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    Law enforcement report - January 29, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    A prank phone call led to about $15,000 in damage to the lobby and offices at the Comfort Inn on Shea Boulevard in Fountain Hills.

    According to the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office someone called the hotel Sunday afternoon and claimed to be a representative of its alarm company.

    The told the desk clerk they needed to reset the fire alarm system and asked them to pull the alarm lever, which they did.

    The caller then told the clerk that to prevent all the fire sprinklers from going off they needed to activate one of the sprinkler heads by breaking it. The clerk did as they were asked, causing the flood.

    Fountain Hills Fire Department was called to shut down the system and repair the sprinkler head. Firefighters also helped in removing water from the building.

    *On Tuesday, Jan. 14, a Laveen woman was found in her car along the Beeline Highway north of Fountain Hills two days after she went off the road and into a wash. The woman reportedly left Mesa to return home in the West Valley on Sunday but got lost. Residents in nearby Goldfield Ranch heard a horn honking and found the woman in her vehicle. She was taken to the hospital for treatment as she had not taken medication in two days.

    *On Wednesday, Jan. 15, a resident of the 3000 block of north 150th Street reported a pattern of harassment from his neighbor. A dispute between the two dates back 10 years and the man reported the neighbor was seen on his property Jan. 15.

    *On Wednesday, Jan. 15, a Fountain Hills woman reported a financial consultant had fraudulently taken money from her account totaling more than $17,000.

    *On Wednesday, Jan. 15, a resident of the 17000 block of San Marcus Drive reported someone entered his fenced back yard and removed lawn furniture.

    *On Thursday, Jan. 16, deputies investigated a vehicle accident at Saguaro Boulevard and Indian Wells Drive. A vehicle traveling north on Saguaro collided with a second vehicle that was turning onto Saguaro from Indian Wells.

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    Onondaga Lake plan could transform Solvay, neighboring communities - January 29, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Governor Cuomo in Solvay /Courtesy: Andy Wolf

    SOLVAY -- The areas surrounding Onondaga Lake could be transformed thanks to a $30 million plan to revitalize the neighboring community.

    Governor Andrew Cuomo was in Solvay Wednesday morning to unveil details of the Onondaga Lake Revitalization program designed to have a major economic impact in Onondaga County and throughout the region. "Today is a new day. This project is just the cherry on the cake...Onondaga Lake is clean," Cuomo said.

    The money will support Brownfield remediation projects, infrastructure investments to encourage new housing and business opportunities, and enhancements to the Onondaga lakefront that will increase access and provide new recreational opportunities for New Yorkers and visitors. "These projects will help boost the local tourism industry and make the area a premier destination to attract new business and enhance the lives of residents - growing the whole region of Central New York," Cuomo said.

    The first phase of the program includes project totaling $100.3 million. It would be funded by $30 million from the state as well as resources from the federal government. Onondaga County would contribute $2.5 million to the project. That money will come from the new gaming agreement with the Turning Stone Casino.

    The plan includes $50 million for the construction of a "Lakehouse Concert Pavilion" Performance Arts Center. It would be located across from the New York State Fairgrounds in the Village of Solvay. The indoor pavilion would seat up to 7,500 people and include a lawn area located on a former landfill overlooking the lake. It would also include $20 million for infrastructure improvements including changes to wastewater treatment facilities and Brownfield clean-up to open manufacturing sites for future business development. In addition, $10 million would be used for housing projects in Solvay, including $5 for the construction of a new senior housing facility, $5 million for leveraging against public/private funding of new housing projects and the rehabilitation of existing housing projects.

    Other highlights of the plan include:

    - $1.2 million to enhance the intersection of Milton Ave and Bridge Street in the heart of the Solvay business district - $600,000 to make streetscape enhancements from Cogswell Ave to Bailey Street in Solvay - $2 million for the demolition of blighted properties in targeted area of Solvay - $2 million in matching grants of up to $20,000 for residential homeowner improvements - $2 million in matching grants of up to $25,000 for business faade improvements on Milton Ave, Bridge Street, or Charles Ave - $1 million for a competitive grant program for new businesses that open in the targeted economic development zone

    The project also designates $7 million for Bridge Street streetscape improvements to link the Fair to the Lakefront. The Onondaga Creekwalk would be completed with $3 million to create an existing loop along the lake connecting the communities of Liverpool, Solvay, Lakeland and the City of Syracuse.

    In addition, $1 million would be used to create water taxi docks would be created at Onondaga Lake Park, Syracuse Inner Harbor and the Honeywell boat landing to allow water taxi travel to and from the Performing Arts Center. The five water taxis would cost $500,000.

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    Kitson to start Phase II of Vyne House at Talis Park - January 26, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

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    Submitted Just a month after celebrating the completion and grand opening of Vyne House Phase I at Talis Park, developer Kitson & Partners is moving forward with the construction of Vyne House Phase II.

    Just a month after celebrating the completion and grand opening of Vyne House Phase I at Talis Park, developer Kitson & Partners announced it is moving forward with the construction of Vyne House Phase II at the private golf course community in North Naples.

    Plans for the 26,500-square-foot under air, multilevel Phase II project are being finalized and site work is expected to begin no later than third quarter 2014. Vertical construction is scheduled to begin fourth quarter 2014. Kitson anticipates holding a soft opening of Phase II in December 2015 and a grand opening in January 2016.

    Located adjacent to the Great Lawn at Talis Parks Grand Piazza, Vyne House epitomizes the New Fashioned aesthetic Kitson has introduced at the North Naples community. Vyne House consists of a series of lifestyle oriented spaces designed to be used every day, inviting users to come as they are in a relaxed, comfortable format. The buildings are interconnected by covered outdoor walkways and wrapped around multiple courtyards that offer the possibility of outdoor dining and entertaining. When Phase II is completed, Vyne House will include a total of 31,500 square feet under air and 20,000 square feet of outdoor space.

    Phase I included completion of Vyne House Shops that features Fionas Market Caf. Fionas serves fresh, local fare, wine selections, bar service and other useful daily items and has quickly become a favored destination for Talis Park residents. It is the ideal gathering place for conversation and coffee after a bike ride or walk, after a workout, yoga or Pilates session in the Vyne House Core fitness center, or after a treatment or massage in the Esprit Spa, both of which were also completed in Phase I.

    Phase II will introduce Palm Court, a large open-air courtyard that is the centerpiece of Vyne House. In addition to serving as a point of entry, Palm Court will be used as a social space perfectly suited to hosting a variety of events. The upper level will also include formal indoor dining, casual indoor and outdoor dining, a multipurpose room immediately adjacent to Palm Court, aerobics and cardio workout rooms, and a uniquely designed Wine Room/Board Room that will host wine tastings and monthly wine pairing dinners.

    Memberships in the Talis Park Wine Club will be offered. Members will have preferred access to the wine tastings and pairing dinners as well as an opportunity to secure a private wine locker.

    The lower level of Vyne House Phase II will host the golf pro shop as well as the mens and ladies locker rooms. The community is anchored by the lakes and fairways and greens of the Talis Park Golf Club golf course. One of just two Greg Norman-Pete Dye designed courses in the world, the course has been ranked No. 91 in Golfweeks 2014 Best Residential Courses and is consistently ranked among the top 20 courses in Florida.

    The Vyne House design includes an abundance of outdoor areas that are ideal for community events, casual dining, informal get-togethers with family and friends, or simply relaxing. Phase II will include the completion of a resort-style pool with a large pool deck as well as a stately rotunda that will feature an oversized, two-sided fireplace and overlook the 18th green. As a final bonus, the Great Lawn in front of Vyne House is green space that serves as the backdrop for signature community events.

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    Orangeburg County Council pledges fair treatment following litter control complaints - January 24, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Two Orangeburg County property owners complained to county council members about citations theyd received from Litter Control officers.

    The property owners agreed that litter such as trash and garbage should be addressed throughout the county. However, they think Litter Control officers went a bit too far by writing citations for not mowing grass.

    Ann Sutcliffe addressed council Tuesday about citations she received last fall from Litter Control. It was her second time bringing the issue before council.

    Sutcliffe explained that shed received tickets from Orangeburg County Litter Control stating that she needed to cut two acres of grass that had grown too high.

    Theyre telling me Ive got to clear two acres of property. Its not trash. Its not garbage. I can understand that. Its trees and underbrush, she said as she distributed photographs of the property in question and a nearby property she said is in the same condition as hers.

    Is this going to be enforced on all property owners or are you going to pick and choose? she asked council.

    I think Ive been singled out, she said.

    Sutcliffe also said shed heard that the states Department of Health and Environmental Control would visit the property with infrared (equipment) to see if Id buried the garbage.

    I did not bury the garbage, she said.

    Councilwoman Janie Cooper-Smith, who represents the council district where the property is located, said she wants to hear from Litter Control to get its side of the story too.

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    Lawsuit: ‘Tag team’ of former priest, ex-scout leader molested kids - January 24, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    A new lawsuit is filed against the Chicago Archdiocese on behalf of three people who say they were sexually abused as children.

    A lawsuit filed Thursday in Cook County Court alleges Norbert Maday molested three boys as part of a tag team with a scout leader who volunteered under the priests supervision.

    The men who brought the legal action also accuse the Archdiocese of Chicago of failing to protect them more than 40 years ago during the abuse.

    The unnamed plaintiffs, all in their 50s, said the legal action was sparked after media accounts in recent years revealed the churchs troubled past of responding to pedophile priests.

    Maday is accused in the lawsuit of inappropriately touching all three boys in separate acts from 1967 to 1973 while he was at St. Leo Catholic Church in Chicago and, later, at St Louis de Montfort in Oak Lawn.

    Two of the men said they also were fondled by Thomas Hacker, a former Boy Scout leader and volunteer at the Oak Lawn church in the early 1970s, who often accompanied them on parish retreats.

    In an interview at his lawyer's office, a 52-year-old south suburban man identified as John Doe 3 said Maday seemed to target boys like him at St. Louis de Montfort, who were being raised by single mothers.

    The man told the Tribune he was inappropriately touched by both Maday and Hacker as a preteen during car rides, gym class and parish outings. He said he eventually told his mother, who confronted the parish school principal, but Maday remained in ministry.

    The man said he overcame years of substance abuse and depression and remains in counseling. He has not returned to the Catholic church since he was young.

    It's hard to grasp that someone who you think is in God's word would take advantage of a child's innocence, said the man, who asked not to be named publicly. That's something that cuts me real deep. Officials at the archdiocese said they had not seen the lawsuit and did not have a response.

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    Gopher Patrol Now Offering Same Day Gopher Control Service in Riverside - January 23, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Riverside, CA (PRWEB) January 23, 2014

    Gopher Patrol recently announced that same day service is now available for new customers in the city of Riverside. Time is critical when dealing with gophers. Within a matter of hours a gopher can cause extensive damage to your lawn. "We saw that there was a serious concern in the city of Riverside with gophers," states Richard Hernandez, Service Manager at Gopher Patrol, "so we knew we had to take action." Finding a experienced gopher exterminator is not an easy task, getting them out quickly is even more difficult. Gopher Patrol saw that Riverside was in urgent need of quick service and set out to help by making same day service a possibility in Riverside. Gopher Control has become a serious concern in Riverside. Gophers can cause damage to properties, undermine foundations and cause serious damage to hillsides and slopes. Gopher Patrol has been serving Southern California for over 17 years and recently won the Angie's List Super Service Award for the 2nd year straight in the Animal Control category and won their first Angie's List Super Service Award in the Pest Control/Extermination category. "We make every effort to get out the same day, and in most cases we can if contacted early enough in the day. If we can't make it, we will definitely be out the very next day. Less than 24 hours from the time of the call is our goal, and so far we have been able to make that goal, and our customers are very happy that we can do that now," states Richard.

    Gopher Patrol has been under the same ownership since 1996 when they opened for business. They are fully licensed and all their technicians are licensed and registered with the DOJ. For more information on how Gopher Patrol can help you can visit their website at gopherpatrol.com or you can fill out their schedule and appointment form online and a Gopher Patrol representative can get back to you same day. Gopher Patrol is available Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm and on Saturdays from 9am-2pm. You can reach them at 1-888-466-4674 or locally at 1-951-689-8200.

    Gopher control has been Gopher Patrols main business for their 17 years in service. Most of the methods and treatment schedules we're perfected by Gopher Patrol. "17 years ago you couldn't find a company that knew how to treat for gophers," Richard states, "We saw a serious need for gopher control and took the challenge, now we see another challenge, same day service, and happily take that challenge too."

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    Unresolved foreclosure cases pile up in Cook County - January 22, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    As many as 8,000 residential properties in Cook County, including 4,000 in Chicago, have been in foreclosure for at least three years without resolution, new data show, a situation that could further deteriorate already scarred communities.

    Many of those properties that seem to get stuck or abandoned in the foreclosure process are in lower-income areas where annual household income is $49,000 or less, according to a study by Woodstock Institute.

    Some of the at-risk houses, condos and apartment buildings are vacant, and the lenders have likely abandoned the foreclosure cases. Some continue to be inhabited while in foreclosure. Others are still in foreclosure while lenders consider short sales.

    "You're stuck in this situation where nobody really has a long-term interest in the property," said Spencer Cowan, a vice president at the Chicago-based public policy and research group and one of the report's authors. "The titleholder knows it may be taken at any time. The servicer doesn't own it and may never own it. They may release the lien or just let it sit."

    Mortgage servicers filed foreclosure cases against about 228,400 houses, condos and apartment buildings in Cook County between 2008 and 2012, according to Woodstock. Its research, though, looked only at the roughly 135,000 cases filed between 2008 and 2010 because of the long time it typically takes to process a foreclosure case through the county's court system.

    Sixty percent of those cases studied completed the foreclosure process and were sold at auction between 2009 and 2012. The majority become bank-owned. An additional 34 percent were resolved in another way, such as through a mortgage loan modification, a short sale or a deed in lieu of foreclosure. The remaining 6 percent remained stuck in foreclosure three years after the original court case was filed, Woodstock concluded.

    The study also found that in addition to the different treatment based on household income, properties in areas with a higher percentage of nonwhite residents were more likely to be sold at auction.

    "Properties that went into foreclosure in lower-minority tracts seem to have had more alternative resolutions than properties in tracts with higher minority populations," Cowan said.

    Woodstock's research used a random sample of 500 properties and extrapolated the findings based on the region's income distribution.

    It estimated that nine of Chicago's 77 community areas contain more than 100 unresolved foreclosure cases. Most are those are in neighborhoods that bore the brunt of the city's foreclosure crisis. They are Ashburn, Austin, Belmont Cragin, Chicago Lawn, Humboldt Park, the Near North Side, Portage Park, Roseland and West Ridge.

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    Medical marijuana lobbyists will be in Richmond on Monday, Jan. 20 - January 17, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    T.J. Thompson, chair of Safe Access Virginia, the newly formed state chapter of Americans for Safe Access, the national group advocating for medical cannabis (it prefers the "scientific" term over marijuana), will be leading a lobbying effort in Richmond on Monday, Jan. 20.

    Twenty two states now have medical cannabis laws on the books. Since 1979, Virginia Code has also included a statute: "Possession or distribution of marijuana for medical purposes permitted ... for treatment of cancer or glaucoma."

    Washington D.C. is an example of how the latter works, as in 2010 its Health Department was tasked with overseeing the creation of eight medical 'dispensaries' to supply authorized individuals.

    In Virginia, there's also a backlash, and on Monday, HB 684, sponsored by Del. Robert G. "Bob" Marshall, will be heard in the House Courts of Justice Sub-committee. The bill would "amend and appeal" Virginia' statute "relating to prescribing marijuana as medicine" and would make it so that "no practitioner of medicine ... shall prescribe, dispense, administer, or cause to be administered marijuana."

    "We don't want to go backwards," said Thompson, a Chesapeake resident and military veteran. He cites research showing the efficacy of cannabis for a number of conditions, including chronic pain, nausea, spasticity and movement disorders.

    The Safe Access group also has a draft "Virginia Medical Cannabis Act" at the ready but has not yet found a sponsor for it.

    The group will meet on the Capitol lawn at 9:30 a.m. before meeting with lawmakers.

    For more health news, go to http://www.dailypress.com/health

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    Tony McCoy: Farewell to Dr Michael Turner, the man who saved us from ourselves - January 17, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    The death of Richard Davis at Southwell in 1996 was a turning point. All racecourses became equipped with ambulances and doctors specifically trained in the injuries they were likely to encounter on the racecourse. We can expect the same treatment if we fall at Cheltenham during the Festival or Fontwell on a Friday.

    When he started, it had not been long since the role of racecourse doctor was virtually honorary and seen as a good job and a free lunch for a retired GP. Now there are nearly 250 fully trained racecourse medical officers who are retrained every three years.

    Improving the standard of helmets and body protectors has also been an obsession for him so, although it is still an inherently dangerous profession, it is much safer than it was on his arrival; he has ensured we are fit and healthy, riding in the safest equipment and with the best medical support if we get injured.

    Also near the top of the list of his achievements was his introduction of stringent concussion protocol in 2004, 10 years ahead of the Rugby Football Union, and he will now use his experience to set up the National Concussive Head Injury Centre in London which, hopefully, will also have further benefits for jockeys.

    When the BHA get a new man for the job, it is essential he has a great interest in the sport and in us. That is half the battle and the new chief medical officer should not regard it as just a job. He has some big boots to fill.

    Taquin De Seuil (1.30) is the reason I am at Haydock on Saturday and I am hoping he will be hard to beat in the two-mile-five-furlong novice chase. Certainly, if he wants to go to the Cheltenham Festival, he needs to be winning. He will not mind the ground or the track so neither of those will be excuses. Gevrey Chambertin, winner of a fixed brush race at Haydock last time, gets 7lb from us and is a danger and I rode Ofaolains Boy on his chasing debut and he will improve.

    Champagne Rian (12.20) looks to have as good a chance as any in a handicap hurdle but Act of Kalanisi (2.40), winner of his last two and a soft-ground lover, looks like he has a tough job on his hands to beat both the former smart novice Melodic Rendezvous and Ptit Zig in the Champion Hurdle Trial.

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    Lawn Care: Essential for a beautiful and flawless garden - January 17, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Lawn care is very essential for any type of lawn or garden as the lawn in a house is the place that adds fresh sir to the house. It also rejuvenates the mood ofthe people if it is clean and well maintained. But unfortunately, people these days have started neglecting their lawns due to busy schedule as well as hectic life. Thus it is advised to go with an effective company in Virginia Beach for Lawn care.

    There are different types of companies that offer their lawn care services to their clients these days. Most of these companies offer the services that are related with maintenance as well as they also offer different types of agronomic programs to their clients. It is highly advised to settle on a particular kind of service before you choose a particular maintenance company for your lawn. In general there is a huge range of tools as well as techniques that are used by these services. It is seen many a times that the people do not know what exactly has happened to their lawn that is the reason that you must seek for a genuine advice from a professional that offers different types of lawn care services. He would thoroughly inspect your lawn and provide the garden with a suitable treatment. One can browse through the various services offered by these companies from the official website of these lawn care service companies.

    There are different types of lawn care packages that are delivered by these companies.

    There are different types of services available and the customer has the freedom to choose the one that suits his needs the best. These services could be availed daily, weekly or even yearly as that depends upon the care and treatment that is needed by your lawn.

    The price of the company that you have chosen for yourself must be competitive enough. There are many false companies that charge extra high prices that are absolutely not fair. You must cross check the prices of the company that you have chosen for yourself from the other companies of the same expertise.

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