Saturday, January 27, 2007

Is the Purple Page moving soon?

Supposedly, the Schuylkill County Purple Page will be moving to a new home within the next month. The new website will have an easier to remember address, many features that are not currently available, more powerful moderation tools, and the ability of users to choose between posting anonymously or becoming a registered user.

The difference being that members will have access to more features than anonymous users.

Currently, the address for the Purple Page is http://www.members.boardhost.com/purplepage/ and the new address will be ......... well, you will find that out later.

Traffic on the site has been down and hopefully, the new address will provide users with a board setting that they are comfortable with, while at the same time avoiding total chaos.

So, look for something new and different for the Purple Page in the upcoming month or so.

Mr. Shields Trial in Schuylkill County

Probably one of the biggest trials in recent memory is the upcoming Coach Shields trial.

Coach Daniel M. Shields is accused of video taping female students at Nativity BVM High School while they were in various stages of undress in a school dressing room. This has outraged parents who accuse Shields of receiving preferential treatment.

Just recently, the lawyer for Shields, Emmanuel H. Dimitriou, had asked Judge John E. Domalakes for a change in venue for the trial and also separate trials for the charges. Domalakes dismissed the request.

Also, previously, Dimitriou, asked to have the video tapes not entered into evidence saying that police received them illegally. This was due to some teenagers taking the tapes without Shields' knowledge and later handing them over to police. Of course, this was after they viewed the tapes and shared them with friends.

This should be one interesting trial.