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It could have been her. That's what University of Colorado alumnus Elizabeth Woller says she took away from the experience of running the cameras for Tricked, a film about domestic sex trafficking. "These girls could have been me, they could have been my friends," Woller says.
Woller recorded interviews with the film's central character, Danielle Douglas, a Boston college student whose pimp "boyfriended in" to convince her to walk the streets in Massachusetts towns, selling blowjobs for $30 and sex for $50. Another survivor, a high school girl from Aurora, met a man on the Internet who then kidnapped, assaulted and prostituted her. She escaped. Most don't. One of the initial supporters of Tricked was a CU mom who's daughter was trafficked while she lived in Boulder.
"This is an American issue. It's not a Third World issue, it's an American issue. The film focuses a lot on Colorado because it is a major issue in Colorado, but it's in every state," Woller says. "It's your neighbors. It's your neighborhood. It's your city."
The film drills that message home in one interview after another with trafficking victims, pimps, victims' advocates, victims' parents, attorneys and the police who put boots on the ground to try to put a stop to the practice. They come from cities across the country — New York City, Boston, Chicago, Duluth, Las Vegas, Houston and Denver. Woller was recruited for the Denver interviews by the film's producer and co-director, Jane Wells, who founded the nonprofit 3 Generations to continue sharing stories from survivors of human rights abuses like those recorded in her documentary, The Devil Came On Horseback, about the genocide in Darfur.
On any given day, according to Woller, an estimated 300 children are sold for sex in Colorado, and sold up to 10 times day. It's a $3 billion a year business and among the fastest growing criminal industries in the United States.
At the core of Tricked is an inquiry into how we look at prostitutes in America — how often are we treating victims as criminals?
Douglas, the victim-turned-advocate whose story is central to the film, says she was arrested as many as 50 times for prostitution, and not once did someone stop and ask if she needed help. So her pimp would bail her out and within hours she was back on the "track," walking the streets and selling herself. A former Las Vegas escort echoes, if she had known she could have gone to a security guard and said she was being held, and sold, against her will and gotten help, she would have.
The pimps, on the other hand seem to think they have impunity — and because prosecutions in these cases are so difficult, some days, they do.
But Tricked shows their faces and their conversations with police as they're being handcuffed in front of pleasantly beige suburban homes.
"Many of the pimps were just fine with being shown, they don't see anything wrong with what they do," Woller says. "So they didn't think it would be a problem for them."
Footage was collected over three years, relying on cooperation from law enforcement, particularly Sgt. Dan Steele of the Rocky Mountain Innocence Lost Task Force, which works to address child sex trafficking ("Tracking down the trafficked," Boulder Weekly, July 25, 2013).
They also relied on a "community vigilante" in Chicago who keeps track of the girls and connected the filmmakers with victims and pimps there.
Tricked is showing all over the country in a theatrical ondemand distribution — enough people from an area purchase advanced tickets through Gathr.us, and they get a screening.
"People's main reaction is just shock. They don't know that this is happening," Woller says. "They never really thought about prostitutes as actual victims of traffickers, so that's a real shift in how people are perceiving these women and it's been an incredible response, just so positive from everyone, so we really feel like we're getting the message out there."
That was the goal — to spark national dialogue about the issue to bring greater attention and awareness, and perhaps even some policy or practice changes. In 2013, Colorado law enforcement agencies rescued 61 juvenile sex trafficking victims — but there are only three beds for minor victims of sex trafficking in the state.
In her director's statement, Wells lists the myths that surround prostitution in America she hoped Tricked would help to dispel, among them: That it's a victimless crime, it's not going away, that girls do it by choice and it's a great way to pay for college.
It's precisely the kind of work that got Woller into filmmaking. While she was studying abroad in Jordan, a female journalist there took on the issue of honor killings.
"She had succeeded in changing not only the legal ramifications for these men that killed their sisters and daughters, but she also changed the culture around it so people were actually talking about it and seeing it as a bad thing," Woller says.
When she returned to Boulder, she started working with the filmmakers at Landlocked Films and has continued since 2008 to focus on filmmaking that draws attention to human rights issues. She met the Tricked filmmaker, Wells, through her son, who Woller met in Beirut while completing a graduate degree in Arab and Middle East Studies at the American University.
Tricked will screen at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9, at the Colony Square Stadium 12, 1164 W. Dillon Road, in Louisville. Elizabeth Woller will attend the screening, as will Sgt. Dan Steele and Danielle Douglas, one of the survivors interviewed in the film, and an advocate from Denver. Additional information on the film can be found and tickets purchased at their website, www.trickedfilm.com.
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There is a lot of controversy over the numbers of women who are forced sex slaves. The real factual answer is that no one knows. There is hard evidence that the sex slavery/sex trafficking issue continues to report false information and is greatly exaggerated by politicians, the media, and aid groups, feminist and religious organizations that receive funds from the government, The estimate of adult women who become new sex slaves ranges anywhere from 40 million a year to 5,000 per year all of which appear to be much too high. They have no evidence to back up these numbers, and no one questions them about it. Their sources have no sources, and are made up numbers. In fact if some of these numbers are to believed which have either not changed or have been increased each year for the past twenty years, all woman on earth would currently be sex slaves. Yet, very few real forced against their will sex slaves have been found.
It is not easy for criminals to engage in this acitvity:
Sex trafficking is illegal and the pentities are very severe. It is very difficult to force someone to be a sex slave, they would have to have 24 hour guards posted and be watched 365 days a year, 24 hours per day. Have the threat of violence if they refused, and have no one notice and complain to the authorities or police. They would need to hide from the general public yet still manage to see customers from the general public and not have the customers turn the traffickers in to the police. They would need to provide them with medical care, food, shelter, and have all their basic needs met. They would need to have the sex slaves put on a fake front that they enjoyed what they were doing, act flirtatious and do their job well. They would have to deal with the authorities looking for the missing women, and hide any money they may make, since it comes from illegal activity. They must do all of this while constantly trying to prevent the sex slaves from escaping and reporting them to the police. They would need to prevent the general public from reporting them into the police. This is extremely difficult to do, which makes this activity rare. These criminals would be breaking dozens of major laws not just one. Kidnapping itself is a serious crime. There are many laws against sex trafficking, sex slavery, kidnapping, sex abuse, rape, sexual harassment etc. If someone is behind it, they will be breaking many serious laws, be in big trouble, and will go to jail for many long years.
According to the media hype There was supposed to be hundreds of thousands of under age child sex slaves kidnapped and forced to have sex with super bowl fans. At the Dallas Super Bowl 2011. WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL OF THEM????????????
It was all a big lie told by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, government officials, and various anti-prostitution groups: Traffick911, Not for Sale, Change-org, A Future Not A Past, Polaris Project, Salvation Army, Women's Funding Network, and the Dallas Women's Foundation, which are anti-prostitution groups that tell lies in order to get grant money from the government and charities to pay their high salaries, and get huge amounts of money into their organizations.
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Top FBI agent in Dallas (Robert Casey Jr.) sees no evidence of expected spike in child sex trafficking:
"Among those preparations was an initiative to prevent an expected rise in sex trafficking and child prostitution surrounding the Super Bowl. But Robert Casey Jr., special agent in charge of the FBI's Dallas office, said he saw no evidence that the increase would happen, nor that it did.
"In my opinion, the Super Bowl does not create a spike in those crimes," he said. "The discussion gets very vague and general. People mixed up child prostitution with the term human trafficking, which are different things, and then there is just plain old prostitution."
This myth of thousands or millions of underage sex slaves tries to make every sports fan a sex criminal. No matter what the sport is, or in what country it is in.
Brian McCarthy isn't happy. He's a spokesman for the NFL. Every year he's forced to hear why his customers are adulterers and child molesters. Brian McCarthy says the sport/super bowl sex slave story is a urban legend, with no truth at all.
The idea of people getting the wrong information and believing lies, is bad. No matter what the topic is. The Sex trafficking, slavery issue is one of the biggest lies being told today. It is amazing to me how people will believe such lies so easily. The media is to blame for this. I wonder why they feel such a need to report wrong stats, numbers and information about this topic without doing proper research.
Adult Women are NOT children.
Media coverage of trafficking and adult women's migration and sex work is confused and inaccurate. The media wrongly uses the terms 'sex work' and 'trafficking' and adult sex work and child sex trafficking synonymously, perpetuating stereotypes and stigmatization, and contributing to the violation of women's right to free movement and livelihood options. They assume that if any woman moves from place to place for sex work that they are being trafficking. The media, politicians, aid groups, feminist, and religious organizations does not take into account that she may do this of her own free will. Too often women are treated like children. Adult women are not children. Prostitution is a business between adults and in our society adults are responsible for themselves. Sex slavery/trafficking on the other hand is non-consensual. To equate that the two are the same is to say grown adult women are not capable of being responsible or thinking for themselves.
Most migrant women, including those in the sex industry, have made a clear decision, says a new study, to leave home and take their chances abroad. They are not "passive victims" in need of "saving" or sending back by western campaigners.
Sex Trafficking/Slavery is used by many groups as a attempt to outlaw all prostitution around the world by saying that all women are victims even if they do it willing. This hurts any real victims because it labels all sex workers as victims.
This is done by the media, aid groups, NGO's, feminists, politicians, and religious organizations that receive funds from the government. There are very strong groups who promote that all adult women who have sex are victims even if they are willing, enjoy it and go out of there way to get it. These groups try to get the public to believe that no adult women in their right mind would ever go into the sex business unless she was forced to do so, weather she knew it or not. They say that 100% of all sex workers are trafficking victims. They do this in order to label all men as sex offenders and wipe out all consensual prostitution. Which is what their real goal is. There is almost no one who challenges or questions them about their false beliefs. Therefore, the only voices you hear are of these extreme groups. These groups want to label all men as terrible sex offenders for seeing a willing adult sex worker. No one stands up to say this is foolish, the passive public says nothing. These groups even say that all men who marry foreign women are terrible sex predators who take advange of these "helpless foreign women wives".
These groups believe that two adults having consensual sex in private should be outlawed. Since they believe that it is impossible for a man to have sex with a woman without abusing the woman in the process.
This is an example of feminists and other groups exploiting the suffering of a small minority of vulnerable and abused women in order to further their own collective interests. For example, getting money from the government and Charity into their organizations. Rather than wanting to find the truth.
Non government Organizations (NGO's) are chiefly responsible for manufacturing "a growing problem" of trafficking in order to generate revenue for their Federally funded cottage industry. They also fabricated numbers by expanding the definition of trafficking to include practically anyone.
The American Politicians, Attorney Generals, senators, governors, representatives are doing what they do best: "Lying to the public, making laws based on myths and putting innocent men and women in prison for non-existent super bowl sex trafficking" saying that over 100,000 forced child prostitutes are kidnapped, forced and raped by super bowl ticket holder fans every year at the super bowl with no evidence or proof.
Representative Christopher H. Smith, Republican of New Jersey and co-chairman of the House anti-human trafficking caucus, and N.J. Gov. Chris Christie announced a sex trafficking law enforcement crackdown. Cindy McCain (wife of John McCain) in advance of next year's Super Bowl in Arizona, flew in to stand at Mr. Christie's side, declaring that the Super Bowl is "the largest human-trafficking event on the planet."
What is it about the super bowl that cause normal men to suddenly turn into evil child rapists?
From The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children website:
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encouraged by the increased awareness of child sex trafficking that
occurs before large events such as this weekend's Super Bowl. However,
some news outlets have attributed the statement "10,000 child sex
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exploited through sex trafficking in the United States or during events
like the Super Bowl. "
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How many New Jersey super bowl ticket holder fans have they arrested for having forced sex with beaten, raped child prostitutes? How many female child prostitutes have they rescued? How old were they? Can we see them and talk with the underage female child victims?
Do all super bowl ticket holder fans like to have forced sex with a
child who is crying, kicking, and screaming while the Super Bowl
football fan is beating the child to death?
Do they do this in the football stadium? Do all of the super bowl ticket holder fans join in the rape?
Why is it that they never mention transgender boys, and male victims? Are all the victims 5 year old girls that the super bowl ticket holder fans are paying to rape? Without anyone noticing?
Why is it that thousands of forced, beaten, raped child prostitutes are never found at the super bowl? Could it be because they don't exist?
Denver police are potentially wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money and distorting facts while trying to find the elusive "victims" of a crime that is being blown immensely out of proportion. Police officials are so determined to justify their actions they openly state they refuse to believe people who claim they're not victims, but are instead just trying to make a living in today's post-recession world.
The so-called crime (and much of the time it's not illegal at all) is being an adult involved in sex work of her own free will.
(Although there are male as well as female sex workers, the feminine pronoun will be used here to refer to sex workers in general in order to maintain clarity.)
Recent articles in The Denver Post regarding the topic (such as "Denver police increase efforts against human trafficking" on Oct. 30th) revealed how Denver police are attempting to convince sex workers to play the role of "victim" after being arrested. In exchange for saying she was forced into the business by a pimp, the sex worker is given special treatment and even potentially allowed to go free.
Faced with the alternative of jail time, obviously such a practice openly encourages the creation of fictional stories about imaginary pimps. Or, to quote the noted Denver Post article, "Prostitutes often avoid charges if they cooperate."
But even in situations where a sex worker tells the truth and informs officers that she's an independent business woman working of her own free will, Denver police have chosen not to believe them.
"We have to help them realize they are victims," Denver vice Lieutenant Aaron Sanchez told reporters of a local newspaper, despite the fact he also said, "These girls just flat out say, 'Nope, that's not what's happening.'"
Why would police act in such a way? Because if they don't have victims, they don't have any reason to accept the huge grant – $290,000 from the federal government to fight human trafficking – which means to keep the money they need to find victims … even where victims don't exist.
"I do not feel any shame for what I do. In fact, quite the opposite," said Danielle Rae, an escort in her mid-30s who has been in the business for three years.
She's anything but a victim. Before entering her current line of work, Danielle spent 14 years as a Cherry Creek paralegal and attended nursing school. "When I worked at the law firm, I busted my ass for eight to 12 hours a day, many weekends and holidays. I prepared 90 percent of the cases and yet the attorney made the big bucks," she said. "Today, my hourly rate is more than the those attorneys I slaved for for almost two decades and I feel empowered and worthy and in control of my life. I dread returning to the 8 to 5."
People involved in the sex industry tend to have a very individualistic view regarding personal rights. They tend to think outside of the mainstream, and, as part of coming to terms with their desire to step outside of societal limits, they tend to form personal belief systems, and re-evaluate their morality to the point where they often view taboo behaviors as acceptable. They are risk takers, both legally and philosophically, an attitude that should be encouraged, not attacked. Such a philosophy is what led our forefathers to defy the British government and write their own constitution. It's what led civil rights activists to stand up against racial discrimination.
"By being an escort, I declare myself a feminist, in that I am demonstrating my right as a woman to own my body and do with it as I wish, giving of myself and sharing the joys of life as they come naturally," said Jessica Palmer. A woman in her 40s, she said she decided to try escorting after a decade as a corporate software developer. "Now I run my own business, working as an independent contractor, dealing with all the expenses, taking all the risks – both financial and physical," she said. "It takes brains to do what I do at my age. If I was in any other type of industry, people would applaud me."
An issue to consider, however, is that what Jessica and Danielle do is not against the law in Colorado. According to state statutes, prostitution (which is illegal) is when a money exchanges hands specifically for the performance of sexual acts. When a client contracts with an escort, however, he is purchasing time with her without any specific agreement regarding anything sexual, and what the client and the escort do with that time is up to the two of them as consenting adults. This may sound like a legal maneuver, but in reality it's extremely important, because it allows the escort total leeway in deciding what activities she feels comfortable with during each of her sessions. An escort's session might involve nothing more than stripping, performing full-body massage or acting as a platonic dominatrix, or even just accompanying a client to dinner, all of which are perfectly legal yet maintain her role as a sex worker because it is her sexuality that makes her attractive.
"I once spent two hours with a client discussing politics, world history and philosophy," said Jessica, who has two college degrees, including one in computer science, and is a member of Mensa, the high-IQ society. "Clients repeatedly tell me they're seeking companionship as much as the sex. My goal is to create for them wonderful memories they can look back on and smile about."
The idea of forced prostitution has been a hot-button issue lately. Films like "Taken" bring in millions of dollars while people cheer an action-hero dad fighting to rescue his daughter after her kidnapping by modern-day slavers. Celebrities Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher produce humorous but well-meaning ads stating, "Real Men Don't Buy Girls."
So-called "experts" repeatedly claim in media outlets that between 100,000 and 300,000 children are forced to become prostitutes every year in the United States alone. This would be a horrible problem if it were true – but it's not. According to published reports, that number is actually based on an estimate made by two researchers, Richard J. Estes and Neil Alan Weiner, regarding not the number of children in the United States who become prostitutes, but simply the ones that are at risk of such – and in interviews the researchers admit their figures are based on very vague values, such as the number of transgender children in American and the approximate number of children living near the Mexican and Canadian borders.
Other claims of dramatic rises in the number of child prostitutes in this country have been shown to be based on pure guesswork by activist teams who made sweeping estimates after looking at various escort advertisements on the Internet and trying to approximate how old the women were.
In fact, according to law-enforcement officials themselves, the number of children arrested for prostitution in the United States each year averages to less than 900 a year – which is a far cry from the huge numbers being reported by anti-prostitution groups, even when you include the numbers who escape arrest.
Of those children who are, indeed, involved in the sex industry, other reports have shown that the majority tell researchers that they are, in fact, doing it of their own free will, much like their older counterparts, and they see their job as simply a way of trying to take control of their situation while bringing home more cash than they could ever make flipping burgers.
The idea of anybody being forced to engage in sexual acts is horrible, whether or not somebody is making money off the situation, and it's even worse when the victim is a child.
But if we're going to fight the issue, we need to keep the facts in perspective. We need to see who are the victims, and who are the people simply trying to do what they can to survive in this tough economy.
Throwing money at any problem never helps unless the money is spent wisely and effectively to help those being hurt. And that's all we ask to be done by the Denver police and anybody else who is concerned about this issue.


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- Northern New York Newspapers
- Watertown
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LISBON The Lisbon Beach and Campground is open for walleye and pike fishing season, which began Saturday.
Campground Director Michael J. ONeil said he is expecting a good year, weather permitting, thanks to the capacity the campground has added and the Bass Anglers Sportsmans Society Bassmaster Elite Series coming to Waddington Aug. 8 to 11.
Mr. ONeil has begun booking sites for the August competition.
The campground also has begun filling up with seasonal reservations, Mr. ONeil said, with 58 campers planning to stay one month or longer.
This will be the first year the campground will be running with 91 sites.
In addition to the 11 sites ready for motor homes and recreational vehicles, Mr. ONeil is planning to add five tent sites. That brings the total number of tenting sites to 15.
Its getting better all the time, Mr. ONeil said.
The last month has been busy with lawn maintenance and general repairs, Mr. ONeil said.
Areas that were torn up during last years expansion project have been reseeded as well.
But Mr. ONeils vision for the campground is not yet satisfied.
My big push (for the summer) is to put the Internet in, he said, noting that other campgrounds he has visited have been successful with the added accessibility.
He also hopes to add another road that gives access to the boat launch without forcing boaters to drive through the campground.
Its a big safety issue, Mr. ONeil said.
The Town Council will consider the issue during its Wednesday meeting.
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- Northern New York Newspapers
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CANTON A proposal to to sponsor a volunteer citizen group that would assist officials during emergencies was narrowly approved Monday by the St. Lawrence County Legislature over the objections of several legislators who fear the new venture exposes the county to costly liability risks.
In an 8-6 vote, legislators agreed to sponsor a Citizen Corps and a Citizen Corps Council to enhance community emergency preparedness in St. Lawrence County.
Although the group will be under the direction of the countys Department of Emergency Services, it is supposed to be a stand-alone entity that is self funded, self trained and recruits its own members at no cost to the county.
The volunteers would be trained to help first responders and firefighters during emergencies such as the 1998 ice storm and spring flooding. Theyd help out with tasks like checking on senior citizens, staffing shelters, assisting during evacuations and doing damage assessment.
Veteran legislator Sally A. Brothers, D-Norfolk, reminded her colleagues about a costly lawsuit the county faced a decade ago when a volunteer with the now-defunct Citizen Patrol was killed in a traffic accident while volunteering. After a lengthy legal battle his widow was awarded a $15,000 settlement to satisfy negligence claims as well as $576.92 a week in workmens compensation benefits .
Once bitten, twice shy, Mrs. Brothers said. I cannot and will not support this.
Joining her in voting against the measure were Alexander A. MacKinnon, R-Fowler, Donald A. Peck, R-Gouverneur, Stanley A. Morrill, D-DeKalb, Tony Arquiett, D-Helena, and Vernon Sam Burns, D-Ogdensburg.
Support came from Joseph R. Lightfoot, R-Ogdensburg, Scott M. Sutherland, R-Canton, Kevin D. Acres, R-Madrid, Stephen M. Putman, D-Canton, James A. Bunstone, D-Potsdam, Daniel F. Parker, R-Potsdam, Gregory M. Paquin, D-Massena, and Jonathan Putney, D-Lisbon. Mark H. Akins, R-Lisbon, was absent.
Advocates countered that the county already has numerous volunteers who open the county to liability claims, such as those who deliver meals to shut-ins.
Mr. Putman said the volunteer citizen groups wouldnt be used on a regular basis, which reduces the countys liability exposure.
I think these people would be used pretty seldomly, Mr. Putman said. Every fire and rescue volunteer is covered by workers compensation and their exposure is much greater.
Mr. Burns said he was concerned that starting a new volunteer citizen group would take too much time from County Emergency Service Director Joseph M. Gilbert.
Our responsibility is to minimize liability, Mr. Burns said. We have enough issues in emergency services. It takes away from what I think we need him to do.
Mr. Gilbert supports the idea and said he will serve on the council, which will meet monthly. He estimated his time commitment will be between two and four hours a month.
Responding to a question, County Attorney Michael Crowe said the county will not spend any funding on the volunteer group, including any training costs.
Mr. Acres said volunteer fire and rescue organizations are stretched thin and could use the extra help when needed. He noted that Joseph A. Finnegan, chairman of the countys Fire Advisory Board, supports starting the volunteer group.
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YIELD: Makes 8 to 10 servings
ACTIVE TIME: 1 1/2 hr
TOTAL TIME: 2 1/4 hr
IngredientsFor tomato sauce:
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled
- 2 (28-ounce) cans whole tomatoes in juice, drained, reserving juice, and finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups coarse fresh bread crumbs (from an Italian or French loaf)
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 1 pound meatloaf mix (1/3 pound each of ground pork, ground chuck, and ground veal)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 ounce finely grated Pecorino Romano (1/2 cup)
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 pound ricotta (preferably fresh)
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 ounce finely grated Pecorino Romano (1/2 cup)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 pound dried egg fettuccine
- 1/2 pound chilled fresh mozzarella, coarsely grated
Heat oil in a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté onion, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 6 minutes. Add garlic and oregano and sauté, stirring, 1 minute. Add tomatoes with reserved juice, tomato paste, bay leaf, and salt and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 30 to 35 minutes. Discard bay leaf.
Form and fry meatballs:
Stir together bread crumbs and milk in a large bowl and let stand 10 minutes. Add meat, garlic, cheese, egg, parsley, salt, and pepper and blend with your hands until just combined well (do not overmix). Form level 1/2-teaspoon portions into meatballs (you should have about 135).
Heat oil in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then fry meatballs in 5 batches (do not crowd), turning occasionally, until browned well and cooked through, about 2 minutes per batch. Transfer as browned to paper towels using a slotted spoon.
Make filling:
Stir together all filling ingredients until combined well.
Boil and bake Pasta:
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.
Cook pasta in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water, uncovered, until al dente. Drain in a colander, then rinse under cold water and drain again.
Spread 2 cups sauce in a 13- by 9-inch or other 3-quart glass or ceramic baking dish and arrange one third of fettuccine over sauce, then top with all of meatballs. Make another layer each of 2 cups sauce and one third of fettuccine, then spread with all of filling. Top with remaining fettuccine, then remaining sauce. Sprinkle evenly with mozzarella.
Bake, loosely covered with foil, 10 minutes. Remove foil and bake until sauce is bubbling and cheese is golden, about 20 minutes more. Transfer to a rack and cool, about 20 minutes.
Cooks' note: Sauce can be made 3 days ahead and cooled completely, uncovered, then chilled, covered.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories961
- Carbohydrates58 g (19%)
- Fat65 g (101%)
- Protein37 g (74%)
- Saturated Fat18 g (90%)
- Sodium1,293 mg (54%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat8 g
- Fiber7 g (27%)
- Monounsaturated Fat35 g
- Cholesterol183 mg (61%)


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The Carbon County Commission on Wednesday approved about $30,000 worth of grants from the restaurant tax fund for tourism promotion. Approved for funding were:
*A $10,500 grant for the USU/CEU Prehistoric Museum to lease billboards for one year on US-6 in Spanish Fork Canyon and between Price and Wellington;
*$9,370 to the Helper Arts Council to promote plays and other events at the Rio Theater.
*$5,000 for the Carbon County Chamber of Commerce to print tourism coupon books for meeting and convention visitors to the county.
*$4,500 for various county operations to fund production of promotional DVDs.


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"A free society needs a free press," says Shurtleff. "We are asking the Supreme Court to make sure reporters aren't prosecuted under federal law for doing something they are encouraged to do under state law."
The amicus brief that will be filed tomorrow asks the Supreme Court for a balancing test that would weigh the public interest in a reporter's ability to gather news against the need to disclose confidential sources. The attorneys general also request a federally recognized reporter's privilege-a recognition that is already found in 49 states and the District of Columbia. However, the federal district courts have issued numerous contradictory rulings on what the privilege actually means.
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2. Should a federal privilege be created to protect journalists who are subpoenaed to reveal confidential sources in federal criminal proceedings?
3. Is it fair to imprison a reporter for refusing to disclose sources without giving the reporter a chance to look at the government's evidence of the need for disclosure?
The case involves a Department of Justice investigation into leaks about a CIA agent and weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. New York Times correspondent Judith Miller was found in civil contempt and ordered to serve up to 18 months behind bars for failing to identify her confidential sources.
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I recently bought my first cuben shelter (an MLD Patrol in .74 oz/yd green cuben). I got it for the weight savings, but there seem to be other benefits. The most welcome change I've noticed is very low (actually no at this point) condensation.This (great) BPL article on the causes of night-time condensation on shelter material is enlightening. My main takeaway is that, while available moisture will have an effect on how much condensation occurs given the right conditions, the force causing water vapor to condense on the material surface in the first place is its temperature being lower than the ambient air temperature. And it seems like the greatest driver of the temperature differential is radiant cooling of the material. Thus, my hunch is that the cuben laminate has very low radiative heat loss and/or a low heat capacity, such that it strongly tends to stay at ambient air temperature.Does anyone have data or measurements to explain the potential reasons why this might be the case or to call total BS and give a much better explanation for this phenomenon that I (and others on the forum) have experienced?
Edited by email@example.com on 06/09/2013 22:01:47 MDT.
Yeah, the high airflow compared to a completely enclosed shelter surely helps. I've had it pitched fairly low on near-windless nights close to freezing, though, and had zero condensation (not my experience with silnylon), which is what makes me wonder if something else is going on.
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Cuben does empirically seem to have less condensation. Not sure why. It could occur because cuben has a lower density (or really lower specific heat capacity) than silnylon, so when warms air inside the tent hits it, the air doesn't cool/contract as rapidly.
Two things I can think of that may play a roll in condensation.1) Poor heat conductivity between the inside and outside surfaces.2) Having a surface of the fabric that is slightly more hydrophobic than other fabrics.A differences in heat capacity doesn't make sense since amount of heat in the material is going to rapidly achieve a steady state with the average outside/inside air. It's the rate the temperature changes between the inside and outside of the material (if it does change) that would matter, and that is heat conductivity, not heat capacity. I would argue that the insulation value of the material is so tiny that even a difference in heat conductivity doesn't make sense as an explanation.However, surface properties that enhance or diminish condensation/evaporation is likely. If one material tends to hold onto water molecules (hydrophilic) while another tends to repel them (hydrophobic), it is likely that condensation will occur more rapidly and abundantly when the material itself is helping hold the water molecules together. And, evaporation of the condensed water will occur more rapidly on a surface that is not holding onto the water as tightly?Maybe cuben fiber has a surface more like my eyewear after I apply an anti-fogging agent?
Maybe the materials have different levels of emissivity. If the nylon has a higher emissivity, it will radiate more heat to a clear sky, and it will get cooler and get more condensation. My best theory. But I couldn't find emissivity rates on the materials.
I think it's conditions related and conditions you have experienced with it so far were not conducive to condensation issues.I suspect it's coincidence, and has nothing to do with materials.
My lawn at this time of the year produces an enormous amount of condensation.Side by side the fly of a double wall tent is just as wet as the one form the single wall type (of course...)I would like to have the same design in Cuben and silnylon side by side to see what happens.
>I would like to have the same design in Cuben and silnylon side by side to see what happens.Time to get on the horn with Henry and start pushing for some cuben shelters, right? :) I kid, I kid.But I'll add to the empirical evidence of cuben seeming less condensation-prone.
Nah. The condensation is the same. The difference is that silnylon absorbs a bit more moisture as the droplets cling to it. Silnylon is extremely sticky. With the cuben any moisture probably rolled off. Plus there likely wasn't the right weather conditions for condensation to accumulate.
A difference in emmissivity would cause a difference in condinsation. The higher the emissivity the higher the rate of energy loss and cooling. Condesation occurs when the water vapour in the air condenses and tranfers its energy into the tarp to keep it in thermal equilibrium. Therefore the higher the emmissivity the higher the condensation.Now we just need to find out the emissivity of mylar and sil to see if there is a significant enough difference to explain the effects.The aluminized mylar heat sheets have low emmissivity so comparing sil to aluminized mylar would be a good experiment to see if fabric emmissivity has a real effect on condensation.
Sure...if you were wrapped up in cuben like a burrito and your body was radiating heat. In this case, the OP was under a tarp, pitched high, and therefore emissivity is not even a consideration. There is no way his body temperature was enough to push up the dew point.. It is likely there was sufficient wind to take away the condensation assuming the conditions were right in producing it in the first place.
You dont need a heat source,The tarp radiates heat at its black body temperature cooling below the ambient temperature of the air. The latent heat of condensation warms the tarp until an equilibrium point is reached between the cooling affect of radiation and the warming effect of condensation.If emissivity is lower less condensation occurs.
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/emissivity-coefficients-d_447.htmlunfortunately, all they have that's relevant is that "plastics" are 0.91so, maybe nylon and mylar are 0.91aluminum foil is 0.04so maybe there's no difference between silnylon and mylar, but aluminized mylar would lose much less heat to a clear sky so it would be a little warmer so less condensation
Looking at only one factor misses all the others: how quickly temps dropped, whether the OP was pitched close to a water source, whether it had rained in the last 24 hours and whether the ground had any moisture remaining, whether there was any wind, etc.What you are suggesting is that emissivity would allow cuben to not produce ANY condensation. It would also limit its use as a vapor barrier, which we have seen is not the case.
No, I am saying its possible that the emmissivity of the fabric may play in a role in the anecdotal reports that cuban fiber has less condensation than Sil. I think it would be worth finding emissivity data or experimenting with side by side identical shelters to see if it is possible.
I'm not even going to speculate why, but I've had almost zero condensation problems with my hexamid cuben after having significant condensation with two previous sil shelters. 100's of nights in both materials, I don't think its a coincidence. My friend had the same experience with his cuben shelter hiking the CT.
> zero condensation problems with my hexamid cuben after having significant> condensation with two previous sil shelters.On the other hand, that could be entirely due to the design of the shelters.Cheers
On the table of Emissivity, the listing for "clear silicone" is .080-.100.The listing for "plastic", and mylar is plastic, is .95-.100.So, on just a materials basis, it's close, and there is some potential for the silicone to have lower emissivity.However, the surface finish plays a part in IR emissivity, and very polished or slick surfaces tend to have lower emissivity than rougher surfaces, so the mylar might have some advantage in that area.In terms of color, darker colors generally have higher emissivity than lighter colors, so if the shelters are different colors, then it might make some difference.My guess is that if the shelters are both light colors, it's not really an issue of materials because they are too similar in emissivity to really make that difference. If the cuben is light colored and the silnylon is dark, that might make the biggest difference.I still think it would be marginal at most, and probably no real difference, in terms of materials. Conditions would be much more of a factor.
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Humans are very distinct from other creatures in their ability to perfect the use of tools to improve quality of life. Even more remarkable of man, however, is our willingness to restrict the use of even our most valuable tools in the name of "safety."
Firearms have for the past few hundred years been one of man's most useful tools. America's Founding Fathers realized this and held gun ownership in such a high regard that they opted to include it in the country's Constitution.
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Here are four things that the men who wrote those words knew, that modern anti-gun zealots in the United States and abroad can't seem to understand:
#1— Guns are extremely useful in deterring criminals who would otherwise steal from you and likely injure or kill you in the process. That is why Keyna Oduyoye, 30, of Randallstown, Md., brought her registered .40 caliber Beretta handgun along when she carried $4,000 to meet with a person selling a car on Craigslist. When she and her boyfriend arrived, they were robbed by the people they met.
From The Baltimore Sun:
She told police she grabbed a .40 caliber Beretta from the glove compartment of her car and fired a warning shot in the air. The gunman dropped his weapon, she told police, according to court charging documents, and then she chased the man up the street firing three times in the air.
Though she managed to keep herself from being possibly murdered by her armed assailants after having her money stolen, Oduyoye was jailed last week on $35,000 bond. She is charged with having a handgun on her person and in her car, reckless endangerment and discharging a firearm on a public street. Even though her gun was registered, because of Maryland's restrictive carry permit laws she is a criminal in the eyes of the law.
#2— The bad guys are never going to give up their guns, and there is nothing even the most restrictive nanny governments can do about it. Case in point, New York City. Even with liberty assaulting police tactics like "stop and frisk" that allow New York cops to search just about anyone they want to on the street, gangsters still have access to guns.
From the New York Post:
Ruthless gangbangers are drawing on lessons from kindergarten — adopting policies of "share and share alike" when it comes to their illegal handguns, cops said yesterday.
"People aren't carrying around their own guns anymore, they're sharing them and stashing them," said Detective Joseph Cruzado of the Queens gang squad.
"Four, five years ago, we'd see almost every gang member carrying their own gun. You don't see that anymore."
Now criminals in the city simply stash weapons in secret locations — such as bushes — so that other members of their organizations can retrieve the weapons when needed.
Good luck finding a weapon stash if you find yourself on the wrong end of a criminal's barrel.
#3— Guns have uses that are in no way related to crime. This story comes from Manitoba, Canada but explains a problem that many American farmers and ranchers also deal with. Because of restrictive laws aimed at protecting wildlife from poachers, farmers in the province are unable to legally defend their cattle from predators.
The Wildlife Act, which governs hunting in Manitoba, says hunters may kill wildlife on their own land to defend property. But the following restrictions apply: can't hunt at night or use lighting or reflecting equipment when hunting; can't use poison to trap or kill wild animals; can't have a loaded gun in a vehicle; and can't fire a gun from a vehicle.
That causes real problems for farmers like Henry Hendrickson.
From Winnipeg Free Press:
In one year, the farmer raises 300 cattle and loses between 10 and 12 to predators: coyotes and wolves, mostly.
Hendrickson would like to protect his herd by hunting the predators, but the laws make it difficult. For example, coyotes are nocturnal creatures, but laws governing gun use prevent farmers from hunting at night. They also can't legally shoot from a moving vehicle, even though vehicles are the only way to keep pace with fleet-footed coyotes and wolves.
#4— Governments are capable of doing some pretty terrible things to helpless populations. Joe Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, who is currently running for a Senate seat in Ohio, is taking heat for releasing the following ad recently:
But, in a Nation where armed bureaucrats continuously raid farms because of raw milk sales, the police are becoming ever-increasingly militarized and abuse of power seeps from town halls, Congress, the Justice Department and the White House, people who want a defenseless American populace would likely do well to heed the warnings of history.


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Video: Daybreak closing shot: QCRG
When he wasn't trying to decide on his roller derby name ("Kevin O'Steel?" "Mike Check?" "Daybreaker?"), Kevin O'Neill was trying to avoid the dazzling but dangerous Queen City Roller Girls.
Several members from the local league rigged up an early morning demonstration of their competitive sport. Once highly choreographed for TV purposes (similar pro wrestling), roller derby is now a legitimate sport with two teams fighting to win.
Two videos are attached to this story. One is the second interview, and the other was the closing shot, where Kevin was at the bottom of a dogpile (THEIR term, not ours). We found the QCRGs to be delightful and gorgeous, and that's not just because we're a little afraid of them.
The website is www.QCRG.net
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Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, summarizes the outcomes of a week-long UNEP Governing Council in Nairobi, Kenya. UNEP
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Arianne Reif, 5, a kindergartener at Frances K. Sweet Magnet School, shares some laughs with her grandmother Kathleen Reif over lunch during grandparents day at the school in Fort Pierce. Dozens of grandparents came to the school to enjoy lunch with their grandchildren while also receiving a certificate of participation. "I'm loving it, I love to visit with Arianne and were just trying to get to know her school a little better and spend some time together," Said Kathleen Reif. "We're having a ball, we're just getting ready to eat a piece of chocolate cake." The school held the annual lunch-time event for the kindergarteners on Wednesday, followed by the first through fifth grades on Friday from 11 a.m. To 1 p.m. "We love honoring out grandparents because they are part of our school, part of family here and it's just a pleasure to be to have them join us, and their grandchildren, for lunch," Said Juanita Wright, Principal of F.K. Sweet.
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You may choose among several methods of training, depending on the school, your requirements and personal preferences. Skydiving schools can answer specific questions about each program they offer.
More details on USPA's student program are also available in the Skydiver's Information Manual.
Quickest method to independent skydiving.
Least expensive entry into the sport.
Quickest way to experience skydiving.
Several hours of ground school.
Generally less than 30 minutes.
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Freefall for 4,000-10,000 feet (30-60 seconds).
Student is expected to deploy their own parachute.
First freefall on around the 6th jump.
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Student may be allowed to deploy the pair's parachute but is not required to.
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Most schools offer AFF training.
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Recent outbreaks of swine and avian flu, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, and West Nile virus remind us that humans and wildlife are intimately connected—everywhere. We share habitats as well as food and water sources. We can even share similar biology, along with vulnerability to some of the same diseases. On our planet, we share one health. Human well-being relies on the well-being of other species. Whether in our backyards, at the zoo, at the market, in the jungle, or flying overhead, wildlife is closer than we may realize.
WCS-Global Health strives to keep each aspect of the relationship between humans and animals healthy through wildlife health monitoring, clinical care, research in its zoos and in the field, and collaboration with communities, scientists, and policymakers around the world.
After discovering the H5N1 virus in whooper swans in Mongolia in 2005, WCS-Global Health launched the Global Avian Influenza Network for Surveillance (GAINS). Combining tens of thousands of such samples with migratory routes and census data from about 105 million bird observations, GAINS maps the locations of influenza outbreaks and assesses how they spread.
WCS helped launch One World – One Health in 2004 to promote an international and interdisciplinary strategy for combating threats to the health of life on Earth. The initiative encourages health experts from around the world to discuss and share information regarding natural resource management and the potential movements of diseases among human, domestic animal, and wildlife populations.
The Wildlife Health Center at the Bronx Zoo, the Aquatic Animal Health Center at the New York Aquarium, and clinics at the Central Park, Prospect Park, and Queens Zoo provide state-of-the-art healthcare to our diverse wildlife collection.
A new collaboration between WCS and Children's Hospital Boston uses media reports to help track wildlife trade and reduce its associated disease risks.
At our country's doorstep, WCS health experts are helping authorities investigate the smuggling of wildlife and its stowaway diseases.
Large numbers of right whale calves are mysteriously dying off Argentina's coast. Conservationists are coming together to solve the case and save the whales.
South American howler monkeys sound the alert for humans during yellow fever outbreaks
Turtle biologists, veterinarians, and zoo staff from partner organizations convened at China's Changsha Zoo to collect a lone, elderly female Yangtze giant softshell turtle and transport her to Suzhou Zoo, where she joined one of the few remaining males to potentially breed and save their entire species.
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Behrakis Grand Hall (Creese Student Center, 32nd and Chestnut Streets) and MacAlister Hall 2019/2020
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Come out and support your fellow dragons at the 13th Annual College of Arts and Sciences Research Day on Tuesday, April 9, 2013! CoAS Research Day highlights the significant contributions of student scholars and researchers at both the graduate and undergraduate level.This year's event includes a new oral presentation category featuring 20 undergraduate and graduate students from the humanities and social sciences, and the natural and physical sciences. Each participant will give a 15-minute presentation to a panel of judges in MacAlister Hall 2019/2020. Traditional poster presentations will be held simultaneously in Behrakis Grand Hall. Oral and poster presentations will be judged separately.For the second year in a row, attendees will also hear from last year's CoAS Research Day winners in a special round of research talks. Check out the full schedule below for exact times, locations and details.STUDENT REGISTRATION 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: Behrakis Grand Hall, Creese Student CenterPOSTER PRESENTATIONS
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Location: Behrakis Grand Hall, Creese Student CenterStudent work will be presented in poster format and judged by a committee of faculty members. Judging criteria includes the quality of oral and visual presentation, the clear demonstration of progress, the level of student involvement in the project, and the overall importance of the work.
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Sunday, October 08, 2006
Oct. 8, 2006
The Bisons golf team finished 16th in the Mission Inn Intercollegiate Classic at Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla.
Taylor Lewis lead the Bisons with a three-round total of 228 (80-73-75) to finish in a tie for 40th.
Clint Suggs tied for 52nd with a 230 score (72-82-76).
Andrew Green was 69th with a 236 (79-73-84).
Cory Parkinson was 77th with a 240 score (81-71-88).
Dustin Lynch tied for 83rd to round out the scoring for the Bisons with a 242 (82-83-77).
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game of thrones spoilers from a dance of dragons released early
In the book series A Song of Ice and Fire, A Dance of Dragons is Book 5. The HBO series just started with book 1, and this 5th book took six years to finish. It will be published in both the USA and UK on 12 July 2011. The plan is to release the ebook and print editions simultaneously.
Blame it on the 180 books mistakenly shipped in advance by Amazon, but there are advance spoilers and tidbits in the Book "a dance of dragons", by author George RR Martin.


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CRAFTSBURY–In the consolation game of the Stephen Willey Memorial Tournament, the Whitcomb Hornets built a 43-24 lead at the half en-route to the 64-39 win over UCA.
The Crusaders, who were already shorthanded to start with, became more limited as Chris DeLaBruere was tagged for four fouls in the opening sixteen minutes, leaving him unable to compete at full strength.
Ji Kim had three fouls in the opening half, and would eventually bow out of the game with 2:33 left in the fourth.
The first quarter was a fairly close eight minutes of basketball.
UCA got nine points from Paul Saaman, five from Jon DeLaBruere, two from Dale Martell, and trailed just 21-16 after one.
The Hornets came out in the second and just went crazy, hitting from all over the court.
Levi West had fourteen of Whitcomb's twenty-three second quarter points, and would finish with seventeen on the night to lead the Hornets in scoring.
Turnovers really cost the Crusaders in this game, as time after time they tried to drive to the basket, only to be stripped, stopped, or flat out mishandle the ball, allowing the boys in green to go the the other way.
With a lead of nineteen points at the break, the Hornets let up a bit, scoring just twenty more points the rest of the way, but it was enough to hold off the Crusaders and pick up the win.
Paul Saaman led all scorers with twenty points. The DeLaBruere brothers each had seven, Ji Kim had three, and Dale Martell two.
Now United Christian has four days to prepare for their rematch with their opponent from the opening round of the tournament, Mid Vermont Christian, on Friday at home as part of a girls/boys double-header.
The girls will kick off the action at 4:30, followed by the boys at 6:30.
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Test your own gear on the range, handle the new stuff and ask questions about archery, bowhunting and safety from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 31st, at the Hawkeye Area archery range; 2065 Amana Road Northwest, west of Swisher.
"A lot of people don't even know the range is here," says range director David Giese. "We have the six lanes; with distances from 20 to 60 yards for sighting in your bows. We will show how to safely handle equipment, how to get up in stands and how to safely harness yourself in."
With upwards of 50,000 bowhunters in Iowa now, tree stand accidents have become a harsh reality. Two years ago, two deaths occurred as a result of falls from tree stands. Several serious injuries were reported and officials recognize a number of "walk away" incidents go unreported. Iowa's bow deer season begins October 1. However, hunters in other seasons "get elevated," too, for the sight and scent advantage which stands can provide.
Representatives from Fin & Feather and Palo Outdoors stores will be around to answer questions and demonstrate safety systems and new archery products out there; including 3D targets which will handle broadheads. Instructors will supervise youth who want to give archery a try. Boy Scout Troop 211 will staff a concession stand.


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