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CLINTON Haunted houses are supposed to be scary, but a year ago, officials in Clinton announced that a venue without a sprinkler system was just a little too frightening for the State Fire Marshal's Office.

For the first time in 19 years, the Clinton Chamber of Commerce's most profitable yearly fundraiser, "Terror on Washington Street," was canceled due to the safety concerns.

The house will reopen better and safer, said Clinton Chamber Executive Director Marian Brisard.

"We have been working on this since May," she said. "The sprinkler system was installed, and we are about ready to get that hooked up to the city's water service.

"As far as making it even safer, we have had a volunteer electrician rewire the entire upstairs, and, hopefully, we can get to the downstairs, too. But, everything is going to be much better and much safer."

Also, the ceiling tiles on the main floor were removed, and several other odds and ends were completed to improve the haunting experience, she said.

Several volunteers, such as Clinton resident Tim Allen, are meeting at 6 p.m. on weekdays to prepare.

"I really enjoy working with the youth, because they have so much energy and are always very excited about this house," he said. "It's a longtime tradition here."

The grand reopening is set for Oct. 10, at 513 E. Washington St. The house has made the list of top 10 haunted houses in Illinois in seven of the past 11 years, as determined by http://www.hauntedillinois.com.

In the past, it has attracted about 5,000 visitors each season and brought in thousands of dollars for the Clinton Chamber.

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CLINTON Haunted houses are supposed to be scary, but a year ago, officials in Clinton announced that a venue without a sprinkler system was just a little too frightening for the state fire marshal's office.

For the first time in 19 years, the Clinton Chamber of Commerce's most profitable and dependable yearly fundraiser, "Terror on Washington Street," was canceled due to the safety concerns.

But on Oct. 10, the house will reopen, better and safer, said Clinton Chamber Executive Director Marian Brisard.

"We have been working on this since May," she said. "The sprinkler system was installed and we are about ready to get that hooked up to the city's water service. As far as making it even safer, we have had a volunteer electrician rewire the entire upstairs and hopefully we can get to the downstairs, too. But, everything is going to be much better and much safer."

Also, the ceiling tiles on the main floor were removed and several other odds and ends were completed to improve the haunting experience, she said.

Several volunteers, such as Clinton resident Tim Allen, are meeting at 6 p.m. weekday nights to prepare.

"I really enjoy working with the youth because they have so much energy and are always very excited about this house," he said. "It's a longtime tradition here."

The grand re-opening is set for Oct. 10, at the house, located at 513 E. Washington St. The house has made the list of top 10 haunted houses in the state of Illinois in seven of the past 11 years, as determined by http://www.hauntedillinois.com.

In past years, it has attracted about 5,000 visitors yearly and brought in thousands of dollars for the chamber.

"There were a lot of people disappointed last year because it is something that a lot of people look forward to every year," said Brisard. "We have most of our volunteers back, not all of them, but most of them and we are hoping to get some new volunteers to replace them. We think it's going to be a great year."

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Newswise (SALT LAKE CITY)A new study by researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine sheds light on a longstanding question about the role of mitochondria in debilitating and fatal motor neuron diseases and resulted in a new mouse model to study such illnesses.

Researchers led by Janet Shaw, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry, found that when healthy, functioning mitochondria was prevented from moving along axons nerve fibers that conduct electricity away from neurons mice developed symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases. In a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Shaw and her research colleagues said their findings indicate that motor neuron diseases might result from poor distribution of mitochondria along the spinal cord and axons. First author Tammy T. Nguyen, is a student in the U medical schools M.D./Ph.D. program, which aims to produce physicians with outstanding clinical skills and rigorous scientific training to bridge the worlds of clinical medicine and basic research to improve health care.

Weve known for a long time of the link between mitochondrial function and distribution and neural disease, Shaw says. But we havent been able to tell if the defect occurs because mitochondria arent getting to the right place or because theyre not functioning correctly.

Mitochondria are organelles compartments contained inside cells that serve several functions, including making ATP, a nucleotide that cells convert into chemical energy to stay alive. For this reason mitochondria often are called cellular power plants. They also play a critical role in preventing too much calcium from building up in cells, which can cause apoptosis, or cell death.

For mitochondria to perform its functions, it must be distributed to cells throughout the body, which is accomplished with the help of small protein motors that transport the organelles along axons. For the motors to transport mitochondria, enzymes known as Mitochondrial Rho (Miro1) GTPases act to attach mitochondria to the motors. To study how the movement of mitochondria is related to motor neuron disease, Nguyen developed two mouse models in which the gene that makes Miro1 was knocked out. In one model, mice lacked Miro1 during the embryonic stage. A second model lacked the enzyme in the cerebral cortex, spinal cord and hippocampus.

The researchers observed that mice lacking Miro1 during the embryonic stage had motor neuron defects that prevented them from taking a single breath once born. After examining the mice, Nguyen, Shaw and their colleagues discovered that neurons required for breathing after birth were missing from the upper half of the mices brain stems. The phrenic nerve, also important for breathing, was not fully developed, either.

We believe the physical difficulties in the mice indicated there were motor neuron defects, Shaw says.

Conversely, the mice without Miro1 in their brain and spinal cord were fine at birth but soon developed signs of neurological problems, such as hunched spines, difficulty moving and clasping their hind paws together, and died around 35 days after birth. Those symptoms appeared similar to motor neuron disease, according to Shaw.

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FRANKENMUTH, MI Millington wasnt supposed to be here.

Defeating rival Frankenmuth on the road 27-13 on Friday, Sept. 19 and putting an end to the Eagles 18-game conference winning streak. It has the Cardinals heading into the midpoint of the season in the drivers seat at 4-0 overall and 4-0 in the Tri-Valley Conference East Division.

We heard everyone talking how were small and young this year, Cardinals junior Koltyn Sebert said. But every day in practice, were working hard. Them young kids out there are blocking their butts off.

Millington graduated a lot up front on the offensive line, but returned skilled players Caleb Wascher, Chase Maxon and Sebert. That group found holes in the Frankenmuth defense, created by that inexperienced offensive line, and rode them to a win over the rival Eagles.

It was Frankenmuths first conference loss since a 28-12 setback to the Cardinals on Sept. 30, 2011.

It looks good for the future, I guess you could say, Millington coach Roger Bearss said. But every game, youve still got to go out and play. You play game-by-game. Hopefully we can take what we learn from here that youre going to have some battles.

The Cardinals faced battles with a couple thunderous hits from the Frankenmuth defense in the first half, and they faced a few more in the second half when a couple fumbles put the Eagles in scoring position on multiple possessions in a two-score game.

The results of those battles showed a Millington team that has penalty problems at times and can shoot itself in the foot with turnovers, but also one that has skill on both sides of the ball to put up points and force game-clinching turnovers in a hostile environment.

Thats what Cardinals faithful have become accustomed to seeing in a small community with a large football tradition.

Millington has had experienced teams and young groups. It has had teams that have a ton of skill and teams that have to grind each night. But the one thing Millington has consistently had is winners.

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COLORADO SPRINGS A week after 168 union firefighters and emergency-service personnel are honored Saturday in Colorado Springs, the landmark memorial where the annual service takes place will be rebuilt to make room for thousands of additional names.

Nearly $4 million from the International Association of Fire Fighters' 300,000 members will pay for a redesigned and expanded memorial that will allow the addition of 3,469 names of firefighters who died in the line of duty from 1918 to 1975, IAFF Local 5 president Jeremy Kroto said.

The new memorial should have enough room on the walls for names to be added for 30 years.

"It is unfortunate to say that we've lost so many firefighters from line-of-duty risks and diseases that we need more room, but that's the case," Kroto said. "With the addition of all the names, we'll be looking at nearly 6,000 firefighters and emergency-service personnel memorialized. Sadly, we'll always need room for the memorial to grow."

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A students works in the Thorne Bay greenhouse. (Courtesy Megan Fitzpatrick)

There are no restaurants in the 500-person town of Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island. But that looks like its going to change. The Southeast Island School District, which serves Thorne Bay and several other rural schools, is buying a vacant restaurant from the city. Theyre going to use food from school greenhouses and a bakery to provide fresh meals for residents and business experience for students.

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The Southeast Island School District, which serves Thorne Bay and several other rural schools, is buying a vacant restaurant from the city. Theyre going to use food from school greenhouses and a bakery to provide fresh meals for residents and business experience for students.

It will be called the Thorne Bay Caf.

The Southeast Island School District hired Susan Powell, a restaurant manager from Oregon, to take charge of the caf. She listed some of the entree possibilities:

Carnitas tacos, cause we have the great tortillas from Coffman Cove. Maybe a taco salad, you know, some Mexican things. A barbeque pork sandwich. A Philly cheese steak or chicken cheese steak. A couple different kinds of soup every day cause were going into winter

Shes still working on the menu. But she plans to use produce from four school greenhouses. And shell get bread and tortillas from a small bakery run by the Coffman Cove school.

I think the main goal is to support the schools and promote their products and to have student involvement, Powell said.

Megan Fitzpatrick is Thorne Bays 7ththrough 12thgrade teacher. She said this restaurant is one more fruit to spring from the labor and success of the student-run greenhouse. The school district starting operating the hydroponic greenhouse in Thorne Bay in February.

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A member of the Rebels motorcycle gang has been charged with extortion after allegedly threatening a Perth restaurant owner.

In 2014 the restaurant owner employed an Osborne Park construction company to do work on his business.

The owner and the construction company then became involved in a dispute about payment for the work.

Police allege the 50-year-old owner of the construction company hired a member of the Bentley chapter of the Rebels to recover the money he believed he was owed.

The 31-year-old Rebels member allegedly attended the restaurant on a number of occasions, assaulting the owner and threatening violence in an attempt to extort money.

A four-month investigation led to two men being arrested and charged with demanding property by oral threats.

Both due to appear in the Perth Magistrate's Court today.

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