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-1 Dallas rules NBA Wins Finals 4-2 over LeBron James, MiamiBl A final splash Macon County Fair takes stock of wacky weatherA3 WWW. HERALD REVIEW. OM MONDAY the most important cases, but that can mean some get shuffled to the bottom of the pile. "We take the worst first," corporation counsel Wendy Morthland said. "This means there are some violations that aren't as bad that we can't take just because they're not the worst.

It escalates the cost, and makes it a much harder problem for a homeowner to solve." NUISANCEA2 "Sometimes those housing cases, if they're not addressed immediately, deteriorate," McCrady said. The city must use discretion in what property cases it sends to the Macon County Circuit Court, McCrady said, because scheduling space is so limited. While he said the court is generous with its time, it still only allots three or four days a month to hear the city's property cases. For the city, it's a matter of prioritizing more details. Decatur City Manager Ryan McCrady announced last month he is seeking an expansion of the administrative court, which currently meets most Fridays to decide cases involving towing offenses such as the city's unlawful use of vehicle or noise ordinances.

McCrady has said taking on property cases, which normally are sent to circuit court, could help resolve property disputes more quickly. Would route complaints from circuit court system By KENNETH LOWE Staff Writer DECATUR Expanding the authority of the city's administrative court system to add property violations could expedite neighborhood nuisance cases, city officials say, though some lawyers want to see ORGANIC PRODUCE, CHICKENS 7 fsYt hrASl Ti "fe tVJ tStmi Herald Review photosKelly J. Huff States may ease laws on kids sexting Cases now at level of child pom PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) A congressman who sends an X-rated photo of himself jeopardizes his reputation and his job. But in many states, teens caught doing the same thing can risk felony charges, jail time and being branded sexual offenders.

That's because a minor who transmits a sexually explicit photo of himself according to many state laws, is manufacturing and distributing child pornography. Lawmakers across the country, however, now say the problem of teen sexting didn exist when they enacted harsh punishments for child porn and are considering changes that would ensure minors don't face jail time for youthful 'Let's just call this what it is: Peter Martin, Rhode Island legislator mistakes. "Let's just call this what it is: stupid," said Rhode Island state Rep. Peter Martin, a Democrat who is sponsoring a bill to downgrade teen sexting from a felony to a juvenile offense. "These are kids we're talking about.

I don't think minors should face these severe punishments just for being stupid." Legislatures in Rhode Island and 20 other states have considered bills this year to adjust penalties for teen sexting, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. California lawmakers are considering legislation that would enable schools to expel students caught sexting. Florida lawmakers voted to punish teen sexting with a $60 fine and community service. Lawmakers in New York, where U.S. Rep.

Anthony Weiner is embroiled in a sexting scandal, have introduced legislation that would allow SEXTINGA2 Golden Oldies Farm owners Keith Brown and Sierra Eaves grow tons of vegetables and chickens each year without chemical fertilizers to offer their customers an organic alternative, which sports an ail natural-tasting product. BELOW: Sierra Eaves makes her morning rounds through the chicken house. JUNE 13, 2011 Hop on it and start saving now with Today's Deal at: www.herald-rcview. comdeal Best micro-business Offering a unique service and believing in their mission bring Maske's Organic Gardening a Greater Decatur Chamber of Commerce award. Workplace A5 Park schedule We kick off our weekly summer service for parents.

Local A2 'Mormon' tops Tonys "The Book of Mormon" takes nine Tony Awards, a considerable achievement for the first-time Broadway playwrights, the creators of "South Park." Nation A9 Lots to chew on Fashion writer Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan was out to record traditional recipes in Singapore. She also collected spicy family stories for "A Tiger in the Kitchen." Life A8 Lake Decatur level watch Normal winter pool level .612.5 Normal summer pool level .614.4 Yesterday's level 614.08 WEATHER HIGH LOW Today: Partial sunshine Tonight: Partly cloudy DetailsB10 INDEX Classifieds B5-8 Comics B9 Dear Abby A7 Horoscopes B9 Life A7 Money A5 Obituaries Opinion A4 Puzzles Sports B1-4 Television B4 02138 "00001 75 cents Our 139th year Issue 164 Two sections Delivery: 421-6990 Newsroom: 421-6979 Outside Decatur 1-800-437-2533 Couple enforces no pesticide no chemical fertilizer zone on farm, westofElwin Wtk if favor of rows and rows of vegetables grown naturally. No pesticides, no chemical fertilizers and no genetically modified Frankenseeds cooked in a lab. Just nature. And bugs: an army of creepy crawlies with big vegetable appetites.

Blasting them individually with a paintball gun would no doubt be so colorfully satisfying on a personal level. "I wish I could," said Brown, 31, as Eaves nods enthusiastically. "It would be awesome," she adds. But back at Realityville, amid the art of the afford-ably possible, those who have beaten their chemical spray guns into plowshares are faced with picking the bugs off by hand and encouraging the frontal assaults of friendly insects NATURALLYA2 ELWIN Keith Brown is pretty handy with a paint-ball gun. Chances are he could nail a squash bug at 20 paces, even while allowing for windage, which he gets an awful lot of down on Golden Oldies Farm in the breezy prairie two miles west of Elwin.

Brown, a spare-time paintball TONY enthusiast, runs Golden Oldies with his partner, Sierra Eaves. The place is named for their aging golden retrievers Oliver, 14, and 12-year-old Dexter. Golden Oldies, covering just 23A acres, forsakes the standard corn and bean monotony in I Jh fi" 3 fit Giffords photos leave questions unanswered "The image doesn't tell us the inner mental state or the brain itself, how it's functioning," said Jordan Grafman, director of the Traumatic Brain Injury Research Laboratory at the Kessler Foundation Research Center in West Orange, N.J., explaining that many brain-injury patients look good within months of being hurt. "What's their social skills? Do they have a nuanced sense of humor? Can they participate in activities? All that is what's important," said Grafman, who has not treated Giffords. In one of the images, Giffords smiles broadly and looks, straight at the camera like a high school student posing for a yearbook.

In another, mbre candid shot, she is grinning alongside her mother. In both, her smile is GIFFORDS A2 Appearance encouraging, cognitive level unidentified HOUSTON (AP) Two portraits of a smiling Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gave the nation its closest look yet at the congresswoman's remarkable recovery less than six months after she was shot in the head at point-blank range outside a supermarket. The pictures posted Sunday on Facebook were the first clear photos of the. Arizona con-gresswoman who rose to national prominence after a gunman opened fire on her in January as she met with constituents in Tucson.

Six: people were killed and 13 others wounded. But the images left unanswered many questions about her cognitive abilities and when or even if she will be able to resume her duties. Jim mlwM Associated Press U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at left, in January, at right, on May 17, the day before she had her cranioplasty..