Three people died in separate accidents Friday and Saturday on state roads, the Oklahoma Highway Patrolreported.
Killed were Albert Cain, 54,of Broken Bow; Stephen R.Melton, 54, of Coffeyville,Kan.; and Christopher WayneMorris, 23, of Seligman, Mo.
Cain was pronounced deadat the scene of a motorcycleaccident on Oklahoma 3 earlySaturday in McCurtain County, troopers said.
Melton was involved in a head-on collision Friday evening on U.S. 75, less than onemile north of Copan in Washington County, troopers said.
He was taken to Saint Francis Hospital, where he waspronounced dead Saturday,the OHP reported.
Morris was involved in a collision Friday near Wyandotteon U.S. 60 in Ottawa County,OHP said.
He was taken to a nearbyhospital where he was pronounced dead, troopers said.
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In Loving Memory
The Best Mother Ever
PINELLAS COUNTY, FLA—An autopsy of the inmate who died in the Pinellas County Jail where she was being held for allegedly stealing a $9 Philly cheesesteak sandwich from a Publix supermarket indicates her cause of death was severe pneumonia brought on by an MRSA infection, according to Pinellas County medical examiner Jon Thogmartin.
Thogmartin says that 42-year-old Dorothy Palinchik of St. Petersburg Palinchik was the victim of an apparent staph infection caused by the antibiotic-resistent MRSA bacteria and pneumonia. She died Feb. 28, less than two weeks after she had been booked into the jail and had had no pre-existing health problems. Thogmartin said the autopsy was inconclusive if she contracted the infection at the jail or was already infected at the time of her booking on Feb. 13.
Palinchik’s family says a medical center doctor told them that the infection had done irreversible damage to the woman’s arms and legs, turning them black due to loss of circulation.  Family members say that doctors at first recommended amputating her arms and legs but later reportedly told them that Palinchik would probably die even with the surgery.  The family had decided against the surgery and were planning to take her off life support when she died.
Within a week after she had been jailed, Palinchik became ill and was transferred to the jail’s medical wing on Feb. 21.  Family members claim that she had repeatedly asked for medical help before being transferred but got what they say was inadequate care and was given only one Motrin and one Sudafed although her fever of 101.5 raged for five days. 
Upon being transported to the Largo Medical Center Friday night with chest pain and difficulty breathing, she lapsed into a coma.
The sheriff’s department has launched an internal investigation into the matter. The family has hired attorney Mark Buell of Tampa to initiate a federal civil rights claim against the Pinellas County Jail.

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The sixth annual Music Fund Fest, sponsored by the Clearfield County Fair Queen Committee, was held Saturday where a record amount of funds were raised for the Queens For Kids program for Children's Miracle Network. Accepting a check from the Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education, Chinklacamoose Clearfield Chapter No. 16, District No. 5, were, from left in front, Lydia Gearhart, third runner-up; Leah Carr, first runner-up; Fair Queen Danielle Maines; Melinda Korb, second runner-up; and Vanessa Johnson, fourth runner-up. Also, Justin Radwanski, CMN coordinator; and Janie and Mike Moore, whose son Jesse was a CMN poster child. In the back row are ABATE officers Dave Evans, president; Dennis Traveny, road captain; Bob Pisaneschi, sergeant at arms; Micki Renard, treasurer; and Mark Schultz, state of Pennsylvania vice president. (Photo by Jane Elling)
Music Fund Fest draws large crowd
By Jane Elling Staff Writer
More than 500 people attended the Clearfield County Fair Queen Committee's sixth annual Music Fund Fest on Saturday, held at the Expo I Building at the Clearfield Driving Park, said Robert Swales, co-chairperson of the Fair Queen Committee. The total included the bands, workers and complimentary tickets
All entertainers appearing donated their time and talents. Performing were One Lane Bridge from Allenbank; The Moore Brothers from Clearfield; Young Gunz, local artists; Ozone Rangers from Buffalo, N.Y; and Smokin' Joe and the Wild Horse Band from Clearfield County. Bob E. Day again served as master of ceremonies.
During the last song played by One Lane Bridge, "God Bless the USA," an enthusiastic crowd waved flags that had been distributed, and when the Moore Brothers played, attendees turned out on the floor to dance. The enthusiasm continued as the crowd enjoyed the music and the different types of snack foods and beverages available, and they purchased and distributed tickets into the various containers in hopes of winning the top prizes. Mr. Swales said Steve Livergood won the 1-carat diamond cluster ring worth $1,000 that was donated by Zalno Jewelers of Clearfield, and the chainsaw carving went to Paul Serena of Hyde.

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To celebrate the opening of their new Oceanside cancer center this weekend, NorthCountyOncology will host a large exhibition of paintings, drawings and other artwork from the national “Lilly Oncology on Canvas” exhibition.
Sponsored in 2006 by Eli Lilly and Co., the “Lilly Oncology on Canvas” is a biennial art competition that invites people diagnosed with any type of cancer (as well as their family, friends and health-care providers) to express in words and art the life-affirming changes that give their cancer journey meaning.
The public is invited to see the art at the grand opening celebration from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at NorthCountyOncology at 3617 Vista Way in Oceanside. On Sunday, visitors are invited to join in a paint-athon and express their own cancer journeys. Call (760) 758-5770.
Got the 420? The phrase is an inside reference for marijuana smokers, but it’s being used in the opposite way this weekend by the Vista Community Clinic for its “420 Remix: A Celebration of Sober and Drug-Free Life Choices Battle of the Bands.”
To promote anti-drug awareness, the clinic is this year celebrating sobriety with its first-ever Battle of the Bands from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday (4/20 on the calendar) at the Oceanside Bandshell. Besides live music by local teen bands, organizers will offer a climbing rock wall, educational booths and other activities and entertainment for all ages.
The free event is part of a countywide program that included the County Board of Supervisors recently declaring 4/20 the “Sober and Drug Free Life Choices Day.”
The first annual Fallbrook Film Festival is just around the corner —- April 24-26 —- but Fallbrook High students are getting a jump on the action with their own film fest this weekend.
The first annual Student Film Festival will be held on campus at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The program will feature 12 five-minute student-made films. Awards will be presented for best direction, best film, best actor and actress and best editing and sound. The event will be staged like the Academy Awards, with dressed-up students arriving at the Bob Burton Center for Performing Arts via red carpet.

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Harley is a 2-year-old neutered orange and white short hair with yellow-green eyes. He has a big wonderful personality and loves attention from people and will follow them around. He also gets along great with other cats.
Find Harley at Cats Are Us, 119 Providence Blvd. Adoption fees are $75 for male cats, $85 for female cats and $100 for either sex that’s declawed. The fee for dogs is $85. Fees include spaying or neutering, deworming and standard vaccinations. For information, call 503-0053 or visit www.catsareus.petfinder.org.
Jack is an 18-month-old neutered basset hound/yellow lab mix. He was found in the woods with a gunshot wound. Jack has received great vet care and is all healed up. He is a sweet dog who loves all people, especially children.
His adoption fee is $100, which includes vaccinations, rabies, current heartworm and flea prevention, and neuter. Find Jack at the Clarksville Humane Society. The shelter also runs a pet food bank for needy pets and offers low-cost spaying and neutering. For information, call 648-8042 or visit www.clarksvillehumanesociety.org.
Taylor is a beautiful blue merle colored, 2-year-old, 8-pound toy Australian shepherd. She was dumped with two other dogs, one of which was killed by a car. Taylor is sweet and friendly and she gets along well with other dogs.
Find her at Second Chance and Happy Tails. The shelter has an adoption fee of $100 to $150, which includes spaying or neutering and vaccinations.
For more information visit their Web site at www.secondchancehappytails.petfinder. org. Phone, 503-8300 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Daisy is a super cute puppy, a 3-month-old house trained and crate trained female Dalmatian mix. She is currently in a foster home with other dogs and does great with them. Daisy is very friendly and loves people, an all-around great dog.

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Teen arrested for attempted burglary
Des Moines police officers arrested a 16-year-old Thursday for attempted burglary at Lincoln High School.
Officers said they were responding to a triggered alarm at the school at 1:47 a.m. and found Spencer Lee Starrett of Des Moines running northbound from the school, according to the police report.
Officers ordered Starrett at gunpoint to stop.
Officers said Starrett first obeyed by falling to the ground, but then got up and walked toward an officer waving his arms.
An officer was able to grab Starrett and handcuff him.
Officers found a broken window and a landscaping brick covered in mud in front of the window.
Officers said in the police report that “there was no evidence that actual entry was made.”
Police said Starrett admitted to drinking shots of alcohol.
Starrett was also charged with public intoxication and interference with official acts.
Residents must remove cemetery decorations
The city of Pleasant Hill asks that residents who wish to keep gravesite decorations pick up them up today through April 1 at Oakwood Cemetery.
All decorations left after April 1 will be thrown away.
9/11 group to meet at library
A group that believes the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the East Coast were partly directed by the American government will meet Monday at the Adel Public Library, 303 S. 10th St.

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Kristina “Tina” Griffen loved cats and her life was filled with music.
Griffen, 31, was walking to her University Heights home from a Tuesday night concert at Bogart’s when the very drunk woman fell 20 feet and landed on her head in a University of Cincinnati parking lot.
She died instantly.
“She was wearing moccasin-like boots that had no tread. She just slipped on the ice and took a real nasty fall,” said her brother Forrest Griffen, 36, of Fort Mitchell.
The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, which declared Griffen’s death an accident, noted her blood-alcohol content was 0.295, almost four times Ohio’s legal limit for driving of 0.08.
She apparently fell from a walkway on a retaining wall along UC’s Sander Hall. The walkway has a metal railing.
Her brother noted the irony that his sister knew she was too drunk to drive home, so she tried to walk.
“That’s why it was a tragedy. She wasn’t doing anything wrong. It was just an accident,” he said.
The concert was by Dark Star Orchestra, a cover band for the Grateful Dead, one of Tina Griffen’s favorite bands.
Music, her brother said, was a constant in her life.
Their mother and father were classical musicians and graduates of UC’s College-Conservatory of Music. Her father played the French horn; her mother, the flute.
Her mom, Karen, is retired from the New York City Metropolitan Opera.
Her mom was at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on Wednesday, 20 minutes from boarding a flight to Minnesota to play in a concert, when she was contacted by authorities and told her daughter was dead.
“Thank God she didn’t get on that plane,” Forrest Griffen said.
As he talked, Forrest Griffen sat on the porch of his sister’s house - which she bought last summer - and one of her cats jumped up in the window. She had three.
“Cats were her favorite thing ever,” said Erika Denlinger, 21, of Clifton.
Denlinger works at the Riddle Road Market, where Kristina Griffen worked for nine years and was the assistant manager.
The store and its customers had become her second home. “She was the heart of the store,” Denlinger said.
The store has several photos of Griffen - tubing with a friend, standing above the California surf, sitting next to her mom. In all of them, she is smiling or laughing.
“She always had a smile on her face,” Denlinger said. “She had the most unique laugh ever. You could be having the worst day and she would make you laugh.”
The family grew up in Westchester County, N.Y., just north of New York City, but both Forrest and his sister attended UC and stayed in Cincinnati.
“She wasn’t even sure she was going to stay here in Cincinnati, but Cincinnati was very good to her,” her brother said.
Services are pending.

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The Fit 4 Football scheme is being run by former Nottingham Forest and Chesterfield centre-half Steve Blatherwick, who hails from Hucknall, and ex-Notts County, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday striker David Reeves.
Training camps held to promote the initiative do not just focus on football skills.
There is also a strong emphasis on all-round care of the body, including healthy eating, and boys taking part are served fruit smoothies.
A ‘taster’ of the project was held at Hucknall National Comprehensive School on Annesley Road for two days last week.
This was attended by about 30 boys from various primary schools in the Hucknall area.
The ‘taster’ was in advance of a Fit 4 Football course to be held at the same venue during the Easter holidays (March
25 to 28) and again between May 27 and 30.
Blatherwick (34), who lives in Papplewick, and Reeves (40) had careers totalling more than 40 years between them as professional footballers.
A testimonial match for Blatherwick between Chesterfield and Forest was held at Saltergate last July.
“We are both keen to put something back into the game,” he said. “I cannot think of anything more worthwhile than passing what we know about football to youngsters.
“Fit 4 Football has been running in Sheffield for a year or so and we wanted to bring it to the Nottingham area as well.”
Blatherwick, who prides himself on being ‘a Hucknall lad,’ is not only a qualified football coach but also a personal trainer and sports therapist.
He runs one of Hucknall Sports Youth Club’s teams, while he and Reeves jointly coach Gainsborough Trinity, who play in Hucknall Town’s Blue Square North league.

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