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Loved ones recall slain trooper
Buzz up! By Michael Hasch, TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Cpl. Joseph Pokorny was many things -- a fearless policeman, an avid hunter, a private person who would give a friend the shirt off his back -- but most of all, he was a devoted father.
"He cared for his kids more than anything in the world," said his brother, Frank Pokorny, wiping tears from his eyes Monday outside his family's home in Beaver County.
Pokorny, 45, of Moon, a 22-year state police veteran, was shot and killed while making a traffic stop early yesterday near the Rosslyn Farms on-ramp to the Parkway West in Carnegie.
"He was a dedicated trooper and devoted father to his two children," said Robinson District Judge Carla Swearingen, one of the small but trusted circle of people Pokorny called friends.
Pokorny opted to work a steady midnight shift so he could be home during the day with his son, Joseph, 17, known as Jake, and daughter, Alexandre, 15, known as Ali.
"If he gave you his word, he stood by it. His biggest priority was his children. Everybody that knew him liked him," said Swearingen.
Pokorny was nearly 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, but he was small in childhood and learned at an early age how to defend himself from larger bullies, Frank Pokorny said.
"He was extremely fearless. He didn't take anything from anybody. He was a very hard-nosed person," his brother said.
Joseph Pokorny received a letter of commendation for bravery after an incident on July 8 when state police began chasing a man suspected of drunken driving and pulling a gun on a trooper.
When troopers tried to end the high-speed chase by putting spike strips on the Beaver Valley Expressway, the motorist turned around and began driving the wrong way.
When Pokorny saw the motorist trying to ram the side of a police car, he steered his cruiser into the path of the speeding car, hitting it head-on in a fiery collision.
"He saved one of our guys by taking on the other guy head-on," said state police Cpl. Kenneth Yuhas, one of several troopers offering condolences and support yesterday to Pokorny's parents, Florence and Joseph R. Pokorny, in Center Township.
"He actually put his life on the line by ramming the vehicle and stopping (it)," said Col. Jeffrey Miller, the head of the state police. "He was a very aggressive and conscientious corporal, always out there backing up the troops."
Pokorny, who joined the state police in 1983 after graduation from Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., spent much of his career working dangerous undercover narcotics and vice details, his brother said.
In 1990, he joined the state police Tactical Narcotics Team based in Greensburg, Westmoreland County.
"He would never tell me stories about it except that it was scary and it was ugly," Frank Pokorny said. "(Other troopers) tell me he was always the first one through the front door with the battering ram."
Tom Alexander, who was Pokorny's football coach at Center Area High School, remembers "Joey" as a student who gave his all on the football field and in the classroom.
"Joey was one of those kids who played hard. He chose a rough career. He was a good student," Alexander said.
Pokorny's smile is what impressed state police Cpl. David Bova. "The thing I'll miss the most is his laugh and his big smile," Bova said.
"He was a great kid, a great adult who was fun-loving in high school but took his job seriously," said Anthony Mendicino, principal of Center Area High School, where Pokorny graduated in 1978.
Frank Pokorny said his brother did not decide to pursue a career in law enforcement until his last semester in school.
Following his promotion to corporal in September 2000, Joseph Pokorny served at various stations --including Belle Vernon, Fayette County -- until January 2003 when he became the vice supervisor for Troop B headquarters in Washington County.
Pokorny, who also is survived by a sister, Laura Hill, of Center, became a patrol supervisor in Moon in July 2004, but refused to be tied to a desk reading reports.
"He was, like, caffeinated. He was high-speed. He would go out and get the job done. He was not a slug," said Trooper Robin Mungo, a state police spokeswoman.
"He always wanted to be out on the road with the guys," Yuhas said.
But Frank Pokorny said his brother was "a very private" man.
"He certainly was not a mixer. He had a very small circle of friends. He was very guarded until you earned his trust and respect. Then he'd give you the shirt off his back," Frank Pokorny said.
"He was like a brother to me," said Ronald Evans, who often went hunting with the Pokorny brothers. "He was a great guy, the best. You knew you could count on him."
Crystal Hoffman, who lives near Joseph Pokorny's home in the Sharon Hill Manor neighborhood of Moon, said she regularly returned Pokorny's golden retriever when it broke free of its tether and ended up at her home.
"I didn't know Joe well, but he seemed to have a very a good sense of humor. He seemed like the kind of guy who really enjoyed life," Hoffman said.
The Pokorny brothers were avid hunters who made a number of trips together to hunt elk out West.
They last saw each other last week when Joseph Pokorny visited his brother's home in Hanover, Beaver County.
"He went out in the back woods to go hunting. He was an incredible woodsman. When he came back, he said he saw a buck but didn't shoot it. He smiled and said, 'I didn't want to.'"
Frank Pokorny, known as "Fearless Frank" for his special teams play for the Steelers in 1985 and '86, made no effort to hide his pain and tears.
"He was my older brother. I loved and miss everything about him."
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A bee buzzes around on some September wildflowers beside Indian Creek Greenway in Huntsville, Alabama. Taken with a Neewer 10mm lens extension tube.
Buzzard, Buteo buteo. Young bird in the mist. I stalked him for about 30minutes as he practiced flying but he would always land just out of range. So settled for the atmospheric shot.
Rich chocolate cake layered with chocolate ganache buttercream. Buzz and the aliens (my favourite!) modelled in sugar paste. A Planet Cake and flickr inspired explosion, I think it was a success, and it made it the 4 hours drive!
My humble little photostream reached a milestone just recently. The views of my pictures just exceeded 200,000 :-) Thank you all so very much!!! I whole heartily appreciate all of the knowledge that I've gained from my flickr friends and contacts!
I believe that this is a baby bumblebee... it looked like it was shedding some royal jelly as it was slowly making it's way around this rudbeckia in my garden on a very windy day. SOOC
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flickr is giving me some big problems right now, I'll bee back :-)
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Buzz Aldrin on the red carpet at Celebrity Fight Night XXV at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Buzz Bar, like Busters, opened in 1992 and closed only a few weeks later. Looks like the usual modern 90s leisure park pub with raised areas, metal partitions and a huge long bar. Quite a rocky sort of theme on the walls too. Again, a surprising amount still remains intact for something that closed around 20 years ago.
How do you love those Buzz du Jour Palazzo Pants I received by Shoppiin? It was a hot day so adding a Sombrero was necessary!
Pants: Shoppiin
Clutch: Mnologie
Bracelet: Ambre & Louise
Top: Forever21
Sandals: J.Renee
Hat: Aldo
From the archives. Took this in the fall. There was a house I passed in the town where I work that had this gorgeous wall of Heavenly Blue Morning Glories. I stopped and took pictures of them a day or so before Hurricane Sandy, which means I photographed them just before they were likely destroyed. I might post some of those pics, but out of all of them, I liked this one the best. Those granules of pollen look much bigger than I would have expected them to. Do you think those are individual granules of pollen? Or do you think each one is many granules of pollen? This guy was very docile and chill. I was able to get VERY close to him with my macro lens and he didn't budge. I have pictures of this that are much closer, but this one was the clearest. In fact, I'm not so sure this is the macro lens. The macro lens shots had a much more shallow depth of field which is why they weren't as clear.
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Taken in Montclair, NJ.
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Christelle de Roubaix, l'envers du buzz
Publié le mercredi 02 février 2011 à 06h00
La nouvelle « vedette » des fins d'après-midi de Virgin Radio a retrouvé sa vie roubaisienne. Alors que certains commencent à s'inquiéter pour elle des moqueries dont elle fait l'objet, nous avons réussi à la rencontrer chez elle, sans la présence des animateurs.
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Christelle existe, nous l'avons rencontrée. Ce n'est pas un produit marketing inventé pour créer le buzz sur Virgin Radio, mais bien une mère au foyer roubaisienne de 36 ans, jusqu'alors sans histoire. Chaque fois que nous avions sollicité une interview auprès du service de presse de Lagardère Interactive, il avait été impossible de rentrer en contact directement avec elle. Il fallait nécessairement que l'entretien ait lieu par téléphone, en présence d'un animateur de l'émission Camille Combal et son orchestre.
Des commentaires méchants
Nous avons finalement réussi à discuter avec elle, chez elle, pas tout à fait dans le quartier du Pile. L'occasion de lui demander, librement cette fois, comment elle vivait cette drôle d'histoire qui a démarré par un simple canular téléphonique en novembre dernier et s'est poursuivie vendredi par une émission spéciale à Paris avec lancement d'un single baptisé Christelle de Roubaix.
« Il y a eu beaucoup de changements. En bien, commence Christelle. Je suis sortie de chez moi, je suis passée à la télé, sur Internet. » La maman d'un petit bonhomme de 3 ans a bien lu des commentaires désagréables à son sujet. « Ma soeur dit que c'est de la jalousie. Certains disent que c'est honteux de se moquer de moi. Est-ce que c'est de la moquerie ou un jeu ? Chacun pense ce qu'il en veut, ça m'est égal. » Fin connaisseur des phénomènes de « buzz » sur Internet, Bruno Lestienne, l'animateur du blog2roubaix, se montre sceptique : « On retrouve tous les aspects du "bad buzz", avec d'un côté une femme naturelle, innocente et de l'autre des pros de la com' pas innocents. » Il a en tête quelques exemples récents d'anonymes dont la candeur et la fraîcheur ont pu faire sourire sur le Web, victimes de commentaires anonymes d'une violence inouïe. « Je ne suis pas sûr que pour elle, ce soit positif à moyen terme. » Le plus délicat pour ceux qui, comme lui, veulent appeler à la vigilance, c'est qu'ils participent aussi au « bad buzz ».
Profiter du moment
Ce que Christelle retient, elle, c'est que son petit sait désormais par coeur la chanson Christelle de Roubaix. Elle garde pour lui, pour plus tard, les différents articles de presse parus à son sujet. Même si le doute est permis quant aux intentions réelles de la radio jeune « branchée » du groupe Lagardère, elle « profite ». « Pour une fois qu'on a du bonheur dans sa vie, les gens peuvent dire ce qu'ils veulent », estime Christelle. En guise de dédommagement, elle a reçu pour elle et sa famille un séjour à Disneyland, une télé portable, une console de jeux, un ordinateur portable et le droit de déjeuner une fois par mois gratuitement dans une chaîne de restaurant dont elle a, sans le vouloir, assuré la promotion. « Pour nous, c'est devenu une famille », dit encore Christelle à propos de Camille Combal et son équipe.
Le périple à Paris par contre, a été un peu moins idyllique que ce qu'a pu en montrer Virgin sur son site Web. Très fatiguée parce que son fils avait été malade toute la nuit, Christelle aurait sans doute préféré remettre à un autre jour, mais la radio communiquait sur cette spéciale depuis une semaine. La visite de Paris s'est faite au pas de course. « On n'a pas vu grand-chose, une limousine, c'est dur à garer ! On a vu la tour Eiffel de loin, juste le temps de prendre une photo. » Pareil pour le Louvre. Le planning était serré, avec la séance de relooking - elle regrette ses cheveux longs - et l'émission qui démarrait à 17 h.
Pas très cool non plus, la route du retour. Virgin a oublié de leur offrir le dîner. « On est arrivés à 23 h 30 à Roubaix, mon fils et ma nièce n'avaient rien mangé depuis midi... » Mais à ce moment-là, il n'y avait plus ni caméra ni micro.w