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"Four Are Held Here In High-Grade Gold Smuggling Case," Windsor Star. February 22, 1943. Page 3 & 6. ---- Canadian and U.S. Police Co-Operate ---- SPRING TRAP AFTER TWO MONTHS OF WORK THOUSANDS IN PRECIOUS METAL IS RECOVERED --- By ANGUS MUNRO Bail of $5,000 cash or $10,000 property was fixed here this morning for each of four men charged with being members of a powerful gang of alleged high-grade gold smugglers.
The gang was rounded up and taken into custody after weeks of skilfully planned. perfectly executed police work on the part of federal authorities in Windsor, Toronto, Hamilton and Detroit.
Hunt Fifth Man Another member of the gang Windsor woman, wife of one of the men, is not being held now her identity rinsed by police. A fifth man is being sought in Detroit. Those held are:
Marke Lakich, 35, 1111 Albert
Michael Bich, 41, 775 81. Lake
George Birash. 47. 1366 Hickory
Sam Matijevich. 47, allas Sam Matheson, Hamilton.
All were arraigned before Magistrate J. Arthur Hanrahan in city police court this morning charged with at- tempting to export, or aiding and abetting the export of property from Canada to the United States without A licence from the Foreign Exchange
Bail Is Fixed
Only Malijevich was represented by counsel. Major J. Ernest Zeron, his lawyer, asked the court if bail could be allowed and after consultation with police, it was fixed at $5,000 cash or $10,000 property. The four were remanded a week. Purpose of the remand is to complete further investigations that are being made by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Foreign Exchange and A. W. Anderson, RCMP whe appeared in court this morning along with Inspector W. Morphet of the Windsor office of the Foreign Exchange Ctrl Board, intimated that more serious charges are likey to be laid involving alleged conspiracy.
The four were locked up pending bail arrangements.
Industrial Workers The three Windsor men are on the payroll of industrial plants here while Matijevich has no known occupation. Matijevich was arrested by Hamilton authorities and brought to Windsor while the remaining three were taken into custody a week ago in an Ouelette avenue rooming-house where the police trap was sprung without a hitch. All are being detained in a downtown hotel under guard.
Not since the old rum-running days on the border have international enforcement officers worked more lovely nor more dramatically. For two months, night and day. movements of the gang have been carefully watched and records made of their every move and word. This was possible through one of the oldest yet most audacious forms of sleuthing known in police.
In constant touch with the gang and successfully passing himself off as one of them wan an unidentified special agent of the United States Treasury Department. Customs Division, who was known to the rest of the gang as Bill Brown. He it was who flashed thick rolls of bills in the faces of the gang and who met with them in hotel rooms and other points of rendezvous without once arousing their suspicions.
Perfect Come-on He was a perfect come-on. He cultivated the friendship of the gold handlers. He won their trust and led them, sheep-like, into the trap which ended their activities and may send them to prison.
Authorities here believe Windsor was about to become one of the main new channels for the export of high-grade,, about $3,000.800 worth of which is estimated to be taken illegally from the country annually after being stolen by miners of Ontario's gold mining north country. All the men taken here are known to have formerly lived in the north or have been employed by mining companies. The dramatic story of the grand round-up in Windsor was given to The Star by Inspector W. M. Morphet of the Windsor inspectorate of the Foreign Exchange Control board. It was confirmed by Staff-Sergeant A. W Anderson of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The entire staff of both these offices have been devoted to the single purpose of gathering evidence, shadowing, trailing and checking movements of the men, watching trains hotel rooms, prate residences rooming houses, tunnel buses to Detroit, private cars and SW and A. buses. The gang and the Mounties in plain clothes moved in and with the city shopping crowds unnoticed.
Separate Rooms So careful were the authorities in avoiding publicity that separate rooms were engaged at the hotel where the men were kept under observation. No telephone calls were permitted to get through and only enforcement officers were permitted to visit the rooms.
The grand finale in the combined activities of United States and Canadian authorities came last Monday, February 13 when the actual gold was to be turned over in the Ouellette avenue rooming house in the men who were to smuggle it across to Detroit.
Gold sells for $38.50 an ounce in Canadian money in Detroit. On that basis the haul made last Monday amounted to nearly $3.000. A previous captured of gold was made in Detroit after it had left Canada. Ia value was $1.36732
While other gold seizures have been made in Canada's wartime history, they have been made only after the gold was out of the country and authorities had to work backwards from the U.S. side after the evidence had been seized by authorities there. Last Monday's climactic seizure was made before the gold left Canada. Here's how it happened.
Story of Seizure While the owners of the rooming-house and members of the family locked themselves in in upstairs room lest there be any shooting or roughhouse tactics, authorities engaged adjacent rooms on the ground floor of the house . In one of these the deal was to take place and the money passed over. In the other room were to be Inspector Morphet, Corporal R. L. Woodhouse and Constable J. M. Gallinger of the R.C.M.P. Allowing sufficient time for the money to produced and handed ever, the offices were at a given signal to enter and make the arrest. The plan worked perfectly.
The gang moved with caution. One of their number came on ahead to the house to scout the layout, Bill Brown, who was to buy the gold, posing as a member of the gang, said everything was okay.
Shortly after, the officers say, along came Lekich, Billich and Birush, one of them carrying the gold. (Matijevich was not in on this deal, but had been picked up in Hamilton on evidence arising from an earlier transaction.)
The gang talked for a while and finnally a deal was agreed on. Lekich and Birush were to take the gold w and Brown was to await a telephone call from Detroit stating that the gold had arrived before he would pay over the money. In "Button" Form The gold was in the form of a "button" or thick heavy slab the shape of the bottom of a small crucible. There were two of the one large one weighing 76 ounces and one small weighing eight ounces. They fitted tote a suit pocket without difficulty. Assays since given the seized gold proclaim it to be the equal of the finest produced in this country.
It was planned that the smuggling should be done in a car but the car wouldn't start and Birush returned to the rooming house while Lekich and the look-out man who had scouted the rooming-house made the trip in the tunnel en route to Detroit.
At the tunnel, both Leklch and the unidentified man were search ed. The gold was dienvered in Lekich's pin but as nothing was found on the other man, he was permitted to continue on through
Constable John T. Townsend and, Constable Walton Routledge. who picked Lekich up at the tunnel explained that they waited until he had passed the customs inspection and had declared himself not to have in his possession any property which should be declared. He was arrested just as he about to step in the Detroit bound bus.
Awaited Call Back at the rooming house, Brown and the others were awaiting the call from Detroit. This name but not from Detroit. This came but not from Detroit. Constable Townsend telephoned Brown from the F.E.C.B. office, stating that Lekich was in custody. This was according to plan. When Brown heard Townsend's voice he knew everything had gone as sched- suled, so he turned to the others and said that the gold had arrived in Detroit and that he was now about to pay them. He began to count out the bills. This was the signal for the others in the adjacent room. A minute or two elapsed until Bijlich and Birush had picked up handfuls of the bills. Then Inspector Morphet and the two officers stepped in through a communicating door and swiftly and efficiently Corporal Woodhouse snapped on the cuffs.
The gang had demanded to see the color of Brown's money before they would deal, so it was necessary to get $3,000 in Canadian funds to be used as come-on money. Authority was given to borrow it from a Windsor bank for this purpose, but it was an anxious time for Inspector Morphet and Staff-Sergeant Anderson while the money was in the hands of the gang. They were considerably relieved when it was taken back from Bijlich and Birush.
Throughout the entire period the assistance rendered by Brown was invaluable to authorities here. It was Brown who figured in an earlier deal 6 in which $1,000 of U. S. money was used to purchase gold in Windsor. The bills were marked and their numbers watched for in Windsor banks.
Wanted Bigger Game It was this deal which Lekich first figured in also. Because it involved a small amount, it was permitted to pass without interference, although under supervision because the authorities wanted bigger game.
Brown at that time flashed a roll of bills and said that he was not interested in "peanuts," he wanted "big stuff." At the sight of the money, he was promised a shipment of 300 ounces. The haul last week was far from that, but it was the largest so far attempted by the gang. It is belleved now that their scheme is nipped in the bud, although investigations are continuing and others may be shortly involved.
R. C. M. P. offices and Foreign Exchange authorities in half a dozen Ontario centres must be given a share of the credit for rounding up the gang. These offices are still hot on the trail. Two men are at present being held in Northern Ontario and others under suspicion. Their parts in the widespread, newly-organized ring, may be revealed within days if present investigations are successful.
More Important Even more important than these developments is the possibility that arising out of the present investigations may come evidence which will be strong enough to show conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. Under the charge now pending there are penalties provided rising to as much as $5,000 fine or five years in prison or both, upon conviction.
Breaking the gang and scattering its members before they even got going has been possible only through the most tenacious type of police work. The Windsor detachment, R.C.M.P., the largest in Canada, by the way, has employed all its members. A small army of officialdom and staff members of other federal agencies from top men down to stenographers have played their parts.
Particularly active have been Inspector Morphet, whose days and nights for the past eight weeks have been full of the details of the investigation, often incurring the duty of remaining up an entire night or working far into the small hours of the morning. Supervising the widely spread police net, Staff-Sergeant Anderson has had his finger on all the multiple duties of his men besides carefully watching the procedure of the case investigations in other centres. A tremendous share of the R. C. M. P. work has devolved upon Constable John T. Townsend and his chief paid tribute to him and his fellow officers in announcing the part the force has played in the case.
Praises Constable "They have devoted themselves unstintingly to their jobs," he said. "I cannot commend them too highly. I believe that Constable Townsend has done an especially good job."
Both department heads-Inspector Morphet and Staff Sergeant Anderson -were lavish in their tribute to the United States authorities.
"It was the most encouraging example we have ever had of international co-operation," Mr. Morphet sald in speaking of the parts played by U. S. officers. He mentioned United States customs supervising agent Charles Wyatt, U. S. Secret Service chief George Boos, Captain Joseph O'Rourke of the U. S. customs border patrol and their staffs. In the work on the Canadian side he spoke of the co-operation given by collector of customs Thomas Clark in Windsor and Inspector William McKee, special investigator of the F.EC.B. in Toronto.
Names Officers To the entire staff of R.C.M.P. officers here, he paid sincere tribute,naming: Constables C. A. Lazelle, Walton Routledge, J. M. Gallinger, D. C. McCannell, Corporal R. L. Woodhouse, his own enforcement inspector George McGonigal and Corporal W. E. L. McElhone, attached to the F. E. C. B. in Toronto, He also had a word for the girls who have worked nights and Sundays preparing the necessary documents in connection with the case. Two of those he especially mentioned are Mrs. Margaret Campbell and Miss Winifred Hubbard.
The men rounded up, with two exceptions, have no known criminal records, but all have formerly been connected in some way with mining and are familiar with the process of high-grading. Matijevich faced a charge of unlawfully wounding another man in February 1940, but the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. Bijlich, according to police, has served two years for high-grading.
The crime is as old as mining itself.Ever since man has dug in the ground for precious minerals, the temptation to get some of the easy wealth for himself has been present. The episode on the Windsor border is the end of a long trail that leads back to the mines of the north country.
Big Profit in Racket The immense profit in the racket is what causes an ever-increasing number of men who labor in the mines to take the chance of sneaking out a spare piece of ore. It must be an especially rare bit or it isn't worth the risk, but many such pieces are found in Ontario's rich gold country.
While following his ordinary job, a miner will suddenly come upon a chunk of ore that has the unmistakable signs of gold in large quantities. Despite all the precautions taken for years by mining companies, high grade ore continues to get out. This is difficult to understand when it is explain-ed that men working in shafts where the vein is believed to be rich, must undress before entering the mine and put on other clothes from the skin out. When they come off duty, these are removed and the street clothes donned again. Yet the $3,000,000 annually lost is a conservative estimate, according to mining men.
Once smuggled out of the mine, the gold is passed to a crude smelter. This agent pays probably $5 to $8 an ounce for what he believes there is of pure gold in the ore. He then takes it to a secret crucible somewhere - an ordinary Quebec heater has been known to serve - and with a few crude bits of equipment, renders it down to a molten state. Tossing in a handful of flux he is able to separate the gold from the unwanted ore and the whole is allowed to cool off. Then it is chipped from the crucible.
After this, it must be further refined in another crucible and chipped out. This is what is known as a button, one of which was found here weighing 76 ounces. This is sold to a runner who takes the responsibility of getting it to a buyer in the United States where the price is $35 an ounce, U.S. funds or $38.50 in Canadian funds. It is generally handled in lots up to 300 ounces. It is difficult to dispose of it in Canada because of the stricter supervision exercised over refiners. --- Image Caption
Officers Responsible for Arrests and Those Accused in Gold Case An international police trap, that clicked as smoothly as a well-rehearsed movie, has broken up what is believed to have been the beginning of a powerful gang of high-grade gold smugglers. More than $4.000 worth of the precious metal has been recovered and is being held as evidence. Four members of the gang are shown in the pictures on the upper right and in the group below. On the upper left, Foreign Exchange Control Board and RCMP officers are shown with the seized gold, part of one of the shipments. Left to right in the group on the upper left are: Inspector W. M. Morphet, of the Windsor office of the FEC.B: Constable J. T. Townsend, of the Windsor Detachment of the RCMP: Inspector George McGonigal, of the FECB; and Constable W. W. Routledge, of the RCMP. On the upper right is Marko Lekich of Windsor. who was arrested at the Windsor side of the tunnel with $3,000 worth of the gold in his possession. Below, left to right. are: George Birush of Windsor. Sam Matijevich of Hamilton, and Michael "Big Mike" Bijlich of Windsor, all members of the gang and former residents of Northern Ontario, from where the gold is believed to have come.
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Energy bill support: Firms fear ‘worst to come’
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Soaring energy prices have left households and businesses worried in recent months, with the government announcing an extension to support on offer for firms.
But the new scheme for companies, charities, schools and hospitals will be much less generous than the previous one.
It will see firms get a discount on wholesale prices, rather than costs being capped as under the current scheme, from April.
They will only benefit when costs are high, prompting some business lobby groups to call for further assistance.
So we asked businesses across the country how the new government plans will affect them.
‘It will get worse before it gets better’
Sarah Curtis
Despite swerving some price rises through careful forward planning for her business, Sarah Curtis does not feel like the worst is over.
Her boatkeeping yard, which she has been running for 17 years in Ipswich, uses heavy machinery in its repair workshop. Those who store their boats on-site often use dehumidifiers and heaters too.
“I use a broker to find the cheapest electricity prices, and I only employ four full-time staff,” Sarah says.
She has benefitted from reduced business rates as well as previously locking in energy prices for the firm until 2026.
She says she feels lucky, “for now”, while some other businesses which only secured fixed-price deals last year might be stuck with higher costs.
Energy bill support for firms to be cut from April
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“[Further support] has to be paid back,” she points out. “At some point the government has to get realistic and no doubt business will share the brunt of that.”
In its announcement, the government said it was scaling back energy subsidies for the next financial year to £5.5bn in a bid to reduce how much taxpayers are exposed to spiralling costs.
But Sarah suggests: “It’s going to get worse for all of us before it gets better.”
‘Any help is very welcome’
Raoul Perfitt
Raoul Perfitt runs Herb UK, which produces haircare products in a factory in Lymington.
He says he is pleased the new energy support scheme, which will run until the end of March next year, will give the firm “some certainty to help budget and plan”.
Wage bills, manufacturing, raw material and warehouse rental costs have all gone up for Herb UK in the last year.
Plus the firm has seen shipping costs on 40ft containers increase from £4,000 to £10,000 – and Raoul says he is starting to feel squeezed.
He says he has already seen huge resistance from retailers when he suggests he might need to pass on some of those higher costs.
“Obviously we need time to assess exactly how much this [new plan] will reduce our bills by… But in the current extremely challenging economic conditions any assistance is very welcome,” he says.
‘It’s not enough’
“It’s not enough,” says Adrian Hanrahan, calling for further support for manufacturers.
He is the managing director of Robinson Brothers, a chemicals producer based in West Bromwich.
Under the new plans, high-intensive energy users, such as those in glass, steel and ceramics, will be eligible for higher discounts on their bills.
Although Make UK, the manufacturing trade body, said the announcement was a “welcome move”, Adrian does not believe his firm qualifies for the extra assistance.
“Our energy bill went from £1.9m… to £3.4m last year,” he says, adding it is “set to get higher without the government help”.
“It is detrimental for our size of business – we only have one pot of money and most of that is being used for day-to-day costs, redirecting our money from investing, to survival.”
He also questioned how effective the new scheme would be for UK companies more broadly.
‘Not seeing changes in bills just yet’
“At times we have to close pubs at certain parts of the day because it’s just not worth it, given the increases in energy costs we’re having to pay,” says Clive Watson, chairman of the City Pub Group.
The group currently has more than 40 pubs located across England and Wales. But he says rising energy bills are holding it back from pursuing its expansion plans.
“It’s great that energy prices are slowing down, but that’s just not coming through in the bills, just yet,” he says.
On Monday, the Treasury also confirmed that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had written to the energy watchdog, Ofgem, to complain about firms that were not passing on discounts to customers.
Despite that, Clive suggests that confidence will not return “until we see bills at the levels we saw them at last year”.
Wholesale gas prices are now below the level they were before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but still three to four times higher than their long-term average.
But Clive says that looking ahead to 2023, he remains “cautious”.
“My long-term planning is on hold because of the short-term risks,” he adds.
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Distraught Factory Farmer Knew He Shouldn’t Have Named All 7,000 Pigs
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IOWA FALLS, IA—Enjoying one last morning with his four-legged friends, distraught factory farmer Bill Hanrahan confirmed Wednesday that he knew he shouldn’t have named all 7,000 pigs. “I don’t know why I always make this harder than it needs to be,” said Hanrahan, choking up as he began the long process of saying…
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(1) You reblogged something the other day that my brain won't let go of. I fully admit to knowing next to nothing other than what you reblog and comment on about Richard and Anne (I follow you for content other than that) but this post struck a chord in me. It was discussing Anne's barrenness; the failure of her childlessness. And it's just ... how do we know she was the barren one in that relationship? Richard didn't have any children so why is the blame on her shoulders?
(2) Other than it's traditionally the woman's fault. Am I missing something?
No, you’re totally right--we don’t know exactly why Richard and Anne were infertile, or whose problem it was; there’s no way of knowing because it seems pretty likely that Anne was the only woman Richard ever had sex with. Usually you’ll even see historians point that out, just in passing, that there’s no evidence that Richard was fertile, and in fact, some more recent scholars argue that Richard was much more concerned with how their lack of children reflected on him as both a man and a king. 
Katherine Lewis has argued that Richard’s emphasis on his devotion to Edward the Confessor, who was believed to have had a chaste marriage (although historians of his reign don’t think he actually did), was meant to imply that he and Anne had done likewise. Kristen Geaman’s work has proved pretty conclusively that Richard and Anne didn’t have a chaste marriage, an idea that was always pretty improbable (they were both very conscious of their lineage and knew that they would need an heir to the throne), by bringing to light a letter Anne wrote to her brother, Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, around 1384, which may suggest that she had a miscarriage around that time, and certainly demonstrates that she was optimistic that she would have a successful pregnancy in the future. So they were definitely trying -- Geaman also analyzes an apothecary bill from 1393–94, the last year of Anne’s life, and concludes that, based on the medicines she purchased, she was probably still trying to conceive at the time of her apparently sudden death. If she did have a miscarriage (or more than one, but that must remain speculative*) it’s possible that the problem was on her end physically, and that she could conceive but not carry to term -- this may be supported by the fact that most of her (full and half) siblings had only one child or none at all, while Richard’s Holland half-siblings had lots of kids -- but that still doesn’t make it her fault, and clearly Richard didn’t hold it against her.   
Geaman’s dissertation devotes a lot of time to arguing that Anne probably wasn’t seen as the one to blame for the lack of an heir, and that Richard’s contemporary critics, during the reign and certainly after his deposition, would probably have placed the blame squarely on him for his immaturity and unmanliness** -- although there are other scholars who see the generally lukewarm treatment of Anne in the chronicles as a sign of her “ambivalent legacy” (a term used by Michael Hanrahan in his reading of Chaucer’s Clerk’s Tale as being focused on Richard and Anne’s lack of an heir; there’s also a good article by Anna Duch where she addresses why Thomas Walsingham, specifically, might have resented Anne, although it reflects much better on Anne than it does Walsingham). She follows Lewis in arguing that Richard was probably unnerved enough by this that after Anne’s death he wanted to imply that he and Anne had had a celibate marriage and thus prove his manly self-control, but concedes that any efforts made in this direction were not successful among his contemporaries (although they certainly worked on historians centuries later). I really love her work on Anne as queen and historical figure -- she is pretty much the go-to person for scholarship on Anne as a person rather than as a symbolic cultural figure -- but I’m not sure I’m convinced by the “Richard pretended to have a chaste marriage” argument for that basic reason; the primary audience for it would have been people who had been close to the couple, who had an unconventionally companionate marriage for the time period, built an island resort palace with unprecedented levels of privacy, and were actively trying to conceive to the degree that they sought medical intervention. (And it’s worth pointing out that @nuingiliath has suggested to me that perhaps Richard might also have wanted to protect Anne’s legacy by presenting her as a holy virgin rather than a barren queen, if Lewis’ and Geaman’s speculations are true.)
All that said: you do have a lot more attention paid to infertility by scholars/historians who are talking about Anne, and I think a lot of this is based on a) as you said, the unexamined assumption that infertility is the woman’s fault physically, and b) the assumption that infertility is the woman’s problem and that it’s the queen’s only job (except warrior queens like Isabella of France of Margaret of Anjou). Christopher Fletcher’s book on Richard and medieval masculinity goes so far to call Richard and Anne’s marriage a disaster, despite its incredible success on the personal level, because of their infertility. But queenship studies in the last couple of decades have made great strides in examining the role of queens beyond providing heirs -- which, of course, was part of the queen’s job, but not the entirety of it -- whereas fertility isn’t really represented as an issue for men most of the time, and I definitely hope that’s changing.  
*It’s what I do in my fictional writing, but I wouldn’t be able to support it in something scholarly. They’re different interpretive practices, obviously.
**You still sometimes get this today, like in Lisa Hilton’s book where she argues that Richard wasn’t mature enough to consummate his marriage to Anne, or John Bowers’ work where he argues -- based entirely on readings of Chaucer, like Chaucer would have known what was going on in the king’s marriage -- that Richard and Anne had a celibate marriage because Richard was using piety to hide his horrible deviant gayness. These people can fuck right off. You also sometimes get authors who argue that they had a celibate marriage on Anne’s initiative and in imitation of some important Bohemian royal saints, although nearly all of the saints in question had celibate marriages after having children, which is why Anne was able to exist in the first place! She would certainly have known this, and would not have had a chance to give up marital relations because she died childless while still of reproductive age. Anyway scholars who suggest that a celibate marriage was Anne’s idea seem to think it gives her more agency, like a sexually active married woman who wanted children can’t have agency. 🙄
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ALMOST COUCH TOUR: SEAN MASON/GIVETON GELIN, MEZZROW’S, 9 SEPTEMBER 2021
The real time Couch Tour phenomenon is drying up with only Small’s/Mezzrow’s and the very occasional The Jazz Gallery gig filling that precise bill. And Small’s/Mezzrow’s rather conveniently putting things up in its Archive with a very quick turnaround. And, truth be told, I very often would catch a Smoke or Village Vanguard in that same weekend, not in the moment. It is also possible that such gigs were filmed and not live live. Similarly, in the European Tradition, my primary chamber music source, Wigmore Hall’s events reflected London time. I wasn’t watching them in real time.
But these streams remain a way to experience live performances and get a writing prompt when I need one. There has been some calculation re: writing prompts of late as I mine the Small’s archive thematically sometimes.
But, in this case, I just wanted to see Sean Mason more directly. He’s been a stalwart on several gigs by the Wayne Shorter repertory ensemble Palladium where he has been fresh and innovative on those suggestive compositions. He also was on a gig with Barry Stephenson with Nicole Glover recently where he again caught my ear.
Here he was on a late night Mezzrow’s gig with trumpeter Giveton Gelin. Together they did what I expected, dissecting tunes and musical spaces in a very free (exploratory far more than discordant) way. The duo format has great richness and I’m collecting trumpet/piano settings: there is a Roy Hargrove/Mulgrew Miller collection that hasn’t made my streaming service and Jeremy Pelt/George Cables with Peter Washington did a very nice ballads set.
This first set opened with a long suite that hinted at a few tunes and moods before resolving into Someone To Watch Over Me. It reminded me of a Blue Note stream of Chris Potter/Kenny Werner which did the whole set in seemingly telepathic connection. Here they soloed in parallel in a very sympathetic not individualistic way. There was intense listening going on. I sense that is a Mason trademark and what makes his ensemble work so fresh. He listens to what’s being played and improvises his own part. It’s not accompaniment per se but it is deeply complementary and supportive. David Crosby called Grateful Dead music electric Dixieland. There’s something of that here, though the Dixieland moniker in jazz suggests different things. So does free jazz. This isn’t that but it’s freedom is breathtaking and exciting.
Gelin’s tone and range was rich and not strident. I wish I knew Lester Bowie far better, but my sense of him is what I heard here—a deep appreciation of the traditions that allowed drawing on many giants finding fresh and unexpected connections. That fit well with the ethos that Mason set up for the gig.
The second suite started with a Monk blues that wandered into an even more straight up blues then back to Monk to a segue into a completely new tune that felt beboppish (so it might have been a blues too) though it was nicely off kilter like Relaxin’ at Camarillo is. Very nice.
They kicked off a second set/jam session with one last but shorter tune/suite. But they gave the band stand over to a jam session. First Sarah Hanrahan who was on the Barry Stephenson gig led the way with a young piano/bass team on September in the Rain. I was glad to hear her again. Another tasteful trumpeter joined mid tune for a fine relaxed solo. The final tune featured Hanrahan again but with Micah Thomas whom I’ve seen with Immanuel Wilkins, a different bass player, and a tenor man with Gelin returning.
I hadn’t seen a late night Small’s/Mezzrow’s set with jam. It was looser and it sure felt like there were musicians in the house playing for one another. That has obvious charms. But I will keep an eye out for Sean Mason for earlier in the evening gigs—not that it matters for Almost Couch Tour.
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The Case of the Chemical Syndicate
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DETECTIVE COMICS #627 MARCH 1991 BY BILL FINGER, BOB KANE, MIKE FRIEDRICH, MARV WOLFMAN, ALAN GRANT, BOB BROWN, JIM APARO, NORM BREYFOGLE, JOE GIELLA, MIKE DECARLO, STEVE MITCHELL AND ADRIENNE ROY
SYNOPSIS (FROM DC FANDOM)
This story is reprinted from Detective Comics #27.
Commissioner Gordon relaxes at home entertaining his young socialite friend Bruce Wayne. Wayne asks if anything exciting has happened lately, and Gordon explains that a fellow called the "Bat-Man" is puzzling him. Gordon receives a call that chemical manufacturer Lambert has been found murdered. They have Lambert's son in custody, whose fingerprints were found on the knife. Gordon invites Bruce Wayne to the Lambert mansion with him, and Bruce Wayne says he has nothing better to do.
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When they arrive at the crime scene, young Lambert insists he is innocent. The lad explains that he arrived home early and saw his father lying on the floor. When he entered the library, he saw a figure escaping out the window. He pulled a knife out of his father's back, and his father's last word was "contract." Lambert's son recalls that his father had three associates, Alfred Stryker, Paul Rogers, and Steve Crane. Steve Crane calls Gordon on the phone. Lambert told Crane that he had received a death threat the previous day. Crane has received a similar death threat, and asks for police protection. Bruce Wayne decides to go home, and Gordon rushes over to the Crane residence.
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Steven Crane is killed by a gunman who enters through the window. The thug and his partner steal a paper from Crane and climb onto the roof. They are confronted by a figure they recognize as the Bat-Man, standing in the moonlight. The Bat-Man punches the first thug out, then grabs the second one in a headlock and throws him off the second-story roof. He grabs the paper and escapes as Gordon is pulling up. The GCPD try to arrest the Bat-Man, but they are unable to catch him. Gordon learns that Crane has been murdered, and moves on to the next business partner. The Bat-Man smiles when he reads the paper he stole, and drives off in his automobile.
Paul Rogers visits the laboratory of Alfred Stryker, having learned of Lambert's death by news broadcast. Stryker's assistant Jennings clubs Rogers over the head and ties him up. Jennings explains that he will lower a gas chamber over Rogers and kill him the same way he puts animals to sleep. Jennings leaves to activate the gas. The Bat-Man leaps into the room through an open transom. The Bat-Man grabs a wrench and dives inside the gas chamber before it closes.
He plugs the gas jet with a handkerchief, and busts through the glass with his wrench. Jennings returns and tries to pull a gun on the Bat-Man, but the Bat-Man punches him in the face really hard. Alfred Stryker enters and demands to know what happened. When Rogers explains that Jennings tried to kill him, Stryker pulls out a knife to finish the job. The Bat-Man is hiding in the shadows, and he grabs Stryker from behind to stop him. The Bat-Man explains to Rogers that they were all partners in the Apex Chemical Corporation. Stryker had made secret contracts with all of them to pay them a sum of money each year until he owned the business. He grew tired of waiting and decided to kill them so he wouldn't have to pay. Stryker breaks out of the Bat-Man's grip and pulls a gun on him. The Bat-Man punches Stryker so hard in the face that Stryker breaks through a railing and falls into a tank of acid. The Bat-Man remarks that this is a fitting end for his kind, and leaves via transom. Rogers tries to thank the Bat-Man, but he is already gone.
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Later at his house, Commissioner Gordon relates this story to Bruce Wayne. Bruce remarks that this is a lovely fairy tale, and leaves. Gordon thinks to himself that Bruce Wayne is a nice young chap, but he seems to lead a very boring life. Bruce returns home to Wayne Manor, where it's revealed that he is in fact the Bat-Man.
This story is reprinted from Detective Comics #387.
Batman and Robin swing across Gotham City. They arrive at a crime scene where the wealthy atomic chemist Lambert has been murdered with a poker in his own living room. Commissioner Gordon is accusing Lambert's hippy son Mel, whose fingerprints were found on the murder instrument. Mel is furious and rants about authority figures abusing their power. Batman determines that the fingerprints could have gotten there at any time, and they cannot prove that Mel is guilty. Batman and Robin leave to investigate while Gordon has his back turned. Mel announces that the scene is one big bummer and he is going to split.
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Batman and Robin return to the Batcave, where they're welcomed by Alfred Pennyworth. Robin hates Mel, believing that punks like him should all be locked up without a key. Batman reminds him that their job is to protect everyone's rights, not just those of the people they like. The Batcomputer determines that Lambert was part of a chemical syndicate with three other men, Alfred Stryker, Paul Rogers, and Steven Crane.
They drive to visit Steven Crane in the Batmobile. Crane explains that Mel and his father had a heated argument several days ago in the lab. The elder Lambert insisted that his chemical research would benefit all mankind. Mel Lambert insisted that the research would really be used for military purposes, and lead only to advances in war. Robin believes this proves Mel guilty, but Batman tells him not to jump to conclusions. They leave the apartment and hear gunshots behind them, as Crane is murdered. They rush back in and the killer shoots at them as well. His silhouette resembles Mel Lambert, and he escapes but drops a piece of paper when Robin hits him with a batarang. The paper is an account of Crane's part in the research. Batman believes this casts doubt on Mel as a suspect, but Robin believes it confirms his suspicions. They rush to find Paul Rogers next.
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Paul Rogers has heard about Lambert's murder, and gone to visit the laboratory of Alfred Stryker. Stryker lets Rogers inside, and Rogers is clubbed on the back of the head with a gun. The culprit is a masked man resembling Mel Lambert. Batman and Robin burst in, and they take down the masked man. It is not Mel Lambert, only a man dressed like him. Stryker picks up the gun and reveals that he hired this killer to do his dirty work. Stryker forgets to keep track of Batman in the shadows, and Batman karate chops the gun out of his hand. Batman explains that he knew one of them was the culprit because only someone involved in the chemical syndicate would want Crane's research data. Stryker was attempting to eliminate his partners so he could claim their research as his own for financial gain. Mel Lambert was simply a convenient scapegoat to frame for the murders.
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That night, Mel Lambert and Robin are both troubled. Mel Lambert criticized Batman for being part of the system, but Batman was the only reason he wasn't thrown in jail. Robin realizes that he tried to jail an innocent man simply because he didn't like him personally. They both know they have some thinking to do.
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Batman watches over the city at night. An older man gets into a cab with an Iranian driver, who complains about racism in America. The cab is attacked by a costumed woman who sprays it with acid, destroying the vehicle and killing its passenger. The woman announces that her victim coordinated transportation, so it is only fitting he died in transport. The Iranian later recounts these details to homicide detective Dana Hanrahan. Batman arrives and Dana tells him that the victim was Theodore Lambert, Vice President of CLRS Chemicals.
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Bruce Wayne knows Theodore's son Ted Lambert, and has Alfred set up a late-night tennis game with him. Ted complains to Bruce about his father, who made his fortune by abusing the environment. Ted announces that he is waiting for his father to die, so he can undo this damage using his father's fortune. Hanrahan arrives and accuses Ted Lambert of murdering his father. Ted admits to a history of arguing with his father about chemical dumping, but insists that he loved his father.
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There is a press conference held for CLRS Chemicals by public relations executive Steven Crane. Crane tries to put a positive spin on their dumping, insisting that these chemicals can be used to save the planet. They are developing cleaning materials and pesticides to kill viruses and bacteria. The costumed woman arrives and reveals that she calls herself Pesticyde. Pesticyde murders Steven Crane and his wife in front of a giant crowd, melting them both into a pile of goo. The crowd scream and run in terror, so she begins killing them indiscriminately. Batman arrives to investigate the convention center, and Pesticyde tries to kill him. Pesticyde escapes by burning a hole into the sewers. Hanrahan is horrified when she arrives, and throws up several times at the sight of the melting bodies.
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Hanrahan investigates Fred Stryker, the chemist at CLRS Chemicals. Stryker was disfigured in a horrible chemical accident, and is now confined to a wheelchair. His nursemaid Mrs. Watkins tells the police that he cannot move or speak, so Hanrahan leaves. It's revealed that Fred Stryker has a daughter named Priscilla Stryker, who took the identity Pesticyde to avenge him. The other three executives at CLRS refused to listen when Fred told him their chemicals were too dangerous and harmful. They were only concerned with making a profit. When a machine broke, the chemicals fell onto Fred Stryker. This was apparently a mechanical error, but Priscilla believes it was a plot by the others to kill him.
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The only remaining executive is Paul Rogers, in charge of business at CLRS. He denies police protection, but Pesticyde easily breaks through his security system. Pesticyde reveals her identity to Rogers, who is her godfather. She kidnaps him to a chemical processing plant, where she dangles him over the vat of chemicals that destroyed her father. Batman arrives just in time and knocks the remote out of her hands with a batarang. He is barely able to swing Rogers to safety before she returns fire. Batman and Pesticyde battle on the catwalk. Pesticyde insists that she is not a killer, she only wants justice, and asks if Batman wouldn't do the same. Pesticyde accidentally destroys the ground underneath her, and falls to her death in the tank of chemicals she prepared. Batman stands on the catwalk and says that he would not do the same thing.
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Late at night, a bum walks down the highway into Gotham City. He finishes drinking his bottle of table wine and throws it at a sign. There is a disturbance at G.C. Chem Co. when a thief steals something in one of the trucks. Batman and Commissioner Gordon arrive to investigate. The guard on duty explains that he chased the thief to an office, where they stumbled on the corpse of company owner Professor Lambert. The thief takes his mask off and reveals that he is Mel Lambert, Professor Lambert's son. Batman determines that Mel could not have been the killer, based on fibers on the knife. Batman realizes that Mel is still hiding something, and grabs a bag of cocaine out of Mel's pocket. Mel pulls a gun and threatens to shoot Commissioner Gordon. Batman throws the cocaine in Mel's face and punches him out. Mel is taken into custody.
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Batman leaves to check up on Professor Lambert's partners. The homeless man from the beginning tries to tell a cop that his friends are dead, but the cop won't listen to a drunk. Lambert's partner Steven Crane is at home reading when his butler receives a call from Gordon. His butler opens the door and is pistol-whipped by two robbers. The robbers force Crane to open his safe, then shoot him in the head. Batman bursts in and violently beats the two killers. They confess that a man named Paul Rogers hired them to make it look like a robbery. Batman and Gordon rush to the Rogers Chemicals building.
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The homeless man is attacked by several muggers, but Batman sees this and defends him. Paul Rogers is innocent, and the real culprit is his partner Alfred Stryker. Stryker forces Rogers to write a suicide note at gunpoint, claiming responsibility for ordering the deaths of his friends. Gordon arrives at Rogers Chemicals to find Paul Rogers swinging dead on a noose. Batman arrives and does not believe the suicide note. He knows Alfred Stryker is still in the building, and calls out to him. Stryker fires his gun at Batman and Gordon. Batman throws a batarang to make Stryker drop the gun. Stryker tries to leap over a metal railing, but the railing collapses and he falls to his death in a tank of acid. Batman fishes out Stryker's skeleton, and remarks that this is "a fitting end for his kind."
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Batman explains that Alfred Stryker owned a waste disposal company partnered with Lambert, Crane, and Rogers. To increase profits, Stryker illegally buried the toxic waste and his partners kept quiet. The city bought Stryker's dumping grounds for a housing project, and this lead to an incident where several homeless men died. Stryker killed off his partners so they couldn't report him to the police.
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REVIEW
So, two reprints (one of them already reviewed) and two new versions (by the then creative teams of Batman and Detective Comics).
The second story is odd, Robin is profiling hippies, while at the same time he is hanging around with heaps of them when he is with the Titans. Being so conservative doesn’t really fit the character. Another problem I have with this version of the story is that the main theme here is atomic power, so while it is related, I doubt a “chemical syndicate” would be involved. This, by the way, would be Earth-1 version of the case.
Wolfman and Aparo’s version is pretty much horror. This was common in the modern age (and in Batman). While this story is perhaps the strongest one in the book, I felt it was a bit anti-climatic. I was also confused by the detective first, as she looked exactly like Sarah Essen (who was around back then). That’s one of the problems with Aparo’s art, everyone has pretty much the same face and expressions (sometimes there are certain combinations where he does look a bit different).
The Grant and Breyfogle story is plagued with references to several Batman artists. Since I am biased for Breyfogle, this is the one I enjoyed the most. But I admit it starts to force itself to become a homage by the end. Which is ok by me, as the whole purpose of this issue is to do an homage.
While the first two stories happened in Earth-2 and Earth-1 respectively, the last two are probably imaginary stories (as both of them happen in modern times). But of those two, the Wolfman version is more in continuity than the one from Grant (as Gordon just had a heart attack).
I give this issue a score of 8
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South Jersey Times boys tennis postseason honors, 2021
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During his remarkable tennis career at Clearview, Martin Lacsamana often found ways to stand apart from the crowd with his play on the court.
But his most treasured memories came from just being one of the guys.
Cheering on teammates, joking with coaches, trekking back and forth to Williamstown or some other rival with the rest of the Pioneers — those are the times he savored the most, even more than his 69 career wins and three Gloucester County Tournament titles.
“I play competitively so I don’t really play with a team, which is why I always looked forward to high school tennis,” said Lacsamana, the South Jersey Times Player of the Year for 2021. “I loved the team camaraderie. If you ask me my favorite moments, it would have to be every single time I was with my teammates. I was blessed to have really funny teammates and ones that matched my energy. Practices were always fun, bus rides to games and back were awesome. Those are probably the best moments, just hanging out with people I care about and playing tennis.”
Kevin Hanrahan, a longtime teacher at Clearview and an assistant for the girls tennis team, became the head coach for the boys team this season. He had always heard about Lacsamana’s talent but never had him in class, so he had never seen him play or even met him before this year.
He quickly came to realize that Lacsamana is the total package: honors student, class president, outstanding player and devoted teammate.
“He’s a great student in the classroom, obviously — he’s going to Cal-Berkeley — he’s a great athlete and nobody outworks him,” Hanrahan said. “But what I didn’t learn until the end of the year is that this season was all about the team aspect of things. Even at the end of the year when he was going to states, he didn’t necessarily care about it. He had done the individual thing with all his USTA stuff, but he was telling me that he really enjoyed going to sectionals and playing with the team. He was always cheering on his teammates, even in the middle of his match. He’s a real, real special athlete.”
That’s not to say he didn’t still shine as an individual. In April, playing at a tournament that he always enjoyed, Lacsamana became just the fourth person to win three Gloucester County crowns when he defeated teammate Kyle Deacon in the final. Had the pandemic not wiped out his junior season, he almost certainly would have become only the second player with four titles.
Later in the season at the South Jersey Interscholastic Championships, Lacsamana reached the quarterfinals for the first time before losing to Lenape sophomore Milan Karajovic, who he graciously called a terrific young player.
Finally, Lacsamana capped his career by notching his first win in the state singles tournament, a 3-6, 7-6 (7-6), 10-6 marathon over Jacob Rha of Whippany Park.
“That was important to me,” he said. “It is more satisfying to win like that although my body didn’t feel like it in the moment.”
Lacsamana, who went undefeated in team matches and finished his senior season with a 25-2 overall record, is not exactly sure about the next step in his tennis career. He has thought about trying to walk on at the University of California-Berkeley, but since he’ll be majoring in electrical engineering and computer science, his workload might not leave time for athletics.
“I definitely want to have a good balance at Berkeley,” he said. “I asked all the alumni and they said balance is the No. 1 thing you want to have. Academics comes first, so if it doesn’t intervene with academics then I’ll try to play, but if it does then I have to pick academics any day of the week.”
But tennis has always been an important part of his life, a passion passed on from his father, Nathaniel, and he doesn’t plan on retiring even if he can’t play at Cal.
“My dad is still playing and he’s killing it on the court, so I don’t see why I won’t keep playing,” he said. “I’m competitive so I won’t let my kid beat me at tennis. I have beaten my dad though. We go back and forth but I’ll never admit to him that he’s better.”
As for Lacsamana’s place in Clearview tennis history, there is no question he left his mark.
“In the 20 years that I’ve been at Clearview, he’s the best to come through,” Hanrahan said.
The humble Lacsamana would surely appreciate those words from his coach. But he hasn’t given much thought at all to whether he’s the best player in school history.
“Legacy is a tough thing to live up to,” he said. “Legacy or not, I just know that I gave everything I had to the program. It wasn’t just tennis season for me, it was the whole year. I loved Clearview, I loved being a Pioneer and I loved being part of the program. I gave everything I had and put my best foot forward. … It was definitely a memorable time.”
TEAM OF THE YEAR
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First singles Mike Parker helped lead Kingsway to its third straight Gloucester County Tournament team title.Al Amrhein | For NJ Advance Media
When it comes to the Tri-County Conference Royal Division and the Gloucester County Tournament, one school has established itself as the team to beat in recent seasons.
But all signs were pointing to the end of Kingsway’s reign this spring.
With a completely new starting lineup from two years ago and only one player with any varsity experience, the Dragons’ streak of three straight division titles and two consecutive county crowns appeared to be in major jeopardy.
The roster may have looked a lot different, however, but the end results turned out to be the same old, same old.
Kingsway extended its streaks in the Royal Division and Gloucester County, and now the Dragons are the South Jersey Times Team of the Year for the second season in a row as well.
“I know every year our team is going to be competitive and we’re always going to push the envelope and push our guys to get better,” Kingsway coach Drew Laverty said. “But when you only have one guy with varsity experience coming back, you just don’t know how those new guys are going to compete against other competition and how they’re going to react to match play situations and crucial moments, all those things that you can only gain with match experience. Luckily we had some seniors playing varsity, which I think made a difference. They did a great job and I’m super proud of the team this year.”
Kingsway showed right from the opening match of the season that it should not be overlooked. The Dragons earned a 3-2 win over Royal Division rival Clearview — featuring standouts Martin Lacsamana and Kyle Deacon at first and second singles, respectively — to set the tone early.
“It’s funny, I try to tell my AD not to schedule Clearview first because in recent years it’s been us and them for the division,” Laverty said. “It’s tough to have the division on the line in the first match of the year when you don’t know how your team is going to play and react. They had two outstanding singles players but luckily we were able to work out the other three spots and get those done.”
Clearview did win the rematch later in the season, but that was Kingsway’s only division loss and its first to a Royal opponent in five years. The Dragons went 13-3 overall and 7-1 in the division, ending their season with a 3-2 loss to Lenape in the South Jersey, Group 4 quarterfinals.
Despite a hip injury early in the season to third singles Chris Spicer, Kingsway never skipped a beat. Junior Nick Tanzola moved up from second doubles to take Spicer’s spot, and following senior Mike Parker at No. 1 and junior Kyle Kirwin at No. 2, he gave the Dragons a strong singles lineup.
Senior David Glanfield and junior Gavin Springer played first doubles and went undefeated during team matches while claiming the county title. Sophomores Jack Arena and Andrew Altmann, junior Nikit Chhita and senior Rohan Nambiar all contributed at second doubles.
“For a lot of teams it would have destroyed them to lose that (third singles) spot and really change up the lineup,” Laverty said. “It changed us but it didn’t hurt us in too many ways. We’ve always predicated our team on being balanced all the way through in singles and doubles and we’re going to continue to create teams like that going forward.”
COACH OF THE YEAR
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Millville coach Tom DeCou, talking with Andrew Crain during a match this season, led the Thunderbolts to a 20-4 record.Al Amrhein | For NJ Advance Media
In some seasons, the Coach of the Year is an easy choice, with one person standing out and demanding to be recognized. Other seasons, like this one, there are plenty of worthy candidates and picking just one almost seems unfair.
From George Rhea guiding Penns Grove its first winning season in decades and a share of the Tri-County Diamond title to Bill Kennedy helping Cumberland improve by eight wins and go undefeated in the Tri-County Liberty, area coaches stepped up in a huge way this spring. Our nod goes to Millville’s Tom DeCou, who was expecting a .500 record at best from his inexperienced group but ended up leading the Thunderbolts to their best season of his 17-year tenure.
Despite bringing back only two starters — juniors Jacob Lewis and Andrew Crain, who went from second doubles as freshmen to first and second singles, respectively — Millville finished with an impressive 20-4 overall record and won the the Cape-Atlantic League American Conference with a 15-1 mark.
“The most wins I’ve had as the Millville coach was 15, and we’ve done that a couple of times,” DeCou said. “I told the kids when we got to 14 they had a chance to tie the record for me as a coach. We still had six matches left and they ended up smashing it. That was one of the goals when we got to 14 and it was fun to see them do it. Then we won the conference and everything ended up coming together for a great year.”
The conference championship was Millville’s first in more than two decades. A key 3-2 victory over old nemesis St. Augustine late in the season helped clinch the outright title.
“The first time we played them we were at their place and I’ll tell you, it was one of the toughest losses of my career,” DeCou said. “We lost 3-2 and there were like three 3-setters. They had lost to (Egg Harbor Township) so we knew we had a chance to beat them and we lost. Then they came to Millville and we had to beat them to have a chance of winning it outright, and we did 3-2. The kids came up big.”
The victory over The Prep was satisfying considering DeCou’s last win over the Hermits came under different circumstances back in 2018.
“Long story short, they came to Millville, I think it was on a prom weekend and they didn’t have a couple of their top players,” he said. “They had a couple of JV kids and I think they took us lightly and we kind of surprised them. But this year we beat them with their full lineup so it felt good. That’s always a big deal.”
While even DeCou was surprised by Millville’s success this season with so many new faces in the lineup, all seven starters will be back so the bar has been raised for 2022. In addition to Lewis and Crain, junior No. 3 Nicolas Meehan had a solid season at singles. Sophomore Russell Corson and freshman Matthew Sooy had a terrific run at first doubles and sophomores Shawn McCarthy and Parker Swift played well at second doubles.
The key will be all of those players hitting the court in the offseason to continue their progress.
“I’m going to make sure of that,” DeCou said. “I have a tennis camp and we’re going to work out this summer. … Hopefully we’ll get as many of them out there as possible.”
ALL-AREA TEAM
Singles
Kyle Deacon, Clearview, Sr.
Martin Lacsamana, Clearview, Sr.
Justin McCullen, West Deptford, Sr.
Doubles
Liam Quick, Sr. and Perry Stanger, So., Cumberland
David Glanfield, Sr. and Gavin Springer, Jr., Kingsway
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“Money Smugglers Face Jail Terms Without Option of Fine,” Windsor Star. May 12, 1942. Page 3. ---- Guilty Plea By Woman ==== Mrs. Zegru Is Assessed $25 and Costs on Each of Two Charges ---- Used Powder Puff ---- Crown Prosecutor Warns ‘Smug-ateurs’ Will Be Sent to Prison ---- Jail terms without fines may await Canadian "smug-ateurs” who violate Foreign Exchange Control Board regulations by smuggling money across to Detroit, board officials made it known today in city police court when Magistrate J. A. Hanrahan fined Mrs. Nellie Zegru, 1881 Alexis road, $25 and costs of $2.50 on each of two counts involving the smuggling of a small amount of money to Detroit, some of it in a powder puff. 
PLEADS GUILTY Pleading guilty to charges of unlawfully attempting to export $4 United States money and more than $5 Canadian on April 2 and of deceiving or misleading a customs officer, W. H. Wells. Mrs. Zegru asked time to pay the $55. She was detained at police headquarters until her husband arrived with the money. Failure to pay would mean a jail term of 30 days. 
John B. Avlesworth, K.C., Crown prosecutor representing the board, did not indicate what jail term would be asked if and when the drastic step to curb money smuggling is invoked. 
Branded as "smug-ateurs” by W. M. Morphet, manager of the Windsor office of the board, in a recent case, persons who continue to violate the board's attempt to keep money m Canada, are confronted today with the stem warning. 
TELLS SERIOUSNESS Through its representative in court. Mr. Aylesworth, the board said it viewed with increasing seriousness the fact that many Canadians still continue to place their own convenience and personal desires ahead of due observance of war measures enacted for the protection of their fellow citizens. 
“This type of sabotage is becoming all too prevalent.” declared the special prosecutor, “and should fines not prove an adequate deterrent, we may be obliged, in future, to suggest that jail terms be impressed.” 
Mr. Aylesworth said that on April 2, Mrs. Zegru presented the Foreign Exchange Control Board card she made out at the tunnel to Mr. Weils. He said that this form, as Windsorites know, permits a traveler to remain in the United States for 48 hours and to export $5 Canadian but no United States funds. 
REPLIED IN NEGATIVE "Mrs. Zegru was asked by the customs officer, Mr. Wells, how much money she was carrying, Mr. Avlesworth said. "She replied that she had $5 Canadian and when specifically questioned as to whether she had any United States funds in her possession she replied in the negative. 
"Nevertheless when asked to open a second change purse she produced $10 in Canadian money, or $5 in excess of the permitted amount,” he added. 
It was explained that she was then searched by a matron who discovered four $1 United States bills sewn inside her powder puff. 
Mrs. Zegru told the court that she was on her way to Detroit to a christening and had $5 Canadian for herself and also $5 for her daughter. She said she had taken the U.S. funds for the christening. 
Obvious DEDUCTION "Perhaps the most obvious deduction to be drawn from the deliberate and rather ingenious manner in which these funds were hidden, is that Mrs. Zegru was fully aware that her contemplated act was illegal.” charged the prosecutor. "May this serve as a warning to others.” 
In court also on the case were L. C. Barrett, inspector of the Windsor board and Constable A. R. Bates, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on whose information all Foreign Exchange Control Board charges are laid.
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doomonfilm · 3 years
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Thoughts : Personal Problems (1980)
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Discovering a new director can often lead to awareness of a wealth of content.  While recently diving into Bill Gunn, the diversity of his work really stood out to me, and the one piece that specifically caught my attention was his self-described ‘meta soap opera’, the sprawling and heavily dramatic Personal Problems.
Johnnie Mae Brown (Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor) is a nurse living in Harlem who is in the depths of an unhappy relationship with her husband Charles Brown (Walter Cotton).  After long, stressful days, she comes home to an unhappy Charles, a small apartment, and an unwanted houseguest in the form of Father Brown (Jim Wright), her hard luck stepfather.  Her problems multiply when her stepbrother Bubba (Thommie Blackwell) and his wife Mary Alice (Andrea W. Hunt) migrate to New York from California to escape and repair their own troubled past.  With Charles being openly unfaithful to her, Johnnie Mae seeks out her own side romance in the form of Raymon (Sam Waymon), a local musician, but like most things in her life, she finds herself unsatisfied and unfulfilled.  Just as Johnnie Mae is reaching her breaking point, Father Brown dies, which brings Charles’ family into the mix to confront Johnnie Mae and force her to face her reality.
The format of this film is very forward-thinking... even though An American Family and Scenes from a Marriage were both already in existence (and both released coincidentally in 1973), the “reality-based” storytelling device was still not a common one used in mass media outside of news or documentaries.  The use of this format allowed the characters, specifically the character of Johnnie Mae Brown, to provide additional insight and context to the events of the film without the need for clunky exposition dumps to set up the interpersonal conflicts, which in turn allows the actors to reach their desired emotional levels more directly and in a more believable fashion.  Specifically, the interviews provide subtext that would be impossible to get without the aforementioned exposition dumps, like the recollections of Johnnie Mae’s mother working as a housecleaner only to come home and vent her frustrations about having to clean more house, and how this is later mirrored in Johnnie Mae’s frustrations with her encumbering houseguests.  In turn, the moments between Johnnie Mae and Raymon are given room to develop their own arc, rather than serving a secondary function for Johnnie Mae to voice said subtext.
With the use of this reality-driven format, the experimentation comes into play during the middle act of the film, where we are given a presentation of previously witnessed events as if they occur over a matter of weekdays.  This breaking of the linear narrative not only drives home how mundane life has gotten for all parties involved in the echoing montage, but the reoccurrence of singular identical issues and conflicts drives home Johnnie Mae’s frustration and pain in the face of these expected issues and conflicts.  Act three further breaks the format by adding the dramatic catalyst of Father Brown’s death, which brings out the most extreme versions of all characters involved as they face an inquisition from those attending Father Brown’s funeral.  The tension reaches breaking points all around, which is a needed breakdown in order for all parties involved to build back up their fractured relationships.  It is this blurring of the lines of reality in tandem with the extremely relatable drama that brings out the soap opera aspects of the project.
Video used in a motion picture format is definitely jarring at first, as motion blur and RGB split tend to be present, but at a certain point either the technology improved or my eyes got used to it, because the images improved.  The freedom that video provided the cinematography allows more variety in the setups, which I am sure allowed the actors to stay at the volatile and energetic levels they present on the screen.  It is quite impressive that the film was able to be cut together like a traditional film, as most use of video tends to result in limited coverage or cutting corners... this high quality of editing in contrast with the lower quality of video creates an uncanny valley experience in terms of how the viewer takes in the information presented, which almost forces them to hang on to the emotion and drama doled out by the actors.  Casting Sam Waymon was a benefit in terms of soundtracking, as he is able to provide palatable in-world music to contrast the traditional scoring of Carman Moore.
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor channels frustration, tenderness, aspirations, confusion and fierceness, among other emotions, into a highly tuned and laser-focused performance of a woman on the edge of lashing back out at the aspects of life that cause her pain.  Walter Cotton plays as withdrawn and scorned as a compliment to Smart-Grosvenor’s performance, playing down when around her and allowing his brightness to shine among others to a highly effective degree.  Sam Waymon is captivating in his talent and charisma, but eventually exudes equal detachment to that of Cotton, albeit it in a much more social manner, but with the lack of attention to Smart-Grosvenor translating all the same.  Jim Wright attempts to bring a bit of levity and ‘salt of the Earth’ quality to the mix, while wonderfully twisting Smart-Grosvenor’s nerve.  Thommie Blackwell and Andrea W. Hunt also bring comic energy into the mix, though Hunt does begin to evolve prior to their swift removal from the story.  Supporting roles are filled in by Ishmael Reed (who developed the concept and initially wrote the film), Kip Hanrahan, Michele Wallace, Mizan Nunes, Alan Beckles, Margo Williams and many more.
While I’ve never had the courage to truly dabble in experimental filmmaking myself, I do appreciate it when it’s done by others, especially when it is done well.  It has become crystal clear to me that Bill Gunn is an under-recognized genius with extremely forward-thinking sensibilities, and if asked to back up these thoughts, I know that I can easily point to Personal Problems as validation of these statements. 
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Article from WSJ: Companies Offer Creative Solutions to Worker Burnout During the Pandemic
From surprise days off to 30-hour workweeks, managers are devising ways to help employees; ‘How are you really, really doing?’
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By Chip Cutter
A few months into the pandemic, Nick Popoff let his guard down in an all-hands video call and said aloud what many had been experiencing: He felt burned out.
Some weeks, the engineering director at ticketing company Eventbrite Inc. didn’t leave his house for days, he said. Slack notifications buzzed constantly. He missed seeing friends and colleagues in person. Even a hike with his wife through northern California’s redwoods, didn’t leave him sufficiently recharged.
“Work burnout is insidious. It’s not just like a red light that comes on,” Mr. Popoff says. “It’s something that very slowly starts to happen, and that’s how it can catch people by surprise.”
After Mr. Popoff shared his experience in the meeting, colleagues came forward, saying that they, too, felt exhausted by work, and life, in a pandemic. Mr. Popoff began leading “recognizing burnout” sessions for other employees, giving staffers a forum to voice their feelings, and to hear advice from mental health professionals about how to cope.
The effort is one of many experiments afoot in corporate America as bosses stare at a sea of faces on Zoom and worry. With no end to the pandemic in sight, managers say many remote employees report feeling depressed, fed up and wary of what’s next. Companies are adapting policies and rushing to roll out benefits to head off a surge of employee distress.
“There’s this second wave upon us, where people are feeling super-anxious that this is the new normal, and how much longer can we sustain this?” says Matthew Schuyler, chief administrative officer at Hilton hotels. “I don’t think we’ve yet come to grips with the mental impact this is having on all of us.”
In addition to expanding access to counseling and mental health services, many employers are trying other approaches, such as insisting employees disconnect or offering more training for managers. In recent months, Antonio Neri, chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., has been encouraging bosses at the technology company to call employees to check in on their well-being. “You’ve got to make the effort,” he says. “Don’t assume email is enough, because email is not personable.”
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Jimmy Etheredge, CEO of North America for Accenture PLC, said employees email him about their pandemic-related challenges. PHOTO: ACCENTURE
Jimmy Etheredge, CEO of North America at consulting firm Accenture PLC, recently asked his 27 direct reports to attend 2½ hours of virtual training on how to better support colleagues facing mental-health issues. All participated. Mr. Etheredge says he regularly receives emails from employees, explaining their pandemic-related challenges. But consultants have a tendency to jump into a situation and become problem-solvers, an “occupational hazard,” Mr. Etheredge says. The training stressed that, in conversations with employees, sometimes attentive listening without judgment can be most helpful.
“Just validate that the person is being heard,” Mr. Etheredge says, while directing them to additional resources, if needed.
Solutions needn’t be complicated or costly, executives say. Eventbrite recently changed leadership training during the pandemic to focus on how supervisors can manage with empathy while people are working remotely. Now, bosses are taught to begin one-on-one sessions with employees with a simple phrase meant to elicit genuine emotions, says David Hanrahan, the company’s chief human resources officer. Instead of a stock “How are you?” before quickly moving on to business, managers might ask, “How are you really, really doing?” After Mr. Hanrahan poses the question, he is silent, even if the pause feels uncomfortable. With some prodding, employees may then open up about their true feelings regarding work or personal challenges. “It’s a simple tactic any manager can employ,” he says. “But it’s about true empathy and true care.”
Other companies have taken steps to bolster morale in the Covid era. Seattle construction and engineering company McKinstry Co. LLC began issuing companywide “good news Friday” memos, pointing out, “Hey, here’s eight things that happened this week that are pretty good,” says Dean Allen, the company’s CEO. That could be feedback from a happy customer or details about new business the company landed. Hilton’s Mr. Schuyler encourages managers and teams to allow Zoom calls from parks or other outdoor venues.
Fidelity Investments recently began a pilot program for a small portion of its workforce in which employees can opt to work 30 hours a week, with a small pay cut, while retaining their full benefits. Fidelity plans to hire more staff to pick up the work so that other colleagues aren’t overwhelmed, says Bill Ackerman, head of human resources at the financial-services firm.
As the pandemic drags, employers need to adjust their approach, Mr. Ackerman says. Benefits that may have been appreciated early on—such as matching gifts to charities and stipends for home offices—have shifted this fall to include access to child-care coordinators and subsidies, as parents grapple with schooling issues.
Many bosses say even finding ways to get employees to step away from their laptops takes more thought now. Geben Communication, a public relations firm in Columbus, Ohio, began offering employees bonus “self-care days” off in recent months, to encourage them to disconnect, says Heather Whaling, the company’s president. In Austin, Texas, Ryan Wuerch, chief executive of Dosh, an app that gives consumers cash back when they shop, takes another approach: impromptu three-day weekends. On some Thursdays, during all-staff meetings, Mr. Wuerch now surprises the company with the news that the following day is a “Dosh Day,” when no work is allowed.
Extra vigilance is key, managers say. To head off burnout, Eventbrite’s Mr. Popoff watches for employees who seem to be plugging away after hours and follows up with them the next day, saying that such work is unnecessary.
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Jennifer 'JJ' Davis, senior vice president of corporate affairs at Dell Technologies, said she helps colleagues cope during the pandemic by being honest about her own challenges. PHOTO: JEROD HARRIS/GETTY IMAGES
Some workers have adopted cues to signal they need help. At Dell Technologies Inc., Jennifer “JJ” Davis, senior vice president of corporate affairs at the technology company, says during the pandemic her team has developed a way to alert colleagues when they are “above the line”—feeling OK, and able to lend a hand—or “below the line” and needing assistance. The phrases allow people to convey their state of mind without necessarily divulging personal details. “Nobody asks questions. They just say: ‘OK, what can I do?’ ” Ms. Davis says.
Pandemic-specific peer groups also are effective. More than 1,500 Dell employees joined colleagues in virtual support groups focused on child care or pandemic isolation, for staffers living alone. “It gives you a safe place to let your guard down,” Ms. Davis says.
Ms. Davis says she helps her colleagues cope by being honest about her own challenges, such as deciding whether her three teenage sons should attend classes in-person or virtually. Sometimes, when meetings run long, Ms. Davis begins preparing dinner—and tells her team she’s multitasking. “I’m like, ‘Hey guys, great meeting, I just finished a batch of brownies,’ ” Ms. Davis says. “If I don’t tell my staff and lead by example that I’m cooking brownies while doing a meeting at the same time, then they don’t know that they have permission to do the same thing.”
Taking Action
What companies can do to curb staff burnout:
Encourage employees to take time off. Some companies offer bonus “self care” days or end work a few hours early.
Expand access to counseling and mental-health services. Employers have rolled out digital counseling apps or brought on coordinators to help employees access care.
Ask managers to check in on individuals’ well-being. Even simple gestures, like a phone call instead of an email, can go a long way.
Offer training for managers on supervising with empathy. Overseeing employees in a pandemic is a new skill, so guidance on supporting colleagues’ mental well-being can help.
Foster dialogues where workers share genuine emotions. Asking “How are you?” isn’t enough; probe to get a sense for people’s real situation.
Original Article found here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-offer-creative-solutions-to-worker-burnout-during-the-pandemic-11604836834
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YOU’RE NEVER THE SAME
By Bill Bateman Dr. Vincent Hanrahan, a medical doctor currently on the outs with the Australian medical authorities in general and the Obstetrics and Gynecology Board in particular, has been banished to a small country practice and prohibited from performing services in his specialty. Rejected by his wife, he is hanging on to his profession and his life with the help of a few close friends and colleagues. As if his personal problems aren’t enough, he is faced with the suicide of his younger brother; a suicide that incites a murder all of which have far-reaching implications in Vince’s life, in the local Catholic Church, and the local community. You’re Never the Same is a whodunit mystery that is a bit outside the box. There are multiple crimes, but the questions that must be answered are who among the Catholic clergy are child molesters and who is not; who drove Vince’s brother to suicide…and who committed murder for revenge. This plot delves deeply into the wide-ranging controversy over the Catholic Church’s protection of child-molesting priests and its effect on a local Catholic community. It is full of twists and suggestions of sub-plots and perpetrators that will keep the reader guessing. The story develops maddingly slowly as readers must pick through the details of Vince’s life and problems with the medical boards that have him teetering on the edge of failure. Although this factor slows the mystery, it also adds to the suspense and is forgivable. All in all, Vince is a likable character fallen on hard times and who is victimized by the personal animosity of some professional colleagues. His wife, Lydia (“Lids”) seems shallow and more concerned for her social standing. Fortunately, he has others helping him. The characters are very well developed and believable. You’re Never the Same would be an excellent read for any lover of whodunits, especially those interested in the potential effects of the sexual malfeasance of clergymen. It is not an action-filled book, but it kept my interest, is entertaining and is a potentially accurate reflection of life for those who find themselves in similar circumstances. 4.5- Stars This book was provided free by the publisher in hopes of receiving an honest review. The above review represents my honest opinion of the book. 
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