Vikings defensive tackle Pat and Kevin Williams

Kevin Williams was nominated by Sheriff Pat Perez and Elgin Police Department Elderly Service Officer Cherie Aschenbrenner. In the nomination letters, Williams was recognized for his dedication to the elderly residents of the community. Williams has given more than 100 presentations to more than 4,400 seniors. He and Aschenbrenner were presenters at the National Association of TRIADS conference held in Orlando, Fla., in 2009.

Williams said he is proud to accept the recognition, but stressed that Percy Harvin it is the efforts of all those involved with TRIAD that has made the program a success.

TRIAD has chapters here and throughout the United States. It is composed of three national organizations: AARP, the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the National Sheriffs Association. The three have joined together to form a national coalition to help provide information and protective services to the elderly.

During the neverending StarCaps litigation, which arose after Vikings defensive tackle Pat and Kevin Williams  tested positive for an over-the-counter weight-loss supplement containing a prescription diuretic that also happens to be a banned substance, multiple references were made to the reality that other players previously had tested positive for Bumetanide, that they had explained they'd taken StarCaps, and that they had received no punishment whatsoever.

Brian Murphy of the St. Paul Pioneer Press recently named some names, thanks to deposition testimony that inexplicably was not properly safeguarded by the lawyers to prevent the names from being disclosed.

The players who tested positive before the league opted to crack down on StarCaps users were cornerback Nate Clements, guard Damien Woody, tackle Vernon Carey, tackle Damion McIntosh, defensive end Marquise Hill (who accidentally drowned in May 2007), receiver Jonathan Smith, fullback Damion Shelton, and fullback Patrick Pass.

Frankly, we're amazed by the fact that the names got out.  The easy solution would Percy Harvin have been to keep the names out of the testimony, for example by using a simple code (e.g., Player A, Player B), the key to which would have been kept closely guarded by the lawyers.