| A Personal Rememberance by John Allen, League Board Member
In 1972, I was halfway home with a flat tire and walked into a bike shop that was just closing. Sheldon stayed late to fix it. That's how I first met him. There were 46 bicycles in or around his house "with a few shared wheels", by his recent count, mostly in his basement. He didn't buy bicycles off the shelf -- as a challenge to his mechanical ingenuity, and a way to spend less money and spend more time doing what he liked to do, he cobbled up customized bicycles from parts he acquired mostly through special deals, barter or secondhand, to suit himself or someone in his family. He often came up with a something unique, clever and useful. You may read about his bicycles on his Web site. He had an eye for style, but also, one or two rusty clunkers hung out by the back door getting rustier, for the quick ride to the convenience store, and several old hulks of bikes lived under the front porch.
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The report stated: “Simply put, these notions demand that the individual Muslim must not merely feel deep affection for and identity with his fellow believers and with all that is authentically Islamic. The individual Muslim must also feel an abhorrence for nonbelievers, hypocrites, heretics, and all that is deemed ‘unIslamic'. The latter category encompasses those Muslims who are judged to practise an insufficiently rigorous form of Islam." Most books stopped short of calling for violence. But they created a climate of intolerance and contempt for non Muslims that could be exploited by violent jihadists, the researchers said. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article276... .
Sport Chalet Expands Into Utah Market With New Store Opening
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sport Chalet, Inc. today announced that it will enter the Utah market with the opening of its new 42,000 sq. ft. store located at Jordan Landing, 7682 S. Campus View Drive, West Jordan, UT 84084. This location will feature an on-site SCUBA training pool. This is the Company's 49th store. A grand opening celebration and sale is scheduled for Friday, November 2nd through Sunday, November 4th. Activities will include the Gale Webb Extreme Sports & Air Show, celebrity appearances, sports demonstrations, free introductory SCUBA lessons and free giveaways. On Friday at 9 a.m., Mayor David B. Newton, members of the West Jordan Chamber of Commerce and other guests, along with Sport Chalet General Manager Sean Olsen, will kick off the festivities with a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony.
Teen Charged in Tenn. School Shooting
A feud between two high school students that began off campus culminated at a gym class Monday when one student shot the other twice, then handed the gun to a coach, saying, "It's over now," authorities said. The victim, a 19-year-old senior, was in critical condition at a hospital, authorities said. The suspected shooter, 17-year-old sophomore Corneilous Cheers, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, reckless endangerment and carrying a gun on school property, said police spokeswoman Monique Martin. The teenagers got into a confrontation off campus over the weekend or last week, police said. Investigators were trying to determine whether it was related to gang activity, Martin said. A detention hearing was scheduled for Tuesday in juvenile court for Cheers, who did not yet have a lawyer.
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