Competing in the UAGTCA

Daniel Tulloch is a member of USATF but he also became a member of the United Age Group Track Coaches Association, Inc. (UAGTCA). The UAGTCA was conceived in the autumn of 1976 after a meeting of area track club representatives held at the Cliveden House, an auxiliary building of the Mallery Recreation Center in Philadelphia, PA. The outgrowth of that meeting was the formation of a relatively small organization, with an ambitious agenda and a goal, “To provide a quality, organized track and field program for the youth of the area”. The group held its first meet in the spring of 1977 and for over 30 years this has remained the primary focus of the UAGTCA. The group was formally incorporated as a Pennsylvania not for profit organization in October, 1977 and received favorable determination of its exempt status as a 501 (C) (3) organization effective February of that same year.

Philadelphia area athletes, in order to compete effectively, had to travel great distances in order to participate in competitions that could very easily be conducted in our local area. Lacking only the organization, a concept was born and embraced enthusiastically by a few energetic men and women on behalf of their organizations.

The ‘Brainchild’ of George Anderson, founder of the Mallery Challengers Track Club and a supervisor at the Mallery Recreation center, the UAGTCA offered very few benefits to its charter members, only the opportunity to work hard with the knowledge that 'failure was not an option’.

Perspective members were asked to make an initial financial commitment of fifty dollars per team in order to cover initial startup expenses. This requirement limited the initial membership greatly. The charter members, the Mallery Challengers Track Club, Oak Lane Youth Association, Philadelphia Express Track Club, Morris Estate Track Club, Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Gazelle-Striders Track Club and the Mt. Airy Track Club were all Philadelphia based organizations which unfairly gave the impression that other groups were prohibited from joining. The later addition of the Wilmington Track Club, Camden City Track Club, the Perkiomen Valley Striders, Delco Stallions, Delaware Diamonds and the Willingboro Track Club helped to resolve the Philadelphia only perception. The UAGTCA was born.

There were not many great facilities available to the group in the beginning but the completion of ‘Marcus Foster Stadium’ in 1979 would allow our athletes the opportunity to train and compete in a state of the art facility. There would be no stopping us now. The support of the Philadelphia Department of Recreation and many others, allowed the UAGTCA to flourish through the many difficult times of those early years.

The group sponsored a series of competitions in the spring of 1977 that was effective, organized and quickly became accepted as the best youth developmental series available in the area. The group has been a constituent member of USA Track & Field and its predecessor "The Athletics Congress" (TAC) since its inception. The numbers, in the beginning, were modest with meets averaging between 200 - 300 athletes. The organization continued to enhance its’ reputation for staging quality competitions by hosting the 1981 TFA/USA National Age-Group Championship and the 1985 TAC National Age Group Championship. The UAGTCA was one of the first youth groups to use a computerized system to score a major competition; the UAGTCA quickly became a recognized leader in youth meet organization. The spring meets have continued, uninterrupted since that inaugural series and have enjoyed their greatest success in the new millennium. They now draw more than 1,000 athletes to our developmental meets and athletes from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and New York compete on a weekly basis. The Philadelphia area athletes no longer suffer the expense and inconvenience of exhaustive travel. They are now the hosts and enjoy the benefits of great local meets with excellent competition. The UAGTCA has seen the growth and development of many fine athletes and lists, a virtual who’s who, of track and field stars amongst it alumni.

They inaugurated our first Youth Invitational track meet in 2006. The meet was modeled after the 'East Coast Invitational' a highly regarded youth track meet that had become a national model for youth summer track and field meets. The UAGTCA Youth Invitational is a similar three day celebration that affords many athletes from the USA and abroad an opportunity to compete with other high caliber athletes at the peak of their season's conditioning. Many athletes use it as a springboard to National Competition. The UAGI is now broadcast live via the internet.

They have continued, undeterred, into the new millennium and it is our hope to provide this very vital service to the youth track and field community for as long as our resources permit. They believe that our goal, though difficult, is achievable as long as we continue to receive the help and support of our many friends.

New members are accepted each year with sponsorship by an existing member organization. By the way, "The Athletics Congress" (TAC) was the predecessor of USA Track & Field (USATF) organization that Daniel has been a member of for a year.

If you want more information about this organization, click on their website: http://www.uagtca.org/

Daniel had a light December training month but now he is ready to get back into track and field. Here is his Winter Indoor schedule.

Meet #1 will be at Widener University Chester, Pa., on 1/7/2012 at 9:00 AM. Daniel will run the 1500 Meter Run and the 800 Meter Run.


Meet #2 will again be at Widener University Chester, Pa. on 1/14/2012 at 9:00 AM. He will again run the 1500 Meter Run
And 800 Meter Run.


In February, we will go back for Meet #3 at Widener University Chester, Pa. on 2/11/2012 at 1:00 PM. This time Daniel will run the 1500 Meter Run and the 400 Meter Run.

All three meet will be his tune up meets for the 2012 Indoor Championship Meet at Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pa. on 2/19/2012 at 8:00 AM. At that time, Daniel will participate in the 400 Meter Run, the 800 Meter Run, and the 1500 Meter Run.

Children who come in first, second, or third will receive UAGTCA Championship Medals. Children placing fourth, fifth, and six will receive ribbons.

UAGTCA will give Daniel the opportunity to warm up for USATF in med-June by participating in the May 2012 Spring UAGTCA meets and entering into the 2012 outdoor Championship meet at Charles Martin Stadium in Philadelphia, Pa. on June 2, 2012 at 8:00 AM.

The Governor’s Christmas Open House

The Governor and his family live on the second floor of the residents. This picture was taken from the top of the steps into the Grand Hall Entrance. The front door of this hall leads to this Christmas tree. (Taken by the Harrisburg Patriot News)

On Sunday Dec.11, 2011, I went to the Governor’s Christmas Open House at his residents at 2035 N. Front St. in Harrisburg. There is no cost to attend the holiday tours or open house and reservations are not required. All guests are welcomed to come. There is no cost to attend the holiday tours or open house. Reservations are not required.

However, no cameras, large bags, purses or totes are permitted. If you come with these items you will not be permitted to enter the compound. Pictures are permitted outside on the grounds. But anyone taking pictures inside the house will be escorted out and off the property.

When I visit the governor’s house, I like looking at the silverware given to the state by the US Navy. This set of silver was part of the silverware used on the Battleship USS Pennsylvania.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/bb38.htm

This is a picture of the Battleship USS Pennsylvania on a battleship exercise in the Pacific.

This is a box used to house the USS Pennsylvania Silverware. It was part of the silver set used on the Battleship USS Pennsylvania. It is currently in the china case in the hallway on the first floor of the Governor's residents.

Here are silver whine glasses that was used on the USS Battleship Pennsylvania. It is currently in the china case in the hallway on the first floor of the Governor's residents.

This is part of the Tea Set that was used on the Battleship USS Pennsylvania. It is currently in the china case in the hallway on the first floor of the Governor's residents.

The full collection of the silver used on the Battleship USS Pennsylvania is on display in the Governor's Residence for the public to see. It is a very beautiful collection of silver settings.

The holiday tours will run from noon to 2 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 12, 13 and 14.

Looking out for Your Children’s Interest

Picture of Coach Sandusky

He is a suspected pedophile

Because of the problems that we are all witnessing resulting from the Penn State scandal, I feel that it is imperative to tell you about the importants of protecting your child. You may think that this should go without saying. But over the past 20 years and being the head of the Greater Paxtonia Track Club (coaching children from 9 to 18 years old), I have seen and heard some things that tell me that many parents set their child up to be a target of pedophiles.

When I had my track club, many parents used me as a cheap baby sitter. They just dropped their children off at the gate and leave. They never cared about who was with their children or what they were doing. Some times after practice the parents never showed up leaving the children stranded. Somehow, I was supposed to know that these children had no ride home and I was supposed to make sure that they did.

Many times after practice, the other coaches and I had to track down some of the children’s parents. One year a single male parent left his daughter at our “end of season” party that was over at 1:30 PM. He never came to pick her up and I had her from noon to eleven O’clock that night. After several attempts at finding the parent, I asked another parent with daughters to take the child for that night, starting at Eleven O'clock. Oh, the parent in question did call at sun up saying that he was sorry and wanted to know where his daughter was.

We had wavers for parents to sign when they refuse to accompany their children to other cities for track meets. One 14 year old boy brought back his signed waver. He lived in the City of Harrisburg and I took him to the state of Iowa for a week. He came in first and third place. I took him home and met his parents for the first time. I explained to them how well he did in Iowa. They told me that they had no idea that he was in a track club even though he wore a uniform. Second they did not know that he was gone for a week let alone in another state over 1,000 miles away.

From what went on in my track club, I can understand how Sandusky can have children over at his house and take them out of the state and nothing rang a bell in the heads of the parents. So for a pedophile, it is best to look for parents who think that the children are just a necessary evil. These parents are just setting their children up for a bad life changing experience.

If I care about my children, I would be at their organization functions and I would keep my eyes open for anyone treating children strangely. I know of one 40 year old coach from a Central Pennsylvania Track Club over 20 years ago that held a 14 year old girl the full time of practice. That was everyone’s first clue that something was wrong with that relationship. Someone called the mother and the police was called in.

How to Identify Pedophiles

I have noticed by looking at some cases in Central Pennsylvania that pedophilia is a cultural thing. This is why it has taken until the 1980s for law enforcement, the state, and the courts to do something about it. Some places around the world, children as young as age 10 marry and live with men.

Have you noticed the look on Coach Sandusky’s face in his interview about the “Second Mile” Foundation given about 12 years ago? Did you notice the smirk on his face in that interview? Many professionals who work in the child protective services area claim that many pedophiles have this type of look. They also claim that they use children foundations such as baseball, football, basketball, summer camp, and other organizations as cover to meet unsuspecting children. That way they can get parent and children’s confidence. When that happens they can use them anyway they want.

If a man or woman wants to be around children all the time and has none of their own in the organization of interest, to me, they are a suspect for pedophilia. Sometimes it is not about pedophilia. Sometimes it is about robbery. The best place to be is in a baseball organization listening to your player’s say that no one will be home from Monday to Friday because everyone will be going on vacation. What a nice place to get free items to sell to the local fence!

It does not matter if your child is 3 years old or 18 years old, once a pedophile gets his hand on your child, your child’s life will be changed usually for the worst.

Here are six other things to watch out for when protecting your child from people who sexually prey on your children;

1 Be aware of statistics. You should know that a majority of pedophiles are typically male. This doesn't mean that a woman can't be a pedophile; it is just less frequent. You should also know that race, age, and social or economic class have little to do with their pedophilic tendencies.

2 Watch out for someone that is too charming. Pedophiles are usually charming individuals who are able to live double lives very well. In an attempt to hide their sickness from mainstream society, the average pedophile is not obvious to most adults.

3 Never dismiss a child's claims because the adult in question is a valued member of society or appears incapable of such things. That's exactly what the pedophile wants.

4 Know who a pedophile could be. Pedophiles often molest children they have easy access to such as a family member or the child of a close friend. Despite what we would like to believe, most pedophiles are known to our children.

5 Be sure never to leave your child alone with anyone you don't trust. That being said, sometimes, your trust is misplaced.

6 Understand that a pedophile will use a range of games, tricks, activities and language to gain a child's trust and or deceive a child. These include: sexually explicit games, fondling, kissing, touching sexually suggestive behavior, exposing a child to pornographic material, coercions, bribery, flattery, and worst of all, affection and love.

Don’t expect the government to look after your children. It is up to you to take the initiative and protect your children.

Truly Be a Jamaican Flash

Nikolas on left, Daniel on right

Daniel Tulloch ran in the Region 2 USA Track and Field Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships today, Nov. 20, 2011 at Dear Path Park, 120 West Woodschurch Rd. Flemington, New Jersey. Six year old Daniel ran the 1.26 mile (2K) in 10 Minutes and 42.29 seconds. Twenty-Seven boys ages 8 to 6 participated in this race. Fifteen boys were 8 year olds; ten boys were 7 years old, while 2 were six years old.

He is now the 20^th seed in the region. Region 2 covers the area from Eastern Ohio, Northern West Virginia, Western New York to Delaware and New Jersey. Daniel qualified to participate in the National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships on Sunday, December 10, 2011 at Whispering Pines Golf Course in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Only 20 people in his group qualified to go to Nationals.

Today's course had a low grade hill that ran about one half of a mile. The rest of the course had rolling wooded hills and valleys. The meet director claimed that this course was easy. But if you compare the results of this meet for all participants against their association times (far right), all times in this meet were slower than the first meet.

The start of the 2K race.

The finish of the 2K race.

Daniel on left and Nikolas on right

We have been working to get Daniel to the point where he could place in the top 3 spots but in this meet, we fell short. We are going to have to break that bad habit of his where he turns around to see who is following him. Toward the finish line today he almost stopped like he was waiting for the bus to come instead of finishing the race.

Nikolas Toocheck of West Chester, Pa. age 8 became eighth seed and Noah Shepherd of Juniata Valley, Pa. age 8 became 15^th seed. Both of them ran against Daniel in the Mid-Atlantic Association Meet two weeks ago. Mr. Toocheck, Nikolas father told me something that I keep forgetting. He told me that Daniel is only 6 years old while most of the other boys are 2 years older than him. When Daniel becomes 8 years old, he will truly be a Jamaican Flash.

David has started his training



David decided that he was going to start training with his brother. The problem, he is only 15 months old. He just started walking a few months ago. So he has his turn on the tread mill when Daniel is resting between sessions. In this video David is upset because we hold on to him while he is on the treadmill. He does not want help. But the treadmill is no place for a 15 month old by himself.

Daniel's 2011 Junior Olympic Cross Country Qualifier Meet

Daniel Tulloch ran in the 2011 USATF Mid-Atlantic Association Cross Country Meet on Nov. 5, 2011 in Belmont Plateau Park, Philadelphia, Pa. receiving a third place Medal. He earned the right to represent the Mid-Atlantic Association sub-bantam group in the Region 2 meet at Deer Path Park, 120 West Woodschurch Rd., Flemington, NJ. on Nov. 20, 2011.

Daniel started preparing for a grass course cross country meet using the Healthy Kids Running Series Cross Country meet in Mechanicsburg, Pa. from Sept. 18 to Oct. 23, 2011. In this meet series Daniel competed against 20 boys in Kindergarten and first grade from all over the Mechanicsburg area. The children ran 6 cross country races over a six week period. They received points for the places that they came in per race.

Below are their places in the series.

1^st Place Joe Ritchie with 50 points.

2^nd Place Joseph Butler with 44 points.

3^rd Place Daniel Tulloch with 39 points.

4^th Place Bryce Staretz with 24 points.

5^th Place Ryan Rubin with 23 points.

The course in the Nov. 5th race was hard. I tried to walk the race course before the race and found that I have to stop when I got to the 40 degree up grade. Daniel was in second place until he ran into trouble on the 40 degree hill. That put him in fourth place after running one fourth of a mile into the race. That meant that he had to play catch up the rest of the race. At the finish line, he was an undisputed third place finisher with a time of 10 minutes 23.46 seconds. The first place finisher came in around 9 minutes 33 seconds. The distance for this race was 1.24 Miles or 2 km.

Daniel won 3rd place (Left). First place went to Daniel's friend from West Chester (Center). Daniel ran against him in the Regional meet last summer. Second place went to the child on the right.

This meet was an Association Meet qualifier for Eastern Pennsylvania, South New Jersey, and Delaware. The up coming Region 2 meet will include the Niagara, Three-Rivers, Mid-Atlantic, and New Jersey Associations. The area will cover Eastern Ohio, Northern West Virginia, Western New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.

Me, Myself, and I in Harrisburg

She was the only person that could beat Mayor Reed and Mayor Reed had to go!

Last night I went to a seminar called “Money Matters 2011” sponsored by the Pennsylvania Securities and Exchange Commission (PASEC). As I stood in line to get my registration assignment papers for my sessions, an employee of the PASEC came up to me and said, “I know you. You are the person that goes to City Council meetings. I see you on TV. We have a local celebrity here.” All I could do is say “thank you very much” and continue with my business. I get this in supermarkets, malls, at the bank, and at work.

Seeing me on TV means many things for many people based on their own needs and view of City politics. Some people think that I attended to support Mayor Thompson. Other people believe that I am in support of City Council. Many people think that I hold an office in the City like City Council Member. Yet other people think I am present because I am going to run for office.

What they do not understand is that I am involved in City government representing three people, me, myself, and I. In the lunch room at work, two fellow employees stopped me and wanted my opinion on the situation in the City. What they really wanted to know was what side did I support, the mayor or the “Gang of 4.” After the conversation they still did not get their answer.

The reason why they are so confused is because all they get on the news is sound bytes. People really do not get real information that they need to know to figure out how the issue relates to them. The media is a business and must sell advertising to stay in business. The job of telling you the real problems in a complicated story like the Harrisburg Financial Crisis takes a multiple hour program.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkFQh_UeGxA
Click the link above to see a sound byte from TV8

This sound byte talks about lawyers going head to head with each other over a bankruptcy filing. However, it says nothing about how the City should pay it bills with no money in the treasury.




TV21 News did suggest that the City can't make payments if they do not have the money. The old Governor talked about selling assets to pay its bills. But TV21 did not come back and ask the governor "once the assets are gone, who will pay the bills next year?" By the way, I wrote and called the old governor's office in 2007 telling him that this day was coming and asked him to meet with me on this issue. He nor his staff would give me the time of day.



TV21 News is the only mainstream network to give any detailed news to the City story. But as Linda Thompson said, she is not an expert but she thinks that with the help of the state she can get out of act 47. They did not ask the mayor "What help?" since the old Governor told the City that they are on their own. The new Governor is only interested in making sure the bondholders are paid.



I am not the only person that was telling the public that the clouds of doom was near. The Financial Coach Bryan Binkholder (http://www.FinancialCoachShow.com) examined the Municipal Bond failure of Harrisburg Pennsylvania and what it means to other bondholders.




Thanks to people outside the mainstream media, people can get information on what the real issues are because the Internet has become more popular with area citizens.

Education Malfunction

This crisis should point out another problem that the people of Harrisburg need to correct.

Most people do not know how their government functions especially their local government. In my opinion, this is a malfunction of the school district. If you don’t know how your government works, how can you petition your government for your needs? How can you vote for a representative that has the same government view as you? I know a person who ran for a city office thinking that he was going to use that position to change the school district. That person did not realize that the school district falls under the State Department of Education and was separate from the local municipal government.

With this type of malfunction, a smart politician like Mayor Reed could manipulate the voting population into believing anything that he wants. He could mismanage the incinerator project and blame the problems on City Council. Then he can run “Yes” people against City Council Members. Mayor Reed did just that and changed the make up of City Council every two years. In affect, he hid his City “screw ups.” He changed City Council keeping new members ignorant of the system. That gave him full control of the government for two decades. Mayor Reed did not want anyone to know what was going on and how the Harrisburg political system worked.

When I started going to City Council Meetings 10 years ago, many people living in the City did not know that City Council Meetings were public meetings. Many times, I sat in the meetings as the only citizen in the audience. Fewer yet knew about the City Council Committee meetings where the actual discussion takes place about the issues and the action that City Council would take to proceed. At first, the 2002 President of City Council tried to intimidate me so that I would not attend anymore meetings. At one point he told me not to come back. From that attitude I thought that I should continue to attend because knowing my history of governments, something was wrong.

No public participation meant that public official can do whatever they want in secret. Here is why the people did not know that the incinerator project was going south and the Mayor was able to blame City Council. They did not know that less and less police officers was on the police force from 1990 to 2009. No one told them that the City over the years was moving into insolvency.

This scene took place at a City Council Committee Meeting in June of 2008. Roxbury News an independent news agency along with the Internet was a major player in ending Mayor Reed's Administration.

Conclusion

I am not in this because I want to belong to a gang (for Linda or for the gang of 4) as the news media plays the situation. I do not attend meetings to support one side against the other nor to support people for office. I am not in this to support the Governor.

I want to see a long term solution to the City's Financial Problem. This has been my goal for the past 10 years. I will support whatever plan works. From my research, the only plan that would work would be Bankruptcy and negotiations with lenders. If the act 47 plan would pay the bills over the next 10 years, then I would be all for that. If a state controller could make sure all bills were paid over the next 10 years, I would be all for that.

I will continue to look out for the interest of "me, myself, and I." I expect others to do the same. As for who to vote for in the next election, that is up to you!

Genes or Nationality?

My brother William Jackson Williams III is in the process of verifying the Genealogy work that I have done. I started my work from 1964 to 1990 by interviewing Great Uncle’s and Aunts in Central Virginia and other relatives in Pennsylvania. He has an easier job because of the invention of the Personal Computer and Internet data bases. However, it is still no easy task.

One of the things that my father and other ancestors told me is that I am a descendant of the Cherokee Nation. Now that does not mean that I am not a descendant of other people. When documenting your family, you must remember one basic fact. A nationality is not the same as Genetic make up. The definition of a nationality is; “The status of belonging to a particular nation by origin, birth, or naturalization; a people having common origins or traditions and often constituting a nation; existence as a politically autonomous entity; national independence.” The definition of genetic make up is; “pertaining to or determined by genes; pertaining to reproduction or to birth or origin.”

My genetic make up is European (Finnish, French, Orcadian, Romanian, Russian) about 15.29% and West African (Yoruba) 84.71%. But my father and many other relatives said that I am Cherokee. How can this be?

It is hard to comprehend because people believe many different things like politics and religion.

Hispanics in The United States

Percentage ______Races
53.0% -------------- Whites

36.7% ---------------Other races such as mix race (Mestizo, Mulatto)

6.0% ---------------Claim to be two or more races such as White, Black, Asian

2.5% --------------- Black

1.4% --------------- American Indian or Alaskan Native

0.4% -------------- Asian

0.1% -------------- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

This is not the make up of the Latin Section of the United States that you have been led to believe that is in this nation. Each group of people can be broken down into subgroups. From this you can tell that race is a political question as well.

Keep in mind that when dealing with a genetic sample of a nation, you are looking at them as they are at that time such as December 1, 1998. On December 1, 3498, that make up may be all together different. By that time, the nation may have moved like Ethiopia did in the past 5,000 years. Or the people in 1998 may have moved and a new group of people could have settled in by the year 3498. What if the geneticist has no sample to go by?

Orcadians are very ancient people and probably came over to America from the Northern British Isles before the time of Jesus. They probably intermarried with Native Americans. Descendants of the Finnish, French, Orcadians, Romanians, and Russians were probably slave breeders. Some slave breeders like Noah Smith had children and sold them to local farmers and wealthy Cherokee families. Some may have intermarried with Africans in America.

Yoruban people today live on the boarder between Benin and Nigeria. They were uprooted by chattel slavers and sent to America to be sold.

This is how someone with Yoruban Genetic Make Up can end up being a citizen in the Cherokee Nation. This is how someone 150 years later can get confused between genetics and nationalities.

The French occupy the nation of France. But the French come from many places and is made up of many people. Among them are from Albania, Germany, Greece, France as well as most of Western and Central Europe. The French finally settled in what was known to the Roman Empire as Gaul. So many of the people of Europe can be traced to the French.

Do you know that 8% of the world’s population can be genetically traced to Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire 1162? – August 1227. This is why many Polish woman have black hair today.

These genetic “hand me downs” is why I have seen someone that looks like my brother but is a native Nigerian. This just happened recently. I bet in 600 years someone from Peru is going to look up their American Ancestors but their genes are going to tell them that they are Russians.

If you want to learn more about Black Indians read the book;

Black Indians by William Loren Katz, published by Simon Pulse, NY, NY.