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Forgive St. Michael’s junior middle hitter Alexa Chavez if she didn’t know who Ashley Sorensen was. But Capital High’s 6-foot middle blocker was just another in a line of big bodies Chavez and the Lady Horsemen volleyball team have seen already.

So when St. Michael’s head coach Chela Butler told Chavez to work the ball around Sorensen during a timeout in the fifth game of the nondistrict match Wednesday, Chavez responded with, "Who?"

Sorensen didn’t make a peep as the Lady Horsemen scored three of the final four points to secure a 25-21, 18-25,Bead bracelet, 19-25,watches, 25-21,discount tiffany cuff Links, 15-9 win in Capital’s Edward A. Ortiz Memorial Gymnasium.

Chavez’s curious reply might be ingrained in a nondistrict schedule that already tested St. Michael’s, and all the thanks can go to the Clovis Invitational, where it went 2-1. After spending last weekend facing the best from West Texas, Arizona and a few of the top teams in New Mexico, the Lady Horsemen (3-1) didn’t fizzle against the Lady Jaguars’ front line.

"We saw Division-I players in Clovis,tiffany cuff Links for sale," Butler said. "Denver City from Texas has a player that’s being recruited by the University of Nebraska. We’ve got Albuquerque Academy there, and they’ve got three

6-footers. Texico’s a tiny little team, and they play big.

"Even though you don’t play against all of them, you see them and you’re watching them play. And I keep telling my girls, ‘You can do that.’ "

The advantage of playing those teams revealed itself after Capital took a 20-16 lead in Game 4.

The Lady Jaguars (1-1) were a confident bunch — unlike the listless group that couldn’t keep up against Pojoaque Valley last week — and were about to close out the match with a roar.

Even in the face of imminent demise, St. Michael’s battled back with a 9-1 rally to force a fifth game. Monique Romero said the Lady Horsemen found inspiration in Capital’s good fortune up to that point.

"While we were walking back (from a St. Michael’s timeout at 20-16), Capital was really excited,Atlas charm bracelet," junior outside hitter Monique Romero said. "So that got us mad, and we came out there and played tough."

Especially Chavez, a 6-1 junior who only turned 16 last month. She hammered three of her 11 kills over the final four points of the game.

Her swagger wasn’t just discovered in Clovis — she’s been a varsity player in volleyball (as well as basketball) since she was a freshman. She also played on the varsity for softball in the spring.

"It’s that sophomore year of being on three varsity teams creates a world of confidence," Butler said.

Her teammates, though, already have three tough matches under their belt, and their composure showed.

The Game 4 comeback inspired an 8-2 run in the final game as Capital wilted under the pressure.

Stephanie Oellien mishit three kill attempts during the run, and Janeth Santos and Rocio Archuleta sailed serves into the net.

"They let pressure start creeping in, and they got a little complacent, thinking, ‘It’s there. It’s in the bag,’ " Capital head coach Natalie Garcia said. "Then the errors just start to build, the unforced errors, and that’s exactly right. They need to learn to finish."

Capital learned to play with better intensity for most of the match.

Archuleta had 11 kills through the first four games, and Oellien added nine more. Still, the sign of what was the come was displayed in Game 2, as St. Michael’s cut a 20-8 deficit to 23-18 before the Lady Jaguars righted themselves.

"We were up ridiculously, but we let them creep back," Garcia said. "Close enough that, if they got on fire, that could have changed the game. They need to learn to take it and run with it."

The Lady Jaguars needed only to look across the net to understand what Garcia was talking about.

Contact James Barron at 986-3045 or jbarron@sfnewmexican.com. Read his blog at thereadbarron.com.

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Jessica Tsosie can set.

And dig.

And pass.

And lead.

It is her combination plate of skills that is one reason the Lady Braves of Santa Fe Indian School are undefeated and ranked fourth in Class AAA.

In a matchup of ranked teams, the Lady Braves dismissed the Lady Cardinals of Las Vegas Robertson 25-15, 25-15, 25-23 Thursday night in Francis L. Abeyta Memorial Gymnasium.

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"We knew we’d get some serious competition," Seatha Pacheco, SFIS head coach, said. "Nothing is going to be free. They’re going to fight all the way through."

It’s true.

Down a pair of games and knotted 17-17, the Lady Cardinals stitched together six unanswered points and fashioned a 23-17 advantage.

Two timeouts did nothing to change the momentum, not with Lakeshia Padilla on the sideline with cramps. With the libero replacing Padilla on the back row, Pacheco had no choice but to pull Padilla away from getting her leg wrapped and insert her back in the lineup, so she could make another substitution.

Padilla, a 6-foot senior, hammered three of her 11 team-high spikes to complete the sweep and raise the Lady Braves’ record to 3-0.

"When she plays like she did, she can be very intimidating," Pacheco said of Padilla,cheap tiffany rings, who had nine digs and served two aces.

And when Tsosie covers one side of the court and then the other in a 10-second spurt, she can be downright exhausting.

"She played an excellent defensive game," Pacheco said of Tsosie, who had six digs, two aces and 19 assists.

Melodie Cruz chipped in eight kills and three digs, while Danielle Nelson had three kills and four blocks.

There was only one blemish.

The teams no longer reside in the same district.

"Now we beat them," Pacheco laughed before turning serious. "Every match matters."

NMSD 3, ROY 1

The next best thing to being ranked is knocking off a ranked team, which is precisely when Lady Roadrunners accomplished in their 25-16, 25-9, 22-25, 25-18 win over the Lady Longhorns, ranked seventh in Class B, in Larson Gymnasium.

"It was our first big test of the year and we passed," Stacy Nowak, New Mexico School for the Deaf head coach, said through an interpreter. "We shocked them in the first two games for sure."

The Lady Roadrunners also found their stride after stumbling in the third game.

Caldonia Wilding finished with nine kills for the Lady Roadrunners (3-0). She also served six aces en route to 10 service points.

Regina Garcia had seven aces and 17 service points for NMSD. Setter Mia Fernandez recorded 13 assists to go with her seven points.

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Who didn’t?

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Maddy Romero chipped in nine kills and three aces, Sabrina Duran had six aces and setter Karli Salazar had 30 assists and four aces.

The Lady Sundevils (2-2) rallied from a 23-15 deficit in the third game of the nondistrict match in Edward A. Medina Gymnasium.

"Our serving and passing were great tonight," coach Salazar said.

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Toward the end of summer, when most flowers are fading, Japanese anemones come to life. These plants came to us from China through Japan, hence the name Japanese stuck.

There are many varieties and forms of Japanese anemones. Their flowers are single, double or shapes in between. Their colors range from the purest frosty white to soft rosy pink and a lovely lavender.

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The first ones I planted were given to me by a German lady, Brigetta, who did not know their name, but she sure knew how to grow them. I later learned that her variety was Robustissima, which is pink and grows to about 30 inches tall. It is a very robust plant that will spread rapidly if it likes its site.

A few years later, I was introduced to another anemone, Honorine Jobert. I think this is one of the loveliest flowers I grow. It has an elegant white flower with a yellow center. I bought two plants and put them in the ground them immediately, but did not see any sign of them for about two years. I learned later that they like a soil that is not as acidic as ours here, so I applied just a little dolomitic lime to the area. Suddenly, they appeared and flourished.

I have since read that most Japanese anemones take some time to establish themselves. The Honorine Jobert comes along about the second week in September and has stems about 36 inches tall. This lovely plant was so admired by the Royal Horticultural Society that they gave it the Award of Garden Merit. This variety, like most other anemones, forms more of a clump and is not aggressive as the robustissima happens to be.

Robustissima is pretty too, but you need to know, of all the Japanese anemones, it is aggressive if it likes its spot in your garden. I planted it in my narrow driveway bed, which has a diverse assortment of flowers. After a few years,tiffany money clips on sale, I realized robustissima was too hardy for that particular location. The deep roots of this variety made it hard to move, so if you plant robustissima, make sure it is where you want it to be. I finally did succeed in moving it to another place,thanksgiving money clips, but it was not an easy job.

Whirlwind is another white variety I have planted and loved. It has a semi-double white flower that stands elegantly atop the long, graceful 30-inch stems. It comes along about the first of September, just before Honorine Jobert. Both of these are real winners.

I have a few others coming along,tiffany bracelets sale, but they are newer to my garden than the three I have mentioned above and enjoyed for the last 10 years. Queen Charlotte has a double, soft pink flower with a deeper pink underside. It is known to be vigorous. Pamina is distinguished by its lavender to deep-rose color. It is a semi-double too. Again, I am just now trying my hand at these,tiffany necklaces clearance, so I cannot give a recommendation.

To me, this fall-blooming jewel is an underused plant, which I attribute to it not being readily available in local garden centers. I happened upon anemones at Garden Gate Nursery and Raymond’s Garden Center, both in Hendersonville, N.C. Hopefully, I have piqued your interest and you will remember to be patient for the magnificent display of Honorine Jobert, my favorite. If you like instant gratification, plant robustissima to see results much quicker, but do not forget its sprawling nature.

I hope you will enjoy these long-lived, vole- and deer-resistant plants.

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For a few jewelry stores, 2001 may have been golden. But for most it was flawed.

Nationally, last year was the worst year for jewelry retailers in the past three years, according to statistics from Jewelers of America, an industry trade organization with 10,000 members, including 300 in Georgia.

Sales for 2001 reached $40 billion nationally, said Fred Michmershuizen, director of marketing for Jewelers of America. That’s down from 2000, when the industry hit $41.6 billion nationally. And that’s down from the highs in 1999 when national jewelers sold almost $43 billion in merchandise, Michmershuizen said.

The poor holiday season was one of the reasons Service Merchandise Co. (OTC BB: SVCDQ) – the ninth-largest jewelry seller in the country, according to the National Jeweler Magazine top 40 – plans to liquidate all of its stores and close permanently.

Zale Corp. (NYSE: ZLC) reported same-store sales were up almost 2 percent from 2000 after it sorted out inventory and merchandise problems, while Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) reported a 2 percent decline in same-store sales – much less of a decline than some analysts had predicted.

Closer to home, Savannah-based Friedman’s Inc. (Nasdaq: FRDM) reported 2001 net sales of $411 million with a 2 percent increase in same-store sales, according to the company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Dec. 28. That’s up from 2000, when Friedman’s reported sales of $376.3 million. The company operates more than 640 stores nationwide (including more than 25 in the Atlanta area) and is No. 16 in National Jeweler Magazine’s top 40 jewelry retailers in 2001.

But Friedman’s increased sales came at a cost. Its net income fell to $12.2 million in 2001, down from $19.7 million in 2000.

Friedman’s profits were tarnished by a large increase in selling, general and administrative expenses – especially an increase in bad debt, which was 19 percent of 2001 revenues as opposed to 14.5 percent in 2000, according to the annual report. More than half the company’s sales are done through credit, Friedman’s reported.

Friedman’s officials could not be reached for comment by press time. Friedman’s is scheduled to announce its first-quarter earnings Jan. 15.

The company has opened an average of 64 stores a year since 1992, but has scaled back growth plans for 2002. Friedman’s plans to open between 10 and 30 new stores this year, compared with the 55 new stores it opened in 2001.

Friedman’s stock price has fluctuated widely during the past year, with a 52-week low of around $4.75 per share and a 52-week high of more than $12 a share. The company’s stock was trading between $10.50 and $11 per share on Jan. 9.

Reeds leaving mall

For other local players, the market hasn’t been as good as it has been for Friedman’s.

“On a scale of one to 10, I’d say we did a six,” said Twana Grayer, an assistant manager for Reeds Jewelers Inc. (Amex: RJI) at Cumberland Mall. “We didn’t meet our budget but we did pretty close to it.”

Grayer didn’t disclose sales volumes, but said the problem wasn’t the number of people coming into the store in 2001 – particularly during the critical Christmas shopping season. It was that consumers weren’t willing to spend as much on jewelry.

Reeds plans to close its Mall of Georgia store by Jan. 31, said Alan Zimmer, president and CEO of N.C.-based Reeds.

“We have earmarked a number of stores throughout the company that aren’t performing well,” Zimmer said.

Reeds operates the two stores in Atlanta, and the company has yet to decide on the fate of the Cumberland Mall store, he said.

Jewelers of America’s Michmershuizen said 2001 showed just how closely tied jewelers are to the economy, especially in a year when consumer spending was knocked out by a recession and terrorism that froze consumers’ confidence, and thus their wallets.

Tom Ross felt that impact. Ross, owner of Ross Jewelry Co. at the Piedmont Center office complex in Buckhead, said his specialty store practically could have closed right after Sept. 11.

“September and October, we could’ve closed and taken a vacation,” Ross said. “People’s minds were elsewhere.”

Ross’ store mainly caters to an affluent clientele. But even that wasn’t enough to buffer against the overall consumer confidence shakeup.

“Even the affluent customer has had their portfolio battered just like everybody else,” he said. “We were saved, quite frankly, in December.”

Ross said his store, in the end, showed a sales increase of about 10 percent in 2001 over the previous year, the store’s first year of operation. He declined to give exact revenues.

The biggest boon came during the Christmas shopping season – one of the three most critical selling times for jewelers. Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day also are critical, holidays which can make up 70 percent to 80 percent of a store’s annual revenue, according to statistics compiled by National Jeweler Magazine.

And Ross said he kept his margins from shrinking too much, a critical factor in this environment.

Jim Pavia, editor in chief of National Jeweler Magazine, said thats the strength of small independent jewelers as opposed to the big jewelry store chains and mass merchandise sellers – the smaller, more nimble retailers can “turn on a dime” and adjust to the economy.

“What’s happened over the last two years has made them more savvy on how to do business better,” Pavia said. “Hopefully, if they do work their business smarter, they’ll run their business tighter.”

Pavia said jewelers felt the chilly consumer reception as early as 2000 in some areas of the country. And a recent survey by the magazine indicated most consumers – 30 percent of those interviewed – would spend $50 or less on jewelry during the 2001 holiday season. At the same time, 12 percent of consumers interviewed planned to spend more than $300 on jewelry, Pavia said.

“The consumer was a little bit leery on how much they were going to spend,” he said.

A longtime Buckhead jeweler, Skippy Musket & Co., also plans to close for good, said owner Skippy Musket. The store, in Phipps Plaza, will shutter on Jan. 31, Musket said. But she said that has nothing to do with jewelry sales. If anything, her store ended on a “very up note.”

“I’m retiring,” Musket said. “I think fine pieces are always in demand [regardless of the economy].”

Diamonds in the rough

Jewelers of America is predicting an increase in jewelry spending in 2002. The organization estimates that jewelry sales nationally will be about $42.3 billion.

Pavia said the rebound in sales will likely shadow the economic rebound, as well as an increase in incentives offered by retailers, who are getting better deals from jewelry suppliers.

“I think the suppliers have to be receptive, too. If they want to move their product, they’re going to have to offer incentives to the retailers,” he said.

Ross agreed.

“You have to use every skill in your tool bag. Relationships are very critical, [especially] relationships with suppliers,” Ross said.

Tiffany & Co. today unveiled store windows worldwide with an “Under the Sea” theme to raise awareness about the damage coral harvesting inflicts on critically important marine ecosystems.

Tiffany jewelry window designers created a fantasy world around this serious subject. Each window offers a different view–and a different hue–of the ocean floor. The topography of hills and valleys is shaped by glittering sand and bathed in deep blue, pristine white, lavender or turquoise. Gossamer fabric forms waves of color and bubbles swirl around vibrant coral shapes sculpted in resin. The ocean-themed windows seek to inform the public that corals are living animals. Together with the reef systems which they help create, corals provide marine life with food and fertile grounds for reproduction.

“Today, corals are in crisis–the result of destructive fishing methods, climate change, and their removal for use as decorative objects and jewelry,” said Michael J. Kowalski, chairman and chief executive officer of Tiffany & Co. “In 2002 we discontinued selling coral jewelry, concluding that in a world where corals and reef communities are under siege, we could not be complicit in their destruction. It is our hope to raise consumer awareness of this important issue and to urge fellow jewelers to join us in refusing to sell coral jewelry.”

In addition, Tiffany supports SeaWeb, a nonprofit organization, and its Too Precious to Wear campaign, designed to educate consumers and retailers about coral conservation. Tiffany also backs the reauthorization of a U.S. Coral Reef Conservation Act and the addition of red coral to the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Appendix II, which lists species that could become threatened with extinction if trade is not carefully monitored.

The protection of corals is just one of several initiatives Tiffany has undertaken in the area of social and environmental responsibility. Tiffany is committed to what it calls “sustainable style,” enduring designs of beauty that pose no threat to natural resources.

The “Under the Sea” windows will be on view throughout the summer, with rotating designs from Tiffany’s renowned collections, including Bezet, a new diamond engagement ring.

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A: I too have patients who swear by magnetic bracelets. A variety of devices is available: designs to fit different joints, belts and back supports, even magnetic mattresses.

Manufacturers, as well as purchasers who feel they benefited, offer interesting if implausible explanations: for instance that magnets influence red blood cells (because of their iron content) and thereby improve circulation.

As GPs we all know the healing power of a good story, but unfortunately I could find no reliable research confirming the efficacy of weak magnetism.

Perhaps our patients’ experiences should prompt more research into these potentially silver rings safe and cheap treatments.

Strong electromagnetic fields are another matter.

A 1959 study showed they enhance regeneration of severed amphibian limbs and subsequent controlled trials of strong electromagnetic fields have demonstrated therapeutic effects in fracture healing, tissue repair, and osteoporosis.

Their impact on depression, reported in a 1996 Lancet study, seems perhaps more surprising.

Dr David Peters, Clinical Director Complementary Therapies, Centre for Community Care and Primary Health, University of Westminster

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“It is a privilege to celebrate Lannett’s continuing success by participating in the tiffany jewelry NYSE opening bell ringing ceremony,” said Bedrosian. “Our financial performance over the last several quarters has been strong and we have taken actions to further grow the company, including advancing our pain management business and increasing our investment in research and development to add to our growing product offering and further diversify our portfolio.” About Lannett Company, Inc.: Lannett Company, founded in 1942, develops, manufactures, packages, markets and distributes generic pharmaceutical products for a wide range of indications. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.lannett.com. This news release contains certain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events or future business performance. Any such statements, including, but not limited to, investing in R&D to add to the company’s growing product offering and further diversify its portfolio, whether expressed or implied, are subject to risks and uncertainties which can cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors which include, but are not limited to, tiffany bangles the difficulty in predicting the timing or outcome of FDA or other regulatory approvals or actions, the ability to successfully commercialize products upon approval, Lannett’s estimated or anticipated future financial results, future inventory levels, future competition or pricing, future levels of operating expenses, product development efforts or performance, and other risk factors discussed in the company’s Form 10-K and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. These forward-looking statements represent the company’s judgment as of the date of this news release. The company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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Smiling, Haley Christmas tiffany jewelry rides again.

She will ride soon, anyway. Because York County will not stand for somebody stealing a golf cart from a lady with cerebral palsy.

The story of the theft of “Bye-bye,” Haley’s golf cart, ran in Thursday’s Herald. It was snatched last week from her family’s yard in Lesslie. The cart remains missing.

But by Thursday afternoon, Haley Christmas was at Andy’s Used Golf Cars in Rock Hill, deciding whether she wanted pink or blue.

Showing Haley and her father the options was a guy with working man’s gear oil on his hands and tears running down his face named Andy Clabough. A man who heard about the theft and heard from his customers who wanted to donate and strangers who wanted to donate, and without anybody asking, he offered to build a new cart for free.

“Blue!” squealed Haley.

“Blue it is!” called out Clabough.

Before Thursday, Andy Clabough had never heard of Haley Christmas rings. Yet, before 8 a.m., calls were coming in to Clabough with offers to help.

A guy named Wayne Logan who took his electric cart there for service offered up his cart, no strings attached. Since Haley needed gas, Logan just said, “Put a sign on mine and sell it and use the money for Haley.”

Clabough decided right then and there that this girl was going to get a cart, if he had to pay for it himself.

“I never had a morning like this in my whole life,” Clabough said. “This is about the most amazing thing I ever saw. I come to work today, and I found out that people care so much more about a little lady who had her golf cart stolen than anything else.

“Hit me right in the gut, it did. Been crying all day.”

Clabough took an old plastic jar that once held pretzels and made it into a collection box. People called and offered to bring in cash. One guy offered $400.

A lady named Frances McEntee, who before Thursday never heard of Clabough or the Christmas bracelets family, started e-mailing and calling friends and fellow parents at St. Anne Catholic School to raise money because she could not sit idly by after reading of this dastardly deed. The school forwarded the e-mail to hundreds.

“I went to the dentist; the hygienist gave me $5 for Haley, and the dentist wrote a check,” McEntee said. “Anybody I talked with wanted to help.”

A guy named Henry Eldridge from Tega Cay came in to Clabough’s shop to get some work done on his golf cart and dropped in a big bunch of money without ever meeting Haley Christmas.

“No way is somebody going to take away Haley’s wheels,” Eldridge said. “Thieves don’t win. Haley wins.”

By 1 p.m., the jar had fivers and ten-spots and C-notes. A C-note is a $100 bill. Clear plastic jars with c-notes look great.

Finally, better than a thousand dollars to help get another cart to replace the one that had cost about $5,000 three years ago when it was bought. Clabough thought he was on his way.

But Clabough didn’t have to pay for a new cart. Paul and Jeryl Christmas, Haley’s parents, didn’t have to pay, either.

A lady named Nicki Nash whose kids go to that St. Anne school made one phone call to her boss, Founders Federal Credit Union president Bruce Brumfield. Brumfield needed about two seconds to say: “Do what you gotta do; get that girl a golf cart!”

Paul and Haley Christmas came over to the shop to meet Clabough, who sure was getting no other work done Thursday as he fielded phone calls and dropped money in the jar and cried like a baby.

Nash stopped in and told Clabough the cart builder these simple words from behind a huge grin almost as big as Haley’s grin: “Do what you gotta do. Make it happen.”

All agreed that Founders would pay for the base cart, and the donations would pay for the extras to make Haley Christmas‘ cufflinks golf cart the best cart any girl who likes to sit at the side of the road waving and smiling at strangers ever rode in. And this one will have a security system to make sure it isn’t stolen.

These strangers turned friends decided if the stolen cart turns up, it will be donated in Haley’s name to a charity that needs a cart to get another disabled person around. If there is extra money after the cart is finished, it will go into a foundation or scholarship in Haley’s name to help someone else with cerebral palsy.

“My daughter’s been smiling all her life. She’s 27 years old, but this might be the best day she ever had,” said Paul Christmas, Haley’s father.

Haley gave out as many hugs at that golf cart shop as there were people to accept them. Clabough got his hug and that golf cart mechanic just about floated.

Clabough needs a couple weeks to put together this custom cart. It will have special tires and taillights. A radio/CD player, and roof, and special backseats for Haley’s friends and family. A cover to keep out the rain. A gas engine for plenty of get-up-and-go. There will be hubcaps to shine and mirrors to see where she’s been.

But no headlights. Haley’s glowing smile will light the way to wherever she may go.

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