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A grass fire that broke out last Tuesday, July 7 on Kerr Creek Ranch on Highway 3 between Midway and Greenwood could have proven much more damaging than it did were it not for the swift actions of a passing RCMP officer and the speedy containment of the fire by Midway and Greenwood firefighters. Likely caused by sparks from a piece of haying equipment, the fire was initially contained by the haying contractor and passing motorists, but a sudden gust of wind blew the flames down field and the blaze quickly became out of control. The RCMP officer who was patrolling the area stopped and radioed for the fire department. Ranch owner Ian Williams said, “This was extremely fortunate, because cell service is still not available in our area, making calling 911 for help unavailable.” The Greenwood and Midway volunteer fire departments quickly arrived and managed to contain the fire. Cleanup took several hours. Williams added, “I would like to thank the members of the Midway and Greenwood fire departments for their service to the community as well as their quick response to this particular emergency. I would also like to thank the RCMP member and passersby that stopped to assist in battling the flames. This fire could have been disastrous for the area if it had spread and is a reminder of how dry our land is this time of year.”

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Saturday, July 18: Kettle River Family Fun Day Riverfront Park, Midway, 8:30 a.m. Sunday, July 19: Kettle River Memorial Run Midway, Kettlerivermemorialrun.ca. All day starting at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 21: The Kettle River Valley Painting Party is a free community event for all ages and abilities, with Fred Franzen (visiting Toronto multi-media artist). It will be held from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Westbridge Community Hall, rain or shine (12 kilometres north of Rock Creek on Hwy 33—follow Thrift Store signs). Bring a lawn chair and picnic. Make an innovative, abstract map of the Kettle River valley (to be donated to the Westbridge Community Hall) using a large sheet of plywood, smooth creamy-textured dry-wall mud and lots of colour, and a work to take home. For information, call Rosemary at 250-446-2929. July 21-25: Vacation Bible School hosted by Boundary Community Church. Kindergarten to Grade 6. 9 a.m. to Noon. Midway Curling Rink (21-22) and Midway Community Centre (23-25). For information, please phone Pastor Ryan at 250 449 1439.

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REGULAR EVENTS: Mondays: Drop-in crib at Greenwood Legion at 7 p.m. $3 buy-in. Mondays: Girl Guides of Canada meets after school from 3:30 to 5 at WBES. Contact Janine Fraser at WBES or Linda Sheppard at 250-443-1529. First & Third Monday: Midway Village Council meeting; 6:30 p.m. with a delegation or 7 p.m. if none. First & Third Monday: The Bridge Drop-in Centre

in Midway is open from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Closed on holiday Mondays, but will be open the next day on Tuesday. First Monday: Greenwood Seniors Centre meeting at 2 p.m. Info: 250-445-2290. Second & Fourth Monday: Greenwood City Council meeting at 7 p.m. Third Monday: Bridesville Women’s Institute meets at 11 am. Info: 446-2210 or 446-2121. Third Monday: Frolicking Fancies – the Greenwood Red Hat Ladies Group meet monthly in Greenwood. Information Francine 250-445-6734; or Shirley 250-445-9908. Third Monday: Discover Rock Creek Society meeting at 6:30 – for location info phone 250-5280227. Last Monday: Kettle River Recreation Commission meets at the Little Red School House at 7 p.m. Info Bill Watson 250-446-2325 or Sherry Dalziel 250-446-2997. Mondays and Wednesdays: Boot Camp at McArthur Centre in Greenwood from 6-7. $10 drop-in or $60 per month. Info 250-442-3664. Postponed until further notice. Monday & Wednesday beginning Sept. 15: Country Kids Playschool 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Rock Creek Health Centre. For info or to register call Sara Eek 250-446-2202. Tuesdays: AA Meetings at McArthur Centre in Greenwood at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday: Drop-in social at the Greenwood Seniors’ Centre, 9 -11 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday: 11 - 3 pm Greenwood Seniors’ Centre Thrift Store, 100 Deadwood. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Taekwondo at BCSS gym

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Thursday mornings: Free Yoga Classes in Greenwood at the McArthur Centre from 10:00-11:30 a.m. For more information call: Diane at 250-4456364. Thursdays: Kinesiology at the old Kettle Valley School House from 9:30 to 12. Thursdays: Anglican Thrift Store from 11-3. Info phone Les Williams 250-445-2216. Thursdays: Quilters and other crafters meet at the Midway Senior’s Centre at 9:30 a.m. Come for coffee and bring your needle project to work on. Membership fee $10 per year. First Thursday: Rock Creek Medical Society meets at 7 p.m. in the boardroom of the clinic. First & Third Thursday: Food bank at the Evangel Chapel at 11 a.m. Donations welcome. Info 250445-2125. Second & Fourth Thursday: Kettle River Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. in the Medical Clinic boardroom at Rock Creek. Fridays: Bingo at Greenwood Community Hall. Doors open 5 p.m., early bird 7 p.m. Progressive jackpot. Fridays: Coffee at Midway Seniors Centre from 9:30 - 11. Fridays: Overeaters Anonymous 11 a.m. - 12 noon at St. Jude’s Church in Greenwood. First & Third Friday: Karaoke at the Royal Canadian Legion in Greenwood. 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. Third Friday: Movie nights at Midway Community Hall; 7 p.m. Bring your own travel cup. $3 includes movie, drink and popcorn. Saturdays: Lion’s Club Meat Draw, at Prospector Pub in Rock Creek. Starts at 3 p.m. Saturdays: Greenwood Royal Canadian Legion Canteen open 2-6 p.m. Meat draw 3:30 p.m. Last Saturday: Karaoke at Hotel Midway – Hot-L Pub at 8:30. Last Saturday: The Bridge is open from 10 a.m. 12 p.m. Greenwood Public Library: Open Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat. Opens at noon.

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The driver of a car that went off the road and down an embankment was airlifted to Kelowna General Hospital in stable condition last Monday. Her passenger was transported to Trail Hospital with minor injuries. According to RCMP, the female driver may have turned to speak to the passenger and simply

left the roadway, coming to a hard stop down the embankment. A B.C. Road Rescue crew used the Jaws of Life to remove the driver, with Emergency Health Services and Emcon Services in support. Police credit the crews’ efforts in likely saving the driver’s life. The highway was closed for almost an hour.

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Cooler temperatures have helped firefighters battling several wildfires in the region. Jordan Turner, fire officer for the Southeast Fire Centre, said the colder weather and the precipitation have really helped firefighters’ efforts. “We had a few fires in the Boundary region last week but they’re all out,” Turner said. “We’ve had some precipitation. It’s been spotty but it’s helped when it has rained.” The evacuation alert for the Sitkum Creek wildfire near Nelson has been lifted as a result of recent precipitation and reduced fire activity. However, there is still an access restriction around the Sitkum Creek wildfire. The restriction has been put in place to protect the safety of the public and firefighting personnel. The fire currently covers 450 hectares and is 50 per cent contained. Authorities have prescribed a proactive burn out operation to fight the fire. “The wildfire is located in very steep and dangerous terrain and this burn out is necessary to limit the potential growth and direction of the fire,” said Noelle Kekula, fire information officer, Sitkum Creek Wildfire, in a press release. “The objective is to guide the fire toward control lines and contain the fire to the areas between Duhamel Creek and Sitkum Creek.” Kekula said that crews have established an equipment guard on the east flank of the fire and have built a fuel free control line on the south and west flanks of the fire. “When safe to do so, crews will begin a controlled fire to burn off any remaining unburned fuel between the guard and the wildfire,” she

added. “This removes fuel from the fire’s path and reduces the chance of the wildfire breaching the control line.” There are currently 120 firefighters, four helicopters and six pieces of heavy equipment battling the Sitkum Creek fire. Over the weekend there were 44 new lightning-caused wildfires across the Southeast Fire Centre. The largest one is an eight hectare blaze two kilometres south of Silverton and east of Highway 6 near Beaverton Creek and near the base of Mount Aylwin. There was an evacuation alert of the area but it was rescinded. The fire is 10 per cent contained. Currently, 20 firefighters and two helicopters are fighting the blaze. There was also a 1.5 hectare fire near China Creek, three kilometres west of Castlegar, which is now out. There is a group of four small fires directly across Lower Arrow Lake from Deer Park as well as a 0.3 hectare fire near Nemo Creek, two kilometres off the west shore of Slocan Lake. There is also a 0.2 hectare fire near South Bear Paw Lake north of Gladstone Provincial Park. The 117 hectare wildfire near Baynes Lake by Cranbrook is in mop-up status. There was also an end to the Smokey Skies Advisory for the Boundary issued on July 13 by the Ministry of the Environment. The release stated, “The weather system that is moving through the Southern Interior has reduced the amount of smoke carried into the region resulting in improved air quality. These conditions are expected to continue over the next few days.”

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Hay shortage looming The drought that has gripped much of the west, including Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as several U.S. states, is predicted to result in a hay shortage this fall, which in turn will almost certainly drive prices upward. With Washington and Oregon farmers scrambling for animal feed, their search could turn northward to B.C., which, despite also being affected by hot, dry conditions is still managing to produce hay, with those farmers that irrigate having a generally good yield. Normally, Alberta is a major supplier of feed, but grain and hay crops have been poor, and in some cases simply turned over to cattle for grazing. Hay prices have nearly doubled, which in turn has driven beef prices through the roof. At-slaughter price records have been set with nearly $2 per pound. Saskatchewan is in no better shape, desperately in need of moisture to save crops. There is some precipitation in the forecast, but possibly not enough to prevent a below normal yield, with higher feed prices inevitable. With all this talk of drought, which threatens to become the norm, there are farmers finding a way to survive with much less water than they were once accustomed to, which may indeed be the only way for farming to continue to be viable. In California, for instance, where farmers are expected to lose about 33 percent of their surface water supply this year, not to mention fallowing 6-7 per cent of the state’s annual irrigated cropland, more and more growers are turning to precision irrigation practices to use significantly less water while maintaining the same crop yield. A report in online magazine Tech Crunch describes how California blueberry farmer Will Gerry has turned to a smart irrigation management system made by Hortau. “According to Gerry, blueberries are extremely sensitive to dry or overly wet conditions, so he monitors plant stress and soil moisture levels in real-time using the Hortau system. The wireless, solar-powered stations are equipped with soil and temperature sensors that report to the web in real time how his crop is faring. Using a smart phone, tablet or computer, Gerry is able to make irrigation decisions based on the live soil tension, moisture and temperature data. Using an online dashboard that graphs out plant stress thresholds, he knows exactly when he needs to turn on his computer-automated drip irrigation system, and, more importantly, when to turn it off once an optimal amount of water and nutrients have reached the root zone.” Precision Ag Tech is nothing new, but it’s beginning to take hold in the farming industry, and the companies responsible for the technology have been attracting significant investment of late. Let’s hope this “new” wave in farming can keep the supply of feed flowing and the price of hay affordable. If not, many smaller farmers will likely be in trouble.

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community as well as a choice tourist destination. And then came July 11 and Greenwood’s Founder’s Day So begins Charles Dickens’ classic novel A Tale of Two celebration, with a parade that rivalled those held in much Cities, set before and after the French Revolution in the larger communities. It was on that humid morning that late 18th century, a tale of liberation and brutality that I realized I hadn’t dug deep enough beneath the surface changed the course of modern history and paved the way of the turmoil that had erupted soon after I’d joined the for democracy. Times; instead, allowing myself to be swept up It’s a sentence, too, that perhaps describes IN FOCUS in the furor of local politics and thinking that life in the City of Greenwood, both historically, this reporting thing was pretty exciting stuff! as well as during the few short months since I It was at Founder’s Day where I saw a comjoined the newspaper. munity united and celebratory, enjoying, along The history can be found in the museum with the parade, a wonderfully eclectic array and within the archives of the Boundary Creek of vendor tables, great food and terrific enterTimes, but I can speak to more recent events tainment. Surely this is how it should always from a very personal perspective. Andrew TRIPP be in Canada’s smallest city! Congratulations, My new job began in early May with an unGreenwood on a job well done, and I look forexpected “bang,” as my reports on the removal ward to many more positive things ahead! of the city’s chief administrative officer ruffled feathers, ~~~ and made me realize how my choice of words would have Kudos also to the volunteer fire departments of Midto be more careful going forward. An angrily disrupted way and Greenwood, that responded in a very timely fashcouncil meeting and then the emergence of “the petition,” ion to the grass fire at the Kerr Creek Ranch last Tuesday. which has proven extremely polarizing amongst citizens Without their speedy attendance, the fire would unand is yet to be put to rest, followed soon after. doubtedly have grown quickly and would likely still be It was seemingly blow after blow for a city beloved by burning. its population, yet, cruelly, divided by perception and poliIt is truly outstanding that volunteers are willing ready tics. and able to jump into action at a moment’s notice, and we Ironically, especially if you read Times contributor Al are fortunate to have you. Donnelly’s superb compilations of this newspaper’s re~~~ ports from its preeminent days, you are well aware that The Greenwood Pool has finally opened, and I’m planthe city’s history is rife with contention but, along the way, ning a feature article on its roster of lifeguards as they bewas also paved with gold and copper and driven by forgin their summers of ensuring safety in the water. Should ward thinking. be a fun photo session! It is one of few B.C. mining towns that has survived, Enjoy the summer, everybody! and remains a city to be reckoned with, as an historical “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

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Motoring SC Top SC MLS Soccer (6:00) 2015 Open Championship Third Round. (N) News Fish’n Fishing Boat TV Driving News Extreme Collectors Moves Marilyn Denis The Social Written Opera Gas Gas SportsCentre Our Vancouver Mercer Equestrian 2015 Pan American Games (N) (Live) All In Chan Paid 21 Day Whacke Paid Forensic Forensic Boxing News Fish’n Fishing Boat TV Driving News Extreme Collectors Moves Magic Creative Wild Wild Maker Martha Dogs Dogs Hope for Wildlife Rescue Wildlife Outback Explore Paid Paid 2015 Open Championship Third Round. Cops Cops Cops Cops ›› “Van Helsing” Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale. Rescue Rescue Rescue Rescue Hunters Hunt Intl Lake Log Carib Hawaii Duck D. Duck D. Wahl Wahl Lachey’s Donnie Donnie Donnie Big Smo Big Smo CNN Newsroom CNN Newsroom CNN Newsroom CNN Newsroom CNN Newsroom Sponge. Parents Rabbids Bread Turtles Sanjay ›› “Beethoven’s 5th” (8:30) ››› “Batman Begins” Christian Bale. ››› “The Dark Knight Rises” Christian Bale. Last Frontier Mayday Mayday Buying Buying Airplane Repo Handsome Devils “I Now Pronounce You” ›› “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” Paid Paid Paid Paid Kds Old Paid Paid Paid Pregame Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Little People Cold Justice Proof Complications Murder in the First Graceland “Big Girls Don’t Cry” ›› “Jumanji” (10:45) ›› “In the Land of Women” Austin I Didn’t K.C. Jessie Liv-Mad. Girl “How to Build a Better Boy” Gravity Friends Paid House of Payne Bald Browns ››› “Seabiscuit” Tobey Maguire. Theory Theory “There’s Something About Mary” (8:30) ››› “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” (12:15) “Rebel Without a Cause” (8:45) ›››› “Giant” Elizabeth Taylor. Pioneer Pioneer Food Network Star Guy’s Games Cutthroat Kitchen Chopped Shouldn’t Be Alive Shouldn’t Be Alive Shouldn’t Be Alive Shouldn’t Be Alive Shouldn’t Be Alive Paid Paid Canadian Pickers Restoration Ice Road Truckers Cnt. Cnt. Category 8 Exploding Sun 1/2 Exploding Sun 2/2 Hell on Wheels Hell on Wheels Hell on Wheels Hell on Wheels Hell on Wheels Border Border Border Border Bggg Bggg Border Border Border Border Big Toopy Caillou Cat in Zack Ready, Back Mike Truck Dino Home Old House Kitchen BBQ Fresh Cook Garden Antique Roadshow KHQ Wake Up Feel 21 Day Tour de France Golf Kardas Kardas Kardas Kardas Miami Miami Miami Miami Miami Miami Paid Paid White Collar Friends Friends ›› “Loverboy” Kyra Sedgwick. Dr. Pol Dr. Pol Dr. Pol Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Expedi RockWalker, Ranger Walker, Ranger Walker, Ranger Walker, Ranger Walker, Ranger State Coolest ››› “Shrek”, Eddie Murphy ›› “Scary Movie 3” Anna Faris. Gumby Casper Dexter Dexter Flintstones’ Yabba Dabba Do “Teenage Mutnt” Punjab Mehak Punjabi Lamia Virasat Quran Punjab Pyar Hi Pyar Hi Rangli Antique Roadshow Operation Wild Project Cooking Kitchen Cook Steves Music Style Sex-City Sex-City Sex-City Sex-City Sex-City Sex-City (8:00) ›› “Bring It On” Science Science The Raft Filthy Riches Dead End Express Security Security

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Varied Programs Sports Varied Programs The Talk Meredith Vieira Young & Restless News News News Dr. Phil Ellen DeGeneres The Dr. Oz Show CTV News CTV News Steven and Chris 2015 Pan American Games CBC News CBC Murdoch Let’s Make a Deal The Dr. Oz Show Dr. Phil News CBS KREM 2 News at 6 The Talk Meredith Vieira Young & Restless News News (5:59) News Hour Maker Curious Astrob PAW Doki Dinosaur Dino Wild Varied Programs Queen Latifah Rachael Ray The Doctors News ABC News News Varied Programs Holmes Makes Bryan Decks Varied Programs Hunt Intl Hunters Varied Programs Varied Programs Situation Room Situation Room E. B. OutFront Anderson Cooper Varied Programs Chucks Kid Sidekick Chucks Sponge. Varied Parents Sponge. Thunder Assem NCIS Rookie Blue Beauty & Beast Movie Varied Programs Varied Programs How/ How/ Varied Programs Law-SVU Varied Handsome Devils Debt Debt Varied Programs Paid Fam Paid Varied Programs Raising Mike Anger Two Mod Say Yes Say Yes Varied Programs Criminal Minds Flashpoint Person of Interest Blue Bloods Varied Programs (1:40) Movie Varied (4:05) Movie Varied Programs Movie K.C. Varied Programs Next Middle Middle Seinfeld Mod Theory Theory Browns Payne Browns Payne Just for Laughs Gags Gags Frasier Frasier Theory Theory Match Gas Movie Varied Programs Movie Varied Southern Southern Chopped Varied Food Food Chopped Varied Programs Shouldn’t Be Alive Storage Storage Storage Storage Shouldn’t Be Alive Varied Programs Varied Programs M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Varied Programs Star Trek: Voyager Inner Scare Stargate SG-1 Castle Varied Programs Movie Movie Varied Programs Movie Ghost Adventures Gotta Eat St. Moves Moves Security Security Varied Programs Blaze Bubble Octo Charm Zack Mike Toopy Peg Truck Cat in Thomas Sesame Curious Cat in WordGirl Wild News Busi PBS NewsHour TMZ Minute Ellen DeGeneres Judge Judge News News News Million. Varied Programs TMZ etalk CSI: Crime Scene TMZ Live Varied Programs Mike Mike Two Two Theory Theory Varied Programs Maury Varied KTLA 5 News at 3 Bill Cunningham Steve Wilkos News News Blue Bloods Funny Videos Funny Videos Videos Varied Mother Mother PIX11 News at 5 News Celebrity Two Two Varied Programs Animan. Toon Looney Garfield Garfield Fl’stone Jetsons Dexter Batman Ninja Doc Martin Emily of Moon Murder, She Wrote Columbo Varied Programs Wild Varied PBS NewsHour Busi Varied Programs Love My Movie Varied Programs Charmed Varied Charmed Varied Life Be Varied Security Security Drugs, Varied Security Security Varied Programs

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Sports Sports SportsCentre MLS Soccer: Whitecaps FC at Timbers SportsCentre (N) 16x9 Canada Sings Canada Sings True Crime Scene News SNL Amazing Race News CTV ››› “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” Mr. D Mr. D Mercer 22 Min Just for Laughs News ›› “Men With Brooms” White Collar Millers Millers News Closer 48 Hours 48 Hours 16x9 Canada Sings Canada Sings True Crime Scene News SNL Hammerhead Heartbeat Park Waterfront Cities Endeavour “Home” (N) Entertainment Ton. Scandal ››› “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” Egyptian Vice Egyptian Vice Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Bryan Bryan Decks Decks Beach Flip Bryan Bryan Hunt Intl Hunt Intl (9:01) Storage Wars Storage Wars (7:02) Storage Wars (N) Special Report Special Report Forensic Forensic Forensic Forensic Forensic Forensic Stanley Game Weird Haunting Haunting Haunting ››› “Gremlins” Zach Galligan. (6:00) ››› “The Dark Knight Rises” ››› “Batman Begins” Christian Bale. Misfit Garage Deadliest Catch Street Outlaws Deadliest Catch Street Outlaws (N) (6:00) “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” Housewives/NYC › “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” Two Theory News Wanted Animation Dom Bullseye BOOM! Women in Prison Women in Prison Women in Prison Women in Prison My Giant Life (6:00) “Away From Her” ››› “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Brad Pitt. (5:40) “Godzilla” (10:10) “The Scorpion King” Mad ›› “The Mummy Returns” Girl Liv-Mad. HZipzer K.C. Next Wingin’ Derek ››› “Dadnapped” “Shall-Dance” Fam Guy Fam Guy Seinfeld Seinfeld King King “Just Like” Laughs-Access Theory Theory Just for Laughs Laughs-Access Comedy Now! ››› “The Last Hurrah” (9:15) ›› “The Dark Horse” ›› “Equinox” Guy’s Games Chopped Chopped Canada Guy’s Games Cutthroat Kitchen Liquida Liquida Mantracker Dog and Beth Conspiracy Dynamo: Magician Curse of the Axe 10 Things About Sons of Liberty (N) 3/3 “Mega Shark” › “Piranha 3DD”, Matt Bush › “Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark” Hell on Wheels Hell on Wheels High ››› “High Plains Drifter” Clint Eastwood. The Dead Files Ghost Adventures Ghost Adventures The Dead Files The Dead Files Caillou Mike Big Max, Back Bubble Umi Band Max, Toopy & Keep Up Time/By Spy Austin City Limits ›››› “The Last Picture Show” Blue Bloods Running Wild News SNL Dateline NBC “Of Murder” Pop Pop Beverly Beverly “Of Murder and Memory” Seinfeld Seinfeld Mother Mother Raising Raising Getting Wealth Entertainers Two Two Two Two Fam Guy Fam Guy KTLA News at 10 News Shrek ››› “The Last Samurai” Tom Cruise. ››› “The Sixth Sense” Bruce Willis. News Sports Ray Ray The Pinkertons Alien Alien “Confessions” Tintin Tintin Hercules Hercules Garfield Garfield Toon Animan. Flintstones Aikam Taur Lashkara Waqt 4 Success Vehra Joyce Music Carole King-James Taylor Austin City Limits Artists Den Front and Center Excused CSI: Miami CSI: Miami ›› “Bring It On” Kirsten Dunst. Security Security Filthy Riches Dead End Express Security Security Brain Brain

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