LV Skier Lands on Medal Stand to End Season - Patch.com

? Back to Article Embed | Share ?? ? Long Valley's Mike Rossi, far right, took second place in the National competition in Stratton, Vt. Barb Rossi

As the summer months head our way, and the U.S. Ski Team ends its winter season, Long Valley’s Mike Rossi can spend the next few months atop the rankings and readying himself for another successful year.

Rossi, a freestyle aerialist for the team, spent the end of March competing in the Junior Worlds competition in Italy, then taking part in the Nationals competition in Stratton, Vermont.

“Italy was… awesome. One of the coolest places in the world,” Rossi said about his 5-day trip to the European country. “It was a learning experience, getting used to competing with jet lag and being in a foreign place.”

Rossi competed in the doubles competition, meaning the jumps were limited to two aerial flips before landing. Rossi successfully landed his double twisting double flip, and attempted a triple twisting double flip. It was the latter, however, that didn’t go his way.

“My hand touched down on the landing for the triple,” Rossi said. “That’s a big no-no. But, it happened, and it’s something to work on going forward.”

Rossi said the Chinese team was very strong at the competition, and ski conditions were not good at all.

“There was like, no snow,” Rossi said about the jump site. “We had a steep in-run, then a long flat run before hitting the ramp. Conditions just weren’t good for jumping.”

Rossi placed 10th?in the competition in Italy, then headed home for one last competition in Vermont.

As he headed to Stratton, obstacles appeared much bigger than the jumps themselves for Rossi. Fighting fatigue and another poor jump site, as well as some of the nation’s best jumpers, the aerialist wasn’t too keen on the competition.

“We had to push snow into a mound from the mountain itself to make a ramp,” Rossi said. “I was tired from the trip. Didn’t really want to jump, but it was the last competition, so I stuck with it.”

Rossi’s first jump was a double twisting double, which he landed perfectly. The score was good enough for him to tune in and focus on his second jump, one that would catapult him to the podium.

The 18-year-old didn't make the same mistake he did in Italy, and executed a full double full–or triple twisting double back flip–to seal the deal, and grabbed 2nd?place overall in the competition.

The third place finisher is also on Rossi’s team, he said, as the juniors made up two-thirds of the medal stand.

“So I’m kind of ranked second now,” Rossi said with a sense of humility. “It was a good way to end the season.”

Rossi will be at home in Long Valley through the end of April, then return to Lake Placid, New York for summer camps where he’ll practice water jumps and other exercises to prepare for next season’s competitions.

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England trio set for LV=CC action - ECB.co.uk

Watch the latest of our new highlights round-ups - after the second week's LV= County Championship action in season 2012

England Test captain Andrew Strauss and Steven Finn will make their first appearances of the season for Middlesex when they host Durham at Lord’s in the latest round of LV= County Championship fixtures.

The duo, who have enjoyed a brief break following England’s tour of Sri Lanka, are included in a 13-man party that will be captained by Chris Rogers, with regular skipper Neil Dexter having temporarily stood down in a bid to recapture his best batting form.

Finn replaces fellow paceman Corey Collymore, who is rested as part of the club’s rotation policy, while Steven Crook has been called up as cover as Gareth Berg battles a chest infection. The latter is set to be assessed on the morning of the match.

Middlesex will be aiming to follow up a thrilling three-run triumph over rivals Surrey, their first win since they returned to Division One.

Durham welcome back Paul Collingwood, who missed the loss against Nottinghamshire due to a virus but has now recovered and is part of a 13-man squad.

Surrey are without South Africa batsman Jacques Rudolph for the visit of Worcestershire, the left-hander having been withdrawn from selection due to family reasons.

England Test skipper Andrew Strauss will open for Middlesex against Durham. Steven Finn and Ian Bell also return to county action this week

Wicketkeeper-batsman Steven Davies, who returned to domestic action last week following his commitments with England, admits Surrey are desperate to follow their narrow defeat to Middlesex with victory over his former county.

“It was probably one of the hardest losses in my career,” Davies told ecb.co.uk.

“We battled so hard for three days, both teams went at it and it was a really good game of cricket. It came down to three runs in the end so it was a pretty tough loss to take.

“We won our first game against Sussex while I was away so won one, lost one is not too bad and we’ve got a big game this week against Worcestershire. We have to look forward now and forget about what happened at Lord’s.”

Worcestershire, who were not in championship action last week, will hope to improve on their defeat at Nottinghamshire in the opening round.

Defending LV= County Champions Lancashire will hope to bounce back from a 10-wicket thumping at the hands of Sussex in their opening fixture when they play host to Warwickshire.

The match will take place at Aigburth, where the Red Rose were dismissed for 124 and 176 last week on a juicy pitch providing assistance to the seamers.

Overseas batsman Ashwell Prince, a half-centurion in Lancashire’s second innings, said: “We expect conditions to be similar, so it’s going to be tough for the team who bats first again.”

A hamstring injury continues to keep all-rounder Tom Smith out of contention for Lancashire. Seamer Oliver Newby and veteran spinner Gary Keedy join the 11 players who featured against Sussex.

Warwickshire, who kicked off their campaign with a home victory over Somerset, are able to call on England batsman Ian Bell for the first time this year.

Early leaders Nottinghamshire will look to maintain their 100 per cent record when they welcome Somerset to Trent Bridge.

Left-arm seamer Harry Gurney could make his debut for Notts, having joined from Leicestershire over the close season.

Lewis Gregory, fit again following a back injury, or Craig Meschede will replace the injured Adam Dibble in the visitors' line-up.

Dibble suffered an intercostal injury against Warwickshire and is expected to be out for a number of weeks.

Click here for exclusive match highlights from every day's play, latest scores, reports, news and interviews during the LV= County Championship campaign

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Jean Bennett, L.V. resident and music industry veteran, remembers Dick Clark - Las Vegas Sun

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In this 1957 file photo, Dick Clark is seen surrounded by fans during “American Bandstand.” Clark, the television host who helped bring rock ‘n’ roll into the mainstream, died Wednesday, April 18, 2012, of a heart attack. He was?82.

By Andrea Domanick (contact)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 | 11:25 p.m.

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Buck Ram and Jean Bennett

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Dick Clark passed away at 82 years old today, leaving the public with many memories of the TV icon: There’s Clark as the perennially boyish-looking host of “American Bandstand;” as the game show guru behind “Pyramid”; and as the familiar face who helped ring in the New Year, year after year. But few today remember Clark like Jean Bennett.

The Las Vegas resident, who turns 89 on April 25, first met Clark in 1956 shortly after he replaced Bob Horn as host of “American Bandstand.”

“Dick was the sweetest, coolest guy I’d ever come across,” Bennett recalls of her first meeting with the mild-mannered, clean-cut Clark.

Bennett met Clark while working as an artist promoter for songwriter and manager Buck Ram. Bennett and Ram brought the Platters to Clark, and the group went on to introduce their hit “Twilight Time” on “American Bandstand Saturday” in 1958; the song hit #1 on the Pop and R&B charts that spring.

Beyond Clark’s reputed charm, Bennett remembers his dedicated work ethos and high standards that “really straightened out the show,” catapulting “American Bandstand” to the national airwaves and the cultural institution it is today.

“He treated every show like it was a special occasion. He made sure everyone got dressed up and was on their best behavior,” she says. “He never raised his voice, but he sure had those kids jump through some hoops!”

As the Platters and other projects of Ram’s gained traction, Bennett began working regularly with Clark as she pushed new music to radio and TV stations across the country. The two quickly became good friends.

“He liked Buck because Buck knew talent, and if I brought him something, he would listen to it,” she says. “He trusted me and would always put on the records I suggested. He was very dedicated to the music business and really looked forward to every new release.”

Bennett says that Clark and she remained close, often meeting him for lunch when she was in L.A., though the last time she saw him was about a year ago.

“Those were such fun times,” she says of their time spent in the burgeoning rock ’n’ roll era.

Even at 89, the joie de vivre in Bennett’s voice is undeniable, and it’s almost certainly that same spark that kept Clark “the world’s oldest teenager” until his last days.

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Louis Vuitton's Train Heads to Shanghai; Models Wear Food for T - New York Magazine

? Next stop on the Louis Vuitton Express: Shanghai. The fashion house's fall-winter 2012 show — and much-talked-about train — will travel to the Chinese city in late July to celebrate the reopening of LV's store at the Plaza 66 luxury mall. [WWD]

??Models wear?various food items for a fashion spread in the latest issue of?T,?styled by Robbie Spencer and shot by?Richard Burbridge. [T Magazine]

? Of the ecocertified dress that he designed for Meryl Streep to wear to the Oscars, Alber Elbaz said: "The seamstress that made the dress worked for three days and three nights on the dress, and after she finished, she was sick for three days. And you know, with the Oscars, you do the dress and you never know if they will wear it. I wanted so much for [Streep] to wear it, just for this woman that didn’t go to sleep for three days, and just put so much love into the dress." Elbaz also revealed that he's never met Streep. [WWD]

? Better Capital bought Jaeger London from British Fashion Council chairman Harold Tillman in a ￡19.5 million ($30.8 million) deal. Tillman's other label, Aquascutum, was said to be up for sale last week. [Telegraph UK]

? Britney Spears wore a $20,000 sports bra to promote the new game Twister Dance. Created by Body Rock, the "Eternal Love Bra" is made from silk, encrusted with silver diamond Swarovski crystals and gold pyramid studs, and has an $18K gold zipper. [Fashionista]

??Manolo Blahnik partnered with eighteen designers on their fall runway footwear, while Christian Louboutin collaborated with thirteen. [WWD]

??Madewell's creative director Kin Ying Lee can carve a chicken: "Like a raw chicken, no problem, blood and raw meat don't bother me. I used to work in a restaurant with my parents. Whenever I am at a friend's or family dinner, like at Thanksgiving, I am always the one to carve the turkey. I can dismantle it perfectly. Everyone is always amazed." [Fashionologie]

? H&M's same-store sales increased by 16 percent last month, the best numbers reported by the fast-fashion chain in more than three years, thanks to good weather and "a positive calendar effect." But those same reasons will have "a very negative effect" this month, according to the brand. [WWD]

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HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: LV's Word finishes strong - San Angelo Standard Times

ABILENE — After a difficult first nine holes in the first round of the Region I-4A golf tournament, Lake View's Madison Word needed to get off to a strong start to her back nine.

When two tee shots went astray, the Maidens player ended up taking a nine on the par-4 No. 1 and easily could have let it kill her round.

Instead, she rebounded to play the next four holes at 4-over, then went birdie-par-par to finish her opening round on a high note despite carding a 101 at Abilene's Diamondback Golf Club.

"I started out pretty rough, but I stayed calm for the most part," Word said. "After I carded that first nine, it was downhill from there, but I was able to finish strong with the birdie and parring the last two."

The junior's 101 came on a tough scoring day. Only three golfers broke 80 on the wind-blistered Diamondback course.

Word said shooting 1-under on the final three is a confidence booster for today's final round.

"It was a good feeling. It is always a good feeling to finish strong," Word said. "I know my stronger points. My driver was definitely the strongest part of my game today. I need to work on chipping for tomorrow, and my short game, definitely. I know the holes, and I know what to do."

Lake View girls golf coach Salye Coles said that Word's resiliency paid off after the difficult start to her round.

"One of the things she does best, other than getting out of the box, is overcoming a bad shot," Coles said. "If she has a bad shot, she gets out of that trouble really well. She utilizes her concept of where she is on the course really well."

Word began her round on the back nine — generally regarded as the more difficult side of the course — and from No. 10 on, the Lake View junior found the prevailing thoughts to be true.

She triple-bogeyed the first hole after skying over the green with her approach shot, then bogeyed No. 11 after she three-putted.

After she mis-hit a pair of approach shots, she tripled No. 12.

"She was nervous starting off. Her first nine were hard for her," Coles said. 'After that she seemed to regroup. On No. 1, she hit into the rough and had a hard time getting out, but after that she played well. She had a couple of errors on the front, but out here little errors turn into big ones."

Word took a 9 on No. 17 but bounced back to chip to within 3 feet on No. 18, which gave her the first par of the day, finishing the opening nine in 53.

"She was getting off the box really well," Coles said. "Her approach shot was a struggle. She wasn't following through her shot, and we fixed that coming in, and I think that will help her tomorrow. She putted well (Wednesday) and last week in practice."

Word said most of her difficulties came after hitting into the large out-of-bounds areas that line each fairway.

"Staying in the fairway is the most important thing here, and it is the hardest thing to do," Word said.

Word said she has a good feel of what she needs to improve on today.

"I want to fix what I messed up on today," Word said. "I know what I did wrong, and I know what I need to work on. I know I am a strong golfer, and I know what I need to do. I haven't carded a 100 in I don't know how long. That was tough, but I finished strong and I didn't break down, so that was good."

Region I-4A Girls Golf Tournament

Diamondback Golf Club, Abilene

Team standings: 1. Byron Nelson 312; 2. Aledo 331; 3. Frenship 339; 4. Canyon Randall 352; 5. Midway 358; 6. Mansfield Summit 366; 7. Denton High 367; 8. Wichita Falls 389; 9. Arlington Heights 393; 10. Granbury 398; 11. Stephenville 419; 12. El Paso High 429; 13. El Paso Burges 469; 14. El Paso Riverside 479; 15. Fort Worth Trimble Tech 491; 16. Ysleta 504.

Top 10 individuals: 1. (tie) Maty Monzingo, Byron Nelson, 74; Rainy Manor, Byron Nelson, 74; 3. Olivia Gibbs, Timber Creek, 79; T-4. Zoey DaneshFar, Byron Nelson, 80; Kendall Slaughter, Frenship, 80; 6. (tie) Mackenzie Cross, Canyon Randall, 81; Emily Odom, Frenship, 81; Elena Cervantez, Arlington Heights, 81; 9. (tie) Taylor Brookshire, Aledo, 82; Allie Akin, Arlington Heights, 82.

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Catt.-LV Board Approves Building Closure - Jamestown Post Journal

CATTARAUGUS - The Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School District will be closing the doors to its Little Valley campus starting in September.

Several members of the community came forward at Monday night's Board of Education meeting to voice their opinion on closing the building. Despite arguments, pleas and petitions, the board chose to shut down the Little Valley campus in a 5-2 vote.

In doing this, the district's primary school, located on its Cattaraugus campus, will house all students in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade in the district, making it the only elementary school. Previously, the Cattaraugus campus only housed students in pre-kindergarten through second grade while Little Valley housed students in third and fourth grades.

"It is inevitable that this building is going to be closed eventually, whether it is this year, next year, the following year. Budgets get tighter and tighter. We are working harder and harder, we are putting more and more time and effort into trying to make a viable budget," said Jeannette Stein, Board of Education member, before casting her vote to close the school.

Of the seven board members, only two voted to keep the school open. Kent Joesel was vocal during the meeting, voting to keep the building open.

"As a board member, you are only one person on the board, and we are all going to have different opinions. It is a hard job. It's not an easy decision. I am comfortable with my decision," Joesel said.

Jon Peterson, district superintendent, said that although the board had a very tough decision, it did a thorough job weighing the pros and cons of closing the school before voting.

When the Cattaraugus and Little Valley school districts merged in 1998, one of the assurances that the Board of Education made was that schools would remain open in both towns. In closing the Little Valley school, Peterson said that the district looked for a legal opinion to find whether it had to adhere to a previous board's words.

"A future board, this board, isn't bound by the actions of a board in the past, because conditions change. The number of students that we have in our district changed. The demographics of those students have changed, and the needs of the students have changed," Peterson said.

In addition to deciding to close the Little Valley Campus, the board unanimously approved a budget of $23,453,485, which includes a 1.99 percent tax levy increase. The board will be putting its budget to a public vote in May.

"Hopefully taxpayers will say that the board made a good financial decision and a good educational decision and support the budget," Peterson said.

However, if the budget does not pass, the board will have to make changes to its budget before putting it to a second vote. If it were to still not pass, the budget would move to a contingency budget, which would include a number of limitations.

"Fortunately, there aren't a lot of changes we would have to make, since our budget is cut already to be at a fairly low amount, but we would have some work to do to be at a contingency budget," Peterson said.

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Roland-Jones: Surrey game a one-off - ECB.co.uk

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