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Woodruff Nature Center and Trail is a gift to the community by Richard Barrett Every so often, when nature lovers discover a treasure of a trail, creek, or camp site, they find themselves facing a bit of a dilemma. Do I keep this discovery all to myself and selfishly savor the solitude, or do I shout it from the mountain tops so others can experience the same delights, only to risk the sweet silence I so desperately seek out here being shattered by throngs of noisy curiosity seekers. This little treasure of a hiking trail, replete with lush vegetation, the madly rushing Otsquago Creek, a stunning 50-foot waterfall, and a labyrinth of above-the-ground, walk-in limestone caves, is tucked in neatly behind the tiny Owen D. Young Central School in the sleepy hamlet of Van Hornseville. Winding along state Route 80 in the southern reaches of Herkimer County, there is signage marking the entrance
to the Robert B. Woodruf f Nature Center and the parking area and trail head. Otherwise, you’d never know it was there. Named after a popular former school teacher and principal, and built by students and community volunteers, the trail is located adjacent to the brick school house that Young had built in 1930. Originally called the Van Hor nseville Central School, it was changed to its present name in 1963 to recognize Young as benefactor. The school’s namesake was the founder of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a General Electric subsidiary at the time, and he also helped establish the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Young was later chosen by then-gover nor Thomas E. Dewey to head a commission that laid the groundwork for the state university system. The school, which Young built for
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by Kelly Gates In this country there are laws that regulate the speed limit. There are rules that prohibit
drinking while driving. Some ban smoking in restricted areas while others are aimed at stealing, falsifying information and physically assaulting another person. While most of these mandates make sense to the average citizen, there are some writs that are just downright wacky, addressing everything from fees for elephant “parking” to where you can and cannot stuff your ice cream cone. In Alabama, for instance, it is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church. A woman can't cut her own hair without her husband's permission in Michigan. And if you are traveling through Florida on the back of an elephant, don't even consider parking that pachyderm at a meter without paying. The fee In Michigan there is a law there is the same as for a vehithat states a wife cannot cut cle. her own hair unless she has According to Southfield, MI her husband’s permission. attorney Gary Segatti, while
This hiking trail is home to lush vegetation and breathtaking waterfalls surrounding the madly rushing Otsquago Creek. Photo by Richard Barrett some of the really bizarre “laws” he's heard of are probably made up, many strange statutes really do exist. However, most are simply antiquated and no one has bothered to repeal them. “When a law is in the books, it can often be ignored and won't likely be repealed unless the legislative body decides to make a new law that is more relevant and realistic for the times,” said Segatti. “Law makers want to focus is on moving forward with better, more suitable laws, not backtracking and getting rid of irrelevant ones.” Segatti believes that some of the craziest codes may have been put into place because people have done crazy things that no one every thought to regulate before. Like the law in Massachusetts that forbids anyone from driving with a gorilla in the back seat of the car. He also questions why the government has gotten involved in some situations at all.
Consider the Illinois act that disallows dog owners to bring their pet poodles to the opera. “It seems that this type of issue would be between the people who own or operate the opera house and the patrons who wish to bring their poodles rather than something the government should regulate,” he said. “People might also question why a legislative body would tell a woman she can't cut her hair without her spouse's permission.” No need to worry about this hair-brained hair decree nowadays, he added. There are “onesided” laws that cancel out canons if they don't apply to everyone equally-in this case, to the husband as well as the wife. Then, there is the category of laws that seem silly at first. But with a little explanation, they not only make sense but also reveal just how clever criminals can be-and what lawmakers have to do to keep up. An old, yet intact Tennessee law is the perfect example.
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The Ecology of the Volunteer Firefighter by S.D. Shapiro [A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department composed of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. The first large organized force of firefighters was the Corps of Vigiles, established in ancient Rome in 6 AD.]
Throughout the country we are protected by heroes we sometimes do not even see; the Volunteer Firefighter. These ordinary citizens appear like your average person that is until the fire whistle blows. Then they don their turn out gear and helmets and dash straight into action.
One indicator that you have encountered a Volunteer Firefighter is the red and white “license plate” that is usually affixed to their front bumper. These placards announce to which volunteer department they belong. Another way you will be able to spot the Volunteer Firefighter due to the bright flashing lights and sirens that often accompany them on the scene. Please be aware that the Volunteer Firefighter is not limited to fighting fires, emergencies and saving kittens from trees. They are also pillars of the community. Most volunteer fire departments work in the community with charitable works. Volunteer Firefighters are known for their ubiquitous chicken barbecues. They are constantly raising money to assist fire and disaster victims, fund fire safety programs, first aid education, and more. The estimated number of firefighters working in the U.S. is 1,148,100. Of that number, 335,950 are career firefighters and 812,150 are volunteers. Over 70 percent of our American firefighting force
is made up of volunteers. Firefighters range in age from as young as 16 to 60 and older. Ninety-five percent of volunteer firefighters are in working at fire departments that protect a population of less than 25,000. More than 50 percent of volunteers are located in small, rural departments that protect a population of less than 2,500. *National Fire Protection Association Steve Brockett, a volunteer firefighter with over 20 years experience said, “Volunteer Firefighters are the first to get called. Besides the calls for flooded cellars, downed lines, and other emergencies we have a fire prevention program and a smoke detector program.” Mr. Brockett went on to explain that the smoke detector program received FEMA funding and that the Volunteer Firefighters would actually come and install the detectors. “Volunteers also save a ton of tax dollars. When you have a volunteer force you don't have to pay out as much to a paid department. In some villages, over half the budget is for the fire department. Volunteers cut that down a lot.” He also added that he has yet to be called to rescue the stereotypical kitten from a tree. . . yet. Next time you are at the super market take a look around at the cars in the lot and take notice of the red and white license plates. These are your friends and neighbors, these are the helpers, these are your Volunteer Firefighters.
Black lab Travis is greeter at music store by John Muthmacher, Hastings Tribune HASTINGS, NE (AP) — He doesn’t know a lick of music, yet he’s the one customers ask for most when visiting Major Music Center. Meet Travis, a senior black Labrador retriever rescued by store owners Maureen and Randy Mendyk two years ago through Kats Wagon Train, an underground railroad transport for abused dogs. Although they already had three dogs, the family opted to make Travis No. 4 after the woman who was supposed to adopt him in Scottsbluff failed to show up. The Hastings Tribune reports that crippled from years of abuse, Travis showed signs of having endured a difficult life. Both his front legs had been broken and left to heal without repair at the elbow. His front teeth were worn down from chewing on the metal cage he is believed to have been kept in. Worms infested his body. During the drive to Scottsbluff, he refrained from making eye contact with his rescuers, choosing instead to keep his head down as if to avoid confrontation. His suffering was evident. “Needless to say, he just came home with us,” Maureen said. “He came to us abused and very thin. Whoever had him didn’t treat him well.” As visits to the family veterinarian and subsequent medication slowly began to heal his physical ailments, Travis wasted little time bonding with his new family. The Mendyks’ twin teen daughters Anna and Ashley are so smitten by him they’re planning to write a children’s book trumpeting his many adventures. And while he gets along famously with the family’s other canine companions _ a golden retriever, a Brittany spaniel and dachshund _ he has grown especially fond of his owners. Separation is not an option. “Shortly after we opened the store I was working at home,” Maureen said. “When I started working at the store, he had separation anxiety. He would bulldoze the fence and wait for us on the porch. After doing this a few times, Randy said, `Let’s bring him with us.”’ He became a fixture at the store, much to the delight
of customers who now come in just to visit the elder statesman. Some have even brought their own dogs to meet him. He remains a favorite of children who frequent the store, often just to see him. “He loves kids,” Maureen said. “He eats breakfast here at work and people bring him treats. He usually walks out from behind the counter when the door rings to greet people.” To Randy, who first encouraged Maureen to get involved with animal rescue to give her some place other than home to help stray animals, Travis has become a favorite son of sorts. He no longer minds lifting the 117-pound dog into the back of the family van for their daily commute to work from Grand Island. With the van’s back seat removed, Travis now is able to stretch out in comfort there. “He’s part of our family now and part of our lives,” Randy said. “We love him.” “He’s easy to take care of, considering everything. He’s always in a good mood and gets along brilliantly with the other dogs at home. He’s kind of like a wise old man who takes care of things.” Travis’ popularity peaked during Halloween last year. Dressed in a striped Halloween costume, he became the main attraction at the store during the downtown trick or treat candy giveaway. Children lined up to have their photo taken with him. He fits right in at the store, striking a harmonic chord with customers of all ages. Chris Niemeyer, a music teacher at Zion Lutheran School, frequents the store with her 4-year-old son, Ben. Both have grown fond of Travis through their many encounters there. “He is very gentle and loves to play,” Chris said. “Ben especially likes throwing his toy around the room and watching him run to get it. He thinks it’s pretty cool that there’s a dog in a music store!” Lisa Carson is a stay-at-home mother of three daughters who teaches swimming lessons part time at the Hastings Family YMCA. While mother and daughters enjoy Travis’ presence at the store, it is youngest daughter Shayna, 11, who is most enamored with him.
“She comes in here mostly to see Travis,” Carson said. “My girls don’t have a fear of dogs because we have bigger dogs, so Shayna has always gone right up to them. “It’s always a friendlier atmosphere when they’re willing to have a pet in the facility. You just feel a lot more comfortable. They’re really nice people, so he just goes right along with it.”
by Amber Rosado, Daily American SOMERSET, PA (AP) — As a second generation photographer, Chuck Wagner has always had a passion for pictures. He has turned his hobby into a unique way to document a national tragedy — Flight 93. Throughout his years working as a Flight 93 ambassador, Wagner has managed to obtain beautiful and moving photography of the ceremonies at the Flight 93 memorial site in Stonycreek Township. Flight 93 was hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, and crashed in a field as part of the terrorist attacks. His passion to document events started when he was young. Wagner said he remembers spending time with his family during his childhood in Buckstown looking at slide shows of family vacations and events. After getting married, he continued this tradition with his children. “We’ll still get the old photos out and have a chuckle,” Wagner said. In 2001 Wagner was in a training session in Ebensburg when he received the call from his daughter about the Flight 93 plane crash. “She couldn’t get to her house, which was about a mile from the site, because the roads were blocked off,” Wagner said. He said he arrived home about two hours later. Wagner said he felt compelled to help during this tragedy, so he decided to work with the local Salvation Army to help deliver meals to the volunteers. Various local businesses donated meals for volunteers. “We got a call from a place in Johnstown called Wonder Bread, they wanted to donate Twinkies. So I went down, got them, it was so funny to see the truck full of Twinkies,” Wagner said.
Wagner also helped with the excavation of the crash site. He worked on site running a machine. His group worked with the Evidence Response Team from Knoxville, TN. Wagner said most days were spent — from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. — raking through the dirt looking for items from the plane. Wagner said the site was the only one of the three attacks — the others were in New York City and at the Pentagon — that could provide evidence of the terrorists. “Our group found a pocket-sized notebook with handwriting, a jacket, a Canadian coin and flight tickets,” Wagner said. These items were later sent back to Washington, D.C., and used to study the attacks. The group also found various items that were sent back to families of the victims. He said the mood on the site was sober and focused. He said workers were driven. “I just wanted to be able to do something for the cause. America was hurting at the time,” Wagner said.
Flight 93 National Memorial, Pennsylvania. Source: www.nps.gov/flni/index.htm
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from 1 An old, yet intact Tennessee law is the perfect example. In the Volunteer state, no one can lawfully stuff an ice cream cone into his or her back pocket. The reason? Long ago, when horses were the main mode of transportation, thieves found a loophole for the “no stealing horses” rule. They began tucking ice cream cones into their pocke t s
and luring horses away. If caught, they simply stated, “what, officer? I wasn't stealing this horse. He won't stop following me!” If that isn't enough to tickle your funny bone, here are a few more that we found amusing: • In Minnesota, it is illegal to paint a sparrow and try to sell it as a parakeet. • Georgia clothiers must draw their window shades before undressing and redressing man-
If you park your elephant on the streets in Florida, be sure to pay the parking meter!
After the cleanup, a temporary memorial was dedicated to the victims of the crash. Wagner, who had become part of the memorial grounds maintenance committee, started to photograph everything at the site. He has four volumes of pictures documenting events and anniversaries held at the memorial. Wagner would take pictures of ceremonies and send them to families who could not attend. His wife, Jane Wagner, said her favorite picture is the one of a victim’s mother with an FBI agent. She said it’s convenient for Chuck to live so close to the memorial. “It’s easy for him to get a picture if there’s a beautiful sunset. Whatever’s going on he’s up there taking pictures,” Jane Wagner said. Chuck Wagner has donated more than 3,000 pictures to Flight 93 memorial curator, Barbara Black. Wagner said that in the future he wants to compile a photography book to help people understand Flight 93. “As a Christian, I felt fulfilled to help meet the needs of the area at the time. I am humbled by the opportunity to make several friendships,” Wagner said.
nequins. • In Alaska, you cannot whisper into a person's ear while he is hunting moose. • You could be fined in Maine if you don't dismantle outdoor Christmas displays before Jan. 14th. • Tickling women is considered a crime in Virginia. • Texas does not allow guests to shoot buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
Barnburner by Laura Rodley My husband Jim rushes in the door, breathless, his hair more fluffed up than usual, with bits of leaves on his jeans, and gasps, “You gotta come quick, I lost my glasses in the wood, and I can’t see to find them.” We were keeping a dappled white camp horse over the summer, named Chippy, who had more than one chip on her shoulder from having her reins pulled by both unmeaning or obstinate children during camp sessions, both learning bad habits. As a result, Chippy often took the bit in her mouth, if you weren’t careful, with two speeds, a glum, reluctant walk or sudden galloping. Jim had ridden her in the woods at the Wheeler’s Farm where we pasture her and she’d taken him through low lying branches. It was either fall or be slapped and he chose being slapped, but his glasses went flying into the air. Luckily, Chippy didn’t step on them but it was the end of the ride. Jim slid off but without his glasses, he couldn’t see to find them on the forest duff, covered with dry rotting leaves, just the color of his frames, brown, with large aviator lenses. He has driven home without them to come get me and needs to leave for his courier driving job, but can’t without glasses. Luckily two of our children are in school, with our only baby Joe at home, so I drive us over in our blue 1966 Dodge Dart, and we traipse his steps back into the woods. “It was around here,” said Jim, waving his hands over an area of fallen logs and a carpet of dusty leaves. On our hands and knees we search, me holding Joe on my hip, lifting up leaves in case they’d covered the glasses when they fell, the leaves moist and dark underneath. It is hot and the few biting bugs that live on Florida Mountain find us. Yard by square yard we search. Suddenly, there they are. “Here they are,” I yell, holding the glasses up, unbroken, unscratched. Jim carefully places the glasses on his nose and we walk out of the forest; another miracle in daily living. Chippy looks on as we walk out of the woods, contentedly chomping lush grass behind the electric fence wires in her pasture. It is past time for Jim to leave for work, so he gets behind the wheel of our car to drive us home.
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Donors help after girl’s stand shut down at track INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Donors have helped a 10-year-old girl raised hundreds of dollars more for charity than she expected to since her lemonade stand was shut down at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Morgen Morris was at the track during Saturday’s Indy 500 qualifications day as part of Lemonade Day activities, which teaches children about running a business, when a track employee told her she needed a county health department permit to keep selling her drinks for 75 cents a glass. “We had a line going, so I thought maybe we would make a lot of money, but then he said you have to shut down
and he cut the line off,” Morgen said. She was raising money for the American Heart Association. Speedway spokesman Doug Boles blamed miscommunication. “It’s one of those unfortunate instances,” Boles told WTHR-TV. “It’s a mistake that shouldn’t have happened and clearly we’re trying to fix it.” Morgen told WIBC-FM that the speedway has given her $500 for the charity and two other donors have given her $750 more. She said she only expected to raise about $100 at the track and that she’s learned to be prepared for anything when it comes to business.
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Always be willing to ride in the backseat! Photo by Melody Reynolds
Hiking from 1 want to test yourself, there are places where you can. The trail system is not particularly lengthy, stretching out to about 1.5 miles if you cover the side trails and loops. There’s a little up and down, just enough to get the blood pumping, but nothing too strenuous.
Dan Wren, of Sprakers, NY, does some fishing in the Otsquago Creek.
Historic Superior lighthouse free for the taking DULUTH, MN (AP) — Wisconsin’s historic Superior Entry lighthouse is free for the taking. No longer needed by the U.S. Coast Guard, the lighthouse is being offered to any eligible group that would use it — and pay for its upkeep — for education, recreational, cultural or historic preservation purposes. The lighthouse stands on Wisconsin Point at the entrance to the port of Superior, WI. Construction began in 1911, and its light was first lit in 1913. The current light flashes green every five seconds; its foghorn sounds for three seconds twice a minute as needed. Whoever takes control of the lighthouse would have to agree to several conditions, the Duluth News Tribune reported Monday. The structure is on the National Register of Historic Places, and any new owner must maintain the structure to federal standards. In addition, the Coast Guard will reserve the right to service, replace or move the still-operating light and foghorn. The federal government is making the offer under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act, which aims to find stewards for lighthouses in an effort to save tax dollars while preserving the past. “Advancements in navigation technology have reduced USCG’s requirement to own and operate light stations,” General Services Administration spokeswoman Cat Langel said. “While the USCG may continue to maintain active aids to navigation at or near specific light stations, the structures themselves are often no longer critical to the USCG’s mission needs.” The government has conveyed 92 lighthouses to new owners under the 2000 act. It currently is also offering one in Connecticut and five in Michigan. New owners have put lighthouses to several uses. The North Point Lighthouse in Milwaukee, for example, has been restored and is now a public museum.
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You start out crossing over a foot bridge and then head into the woods on a well-marked dirt trail. It’s instantly cooler and noticeably darker, due to the dense canopy of trees, the abundant vegetation, and the fast-moving creek splashing over massive, mosscovered rock outcroppings. It’s not long before you experience a sensory explosion: the babbling creek; the richly organic aromas, flora of all varieties; a gorgeous waterfall over weathered limestone cliffs into still pools below; and an avian chorus merrily singing about it all. Somehow, even the far-off shouts and joyful giggles of kids playing hide and seek in the caves seem to fit in perfectly. Canines, especially the water-loving kind, will literally lap this place up. Just remember to keep them on a leash or under tight voice control. Believe it or not, some hikers don’t have the same appreciation for them and their adorable-ness as you do, and you have to respect their right to feel that way. The nature center and trail is maintained by the elementary school students and a team of community volunteers. It is equipped with a portable toilet, a picnic area with tables and grills, trash receptacles, an amphitheater, and a learning center. Otsquago Creek is a registered New York State Brook Trout Stream, so be sure to bring a rod and reel if you like to fish. Great photo ops here too, so do bring the camera. Always carry water and a snack, and wear sturdy, comfortable shoes. Let’s keep this a secret, OK?
The trail is located at 2316 State Hwy. 80. Free parking and admission. Visit odyoungcsd.org/community.cfm?subpage=10260 for more details.
Archaeological remains and pieces of equipment from an old sawmill and the former cheese box factory can be seen by hikers perusing the historic sites while walking the trail.
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campgrounds are generally funded by tax dollars and maintained by parks departments or government offices. They may be free to enter or charge a nominal fee for use. Because of the low cost involved, they may be quite popular and crowded
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UMD students fly human-power helicopter 58 seconds LANDOVER, MD (AP) — The University of Maryland says its human-powered helicopter flew for 58 seconds in April. But that was not
enough to win the $250,000 Sikorsky Prize from the American Helicopter Society. The prize requires a “perfect flight” of longer than 60 seconds and the aircraft
much reach an altitude of 10 feet. University officials say damage to helicopter blades during the flight required a few hours of repair which limited
what the team could accomplish. Spokesman Ted Knight said the team is planning to regroup and consider future attempts. The pedal-powered helicopter was
flown at a sports complex in Prince George’s County. The Sikorsky Prize has remained unclaimed since its creation in 1980. Last year, the
team captured the world record for a flight lasting 65 seconds that reached 9 feet. A Canadian team also is vying for the prize.
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This morning after showering, I chose a pair of undershorts. While holding them up I was really shocked and I said out loud to myself, “Heavens to Betsy, these are bigger than Maggie’s bloomers.” Scarsdale diet, here I come. The next time you see me ride by on the red Spyder, I will only be half there. I want to ask you a question: how can any self-respecting Irishman
give up eating potatoes? To make matters worse, my wife is a champion apple pie baker, and you think you’ve got problems? The Bible says to think something is equivalent to doing it. Do you think, if I just think about going on a diet, it will work? No potatoes – no apple pie. Come to think of it – I’ll never know for sure until I try it. The temperature hit 67 degrees before 11 this morning so I hurried home to change into shorts. How about a
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“Remember every morning at 7 to listen to the famous family political discussion hour.” Every day our very own Charlie Brown challenges a guest with a political question. You will notice from the tone of Charlie’s voice, he is quite young but senior to his typical guest. Even though they do not know what they are talking about, it is educational to hear their points of view. If their program is recorded some day, they may get a chance to find out just how young they really were. Remember
the old saying, “Listen to the young while they still know everything.” My friend and I stopped at the Little Falls Bakery. He had a slice of pizza and I had a halfmoon chocolate cookie and coffee. I’m still thinking about losing weight. I now think if I had already lost a little, I found it again. While at the bakery a lady stopped by our table and said, “I read your ‘Hello Again’ column every week. I love it but it’s getting too political” So maybe I should back off a little. What do you think? I admit I got a big kick out of the following blurbs Mr. Obama said, I quote: “I have no knowledge whatsoever about fast and furious.” Mr. O said, “I don’t have the slightest idea who sneaked sensitive national intelligence secrets,” and Mr. O said, “I promise you, I have no clue who was behind the security lapse and the cover up in Benghazi.” Then Mr. O said, “Let me assure you, I didn’t have the foggiest notion of what was going on at the IRS,” and Mr. O said, “I don’t know anything about the AP phone taps by my justice department,” and he continued with, “You can be confident that I am in charge.”
those blurbs funny or are they too political? Excuse me while I take a few non-political moments to giggle. All of this is too serious for this Irish-American lad (by the way, I do have a birth certificate to prove where I was born.) Even if you agree with the lady at the bakery, I’m sure you will have to believe the following – poor George Washington must have had a terrible time when asked to defend his position on any subject or action. He couldn’t find a Bush to hide behind. It was even worse than that, he couldn’t find two Bushes. Speaking of Maggie’s bloomers, should we find a Bush for her to hide behind? I have to wonder – if Maggie is a thinking American and she is watching Washington, she must be concerned that they will scare her bloomers off. While we are chatting about a president, I was told when Romney was running for the office, he was knocked down by a couple of D.C. thugs and told to hand over all of his money or they would blow out his brains. Romney said, “Go ahead and shoot – as president I won’t need brains but I will need money.”
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9/11 museum officials say admission fee needed by Karen Matthews Associated Press NEW YORK, NY — Faced with hefty operating costs, the foundation building the 9/11 museum at the World Trade Center has decided to charge an admission fee of $20 to $25 when the site opens next year.
The exact cost of the mandatory fee has not yet been decided. Entry to the memorial plaza with its twin reflecting pools will still be free. The decision to charge for the underground museum housing relics of the Sept. 11, 2001, ter-
ror attacks has been greeted with dismay by some relatives of 9/11 victims. “People are coming to pay their respects and for different reasons,” said Janice Testa of Valley Stream, whose firefighter brother Henry Miller Jr. died at the twin
towers. “It shouldn’t be a place where you go and see works of art. It should more be like a memorial place like a church that there’s no entry fee.” Testa was visiting the memorial Saturday with relatives from Florida. The memorial plaza
opened in 2011 on the 10th anniversary of the terror attacks, but disputes over funding have pushed the museum’s opening back to spring of 2014. With the cost of operating the memorial and museum projected to be $60 million a year, the
memorial foundation voted at its board meeting last week to charge a mandatory admission fee for the museum. “This is something that is going to be important and is going to be worth the expenditure,” Joseph
The scary part of all this law enforcement is the deputy sheriffs driving those cars must think that Route 5 is their own speedway.
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cluding the right to bear arms. Say what we feel like saying, and most important of all to worship God and attend a church of our choice.
neighbor and wave hi when you see the red Spyder ramble by. God be with you and your family.
This nation was formed on Christian principles and standards. I believe that is why this is the greatest nation of all.
P.S. Isn’t it strange that the local newspaper somehow seems to fail to report on all of the western Montgomery County crime?
Here in America, we enjoy freedom beyond our ability to understand. In-
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Hello from 7 Engagement: The period in a couple’s life when they get a chance to see if they could do better. In church Sunday, a man in the congregation was asked to close the service in prayer. I mumbled to myself – I couldn’t hear him and then realized he wasn’t talking to me. I am doing my best to figure out if western Montgomery is basically a crime-free area or just riddled with crime. Nearly every day driving from my home in St. Johnsville to the office between Nelliston and Palatine Bridge, I meet at least two law enforcement cars. Sometimes two sheriff cars followed by a NY State Trooper car.
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by Jake Pearson, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City, with its constant hum of subways, buses, cabs and ferries, has long had one glaring exception to its many transportation options: bicycles for the masses. But bike sharing is finally coming to the Big
Apple, which could help the city overcome its reputation as a commuter obstacle course of speeding cabbies, horn-honking drivers and sharp-elbowed pedestrians who treat crossing signals as a mere suggestion. City officials say the nation’s largest bikesharing system will be-
gin sometime this month with 6,000 bikes at 330 stations in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, with plans to expand eventually to 10,000 bikes and 600 docking stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. “When you talk about scale, no other U.S. city comes close,” says Jon
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tional donation but rejected the idea. “We decided that it’s more fiscally prudent to have a straight ticket charge,” Daniels said. Debra Burlingame, a foundation board member whose brother was the pilot of one of the hijacked planes, said the
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on that. “Would we like to be able to say this is free? Absolutely,” Burlingame added. But she called it “irresponsible to hope that year after year we have donations that will cover an expense like security.” Some visitors to the memorial were divided
about charging admission to the museum. Retired school psychologist Valerie Cericola of Lavalette, N.J., said the entry fee sounded fair. “You need to keep it open, you need to keep it running,” she said. “It’s an expense.
But Jennifer Reyes, a friend of Cericola’s daughter who has a connection to the trade center site because she was born on Sept. 11, 2001, said the museum should ask for an optional donation. “I think a donation like $10 would be good,” Jennifer said.
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such as riding against traffic, a resulting injury might be his or her fault; if the front wheel is loose during a ride, that might be the bike share’s fault; and if a rider falls into an open pothole, that could well be the city’s fault. It has been a long road
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engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. She says cities such as New York and Chicago will ultimately benefit from the technical trial and error of bike-sharing systems in cities from Tulsa, OK, to Chattanooga, TN.
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plain about the stations. “I don’t care what they do in Paris: I live in New York City,” Deborah Stone said to thunderous applause. The launch of the program has been delayed twice — most recently during Superstorm Sandy, when the storm damaged much of the equipment, including bikes, that was stored in a Brooklyn Navy Yard facility. But other large-scale bike-sharing programs in the U.S. have experienced delays too, including Chicago’s, now set to launch in June, and San Francisco’s, set for August. Both programs are being launched by Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share, which is running Citi Bike through a wholly-owned subsidiary called NYC Bike Share LLC, based in Brooklyn. Such delays are to be expected, says Susan Shaheen, a professor of civil and environmental
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Shaheen also says research shows bike shares decrease accidents, giving credence to the strength-in-numbers theory pushed by bike share advocates, who suggest drivers adjust their behavior and become more cautious when more bikes are on the road. Her research has found that bike share operators with more than 1,000 bicycles had an average of 4.33 accidents reported per year — with no fatalities reported. In New York City, there were 369 severe injuries for bicyclists reported in 2011, with 22 fatalities, according to city data. Washington, D.C.’s program, which began in 2010, now has 1,100
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Open from 11 What sellers should do As a seller, an open house is about putting your home’s best foot forward. Here are some tips for a successful open house: • Declutter and clean the house. • Replace burnt-out lightbulbs and wash the windows. • Mow the front lawn and clean the walkway.
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tial. In 1990, the inaugural Purdue University Bug Bowl featured a cockroach race. Bug Bowl is a festival that introduces attendees to insects in a fun way. What could be more fun than a cockroach race? Cockroach racing requires a dedicated cockroach racing facility. Purdue’s is called Roachill Downs and is modeled after Churchill Downs of horseracing fame. Roachill Downs features a racing oval, an exercise arena and a tractor pull strip. Of course, the cockroach racing facility is scaled down from horse-sized to cockroach-sized. Vignettes at Roachill Downs feature American
cockroaches engaged in activities that humans exhibit at racing events. Such activities include cockroaches in the bleachers, cockroaches tailgating, cockroaches
John and cockroaches sunbathing. The racing oval at Roachill Downs is a two"furshort” track. In horseracing, a furlong is 220 yards or one-eighth
lengths of a cockroach equivalent to the number of body lengths of a horse in a furlong. Also in keeping with horseracing tradition, the names of the cock-
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Looking for love in dwindling farm country by Justin Juozapavicius, Associated Press TULSA, OK (AP) — Until Rubert Kerl’s wife left him two months before the couple’s 35th wedding anniversary, the soybean and corn farmer thought his dating days were over. Then, sullen and down 20 pounds fretting over the breakup, Kerl, of Mazomanie, WI, happened to see a notice in his local paper about a group for single farmers seeking a social life. “You got to do something,” he remembers telling himself. The ad was his ticket to meeting an unattached farm girl. “It was love at first sight,” Kerl, 75, says of Charlotte, 71, and before long they were married. In recent years, dating services for people of different ages, interests and religious backgrounds have proliferated thanks to the internet. But one of the most resilient groups of all goes back to the 1980s and focuses on an increasingly challenging niche: farmers in rural areas, whose numbers are shrinking with the
farm population and who don’t tend to live
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Hiking with babies and tots: Trail options grow taking advantage of it, she said. “It’s a great movement that we’ve seen grow over the last couple of years,” she said. “Families are not letting the age of their children hold them back. We added family-friendly hikes that include parents and caregivers with toddlers and babies.” Karen Kapoor of Cold Springs, NY, and her husband, Dinesh, routinely take their 7-yearold son and 5-year-old daughter out into the woods. “We’ve been hiking since my daughter was a teeny-tiny baby,” she said. “I like to get out for myself. It’s easier to take
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Looking from 16 You hurt for the ones who are left, you hurt for the ones who are gone — everybody knows everybody else.” Donna Chumney, 58,
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Home Country by Slim Randles “From the cow to the plow, Dewey,” Windy said, leaning on a shovel. Windy Wilson was on another of his “helper days” and today it was Dewey Decker’s turn to be helped. “What do you mean, Windy?” “You know … a slogan for the business. From the cow to the plow. Fertilizer. Farming.” He was helping Dewey spread some product
around at Mrs. Simmon’s yard, helping her anticipate a greener lawn this summer. Besides enriching the English language at every possible moment, Alphonse “Windy” Wilson devotes one day each week to helping someone, for free, here in the valley. He usually calls it his “enrichelating experience.” Windy went back to Dewey’s pickup for the steel rake. “What you’re
doing here,” Windy tossed back over his shoulder, “is plowing backly into our community the veriatable seedlets of hope and change for the future. Yes, if I can coagulate some ideas for assisticating your business, I’m delightable. We need ya, boy!” “Thanks, Windy. Everyone’s been so nice. You know Emily’s coming up with new ways of using cow manure so we
can … well, spread out a bit more.” “Absotively. I heard that sweet little chickadee of yours was masticating some ideas that are ultra noo voe and knife bladely sharp. She’s a honey.” “She sure is. She thinks we might get a steel tank and pour manure in it, then fill it with water. She says they call it ‘fertilizer tea’ or something and it’s good to spray on crops.”
“No foolin’? Won’t you have to buy one a them sprayer thingies to drag behind a tractor?” Dewey stopped shoveling and thought. “Now that you mention it, we’d have to have some way to get it on the field. But you know about me and machinery …” Dewey’s being monumentally self-destructive around anything valuable, movable or sharp was certainly no secret. “Why son,” Windy said,
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carrier to a stroller since many of the trails near their home have a bit of incline. In Florida, parents have a variety of trail choices, said Sandra Friend of Orlando, who has written several hiking guides about the state. Many county parks there have boardwalks or crushed shell trails that take parents
through interesting natural environments and landscapes. The parks systems have focused on accessibility for families and older adults, she said. “They’re thinking about all ends of the spectrum,” she said. “They want to make it safe and easy for people to get outdoors.” Sometimes, she sees
the telltale “parallel tracks” of a stroller on sand trails and imagines that pushing a stroller though that must have been “quite a workout.” Stroller Hikes, which offers multiple events in the San Francisco Bay area each week, has expanded to include a wide variety of hiking options, Frazier said. Events take place on everything from
paved paths in the city to beaches to off-road trails. Frazier and her volunteers rate the difficulty of the trails and recommend either a traditional stroller, a jogging stroller or a backpack carrier. With the right equipment, it’s possible to get a workout and travel a good distance, Frazier said.
Volunteer hike leaders show newcomers safe places to walk and the ins and outs of hiking with little ones, she said. “Parents want to know, ‘What’s going to be safe?’ and ‘How do you change a diaper outside?’” Frazier said. “We know where you can safely go with children. We’ll change diapers in public. We’ll nurse in public.”
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by Phil Gianficaro, Bucks County Courier Times LEVITTOWN, PA (AP) — Forty-four -year -old Cyndi Lane wiped the inside of her cheek with a cotton swab in her Kintnersville home last month, hurriedly packed it into a UPS box and shipped it to a DNA laboratory in Fort Worth, Texas. More than 300 miles away, 82-year-old Audrey Gilligan of Bradford was doing the same. The women then went about doing what they’ve been doing for years: They waited. Anxiously. Hopefully. The minutes dragged like hours. In the interim, Lane, a married mother of one, and Gilligan, a widowed mother of five, continued doing by phone what they’d been doing for only a few days since finding each other last
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month with the help of social media: connecting their lives that were literally separated at birth 44 years ago in a maternity delivery room in upstate New York when Gilligan gave up Lane for adoption. “As we spoke on the phone, we learned we have so much in common,” said Lane, who is employed by Allstate Insurance Co. in Pennsburg. “We both love music, decaf coffee and like to wear lots of jewelry. She’s a hairdresser, and I’ve always had this desire to be a hairdresser. “And when I saw her picture, I saw we have the same nose, cheekbones and freckles in the same places. I look like her.” The days of waiting ended eight days after those cotton swabs were shipped out. Lane’s telephone rang. The caller ID showed it was from
Fort Worth, Texas. She held the phone and her breath. And then she learned the result of the DNA tests: “The person at the lab said our DNA samples showed a match of 99.997 percent that we were mother and daughter,” Lane said, sounding as excited as the day she got the news. Lane quickly hung up the phone and phoned Gilligan. “When I told her the results, she said, `Honey, I didn’t need a DNA test to prove you were my daughter. I could hear it in your voice. I just knew I’d finally found you.’” On July 7, 1968, in the former St. Francis Hospital in Olean, NY, Gilligan, then a widow with four children, gave birth to a girl she named Cynthia, her fifth child. For unexplained reasons, she chose to give
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Collectibles COINS WANTED! Silver Coins, Old Coins, Proof Set, Collections, Estates. Since 1974. Terry West Coins 315797-7875 WANTED - CA$H PAID: For old jewelry, books. Dolls toys, even if broken, 1970s older. 1960s & older: Clothing. Old frames, Christmas, Halloween items. Interested in almost anything old. Shirley 315-8949032.
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Calendar of Events COUNTRY EDITOR NOTE: Calendar entries must arrive at the Country Editor’s office by the Friday prior to our Wednesday publication date for them to be included in the calendar of events. Send events to Lee Publications c/o Country Editor, 6113 State Highway 5, P.O. Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428 or e-mail: kkelly@leepub.com. JUN 1 Introduction to Guitar & Harmonica Shawangunk Nature Preserve 255 Shawangunk Rd., Cold Brook, NY. 9-11 am. Bring your own instruments and learn some easy ways to entertain yourself, and in, time, others. No fee. Call 315-826-7405 or e-mail shawangunk@ntcnet.com. Rabies Clinic East Herkimer Fire Dept., 193 Main Rd., East Herkimer, NY. 1-3 pm. All cats, dogs & ferrets 3 months old or older must be vaccinated even if they stay indoors. Bring proof of the pet’s vaccination history to receive a 3 year certificate. Dogs should be on a leash, cats & ferrets in a carrier. No exams will be given. Owners are responsible to clean up after their animals. $5 donation per pet is suggested to defray cost. Pre-register online. Contact Herkimer County Public Health, 315867-1176. On Internet at www.herkimercounty.org JUN 2 7th Annual Herkimer Lions Club Country Jamboree 7 Miles North of Herkimer on Rt. 28, Middleville, NY. Noon - 5 pm. Featuring Dave Hazzard & The Country Strings, Redneck Trainwreck, Sweetwater, Dean Wilson, Bob Perry, Jr. & other guests! $10/person. Sponsored by the Herkimer Lions Club in memory of our dear friend & fellow Lion Ronnie Smith. A portion of the proceeds will benefit a scholarship in Ronnie’s name. Call 315-8662011. JUN 6 3rd Annual Recognition Dinner honoring the Remington Arms Company Francesca’s Banquet & Catering, 144 East Main St., Ilion, NY. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Herkimer. Guest speaker is Paul Merz, plant manager. Tickets are $25 in advance and $27.50 at the door. Proceeds to benefit the Rotary Club of Herkimer. For ticket information call 315-797-9270. JUN 7-9 15th Annual Violet Festival Dolgeville, NY. Princess Pageant and opening ceremonies on Friday night starting at 6:30. • Saturday at 10 am is the parade followed by the Alfred Dolge street play, & fireworks at 10 pm. • The 5k run/walk & kids
classified@leepub.com fun run on Sunday starting at 7 am. Weekend long events include: Live music, craft vendors, food, flower & art shows, clowns, village wide garage sales and much more! For more information and event applications go to www.violetfestival-ny.com. To register for the 5k Run/Walk online go to www.getentered.com. JUN 8 Scrapwood Building Shawangunk Nature Preserve 255 Shawangunk Rd., Cold Brook, NY. 9-11 am. A tour of some old scrapwood buildings and how you can use cast-off materials to make sheds, animal shelters, etc. No fee. Call 315826-7405 or e-mail shawangunk@ntcnet.com. Spring Gardening Shawangunk Nature Preserve 255 Shawangunk Rd., Cold Brook, NY. 9-11 am. We’ll discuss perennial food crop maintenance and use. You’re sure to get some practical ideas for your own gardens whether large or small. No fee. Call 315-826-7405 or e-mail shawangunk@ ntcnet.com. JUN 12 Rabies Clinic Norway Community Center, 3114 Military Rd., Norway, NY. 6-7:30 pm. All cats, dogs
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& ferrets 3 months old or older must be vaccinated even if they stay indoors. Bring proof of the pet’s vaccination history to receive a 3 year certificate. Dogs should be on a leash, cats & ferrets in a carrier. No exams will be given. Owners are responsible to clean up after their animals. $5 donation per pet is suggested to defray cost. Pre-register online. Contact Herkimer County Public Health, 315-867-1176. On Internet at www. herkimercounty.org JUN 15 Family Meetings & Negotiations Shawangunk Nature Preserve 255 Shawangunk Rd., Cold Brook, NY. 9-11 am. Learn some simple, fair and effective problem solving methods that can help in all relationships, including those at the workplace. These methods have been taught globally in big businesses. Led by a NYS Certified Counselor. No fee. Call 315-826-7405 or e-mail shawangunk@ntcnet.com. JUN 20 Rabies Clinic Newport Town Garage, 2788 Newport Rd., Newport, NY. 6-7:30 pm. All cats, dogs & ferrets 3 months old or older must be vaccinated even if they stay indoors. Bring proof of the pet’s vaccination history to receive a 3 year
certificate. Dogs should be on a leash, cats & ferrets in a carrier. No exams will be given. Owners are responsible to clean up after their animals. $5 donation per pet is suggested to defray cost. Pre-register online. Contact Herkimer County Public Health, 315-867-1176. On Internet at www. herkimercounty.org JUN 21 Solstice Butterfly & Nature Hunt Shawangunk Nature Preserve 255 Shawangunk Rd., Cold Brook, NY. 7 pm. Led by ornithologist, Matt Perry of Spring Farm Cares, we’ll look for butterflies, and listen for birds and other wild things which he’ll identify for us. (weather permitting Sun. June 23 is our alternate date) No Fee. Call 315826-7405 or e-mail shawangunk@ntcnet.com. JUN 22 Solstice Bike Hike Shawangunk Nature Preserve 255 Shawangunk Rd., Cold Brook, NY. 9-11 am. Spend your solstice equinox morning with a scenic and pleasant 4 1¼2 mile trek beginning and ending at Shawangunk Road. It is a pleasant way to get exercise and enjoy the sights and sounds of mid-summer in the Adirondack Foothills. No Fee. Call 315-826-7405 or eshawangunk@ntcnet.com.
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Kintnersville from 19 ber.” Lane’s husband and young son were asleep at 9 p.m. on March 19. She held in her hands a phone number, a connection to the woman she had never known but longed for all of her days. She looked at the number as though it was a living, breathing thing. She sat on the living room floor and punched in the number. A woman answered. “I said, ‘Audrey, I was adopted in Olean, NY, in 1968 and I think you might be my mom,’” Lane said. “She was very quiet on the other end,
and then said, ‘Oh, dear!’ “I didn’t know what to say next. Then I told her my mother was 37 when I was born and had four kids before me, and that her niece Teri gave me her number, and that I thought she was my mom I’ve been looking for.” The older woman sighed, and then yelled out, “Oh my God! I’ve been looking for you my whole life!” And then Audrey Gilligan began to cry. There was a two-day celebration at Lane’s home this weekend.
She, her husband, Scott, and their 8-yearold son, Dylan, welcomed Lane’s biological family. There was Gilligan, Lane’s biological sister, Darla, 52, and biological brothers Chuck, 56, and Greg, 58, and their wives sharing tears, hugs and stories of their lives. They were similar tears, hugs and stories they shared when the Lane family visited Gilligan and her sons and daughter last month in Bradford. During each emotional meeting, mother and daughter looked into similar eyes and could
The Country Preacher by Pastor Dan West I grew up playing along the nearby Cherry Valley Creek. Have you noticed how trees along the banks of a creek stay green even during a drought? They prosper when other trees that are not tapped into the source of nourishment
wither. Psalm 1 says that is like a man who delights in God's Word, rather than living his life contrary to it. The Psalmist says that the ungodly are like chaff that the wind blows away. I guess the choice is yours, whether you want
to prosper or be blown away. “The Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” (Ps. 1:6) To make no decision is to make a “no” decision. What's yours?
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Directions: From Fort Plain, take 80 south to Brookman’s Corners Rd. Make left approx. 2 miles on left. Operating dairy farm with 196 acres of quality well maintained and fertilized land. 2013 crops are being planted and will be sold to buyer of the farm. Farmland borders 3 roadways including Brookman’s Corner, Mill Lane, and Rt. 80. BUILDINGS: 98 cow dairy barn. 3 bedroom, 1 bath, dining room, and kitchen farmhouse. 1 car garage, 40x36 pole barn, 30 stall heifer barn, 3 concrete silos, 1 Harvestore silo. Plenty of water with 2 wells and 1 pond. Lots of Shop Tools and Misc. TRACTORS: JD 4240 4WD, cab, nice condition; 986 International, nice condition; 856 Farmall w/duals, 9844 hrs, good condition; Fordson Dexta diesel tractor; Allied loader 795 fits 856 tractor TILLAGE: Glenco Soilsaver Series 3 chisel plow w/disc; Farmhand 12ft cultimulcher transport; International 12ft transport disc; White 388 4 bottom 2pt hitch plow; Bush Hog 19ft. transport disc; HAY EQUIP.: Case International sq. baler 8520 w/thrower, like new; NI 5209 discbine, nice condition; H&S 17’ 4 star tedder, nice condition; (2) Like new EZ Trail 8x18 rack wagons; (2) wooden rack wagons; 258 NH roll-a-bar rake; FORAGE EQUIP.: Dion silage blower, nice; John Deere 3940 chopper w/hay and corn head; NI 1016 forage wagon; MISC. EQUIP.: Jamesway bedding chopper w/Honda engine; Wic MDR-40 forage cart; Hammermill for high moisture corn; John Deere drill; John Deere 7000 4 row conservation corn planter; 5’ Kodiak brush hog; Farmco 24’ feeder wagon; Bobcat 553 w/1648 hrs; 3pt hitch auger; 3pt hitch back blade; rock bucket; (2) bale spears; Delaval PTO generator on trailer; barn fan; Parker grain bin wagon w/auger; H&S 235 manure spreader, approx. 5 years old; Gehl 1217 manure spreader, needs table chain; approx. 200 ton corn silage; high moisture corn in blue Harvestore; COWS: 41 milk cows; 10 bred heifers; 5 dry cows; 16 heifers over 1 yr. of age; 20 heifers under 1 yr.; No BST used; all cows and young stock will be vet checked. Full dairy catalogs are available with milk records, etc. Please call 518-568-2257 to request more info. The farmland is some of the best in the Mohawk Valley region and is well known for quality corn crops. AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Oscar and Norma will be liquidating all farm machinery and complete dairy and plan to retire. They have a young quality dairy and lots of good quality machinery. All cows, heifers and calves will be vet checked prior to sale. Order of Sale: 9:00 Smalls and Misc.; 10:00 Smaller Equip; 11:00 Real Estate if we have qualified buyers; 11:30 Farm Machinery followed by calves heifers and cows. Real Estate Terms for financing are 10% day of sale, balance on or before 45 days. Buyers must pre-register and show proof of financing prior to day of sale and must be willing to pay the minimum bid asked by the seller.
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hardly believe what they were seeing. “I looked so long and so hard to find my mom, and I learned she looked so long and hard to find me, and that we both encountered so many roadblocks because of adoption privacy laws. And then after all that looking, I finally found the person I’m most connected to,” Lane said. “I cannot describe what that felt like to find her or what it feels like to have her in my life af-
ter all this time.” Added Gilligan: “I started looking for her 25 years ago, and even thought about it before that. I hired private investigators, but they couldn’t find her; the adoption laws are strict.” “To lay eyes on her now is hard to explain. When she called to tell me she was my daughter, I thought all my birthdays were coming at once. I couldn’t breathe.
“There’s this connection we have, one that only mothers and daughters have, and I’ve had it with her all these years.” At their reunion in Bradford, Lane received a charm bracelet from Ogoz with a saying that sums up a woman’s long, persistent search for a mother she never knew: “My search has ended, now my story begins.”
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Texas youths build special deer stands for vets KOUNTZE, TEXAS (AP) — More than 100 students in Southeast Texas have used their building and trade classes to construct nine deer stands for disabled veterans. The Kountze (koontz) High School freshman
took part in the recent hands-on benefit for the Paralyzed Veterans of America Texas Chapter. The teens built the stands at Indian Springs Camp with help from donations. The Beaumont Enterprise reported Sunday
that the new stands have ramps and supports to hold wheelchairs weighing up to 350 pounds. Amanda Saunders with the Paralyzed Veterans of America Texas Chapter says Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurri-
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