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McDowell baseball tops Freedom

Posted: March 17, 2012 at 2:11 pm

MORGANTON Freedom dug an early hole and could never recover in an 11-4 baseball nonconference loss to McDowell High on Wednesday.

The Titans completed a season sweep to improve to 4-2 on the campaign.

McDowell jumped to an 8-0 advantage through 2 innings.

Freedom, which was shut out in Tuesdays 10-inning affair with Shelby, scored in the bottom of the third.

Sophomore Dalton McGalliard singled to left field and moved to third on a throwing error by McDowell shortstop Dylan Ricketts on an infield grounder by the Patriots Keith Hicks.

FHS leadoff batter Marcus Kincaid rifled a RBI single to left field to score McGalliard. Hicks speed moved him to third, and an errant pickoff attempt by Titans catcher Jared Carver allowed Hicks to scamper home with the Pats second run.

McDowell added three more runs in the fourth on a walk, double, single, stolen base, error and wild pitch.

In the fourth inning, Freedom put together three consecutive hits. Sophomore catcher Jacob Honeycutt singled to left-center. Third baseman Zach Hawkins followed with a single to left McGalliard hit a RBI single to plate Honeycutt.

We talked about executing when we have runners on base. Weve got to continue to focus and get these runners home, Freedom coach Clint Zimmerman said.

Early on I thought we had a little bit of a lull from Tuesdays 10-inning game. We woke up in the fourth but we just cant wait because we were already in a huge hole.

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Life slowly returning to normal in West Liberty

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WEST LIBERTY Melissa Stacy walked into the Morgan County clerk's office Friday and transferred ownership of a 2000 Ford Explorer.

That wouldn't be a big deal in normal times, but times haven't been normal in West Liberty since a powerful tornado blasted through the county and city March 2.

The tornado killed six people and injured others in the county, but it also ripped a hole in the fabric of everyday life, destroying, damaging or disrupting businesses, government offices and schools.

Two weeks after the tornado, however, the town is working hard to recover, and services are being restored, residents said Friday.

Some businesses have reopened in their original locations after repairs, while others have found new spaces. One bank, for instance, set up shop in an old grocery store, local officials said.

The post office is in a mobile unit that looks like a concession stand in the parking lot at the IGA, and the health department is in an old bowling alley, according to a list provided by Irene Jenkins, the county emergency manager.

City offices and the police department are open in mobile homes in the parking lot behind the heavily damaged buildings where they used to be.

County offices are scattered among different locations, including the office of a coal company outside town that had closed. Some are in mobile homes, including the office of County Clerk Roger Williams, which reopened Thursday.

"There's a lot of progress," Stacy said.

Jim Ison, who drives through West Liberty frequently on his job as a quality-standards inspector for Kentucky Housing Corp., said he sees a steady decrease in the piles of bricks, splintered wood and other debris.

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Liberty University's Flames Sports Network Wins Telly Awards

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The Flames Sports Network has recently been recognized for excellence in its television broadcast of Liberty University Athletics with the network collecting a pair of Telly Awards.

Lynchburg, Va. (PRWEB) March 16, 2012

The Flames Sports Network (FSN) received Telly Awards for their production of the Flames SportsDesk show and the networks coverage of Libertys Big South Championship football game against Stony Brook on Nov. 19, 2011.

It is indeed an honor to have our efforts recognized by such a prestigious organization as the Telly Awards, commented Bruce Carey, Athletics TV producer for Liberty. To have two of our productions honored is a tribute to the support we have received from the athletics staff, university administration and our entire crew of trained and seasoned professionals.

This award is a team award and involves an experienced crew of technicians, and talented announcers who take a great deal of pride in their work and desire to give the glory to God each and every game, continued Carey.

The Telly Awards were founded in 1979 and is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video and films.

Award winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators and corporate video departments in the world.

Everyone understands that we aspire to win championships in athletics at Liberty University and our desire to excel reaches into all areas of our program, said Jeff Barber, Libertys Director of Athletics. This recognition for our athletics television production fits right in with those desires.

The University has provided us with the resources which allow us to create high quality programming, but it certainly takes the people we have on our Flames Sports Network crew to put it all together, continued Barber. As our athletics TV producer, Bruce Carey has exhibited a passion to reach as far as we can and he has assembled an outstanding crew of talented experts who are being recognized with this award.

We have many plans for the future that will stretch the capabilities of this talented crew in order to provide our Flames fans with great opportunities to see their teams perform no matter where they are in the world. FSN will continue to be one of the best production crews on college athletics.

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Liberty Christian's softball team can't hold onto lead; Weed comes back for 12-11 win

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Liberty Christian's softball team found the offense it needed, but its defense allowed Weed to edge the Patriots in the final inning.

A walk and two Liberty errors loaded the bases before a wild pitch allowed Weed's Alyssa Merrill to slide into home in the bottom of the fourth to lift the Cougars past the Patriots 12-11 in the first round of the Liberty Christian Invitational at Big League Dreams' Wrigley Field on Friday.

Liberty (0-4) came out on fire, scoring four runs in each of the first two innings when junior Hannah Knowles roped a two-run triple in the first and a three-run triple to the left field wall in the second to lead early 8-2.

But the Patriots surrendered a nine-run bottom of the second where the Cougars took advantage of six Liberty errors and two timely hits to take the lead.

Two runs scored when Knowles pulled her foot off the bag and Jeni Cheffey followed with an RBI double. Weed's Elyssa Fisher added an RBI single and five more runs scored on wild pitches and passed balls in the frame to give the Cougars (3-1) an 11-8 lead after two innings of play.

"Our bats were alive and we scored a bunch early, but then our pitching struggled and we had a hard time hanging onto the ball," Liberty coach Chuck Rude said.

"We just didn't make any plays and they did."

Liberty didn't waste any time making up the difference as Kelsie Jurin drove in Allysa Barber and Lacy Asdourian singled to load the bases. Katelyn Donovan drew a walk to bring in the 10th run and Knowles knocked in her sixth RBI of the game on a fielder's choice groundout to tie it up at 11-apiece.

Knowles, who was pitching in relief for Asdourian in the middle of the second, held off the Cougars with a solid defensive effort behind her.

But Weed's Cheffey was just as productive in the top of the fourth and held the Patriots scoreless.

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Dont Criminalize Free Speech Mr President

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Feature Article of Saturday, 17 March 2012

Columnist: Young Patriots

We the Young Patriots of the New Patriotic Party demand the unconditional release of Mr Owusu Bempah, the Operations Director of FONK AR with immediate effect. President Mills since taking over the reins of power has sought to criminalize free speech by arresting and detaining Ghanaians of varying opinions to his governments policies and programmes. A government that superintends over gargantuan corruption, ineptitude, incompetence and mediocrity would not have lasted long in another political era. However, as Ghanaians, we have opted for democracy, and free speech is the best way to exercise that right. We the Young Patriots find it hypocritical for a government which came to power on the back of free speech and propaganda to turn around and incarcerate its citizens for exercising their democratic right. It is on record that Mr Aseidu Nketia called all 17 aspirants of the candidature of the NPP as thieves and President Kufour as the chief thieve and yet walked the streets of Ghana as a free man and today has been rewarded as a major contractor for the Bui Hydro dam project though he is a board member of the same organization. Mr Fiifi Kwartey, the deputy minister of finance told Ghanaians, that President Kufour and his government had hoarded all of Ghanas gold reserves in a foreign country; his insults and propaganda have been rewarded with oversight responsibility of our gold reserves. Madam Amaa Beyinwaa Doe referred to Nana Akufo Addo as a drug dealer and when she was asked to substantiate it, she said it was campaign talk during here vetting to become the Central Regional Minister. The arrest and detention of Mr Owusu Bempeh for expressing his opinion on the disbursement of the Woyome money is simply against his constitutional right to free expression. The act is abominable and should be condemned in no uncertain terms and we the Young Patriots will consider further action should the President continue to have him detained.

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Editorial: Doonesbury, Limbaugh flaps offer a lesson in free speech

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Strong opinions often stretch the tolerance of Americans to embrace free speech, even among people who would normally call themselves supporters of the First Amendment. Yet two acts of speech the past several weeks each very different from one another have demonstrated why we must embrace the right of all Americans to speak their minds, and how to respond to speech we deem to be offensive.

As a talk radio host, Rush Limbaugh has crossed the lines of civility on repeated occasions. The latest example is his use of the words "slut" and "prostitute" to describe a young woman testifying before Congress.

Limbaugh was rightly condemned for his comments and was forced to offer a halfhearted apology. That's not enough for some of Limbaugh's critics.

MoveOn.org has recently launched a petition drive to get Limbaugh off the air in Sacramento and other cities. Limbaugh's supporters, in turn, have accused MoveOn of attempting to "censor" the conservative radio host.

Allegations of censorship have also arisen as many newspapers nationwide have weighed whether or not to run Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury strip this week. The series, which concludes today, uses graphic imagery to mock a Texas law requiring women to have an ultrasound before getting an abortion.

Some papers have chosen to run the controversial series on the comics pages, or move it to the opinion pages (as The Bee did). Other newspapers have decided not to run it, resulting in some readers accusing them of censoring Trudeau.

The debate offers a good lesson on what constitutes censorship and what doesn't. As defined by Webster's, a censor is "an official with the power to examine publications, movies, televisions programs, etc., to remove or prohibit anything considered obscene, libelous, politically objectionable, etc." By definition, censorship involves a government act to limit objectionable forms of speech, a frequent occurrence in China, Iran, North Korea and other authoritarian regimes.

In free countries, newspapers and broadcast outlets have the right to determine what kind of opinions they do or do not want to publish or air.

Declining to disseminate a certain opinion does not constitute censorship.

That said, in a free country, readers and listeners should expect their media outlets to provide space and airtime so publication and broadcast decisions can be criticized. That's why The Bee each day sets aside space for letters, along with longer "Another Views," like the one published today.

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