Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Potluck #64
There is a Facilities Meeting and a Superintendent Advisory Meeting tonight. Details below. I don't know how you can be at both meetings in the 7:30 - 9:00 pm window, but if you can, you may be onto something. Also, was there an election last night?
Facilities Meeting in A-3
Site: DIST
Start Time: 7:30 PM
End Time: 9:30 PM
Superintendent Advisory
Site: DIST
Start Time: 7:00 PM
End Time: 9:00 PM
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Bulldogs playing the 1st game of the District Playoffs on Friday night at the A-field at 7:00pm. Come out and fill the stands and cheer our Bulldogs on!
Yeah Bulldogs!!!!
From the district web site:
November Agenda and School Business/Board Meeeting Change Notice
NOTICE
The School Directors of the School District of Borough of Morrisville will be holding the November Agenda Meeting immediately followed by the Business/Board Meeting on November 14, 2012, 7:00 pm. The November 21, 2012 Business/Board Meeting has been cancelled.
The meeting will be held in the LGI Room of the Intermediate/Senior High School located at 550 W. Palmer Street, Morrisville, PA.
Wanda Kartal
Board Secretary
Too bad that so many people are still fooled by Fitzy Flop.
2 more years of ineffectual hackdom cloaked in a 'nice guy' persona.
Republicans everywhere, quadruple down on extreme hard core conservative policies. It was your lack of purity of essence that led to defeat. Push all the chips onto the table, that's the only way true lasting victory will be achieved.
Bucks County Technical High School holds open house
Posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 2:10 pm | Updated: 3:20 pm, Wed Nov 7, 2012.
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Posted on November 7, 2012
by Daniel Adler
BRISTOL TOWNSHIP — Bucks County Technical High School will hold its annual open house and application night for prospective students and their families from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday.
The tech school is located at 610 Wistar Road in the Fairless Hills section of Bristol Township.
The open house was originally scheduled for Nov. 1, but postponed a week in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
For more information, call 215-949-1700
Mike Fitzpatrick may have won, but he LOST ALL FOUR WARDS in Morrisville Borough. My question to the two people who sit on both borough council and the munipal authority, why is this Morrisville loser's firm still representing the borough's two biggest interests in town? I am so glad the school board stopped promoting this guy. Now if ownly the borough would smarten up about it.
the two people who sit on both borough council and the munipal authority,
who are they?
Yeah who are they and are they paid up on their bills?
"Mike Fitzpatrick may have won, but he LOST ALL FOUR WARDS in Morrisville Borough"
Those who know him best like him the least. Go out today and grab one of those no Fitz signs and put it away for 2014.
Fitz is considered good at the softer 'constituent services' part of the job. Doesn't matter much to me because I don't have a boy scout banquet to attend. It's his policies I mostly disagree with. To each his own, but try as I might I don't see what impresses his admirers.
Lets hope he's physically there at the swearing in this time and not at some possible fundraiser. Read the U.S. Constitution again and don't leave out any pages like last time either.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/06/two-house-republicans-vot_n_805423.html
Two House Republicans Missed Swearing In While At A Fundraiser In The Capitol, Violating Constitution On Day It Was Read
First Posted: 01/06/11 03:53 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:25 PM ET
WASHINGTON -- Two House Republicans have cast votes as members of the 112th Congress, but were not sworn in on Wednesday, a violation of the Constitution on the same day that the GOP had the document read from the podium.
The Republicans, incumbent Pete Sessions of Texas and freshman Mike Fitzpatrick, missed the swearing in because they were at a fundraiser in the Capitol Visitors Center. The pair watched the swearing-in on television from the Capitol Visitors Center with their hands raised.
"That wasn't planned. It just worked out that way," said Fitzpatrick at the time, according to local press on hand, which noted that he "happened to be introducing Texas Congressman Pete Sessions while glad-handing his supporters in the Capitol Visitor Center that he secured for them when the House swearing in began."
House ethics rules forbid fundraising in the Capitol.
The Bucks County Courier Times said that roughly 500 Fitzpatrick supporters were on hand at the gathering. Fitzpatrick's campaign had solicited contributions for a bus trip to the Capitol and "Mike Fitzpatrick's Swearing In Celebration."
Sessions is head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, responsible for fundraising for GOP candidates.
There is no provision in the Constitution for a remote swearing-in by television. On Thursday, Fitzpatrick was one of the members who read the Constitution from the dais. He would have been on hand to hear the section he violated read aloud: "Article VI, Paragraph 3: The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
On Thursday, the Rules Committee adjourned because Sessions had made a motion to open proceedings to begin considering the GOP bill to repeal health care reform - an action that can only be taken by an official member of Congress.
Emily Davis, a spokeswoman for Sessions, said that Sessions rectified the situation Thursday afternoon, after it came to his attention that he had not been properly sworn in. "During the swearing in of the 112th Congress, Congressman Sessions stated the oath publicly in the Capitol but was not on the House floor. To ensure that all constitutional and House requirements are fulfilled, Congressman Sessions officially took the oath of office this afternoon from the House floor. Public records and votes will be adjusted accordingly," she said.
This is not Fitzpatrick's first rodeo: he served one previous term in Congress, before being beaten in 2006 by Democrat Patrick Murphy.
"Yesterday, at the time the oath of office was administered, Congressman Fitzpatrick was in the Capitol Building meeting with constituents from Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District," Fitzpatrick spokesman Darren Smith said. "He took the oath of office at that time. When the oath was administered, Congressman Fitzpatrick had already signed the written oath of office provided by the Clerk of the House. Today, after speaking with the House Parliamentarian, out of an abundance of caution, Congressman Fitzpatrick was re-administered the oath of office by the Speaker. The public record will be adjusted accordingly."
If Fitz continues his Laser-Like Focus on Jobs much longer, I may no longer need corrective lenses.
My lapel pin is bigger than yours!
In the current issue of the Morrisville Times, I saw that Bill Farrell is the volunteer of the month.
It's all about the company you keep. Jesus Christ kept some bad company, but he tried to affect some positive change in them. I didn't really see that with Farrell. Methinks he doth protestith too little. Keep up the good volunteer work, Mr. F.
There is good and bad in everyone, We learn to live. We learn to give each other what we need to survive. Together. Alive.
The Bridge St. billboard baby shaved. No more Hitler mustache.
For some reason, that reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjakxEGpyRI
FOOTBALL: Morrisville makes early playoff exit with loss to Communications Tech
Published: Saturday, November 10, 2012
By Mike Holcombe
For BucksLocalSports.com
MORRISVILLE — Morrisville made an early exit from the PIAA District I “A” playoffs, losing to Communications Tech of Philadelphia 18-0 in a first round game last night at Robert Morris Stadium.
Communications Tech moves on to play Bristol next Friday in a rematch of a regular season game that resulted in the Warriors' only loss of the season.
It might appear from the score that the Bulldogs were unable to generate any offense but that was not the case as Morrisville had several opportunities to get on the board. The Bulldogs got inside the Phoenix 25 on three separate occasions but were never able to push the ball across the goal line.
In the end, it was a series of turnovers and penalties that would halt the Morrisville offense as two fumbles, two interceptions and some extremely untimely illegal procedure penalties led to the Bulldogs’ demise.
“We fumbled the ball away a little bit,” admitted Morrisville head coach Bill Quill after the defeat. “And we lined up the wrong way a couple of times. We were trying to put in a few new things on offense for the playoffs but we were missing our running backs in practice all week because of illness and family issues. So we wound up lining up wrong a few times.
“We didn’t commit a lot of penalties but they were in key situations. It was one of our worst games. We had to play our best game to beat this team and we didn’t do it.”
Compounding Morrisville’s problems was the fact that Communications Tech was able to establish its running game early and controlled the ball well enough to give the Bulldogs precious few chances to handle the football.
Behind the running of Diquan Gilbert, who had nine carries for 68 yards in the first quarter alone, the Phoenix was able to jump out to a 6-0 lead on a 16 play, 90 yard drive that consumed most of the first period.
It was Morrisville that had actually threatened first, however. Behind the running of Jimmie Miller and Raimy Valdez, the Bulldogs moved all the way down to the Tech 25. But that drive ended when Joe Sesar’s pass on fourth-and-nine was intercepted.
The Morrisville defense was able to limit Gilbert’s rushing to some extent in the second quarter and the Bulldogs threatened again as time was running out in the first half.
Thanks to a 13-yard pass play from Sesar to Kevin Munoz, a 16-yard run by Zjamir Ibezim and a 15-yard facemask penalty, Morrisville was able to reach Communication Tech’s 16 yard line. But Tech’s Darius Sanders ended the threat when he intercepted a pass in front of the goal line.
Tech jumped out to a 12-0 lead to start the second half, covering 66 yards on seven plays, including a 32-yard touchdown pass from Zaki Jamison to Steven Kargobai.
The Bulldogs got good field position two possessions later when Miller’s 30-yard punt return gave them the ball on Tech’s 40 yard line. But Morrisville fumbled it away and Tech made it hurt, covering 52 yards on 10 plays for a touchdown and an 18-0 lead.
Morrisville took one more run at the Tech goal line, getting all the way down to the 13, but the drive stalled right there as the Bulldogs turned the ball over on downs with just over three minutes remaining.
RESULTS
Communications Tech 18, Morrisville 0
(Nov. 9 at Morrisville)
LINESCORES
Communications Tech (5-5) 6 0 6 6 -18
Morrisville (6-5) 0 0 0 0 - 0
SUMMARY
C-Karamoko 5 run (pass failed)
C-Kargobai 32 pass from Jamison (run failed)
C-Gilbert 5 run (pass failed)
Saw Ferrara and Harm were at the game, their season is over at the Rock. Probaly scouting the Morrisville kids for the farm out. Ferrara does have a very nice yellow jacket, he looked very nice.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/11/09/security-cameras-capturing-people-in-the-act-of-being-awesome-video/
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Please, everybody, be seated. Good morning, everyone.
Thank you, Secretary Shinseki, for a lifetime of service to our nation, and for being such a tireless advocate on behalf of America’s veterans, including your fellow Vietnam veterans.
To Rick Delaney; to Vice President Biden; to Admiral Winnefeld; Major General Linnington; our outstanding veteran service organizations; our men and women in uniform –- Active, Guard and Reserve -- and most of all, to the proud veterans and family members joining us in this sacred place, it is truly a privilege and an honor to be with all of you here today.
Each year, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we pause –- as a nation, and as a people –- to pay tribute to you. To thank you. To honor you, the heroes, over the generations, who have served this country of ours with distinction.
And moments ago, I laid a wreath to remember every service member who has ever worn our nation’s uniform. And this day, first and foremost, belongs to them and their loved ones: to the father and mother, the husband and wife, the brother and sister, the comrade and the friend who, when we leave here today, will continue to walk these quiet hills and kneel before the final resting place of those they cherished most.
On behalf of the American people, I say to you that the memory of your loved one carries on not just in your hearts, but in ours as well. And I assure you that their sacrifice will never be forgotten.
For it is in that sacrifice that we see the enduring spirit of America. Since even before our founding, we have been blessed with an unbroken chain of patriots who have always come forward to serve. Whenever America has come under attack, you’ve risen to her defense. Whenever our freedoms have come under assault, you’ve responded with resolve. Time and again, at home and abroad, you and your families have sacrificed to protect that powerful promise that all of us hold so dear –- life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Today, a proud nation expresses our gratitude. But we do so mindful that no ceremony or parade, no hug or handshake is enough to truly honor that service. For that, we must do more. For that, we must commit –- this day and every day -– to serving you as well as you’ve served us.
When I spoke here three years ago, I spoke about today’s generation of service members. This 9/11 Generation who stepped forward after the towers fell, and in the years since, have stepped into history, writing one of the greatest chapters of military service our country has ever known.
You toppled a dictator and battled an insurgency in Iraq. You pushed back the Taliban and decimated al Qaeda in Afghanistan. You delivered justice to Osama bin Laden. Tour after tour, year after year, you and your families have done all that this country has asked –- you’ve done that and more.
Three years ago, I promised your generation that when your tour comes to an end, when you see our flag, when you touch our soil, you’ll be welcomed home to an America that will forever fight for you, just as hard as you’ve fought for us. And so long as I have the honor of serving as your Commander-in-Chief, that is the promise that we will never stop working to keep.
This is the first Veterans Day in a decade in which there are no American troops fighting and dying in Iraq. (Applause.) Thirty-three thousand of our troops have now returned from Afghanistan, and the transition there is underway. After a decade of war, our heroes are coming home. And over the next few years, more than a million service members will transition back to civilian life. They’ll take off their uniforms and take on a new and lasting role. They will be veterans.
As they come home, it falls to us, their fellow citizens, to be there for them and their families -- not just now but always; not just for the first few years, but for as long as they walk this Earth.
To this day, we still care for a child of a Civil War veteran. To this day, we still care for over a hundred spouses and children of the men who fought in the Spanish-American War. Just last year, I came here to pay tribute as Frank Buckles, the last remaining American veteran of World War I, was laid to rest. Frank stepped up and served in World War I for two years. But the United States of America kept its commitment to serve him for many decades that followed.
So long after the battles end, long after our heroes come home, we stay by their side. That’s who we are. And that’s who we’ll be for today’s returning service members and their families. Because no one who fights for this country overseas should ever have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they have earned when they come home. (Applause.)
We know the most urgent task many of you face is finding a new way to serve. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to help you find jobs worthy of your incredible skills and talents. That’s why, thanks to the hard work of Michelle and Jill Biden, some of our most patriotic businesses have hired or trained 125,000 veterans and military spouses. It’s why we’re transforming, for the first time in decades, how the military transitions service members from the battlefield to the workplace. And because you deserve to share in the opportunities you defend, we are making sure that the Post-9/11 GI Bill stays strong so you can earn a college education and pursue your dreams. (Applause.)
If you find yourself struggling with the wounds of war –- such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or Traumatic Brain Injuries -– we’ll be there as well, with the care and treatment you need. No veteran should have to wait months or years for the benefits that you’ve earned, so we will continue to attack the claims backlog. We won’t let up. We will not let up. (Applause.) And as we mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, we have secured new disability benefits for Vietnam-era veterans exposed to Agent Orange. You needed it, you fought for it, and we got it done. (Applause.)
That’s what we do in America. We take care of our own. We take care of our veterans. We take care of your families. Not just by saluting you on one day, once a year, but by fighting for you and your families every day of every year. That’s our obligation –- a sacred obligation –- to all of you.
And it’s an obligation that we gladly accept for Americans like Petty Officer Taylor Morris. Six months ago, Taylor was serving our nation in Afghanistan. And as a member of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, his job was one of the most dangerous there is: to lead the way through territory littered with hidden explosives; to clear the way for his brothers-in-arms.
On May 3rd, while out on patrol, Taylor stepped on an IED. The blast threw him into the air. And when he hit the ground, Taylor realized that both his legs were gone. And his left arm. And his right hand.
But as Taylor lay there, fully conscious, bleeding to death, he cautioned the medics to wait before rushing his way. He feared another IED was nearby. Taylor’s concern wasn’t for his own life; it was for theirs.
Eventually, they cleared the area. They tended to Taylor’s wounds. They carried him off the battlefield. And days later, Taylor was carried into Walter Reed, where he became only the fifth American treated there to survive the amputation of all four limbs.
Now, Taylor’s recovery has been long. And it has been arduous. And it’s captivated the nation. A few months after the attack, with the help of prosthetics, the love and support of his family, and above all his girlfriend Danielle, who never left his side, Taylor wasn’t just walking again. In a video that went viral, the world watched he and Danielle dance again.
I’ve often said the most humbling part of my job is serving as Commander-in-Chief. And one of the reasons is that, every day, I get to meet heroes. I met Taylor at Walter Reed. And then in July, at the White House, I presented him with the Purple Heart. And right now, hanging on a wall in the West Wing is a photo of that day, a photo of Taylor Morris smiling wide and standing tall.
I should point out that Taylor couldn’t make it here today because he and Danielle are out kayaking. (Laughter and applause.) In Taylor we see the best of America -- a spirit that says, when we get knocked down, we rise again. When times are tough, we come together. When one of us falters, we lift them up. In this country we take care of our own –- especially our veterans who have served so bravely and sacrificed so selflessly in our name. And we carry on, knowing that our best days always lie ahead.
On this day, we thank all of our veterans from all of our wars – not just for your service to this country, but for reminding us why America is and always will be the greatest nation on Earth.
God bless you. God bless our veterans. God bless our men and women in uniform. And God bless these United States of America. Thank you very much.
Morrisville veteran proudly displays flags
Posted: Monday, November 12, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 10:14 am, Mon Nov 12, 2012.
By George Mattar Staff Writer | 0 comments
Posted on November 12, 2012
by George Mattar
Dominic Sebasto is the consummate American.
The 80-year-old Morrisville resident was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1954, went to Fort Dix for his basic training and then spent 17 years in the service before retiring as a sergeant first class.
He spent many of those years as a drill instructor training young men and women for battle at Fort Benning, GA.
He drives an American-made Buick, proudly displaying a red, white and blue ribbon.
Sebasto lives along Doloro Drive and proudly displays American flags and red ribbons in front of his home, where he’s lived for 45 years.
The flags, red ribbons and a sign that remembers the victims of Sept. 11 have been up since Sept. 2001, but recently, in light of Hurricane Sandy, he put up a sign to keep passersby mindful of how fortunate we were in Lower Bucks.
“I was over at my sister’s in Ewing. There is so much damage and they were without power longer than us,” he said. “While Sunday is Veterans Day, I also want everyone to think about those who died in the storm and others who lost their houses floating down a street.”
“It’s in my genes to remember those who died for their country during all the wars,” he said pointing to his red, white and blue folding chair with “USA” emblazoned on it.
“I use that chair to sit outside. When I do, people hit their brakes when they see all the flags. I replace them as they wear out,” he said.
Sebasto said he believes many Americans do not celebrate Veterans Day the way it was intended.
“Everyone is so worried about their cell phones and iPods and rush to this sale and that sale at the stores. It is ridiculous. It seems many don’t care about what war meant to this country and how it gave everyone the freedoms we enjoy.”
Sebasto, who worked for 42 years for Acme Markets before retiring, said he keeps busy caring for his home and visiting with his daughter, who recently gave him an 80th birthday party.
“We’re very close. I’ve outlived two wives and miss them, but I’ve been fortunate,” he said.
Morrisville couple on Wheel of Fortune's Military Families Week
Posted: Monday, November 12, 2012 7:55 pm | Updated: 7:58 pm, Mon Nov 12, 2012.
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Dan and Cat Vagnozzi of Morrisville won $17,000 on “Wheel of Fortune” tonight.
Dan, a native of Morrisville, is stationed in Ft. Knox, KY as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army. The West Point graduate was deployed to Afghanistan in 2011.
His wife, originally from Australia, is expecting their first child.
Locals schools need your votes
Posted: Monday, November 12, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 10:10 am, Mon Nov 12, 2012.
By ANTHONY DIMATTIA STAFF WRITER | 0 comments
Holy Trinity Catholic Elementary School in Morrisville was fighting for its life in February after a Blue Ribbon Commission recommended it close. Now it’s battling for $50,000 in a contest.
Holy Trinity, along with Villa Joseph Marie in Holland, Samuel K. Faust Elementary in Bensalem and John M. Grasse in Sellersville, have entered into a nationwide grant program, which allows voters to select the most deserving school for the top prize of $50,000.
Sponsored by Clorox, the Power a Bright Future program will award the top school $50,000, and the schools receiving the most votes in three categories — play, create and explore — will get a $25,000 grant.
Also, three schools will be selected from each category to receive a $25,000 judge’s choice grant.
Holy Trinity beat the odds last year when many schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia shut down because of finances. Now, with a new lease on life, the school is seeking votes to create an outdoor miniature town and learning area. If selected, the planned play area would be placed outside the new pre-kindergarten cottage, which recently added a garden along the building.
“This is phase two of the garden project, with phase three and four to come,” said Holy Trinity principal Elaine McDowell.
Currently, the school has only a small paved parking lot and a fenced-in yard behind the cottage for play space.
The school’s goal is to construct a scaled-down model of Morrisville that would include streets, sidewalks, traffic signs, child-sized vehicles, community buildings, a playground area and a vegetable garden.
“This would create a connection between the community of Morrisville and the school, which would also give the students a chance for outside play,” she said.
The assets would help teach younger students street safety and community pride while older students could use the garden to help mentor children at the cottage.
The school desperately needs these types of grants since it’s difficult to raise additional cash from financially strapped parents in Morrisville, where single-parent families make up 49 percent of households and average incomes are under $45,000, according to school officials.
Villa Joseph Marie has submitted plans for a summer arts program, which would allow students in grades six to eighth the opportunity to engage in an intensive, arts-related, camp-style educational experience.
The goal is to keep the minds of students active during the summer through activities like painting, sculpture, photography, music, dance and theater.
Villa Jo officials believe the grant would help their aspiring art students as well as create more well-rounded individuals.
To honor the 2010 passing of librarian Angela Felt, Samuel K. Faust Elementary hopes to use the funds to build a playground for its K through sixth-grade students.
An additional playground is needed to separate the K-third and fourth-sixth grade students who sometimes share recess time at the large school. By winning the grant, the school can honor Felt’s memory and create a safe play area for students.
With a growing need to improve education, J.M. Grasse Elementary would put the grant towards integrating technology into classroom learning. The school recently added projectors and 18 new iPads to classrooms through the PTO.
Yet in a building more than 50 years old, more changes would help students acquire the skills needed to survive in a complex, highly technological knowledge-based economy, according to school officials.
Anyone above the age of 13 may vote by visiting www.powerabrightfuture.clorox.com/ between Nov. 12 and Dec. 19 and use the keyword to search for your school of preference.
Participants may vote by both Web and text message once per day. Texts should be sent to 95248 along with the school’s nomination code, which can be found on the program’s website.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
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HOME vs Conwell-Egan Catholic 7:00 PM
I wonder how much all of the anonymous posters volunteer.
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