If you wagered on Allie Beaulieu becoming a basketball player when she was little, that would be as close to a sure thing as you could get.

The 22-year old basketball player is in the middle of her senior season in Maine with the Bates College Bobcats, looking to get into the NCAA tournament. Recently, Beaulieu scored her 1,000th career point for Bates (see sidebar).

The accolades have rolled in for Beaulieu this season. She was recently named Maine Womens Basketball Player of the Week, and earlier this year she was named NESCAC (New England Small College Athletic Conference) Player of the Week for the second time in her Bobcat career. The first time was during her freshman season.

We had good seasons my freshman and sophomore years. We were a little down last year. Were hoping to get a few more wins and get into the tournament later this year, Beaulieu said from her dorm on the Lewiston, Maine, campus last week.

Beaulieu had a basketball in her hands when she was a little girl. Her father John coached her in youth leagues, in AAU ball and as an assistant at Swampscott High with former head coach Jack Hughes.

Doc Beaulieu, an actual physician with an office on Paradise Road, left Swampscott High after the 2011-2012 season.

My dad has been great. Hes given me the tools to be successful at the things Ive wanted to do. Hes always encouraged me to pursue what I want to pursue, Allie said.

Allies three older brothers are all playing basketball somewhere, or have been on the bench coaching. Tom Beaulieu is the freshman coach at Swampscott High and currently teaches at Lynn English. Mike played at Holy Cross and coaches at Le Moyne College in New York, while brother Mike is playing at Kenyon College in Ohio.

The Bobcats currently have a record of 4-5 heading into 2013, and need to put together some wins to accomplish their goals. They do have a solid 3-1 record at home this season.

Allie led her team in scoring in wins over Husson University and the University of New England. She led the team in rebounds against Husson. In an early season win over Bowdoin, Allie led the team in points and rebounds.

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Awalt E. Wolfe, Jr., 72, of rural Stoddard, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse.

He was born July 14, 1940, to Awalt and Margaret (Herman) Wolfe Sr. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stoddard. On July 27, 1968, he married Darlene Schreier at St. Marys Ridge Catholic Church. Awalt farmed for many years on Oak Ridge, rural Stoddard, hauled milk for a few years and was also a bus driver for De Soto School District for many years. He was a member of the Stoddard Lions Club, St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Genoa and a De Soto FFA Alumni. He was an avid hunter and enjoyed playing cards.

Survivors include two sons, Gary and Dan of rural Stoddard; a sister, Joyce Stilwell of Stoddard; and a brother, Robert (Lorraine) Wolfe Sr. of Broadhead; many nieces and nephews and a special friend, Bud Veale, of Stoddard.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Darlene, on Nov. 12, 2001.

Funeral services were held at Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at the Seland Funeral Home in Coon Valley. The Rev. Paul Kante officiated with burial in Riverside Cemetery, rural Genoa. Friends called on Sunday and on Monday from until service time all at the Seland Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be offered at selandsfuner alhome.com.

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Awalt E. Wolfe

Last Chance was in the news in 2012 as a fire ravaged 45,000 acres in nine hours. (File photo/Brush News-Tribune)

Shelley Griffith is named CEO of Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in April of last year. (File photo/Brush News-Tribune)

Severe weather wreaks havoc in Morgan County as hail as big as 1 1/2 inches in diameter falls in June. (File photo/Brush News-Tribune)

June Beaver Valley Elementary School teacher Gary Bloemker completes his mission after 32 years of teaching in the Brush School District. The City of Brush announces that Phase 3 of the Downtown Improvement project will begin shortly after the 4th of July holiday. Several Brush Middle School Crusaders receive honors as they break several track records at the Brush Invitational. The Morgan County Antique Tractor and Power Show draws more than 500 in its inaugural event. The Brush School District receives word that it is one of 52 projects in 29 states that will receive grant funding through the USDA. The grant of $285,778 will be used for a distance learning lab for Brush, Pawnee, Prairie and Wiggins School District. Severe weather wreaks havoc in Morgan County as hail as big as 1 1/2 inches in diameter falls. Fifty-six golfers participate in the Morgan County CSU Alumni annual golf tournament, held at Bunker Hill Country Club. Due to dry weather conditions, an executive order banning fire works over the 4th of July is signed by Governor John Hickenlooper. Brush FFA member and chapter secretary Emma Mortensen earns the title of runner-up during the State FFA Creed Speaking event, held in Pueblo. Following their performances at the 2012 State Junior High Rodeo Finals in Monte Vista, CO, Quincy Segelke, Alex Odle and Sydney Odle rode their way into national competition in Gallup, New Mexico for the 2012 National Junior High Finals Rodeo. Tyler Purvis joins the City of Brush where he will serve as the marketing specialist. Fire forces evacuation in Last Chance, closing Highway 71 from Brush to Limon, as well as Highway 36 from Byers to Last Chance. The cause of the fire is listed as a vehicle blowing a tire that caused sparks. National and state USDA officials visit Morgan County where they made the formal announcement regarding the Brush School District will receive grant funding.

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A look back at 2012 in Brush

GRU is official. Georgia Regents University officially consolidates Augusta State University (formerly Augusta College) and GEorgia Health Sciences University (formerly Medical College of Georgia) after a vote Tuesday.

An official release was emailed to NBC 26:

Jan. 8, 2012

Regents approve consolidated Georgia Regents University

AUGUSTA, Ga. The consolidation of Augusta State and Georgia Health Sciences universities is official following todays approval of a resolution by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents to form Georgia Regents University.

Today marks an important milestoneforGeorgia Regents University, said GRU President Ricardo Azziz, whotoday wasappointed to leadthe consolidated university. Iam thankfulfor the trust the regents have placed in us and the partnership, support and active engagement exhibited by our faculty, staff, students, alumni, volunteers and friends throughout this consolidation process.

Following approval of a recommendation to consolidate the two universities at its January 2012 meeting, the regents approved the new universitys mission statement in May and the name Georgia Regents University in August.

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, a regional accrediting body for higher education institutions, affirmed the regents recommendation when it voted to approve the consolidation at its annual meeting in December. The accrediting body will make a site visit in the fall to ensure the new university is complying with accreditation principles and standards. Prior to the visit, university officials are expected to produce a self-study, or an assessment of the school and its operations.

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During a recent Thursday after returning from school, 15-year-old Eryka Joseph took a break from her homework in her bedroom to plop down on a cushy living room chair next to a television stand crammed beneath with board games and videos. Nearby a Christmas tree glowed, sheltering presents under its branches.

Long braided hair framing her face and cascading down to her gray and pink hoodie, the Radnor High School sophomore appeared as relaxed as any Wayne teen would be at home. Her teal-socked feet brushed the floor as she talked passionately about her favorite school subjects that include English and singing in an honors chorus. After high school she hopes to attend an Ivy League university, perhaps Penn or Harvard, and one day become an attorney.

But Joseph is a long way from her family and home in New York. She is one of six students enrolled in the Radnor A Better Chance program.

Radnor A Better Chance is an affiliate of a national program to provide academically promising minority students an opportunity to attend a top-notch school without the financial hardship. The home, a century-old Victorian with a wraparound porch on the 100 block of West Wayne Avenue, has been a base for Radnor A Better Chance for more than 40 years. The students attend Radnor High School, which was named in 2012 as among the nations best high schools by U.S. News & World Report, while boarding at the home during each semester.

In return, say ABC House board members, the high-school community is enriched by a greater diversity of students.

Thats a win-win for both sides, said Anna H. Davis, the boards vice president and a Tredyffrin resident.

Close to 3,000 students nationwide apply each year for admittance to the nonprofit ABC program, which was founded in 1963 during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The program includes about 300 of the nations leading schools private and public. Radnor ABC is only one of a handful of coed programs in the country, however.

The current class of Radnor ABC students is made up of three males and three females: two freshmen, two sophomores, one junior and one senior. They hail from as far away as Georgia and Queens, N.Y., and as close as Philadelphia, and Wayne is their home away from home.

Each girl has her own bedroom in the main house, which is owned outright by the board, while the boys reside in the carriage house. But everyone eats together in the dining room and comes together for evening study hall.

Their surrogate family currently includes an in-house residence director as well as three tutors one male and two females - who live in apartments in the house or in the rear carriage house, and a paid part-time skilled cook, who everyone reverently refers to as the The Chef. Continued...

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Radnor ABC House facing funding crisis

MIRAMAR, Fla. (PRWEB) January 08, 2013

Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) today announced that it has expanded its affiliation with Cleveland Clinic Florida. RUSM students now have the option of completing internal medicine and surgery training at the teaching hospital in Weston.

Cleveland Clinic Florida, one of the campuses of the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic, is a non-for-profit, multi-specialty, fully integrated medical center. Several of their programs, including internal medicine and surgery, are approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), one of the largest private organizations in the United States responsible for accrediting graduate medical training programs.

Cleveland Clinic Florida offers one of the strongest medical training programs in the state, said Dr. Joseph Flaherty, dean and chancellor at RUSM. Our strengthened relationship with the hospital presents a great opportunity for the more than 400 Ross medical students who are from the region.

RUSM students begin their journey to become physicians on the schools campus in Dominica, located in the West Indies. Students complete a rigorous, four-semester accelerated study program in the basic sciences. The campus features a cutting-edge anatomy and medical imaging laboratory, as well as a simulation center where students begin to develop clinical skills. Students then complete their medical education by taking core and elective clinical rotations in U.S. affiliates such as Cleveland Clinic Florida.

With the addition of the internal medicine and surgery clerkships, RUSM students can choose from nearly 30 clinical clerkships at Cleveland Clinic Florida, including anesthesiology, infectious disease, neurology, plastic surgery, and pulmonary medicine.

In recent months, RUSM has begun or expanded clinical education affiliations with a number of highly regarded teaching hospitals. In May, RUSM entered into a 10-year affiliation agreement with Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, Calif., which provides about 100 core clinical rotation slots annually to RUSM students. That partnership is the largest clinical affiliation in RUSMs history. RUSM also has added rotations recently at Atlanta Medical Center, Memorial Regional Hospital in South Florida, California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., and Vanguard MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.

About Ross University School of Medicine

Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM), founded in 1978, is committed to educating a diverse group of skilled physicians to serve as leaders in the US healthcare system. With more than 9,000 alumni, RUSM has become an important part of healthcare education in the United States. RUSM alumni practice in virtually every medical specialty and can be found in every US state. Students complete their foundational studies in Dominica, West Indies, before completing their clinical training in one of RUSMs affiliated teaching hospitals throughout the United States. RUSM is accredited by the Dominican Medical Board and the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and Other Health Professions. Over the last five years, RUSM has placed more graduates into U.S. residencies than any other medical school in the world. RUSM is part of DeVry Inc. (NYSE: DV, member S&P 400 Index).

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Talk on healthy living set for today

WALLINGFORD -

Wallingford Public Library and MidState Medical Center present Kathy Wietrak, APRN of Midstate's Diabetes Center, for a program on how to make and keep healthy resolutions, Monday, Jan. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at Wallingford Public Library, 200 N. Main St. Realistic goal setting and successful strategies to accomplish set goals will be featured. This program is part of the ongoing Dessert with a Doc series partnership between the library and Mid-State Medical Center. Refreshments will be served and advance registration is appreciated.

Register or request additional information by contacting the library at (203) 2656754 or online at http://www.wallingford.lioninc.org.

Zumba-thon Tuesday for Relay for Life

WALLINGFORD - Relay for Life team (Yalesville Volunteer Fire Department) is having a Zumba-thon to raise money for the American Cancer Society on Tuesday, Jan. 8, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Wallingford YMCA, 81 S. Elm St. Tickets must be purchased to attend, with 100 percent of the money collected to go to the American Cancer Society.

For tickets or to make a donation, contact the YMCA or Jennifer Vargas, sfhgk1@hotmail. com, or (203) 623-9472.

Project Grad group meets Jan. 14

WALLINGFORD - The Project Graduation Committee will meet Jan. 14 at the Park and Recreation Department, 6 Fairfield Blvd., at 7 p.m. All parents of high school students are encouraged to attend.

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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University's Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund (OFEF) has awarded $300,000 to six startup companies to assist them in growing their business ventures. The fund, established by CMU alumnus and Flip Video Camera creatorJonathan Kaplan and his wife, Marci Glazer, provides early-stage business financing and support to alumni who have graduated from CMU in the last five years.

Since June 2012, the OFEF has provided support to 16 startup companies from across the country and a variety of industries. The most recent award recipients operate in medical, technology, consumer and educational fields. The companies' objectives include everything from reducing back pain and improving pediatric heart surgery to creating a premium gluten-free beer and teaching guitar online. (See information on the award recipients below.)

"Open Field is dedicated to helping Carnegie Mellon graduates dream big and create the next great product or service," said Kaplan, CEO of The Melt and five-time entrepreneur. "We are pleased to provide these investments and encouraged by the success previous Open Field recipients have experienced in just a few short months."

OFEF is part of CMU's Greenlighting Startups initiative, which is designed to speed CMU faculty and student innovations from the research lab to the marketplace. Previous OFEF recipients include NoWait, a seating management system used by large restaurant chains including Red Robin, Texas Roadhouse and T.G.I. Friday's. NoWait recently raised $2 million in funding led by Birchmere Ventures.

"I thank Jonathan not only for his generous support, but also for his hands-on approach to helping future entrepreneurs," said CMU President Jared L. Cohon. "In addition to the financial support, Jonathan and many of his colleagues, including some former CMU classmates, are providing guidance to help our students and alumni create the types of companies and jobs that serve as the country's economic engine."

CMU's entrepreneurial culture has helped to create more than 300 companies and 9,000 jobs over the past 15 years, and CMU spinoffs represent 34 percent of the total companies created in Pennsylvania based on university technologies in the past five years.

The OFEF provides $50,000 in matching investment to each recipient, who also gain access to other funding sources, receive personalized mentoring and attend an annual OFEF business workshop. The university will provide legal and accounting support for OFEF recipients. Peter Stern, a CMU classmate of Kaplan, CEO of Bitly and a serial entrepreneur, will be providing advisory support for the fund, as well as serving as a mentor to one of the OFEF award recipients. The fund will select award recipients biannually.

Mentors will be assigned to each OFEF award recipient, including select CMU alumni who are serial entrepreneurs who have helped to create an excess of $1 billion in shareholder value. Mentors also will include entrepreneurs who are based at Carnegie Mellon, including OFEF Managing Director Dave Mawhinney, a professor of entrepreneurship and four-time entrepreneur.

2013 Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund Award Recipients

Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund award recipients are Carnegie Mellon alumni who have graduated from CMU in the last five years. Alumni, their date of graduation and school or college are noted at the end of each company listing.

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SCHOOLS

PELION HIGH JROTC DRILL AND RIFLE TEAMS recently competed in the Greater Midlands Area Drill and Rifle Team Championships. The Drill Team won four categories, and the Rifle Team members won first in four categories. Both teams won the League Championship titles as well.

TRI-DISTRICT ARTS CONSORTIUM is accepting nominations for the 2013 Summer Program through Jan. 14. The program will be from 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. July 1-20. http://www.tridac.org

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AIRPORT HIGH SCHOOL will accept nominations for their Alumni Wall of Honor through Feb. 11. E-mail Jcoleman@lex2.org for an application.

COMMUNITY

AUTHOR MCKENDREE LONG III of Blythewood has been awarded a 2012 Stars and Flags Book Award Program finalist medal in the Historical Fiction category for his book Dog Soldier Moon.

RONNIE EARRON STURGES has received the 2012 Officer of the Year award. Sturges started with the Lexington Police Department in 2005 as a patrol officer, he was assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division in 2008 and promoted to corporal in the Patrol Division in 2009.

THE NEWCOMERS CLUB OF GREATER COLUMBIA has made a donation of $800 to the Free Medical Clinic to help the clinic provide free healthcare to community residents.

ALISON ESPINOSA has earned the highly prestigious certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Espinosa is a Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Teaching Fellowship alumna and mathematics teacher at A.C. Flora High School.

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