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UTSA baseball team celebrates its historic SLC Tournament win
Roadrunners overcome adversity to earn school's second NCAA Regional bid
Join us in front of the Convocation Center at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, June 2, to send off the team and wish them well in UTSA's first postseason appearance in 11 years.
(May 31, 2005)--The University of Texas at San Antonio baseball team began the 2005 season with 11 straight losses and a list of player injuries bordering on the ridiculous.
So when the night before game one of the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, a UTSA baseball player sat in the emergency room for the second time in as many days, the now unflappable Roadrunner squad simply shrugged their shoulders.
"You can either cash in your chips, or you can continue to play," said assistant coach Jim Blair.
The Roadrunners decided to double down. The move paid big with a Southland Conference Tournament title, their first since 1994, and a trip to an NCAA Regional.
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The fourth-seeded Roadrunners will meet top-seed and host, Baylor, at 7 p.m., Friday, June 3, in Waco, Texas.
To earn their spot in Waco, the Roadrunners downed Lamar, 4-1, in the Southland Conference Tournament Championship game Saturday, May 27 behind the complete game effort of senior pitcher Aaron Rodriguez.
Rodriguez carried a no-hitter into the fourth inning and held the Cardinals to just four hits and no walks in the win. Meanwhile, UTSA took advantage of a few Lamar miscues to score four unearned runs.
For Rodriguez, the game plan on championship Saturday was simple. "Just keep us one run ahead of them and that was it," he said.
A circus-catch by left fielder Mike McKennon in the ninth put the contest in the books and set the unlikely Roadrunners on the road to an NCAA Regional.
For UTSA, the path to the school's first NCAA bid in 11 years was anything but simple. Late one night last fall, pitcher Steven Vasquez was on his way home from watching the World Series with teammates when another vehicle slammed into the passenger side of his Dodge truck. The accident left Vasquez with a broken neck. A few months later, he slipped, fell and broke his hand.
While Vasquez fought his way to recovery, right fielder Stephen Holdren sat out the start of the season with a knee injury. Various pitchers joined the list of walking wounded with shoulder problems. Meanwhile, UTSA, holding a 1-13 record, faced the Alamo City Classic tournament field of Notre Dame, Oral Roberts and Southwest Missouri State.
"We never really got down [on ourselves] because we knew we were good and it was just a matter of time before we would click," said third baseman Ryan Saltzgaber. "Everybody just kept coming out here, kept motivating each other. The coaches never got frustrated with us. They kept telling us how good we were."
The Roadrunners won their next three games, then claimed two out of three games in their opening Southland Conference series, riding the new-found success all the way through league play to the SLC tournament.
"It was just a matter of time for us to jell and click -- getting the pitching and the hitting and the defense all going at the same time," said head coach Sherman Corbett. "We found where the pieces of the puzzle needed to go and started playing well and really the last two, two-and-a-half months have played really well."
Really well doesn't describe the squad-s postseason performance as much as clutch does. The Roadrunners opened the tournament against third-seeded Texas State and quickly found themselves in a 5-0 hole. Undeterred, the squad scored seven runs in the final three innings, capped by back-to-back home runs in the top of the ninth for the 9-8 come-from-behind victory.
The next day, a fully recovered Vasquez baffled Lamar hitters through eight innings and the Roadrunners picked up a 6-3 win.
Game three wasn't nearly as simple, yet the Roadrunners continued to find ways to win. Squandering three leads, UTSA committed six errors in the contest. With the score knotted at five in the eighth inning, Eric Moreno laced a double to right field, and Lee Todesco followed with a ball off the wall. Blair called for Marshall Davis to push a bunt up the first base line, and he did all the way past the charging first baseman and the bag for a double. The inning gave the Roadrunners an 8-5 lead.
But back-to-back Southeastern Louisiana home runs in the top of the ninth wasted the effort, tying the contest at eight before J.R. Voyles came through with a two-out, two-strike RBI-single up the middle to walk off with a 10th-inning victory and advance UTSA to the championship game.
It was only one of several clutch performances for Voyles, who joined five of his teammates (Ryan Crew - MVP, Sean Danielson, Holdren, Rodriguez and Todesco) on the all-tournament squad. It was Voyles and Crew who went back-to-back in the first game for the win. It was closer Jason Vecchio who dialed his fastball up to 96 mph for back-to-back saves. And it was the top four hitters in the Roadrunner lineup -- Danielson, Voyles, Crew and Holdren -- who finished the week 28 for 68.
The result is a long way from a broken-down 0-11. As a regional participant not many expected, the Roadrunners will face the No. 4 team out of the top eight national seeds in Baylor. Stanford and TCU join the regional field, setting a tough test for UTSA. Like a trip to the emergency room, the new challenge elicits a shrug.
"We have the ability and the talent to beat those guys and to beat anybody we play as long as we keep clicking," said Saltzgaber.
With Baylor on tap, the Roadrunners say they aren't done yet and, by the way, that's a swagger... not a limp.
Roadrunner fans are invited to ride the bus to the NCAA Baseball Tournament opening round Friday, June 3 in Waco, Texas, when Southland Conference post-season tournament winner UTSA meets Big XII regular season co-champ Baylor at 7 p.m.
The bus leaves the UTSA Convocation Center at 2 p.m., Friday, June 3, stops in Waco for dinner and returns to San Antonio immediately after the game. The bus trip and game ticket are $25.
To make bus reservations, contact Laura Baker at (210) 458-4182. The deadline for bus reservations is Wednesday, June 1.


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I´m in a bit of a confusion regarding optimum foot and shoulder position for casting. I´ve heard or read about 3 different opinions:
For right handers:
1-I´ve read that the best is a "closed stance", standing sideways with right foot and right shoulder foward in relation to target area. For those who like boxing, a leftie´s fight position.
2- I took a casting lesson, my instructor who casts pretty good recommended the following: standing in a frontal position, shoulders and feet facing the target.
3- My own personal that I find more comfortable: standing sideways but with left foot and left shoulder foward. I actually cast better with number one option, but it feels kind of strange.
any thoughts or opinions regarding this?
They are all good.
Seriously, they all have good points and bad points and whatever works for you is best really.
The opposite foot forward makes room for a long stroke length, which can (provided the tracking remains true) increase overall acceleration which can produce more distance. It makes it easier to watch the backcast and fine tune it's path and timing.
*** It is essential to casting with a hard cross-wind with a single-hander, when casting literally backwards is the best method. ***
However it sometimes promotes "arm" casting and introduces tracking problems with so much freedom of movement along a long path. I find my body gets lazy this way and my arms do more work that my mid-section could be doing. Your results may vary.
In contrast the casting foot forward forces a more fixed and thus controlled stroke path. It sometimes promotes less smoothness in the backcast for those still learning until the caster learns how to apply smooth power to fully extend the line with a more compact motion, better yet to entend the body and arm in a Rajeff-esque way to maximize the back cast extension and then explode into the powerful forward stroke.
I always cast strong foot forward at the casting pool at fly shows
Both have their advantages / disadvantages, that being said while standing on smooth ground I prefer the casting foot forward except when dealing with cross-winds. Among other things I've learned to extend into the backcast and like the increased power up front to finish gained by recoiling the mid-body and rocking into the cast.
At the end of the day it's depends on the rocks at your feet. Learn to cast with your legs any which way and you'll catch more fish.
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I subscribe to Lefty's logic on this one. If you're right handed your right foot should be back. This, like Juro said, increases the range of motion available to your casting arm while traveling on a level path. The logic goes something like this, as I understand it: The rod and forearm are one. What the elbow does, the thumb does (more or less), what the thumb does the tip of the rod does, and what that does, the line does. If your elbow travels in an arc, so will the line, which wastes energy. However, if you can keep your elbow traveling in a straight line parallel to the ground, you can move your arm as far back and forward as you want, which gives you more room to load the rod.
Of course, if your bend your wrist, you break this arm-rod connection and the whole deal's off.
If, however, you cast 'squared up', like your shooting a basket, then you can only move your arm so far back before you have to turn your body or lift your elbow. This can be difficult to get the hang of without ruining the loop, particularly for longer casts. Placing your dominant foot forward makes this even worse.
Another thing to consider, the last two stances lead to too much shoulder work which looks like rotator cuff problems in the making. Fly casting can be hard on the body, like any repetitive motion. If you depend too much on one joint - shoulder, elbow, or (god forbid) wrist, you'll stress those joints. However, the side arm stance (your #3) lets the caster distribute the casting motions throughout several joints and even encorporate a rocking motion with the body. In a way it distributes the work load easier. I find that I'm working less to cast farther now that I've really begun to focus on proper stance and arm motion.
Great stuff bonehead.
Lefty's insights are among the most influential in all of fly casting. The elbow moving on a shelf metaphor is fantastic and I've borrowed it many times to help extend someone's casting stroke.
However I feel a little less attached to the casting foot forward / back position as I find both to have merit in certain situations.
I've found that casting foot forward can be useful at times to reduce the 'hooking' of the rod tip you mentioned (horizontal circle with rod tip) by restricting the arm movement and shoulder rotation.
Jero's question is not about distance technique but general foot position, and the fact that he mentioned that he casts better with the casting foot forward probably indicates that his cast is losing less energy that way because of better tracking and alignment.
But since you do mention distance casting I've found that both the long stroke open method and the ultra-efficient rigid closed method produce about the same overall distance for me, but one is a little more comfortable - the open stance, but the closed stance is more intriguing and teaches one the value of alignment and just how much energy we waste when casting inefficiently.
When I am fishing and need to reach I tend to go for the long stroke open cast, but when I am practicing casting I tend to work on my loop alignment and efficiency and am always surprised at what good physics can do to reduce the amount of effort I need to bomb casts that zip the drag at the backing knot.
In my way of lookin at it, either approach will work as long as it produces the line in flight properly.
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Jacky Byrd
MANTACHIE – Jacky Roy Byrd, 65, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by McNeeece-Morris Funeral Home in Mantachie.
Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be expressed at mcneecemorrisfuneralhome.com.
Buddy Barker
VINA, Ala. – Buddy W. Barker, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Huntsville Hospital.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel in Red Bay, Ala. Burial will be in Sparks Chapel Cemetery in Vina, Ala. Visitation is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Rita Kopp
HOLLY SPRINGS – Rita C. Kopp, 96, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Alliance Healthcare System in Holly Springs. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Serenity Funeral Home of Holly Springs.
Monty Woolven
NETTLETON – Arnold "Monty" Woolven, 75, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born Oct. 15, 1937, in Labette County, Kan., to Arnold Keene and Etta Mae Hamilton Woolven. He was a native of Oswego, Kan., but had resided in Lee County for the past 30 years. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of the Korean War. He was a retired mandage of the private John Allen Fish Hatchery in Tupelo as a Fishery Biologist, in which he received a master's degree from Mississippi State University. He was a Methodist, a Shriner and a 32nd Degree Mason. He enjoyed riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle, going fishing and rabbit hunting.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Chapel of Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home in Nettleton with the Rev. Mike Hunter and the Rev. Ricky Pierce officiating. Burial will be in Homeside Cemetery with Masonic Rites.
Survivors include his wife, Terri Stephenson Woolven of Nettleton; one daughter, Monica Woolven of Nettleton; two stepdaughters, Christy Berryhill (Jody) of Nettleton and Stephanie Riley of Okolona; four sons, Kelly Woolven (Denise), Mike Woolven (Tobie), all of Nettleton, Jeff Woolven (Mindy) of Redland, Calif., and Joe Woolven (Dawn) of Horn Lake; one sister, Diane Dyche (Ed) of Estes Park, Colo.; one half-brother, Paul Woolven of Joplin, Mo.; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Connie Sue Woolven; and his parents.
Palbearers will be Cotton Johnson, Sonny Lyons, Randy Snipes, Jody Berryhill, Cole Cochran and Mike Franks. Honorary pallbearers will be Roger Fields and Royce Wood.
Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today and will continue noon until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.
Family and friends may sign the guest registry and send condolences to www.tisdalelannmemorial.com.
William Graham Sr.
MYRTLE – William W. C. Graham Sr., 86, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Ashland Health and Rehab in Ashland. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Serenity Funeral Home of New Albany.
Archie Saylors
BOONEVILLE – Archie Saylors, 96, passed away Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. He was born Aug. 28, 1916, to Toy and Ida Lou Saylors. He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church of Blackland. He was a lifelong dairy and row crop farmer in the Blackland community where he enjoyed his many friends and family members, especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His hobby was playing checkers with his friends at the Blackland country store. In 1988, he won the Mississippi State Checker Tournament in Petal. He was active in the community and church affairs, he was a longtime trustee of the Blackland Grammer School and he was active in the RCDC program.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the McMillan Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Walter Downs and Bro. Robert McCoy officiating. Burial will be in Blackland Cemetery.
He is survived by three sons, Deryl (Brenda) Saylors of Booneville, Manfred Saylors of Booneville and Kerry (Elizabeth) Saylors of Amory; eight grandchildren, Deanna (Tar) Reid of Charlotte, N.C., Stephanie (Wade) Williams of Houston, Texas, Tracy (Terry) Cartwright of Booneville, Teresa (Randy) Calvery of Booneville, Paul Saylors of Tupelo, John Saylors of Booneville, Sharla Saylors of Amory and Laura (Justin) Gibson of Amory; 11 great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Miriam Saylors of Tupelo; and a host of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Moore Saylors; one son, Dean Saylors; his parents; three sisters, Ruby Mims, Ruth Wilson and Billie Jean Prather; five brothers, Youll V., John Allen, Van, Lacy and James Howard Saylors; one infant grandson, Timothy Deryl Saylors; and one infant granddaughter, Shelia Deanise Saylors.
Pallbearers will be his nephews, Charles Melvin Geno, Gregory Geno, Jimmy Moore, Berry Moore, Charlie Mac Moore and Trent Moore.
Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today and until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.
Condolences may be left at www.mcmillanfuneralhome.com.
Merle LeBlanc
IUKA – Merle LeBlanc died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at her home in Iuka. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka.
Gloria Phillips
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Gloria Shook Phillips, 90, passed away Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at her residence in Franklin, Tenn. She was born Dec. 21, 1922, to Annie Laurie Shook and Thomas Oscar Shook in Belmont. She moved to Starkville at the age of five, graduated from Starkville High School and attended Mississippi State University. She married W. E. "Skeeter" Phillips on Feb. 3, 1940, and they were married 70 years until his death on March 5, 2010. They raised their two sons in Starkville and lived there until 2006. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and loved to entertain, hosting many events in her home and church. She was involved with the United Methodist Women, serving as chairman and coordinator and was recognized with a special membership gold pen in 1995. She was also involved in many bridge clubs throughout the years playing bridge until the age of 88. In 2006, they moved to Avonlea Assisted Living in Tupelo. She moved to The Manor at Steeplechase in Franklin in July of 2011. She was actively involved in the lives of her family, loved to travel with her family and gather with them as often as possible, supported and encouraged her family in any way that she could and loved them beyond measure.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Methodist Church in Starkville.
She is survived by her sons, Dr. Walter E. "Phil" Phillips Jr. (Teresa) of Brentwood, Tenn., and Bryan Phillips of Naples, Fla.; grandchildren, Stephanie (David) Cayson of Tupelo, Donnell McCorkle (Matthew) of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., and Michael (Beth) Grooms of Nolensville, Tenn.; great-grandchildren, Alex and Maggie Cayson and Brooklyn and Ali Grace McCorkle; and brother, Col. Tom (Roxie) Shook of San Antonio, Texas.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her brother, Hal Shook; and her sister, Hazel Shook.
Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. today at Welch Funeral Home in Starkville and 10 a.m. until service time at the church.
Memorials may be sent to First Methodist Church, P.O. Box 2585, Starkville, MS 39760.
Online guest registry is available at www.welchfuneralhomes.com.
Madeline Thompson
NEWTON – Madeline Lanier Thompson, 88, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. A native of Soperton, Ga., and longtime resident of Newton, she was a graduate of the University of Tennessee. She married Tommy Thompson in 1947. She and her husband lived in Newton from 1949 to 1953 and they moved permanently in 1961. She was an avid gardener, flower show judge, reader and enthusiastically involved with the Newton United Methodist Church.
Private family services will be held at graveside in Soperton, Ga.
She is survived by her sons, Tommy (Penny) and Lanier (Jarie); grandchildren, Gracie Menetre (Bailey) and Laura Thompson (Yuri Livshitz), Jesse, Ruddy and Jack Thompson; great-grandsons, George and Pate Menetre; great-granddaughter, Esther Livshitz; and many well-loved nieces, nephews and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Tommy Thompson.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Newton United Methodist Church.
Virginia Bollinger
BRUCE – Virginia Spears Bollinger, 71, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born Jan. 15, 1942, in Calhoun City to Doyle L. Spears and Ila K. Cummings Spears. She was a devoted homemaker, a member of Parker Baptist Church and Ladies Christian Fellowship.
Service is at 2:30 p.m. today at Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Bruce, with Bro. Paul Morris officiating assisted by Bro. Forrest Poindexter.
She is survived by her husband, Dewey Ray Bollinger of Bruce; three sons, Anthony Ray Bollinger (Pam) of Bruce, Eddie Bollinger (Karen) of Calhoun City and John Bollinger (Melanie) of Calhoun City; one brother, Doyle Spears (Johnny) of Columbus; six grandchildren, Matt Bollinger, Colby Bollinger, Morgan Bollinger, Amanda Bollinger, Jonathan Bollinger and Lexie Bollinger and three great-grandchildren, Baylee Ray Bollinger, Miller Finn and Easton Bollinger.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Pallbearers are Terry Joe Blount, Colby Bollinger, Johnathan Bollinger, Karl Bollinger, Keith Bollinger and Matt Bollinger.
Online Condolences may be made at: parkermemorialfuneralhomes.com.
Laverne Ivy
FULTON – Margaret Laverne Reeves Ivy, 88 , died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at The Meadows in Fulton. She was born July 18, 1924, in Itawamba County to Audie and Ila Wallace Reeves. She was a member of the Hardens Chapel United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School. She lived a portion of her life in Nicaragua, where her husband was in the lumber business. She worked in retail and in her personal life she really enjoyed helping people. She was an avid reader and she especially adored her grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at the McNeece-Morris Funeral Home Chapel in Fulton with the Rev. Darrell Sanderson officiating. Burial will be in Harden's Chapel cemetery.
Survivors include one daughter, Bettie Ivy Coniglio (James) of Belden; one granddaughter, Heather Lunceford Markham (Seth) of Purcellville, Va.; one grandson, William Troy Lunceford of Tupelo; three great-grandchildren, Meckenzie Markham, Rowan Markham and Dylan Markham; and one sister, Mary Ellen Gaddy of Chattanooga, Tenn.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Troy C. Ivy; and her parents.
Visitation is 11 a.m. until service time today at McNeece-Morris funeral Home in Fulton.
Online condolences may be expressed at mcneecemorrisfuneralhome.com.
Shirley Lesley
FULTON – Shirley Pearson Lesley, 74, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tishomingo County on Nov. 16, 1938, to Huron O. Pearson and Flora Waddle Pearson. She lived most of her adult life in Itawamba County where she worked in the furniture manufacturing industry. She was the widow of James Herman Lesley who died in 1962.
All services will be private. Holland Funeral Directors, Tupelo Chapel is entrusted with arrangements.
Survivors include her son, Dr. James Bruce Lesley of Starkville; and her daughter, Laura Lesley Boswell of Winnfield, Ala.
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Louise Griggs
OKOLONA – Ruby Louise Finn Griggs, 87, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Shearer-Richardson Nursing Home in Okolona. She was born in Chickasaw County on Nov. 30, 1925, to William R. and Zue Ella Long Finn. A lifelong resident of Chickasaw County, she was a retired seamstress for Delta Trousers. She was a member of the Carnation Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for many years. She was a joyful lady who always approached life optimistically. She loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who affectionately called her Mamaw, was known far and wide for her biscuits and chocolate pies, loved word find puzzles, reading her Bible and following the pursuits of her grands.
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Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Trey, Branan, Jay, Tom and Phillip and Harold Jolly.
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Kathleen Nichols
BELMONT – Kathleen Nichols died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.
Services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Liberty Church of Christ. Burial is at Lindsey Cemetery.
Visitation is 6 to 9 p.m. today at Liberty Church of Christ.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Pine Vale Children's Home, 1872 County Road 700, Corinth, MS 38834.
Polly Jackson
CORINTH – Mary A. "Polly" Jackson, 89, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Cornerstone Health and Rehab.
Service is 2 p.m. Tuesday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories. Interment is at Tippah Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery.
Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. at Magnolia Funeral Home.
Charles Wilson
ASHLAND – Charles Wilson, 79, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by McBride Funeral Home of Ripley.


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RALEIGH, N.C. – Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco did not know today's opponent in the minutes following the Rebels' 8-4 win over Binghamton and did not name a starter.
If he sticks with what was his regular rotation for SEC weekends this would be Sam Smith's turn.
That rotation, though, has not been fully settled since rain erased Bobby Wahl on the Friday night of the Mississippi State series.
Freshman Jacob Waguespack and sophomore Chris Ellis are the other candidates to start.
Waguespack, who missed the first half of the season with tendonitis, surpassed sophomore Josh Laxer, who was the primary starter for mid-week games.
Ellis had been set to be the third SEC starter, but an abdominal injury set him back, and he was unable to take the job from Smith, who is 3-0 with a 3.11 earned run average.
Almost 5-for-5
Austin Anderson's smash to Binghamton first baseman Brian Ruby bounced off Ruby and allowed two runs to score in the Rebels' four-run eighth inning.
It was ruled an error and kept Anderson from a 5-for-5 day. The Rebels' junior shortstop had a ground-rule double over the right fielder's head in the third and an RBI hit in the seventh among his four hits.
He laughed off the error, a well-struck ball, saying, "You can't find holes all the time."
Anderson has found a lot of them lately with two or more hits in six of his last seven games. Saturday's day lifted his average to .322, second on the team.
Tough day for Turner
While Anderson has excelled, it's been a difficult regional for Stuart Turner, the Rebels' leading hitter.
He was 1-for-4 against William & Mary and unable to deliver in a high-profile at-bat in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and the tying runs aboard.
Against Binghamton, Turner was 1-for-5 and struck out three times. His average has dropped to .371.


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So, after a lot of debate I went and got a new tank. Not an edge like I wanted but I got a fluval chi, cause it was a) on sale and b) fits the space I had for it better. However after a couple weeks of looking over information about the Chi, I realized it's really just kind of a pretty betta bowl. :( I had wanted to try doing a well planted tank with some nano fish like celestial rasboras and maybe even a couple scarlet badis, but the lighting isn't strong enough in this tank (from others experience) to be able to grow enough plants to keep those kinds of fish happy and healthy. So I changed my idea to low light plants (so far only a java fern and a small piece of elodea) and a piece of really neat wood. The fauna is two mountain minnows and a betta. And a glolight tetra that got caught with the minnows and... will be moving to my big tank once he checks clear of any ickies.
I was actually curious a) what people thought and b) any suggestions. About plants, setup, stocking, etc. The stocking will remain minimal. (this is minimal right? lol.) Maybe replace the tetra once he's moved with another minnow but that's like... it. Unless in a few months of the tank being established I can find some nice little cherry shrimps. Maybe... bettas love the shrimps...
Well... you asked for it...
IT's a difficult tank to do anything besides shrimp only or a betta. I'd never keep whiteclouds in something which offers so little swimming space and I would not keep them in low numbers like this.
The tank really needs more plants.
I think if you ordered one of those clampon aquarium led lights from ebay you could do better with plants.My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
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You could try pogostemon helferi for the foreground. Background... hmmm.. bacopa is worth a shot, if it fails it's cheap enough.My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
First off, really like the wood and plants. Very nice overall effect.
You might want to get a digital thermometer (that has a tiny probe and fine fine wire) to remove that large old style thermometer affiixed in the front of the tank. Also, you could run the heater horizontally near the bottom (just above the substrate, and partly hidden by the wood/plants) and run the wire down one edge of the tank. This would both look better and heat the water more uniformly. Also, I agree that more plants would both add to the look and help process waste. Do feed the plants some liquid ferts but be hyper careful about amount. You could consider (if possible) replacing the light's 'guts' with a stronger more color correct CFL.Knowledge is fun(damental)
A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.
For Fishless cycling:http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640
I understand liking the way it looks. That tank is pretty cool! I'd second the more plants...you'd do well with anubias, more java fern(I love the windelov variety), and some java moss. Do you like those marimo moss balls? Those are nice too.
If you are going to get rid of the other fish, maybe a nerite snail or two would be fun, since IDK what else would really fit and be happy in there. But you might want to wait on those anyway, since they will need some algae or microalgae to eat, and new tanks can take a bit to develop that.Beth
1 - 55 gallon planted community
3 - 10 to 20 gallon planted betta tanks
My advice: slow down, think, and be willing to learn. Then you'll be fine, no matter what.
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The heater itself is submersible but the little turn thingy at the top... I wonder if it'd flood if it wasn't up and down? Who knows I'll try it out :) would look better than just hanging there. How do you change out the lights? Just pull out the little leds in there and can replug some in?
Yeah some snails will probably go in eventually. :) Idk how the algea will be with this tank we'll see. Guess I'll take a list of these ideas to my lfs sometime this week, see what's what over there!
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Conceptual artists to give illustrated talk, Oct. 10
Posted October 5, 2005; 04:10 p.m.
New York conceptual artists Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry will show slides and discuss their work at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, in Room 219 at 185 Nassau St.
"Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry represent the forefront of a new generation of artists for whom the problems of the world today are first and foremost subject matter in their artwork," writes Franklin Sirmans, a freelance writer and editor who is a lecturer in the Council of the Humanities this fall, in an essay on the artists' Web site. "McCallum and Tarry's photographs and video works illustrate how socioeconomic realities and political ideologies dominate ordinary, though highly personal lives. Presenting critical analyses in accessible forms, they merge performance, narrative and documentary images to create their art works."
Their recent work, "Civic Endurance," is a series of life-size color photographs and a video that together document a 25-hour endurance performance with homeless Seattle teenagers. The portraits were taken minutes before each youth took part in the "endurance performance," which involved standing still and looking directly into the camera for an hour without speaking. The 26 youths gave their testimony during an audiotaped interview afterward. Each hour of real-time performance was compressed to five minutes, creating a finished work of two hours.
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Simple Routes-based authentication with Pylons
Some of the services in the SynthaSite service layer use Python, WSGI, and the Pylons web application framework (with some TurboGears 2...). Particular functions require authentication, while others do not. We had a few simple working parameters:
- We only currently need a single user name and password for these particular services, since we are authenticating the connecting application, not a particular user.
- The authentication details must live in deploy configuration, not code.
- We would like to easily be able to see a list of all entry points into the application, and see whether they require authentication.
- If we do not specify otherwise, assume that our functions require authentication.
- To simplify testing and development, be able to easily turn off the authentication requirement in deploy configuration.
We already have a list of all entry points into these applications, since they use Routes. In the Pylons layout, these live in
config/routing.py, and look like this:
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from routes import Mapper
def make_map():
"""Create, configure and return the routes Mapper"""
map = Mapper(directory=config['pylons.paths']['controllers'],
# The ErrorController route (handles 404/500 error pages); it should
# likely stay at the top, ensuring it can always be resolved
map.connect('error/:action/:id', controller='error')
map.connect('users', '/users', controller='users', action='index')
map.connect('user', '/users/:user_id', controller='users', action='user')
# ...
While one can use Routes with controllers and actions that depend on the URL, I prefer being explicit. This creates a single list of all the accessible URLs and their accompanying controllers and actions.
If you attach additional keywords to the map.connect method, then they are added to the defaults attribute of the Route object created for each of those routes. The
RoutesMiddleware WSGI middleware places the route that matches the incoming request into the routes.route key in the environ dictionary that drives WSGI. So, we can just add
_auth = True to routes that require auth and
_auth = False to those that don't, and create our own simple authentication middleware. It would look something like this:
from paste.auth.basic import AuthBasicHandler
class LocalAuthenticationMiddleware(object):
def __init__(self, app, config):
realm = config.get('localauthentication.realm', None)
username = config.get('localauthentication.username', None)
password = config.get('localauthentication.password', None)
if realm:
def authfunc(environ, username, password,
_wanted_username = username, _wanted_password = password):
if username == _wanted_username:
if password == _wanted_password:
return True
self.protected_app = AuthBasicHandler(app, realm, authfunc)
self.protected_app = app
self.config = config
self.app = app
def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
route = environ.get('routes.route', None)
if not route:
return self.app(environ, start_response)
if route.defaults.get('_auth', 'False') == 'False':
return self.app(environ, start_response)
return self.protected_app(environ, start_response)
We use Paste's AuthBasicHandler WSGI middleware to optionally wrap our application. We keep a reference to our application around, in case we don't want to apply authentication. When our middleware is called, we check whether we want the
AuthBasicHandler-wrapped application, or the plain application, and call the one we want as per standard WSGI middleware.
_auth = True and
_auth = False for every route is going to be painful. Instead, we created a simple wrapper function around map.connect that we use instead, and it does the defaulting to requiring authentication for us (amongst other things):
def connect(route_name, route_url, *args, **kw):
if 'method' in kw:
method = kw.pop('method')
if 'conditions' in kw:
kw['conditions']['method'] = method
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I would like to thank everyone who visited us this past summer. I expect we had our last tour last weekend (but don't stop coming…the river is still flowing and Fall canoeing is the best!) and we had several swimmers at the chute. We all had a blast! We enjoyed each and everyone's company over this past season and consider you all to be friends. What a great job we have! I am looking forward to this winter for skiing and snowmobiling but I sure miss being on the river everyday.
Three out of four chalets are completed and the fourth is near. We have had over 30 rental nights since late August and the response is extremely positive. The hot tub is a huge hit! We have had families, reunions and many honeymooners. Suprisingly almost half of the chalet clients were from Grand Falls-Windsor. This is great to see as they are sure to be back. We have already taken bookings up to Labor Day next year! We are nearly full for New Years….anyone for Christmas?
As many of you know we design our business growth and changes around what you guys want. At the later part of the rafting season, we asked you all if you would like to see UTV rentals (those side by side ATVs that are all the rage) . Pretty much all of you told us it would be a great option to have at the chalets. Well, we bought a 4 seater; basically a small jeep like vehicle. We had a honeymoon couple rent it yesterday and they had a great time touring around the back trails. They even took Key and Nook. I am sure many of you will try this thing out. It is great fun.
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'Evening With Elie Wiesel' set for Sept. 21
Posted September 16, 2005; 09:33 p.m.
"An Evening With Elie Wiesel" is scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, in McCosh 50.
Wiesel, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, novelist and professor of the humanities at Boston University, has been a human rights advocate for much of his life. His personal experience of the Holocaust informs his work as a teacher, writer and defender of oppressed people throughout the world.
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TUPELO – One of Mississippi's largest public school support organizations is calling for the Legislature to take a big step this year toward fully funding the state's schools.
The Parents Campaign is requesting that the state's lawmakers move halfway toward completely funding the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, Executive Director Nancy Loome said during a Daily Journal editorial board meeting this week.
Loome outlined her organization's legislative priorities, which also include improving teacher quality, school leaders and pre-kindergarten education and authorizing charter schools in underperforming zones.
The MAEP is a formula defined by state law that determines how much funding schools should receive. Last year, the Legislature appropriated about $300 million less than was required.
Citing that Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said during his 2011 election campaign the program would be fully funded within two to three years, Loome said the Legislature must take a step toward that goal with a $150 million increase this year.
"That is a big step," Loome said. "If they will have any chance of getting to full funding by 2014, they will need to take a big step."
The Parents Campaign's proposal for improving teacher quality includes providing additional funding for the Teach for America program to allow it to bring more teachers into the state. The state should also create a merit-based pay program for teachers that measures student performance at the beginning and end of the school year to determine growth, she said.
The Parents Campaign supports a charter school law, but it wants to see those schools only allowed within the zones of schools that have been underperforming for two or three years.
It would like to see Mississippi pass a law that would require all of the state's superintendents to be appointed. Currently, most county school districts in Mississippi elect their superintendents.
The problem with this, Loome said, is that only residents of that district are eligible, limiting the available pool of potential school leaders.
"Some school districts are tiny and rural and don't have anyone who wants to run," she said. "You should be able to go anywhere and find the best leaders."
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Description A rooted aquatic plant with both submersed and floating leaves that is native to the southeastern United States but considered an invasive weed in the Northeast and Northwest.
Flowers: on water surface at tips of short stalks; 3 petals, 3 sepals; usually white, tinged purple; to 1/2" (1.2 cm) wide.
Leaves: submersed leaves to 2" (5 cm) wide; opposite; fan-shaped; divided into numerous small, almost threadlike segments. Floating leaves small, inconspicuous.
Flower Spring-fall.
Habitat Ponds, lakes, slow streams and rivers, marshes, reservoirs, and other bodies of water.
Range Native to the Southeast, from Virginia, southern Illinois and Kansas south to Florida and Texas. Introduced north to New Hampshire, New York, and Michigan, and in Washington and Oregon.
Discussion Fanwort is a weedy plant even in its native range, where it can grow quite densely, crowding out other aquatic plants. In the Northeast and Northwest it is considered a noxious or invasive pest. It sprouts vegetatively, which means that parts of the plant that break off grow into new plants. It is a popular aquarium plant, and the dumping of aquarium water may hasten its spread into areas where it is not native.


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While he didn't heed the state courts' request for across-the-board raises for court employees, Gov. Rick Scott's proposed 2013-14 budget does include a pool of bonus money aimed at all state workers.
"I don't believe there have been any pay adjustments for the majority of the state workforce over the last several years," said Bonnie Rogers, policy coordinator for the Public Safety Policy Unit in the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget. "I know the state attorneys and the public defenders are having some tremendous challenges with retention issues, and we're very sensitive to that."
Her words came during a presentation to the House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, shortly after the governor released his budget last month.
Rather than raises, the governor proposed three bonus plans for employees.
The first $167.5 million plan, tied to a reduction in the unemployment rate, would fund $1,200 bonuses for all state employees. An additional $147.9 million plan targets top performers, allowing $5,000 bonuses for employees who receive outstanding performance evaluations and $2,500 for those who receive commendable evaluations.
"We believe that's a good start," Rogers said.
In a meeting several days later, State Courts Administrator Lisa Goodner told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice that the $5.5 million request for a 3.5 percent salary adjustment for all state court employees remains a top priority of the chief justice.
"This is a very serious problem in our branch," she said. "We find ourselves running about 10 percent behind other competing government employers in terms of what we can offer our employees."
Goodner also suggested the proposed bonus programs be adjusted to include 989 judicial assistants who under the court system's personnel regulations do not receive performance evaluations.
"If we go that route, we definitely want to work out some sort of way to include judicial assistants in any type of increase that is given to other employees," she said.
Though it contains no raises for employees, the governor's proposal includes $4.2 million for courthouse repairs, which is also a court priority.
Scott's recommended funding for a new roof for the Supreme Court would mean no more moving containers around to catch rain falling through the original 1948 roof.Additional repairs to three district courts of appeal include replacing air handlers and HVAC units.
The budget proposal also attempted to meet the courts partway in a request for new judgeships.
The governor recommends $4.4 million for 20 new judges, including one district court of appeal judge, 13 circuit court judges, and six county judges, along with judicial support staff.
The courts originally requested 64 new judges, though both Rogers and Goodner said their offices worked together to identify the most critical need for judgeships within the court system.
The governor's $438 million suggested court budget also includes several other items sought by the courts.
It proposes $4 million to continue working through the state's foreclosure backlog. It would fund the second of a four-year program to resolve foreclosure cases that piled up following the housing market bust in 2008. The money would be used to hire retired judges in order to work through an additional 160,000 cases in the 2013-14 year.
Additionally, the budget includes $5.5 million to continue eight drug court pilot programs — in Broward, Escambia, Hillsborough, Marion, Orange, Pinellas, Polk, and Volusia counties — targeted to a specific population at risk of ending up in prison.
Federal drug court funding of about $11 million expires on June 30. If the pilots do not continue, these drug offenders will likely end up in prison, with higher rates of recidivism and higher costs.
While a cell in prison costs $53.34 per day per inmate, the daily costs of the drug court is $20 for each participant.
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My In-laws are taking my wife and I to Sitka Alaska for a week at the end of June for some salmon fishing (anniversary present). They aren't flyfisher persons and aren't able to do a lot of walking, so they have hired guides to take us drift fishing using light tackle. However, I may have some time to explore some fresh water opportunities and possibly some saltwater with flys, although I won't have a boat. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! We will have a vehicle.
Not a Sitka guy but I fished a bit down the coast a LOT (too much perhaps)
That time of year you will have great king salmon and halibut, lingcod etc with your friends out on the saltchuck. Kings are challenging but can be had and will succumb to a deep sunk fly raised with the drift. I have landed kings in the 30# class on a fly. Some have landed huge halibut on flies out in that area but it's probably not too practical.
The coho salmon out there will blow your mind out on the salt the way they hit, jump and run. They love flies too if the captain will let you fling flies out there. Just look for them feeding on the surface or drag a bucktail in the propwash (yes right in the propwash) while the rest are trolling and hang on tight!
Inland the native rainbows and summer steelhead should be peaking, I hear they peak April - June there you lucky dog. Nothing like a hot summer run on a flyrod.
Also sockeye run in June. The river should be alive with activity.
Alaska is synonymous with insane fishing I think you guys will have a blast and also in for some fine eatin' too! Dungeness crab, fresh halibut and wild salmon on an alder coal fire with a blackberry cobbler (might be too early up there).
Take pics and please post a report!
(others from the area may chime in with more localized info)
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June = King Salmon. Saltwater only.
Possibly some Coho (saltwater) by that time but not in any large numbers, certainly not enough for flyfishing. Any you catch will be incidental while fishing King Salmon at that time.
Forget about summer-run steelhead because they simply do not exist. Rainbows are quite few. No sockeyes on the road system (all 25± miles of it). Too early for dogs. Maybe a few dollies. Don't expect much in the streams. I think there may be some Dolly fishing at the stream mouths.
Your best bet is to go mooching for Kings. You'll be there at a prime time for that and the fish will be in prime condition. It aint flyfishing, but it's great sport nonetheless and somewhat of an art too. Don't bother going on a charter boat where trolling is the technique used. Much better to fish actively with your rod in hand, not passively with it propped in some rod holder.
Thanks for the reality check
With the Situk to the north and the fishing as it is to the south I figured it had to be as I imagined, and read about. Guess I fell for the PR!
Here (well I mean where I used to live) the coho population consists of residents and southern populations feeding north of their natal streams between migratory seasons. So June has a lot of coho around although mostly under 5-6 pounds with an occasional 7 pounder and they are fun on a fly when the seasons permit fishing for them - I haven't lived there in oer 10 years but there were often May and June seasons before the fall fishery in the Strait of Juan De Fuca.
But this is not pertinent to Sitka, where I have never fished so your local testimonials are valuable advice. Chinook fishing sounds real good, Mugsy I think your party is in for a treat!
I know people are down on kings on the fly but if you are able to do it and pull it off big kudos.
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There is a Lake about 15 minutes by a fast skiff from Sitka that has chrome bright Sockeyes holding in the estuary by the last few days of June, it is called Redoubt Lake and the river is a waterfall right into the Saltchuck. If you find a way to get there be sure and have serious bug dope with you the no see-um's are worse at that place than any other I have ever encountered!!!
There is a Fly Shop in Sitka that is run by a friend of mine and he will be able to give you a good low down on what is happening from the beaches and the road system. ( I think he calls it "The Fly Away fly shop" Bill Mcnally is his name great source of current local info.
If you are going to try and fish Kings in the Salt with your Charter boat connection be sure and take your own rod and such with you. With very few exceptions there will be no fly equipment on the boat.
The kings from Sitka that time of year are great fish have a good trip.
Can't go wrong with kings on the bite!
On kings on the fly...
I've had luck three ways in salt:
1) sh*t luck
2) shoreline feeders in the rocks (visible activity)
3) deep ascent in rips
No explanation for #1
Feeders in the rocks are usually a dawn/dusk thing but good tide currents and migratory times of the year can create mid-day opps. Cast right to the edges of the rocks and when the kings are using the rocks to trap bait they are up high and slashing, you are pretty likely to hook up. I know of many good kings hooked this way on the fly including my own but unless the fish are doing the wall wacker thing it can be a black cod show.
Deep ascent is done by casting ahead into the drift, letting the line sink as deep as it possibly can, I prefer a Rio Deep Sea hi-density line or a shooting head with Rio slickshooter running line is even better. Let the rod come'around to the down drift side, then start very short little jolts as the rip current and your strips bring the fly up. I usually go to about the head length, then cast again to the updrift side. Kings love the ascent but the problem is getting your starting point down far enough. The earlier in the day / later at dusk the better, and the more activity in the ripline you are working the better. A sea habit tube fly is a good choice, purple streak under baitfish angel hair and a polar bear white belly with pearl, don't be shy on the size the fly should be about 3" long. Clouser is another good choice because it tends to keep the leader straight during the descent.
As mentioned, even if you gotta mooch the whole time you are going to have a hard time getting that grin off your face when you get home!
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Thanks all for the input! We are booked for 4 days of mooching targeting the kings and halibut. With luck there will be a few cohos mixed in. I have drift fished with light tackle before and I love it! But I will have a fly rod at the ready. I have a Winston 9 wt and 10wt. I prefer the 9 wt, but will it be enough for the kings?
Moonlight, thanks for the tip on the fly shop! Tough to beat local fly shop info & flys! Do you know if they have a web sight?
Juro, hopefully I'll get some pics. Then I have to figure out how to post them. I have trouble remembering to take the lense cap off, let alone figuring out all the technical issues of digital picture editing. I've tried to post pictures on the site, but the file size is too big. Our home computer can't handle the image sizer program on the site, and I can't seem to remember to download it and try it with my work computer. When I do remember, I hope it is something a techically challenged old geezer like me can figure out!
I can't seem to find the website for the Fly away Fly shop in Sitka but there phone number is 907 747 7301.hey did have a website maybe its down for repairs!! What Guide service are you fishing with?
We are staying at the Eddystone Inn for a few days and fishing one day with a local guide - Marcellus, referred by the Eddystone folks. Then we are staying at the Island View Lodge for a 3 day, 4 night package. Some touristy type stuff is in the plans also, so I probably won't get to fish everyday while we are at the Eddystone unless there is some shoreline opportunity fairly close by. Sitka sounds like it has a very interesting history so I should enjoy that also.
Make sure you see the Nat'l Park Museum. Last time I was there they'd just received a brass helmut that was given as a peace offering to Tlingit Chief Katlian by the Russians when they returned after being expelled a couple of years following the first battle of Sitka.
I did find their web site. Thanks for the tip. I will stop in to see them in June.
Finally getting around to posting results of our trip to Sitka. Seems like it takes a month to catch up for being gone a week! The trip was great! Fly fishing was pretty much a bust - salmon were deeper than deep, and we had 15 to 20 knot winds every day but mooching was a blast. Limits of kings and halibut by early to mid morning, catch & release for a few hours, back to the lodge for a nap, a few cold ones and fresh salmon or halibut hot off the grill to top off each day. Most kings were caught at about 100 feet, and even the handfull of silvers we caught were at 60 feet plus. Kings averaged about 25 lbs, and we purposely targeted "chicken" halibut - preferring table fare over barn doors. Did get some shots at some sockeye that were just starting to stage at a river mouth - a few follows on one of the flies I picked up at the Fly Away Fly Shop, but just wouldn't hit. The folks at the fly shop were great, and they were pleased to hear that their shop was mentioned on an internet forum.
Sitka is a cool place with a facinating history. The town gets a little crazy when the cruise ships are in, but it definely is a place where non-fishing spouses can find plenty to do. The lodge we stayed in was top notch, going out of their way to make our stay everything we wanted it to be. It's not the kind of trip I could afford to do very often, and if I go back I would probably go later in July or in August when the silvers are thick and the rivers offer some salmon possibilities.
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