detroit Douglass (6-2) 75.083

REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Flint Powers Catholic (5-4) 59.667 at Croswell-Lexington (7-2) 74.778
Yale (6-3) 62.889 at Goodrich (6-3) 65.889
DISTRICT 2
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (6-3) 58.889 at Marine City (9-0) 104.000
Richmond (6-3) 61.333 at Marysville (6-3) 62.000
Source: freep.com

The Haunted Preston Castle

The Haunted Preston Castle: HPI Chronicles: The Haunted Preston Castle, The Ione Hotel, CJs and a Private Residence By Paul Dale Roberts, HPI Ghostwriter.
Jennifer S, a HPI Ghosthunter-in-Training came all the way from San Jose to my home to do some ghosthunting on this super hot Saturday – May 17, 2008. The ghosthunting we will do, will happen in the small town of Ione. Jennifer was very enthusiastic and didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t have a hard time persuading her to get in my vehicle, the Ghost Tracker. I turned up the tunes…Shotgun by Jr. Walker and the All Stars and headed down the lonely stretch of highway towards Ione. Our first stop was the Ione Hotel. We introduced ourselves to Jennifer Leigh Collado. Jennifer Collado is the hotel manager and head housekeeper. Jennifer with her little girl charm was willing to take us on a grand tour of the hotel. She explains that the hotel was built in 1877. She has worked here since Feb 08 and loves her job! The short time that she has worked here, she has already experienced strange things. Once she was locked in Room 2. She heard the door click behind her and after twisting the door knob a few times, she knew she was trapped in this room. The hotel staff below came running up the stairs to help her and no one could get the door open. She was trapped in this room for 2 hours, finally she had to go out the window. Once, while walking down the hallway, the lights would either get dimmer or brighter and seemed to follow her down the hallway. She has seen shadowy figures run past her. In Room 4, the chandeliers spun around on their own accord.

She has heard stories from guests. One guest claims they saw a smoky haze encircle one of the pillars. Jennifer gleefully shows me some strange photos she took of herself in the hallway mirror. The image shows her face distorted, while below her is a strange mist that almost looks like a smear. There were two photos that depicts the mist image near her face and the third picture is normal. While I am interviewing Jennifer Collado, Jennifer S is taking photographs all over the hotel. Jennifer S captured some orb activity in her photos. One orb looks blue in color. Jennifer Collado explains to me that the hotel caught on fire in 1884 and 1893. George Williams a guest of the hotel died in one of the fires at the hotel and some patrons believe that George still patrols the hallways of the hotel. George was known as a lady’s man and jokester. Another victim of the fire was the baby of Mary Phelps (another patron). Mary caught on fire and was screaming for her baby to be saved. Jennifer Collado opened up some of the rooms for us and in Room 13, she showed us the infamous ‘upside down black rose’ that is on the wall. They have tried to wash the upside down rose off and it still appears on the wall. Room 13 is a strange room and Jennifer Collado has felt something odd in this room. Jennifer Collado tells me how two guests in one room, both woke up and found themselves speaking in a strange language. Jennifer Collado feels like she can sense paranormal activity on a more heightened level, which probably makes her an empath. It was a pleasure interviewing Jennifer Collado, because she really does have a little girl quality and she explains how she loves to slide in her socks on the hard wood floor of the hotel. She even gave us a small demonstration. Jennifer S and I, finished up with our preliminary scouting investigation of the Ione Hotel and headed up the street to the Amador County Library. We couldn’t get inside, but I would love to check this old building out, for any signs of past residual energy. Jennifer S and I, were now parched and decided to inhale some sodas at the Pizza Factory before making our next move.

After we quenched our thirst, we headed over to the Preston Castle. We met up with Marie Nutting – President of the Preston Castle Foundation. All I can say is….’wow!’ I can see why this place looks like a castle. Check out some of the photos here:

http://ghosts.meetup.com/231/photos/

Marie explains that this was the first correctional youth facility in California. The place does look like a castle! I have seen many castles in Europe and this structure was quite impressive and can be compared to some European castles. It was built in 1894. Some people think that this castle has about 3 or 4 ghosts residing inside. One of the stories, is that an employee was kicked to death by an inmate during the 50s. Her ghost may be one of the resident ghosts. Many inmates have died here and not too far away is an inmate cemetery with about 23 graves. Many people have felt strange things when entering this castle. Many people also say they feel cold spots. The inmates while staying here, were referred to as the wards of the State. The castle staff members also resided in this castle. So, you would have the wards of the State staying on one end, while the staff members stayed on another end. Jennifer S. snapped all kinds of photos inside and captured a green orb inside the premises. As I was leaving Preston Castle, I did an illegal U-Turn and Ione’s Finest pulled me over. I always get stopped in these small towns. The officer, a very friendly guy explained what I did and how it was illegal. Then I explained how I was a journalist that was writing a story about the Ione Hotel and Preston Castle. He listened to some of my paranormal stories and did a bit of chuckling. I gave him my business card and told him if he ever witnessed anything paranormal to give me a call. He finally looked at me and said, I am going to give you a warning this time and letting you go! Whew! Close call! What a nice guy!
Source: ghostsandstories.com

Mary Travers Dead

Mary Travers, a striking figure of power and glamour in the early-1960s folk music movement, died Wednesday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut after suffering from leukemia for several years. She was 72.

She was best known as the blond with the bangs who commanded the middle microphone with Peter, Paul and Mary, a trio that brought folk music from coffeehouses to top-40 radio.

They also gave much of America its first taste of the young Bob Dylan by helping to turn his “Blowin’ in the Wind” into a national anthem.

The group reunited several years ago to begin touring, and Travers performed with them until a few months ago, even when she needed assistance on stage.

Travers, like Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow, saw folk music both as an art and as an instrument for change. They sang a number of sociopolitical songs, which Travers later defended.

“I’m not sure I want to be singing ‘Leaving on a Jet Plane’ when I’m 75,” she said in one interview. “But I know I’ll still be singing ‘Blowin’ in the Wind.’ ”

She was born in Louisville, Ky., but grew up in Greenwich Village and came up through the New York coffeehouse circuit, singing on her own before she was put together with Stookey and Yarrow by famed manager Albert Grossman, who also managed Dylan.

The trio took considerable criticism from fellow folk singers for developing a sound that some considered too “commercial” and not “authentic” enough.

Travers always strongly defended the trio’s sound, saying that they were in the folk tradition by making music accessible to everyone, not just academic collectors.

Peter, Paul and Mary were inducted into the Sammy Cahn Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006. Travers is survived by two daughters.
Source: nydailynews.com