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3A state track: Liberty, Lake Nona relay teams provide area bright spots | Video

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Liberty wins Class 3A 4x100 meter relay.

JACKSONVILLE Kissimmee Liberty needed something to brighten a dreary day, and they found it in their boys 4 x 100-meter relay team.

The Chargers got their first state champions Saturday afternoon during the Class 3A track and field meet at the University of North Florida when anchor Devarius Turner zipped past the finish line in 41.33 seconds. That concluded an undefeated run this season for the group of Justin Winkler, Joshua Wilson, Kyle Sharman and Turner

Liberty, which opened in 2007, entered the meet with a solid opportunity of finishing among the top three teams and possibly winning but the Chargers had some disappointing finishes during the preliminaries

"The wheels fell off the truck, but we put them back on," Liberty coach Robert Pauley said. "It's sure going to make the ride back home feel a little better with some medals dangling from our necks."

Tallahassee Lawton Chiles won the boys meet with 38 points, Lake Nona tied for 10th with 19 points, and Liberty finished 12th with 17.

Miami Northwestern's girls dominated the meet, winning with 154 points. Lake Nona finished in a three-way tie for 20th with nine points, and Edgewater was 23rd with eight.

Much of the meet was held in rainy, cool conditions, but the sun began to shine before Liberty took to the track for the 4 x 100.

Area highlights during the boys meet came from relay teams including Lake Nona's 4 x 800-meter team, whose school-record time of 7:51.76 earned the Lions a silver medal. That showing is the 10th-fastest time ever by an area team and also the area's fastest time of the season.

The Lions finished the meet with a fourth in the 4 x 400 (3:20.48).

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Glenn Beck Invokes Joseph Smith, Mormon Beliefs During Liberty University Speech

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LYNCHBURG, Va. Liberty University and its president, Jerry Falwell Jr., recently invited Glenn Beck to take center stage to address thousands of students during its annual convocation ceremony, whose speech included references to Joseph Smith and Mormon theology.

The outspoken conservative talk showhost, and founder of the news outlet The Blaze, compared Mormonism to Christianity during his half-hour speech and cited that the Lord gave him a message of coming back to settle scores.

I am Mormon andshare your faith, Beck assertedduring his spiritually-mixed charge to students, as he stood in front of a large banner bearing the universitys motto, Training Champions for Christ.

Beck was introduced by President Jerry Falwell, who noted that the university presented the political commentator with an honorary doctorate in 2010 as he likewise addressed the students during that time. Falwell remarked that the Sounds of Liberty also performed at Becks Restoring Honor event that year in Washington, which the university chancellor attended.

I heard him yesterday on the radio, Falwell remarked. He probably didnt realize this, but he was using Libertys versesort of our motto hereWhere the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Beck then took the podium to applause and cheers, explaining on a lighthearted note that he ran into Falwell at Billy Grahams birthday party earlier this year. He then fought tears as he told the audience that he believed he was given a message from God that day to share with the students.

Are you willing to give your life? Beck asked fervently. What are you willing to do? What is it that means something to you?

Days before Joseph Smith was martyred he was taken out by the sheriff; they tried to tar and feather him several times, he explained. The last time they took him, they said, You owe $25. He said, No, I dont owe a man anything. They said, No, you stole a stoveone of the most ridiculous charges Ive ever heard.

At that time, he reached into his pocket and pulled out his pocket watch, Beck continued, displaying the relic that he said belonged to Smith, considered a prophet of God in Mormonism. He gave it to the sheriff and said, I owe no man nothing. They let him go. They killed him, but on the warrant for his arrest, he wrote on the back of his warrant to his people, Put down your guns. No matter what happens, put down your guns. Put down your guns and trust in the Lord.

He then compared Smiths story to the challenges that Liberty students may face in the days ahead.

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2014 Sodexo Future Chefs Finalist Highlight: Noeli Hernandez — Liberty Hill Intermediate School – Video

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Liberty alums return to mingle and mentor

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The 2nd Annual Liberty Alumni Day held at Liberty High School in Bethlehem.

A lone bagpiper in full uniform stood at the top bleacher in the Liberty High School gymnasium, playing as scores of alumni, staff and students looked on from below.

Then drums outside the gym started beating and the Pipe and Drum section of Liberty's Grenadier Band came marching in, performing the rousing "Scotland the Brave" which filled the cavernous hall. The crowd cheered.

Not for the first time that day, Susan Redline got choked up.

"It brings tears to my eyes," said Redline, of the Liberty Class of 1964. "The memories, the band, the bagpipes. My father played in the band, he also played in the alumni band. My father was president of his class and he'd be proud."

Redline was among those returning to their alma mater Saturday for Liberty's second annual Alumni & Community Day. Students, staff, alums and community members took part in activities that began at 11 a.m. and were slated to run until 9:15 p.m.

Events included performances by several Liberty music groups, the alumni band and community musicians. Students led tours of the high school for those returning and manned an activities fair to showcase some of their clubs and projects.

A silent auction was held to raise funds for some of Liberty's new initiatives, including transforming the library into a complete technology center.

On tap for Saturday evening was a community bonfire and the "Mr. Liberty" contest, in which high school seniors vie for the title in a kind of spoof of a beauty pageant.

The day was designed to reinforce the bonds Liberty has to its alumni and the community and get both more involved in the school and students' success.

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After 44 years in business, Liberty Tool Co. is up for sale

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LIBERTY, Maine At 7:30 on Saturday morning, a group of eight people stood on the road outside a three story shop thats housed in a former inn at the center of town.

They were waiting for Skip Brack, the owner of the shop, Liberty Tool Co., to unload the most recent haul of tools hed picked up in towns across New England and brought to Maine to clean, refurbish and sell.

Brack, 69, had hardly opened the doors of his van before the group descended on the boxes of tools, picking through hammers, saws, axes, planes, drill bits and chisels.

A lot of these people are here every week, said Laure Day, who has worked at Liberty Tool for five years. Theyre not just shopping for something they need, but because of a shared passion, she said. Its part tools, part camaraderie.

The regulars consisted of boat builders, timber framers, collectors and a jeweler. They come early to get first dibs before the newest finds get mixed in with the thousands of other tools that line the shelves and fill labeled jars and drawers throughout the store.

As of about a week ago, its not only tools that are up for sale. After 44 years in business, Brack is selling the whole store and business, as well as a storage facility across the street and Captain Tinkhams Emporium in Searsport.

Brack is hoping to find someone who will carry on the business, he said. Hes posted the sale on craigslist and said hes received emails from a few potential buyers.

I want to make sure that Liberty Tool will still be in business if Im not up to doing what I do now, he said. He explained that he works 70 to 75 hours a week, driving up to 1,200 miles in a week to find tools, clean them at his barn in Bar Harbor, set prices and manage the stores. Now that hes a few weeks away from turning 70, he wants to scale back.

Brack said he would keep the tool shop that he runs in Bar Harbor and continue to operate the Davistown Museum, a space across the street from Liberty Tool where he displays his most prized discoveries, along with work by Maine artists.

The historical aspect has motivated me, he said of his business.

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