Lt. Ronald H. Lache Passes at Age 66 with Lung Cancer

Air Force Honors A Man who has died in the service

Retired Airforce Lt. Col. Ronald H. Lache, 66, died Monday night in his home located in Springfield. He died from a long battle with with lung cancer. He was found by his son Ronald Lache Jr.


Born on Nov. 3, 1943, in Philidelphia to Harry and Thelma Curry Lache. Lache spent 20 years in the American Air force flying with a squadron known as the Skyfire Aces. The squadron was one of the many that went to fight in Vietnam. 


Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Okland Dr., Springfield, Ohio, where the ceremony will be conducted by Reverand Micheal Finney. 


Friends and Family may visit with family at Jefferson National Barracks starting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. 


Ronald H. Lache will be laid to rest next to his wife Delores Carney who passed earlier this year on March 7. 


Lache raised a family of four children with his wife Delores Carney. After there four children moved out of the house they moved from Dayton, Ohio to Springfield. In his later years Lt. Ronald enjoyed socializing at the Newman Center and the Rock Bridge Lions Club.


Survivors include his mother Thelma Lache of Springfield; his son Ronald Lache Jr. of Springfield; three daughters – Barbara Ann Peck of Dayton, Ohio, Patrice Louis Wylie of Indianapolis, Ind., Cynthia Lache of San Mateo, Calif.; and one granddaughter, Jennifer C. Peck, of Springfield.



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Gunman Robs a liquor Store

The Gunman Robs a liquor store

A gunman (a man) with a pillowcase over his head pointed a pistol at a clerk and fled  down an alley with $2,845 moments before police arrived at the Black Derby Liquor Store on 2311 Ripley Way. 

The gunman entered the liquor store at 7:12 p.m., police said. Bellinos triggered his silent alarm behind the desk at 7:16. p.m. Police officers Anne Fulgham and Jose Lopez answered the alarm and arrived on the scene at 7:19 as the gunman was leaving the store.

The gunman was described to be 6 feet tall and weighed 155 pounds. He was wearing a blue jeans and a dirty white T-shirt with a torn right sleeve. 

Officer Anne Fulgham shouted a warning, then fired a shot at the man, which missed, police said. The man escaped capture by running into an alleyway.


Police immediately arrived at the scene of the crime right when the gunman was just about to leave the store, police said.


Police chief Antonio Grasso said that a routine investigation of the incident would be made by the Police Internal Security Squad. 


John Paul Reinicke, who witnessed what happened, said he was walking down Ripley Way when the incident occurred. “The officer did a great job and the guy ran so fast he looked like a track star.” {Sidebar: Quote from the witness}

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Blazing Fire Wreaks Havoc

A blazing fire wreaks havoc and destroys property.

           

           The spell of hot, dry weather that has held the area in its grasp for the last few weeks is taking its toll on grasslands and firefighters.

            Saturday, in the wake of 15- and 25-mph winds and a high temperature of 99 degrees, fire protection agencies from across the area responded to 16 calls.

            At the largest of those, a 25-acre grass fire on Peabody Road, which is north of Prathersville and west of Route 19. Paramedics treated on site at least five of 35 firefighters for heat exhaustion, Fire Chief Debra Schuster said.

            Three more of the heavily clad firefighters were hospitalized for heat exhaustion and two of those were flown to Springfield Hospital by helicopter.  All were treated for about an hour and released.

            Dennis Sapp, fire captain of Station No.1, said that the blaze on Peabody Road burned out of control for an hour before it was contained, which seemingly was caused by a trash fire. The blaze endangered some nearby farmland and the barn but was extinguished before anything else was ruined.

            Fires had been starting all day, such as the one on Peabody Road, especially in the northern part of the city and county. Some of the fires could have been the work of an arsonist, but careless burning seemed to be a more of the cause.

            “We don’t have any evidence there is an arsonist. We sure hope that we don’t have someone running around starting fires on purpose, but there is also that possibility,” Schuster said.


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Line-backer's career maybe over

Serious injury occurred to linebacker

“Pete Stenhoff was a physically fit, 210-pound linebacker for Chula Vista High School when he planted his helmet in the chest of a ball carrier two years ago. He hasn’t walked since.

Medics that night rushed Stenhoff to the hospital, where he learned he had cracked vertebrae.

“Stenhoff is one of 20,000 youths who are injured playing high school football each year. Like Stenhoff, nearly 2,400 are permanently diabled. He is luckier than some. Thirteen youths died last year as a result of their injuries on the football field.”

“Football was always a dangerous sport. As far as physical contact goes, there is no sport that has more of it. But as dangerous as football has always been, it is more dangerous now than ever before and not so much because the game itself has changed, Michael Russell of Ezinearticles.com reports. “

NPR.org reports on a new study which suggests that the brutal hits in football players me be linked to a much higher risk of cognitive impairment. 

Despite his injuries, Stenhoff is not bitter. “I knew the risks involved when I decided to play football, but I wish I would have known just how bad it could be.”

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Shooting kills officer and wounds shooter

Police search for shooter on the loose

ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI  A shooting rampage killed a police officer and the gunman and injured three others near 22^nd and Frederick Streets in St. Joseph yesterday.

Officers were alarmed after the shooter struck and shot the other officer. 

Police officer Bradley Arn, who was responding to the scene, was killed when bullets hit his back window seven times, striking him in the back of the head and killing him.

Another officer was on the scene and shot the gunman. (Name of the cop unknown) 

Before his death, Officer Arn reported the shooting to other police and seven shots hit the police car and the deadly bullet hit the back of his head killing him. 

The gunman, William E. Lattin Jr. was seen on Frederick Street when the shot fired. He was wearing camouflage and backpack, had a Mohawk, had a knife attached to his belt and gun on him. {Police states}

This was the first mass shooting in St. Joseph history according to police. {Sidebar: The last officer shot in the line of duty was in 1944, and the last officer killed was in 1991.}  

Witnesses said that they could hear the shots down Frederick Street but couldn’t identify it clearly. 

George McFeat was driving on the road beside his girlfriend behind the police officer who was killed. “I heard the shot and saw the police officer slump to the left. He probably hit the accelerator because he hit a boat.  {Sidebar: Witness stated that when he pulled out of the store, he let the police officer pass and heard the shot and saw the police officer slump to the left.}

Another witness, Roger Liberty a nearby resident said, “I heard gun shots and hung up the phone. In the back ally, I saw an averaged sized man with a Mohawk in the yard who was shooting down the street with an assault rifle.” 

The Funeral will be held at 501 Faraon St., to Savannah, Mo., which was Arn's hometown.

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Year-Round Schooling and Senior Citizens

Animation of protest against "Year-Round-Schooling"

 “Senior citizens in Lenoir School District in Sacramento, Calif. worry that a proposal for year-round schooling might hit them in the pocketbook.

Schools are overcrowded and have a limited amount of buildings which are causing problems. 

Senior Citizens wanted to know what stand would the candidates take and more about teacher unionization.  
  One School board candidate stated that there is a changing tide when it comes to using trailers as classrooms. ("Candidate Henry Lane")

In debate, Candidate Elton Fay states that if they avoid on erecting additional buildings which primarily can save on construction costs, education for students would greatly increase without question. 

So according to Candidate Fay, students are being affected by the situation because the financial issue here can put a damper on what is really important, education.

According to the National Association for Year-Round Education (NAYRE), year round

education provides these kinds of opportunities: 

•  Reduces class sizes and overcrowding in growing school districts if a multi-track year

round education systems used

•  Provides students the opportunity for tutoring or enrichment services if they are

struggling in academics because of more frequent intercessions

•  Decreases the amount of review time needed in the classroom because of a more

continuous schedule

•  Offers students’ parents a more continuous childcare service because students would not be out of school for three-months during the summer.

This community does not want these schools on totally different schedules which could be a major effect, Fay pointed out.

Incumbent Kerry Corino talked about the increasing population that makes it difficult to counteract large class sizes.

Corino states that private school chooses who they want to intend their schools and public schools are more open to the public school students.

  According to opponents, such as the Coalition for a Traditional School Year, year-round education these are the dangers of increasing populations of schools with less buildings: 

•  Limits opportunities for students to have non-academic activities or jobs because of

shorter breaks. 

•  Decreases teachers’ ability to use summer months to obtain higher degrees and

professional development.

•  Increases costs (maintenance, air conditioning, etc.) because of year-round classes. 
•  Creates possible family problems with childcare and parental involvement if children in a

family are on different tracks (and schedules) in a multi-track system

Several people suggested the district use the money to better engage parents in the education of their children, while also training teachers how to have better relationships with students and parents JSonline.com reports. (A website that talks about school issues and etc.)

For the sake of the students and everyone else involved, some type of understanding has to happen soon before the situation becomes to far fetched. 

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The Michael Jordan Endorsement Story

Michael Jordan Gives Back to the Community

“Michael Jordan is scoring as many points in the game of endorsements as in the game of basketball. Earning $XX million a year from endorsements alone, the sports icon is worth $xxx million dollars, according Powerbasketball.com


“The first slam dunk for Jordan was a $16 million Nike deal. Nike’s marketing tactics in the ‘80s, and in particular its campaign against Reebok, gambled on the idea that the public would accept sneakers as fashion statements. 


“Gatorade followed at $5 million, and Hanes at $2 million. Bijan cologne followed at $5 million, and other companies were also involved in these endorsement deals.


 Michael Jordan defined the role of the athlete in popular culture. For the last 25 years or so, he’s been a spokesman for Nike, Gatorade, Haines (ugh) and a variety of other products reported by wordpress.com


Jordan’s movie vehicle, Space Jam, grossed $230 million worldwide capturing the attention of young athletes reported by Ann Harrington. Along with other NBA stars; Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Shawn Bradley, and Larry Johnson, Space Jam become a hit athletic movie for everyone to see. 


“In 1994, Jordan helped start the James R. Jordan Boys and Girls Club and Family Life Center, named after his father.” 


 The Center, which is located in Chicago, Illinois, opened to the public in 1996 thanks to a $5 million donation from the Chicago Bulls and a $2 million contribution from Michael Jordan. Every week, 1,000 people come through the center's doors, from infants and toddlers to teenagers and senior citizens. There are a number of things to do there. Some go there to play pool, do their homework, play basketball, or just relax in a safe place.

Sports Heroes writer Kevin Nuest had this to say about the sports icon: “Michael Jordan was a good basketball player, a role model for all athletes, and he wasn’t greedy with money. He always found time to spend with his family and that is what makes him one of the greatest heroes of all times.”

As a kid, his parents taught him to love who he was as an athlete and man and to not let anyone stand in his way of success. 

          

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Learning

Right now, I am learning about how to link other sites to my class homepage and it is becoming very easy for me to do. I added a news site to my link and it worked. I am having a little trouble in getting another link to show up on my link posts. I will work it out. But so far, so good.

Fire Disaster destroys A Barn

A fire destroys the barn and tons of horses. 

SPRINGFIELD- An Arsonist may have started a fire that killed 15 horses here early this morning, one day before the start of the racing season in Lincoln Downs Race Track.

Thirteen thoroughbreds and 2 saddle horses died in the blaze. Ten horses escaped, two of them with their backs ablaze. 

The barn had been a one-story wooden structure and only several rows of charred wooden supports remain after the fire. 

The fire exploded in the middle of the barn, Fire Chief Bernard Perry said. 

The electrical outlets and heaters were at the ends of the barn, according to assistant track manager Dan Bucci. Fire officials are considering arson in the investigation. 

“Those are my best friends. I love horses more than I do people. I feel like I want to cry" said Albert Ramos as he watched workers clean up the area where the fire took place. 

 {I need to talk to the owner of the track and find out what he knows about this incident.  Then I would like to talk to the fire chief and find out more about the whereabouts of the fire.  I would ask people about what they saw or what they heard.  In more detail, I would talk to the Gm of the track and find out exactly what he knows and see if there is a connection of some sort. Also, interview fans, explore other similar fires in the area, state, nation.}