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The Native American Sun Dance
1886 engraving showing Cree Indians performing a Sun Dance
and compiled by George Knowles
During the 19th-century the Sun Dance was one of the
most important ritual ceremonies practiced
by the Native Plains Indians of North America.
It was normally performed after the last of the season's great buffalo
hunts, which usually occurred about the same time as the Summer Solstice.
For many of the tribes, the Sun Dance is a ritual calling on the Sun's
powers of regeneration, and for those taking part, is a time of personal
renewal, dedication and spiritual rebirth. This
however could only be achieved through a "vision quest" which included:
three or four days of seclusion, fasting, purification and other trials
involving pain and suffering.
Some of the tribes who performed the Sun Dance included:
the Arapaho, Arikara, Asbinboine, Bannock, Blood, Cheyenne, Crow, Gros
Ventre, Hidutsa, Mandan, Sioux, Cree, Plains Ojibway, Sarasi, Omaha, Ponca, Ute,
Shoshone, Kiowa, and Blackfoot tribes. Each
tribe held its own annual celebration, and while some of their practices may
differ, in common with each was that the main Sun Dance ritual was performed by
the tribe's younger men.
In 1895
however, the Canadian government followed by the United States in 1904, banned
the more torturous aspects of the ritual on humanitarian grounds.
As a result, and under the threat of prosecution from the Department of
Indian Affairs, for many years the full ritual was only practised in secret.
Today with a better understanding of Native Indian beliefs and
traditions, both governments ended their restrictions.
In the United States, legislation in the form of the American Indian
Religious Freedom Act of 1978 was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter.
This granted Native American Indians the right to freely practice their
own traditional religious ceremonies.
Today the annual Sun Dance is a great social occasion lasting from four
to eight days, during which, the whole community takes part in its preparation.
Once the tribe has gathered, a Sun Dance leader (usually one of the
Elders) is selected to organise the event. A
large circular area is cleared on which the ritual itself will later take place,
and around this a large temporary lodge
is constructed. This consists of a
double row of wooden posts that are covered to create a shaded area from where
spectators can watch the proceedings.
The tribe's most senior Chief or Medicine Man is then sent out to locate a suitable forked sapling tree to be used as a central pole within the circle. Younger men from the tribe, particularly those who had distinguished themselves in some way, are then given the honour of cutting the tree down. After being trimmed, the tree is taken back to the dance site where scared and symbolic objects are secured between its forks. Under the direction of the Sun Dance leader the tree is then ritually erected in the middle of the dance area. Once erected, the tree symbolically connects heaven and earth where the tribe's Guardian Spirits reside, and to where all further prayers and devotions during the event will be directed.
next day at sunrise the tribe's Chiefs and Elders, dressed in all their
finery, take their places around the dance site and the ceremonies begin. Before
the main ritual, anyone wishing to dance can do so.
Many do so wearing costumes representing important leaders or animal
spirits; others wear body paint indicating honours and achievements symbolic of
their family lineage and position in the tribe.
Throughout the day dancing, drumming and traditional songs are sung,
while in between, old legends are retold by Elders, thus maintaining the
tribe's history as passed down by oral tradition.
This social part of the celebration can go on for as many as four days,
during which gifts are exchanged, tribal disputes are discussed and traditional
pipes are smoked.
In the meantime those who have pledged to dance in the main ritual would
have been undergoing supervised preparation by a mentor, usually someone who had
already been through the ordeal. Each
would have been fasting for several days prior to the event, and before the
dance will undergo a spiritual purification ritual in a specially constructed
sweat lodge. For many of the
participants the Sun Dance is an opportunity to give thanks to the tribal Gods
for blessings received, to fulfil a vow or pledge, or to petition help for
specific purposes, be it protecting loved ones or for aid in healing a sick
family member or friend. It is hoped
that during the ritual and through enduring its sacrificial pain and torture,
they would be rewarded with a vision from the Gods containing answers.
Before the start of the main ritual, the Sun Dance leader prepares the centre Sacred Tree with
When all the participants had been prepared, the tribe's drummers start
a slow rhythmic drumbeat and the Sun Dance begins.
As the participants dance to the drumbeats, they keep their gaze firmly
fixed on the Sun while reciting prayers and singing praises; at the same time,
they continually pull backwards against their tethers in efforts to tear
themselves free. Those who haven't
managed to free themselves by sundown are allowed help from their mentors, who
by adding their own weight pull and jerk them backwards in a final effort to
tear them free.
When the ordeal of the Sun Dance is over, the participant's wounds are
tended to by a Medicine Man before being led away by their mentors to rest and
recuperate. Later, whatever visions
they may have experienced while enduring the pain of the Sun Dance are discussed
with their mentors who help in their interpretation.
While not everyone experiences a life changing vision, all those taking
part in the dance bring away some kind of reward.
And for the tribe as a whole, the end of the Sun Dance brings a sense
that the relationship between their people and the Guardian Spirits has once
again been reaffirmed.
Man, Myth and Magic -
Edited by Richard Cavendish
Sioux Sun Dance at Spring Creek, South Dakota 1960
(Copyright © 2005 David Zimmerly)
© George Knowles
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I found this stuff this year and really like it..started out on camofire picking up pieces...and have moved all in. Now I notice that they have dropped all the prices on there store at core4element.com for 2013. They are also coming out with a down line this year.
Here is what I put mine through this year..
Looks like some nice stuff well have to get some.Liked the youtube clip loved the song whats the name of the song?
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Okay, great!! Good luck with those seams!
mylochka , i think the bodysuit works wonderfully well with the cardy uniform in mind .
i that note i think in going to have to go back and re work the uniform , no matter what i try , it want to come apart at the seems
so if at first you dont succeed, .......
back to the modeler . post some progress pix soon gang
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Does everyone else see a grey page for the forum? I miss the old black page I used to see when I was logged in. Somehow it was easier to read. I do like how the new form has the bold italic and underline buttons within easy reach. You can change the size and color pretty easily too.


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Before the start of training camp, the Ravens were looking for a No.2 wide receiver.
And after the preseason opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night, they are still in search of that player.
Before the start of training camp, the Ravens were looking for a No.2 wide receiver.
And after the preseason opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night, they are still in search of that player.
The Ravens were quite conservative in their offensive approach against the Buccaneers, and quarterback Joe Flacco seemed more content staying with the short passing game than going vertical. The strategy cut down on the number of chances for receivers.
But when there were opportunities, the receivers didn't make the best of them as there were several drops, including one by veteran Jacoby Jones, who started opposite of Torrey Smith. None of the top candidates for the No. 2 spot — Jones, Deonte Thompson and Tandon Doss — gained any separation from the others, and David Reed didn't play because of a groin injury.
Two receivers — LaQuan Williams and Aaron Mellette — stood out in the game and neither is considered a serious candidate to be the Ravens' No. 2. But Williams might have changed a few minds by catching four passes for 32 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor. He also made two big plays on special teams.
Thompson left the locker room after the game with what appeared to be an ankle injury, and that might force the Ravens to explore free agents or the waiver wire for another receiver in the next couple of weeks.
The lack of a No. 2 receiver might not have been a big deal if the Ravens hadn't already lost tight end Dennis Pitta for the season early in training camp with a dislocated hip. At this point — and it's very early in the season — the loss of star receiver Anquan Boldin might be bigger than the Ravens expected.
Offensive line needs time
The offensive line was solid against Tampa Bay, but there might not be a true evaluation until several games into the season.
The Ravens gave Flacco and Taylor ample time to throw against the Buccaneers, but left tackle Bryant McKinnie isn't in game shape yet. The Ravens were also without starting right guard Marshal Yanda, one of their best lineman, even though left guard Kelechi Osemele is just as good.
The key for any line, though, is chemistry and timing, and Yanda probably won't play until the season opener. That wouldn't have made a difference last year with Matt Birk as the starting center, but the Ravens have replaced the retired Birk with second-year player Gino Gradkowski.
He has had very little time working with Yanda and Osemele.
Scary hit on Pierce
Ravens officials held their breath when running back Bernard Pierce took a shot in the knee after scoring on a 20-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
It was borderline cheap and totally unnecessary because Pierce had already crossed the goal line. More importantly, it was just a preseason game. There was no need for that hit.
Oh, by the way: Great block by guard Ramon Harewood on Buccaneers linebacker Najee Goode to spring Pierce for the touchdown.
Nice style with Taylor
I like what offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell does with Taylor.
Instead of trying to pretend he is a drop-back quarterback, Caldwell puts him in different packages, including the option formation and more sprint-out passes than Flacco.
It makes so much sense.
If Flacco gets injured, the Ravens can't win with the 6-foot-1 Taylor throwing from the pocket. It's better to get him the repetitions in the offense where he is the most comfortable and effective.
Suggs' new role?
Pro Bowl outside linebacker Terrell Suggs apparently has become a part-time assistant coach. He was up and down the sideline Thursday night, coaching and talking to his teammates.
I don't know who has been more animated this preseason — Flacco or Suggs.
I do have one question, though.
After cornerback Moe Lee intercepted Tampa Bay quarterback Adam Weber in the fourth quarter, he tried to lateral the ball as if Ed Reed was back at safety.
It appeared that Suggs went out on the field to tell Lee that was a no-no. Why didn't he ever do that to Reed?
Cody working hard
There were times Thursday night when defensive tackle Terrence Cody got penetration and interrupted plays.
Cody knows he is being pushed for playing time, especially by young linemen like Brandon Williams, DeAngelo Tyson and Bryan Hall. This is big year for Cody, a fourth-year player out of Alabama.
He had two tackles, and maybe this is a sign of things to come. Williams, though, finished with four tackles.
Hamilton shines
Another young player who stood out was second-year outside linebacker Adrian Hamilton, who had a sack and a tackle for loss. He is still adjusting to the Ravens' scheme, but the Ravens might have to make it simple for him.
Just line him up on the outside, point him in the direction of the quarterback and tell him to go fetch.


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The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Lt. Col. Terrence K. Crowe, 44, of Grand Island, N.Y., died June 7 in Tal Afar, Iraq, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. Crowe was assigned to the Army Reserve's 10th Battalion, 98th Regiment, 4th Brigade, 98th Division, Lodi, N.J.


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The individual map resolutions are approximately 5500×600 pixels, but vary slightly from plank to plank.
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Russell Road originally ran from Montreal Road in Ottawa along the east bank of the Rideau River and then bent east at where Tremblay Road is now, and then south and east until the border of Clarence Township, Ontario (now the city of Clarence-Rockland, Ontario) and the Township of Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario.
Russell Heights on Russell Road is home to 800 Somali immigrants. In the mid 1990's, thousands of Somalis immigrated to Ottawa. Russell Road has since become a renowned Somali neighborhood. The Dempsey Community Centre has been operating in Russell Road since 1977 and has become a popular facility for a number of children and adult basketball programs.
However, three major intersection modifications have cut the road into 4 parts, and another shortened the Road substantially, making Russell Road arguably the most altered Road in Ottawa's history. Currently the Road begins at Industrial Avenue on the outskirts of the Riverview neighbourhood and runs southeast before ending at Smyth Road. (the road originally past Industrial Avenue to the north then jogged west at about where Tremblay Road is now, then north again along where North River Road is today and ended at Montreal Road). The road begins again near the Elmvale Shopping Centre, from Saint Laurent Boulevard, and runs south until it turns into Hawthorne Road. To keep going on Russell, one must make a left turn.
This part of Russell Road continues to the community of Ramsayville, Ontario, where the road then ends at Ramsayville Road. To keep going on Russell Road, one must take a left on Ramsayville Road then a right. This jog was made to insure that there was only one bridge under Highway 417. At this point Russell Road continues east through the communities of Carlsbad Springs, Ontario, Bearbrook, Ontario before leaving the city of Ottawa. It also passes through the communities of Cheney, Ontario and Bourget, Ontario in the City of Clarence-Rockland. The road was named because it was used by travellers, before the construction of Highway 417 as the route to get to Russell, Ontario from both Ottawa in the west and Bourget in the east. Russell Road for the majority of its length passes through rural surroundings. It is known Ottawa Road #26 from St. Laurent Boulevard until the City of Ottawa limits, and County Road #2 in Prescott and Russell County.


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Charlie Baker was inaugurated on January 8th, 2015 as the 72nd Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Prior to the Oak Tree Casino's opening five months ago, Woodland council members cautioned the city administration against using its revenues to pay for recurring city expenses such as contracting out the city's fire department services. The council's stance looks prescient now.
The Oak Tree is on pace to provide the city half the $200,000 in tax revenues casino officials projected for 2012, Woodland city officials said this week.
Meanwhile, La Center's four cardrooms generated a higher combined gross income in 2012's first three months ($8.1 million) than they did during last year's first three months ($7.7 million), according to La Center city officials. The cardrooms paid more in taxes in 2012's first quarter ($810,864) than during the same period last year ($797,423).
The Oak Tree's downgraded figures are not as big of a disappointment as they might appear, council members said, because they believed the original estimates were too high.
The first quarter numbers are too small a sample size to make
long-term prognostications about the business' health, Woodland Mayor Grover Laseke said. Others, such as former Mayor Chuck Blum and councilman Marshall Allen, pointed to the numbers as proof the city does not want gambling.
"The issue at hand is, the economy is not real good." Laseke said. "Starting a new operation takes a little longer to come around and be successful. Will (Oak Tree) be successful? I don't know."
Laseke noted he had not spoken to any casino officials recently.
Hard numbers for the Oak Tree's first three months were not available for this story. Woodland City Clerk Mari Ripp was out of town and did not return phone calls. Oak Tree general manager Chuck McCormick also did not return phone calls. The Washington State Gambling Commission has not yet released numbers for 2012.
Before the Oak Tree opened Dec. 18, officials there were already talking about the potential of opening a second casino on the old Parr Lumber site behind the casino's location off Interstate 5. It is unclear whether this plan is active or has been placed on hold due to the first-quarter numbers.
Woodland has not received any applications for a new casino from Oak Tree officials or other business officials, community development planner Carolyn Johnson said.
Woodland has budgeted the casino tax revenue for two police vehicles and a vehicle for the fire chief, all one-time purchases, city officials said. Each of the vehicles they are replacing had more than 100,000 miles on them, city officials said.
The council and Blum clashed over whether to use the money for recurring expenses, councilman Benjamin Fredricks said.
Blum said that is not the case. He opposed casinos coming to Woodland, in general, but supported using the money toward one-time purchases, after the council passed ordinances paving the way for gambling enterprises in the city.
"Actually, what I proposed was a couple of police cars with that money," Blum said, noting the city had sought a grant to pay for a new police officer.
Fredricks disputed Blum's recollections.
"If we had approved his budget, we would be in a world of hurt this year," Fredricks said.
Both Blum and Allen oppose gambling in Woodland. Allen plans to circulate a gambling petition in 2013, in hopes of putting casinos to a citywide vote. He is not shy about expressing his feelings about the Oak Tree.
"I hope they go out of business," he said.
Should that happen, logic would say the four La Center cardrooms would benefit from one less competitor. The Oak Tree's impact, thus far, "hasn't been significant" on the La Center cardrooms, said John Bockmier, a Vancouver-based consultant who represents the businesses.
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The humble GM A-body firewall. Even when the hood is opened, it's only partially visible. Still, a smoothed firewall can add greatly to a vehicle's underhood appearance and can mean the difference between finishing First and Second in a car show. From the production line, the firewalls are utilitarian in purpose, filled with bumps, dips, wrinkles, and body caulking.
The area that will receive most of our attention is where the firewall and cowl vent pieces are joined together. Spot welds and body caulking are what keep it together, but they don't look all that great. The first order of business is to work over this bare metal edge.
The generous amounts of body caulking applied at the factory are removed with a hammer and chisel.
The residue of the caulking is ground out with an air grinder. The goal here is to clean it all the way down to the bare metal.
A final photo here shows how clean the joint is before we start working it over.
The goal is to roll the lip over. First, a body hammer is used to fold the lip up along the entire leading edge.
Once the edge is folded up, a hammer and dolly are used to fold it down over itself and pound it into place.
Here is the final result of the rolled lip. The sharp edge from the factory is now gone, but we are not done yet.
The entire seam is now tacked into place with the welder.
Even though the metal is thicker here, we are still careful not to apply too much heat and warp it. Everything is tack-filled until a solid, seamless line is achieved.
Afterward, all the welds are ground down and smoothed as much as possible.
The dimples on the firewall and spot welds that were not accessible with a hammer and dolly were all tack-filled with the welder.
The firewall (from the factory) is filled with high and low spots. We employed a hammer and dolly to flatten them out as much as possible without stretching the metal.
Once again, the grinder is put to work grinding down the tack welds on the firewall.
Despite our best efforts with the welder and hammer and dolly, some areas will still be impossible to get to because of the double steel wall and vent passages. Most of the effort put into the firewall is going to be in the visible areas. Our efforts would be wasted in placed that are going to be covered by the inner and outer fenders or areas where the bellhousing is.
Evercoat Extreme body filler was used to level off all the low spots on the firewall and cowl vent panel. After the filler set up, we sanded a great deal of it back off. We left just enough to smooth it all out.
Areas where we could use a DA sander sped things up nicely. The rest of the sanding was good old-fashioned, elbow grease. We used 80-grit paper with both the sander and manually.
Once all the sanding was done, the vehicle was rolled into the paint booth, and the firewall and, of course, the rest of the bare metal was shot in etching primer.
About 20 minutes after the etching primer dried, the high-fill PCL poly primer is sprayed over the entire vehicle. This primer is perfect for filling up to 80-grit sanding scratches.
Two days later, after the primer had finished drying and "out gassing," the fun part of the job began. This is otherwise known as wet sanding. The reason for wet sanding is to level off the primer surface. A level primer surface without any type of texture will help the paint and clear lay flat with very little texture.
While the car is being dried off outside, inside the paint booth the PPG DBC Copper Head pearl basecoat is being mixed at a 1:1 ratio. This color was a one-year-only application on the '05 Dodge Viper. The copper color should look great on this Monte Carlo. The PPG was purchased at El Monte Paint in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Three coats of PPG Copper Head were spayed onto the firewall.
Here is the final shot of the semi-smoothed firewall. Imagine it with the inner and outer fenders, A/C delete panel, master cylinder and booster, windshield wiper motor, etc.
A few days of work adds a subtle touch to the underhood look of any vehicle. As for the rest of the story on this Monte Carlo, we will have the paint and body article on the Super Chevy website (www.superchevy.com) once it has been block-sanded.
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Stone Wall Defender Robert Thorson
"The market for stone-wall stones is growing," he says, "but there's no regulation, no way to track how many walls are being strip-mined." He knows they come mostly from the stone-rich, land-poor parts of northern New England and go to the stone-poor, land-rich parts, particularly southwestern Connecticut. Indeed, when I get home and do a quick computer search for old fieldstone for sale, I find two sources within a minute: one from Midcoast Maine and the other from Vermont's Northeast Kingdom.
Thorson takes me on a driving tour, as we pass impressive waist-high walls carefully laid and haphazard-looking walls overtaken by weeds. He cites progress: how he's recently lent his support to a group of Framingham, Massachusetts, citizens who want to rewrite the state's century-old law, which makes stealing stone walls a crime punishable by a maximum fine of only $10; how citizens in Smithfield, Rhode Island, have crafted local ordinances that go beyond the state's "Leona Kelley" stone-wall preservation act of 2001; how he passed a skidder at a logging site the other day that had carefully worked around an old boundary wall, so as not to disturb it.
We step out of the car at an old Quaker meetinghouse at the top of a gentle rise of open land bounded by stone walls, across from a farm that has just been protected through a conservation easement. Thorson shows me the rough, gray walls surrounding the meetinghouse, walls where he used archaeological clues to confirm the rumored site of Revolution-era graves. I put my hand on a wall, damp from an April shower. Knowing that thin thread of history somehow deepens my appreciation for the place where we're standing. And there's no way it should have, but it makes me feel more connected to the place we all live. In the introduction to his book Stone by Stone, Thorson wrote, "Although inanimate, stone walls have an important story to tell. They give us a clock by which we can judge the passage of almost unimaginable time."
To learn more about Robert Thorson's work, his upcoming lectures, and his books, go to: stonewall.uconn.edu
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Mildred "Bibbie" Whetsel enjoys a hug with Noah Bootwell, 6, during her centennial birthday celebration Saturday at Carver Recreation Center (Dave Boyd/Johnson CIty Press)
In the year 1913, many influential figures of the Progressive Era were born, including Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks, Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, football coaching greats Vince Lombardi and Bear Bryant, and Olympic track star Jesse Owens.
That was also the year Mildred "Bibbie" Whetsell, of Johnson City, was born.
Born on Oct. 20, 1913, Whetsell will celebrate her 100th birthday today, a milestone which the centenarian seems to be taking in stride.
"I'm going to get up. I'm going to church," she said Friday afternoon.
Born in Erwin, Whetsell said she moved to Johnson City and attended Dunbar School.
Afterwards, she said she went straight into the work force.
"(I worked) ever since I was big enough to know how to work. I worked in a private home, tended to children and whatever else they had me to do. I just worked. I got a job and just worked. I grew up learning how to work," Whetsell said.
When she decided to move on from domestic work, she said she got a job as a cook at her old stomping ground at the Dunbar School.
"I cooked down there at this school until they closed it," Whetsell said. "My mama was a cook and my daddy, too, so I inherited it I guess. I love to cook. I always liked to be cooking. I was always a kitchen person. I liked to be in the kitchen and cooking. I cooked at Liggett's Drug Store down here on Main Street for a while until they closed."
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"It's (Johnson City) changed quite a bit," she said. "It's not like it used to be. When I was coming up ... we didn't have paved streets. (We) had the red clay. You would just walk in that red clay."
She also recalled people walking and carrying water down the street, as well as meatless meals of beans and cornbread.
"I had a good time growing up," Whetsell said. "I learned a lot. I bet there's not six people up and down this street that can can a can of beans. I bet you they couldn't. I know how to do all of that stuff."
She said she did marry Malachi Whetsell, but the pair did not have any children.
On Thursday, Whetsell was honored with a proclamation from the city of Johnson City to start in the weekend celebration of her 100th birthday.
A birthday party was also thrown for her on Saturday evening at Carver Recreation Center.
Nowadays, Whetsell said she takes it pretty easy, "resting up from what I've done years ago."
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Animal rescue started by teenager has helped save 20,000 animals
He may not be old enough to vote, but he's making a difference. Lou Wegner is the person behind one of the fastest-growing animal rescues in the country. His Kids Against Animal Cruelty uses social networking to encourage adoptions at high-kill animal shelters. In the past two years it has helped 20,000 pets escape euthanasia.
A few years ago Wegner believed shelters were safe havens. After he volunteered at one he learned that in fact many dogs and cats have to be put down at shelters. "It was heartbreaking. All these dogs crying in their cages. Knowing they would be put down broke my heart," he said. Lou started Kids Against Animal Cruelty when he was only 14 years old with some of his friends. His Facebook page started out with just 47 friends and now two years later boasts over 15,000 likes on Facebook.
Wegner, who is an actor, uses his public appearances to bring awareness to his cause. If he's attending an event where photographers and paparazzi are likely to attend he'll try to wear a Kids Against Animal Cruelty t-shirt. His goal is to get more people to adopt from shelters, to spay and neuter pets and to educate them about pet responsibility.
Wegner efforts have saved dogs like Tommy Joe, an 11-month-old black lab. When Tommy Joe's photo was posted on the group's Facebook page it didn't get much attention, with no likes or comments. "I thought he was doomed," said Wegner. Tommy Joe was on death row in a rural shelter in South Carolina. Wegner started writing on Tommy Joe's post and spreading the word about him. Wegner's extra effort paid off when a group called For the Love of Dogs in Chester, South Carolina saved Tommy Joe.
Since Wegner's starting of Kids Against Animal Cruelty, other teens have set up chapters of the group around the country. Wegner hopes to have a chapter in every state eventually and make a bigger difference. "They euthanize just as many animals every day as we have saved. It's like throwing a Band-Aid in a river," Wegner said. In addition to trying to save as many animals as he can, Wegner hopes to educate children who commit cruelty to animals. Lou would like to make the children who commit cruelty to animals have to witness what happens in the euthanasia room at a shelter.
For more information on Kids Against Animal Cruelty check out their Facebook page.
12 comments
December 3, 2012 2:53 pmPosted 2 years ago
December 3, 2012 3:11 pmPosted 2 years ago
Absolutely awesome… His parents obviously did something right!
What a stellar example of a teenage boy and human being!
December 4, 2012 4:39 amPosted 2 years ago
luv u man……….i wish to do the same…..
December 4, 2012 11:16 amPosted 2 years ago
What an amazing young man. He is really an inspiration and a great role model for his peers. We so desparately need more young people like him. His parents should be so proud of him. Way to go.
December 4, 2012 11:25 amPosted 2 years ago
Occasionally I have a moment when I'm pretty sure the world is going to hell. These kids will make sure that doesn't happen. There are so many smart, committed, compassionate kids out there – pay attention and help them along.
December 7, 2012 11:53 amPosted 2 years ago
What a magnificent (truly) young man you are. I am involved in rescue and shelter coordination and I give you a standing ovation for your efforts. I am a member of your FB page and honestly, you and your friends and the young people who have started chapters give me hope. Thank you for that.
December 17, 2012 9:46 amPosted 2 years ago
The Right Food For Your Dog here:
December 27, 2012 1:20 pmPosted 2 years ago
What a wonderful story.
January 1, 2013 7:01 pmPosted 2 years ago
These newses inspired me a lot in keep caring for my local dogs.
January 1, 2013 7:03 pmPosted 2 years ago
And lou,what u did dats cald humanity.ur d living god.al my respect 4 u.
January 2, 2013 9:16 pmPosted 2 years ago
fianllly good news from GREAT kids….. keep up the good work!!
September 26, 2013 1:35 pmPosted 1 year ago
you ARE AWSOME


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Judge Opts Out of FTCLDF Challenge to Interstate Raw Milk Ban By Dismissing Suit --Door Open to New Suit?
The two-year-old legal challenge to the ban on interstate shipments of raw milk ended with a whimper late last week when a federal judge dismissed the suit.
U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett threw out the suit filed by the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund on behalf of eight consumer plaintiffs against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He did so, at the FDA's request, without ruling on the substance of the challenge by the FTCLDF that the ban violated various plaintiff rights, including the right to freely travel between states and equal enforcement of the law.
He indicated that not only could he not rule on the substance of the case, but that he was obligated to dismiss it because there was no evidence any of the plaintiffs had actually suffered measurable injury because of FDA enforcement of the raw milk ban. "It is now clear that the plaintiffs have no 'injury in fact' and no 'actual or imminent' 'threat of injury in fact,' but only a 'conjectural or hypothetical' threat of injury."
The case generated substantial, and substantive, back-and-forth with the FDA, including the now-famous FDA declaration that "There is no absolute right to consume or feed children any particular kind of food..."
The case also led to charges and counter charges about the FDA's role in a raid by the Georgia Department of Agriculture on a Georgia food club managed by Eric Wagoner after he brought raw milk back from South Carolina for his members. After at first denying as "a bizarre allegation" Wagoner's contention that the FDA was involved in the raid, the FDA was forced to admit that one of its agents was present during forced disposal of consumers' milk following the raid, based on video showing the agent.
According to the judge, the Wagoner confrontation with the GDA and FDA came closest to demonstrating an injured party. Close, but no cigar, said the judge. "Wagoner's allegations that the FDA, rather than the GDA, enforced the embargo and destruction of his raw milk do not generate reasonable inferences, because
they are conclusory and speculative." In other words, the FTCLDF didn't quite close the loop that the FDA had been instrumental in planning and/or ordering the raid.
The judge also bought into the FDA's contention that it had no plans to enforce the ban onto consumers. "Moreover, the record is now clear that there is no 'threat of injury in fact'...to establish standing for any of the plaintiffs, where the FDA has made abundantly clear that it has not and does not intend to enforce the regulations against any of the plaintiffs." Trusting guy, that judge is, to accept the FDA's word.
Yet the fact that the judge failed to rule on the legality of the ban would seem to leave the door open for a followup suit on behalf of a plaintiff that has been injured. There are a number of those, most recently Amish farmer Dan Allgyer, and all the food club members denied access to his milk as a result of the FDA's action in seeking a permanent injunction against Allgyer that resulted in putting him out of business late last year.
The judge had, six months after the suit was filed, rejected an FDA request to dismiss the suit. In acceding now, the judge has given a victory to the FDA, and a loss to the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, and all who support food rights.
What about those who died recently from consuming pasteurized milk? They are neglectful in not mentioning that.
From the article:
"Because many consumers have a desire to purchase milk directly from a dairy, Garcia recommends that if they purchase raw milk, they take steps to reduce the likelihood of foodborne illness by pasteurizing the milk at home.
"'You can pasteurize milk at home by heating it briefly on the stove-top to 161 degrees Fahrenheit for approximately 20 seconds, and cool quickly. And, in-home pasteurization machines can be purchased,' said Joan Hegerfeld-Baker, SDSU Extension Food Safety Specialist."
I had suggested this same idea a few months ago. There are many ways to support local farmers, and home pasteurization is an option for those who do not want the risks associated with raw milk.
And before anyone attacks me for this statement, consider this...do you support freedom of choice, or are you defending a belief system? Do you support a consumer's right to choose, even if that choice is different than your own, or do you support a consumer's right to choose as long as that choice is the same as yours?
Sorry to here about this loss...time to start another lawsuit. How about injury to farmers? OPDC has injury from the FDA after being ejected from 20 stores in Nevada. How about injury to consumers from the side effects of asthma drugs when it has been shown by PARSIFAL and GABRIELA studies in EU that raw milk prevents asthma. Both studies peer reviewed, published and un refuted.
Our routes continue to show massive increases in raw milk sales.....As the FDA oppresses....sales inversely increase.
The people of this country reject the FDA dogma. All the lies just stimulate sales.
FDA keep on lying...make your lies even bigger!!!
Here is the basis of injury.....the number #1 most allergenic food in America is Pasteurized Milk....listed at the top spot on the FDA website. The dangers are clear....how about anaphylactic shock and resulting death....if a judge can not see the dangers and injury from consumption og the most allergenic food in America then we have an even bigger problem.
I suggest an appeal. There are real injuries to consumers that are denied access to raw milk. If left with one option...the most allergenic food in America, death is a potential injury.
Perhaps, sitting on the toilet for hours is also an injury. Lactose intolerance and gas and cramps....that is personal injury literally. FTCLDF is trying hard. They are pioneering the battle early in this fight. We must all appreciate the stage of this battle. We are still early in Americas awakening. Press on.
Can you sue the FDA for lying?
Can you sue the FDA for lying?
Mark, The gov can be sued.....
"Under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the United States may be held liable in tort "for injury or loss of property ... caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee ... under circumstances where the United States, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred." 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). That waiver of sovereign immunity is subject to a number of exceptions. If an exception applies, sovereign immunity is not waived, and no subject matter jurisdiction exists. Sabow v. United States, 93 F.3d 1445, 1451 (9th Cir.1996). Jurisdiction does not exist when the claim is "based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function." 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a); see also Sabow, 93 F.3d at 1451."
Be sure to cross your Ts and dot those Is. Use the written laws against them.
Oh yeah, there was a big stink in, I think 2009, Bush et al was pushing to make the fda immune from suits regarding any drugs that are "approved" by the fda.... The statement of 'protecting the health and safety of humans and the environment' goes out the window is bogus.
"the FDA depends upon drug companies for nearly half of its $680million review process for new drugs."
Is this a true statement? If so it show exactly why they don't care about the people. It's all about money.
Imagine what would happen if numerous people filed law suits against the gov.....More people would take notice of the injustice happening in this country.
This is discouraging news. I think we citizen-consumers need to test that assertion of the FDA; that it won't enforce regulations against any of the plaintiffs [or presumably other raw milk drinkers who are not farmers].
So the FDA gets to hide behind the state departments of agriculture? I hope that won't last for long. As the pattern of repression grows in frequency, it will become more obvious and irrefutable.
the pattern of repression is already as obvious and irrefutable as can be, to those with eyes to see.
sounds to me like you're ready to go 'bear-baiting' . Listen to George Gordon explain what's necessary for setting up a sting to get a good set of facts for a constitutional challenge
what you want is a bunch of people who live in a state where REAL MILK is illegal, who individually pay someone to cross the state line, into a state where REAL MILK is legal. WITH A LETTER OF AGENCY FROM EACH OF THOSE INVOLVED, DIRECTING HIS OR HER AGENT TO BUY SOME MILK FOR THEM, AND BRING IT BACK TO THEM. Make sure the Agent has in hand the precise, payments, kept discrete. Rather than bulk breaking, that Agent is then making a bunch of separate purchases on behalf of individuals
As long as this works, and the FDA leaves you-all alone, then just keep on doing it. If the FDA does intrude on this private association, those individuals will have a premise for redress, such as the Ohio case indicates. That Judge actually did all-concerned a favour = spelling-out the lesson. Much as happened with George Gordon in his "weigh-scale sting'.
exactly shana. if any state agency tries to "embargo" raw milk coming across state lines then let the legal defense fund know about it. if such a situation should happen i would advocate that the state agency lacks authority to embargo a product that crosses state lines, and that any such embargo order should be immediately challenged. so, if anyone does receive an "embargo" or condemnation order from a state agency related to raw milk crossing state lines, let the legal defense know and we'll take appropriate action. state agencies lack the authority to regulate raw dairy products crossing state lines.
(From previous post)
You do not understand the problem with FTCLDF. Behind all of the "good work" they do is an organization which continues to convince farmers, through their Cow-Share College, to give up the rights they have as individuals under the Constitution in favor of incorporation. As creations of the state, corporations only have the rights granted to it by the state.
Countless farmers have gotten themselves into way more trouble than they could have imagined thanks to FTCLDF, and as farmers find themselves in legal limbo due to these cow-shares, FTCLDF has the nerve to recruit even more farmers into this model. Is this ethical? Is this okay, because on the other hand, they do "good work"? It appears to me that they're just recruiting farmers onto the sinking ship.
barney, i'm pretty positive that's NOT what the legal defense fund advocates. to the contrary, we suggest that individuals, not "corporations," own the cows. and in the instant case involving 1240.61, "cow shares" were not even an issue.
the problem with the judge's decision is that fda's "plans" for "not enforcing" the law are not binding. thus, we have to wait until fda does indeed enforce the law again and we will probably be back in court trying to put a stop to it. if anyone gets a visit or a letter from fda threatening an enforcement action let us know and we'll take appropriate action.
in BC we have the precepts of "officially-induced error" and "bureaucratic indifference", as defences. Last year, the Fraser Health Authority published an official statement here, that it would not enforce the regulation which outlaws raw milk for human consumption, pending our constitutional challenge. But last week the Inspector slapped cease+ Desist Orders on an employee of our cowshare, then the owners of the farm we rent. Who's running the show?
Do you think sushi will now be banned?
Thanks for the link Sylvia. Remind me why I like food in it's unprocessed state rather than for example, spicy salmon burger mix.
"FDA spokesman Curtis Allen would not confirm or elaborate on the information, saying the memo "contains numbers of cases and hospitalizations that cannot be confirmed at this time. It is too early to speculate on the cause of the outbreak," Allen said. "The memo notes there is likely a 30-day lag time between when people become sick and when cases are reported to health officials."
Right... unless it might involve raw milk, in which case the food source gets shut down before the proof comes in. Guilty until proven innocent, and then it's often too late for a small non-corporate business.
Reading the comments there, is like a parallel universe to raw milk.
Example: "Raw fish, raw meat......not a good idea..... Why many don't eat Sushi"
Right, they just eat sterilized factory food which is why, sooner or later they will get sick. Makes you wonder how many people ate the very same product and did NOT get sick. Not that this thought would ever occur to the prosecution minded blame-gamers.
Las Vegas seems like the logical place to do this. A buyers club that rendezous with the OPDC truck in CA and takes special orders across the state line. That could work.
My injunction does not address selling inside of CA...I just can not drive across the state line.
I am so sick and tired of the FDA. The Sushi comment by Sylvia, brings it all home. Sounds so "fishy" to me. I love Sushi...
Perhaps all raw milk consumers should make a pact, if you ever get diarrhea from anything....claim everything. Claim, sprouts, sushi, spinach, salsa, hamburger, deli meats, pasteurized ice cream...claim the top ten list for the FDA most risky foods. Really drive the PULSENET system digitally bonkers.
I strongly encourage people to buy from local farmers, if you must, learn to cut your meats... Butchering chicken is easy, as is grinding your own ground beef...Sharp knives are terrific! Many years ago, my parents had my brothers friend raise a calf for beef on his small farm, My brother and his friend butchered the steer.
The FDA has made this abundantly clear and the extension specialist Garcia is an extension educational mouthpiece of the FDA. They have pledged a full-on educational effort to discourage raw milk consumption across America. You see it here.
I was part of a conference call with the State of Washington regulators and several raw milk producers last week in an effort to smooth over and discuss some issues that WA state is having with some irrelevant Q fever issues and raw milk. The CDC reports one case in 9,000,000 people nationally and they call for action about raw milk from Q fever that is not even transmitted by raw milk. It is transmitted by contact with amniotic fluids from the new born calf.
The FDA is going to do anything they can to destroy raw milk....anything. Even harping about data from 90-100 years ago. They refuse to even mention any recent studies PARSIFAL or GABRIELA etc.
Nealry all of Garcias comments center on Campylobacter. Just found out that campylobacteria is cold sensitive...it dies off when milk is frozen. Just an FYI....if you are really paranoid, freeze your raw milk. Also....campy is a one shot illness and most get over it very quickly and then have a titer to it for life. One of the great gifts of raw milk is its immunity building elements...this includes immunity to travelers diarrhea.
I went and saw "Hunger Games" last evening. I did not love it...but it sure as hell makes you think about our choices, life and food as a control mechanism. In a "world after Farmageddon" the surviving people are enslaved to a super rich class of filthy rich that keep them oppressed by control of food. To get food...the masses must participate in a pagan lottery of life, where the children that have recieved food from the rich,fight to the death as the super rich wager on the outcomes of this fight. The more food you get from the rich the more times your names gets entered into the lottery.
All very sick...but all very FDA and Food Inc.
These FDA bastards ( and their bed partners ) are the control drunken super rich and they are demanding that we all conform to their definition of what food is....as we dollar vote for this super processed garbage food we enter into the death lottery of life and our children do pay with their lives.
No Hunger Games for us....the conscious. Drink your raw milk, eat your grass fed beef, ferment your foods, breast feed your children, eat pastures eggs, avoid antibiotics and refuse vaccinations.....Thrive. Stay out of the lottery. The FDA said it themselves.... " Russian Roulette with your health". This was a Freudian slip of the truth. Interesting...Life Lotteries and Roullette...The odds are worse than Roullette....with 1 in 3 kids with diabetes....insane.
It is all so clear.
Besides farming my dh and I own a movie theatre in our small town. We are showing that movie and it has promoted interesting discussion, especially with middle school/high school students. The only power people have over you, is what you give them. A very easy thing to say, often a difficult thing to live. But it is true.
What's your strategy?
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David: Hope these are ok to post here, feel free to delete if not.
One more, this one's for Mark. Guess I'm going to have to go see this movie soon, sounds very interesting:
"This is not a health issue," said Bill Marler, a prominent food safety lawyer. "This is an 'I'm grossed out by this' issue."
Yes, it is a health issue. It is fraud, out right lies to the public. The public was never given the information of what was put in and on the product. It was sold as ground up beef. NOT adulterated meat scraps. Consuming ammonia is NOT healthy.
"The food supply is full of all sorts of chemical additives that people don't know about," said Michele Simon, a public health lawyer and president of industry watchdog consulting firm Eat Drink Politics."
Indeed it is, more so than anyone ever imagined.
"That is because it is often considered a "processing aid," which is not required by U.S. regulators to be included on food labels"
This should be disturbing to everyone.
None of us should be shocked or grossed out by the methods and ways that is game is played.
It is all FOOD INC food spin. Nothing is beyond corporate America when it comes to making money and burying the truth behind their FDA approved labels. Change takes a true disaster to come to pass. The worse the incident the faster the change.
We should embrace the sick humor and get really good at exposing the dark side to bright light.
Mark, I think it's really great that you post here despite frequent attacks and present your perspective, I find it extremely valuable. It would be much easier for you to dictate to one of your workers and have them post here under a pseudonym... which some of us choose to do but should not be interpreted as being cowardly. If anyone wants to know my real name or more, just contact me. ( I am not in the milk or farm business.)
I do however sometimes wonder about how you straddle the line between "corporate America when it comes to making money and burying the truth," because you are after all a fairly large for-profit business entity.
Some of the personal attacks on you come from much smaller raw milk farmers, and I understand their concerns too. For me, it's a much larger issue than just milk, it's more about food freedom or just plain freedom regardless of food.
So my question is: What do you see as our raw milk Pearl Harbor or 9/11 event? What kind of disaster will it take, and does it have to be manufactured or government initiated?
This is not intended to be a personal attack at all, just an inquiry to someone that might actually be able to shed some light in a very long tunnel.


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