MT. PLEASANT With the August general election quickly approaching, several local candidates addressed residents about goals for their respective seats.

The Mt. Pleasant Chamber of Commerce hosted a political forum Tuesday at the Community Center at 501 Gray Lane. Moderator Robert Wakefield asked the candidates questions that residents submitted.

Candidates running for the 22nd Judicial District Circuit Court judge (Part I), 22nd Judicial District Attorney General, county clerk, District 10 county commissioner, county trustee and circuit court clerk addressed voters at the meeting.

All those positions will be on the Aug. 7 general election ballot.

22nd Judicial District Circuit Court Judge (Part I)

J. Thomas DuBois cited his experience as a city court judge for the past 14 years and his former duties as a military prosecutor and JAG attorney as qualifications for the position. He is also a former Maury County state representative.

I am running because I feel like it is time for a change, DuBois, who ran unopposed in Maury Countys first Republican primary, said. It has been 32 years since weve had a choice for this position.

Jim T. Hamilton has held the position since 1982 and has plenty of experience, he said. He aims to keep politics out of the courtroom, Hamilton said.

A circuit court judge handles serious matters, he said. Its not a small matter at all to be in that court.

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By Hank Stuever

The Washington Post

Nearly everything on television is a guilty pleasure, a concept useful to viewers who need to explain away their addictions to certain shows, especially the trashiest stuff. The dumber the show, the bigger the guilt and the better the pleasure.

I've had to watch so much TV over the past five years as a critic -- so much of it bad -- that I feel the poke of shame only when I watch a show in which real people make an honest attempt to finish a difficult household chore or a major project that I would never, ever want to do, especially in the summer months. Which is one reason why I derive some sick, lazy happiness from watching spouses argue with each other on DIY Network's "Renovation Realities."

Buried deep down in the schedule of DIY (an offshoot of HGTV), "Renovation Realities" couldn't be simpler: A homeowning couple (usually married, usually in flyover states) has decided to renovate a room in their house (usually the kitchen) completely on their own, having little to no practical experience in the construction biz.

The cameras are there to merely document what occurs; there is no handsome host in a tight T-shirt and tool belt to goad and guide them through each decision or to come to their rescue with his capable brawn. There is no crew to hammer and saw things to completion. There is no narration, save for some on-screen details (set in drab, white Courier type against a black screen) that tell the viewer how many days the homeowners have set aside to complete the work (usually vacation days from their jobs) and their projected budget.

In seven seasons of "Renovation Realities," the show has rarely, if ever, included the scene known in the home-improvement genre as the "reveal," because there is never anything to reveal, except excuses.

After days of sweat and sore muscles, the subjects of "Renovation Realities" almost always concede defeat. They run out of time and money. The drywall is only half-finished. The granite guys didn't deliver the countertops. The tiles would not line up; the refrigerator wouldn't fit through the door. The mostly demolished wall that prevents the life-altering promise of the open floor plan had in fact masked all the plumbing from upstairs, which will now have to be rerouted by a professional.

Once in a great while, "Renovation Realities" is about a couple still young enough or childless enough or just happy-go-lucky enough to treat the entire project as a useful learning experience. They flirt their way through the dust of their demolition, laugh off the discovery of mouse turds and even affirm each other during the installation of new cabinets, a task that leads so many of the show's couples to swear at each other and burst into tears.

Not so the lovebirds. Hammers fall on heads, cabinets are dropped on toes, drill bits are ruined, and still there's a charge in the air, not just from the bad wiring. The giggling and cute nicknames never stop. Get a room, you two. (A finished room.)

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WORK STARTS: Containers go into High St as the demolition of the City Hotel starts.

Demolition has started on the old City Hotel building in central Blenheim.

The building, which stretches between High St and Wynen St, is deemed an earthquake risk and owner Rob Anderson has opted to demolish it.

The demolition is complicated by the need to shore up the walls shared with neighbouring buildings.

Large containers have been put outside the building on the street to ensure public safety.

Anderson said that he was "still looking at lots of options" for the former hotel's site.

He has described the area as a potential "golden mile", because of the Marlborough District Council's proposal to move Blenheim's library down to the riverside area.

"I think it will be interesting if the council decide they're going to have a look at that area of town," Anderson said.

"There's a lot more activity in that area of town for further development outside what the council is doing, a lot. It could be a positive catalyst for change."

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Oombulgurri isolated by floodwaters in 2008.

An abandoned Aboriginal community tainted by controversy in the remote north Kimberley is set to be demolished and buried, sparking anger from former residents desperate to return.

Oombulgurri, about 50km north-west of Wyndham, was established as an Aboriginal mission in the late 1890s but closed in 2011 after high levels of alcohol abuse, suicide, child neglect and a paedophile ring were linked to the community.

The Department of Housing confirmed this week about 44 houses and associated infrastructure like fencing, demountable school buildings, the power house, donga dwellings, various sheds and septic tanks would be buried "on-site".

Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation chairwoman Cissy Gore-Birch Gault said the news was a devastating blow to former residents who now lived in Wyndham, Kununurra and Kalumburu but wanted to "return to country".

"The State Government are trying to stop people from returning to country but people are going to return whether they like it or not," she said.

"Whether there's water or electricity, people were talking about how there was none in the 1970s when they went back and people are willing to try and do that again."

She said people wanted negotiations with the State Government and Aboriginal Lands Trust to get the land transferred to the traditional owners.

"We had a meeting with Oombulgurri people the other week and they all want to go home - there's connection to country," she said.

"There are a lot of memories and a lot of stories; we are talking about two or three generations of people and that's all going to be demolished by this decision."

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