Mobile Home Sales in Minturn, SC

The holiday season is nearly upon us, and with it comes the inevitable end-of-year best-of roundups and reflections, and awards for things you didn’t know had awards, like, apparently, the Best Public Restroom in America 2015.

That illustrious honor was bestowed by Cincinnati-based business services corporation Cintas to the public restrooms in the 1.4-square-mile town of Minturn, Colorado. Astonishingly, the contest is in its 14^th year, founded in 2002 “to honor businesses across the country that consider hygiene and style top priorities,” according to the company, and conducted via public nominations and online voting.

This year’s nominees included the facilities at a wine bar, an art museum, an underground salt mine, and a nursing suite inside a baseball stadium. Cintas said in a press release that it selected 10 finalists based on “cleanliness, visual appeal, innovation, functionality and unique design elements.”

According the release, the Minturn his-and-hers restrooms are inspired by the town’s history, designed to mimic a passageway into a Rocky Mountain mine. To create a piece of “functional art,” the local planning commission, town council, carpenters, public works department, concrete workers, steel artists, and plumbers collaborated to create what the company calls an “impressive ‘potty’ for the town to celebrate.”

And why not? Public restrooms are a necessary evil, so there is nothing wrong with making them vehicles for civic pride, as well designed as anything else in the built world. But while the opening image of the Minturn restrooms is a winner, the sculptural forms blending into the stunning scenery like a pair of glorified outhouses, the only available photos of the interior are less inspired. Also suspicious is the fact that no actual toilets are pictured in these images, unlike the third-place runner-up in this year’s contest, Charleston Distilling in Charleston, South Carolina, below.

Check out all the finalists here, and past winners in the America’s Best Restroom Hall of Fame.

rancis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health and one of the nation’s most renowned scientists, announced Tuesday that he is stepping down from his post by the end of this year. Collins, who was raised on a farm near Staunton, graduated from the University of Virginia in 1970 with a B.S. degree in chemistry. He directed the NIH for more than 12 years under three presidents, and is also known for leading the International Human Genome Project, which was successfully completed in 2003.

It's been a privilege & honor to serve as #NIH Director for over 12 years. However, I believe no person should hold this position for too long. So with deep gratitude to this great agency & the people who carry out its mission, I've decided to step down. https://t.co/rwUnKiW3V5

— Francis S. Collins (@NIHDirector) October 5, 2021

Collins has returned to UVA several times to speak about bioethics, big data and most recently, the nation’s battle against COVID-19. Twenty years ago, when he addressed the Class of 2001 as its commencement speaker, he delighted the crowd by taking out an acoustic guitar at the end of his speech and serenading the class with his own version of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.” Unfortunately, no videos of the event could be located, but his 2020 COVID-themed rendition of “Puff the Magic Dragon” provides a sense of his folksy charm.

Below, check out three stories about Collins and his visits and connections to UVA.

In an April 2021 webinar hosted by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, Collins discussed the progress that has been made in the fight against COVID-19 and lessons learned.

“That’s something that [chief medical adviser to the president] Tony Fauci – who is somebody I have talked to probably three times today – [and I] are very much focused on,” Collins said about COVID vaccine skeptics. “How can we try to provide the kind of information that people need to understand why this is something they would want to do for themselves, for their family, for their community? Because it is about doing this not just for yourself, but also to provide this herd immunity, this blanket of protection across the whole country.”

In late July 2019, the UVA Board of Visitors voted to rename the Barringer Wing at the UVA Medical Center West Complex as the Collins Wing.

“Dr. Collins is known and respected around the world for his path-breaking work in genetics and the Human Genome Project,” UVA President Jim Ryan said at the time. “Throughout his career, Dr. Collins has also focused on the legal and ethical issues involving genetics. His careful, principled consideration of these issues, combined with his immense achievements as a scientist, make him an ideal person for this honor.”

In October of that year, Collins visited Grounds to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the renamed wing, and to help kick off the University’s Honor the Future campaign.

In a 2017 visit to the University, Collins said the field of data science is wide open and needs talented researchers who understand how to glean vital information from large data sets. “If you want to benefit humanity, there are massive projects out there for people who want to take on something hard,” Collins said. “The workforce will need well-trained data science people 10 years from now.”

Collins, who received a standing ovation for his talk, was joined that day by biomedical engineering professor Phil Bourne, now the head of UVA’s School of Data Science, which launched in 2019.

"Make Myself Me Again" is set to premiere on May 20th.

If Cristina Vane's critically acclaimed debut Nowhere Sounds Lovely was her "road trip" album, then her much anticipated follow up represents the return home; musically and personally. Out May 20th on Red Parlor Records, Make Myself Me Again finds rising slide-guitar star Vane growing roots in her Nashville home and taking a moment to grow into herself as well. "I've been trying to peel back the layers, to understand who I am, and I think that process has translated to this record," she explains, "The production is straightforward, more minimal, and a bit of a return to my rock roots but still paying homage to the music I've explored since then." Make Myself Me Again was co-produced by Brook Sutton (Blackberry Smoke) and Jano Rix (The Wood Brothers) and features appearances by Vane's world-class musician friends like Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (Molly Tuttle) and Billy Contreras (Béla Fleck).

This week, DittyTV premiered the music video for the album's first single, "How You Doin'," calling it "a feel-good piece of movie magic released in support of her innovative and infectiously-good upcoming studio album, Make Myself Me Again." With "How You Doin'," Vane channels what she calls "f*ckboy energy" and turns it on its head, oscillating between perspectives of the wanter and the wanted. GuitarGirl Magazine also sat down with Vane to talk about the inspiration behind the single, how her sound has evolved over the years, guitars, and much more. Fans can check out the video now at this link and listen to "How You Doin'" right here (available streaming in hi-res 24 bit audio).

Many songs on Make Myself Me Again delve into Vane's personal relationships, and document her quest to find strength and independence in a new town. The album's title track rings of tenacious resilience, with Cristina's beautiful yet understated fingerstyle and slide guitar playing. It is the sound of the calm that comes with finally feeling at home with one's self, conceived from the place of optimism that sometimes comes after a brutal shakedown. "Sometimes I lose, sometimes I win" sings Vane, "I'm gonna make myself me again...I'm giving up on giving in / I'm gonna make myself me again." Despite the myriad of musical touchstones, the record remains cohesive, centering itself around Vane's experiences and musicianship. "After being exposed to all of this music that I love, I'm slowly figuring out how to find my own voice," she says, "It is the sound of growing up." With class and adventure, Vane brings us all back home to ourselves on Make Myself Me Again, an album so honest that you'd be hard-pressed not to root for it, along with its vulnerable and tenacious creator.

Catch Cristina Vane On Tour:

May 6 - Providence, RI - Askew

May 7 - Brooklyn, NY - Jalopy Theatre

May 8 - Cambridge, MA - Atwood's Tavern

May 12 - Philadelphia, PA - 118 North (supporting Arlo McKinley)

May 14 - Washington, DC - Hill Country BBQ (supporting Stripmall Ballads)

May 20 - Nashville, TN - Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge - Album Release Show*

May 21 - Louisa, KY - Fallsburg Summer Stage*

June 2 - Knoxville, TN - Barleys Taproom*

June 3 - Lexington, KY - The Burl (supporting Town Mountain)*

June 4 - Asheville, NC - Isis Music Hall*

July 7 - Nescopeck, PA - Briggs Farm Blues Fest*

Aug. 18 - Minturn, CO - Minturn Summer Concert Series

Aug. 31 - Prescott, AZ - Folk Session @ Kiwanis Amphitheater

Sep. 2 & 3 - Pagosa Springs, CO - Four Corners Folk Festival

Oct. 22 - Greenville, SC - IPI Festival

*Denotes full band shows

For more tour dates and ticket information, please visit cristinavane.com.

More About Cristina Vane: ​​Vane's debut full-length album, 2021's Nowhere Sounds Lovely, explored the depths of America's musical history from her unique perspective as an Italy-born daughter of a Sicilian-American father and a Guatemalan mother. Americana Highways called Nowhere Sounds Lovely the "best guitar record" they'd heard all year, and in Glide Magazine's review, they wrote, "Her sound is somewhat of a throwback, but her emotive, rich voice gives it a more contemporary sheet...there's also her finely honed guitar playing-earthy, not overly flashy, but with deep feeling and perfectly married on many tunes to her voice." American Songwriter made a complementary comparison; "Like a young Bonnie Raitt, Vane sings from both her voice and her supple, bluesy guitar playing almost simultaneously-her sound as earthen as the South Dakota landscape..." Rolling Stone agreed, noting, "Cristina Vane evokes Bonnie Raitt and early PJ Harvey." Vane's sophomore album Make Myself Me Again is due out May 20, 2022, on Red Parlor Records.

Town will bring the curtain down on their pre-season campaign this weekend with two matches taking place tomorrow, Saturday 23 July.

Scott Lindsey’s men welcome Championship side Cardiff City to The County Ground at midday, with a team consisting mainly of youth and fringe players heading to The Crucial Environmental Stadium at 3pm where they’ll come up against National League South outfit Worthing.

With the countdown to the new 2022/23 EFL Sky Bet League Two campaign well and truly on, tomorrow will be the last opportunity for Lindsey’s charges to get some competitive minutes in the legs before their season opener at Harrogate Town a week on Saturday.

Speaking to Town’s Media Team on the eve of game day, First-Team Head Coach, Lindsey, admits their clash with the Welsh side will be a challenging test.

“It goes without saying the Cardiff match will be a tough one and we’ll be fielding a strong side that will compete. We still have players in the squad that aren’t quite there yet with fitness, so this is another good opportunity for us to give them some valuable playing time.

“We know Cardiff will press high and come after us, so we’ll need to be good with the ball, keep our shape and do all we can to control the match. They’re an experienced side two divisions above us so we’ll need to compete and be confident.”

Like the majority of pre-season so far, the recently-appointed boss has upped the intensity of training for his players week by week so they’re approaching games slightly fatigued, with the aim of improving fitness and testing bodies - and tomorrow will be no different.

“We’ve done a lot of work coming into this game and this week’s sessions have been purposely concentrated around covering distances with the ball and testing bodies to reach the required levels, so once again players will be heading into the game slightly jaded, but this is what we want,” Lindsey commented.

“This gives us the chance to enhance fitness and assess where some of the lads are at, enabling us to then adjust the training regime for the season-opener against Harrogate.

“Some of our new signings have come in slightly later and are what I’d call ‘other club fit’ rather than ‘Swindon fit’, so these two games give us the chance to push them harder to get them up to speed.”

Cardiff City: The lowdown…

It’s been a topsy turvy few years for The Bluebirds with fans experiencing a blend of highs and lows under four different managers.

Neil Warnock’s resignation back in November 2019 after a poor start to their league campaign saw him replaced with Neil Harris, who guided the club to a fifth-place finish before suffering play-off semi-final heartbreak.

Then, after six straight league defeats the following season, Harris was shown the door and the reigns handed to Mick McCarthy in January 2021.

McCarthy started his tenure brightly, winning seven and drawing three of his first ten, guiding City to eighth in the league and earning a new deal in the process, but another poor run of form the following campaign saw him shown the door and Under-23s manager Steve Morison drafted in, with the former Millwall striker guiding the side to safety and extending his stay by a further 18-months.

Like Swindon, it’s been a busy summer of comings and goings in the Welsh capital, with 12 new faces joining the ranks, all on free transfers.

These include Andy Rinomhota from Reading, Mahlon Romeo from Millwall, Bristol City’s Callum O’Dowda, Jamilu Collins from German side SC Paderborn, striker Romaine Sawyers from West Bromwich Albion and experienced goalkeeper Ryan Allsop.

Their most recent additions also include Cedric Kipre from West Bromwich Albion on loan and former Forest Green Rovers midfielder Ebou Adams.

There’s been just as many players heading out the exit at The Cardiff City Stadium, with the likes Will Vaulks, Aden Flint, Marlon Pack, James Collins and Leandro Bacuna opting for pastures new.

Despite drastic changes to the playing squad, Steve Morison’s side have enjoyed an unbeaten pre-season campaign, claiming victories against the likes of Cambridge United, Newport County and Cheltenham Town, drawing away at Shrewsbury in midweek.

Tomorrow’s encounter at The County Ground will be their last before they begin their 2022/23 Championship campaign away at Norwich City.

There’ll be a few players taking to the field tomorrow who have had spells at both clubs, with Jonny Williams the most recent having joined Town from Cardiff last year.

While popular City figure Sean Morrison made this professional debut for Swindon and spent three seasons with us.

A brief insight into Worthing…

With Scott Lindsey leading his side out at SN1, a more youthful looking Town squad will be strutting their stuff at The Crucial Environmental Stadium under the guidance of Academy boss Jamie Russell.

The likes of George Cowmeadow, Harrison Minturn and Oscar Massey are expected to feature, along with Ricky Aguiar, who joined Town from the Mackerel Men back in August last year, and penned a new three year deal this week.

The midfielder went won both the Manager’s Player of the Season and Players’ Player of the Season awards in 2018/19, before retaining Manager’s Player once again in 2019/20. Aguiar played a total of 95 games for the club, scoring 15 goals in the process before completing a move to SN1.

Tomorrow’s encounter will be Worthing’s sixth pre-season friendly as they put the finishing touches to their prep for the new National League South campaign.

After suffering defeat at the hands of Winchester City in their first friendly, they’ve embraced wins over Whitehawk and Three Bridges, and picked up draws against Selsey and Premier League side Brighton.

Tickets for the game are available on the turnstiles, priced at £5 for adults while under-12s go free.

VAIL — Vail Valley Academy of Dance is excited to announce the addition of Lesley Tunstall as the Academy’s new artistic director. Tunstall will be teaching ballet alongside current teachers Anne Powell, Kristin Comerford and Morgan Flahive-Foro.

Vail Valley Academy of Dance is a premier dance academy and has placed students professionally in ballet careers since being founded by Powell in 1989.

With roughly 250 students enrolled in the school ages 3-18, Vail Valley Academy of Dance offers beginning dance, ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop, as well as adult tap and swing classes.

About Tunstall

Tunstall began her dance training in England and went on to perform throughout Europe. She received her teacher training in 2008 from the prestigious National Ballet School in Toronto, completing the accelerated two-year program. She also earned her Cecchetti Teaching Associate (Italian method) and until recently taught the teaching method of the Royal Academy of Dance. She owned and directed The Dance Academy of South Carolina for many years and has choreographed the Nutcracker Ballet for several schools.

She is passionate about anatomy and the wellness of the mind and body and relating it to dance, passing on this knowledge to her students.

“I am beyond excited to begin my first year as the artistic director of Vail Valley Academy of Dance and guide students to find their own innate grace and love of dance,” Tunstall said.

Anne Powell, founder, owner and director of the Academy, will continue teaching at the school.

“I am super excited about Lesley joining the Academy,” Powell said. “I am so confident in her abilities and her vision. Sometimes, having new blood and new perspective makes things better.”

Powell says she and Tunstall will be integrating their different backgrounds to deepen the experience for their students and strengthen the program all the way around.

Several students from the school have gone on to study at the year-round programs of ballet schools, colleges with outstanding dance curriculum and the training programs of professional companies.

“What we do is very gratifying,” Powell said. “We cherish being a part of children’s lives by helping them grow and develop, not only as dancers, but as young men and women.”