For older, wiser Bangles, the road is more fun
Things aren’t so manic for the Bangles these days.
The all-girl band known for "Manic Monday" and "Walk Like an Egyptian" saw a career that was a rollercoaster ride during its ’80s heyday.
But the band’s singer-drummer Debbi Peterson says today’s Bangles, which include singer Susanna Hoffs and her sister, guitarist Vicki Peterson,shop for tiffany necklaces, are different.
"We don’t go on the road so much. We all have kids," Peterson says. "In the ’80s we were on the road for six months at a time and when we weren’t on the road we were making an album. We were living and breathing the Bangles."
The Bangles made their mark in much the same way at the Go-Gos — an all-female group whose members played their own instruments and who weren’t brought together by a male Svengali figure.
"That’s what I want people to know about us," Peterson says. "We played instruments, wrote songs and sang. It wasn’t a manufactured thing."
Albums such as 1984′s "All Over the Place," 1986′s "Different Light" and 1988′s "Everything" kept that dream alive and made it good to be a Bangle.
The best part of it, she says,thanksgiving gifts, outside of performing for hordes of fans, was meeting many of their peers: riding in an elevator with Keith Richards, recording with Prince,tiffany key rings for sale, having dinner with Duran Duran.
"It’s those fun little things we were able to do that otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to do. Some of the things I don’t even remember."
But things soon soured. As the band’s popularity grew, Peterson says, the record label pushed Hoffs into the spotlight at the expense of the other band members.
"We felt like sidemen. We all put our heart and soul and sweat into it. We felt the powers that be were making us into something we weren’t, and that was frustrating."
Peterson says it was stressful watching the group become Susanna Hoffs and the Bangles. That, coupled with some tours in the late ’80s during which "weird things were happening and everything went wrong,rings," led to the dissolution of the group.
After going their separate ways, the members reformed and in 2003 released "Doll Revolution." The group is currently working on a new album with producer Matthew Sweet.
Before getting back together,tiffany Pendants for sale, they all had to discuss their feelings about Hoffs.
"We realize she’s obviously going to get more attention," Peterson says. "But it’s not that important. We’re older and wiser, and we have different priorities going on."
Woman charged with starving baby arrested in fathe
A woman charged with assault for the malnutrition of her infant was arrested by deputy sheriffs Wednesday while hiding in her father’s Bethlehem home more than a month after she failed to show in court for the case, according to court records.
Jennifer A. Bahn,bracelets, 32, was wanted on a bench warrant for failing to appear July 20 on charges related to the "extreme malnutrition" of her infant daughter. A doctor testified that the baby’s condition and poor diet could have led to life-threatening problems.
A county sheriff found Bahn around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in a locked bedroom in her father’s home at 69 W. Garrison St.,watches, according to court records. Bahn’s father,tiffany, Daniel Lau, is charged with hindering apprehension and obstruction of justice.
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Lau told Northampton County Deputy Sheriff George Volpe that he hadn’t seen or spoken to Bahn in three days and repeatedly said she wasn’t inside. As they spoke, Lau stepped out onto the porch and quickly shut the door behind him.
Lau allowed Volpe to search his home,rings, but said he couldn’t open a locked bedroom door at the rear of the home. Lau said the room belonged to Bahn.
After the door was opened, Bahn was found hiding at the end of a bed.
Lau, 59, is free on $30,bangles,000 bail. Bahn was sent to Northampton County Prison.
After Bahn didn’t attend the July hearing, charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of children were sent to Northampton County Court. Police said the infant is in the custody of the Northampton County Children and Youth Division.
Chromosome disorder may have taken N.C. boy’s life
A chromosome irregularity so small it cannot be seen by a normal microscope may have taken the life of 3-year-old Christian Susko, but in the end he may have the last say.
Christian, of Knotts Island, died Aug. 18 after suffering through severe seizures, brain swelling and ulcers as well as other symptoms.
Tests indicated signs of several diseases, including autism, cerebral palsy, and Angelman syndrome and yet he had none of these.
The last two months of his life he was in a medically induced coma as at least eight different doctors or therapists tried to find what was wrong or treat the symptoms.
The day before he died, doctors told his parents, Chris and Tammy Susko, Christian may have suffered from a microduplication at chromosome 15q13.3,rings, a rare disorder but one that is not normally fatal in cases seen so far.
As the Suskos prepared earlier this week for his Saturday funeral service, it was hard to believe he was gone. Just the other day, Tammy had music playing at the house and thought for a moment that she should turn it down.
"He’s napping," she recalled thinking. "Wait a minute. No,earrings, he’s not."
Tammy stayed 24 hours a day with Christian for his last two months at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. Employed as an X-ray technician at Sentara Norfolk General, she used up her vacation and then fellow employees donated their vacation time.
Chris, his father, also spent days at a time at the hospital, often operating his limousine service from Christian’s room.
"Sometimes it doesn’t seem real," he said. "I’ve had dreams he is still here and wake up and realize he is not. It’s very, very difficult."
Neighbors, friends and family have been supportive, bringing food daily, which has lifted the Suskos’ spirits, Chris said.
"There have been tears of joy, too," he said.
At 8 months, Christian was not sitting up. At first doctors were not concerned. He was a little below growth charts but tests were not conclusive.
When he was about 1 year old, a pediatrician, alarmed at his small size, put him on a feeding tube. He gained five pounds before leveling off still short of the goal of 22 pounds. He was given a feeding tube directly to his stomach.
Tests showed he had an ulcer, inflammation in his stomach and acid reflux. His hands trembled. Yet Christian was generally contented and didn’t show signs of pain.
Over the next two years, Christian was examined or treated by a geneticist, a neurologist, a gastroenterologist, a pediatrician, a dietician, rehabilitation experts,cuff Links, a physical therapist and an occupational therapist.
Other signs were there. He would not clap his hands or slap toys together with both hands. A milestone came about six months ago when Christian was able to pick up a toy between his fingers and thumb. He had been picking up toys roughly with his fingers and the palm of his hand.
Through it all, Christian remained a happy child, his dad said. He enjoyed playing with his Chihuahua named Mexico and loved to have crawling races down the hall with his dad.
On June 11, six days after his third birthday, his father took a photograph of Christian sitting up, smiling, looking as healthy as any other child. He sent the digital picture to Tammy while she was at work.
A few hours later, Christian suffered a severe seizure, was taken to the hospital and put under a medically induced coma while doctors examined him. While in the coma for those weeks, he nearly died twice but was revived.
On Aug. 17, doctors told the Suskos about the chromosome duplication. The next day he died.
The Suskos enlarged the June 11 happy photo to a poster that will be on display at the funeral. Wednesday, the poster was leaning against the back of the couch at their home while Mexico sat perched on top of the couch looking down at it.
Duplications and deletions of chromosomes can be the cause of diseases such as autism, schizophrenia, Angelman syndrome, retardation and others.
These type of chromosome disorders occur in one of 5,000 to 25,000 people, said Dr. Santhosh Girirajan, a senior fellow at the University of Washington who researches genomic disorders. Sometimes microduplications show severe symptoms and sometimes no symptoms, he said.
Two different children with the same chromosome disorder can develop different symptoms.
Chromosomes are found in the nucleus of each of the billions of cells in the body. Chromosomes contain genes. There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in each cell. One of the pair comes from the mother and the other from the father. Chromosome numbers such as 15q13.3 pinpoint the condition and location of the disorder; it may or may not be hereditary.
The Suskos have been told there may only one other case of a microduplication at chromosome 15q13.3, but Girirajan said at the lab where he works, they have seen many. They are not typically fatal, he said. Deletions of chromosomes are usually more serious.
"He probably had something else, perhaps not detected," he said.
There is no cure for chromosome disorders, but the child can be treated for the symptoms and given the best environment to help them reach their full potential,Atlas charm bracelet, according to a booklet published in print and online by Unique, a support group based in England for families with children who have chromosome disorders. Researchers continue to study the disorders in hopes of finding more about what causes them and how to fix them.
The Suskos and doctors have saved blood samples from Christian and plan to use it for more study. Ten years ago, they would not have had any idea what was wrong with Christian and 10 years from now, they may have a cure for it, Chris Susko said.
Christian’s blood samples may help that happen.
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Thousands of stones later, the men in uniform may
BY THE time you read this, the life and death of 22- year-old Bilal Ahmed Sheikh would have become a mere statistic: Civilian No. 63 killed by the security forces since 11 June – the day another boy, 17-year-old Tufail, breathed his last, sparking an intifada-like uprising in Kashmir.
Not a single police or paramilitary officer has been arrested for civilian deaths. FIRs against "unknown persons" have been registered, except for one case in Sopore against the CRPF for unprovoked firing. A commission of inquiry is looking into the first 17 deaths. The home minister has admitted, "At least a dozen killings may have been unprovoked."
It has been more than 24 hours since Habibullah Tiblu was brought to SKIMS hospital with two bullets inside him, but the operation room is not yet available – it is already handling hundreds of injuries from stone,rings, pellet gun, teargas shell and bullet. No compensation has been paid to injured civilians. Twenty-six men in SHMS hospital have just been told that they will never see again. Zubaid Khan, a Class 12 student from Khanyar, is one. He had just stepped out of his home when a stone hurled by the CRPF smashed into his eye.
So far, 800 policemen have been paid compensation of Rs. 5,000 each for injuries. "I fell down after a stone hit my head, and needed five stitches," says an injured deputy superintendent of police. "Yet I instructed my men not to fire."
According to Srinagar SP(South) Irshad Ahmed, more than 400 stone-pelters are currently in jail. Civil rights groups put that number at 1,500 in the entire district. Rafiqa Begum is holding back the sobs as she stares at piles of rotting apples. On 20 August, she says, her 16-year-old son Omar Saleem was picked up while selling fruits in Rambagh. "He left school so he could support the family. If they keep him in jail, we will be destroyed," she says.
There is no way yet to verify exactly how many of those arrested have been released or booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) – and that is part of the chaos Kashmir has descended into.
And now, in an eerie flashback to the 1990s, the official crackdown has begun.
Around 3 pm on 19 August, a 500- strong contingent of security forces surrounded Bemina locality in south Srinagar. All the male residents were asked to assemble in the field outside the local mosque. "They behaved with us like the army earlier behaved with militants," says Imtiaz Ahmed. The police identified 42 men as stone-pelters. "They randomly called out to anyone wearing good clothes and Nike shoes," says Ahmed. "They said whoever wants azadi,Charm pendant, we will burn their house down."
Shameema Begum was at home when they barged into her house, smashed glass windows, pulled out her 60-year-old father and her husband Bashir Ahmad Lone. "Where is Brett Lee?" the police asked them raining lathis. "Give us Brett Lee and we will let you go," they said.
That’s a nickname for Shameema Begum’s 11-year-old son Danish, a lean, fair boy who plays cricket and dreams of becoming Sachin Tendulkar. But for the forces, Danish is an active stone-pelter.
Of the 42 men picked up, seven are still in police custody. Danish’s father Bashir, a daily wager, is one of them. A few years ago, a fracture disabled Bashir’s right hand. "They will only release him in exchange for my son," says Begum. Srinagar SP(South) Irshad Ahmad denies this. "Bashir is in custody because he is also a stonepelter and a top motivator," he told TEHELKA.
Begum says the police have declared a Rs. 1 lakh reward on Danish. And that Waseem, a barber from UP and Begum’s tenant,necklaces, was offered money to reveal the boy’s whereabouts. "If we take him to the police," Begum asks, "how do we know what they’ll do with him?" That’s why an 11-year-old boy is in hiding. If the crackdown continues, boys like him may not return overground.
If you mapped the cycle of violence, of how the funeral procession of two victims through Sumbal could lead to another death in 24 hours, of why 21-year-old Parvez lying in a hospital bed, his hand Parvez lying in a hospital bed, his hand split by a tear-gas shell, insists he will pelt stones even if that means being martyred, some frightening realities would emerge.
"The resentment is not against us, it is against the institution, the Government of India," Senior Superintendent of Police Ashiq Bukhari told TEHELKA. "We are the visible face of that. The people violate and we react. Under Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), even a peaceful protest with pro-freedom slogans cannot be allowed. The quantum of force is up to the officer on the ground. There is no rule book. Yes, he is human and could make a wrong decision. For that, there is a commission of inquiry."
It is almost as if 63 people have been killed in 74 days to keep alive the floundering idea of State. It is in this context that stories of Kashmiris serving in the J&K police become poignant. They are on the frontlines of this battle between citizen and State, representing an idea of nationhood they may not believe in themselves. In conversations with policemen across Srinagar city, it becomes evident that for most "Hindustan ki wardi" (uniform) is a necessary evil, a source of livelihood in a state parched for jobs. There is a sense of being trapped between Kashmiri identity and allegiance to India, and almost every constable TEHELKA spoke to said he wouldn’t let his children join the police.
This is a relatively new trend. Until the mid-1990s, the local police were not involved in counter-insurgency operations. In 1993, the police rose in revolt against the army and senior police officials after a fellow policeman was tortured and killed in custody. The army stormed the police HQ with tanks. In 1994, a Special Operations Group was formed to assist the army in counter-insurgency, policemen from Jammu and Poonch were in a majority but now, more than ever before, the Kashmir policeman finds himself looked upon as an agent of India.
THE POLICE say the sense of alienation that began in the summer uprising of 2008 has peaked. Since the last two months, they fear going back to their villages as many have faced social boycott. Constables, sub-inspectors, and even officers of the rank of SHO, now carry private IDs – press, PDP, even Hurriyat – to escape being lynched.
TEHELKA has learnt from a credible police source that as of 19 August, 1,800 J&K policemen have applied for voluntary retirement. While it is not clear how many of them want to opt out due to the current situation, it is a sign of the growing anguish.
A week ago, a constable was leaving his post in civvies when the CRPF caught him. He was beaten for violating curfew even before he could show his police ID card. On the way back to his post,pendants, he was beaten by a mob for being in the police. "We belong neither here nor there," he says. "We are serving the Indian forces like Indians did in the British army."
Two weeks ago, Sheikh Rauf, an NGO worker, saw a CRPF soldier abusing Kashmiris. A police officer asked him to stop but he didn’t. Finally, the policeman got up and screamed, "I’ll shoot you with your own gun."
So while the CRPF is supposed to aid the local police, the reverse is true. "We are better trained for this job than the CRPF, but because they are more in number, they do what they want," says an SHO.
This is leading to a strange dynamic on the ground. When head constable Mohammed Ramzan tried to stop the CRPF from firing, he says he was held by the neck and beaten. "I only allow myself to keep a lathi, a helmet and a shield," he says. "I don’t keep a gun in hand, otherwise I might be compelled to fire. If they protest without destroying government property, then I am with them. I too want azadi."
"I’m in the police but my brothers are pelting stones in my village," says a constable from the Trar region. Last year, his brother was picked up from home, shown to be in possession of arms, booked under the PSA and jailed for six months. On a trip home last month, villagers began to pressurise him to leave the police.
"I’m worried that my family will become a target. I am considering resigning. They are alone in the village,money clips," he says. "I am a Kashmiri. Writing my nationality as Indian is only an administrative compulsion. If I weren’t in uniform, I’d be pelting stones," he says.
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17th annual event helps 1,100 kids and families ge
Grace McKittrick,necklaces, Lori Rios and Katherine Fitzmeyer pitched a tent Friday afternoon in the middle of Jacksonville Beach so they could be first in line for the 17th annual Back to School with BEAM giveaway.
They were eager to shop — for free — for clothing and school supplies at the Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry event that helps needy families get their children ready for the new school year.
When volunteers opened the gate at 8 a.m. Saturday at Beach United Methodist Church, the three women walked through with big smiles. For the next several hours, about 1,100 children and their families filed through behind them.
"We pitched a tent right next to the gate," said McKittrick, of Atlantic Beach,rings, a single parent of an 8-year-old son. "This helps me tremendously. It takes off some of the pressure of finding school clothes that I can’t get right now because of my bills. The rent is due and I have to pay my electric and car insurance. It’s tough."
The giveaway serves struggling Beaches families with children in preschool through high school, who registered with proof or address and their children’s identities as they entered. Each student received 10 pieces of new or gently used clothing, new socks and underwear, new backpacks, a bag of school supplies and three new or gently used books.
Each family also received a bag of groceries donated by Second Harvest. The children could also get free haircuts from volunteer barbers and school physicals donated by St. Vincent’s Mobile Care Van, which is funded by The Players Championship golf tournament.
The event was organized and run with the help of hundreds of volunteers from around the Beaches, who collected donations for months and set up shop several days in advance of the one-day giveaway that lasted until 1 p.m.
When families entered the church’s vast family life center, they encountered a room full of clothing organized on tables according to size and gender. Volunteers at each table helped them select items, which they put in new shopping bags donated by Wal-Mart. Then they went to the underwear area for socks, underwear and shoes, and to the backpack section where they could select from a variety of colors and sizes.
The idea is to hold a one-day back-to-school shopping experience for families, said Karen Wolfson of Atlantic Beach, who founded the event. "It’s shopping for school; it’s just that you’re not paying any money."
"It’s been an exciting thing to see it develop," said Wolfson, for whom the giveaway has always been a family affair. Her husband, Don, mother, Marion Read, and children Lance, Erin,Charm pendant, and Kymberly help out.
The first year, about 25 volunteers served about 250 children by giving away clothing, Karen Wolfson said. "It grew over time," and with "so many people in the community helping out, it’s fabulous. The beach community is amazing."
The idea behind the event hasn’t changed, she said.
"The whole purpose is to raise the self esteem of the children, so they can go to school like everybody else with new shoes, underwear, backpacks and clothes," she said.
"It helps families financially,earrings, and it helps the children feel they are not any different from everybody else."
Maggie FitzRoy can also be reached at (904) 249-4947, ext. 6320.
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Throughout the whole of July, the stainless steel manufacturer Teknomek will be offering discounts on a variety of its hygiene-standard stainless steel catering products just in time for the school summer break. Many educational establishments take advantage of the summer months to renovate school facilities including the catering department and Teknomek sells a variety of stainless steel catering products ready to fit and accommodate any professional kitchen.
Teknomek’s top seller for stainless steel catering equipment is the Bain Marie & Heat Gantry top hot cupboard, which is manufactured in stainless steel with painted steel cladding, 4 swivel castors, 2 locking breaks, sliding doors with an internal shelf and gastronorm tray fittings. As well as this,rings, Teknomek offers cold units with refrigerated glass surroundings ideally suited to be fitted in any school canteen.
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TICKETS ON SALE FOR SEETHER, DEFAULT CONCERT PRESE
Cameron University issued the following news release:
Tickets are now on sale for a special concert presented by Fort Sill and Cameron University and featuring Seether and Default, with special guest Fatback Circus, on Saturday, Aug.28 at Cameron Stadium. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; the show starts at 6 p.m. The concert will end with a gala fireworks display. Tickets are $10 for Cameron students and Active Duty Military, $15 in advance and $20 at the gate. Tickets can be purchased in Lawton on the Cameron campus at the One Stop in the McMahon Centennial Complex, at Adventure Travel, and at Fort Sill at Family and MWR Headquarters Building 4700. In Duncan, tickets are available at CU-Duncan. Tickets are also available by phone at (800) 999-2987 and online at www.sillmwr.com.
Since the 2002 release of Disclaimer, its U.
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A.-based hard rock band Seether has captured the attention of music fans across the globe with epic riffs, thunderous rhythms and conscience-invading choruses. The album was certified gold on the strength of radio favorites like "Fine Again" and "Gasoline," and a reworked version of that album (known as Disclaimer II) went platinum when a new rendition of the ballad "Broken" became a Top 20 pop hit.
Seether’s success carried forward with 2005′s Karma and Effect,cuff Links, which debuted at number eight, going platinum and boasting hits like "Truth,tiffany," "The Gift" and "Remedy," which topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart for eight consecutive weeks. The band’s latest lp, Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, has been called their most direct and focused record yet, and resulted in their first South African Music Award in the category Best Rock: English.
Canadian band Default debuted in 2001 with The Fallout, a platinum album that boasted strong singles including "Deny," "Count On Me" and "Wasting My Time." The group took home a Juno Award (the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy) for Best New Group in 2002. Their subsequent albums, 2003′s Elocation and 2005′s One Thing Remains, continued to refine the melodic rock sound of their debut. Their latest album, Comes and Goes,rings, features "All Over Me," an uptempo celebration of (one-sided) true love, and "Little Too Late," an epic ballad.
Based in Austin, TX, Fatback Circus had earned a reputation for open-ended originality and distinctive songwriting since their 2002 debut album, Radio Arcadia. The band’s avant-garde style allows them to indulge in any classification of music, including funk, singer/songwriter, bluegrass and heavy metal. The 2006 release of The Elephant King garnered new fans, and their 2009 release, Dark World, was hailed for delivering fury and finesse in equally impressive measures.
This is an alcohol-free event. All cameras and recording devices are strictly prohibited. Oversized bags, backpacks, duffle bags, coolers, folding chairs, drinks, cans and bottles will not be permitted. Safety checks of allowable carry-in baggage or cases, such as handbags, purses, or any like container, will be conducted by trained security officers. The officers will check for any unacceptable items, such as cans, bottles, illegal drugs,necklaces, alcohol, weapons, fireworks, signs on poles, and noisemakers.
The concert is sponsored by Z94, Magic 95, USA Discounters, and the Fort Sill Federal Credit Union. This is an Army Community Covenant initiative. For more information, call (580) 250-4040. For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com
Gorillaz Tickets on Sale Aug. 13
Gorillaz, the musical project of Blur’s Damon Albarn and cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, performs Oct. 5 at Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford as part of a 19-date North American tour. Although the band is ostensibly composed of cartoon characters drawn by Hewlett, they’ll be augmented on stage by Albarn, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of the Clash, Bobby Womack,cuff Links, Little Dragon, Pharcyde rapper Bootie Brown and UK rappers Kano and Bashy. Tickets go on sale Friday,rings, Aug. 13, at 10 a.m. for $90, $65 and $49.50.
Mary J. Blige performs Oct. 10 at MGM Grand at Foxwoods; tickets go on sale Aug. 20 for $75, $65 and $50. Smokey Robinson returns Nov. 13; tickets go on sale Aug. 27 for $60, $50 and $40.
Tony Orlando performs Sept. 11 at Mohegan Sun; tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. for $20.
Circa Survive plays the Webster Theatre Oct. 15; tickets go on sale Friday for $16.50. Big D and the Kids Table performs Sept. 24 with Marlborough ska band Tip the Van at the Webster Underground; tickets are $13.
Connecticut rapper Chris Webby performs Aug. 25 at Toad’s Place in New Haven with Piff City and Tallent; tickets are $15 in advance. Boston rapper Sam Adams, former captain of the Trinity College soccer team, performs Sept. 1; tickets are $17. Fresh off a tour opening for Kings of Leon, Built to Spill headlines Sept. 3; tickets are $20. Rapper Wiz Khalifa performs Sept. 21; tickets are $16. Mushroomhead is there Sept. 30; tickets are $15. Indigo Girls headline Oct. 28; tickets will cost $35 when they go on sale, which will be "soon,pendants," according to Toad’s. Behemoth performs Dec. 4; tickets are $18.
Manic Productions presents Defiance, Ohio, Sept. 14 in the upstairs Lilly’s Pad room at Toad’s; tickets are $8. Hallelujah the Hills is there Sept. 16; tickets are $8. Nails performs Sept. 28; tickets are $8
The Album Leaf performs Wednesday at Daniel Street in Milford; tickets are $12 in advance. The Felice Brothers are there Nov. 1 with Adam Haworth Stephens of Two Gallants; tickets are $15.
Jennifer Knapp plays Sept. 1 at Infinity Music Hall; tickets are $35 and $25. Season 5 "American Idol" champ Taylor Hicks is there Sept. 15; tickets are $75 and $55. Spin Doctors singer Chris Barron plays a solo show Sept. 26; tickets are $30 and $20. Brandi Carlile headlines Sept. 29; tickets are, for some reason, $61, $51 and $46. Veteran light-rock band Orleans is there Sept. 30; tickets are $60, $45 and $40. The Radiators are back Oct. 13; tickets are $45, $35 and $30. Lucy Kaplansky is there Oct. 16; tickets are $40,Charm bracelet, $30 and $25. Eddie From Ohio plays Nov. 7; tickets are $50, $40 and $35. Country-rock band Poco is back Nov. 14; tickets are $70 and $50. Led Zeppelin tribute band Physical Graffiti is there Nov. 24; tickets are $35, $25 and $20. Connecticut native Jeff Pevar is there with "special guests" Nov. 26; tickets are $40, $30 and $25. A Jimmy Hendrix tribute featuring guitarist Andy Aledort is there Nov. 28; tickets are $30 and $20.
Pie lady’ proves she’s not a one-dessert wonder
When her neighbor realized his wife was better at using a needle and thread than she was at using mixing bowls and making pie crusts, the man started paying Melva Carlson to bake pies.
Soon the trend expanded and Carlson was baking pies for other neighbors,rings, family and friends, and she became affectionately known as the "pie lady."
That distinction led to an almost disastrous gooseberry pie in 1985 that fell victim to an upside-down oven rack, sending half of the pie out of the crust and onto the rack.
But luckily the sticky gooseberries held together and Carlson scooped the pie back into the crust and entered it in the Clark County Fair Pie Baking Contest.
"That was my first pie, and when you get a blue ribbon with the very first time you enter, well, you’re hooked," Carlson said. "You have to keep entering."
Carlson still enters a pie in the fair competition,cuff Links, but now the "pie lady" also tries her hand at cheesecake.
For the fourth year, Carlson, 64, entered the Clark County Fair Cheesecake Competition in a quest for the elusive first-place title. This year both her pie and cheesecake had a Floridian theme: a fluffy key lime pie that took a blue ribbon and a key lime cheesecake that took a blue ribbon in the official judging.
On judging day, Carlson likes to be front and center to see every bite, every expression, and every comment the judges make.
"I really like to watch the expressions on their faces, because sometimes they’re pretty funny," said Carlson, of Hockinson.
Soaking up every clue the judges offer is how she likes to prepare for the next year’s competition.
"I’m mainly waiting to hear how I did, but it’s really instructive to hear the comments because I’m not a cheesecake expert," Carlson said during Friday’s judging.
Finding the perfect cheesecake recipe is a lesson in research for Carlson. She looks through cookbooks, newspapers and online to find the perfect cake for competition.
"It’s got to be something flashy, impressive, and not terribly difficult, because I’m not an expert," Carlson said. "But you want to make a good impression."
In the 2000 pie competition, Carlson’s Tipsy Blueberry Pie won the Judge’s Choice Award, a distinction she would love to receive with cheesecake, too.
"The pie was on a special display and I got the blue ribbon, plus a special green ribbon,earrings," Carlson said. "I was so excited I think I jumped up and down."
But so far Carlson’s cheesecake repertoire has been plagued with problems, although her efforts haven’t been completely without merit.
Her first entry four years ago, a blueberry refrigerated cheesecake, took a blue ribbon after momentarily being stuck to the baking pan. For her second entry, Carlson entered a pineapple cheesecake that the judges called a "high red ribbon contender," but not worthy of a blue; and last year’s entry, a pumpkin cheesecake, had a gingersnap cookie crust that turned to glue.
This year, Carlson’s oven was broken, forcing her to cook the key lime cheesecake in a toaster oven. The process was less than ideal for a perfect cheesecake.
The winning cakes in this year’s competition as picked by the celebrity judges to win cash prizes were: a first place blueberry swirl by Emily Stubt; a plain cheesecake with a fresh blueberry topping by Deb Dougal took second; and a chocolate silk cheesecake by Janet Prentice placed third.
Despite all of that,Atlas charm bracelet, and that her cheesecake this year didn’t place with the celebrity judges to win a cash prize, Carlson said she’ll be back again next year to try again.
"I really don’t need the hassle and the problems, but still I like to win," Carlson said. "You know the story; if you don’t enter, you don’t win."