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It appeared the fire started somewhere opposite Hanley Farm Road, in Warren, sometime around 4 p.m. and rapidly spread south, burning through land near the Audubon’s education center in Bristol and the sprawling North Farm residential development. Bristol fire and police personnel blocked off a half-mile section of the bike path as firefighters battled flames engulfing trees and scrub along the shoreline. Dark smoke from the fire was visible as far away as Barrington. Kristen Swanberg, the Audubon’s education director, said phragmites, an invasive marsh plant that grows in the area, produce thick smoke when they burn. She and other Audubon employees, including Anne DiMonti, director of the Bristol center, were at the boardwalk inspecting the damage caused by the flames as the fire continued to burn in other spots nearby. They said the boardwalk, which winds through a salt marsh, will have to be replaced. Parts of the log fence along the bike path were also badly burned. No houses were in the way of the fire. The residences at North Farm and Hanley Farm Road sit on the other side of the bike path. -- Journal staff writer Alex Kuffner Posted by Mike McKinney at 7:16 PM | Comment Tonight: Jesus, moonwalking and the MississippiReligion was center stage in Washington today with the pope's continuing visit. Tonight at 8 you can catch performances of ... and Jesus moonwalks the Mississippi at Brown University Theatre. Brown Theatre and Sock & Buskin present this "story of love and longing set at the bitter end of the Civil War in the American South," according to the Web site description. The performance is at the Leeds Theatre, 77 Waterman St. For tickets, call 863-2838. There will also be performances at the same time tomorrow and Saturday. Posted by Mike McKinney at 7:01 PM | Comment Update: Tentative pact averts nurses' strike at ButlerPROVIDENCE -- A threatened nurses’ strike at Butler Hospital has been averted, now that a tentative three-year deal has been reached. Union members had voted overwhelmingly earlier in the week to go on strike today if their contract demands were not met. But they reached an agreement with management this morning that will keep them on the job. "It addresses many of our concerns," said Stan Israel, executive vice president of the New England union. The primary concern, Israel said, was the use of "travel nurses," which are essentially temporary people brought in to work a vacation shift or when a hospital is shorthanded. The union argued that the private psychiatric and substance abuse hospital was using the travel nurses instead of hiring full-time employees. Hospital management says the use of travel nurses is rare but necessary. The tentative agreement includes pay raises, but Israel refused to say what they were. The agreement also moves forard on health benefits, he said, but did not specify how so. -- With reports from The Associated Press and Journal staff writer Paul Grimaldi Posted by Mike McKinney at 6:45 PM | Comment Pope visit: Victims' meeting 'an extraordinary gesture'A Diocese of Providence official who has handled the sex-abuse scandal for the diocese and who has experience in dealing with the Vatican reacted to Pope Benedict XVI's meeting in Washington today with several victims of a problem that has affected dioceses around the country. "This was an extraordinary gesture, a tremendous gesture" that breaks with a long-standing tradition of papal distance from the pastoral concerns of individual Catholics, said Msgr. Paul Theroux, the vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese in Providence. "This is the head of the universal church, the vicar of Christ on earth. The Holy Father on a day to day basis deals with heads of state," Theroux said, explaining that a pope almost always handles pastoral concerns through the church hierarchy. Therefore, Theroux said, the pope's meeting with the abuse victims today is strikingly dramatic to any students of papal history. Coming after three successive days in which Benedict discussed the shame of the sex abuse scandal in terms unprecedented for a pope, Theroux said that Benedict's meeting with the sex-abuse victims will carry a powerful symbolic message throughout the church. "Even though this is only a small, representative group" of the many Catholics harmed by abusive priests, Theroux said today's meeting "speaks of how significant this issue is to the Holy Father." However, Theroux said he thinks it unlikely that many individual victims of the sex abuse or the organized groups that represent them "will suddenly say tomorrow, `Well, now we've turned the corner.' " Theroux said he also fears that because the pope has met with so few victims today, some critics will view the gesture as insufficient. -- John E. Mulligan of the Journal Washington Bureau, with projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney Posted by Mike McKinney at 6:16 PM | Comment Pope visit: A 'historic' meeting with sex-abuse victimsWASHINGTON -- After his third public call in as many days for healing of the victims of Roman Catholic clergy victims of sex abuse, Pope Benedict XVI met with several of them today, The Reverend Federico said the visiting Benedict met with the victims and Archbishop of Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley after celebrating Mass today at Washington Nationals Park. One of the victims Bernard McDade of Lynn, Mass., who was one of more than a dozen parishioners of the late Joseph Birmingham, a priest who sexually abused boys in parishes outside Boston between 1961 and his death in 1989. "This man was allowed to breed his pedophilia from parish to parish," McDade told the AP six years ago this month as the widening scandal triggered a crisis in the archdiocese, with charges that then-Cardinal Bernard F. Law and other high church officials had long been aware of the abuse and failed to put a stop to it. Law resigned in disgrace in 2002. He was replaced in 2003 by O'Malley, a bearded, sandal-wwearing Capuchin friar who first impressed church leaders with his handling of sex abuse scandal around the Rev. James Porter in the Fall River diocese. "This is a historic moment," said Raymond L. Flynn, former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, who was told by one of the Boston-area victims that his long-awaited meeting with the pontiff had come through. "Now the pope has opened the door, and the healing can finally begin," said Flynn, who is also a former Boston mayor. Referring to the pope's latest admonition to Catholic clergy to bind the wounds of the sex-abuse victims, Flynn said, "Now the pope has done his part in the process. He's a man of his word." "This was an extraordinary gesture, a tremendous gesture" that breaks with a long-standing tradition of papal distance from the pastoral concerns of individual Catholics, said Msgr. Paul Theroux, the vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese in Providence. Theroux has handled the sex-abuse scandal for the diocese and has experience in dealing with the Vatican. Video: The Reverend Federico describes the pope's meeting with victims of clergy sex abuse. -- John E. Mulligan, Journal Washington bureau "This is the head of the universal church, the vicar of Christ on earth. The Holy Father on a day to day basis deals with heads of state," Theroux said, explaining that a pope almost always handles pastoral concerns through the church hierarchy. Therefore, Theroux said, the pope's meeting with the abuse victims today is strikingly dramatic to any students of papal history. Coming after three successive days in which Benedict discussed the shame of the sex abuse scandal in terms unprecedented for a pope, Theroux said that Benedict's meeting with the sex-abuse victims will carry a powerful symbolic message throughout the church. "Even though this is only a small, representative group" of the many Catholics harmed by abusive priests, Theroux said today's meeting "speaks of how significant this issue is to the Holy Father." However, Theroux said he thinks it unlikely that many individual victims of the sex abuse or the organized groups that represent them "will suddenly say tomorrow, `Well, now we've turned the corner.' " Theroux said he also fears that because the pope has met with so few victims today, some critics will view the gesture as insufficient. Earlier this week, Journal reporters John E. Mulligan and Richard Dujardin, who are covering the visit, have captured comments about Benedict's remarks on the sex-abuse scandal from several local officials. They include former Vatican Ambassador and ex-Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn, Congressman James Langevin, D-R.I., and Diocese of Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin. Audio: Listen to an audio clip featuring some of their comments. Posted by Andrea Panciera at 5:31 PM | Comment Suspended doctor now faces federal fraud complaintPROVIDENCE -- A federal complaint was filed today against Tarek W. Wehbe, a physician with Providence and North Providence practices, whose license was suspended less than two weeks ago by the state Department of Health. The complaint accuses him of health care fraud, money laundering and illicit distribution of drugs such as Percocet, Vicodin and OcyContin. An arrest arrant has been issued for Wehbe, but he is believed to be out of the country, possibly in Lebanon, according to the news release from U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente's office announcing the criminal complaint. According to the affidavits, Wehbe owns and runs Renaissance Medical Group with offices on North Main Street, Providence, and on Mineral Spring Avenue, North Providence. The criminal complaint follows a civil complaint filed last week. Prosecutors are seeking $3 million from Wehbe, who the federal government accuses of fraudulently billing Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers for services he did not perform. Wehbe already has his medical license suspended this month by Dr. David R. Gifford, the state Department of Health director. According to the affidavit supporting the drug distribution charge, Wehbe wrote prescriptions for substances such as Percocet, Vicodin and OcyContin in a manner that was “without any medical necessity and outside the usual course of the practice of medicine,” the news release says. The affidavit details interviews with Wehbe’s patients, some of them in drug recovery programs, who said he would easily prescribe Percocet or OxyContin. One patient, identified as “JM,” said he had monthly appointments with Wehbe that lasted less than three minutes. Wehbe had written more than thirty prescriptions for OxyContin for him. According to the affidavit, JM said that Wehbe was known on the street as “Dr. Feel Good.” -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with Journal archival reports Posted by Mike McKinney at 5:16 PM | Comment Margarita time at the Newport Folk Festival?Jimmy Buffet of Margaritaville fame and blues rockers The Black Crowes are among the headliners at this summer's Newport -- yes -- Folk Festival. Also in the lineup announced today are: Levon Helm, The Avett Brothers, Cat Power, Jim James (of My Morning Jacket), Jakob Dylan, Stephen and Damian Marley, Gillian Welch, She & Him featuring Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward, Calexico, Kaki King, Brandi Carlile, Willy Mason, Over the Rhine, The Felice Brothers, Jake Shimabukuro, Kate Taylor, Richard Julian and Jesca Hoop. While many of these musicians are not considered traditional folk musicians, organizers say the musicians – some reggae, some country, some blues - come from folk music backgrounds and are expected to return to their roots for their performances in this festival. The festival is scheduled for Aug. 2-3, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Fort Adams in Newport. Tickets for which will go on sale at 9 a.m. on April 23 via www.festivalnetwork.com. Prices have not yet been set. Wondering about the annual JVC Jazz Festival in Newport? No lineup announced yet, but the festival will be held Aug. 8-10.
Posted by Andrea Panciera at 2:28 PM | Comment Tonight: HSGameTime All-State gymnasts, cheerleadersTonight at 6, you can find the 2008 HSGameTime Providence Journal All-State gymnastics and cheerleading teams online at www.hsgametime.com/rhodeisland. We asked each of our first-team selections to fill out a personal survey with questions including favorite TV show, favorite subject in school, and something people would be surprised to know about me. The athletes' answers, as well as audio clips of the gymnasts and cheerleaders talking about what inspired them this past season, will accompany their bios on their own personal pages. Also, you will find full listings for second team gymnasts and cheerleaders, as well as All-Division gymnasts. The All-State gymnastics and cheerleading page in The Providence Journal will run tomorrow. Here is the full schedule for the All-State teams. The teams will be revealed at 6 p.m. each day online, and in the following day's newspaper. Online now: Wrestling Posted by Mike McDermott at 2:19 PM | Comment Update: Guilty plea in kidnap, assault, murder of girl, 8
Joshua Davis, 22, formerly of 564 Coe St., Apt. 2, apologized to the family of Savannah Smith today in court. His public defender, John Hardiman, said that Davis had intended to plead to the three charges all along, to save the Smith family from going through a trial. Davis is scheduled for a pre-sentencing hearing in two months. Sentencing is slated for June 5. Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said in a statement that "in order to do real justice, it is more than our prerogative -- it is our obligation -- to impress upon the court the heinousness of this defendant’s crimes and to advocate for the maximum sentence allowable under Rhode Island law." Lynch said that although the plea "spares Savannah’s family and loved ones the torment of a long trial, it does not in any way mitigate the monstrous crimes that the defendant pled guilty to this morning in open court. A plea is this defendant’s prerogative, as it is any defendant’s prerogative. This outcome, however, is not a plea bargain; we did not give up any of our rights in securing it." Savannah's family members were in Providence County Superior Court today, crying when details of the investigation were read aloud into the record. The family declined to speak with reporters today. Lynch's statement said Davis acknowledged, during his guilty plea, that the state would have proven he molested Savannah, then murdered her and that the state could have proven the death was consistent with "aggravated battery and torture." The court therefore has the option of imposing a life-without-parole sentence. -- projo.com staff writers Brandie M. Jefferson and Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer Tatiana Pina and Journal archival reports According to the state, had Davis gone to trial, evidence would have shown that on May 7, 2006, David Smith told his daughter, Savannah, that she could not go for a ride with Davis, who lived across the street. David Smith told police he later saw his daughter waving from Davis’s red convertible. It was the last time he saw her alive. Five hours later, Smith said Davis returned home alone. When questioned by police, according to court records, Davis said he left the girl in a park. Smith said Davis “jumped in his car and tried to get away,” but he was apprehended, handcuffed, and taken away. Savanna Smith’s body was found in Cranston the next day, after which, Davis was charged with murder, kidnapping and child molestation. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 2:02 PM | Comment DEM warns of lion's mane jellyfish in the Bay
BARRINGTON - The Department of Environmental Management warned people today to stay away from lion's mane jellyfish after receiving a report -- with photographs -- that some of the creatures had washed ashore and were "all over" Barrington Beach yesterday. The cold-water jellyfish, which tend to be small this year but often grow up to a foot wide, have a painful sting. Because the animals move with the tides, currents and winds, they may be in other areas of Narragansett Bay as well, the department said. Although it was the first reported case this year of the lion's mane jellyfish washing ashore, "DEM fisheries biologists have seen this year's crop throughout the Bay for the past month or so," according to a statement from spokeswoman Stephanie Powell. Wondering what the water temperatures are like right now? Check this link for temps in waters around New England. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 1:47 PM | Comment Pope visit: A cry from section 316: 'Peace be with you!'
At that point, cheers broke out, with some shouts in Spanish here and there around the stadium, many along the lines of "long live the pope!" As the ancient rite proceeded, members of Benedict's flock were by turns rapt, reverent and even giddy at a few points, as people from the field-level boxes to the nosebleed seats appeared to share a gigantic inside joke. After the mass singing of the Lord's Prayer, the faithful made the traditional exchange with neighbors of handshakes, embraces and the words "peace be with you." In a grandstand high above the third-base line, Carol Young, one of hundreds of volunteer attendants clad in red "Benedict XVI" warm-up jackets, cried out to the scores of people in her section of the ballpark, "Peace be with you, 316!" Tens of thousands received communion from scores of priests arrayed around the stadium. Placido Domingo, the world-famous tenor who is chief of the Washington National Opera, sang "Panis Angelicus." The pontiff, meanwhile, attended to his most basic priestly duty, dispensing the bread to 50 communicants near the altar. The grand recession began about 90 minutes after the opening of the Mass. The pontiff departed the altar and walked down the center aisle from his white-roofed sanctuary, pausing as he went to offer his hands and his ring to members of his congregation. Beaming and waving, the pontiff walked through the infield and past the pitcher's mound to a flag-waving ovation from the crowd and, at 10:36 a.m., he disappeared into the hometown dugout. -- John E. Mulligan of the Journal Washington Bureau Posted by Mike McKinney at 12:59 PM | Comment Pope visit: A Mass for the crowd at the ball park
Like priests at High Mass around the world for centuries, Benedict spooned incense into a sensor and slowly circled the altar, swinging the vessel from his hand as the scented smoke rose. The first reading, from the New Testament's Acts of the Apostles, was tailor-made for the Easter season and for the pluralistic American audience. It was the story of the Pentecost, the visitation of the Holy Spirit upon Christ’s followers from many nations after his death: “They gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.” It was read in Spanish by Yolanda Bolanos of the Office of Hispanic Ministry of the Archdiocese of Washington. -- John E. Mulligan, Journal Washington bureau The second reading from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans echoed the motto of Benedict’s pastoral journey to the United States: “Christ is our Hope.” “New hope that sees is not new hope,“ read Valencia Camp, a lector from the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. “For who hopes for what one sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait with endurance.” The gospel, from St. John, told a story of how Jesus instructed his first priest to hear and to forgive the sins of the people. This was the foundation of the Catholic sacrament of penance. In his homily, Benedict sounded all these themes once again and spoke at the same time to American Catholics and to the larger culture of many peoples in which they live. As he did yesterday at the White House, Benedict praised the American Church, founded two centuries ago in Baltimore, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. He praised the church –– and the nation at large –– for “bringing together wildly differing immigrant groups.” He spoke of Americans as always “A people of hope” whose ancestors arrived expecting to find “new freedom and opportunity, while the vastness of the unexplored wilderness inspired in them the hope of being able to start completely anew.” But as he has done now several times since his arrival in the US, Benedict looked at the other side of the American ledger. This nation’s “promise was not experienced by all the inhabitants of this land; one thinks of the injustices endured by the Native American peoples and by those brought here forcibly from Africa as slaves” Yet said that here again Christian hope and forgiveness has inspired Americans to try to repair these wrongs. Benedict then spoke for the third time in three days of a contemporary wrong, inflicted by members of the church itself.: the sexual abuse of children. “No words of mine could describe the pain and harm inflicted by such abuse,” the pope said. “It is important that those who suffered be given loving pastoral instruction. Nor can I adequately describe the damage that has occurred within the community of the church great efforts have already been made to deal honestly and fairly with this tragic situation, and to ensure that the children –– whom our lord loves so deeply, and who are our greatest treasure –– can grow up in a safe environment.” Benedict told the crowd: “Today I encourage each of you to do what you can to foster healing and reconciliation and to assist those who have been hurt.” Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 11:25 AM | Comment East Providence fire: Garage or shed engulfedPolice and firefighters are on the scene of a fire in a small building at a house in East Providence. East Providence Police say that either a shed or a garage was fully engulfed when they arrived on-scene of the residence near the corner of Juniper and Fleming Streets. Crews are still on scene, police at the station do not know if the fire has been knocked down yet. --projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 11:19 AM | Comment Pope visit: He cites injustices to Native AmericansIn his homily, Pope Benedict XVI praised the American Church, founded two centuries ago in Baltimore, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. He praised the church –– and the nation at large –– for “bringing together wildly differing immigrant groups.” He spoke of Americans as always “A people of hope” whose ancestors arrived expecting to find “new freedom and opportunity, while the vastness of the unexplored wilderness inspired in them the hope of being able to start completely anew.” But as he has done now several times since his arrival in the US, Benedict looked at the other side of the American ledger. This nation’s “promise was not experienced by all the inhabitants of this land; one thinks of the injustices endured by the Native American peoples and by those brought here forcibly from Africa as slaves” Yet said that here again Christian hope and forgiveness has inspired Americans to try to repair these wrongs. Benedict then spoke for the third time in three days of a contemporary wrong, inflicted by members of the church itself.: the sexual abuse of children. “No words of mine could describe the pain and harm inflicted by such abuse,” the pope said. “It is important that those who suffered be given loving pastoral instruction. Nor can I adequately describe the damage that has occurred within the community of the church great efforts have already been made to deal honestly and fairly with this tragic situation, and to ensure that the children –– whom our lord loves so deeply, and who are our greatest treasure –– can grow up in a safe environment.” Benedict told the crowd: “Today I encourage each of you to do what you can to foster healing and reconciliation and to assist those who have been hurt.” Compared to the drama with which Pope John Paul II addressed the crowds among the national monuments a couple of miles from here almost 29 years ago, Benedict spoke in conversational, sometimes almost intimate, tones. He spoke quietly with a soft-edged German accent that was sometimes breathy and occasionally piping. When he returned to the topic of clerical sexual abuse, Benedict's tempo slowed and his demeanor seemed to take on added emotion. -- John E. Mulligan, Journal Washington Bureau Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 11:15 AM | Comment Pope visit: Popemobile takes a drive around the field
WASHINGTON, DC -- At 9:34 this morning, the popemobile emerged through the gate in the green wall in center field of the Washington Nationals' baseball field to cheers from the sellout crowd. The pope's wide-windowed white car rolled past the bullpen in left field, the third base line the visitors dugout, and around the diamond as the faithful waived their tiny yellow and white papal flags. The smiling pontiff gestured repeatedly to the crowd, outstretched his arms and then blessed the faithful again and again, his right hand inscribing the sign of the cross. The choir sang “Holy God We Praise Thy Name,” and thousands in the crowd joined in: "Holy god we praise thy name. Infinite thy vast domain everlasting is thy name." In a special tribute to the Bavarian pontiff, the choir sang the third verse in German. -- John E. Mulligan, Journal Washington Bureau
Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 10:36 AM | Comment Nurses strike averted at Butler HospitalPROVIDENCE — A threatened nurses’ strike at Butler Hospital has been averted. But they reached an agreement with management early Thursday that will keep them on the job. A key sticking point was the hospital’s use of so-called “travel nurses,” who work for staffing agencies. The union argued that the hospital was using the travel nurses instead of hiring full-time employees. Hospital management says the use of travel nurses is rare but necessary. -- The Associated Press Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 8:57 AM | Comment Pope's visit: Crowds gather at ballpark for morning Mass
In this photo provided by the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Benedict XVI says Vespers in the Crypt at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception with the bishops of the United States in Washington yesterday. WASHINGTON –– World Series-class multitudes streamed before sunrise toward Pope Benedict XVI’s ballpark altar where he was to say Mass later this morning. By 8:30 a.m., the newly built National's Park stadium was halfway filled, and a great river of humanity poured down Half Street from the direction of the sun-washed Dome and into the gates. Inside the Park it was reconciliation alfresco as a hundred priests heard confessions under white tents on a concrete plaza among the hot dog stands and beer concession (not yet open for business at this hour). “It’s a pretty powerful witness –– 50,000 people or more here to see the pope say Mass,” said the Rev. Bernard Healy, the State House lobbyist for the Diocese of Providence, who was seated in a luxury box off third baseline, courtesy of some fellow political priests form Maryland. “It’s a ballpark, but it looks like a beautiful outdoor church,”said Healey. From the left-field b bleachers, near the 336-foot sign, hand-slapping gospel choir, 200 strong and clad in white, sang “Jesus is Nigh” with a brass band punctuating their words. Nuns and lay workers patrolled the gates, giving directions and handing out programs wearing black baseball caps that bore the red papal seal. The Rev. James Cuddy, O.P., said it was “Beautiful to see how hundreds of people want to take the opportunity in these days of great grace to prepare themselves as well as possible spiritually to be here with the pope.” A 31-year old Braintree, Mass. native with a crew cut, blue eyes and a hooded white vestment, Cuddy said of his own spiritual journey, “I never considered a vocation until I went to Providence College and met the Dominicans there.” Cuddy said, “If I could look back 15 years and imagine being here today to witness the pope –– let alone being a priest, hearing confessions –– it would’ve been a bit too much for me to handle.” The priest lives and works in the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, not far from the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, where Benedict prayed last night with the nation’s bishops, and The Catholic University of America, where he will address educators this evening. -- John E. Mulligan, Washington Bureau Chief Projo.com will stay on top of events with constantly updated coverage from the Associated Press, live video, and on-the-scene reports from John E. Mulligan, The Providence Journal's Washington bureau chief. Mulligan will be filing news of special interest to Rhode Islanders for projo.com. As a veteran of a visit by former Pope John Paul II, Mulligan has a special vantage point in terms of comparisons and impressions. Here's the pope's itinerary for the pope's entire visit. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 7:17 AM | Comment Today's front page, the pope leads the paperOn today's front page, Journal Staff writer Bruce Landis writes about the cost and extent of repairs needed on the Henderson Bridge, which connects the East Side of Providence to East Providence. John E. Mulligan, at the Washington Bureau and Richard C. Dujardin, Journal religion writer, cover Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States. Download a .PDF copy of today's front page. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 7:01 AM | Comment Meet the HSGameTime All-State wrestlers, online in printThe 2008 HSGameTime Providence Journal All-State wrestling team is online at www.hsgametime.com/rhodeisland. We asked each of our first-team selections to fill out a personal survey with questions including favorite TV show, favorite subject in school, and something people would be surprised to know about me. The athletes' answers, as well as audio clips of the wrestlers talking about what inspired them this past season, will accompany their bios on their own personal pages. Also, you will find full listings for the second team, All-Division and Academic All-State teams. Here is the full schedule for the All-State teams. The teams will be revealed at 6 p.m. each day online, and in the following day's newspaper. Wednesday: Wrestling Posted by Mike McDermott at 7:00 AM | Comment A good day to lunch outside; it will hit 71More sun, more blue skies, and warmer temperatures are in store for us today. The National Weather Service is forecasting the high temperature will surpass 70 degrees with an expected high of 71. We'll have calm east winds and clear, sunny skies. Along the coast, a distant ocean storm should keep temperatures cooler, reaching the lower 60s. Tonight the temperature drops to a mild 42 degrees with clear skies and mild, north winds. And tomorrow -- it will be hard to stay inside for this -- sunny, clear, and a high temperature on the warm side of 75 degrees. To keep tabs on the beautiful weather, see projo.com's weather page. |
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