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That experience came to mind the other day when Amazon.com and Netflix offered differing perspectives as to whether the U.S. Postal Service's proposed cut of Saturday delivery would affect their businesses.
I agree with Lauren Freedman, president of The E-tailing Group, who said yesterday that eliminating Saturday delivery only would only affect a limited number of online shoppers. But what happens when you're one of those shoppers?
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Saturday, November 1
* Angel House Thrift store is open on Saturdays, 9 a.m. To 1 p.m. Located at Holy Family Parish, 17353 NE 27A, Williston
* Friends of the Williston Library, Book Fair, 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Community Center in the the City Hall Complex.
Monday, November 3
* AA Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Thompson Hall at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church.
* Lions Club 7:30 p.m., Lions Club 401 S.E. Sixth Ave.
* Levy Veterans Support Group, 7 p.m., Williston City Hall.
* Masonic Lodge #117 F.&A.M., 7:30 p.m., Ornan Lodge.
Tuesday, November 4
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On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, the GFWC Williston Woman's Club will be holding a Fall Luncheon and Fashion Show at the Club House on State Road 121. Lunch will be prepared by the members and served at 11 a.m. and the Fashion Show (featuring all local talent) will follow.
Homecoming week at Williston High School is Nov. 3-7. This year's theme is super heroes.
Dress-up days include:
Monday, college day.
Tuesday, twin/alternate personality day.
Wednesday, wacky tacky day.
Thursday, superhero/villain day.
Friday, spirit day.
Events include the powder puff football game on Monday, the parade at 5 p.m. on Thursday with a community pep rally and skits following the parade, and the homecoming game on Friday night against Santa Fe. There will be a barbecue at the school Friday from 5-7 p.m.
The U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Census Bureau will be hiring local individuals to work on the 2010 Census.
In spring 2009 and early 2010 several thousand temporary census jobs will be available for qualified applicants. Assignments will last 5 to 10 weeks. Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted after completing a short test at the Williston Community Center on Wed. Nov. 5 and Wed. Nov. 19 at 11 a.m.
Anyone interested in applying is encouraged to attend and learn about the program.
The Williston City Council agreed on its unanimous first choice for city manager after interviewing the five finalists for the position in a marathon session on Oct. 23.
He is Marcus Collins, currently the city manager of Crescent City, a position he has held since 2005. Collins has indicated strong interest in the Williston position since it was advertised.
Tre Wilson, 14, of Southeast 10th Street, Williston, was charged with aggravated battery and throwing a deadly missile. According to Williston Police reports, the victim and his wife were driving westbound on Noble Avenue on a motorcycle. When they reached Northeast 10th Street, they allegedly saw someone pick up a rock and throw it, striking the victim on the right side of his head.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office announces the following arrests:
* Joseph Walters, 16, of Northwest 60th Lane, Bronson, was arrested on a felony charge of possessing weapons on school property after the search of a bag that allegedly belonged to him found two knives.
* Kenneth Wiedman, 26, of Northeast 60th Place, Bronson, was accused of battery after an incident at a residence on County Road 337.
Reports from the Levy County Drug Task Force keeping coming in, but now the focus has shifted from Williston to Bronson.
The Task Force announced eight arrests this week, some with multiple counts, all in the Bronson area.
Williston Police on Tuesday arrested two area teens for the attempted burglary of a residence in the 100 block of Northeast Third Avenue.
A neighbor saw two suspicious subjects by the back door of a house at 9:25 a.m. The resident was not at home. The suspects saw the neighbor and fled on foot with the neighbor in pursuit.
The suspects split up, but were later located by officers Bond and Morris at a residence on Northeast 10th Street they have been called to before.
Arrested were Chauncee Myers of Southeast 10th Street and Sydney Frasier Jr. of Williston.
Mud boggers who use a private site on County Road 337 near Northeast 125th Street need to have their driver's licenses, vehicle registrations and insurance papers up to date on Sunday, Oct. 26 as the Levy County Sheriff's Office is conducting a checkpoint at the intersection.
Capt. Evan Sullivan, spokesman for Sheriff Johnny Smith, said neighbors around the site are complaining about drunk drivers and littering associated with the weekend gatherings. "This is not a sanctioned mud bog because they do not charge money," Sullivan said.
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Throughout the Arizona Wildcat women's basketball season, freshman Candice Warthen will keep a weekly blog about life as a Pac-10 freshman. Check back for more updates from Candice!
Hello Wildcat Fans!
The Washington schools!! Last weekend we played University of Washington and Washington State, coming off a three-game losing streak. We knew that we really needed to win these two games and that's exactly what we did. Coming into the game on Thursday, everyone was prepared and ready to do their job as individuals. It was a great game to watch and we won the game by two points. UW had the last possession but they didn't have enough time to take advantage of it. This was a great win for us because we really needed to get back on track and we had to take care of home court. I had a pretty solid night on Thursday, finishing with 10 points and two steals with great defense!
On Saturday, we came into the game with the same mentality as Thursday. Our focus and hard work paid off and we got another much needed win. We are now in a tie for third place with USC in the Pac-10 standings. This was another great night for us and Ify Ibekwe and Davellyn Whyte played outstanding. Ify was two steals away from her first triple double. Having her and Davellyn show up on the same night is very positive for us. If this continues to happen, then our opponents are going to be in trouble (LOL). Everything went as planned for us last weekend. Next we have the L.A. schools on the road on Thursday at USC and Saturday at UCLA.
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The Jersey Shore Running Club held its Winter Train Run on February, 23, 2014 in Asbury Park, N.J.
Runners gathered to check in and register starting at 9:30 a.m. at Johnny Mac House of Spirits located on Main Street in Asbury Park directly across from the Asbury Park Train Station.
It was a bright sunny morning unlike the past few weeks of cold, blustery and snow filled days. It was a near ideal morning for a run and a large crowd of over 200 runners participated in the bi-annual event.
At about 10:30 a.m. the runners started to make their way over to the train station where they gathered inside the main waiting area. They received last minute instructions before heading through the tunnel to the platform on the opposite side of the tracks to wait for the 10:58 a.m. south bound NJ Transit Train – labeled for the event Snowball Express.
The train was right on time picking up the runners who wore bib numbers to identify themselves along the route. It was just a few minute ride to the first stop where the first group of runner disembarked in Bradley Beach. The train then proceeded to Belmar where the second group got off and finally to Spring Lake where the reaining runers hopped off the train.
Each grouo then proceed back toward the boardwalks and ran back to Johnny Mac House Of Spirits.
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The event benefitted the Mount Camel School located on Asbury Park.
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Are there any statistics of children recovering and healing from sexual abuse before they become adults? Is this rare?
You always hear of adult survivors of abuse, Can children recover and heal from abuse? Are there support groups for children? My daughter is 11 and was abused at a young age before I adpoted her, her behavior and aggression gets worse everyday. It is clear this is a manifestion of what happened to her, why do the therapists and Dr.'s want to treat the behavior and drug her instead of focusing on what happened to her. I am not a Dr. I am a mother and just am curious, does my daughter have to wait until she is a adult to recover and heal? I don't see anyone trying to deal with the reason she is angry instead of the anger itself. How do I help my daughter.? I want her to heal before she is a teen and things get much worse for her. (Drugs, sex, self-harm, jail etc.) She deserves better than a predetermined role for a victim. Any answers?In Topics: Self esteem and identity, Children and stress
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Super Bowl 2014 is just days away, and NFL players and fans aren't the only ones gearing up for kickoff. (Speaking of which, if you're wondering when the biggest football game of the year starts, get kickoff time and channel information here now.)
Security is a huge concern at this year's event, and authorities are working to ensure MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, will be the most secure location east of Fort Knox on Feb. 2 for Super Bowl XLVIII. Customs and border patrol helicopters, SWAT teams from local police agencies and F-16 fighter jets manned by New Jersey Air National Guardsmen will all be on hand Sunday to help secure a smooth experience for the Broncos vs. Seahawks match-up.
Super Bowl XLVIII: Heavy Security Measures in Place to Protect Fans, NFL Stars and Celebs
Even though authorities stress there is "no specific threat," after incidents like the Boston Marathon bombing and recent, increasing gun violence across America, they are taking no chances.
The star-studded sports events draw tens of thousands of fans each year no matter where it is held. (MetLife Stadium itself has a capacity for roughly 80,000 sports fans. Though ticket prices were actually lower than expected this year, Super Bowl XLVIII is sold out.) With this year's proximity to New York City, security is paramount. Super Bowl 2014 isn't just some football game, it is an annual continuation of a grand American tradition, set on the banks of our financial capital and possibly most well-known city. Put quite simply, it could be a huge target for evildoers, both foreign and domestic.
In addition to throngs of fans and the entirety of the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks teams, authorities will be enforcing security and crowd control while performers like Bruno Mars, Queen Latifah and rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers do their thing for this year's Super Bowl Sunday halftime show.
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A VERY TIRED Santa waits to board a flight to Detroit Michigan (presumably he was destined for a connection further north) from Akron-Canton, 5:30 Christmas morning, 2009.
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A VERY TIRED Santa waits to board a flight to Detroit Michigan (presumably he was destined for a connection further north) from Akron-Canton, 5:30 Christmas morning, 2009.
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What Brought You to the Ohio Nature Blog?
Ultimately, I don't know what brought you here, but thank you for visiting during 2009. Many people arrive at this blog by entering a search term in an internet search browser. With tools like Google Analytics, web publishers can know exactly what search terms were used to find our blog. Maybe, just maybe, it was you who typed one of these terms into a search engine and landed here.
1.is it cold in ohio
Yes. It is. Mostly from Mid-November through March.
2. are there water moccasins in ohio
No. There were several variations of this basic question.
3. cardinal trying to get into house
Another frequent question
4. dinosaurs bones found in crawford county ohio
Ah, no, never happened. All our Ohio rocks are too old for Dinosaurs.
5. found crayfish exoskeleton in my basement
just weird!
6. quercus o'hare airport
Someone looking for Oaks in Chicago?
7. "good job tom"
Yes, someone actually found my blog with this search term
8. "grackle" "mating" "funny"
someone is searching for funny grackle mating. Isn't that weird?
9. 2009 ohio wildflowers not blooming
I saw them bloom, I swear.
10. "butter butts"
In reference to the yellow-rumped warbler.
11. "poop on michigan"
Extremely funny. Weston had a poop on Michigan onesy, that, well, he pooped all over.
12. 4-legged shrimp-like creature
13. a crayfish lives in our backyard lawn in ohio
Cool. I wish they lived in our backyard too.
14. animal that looks like a black lobster in woods in northeastern ohio
Why so many crayfish and lobster terms?
15. allergies from salamanders
I suppose its possible.....but seriously, isn't it more likely dust? Pollen? Perhaps mold?
16. alum creek beach ohio naturist area
Naturist. Not naturalist. This isn't that kind of blog.
17. are freshwater mussels edible in ohio
18. black camouflage fabric amish country ohio
So do they just mean black fabric? If you wear black fabric in Amish country, wouldn't you blend in pretty well?
19. can i feed garlic mustard to my red ear slider turtler (sic)
I wonder if this person tried. I don't think they'd like it.
20. can i let my 4 year old pet slider turtle go in a small pond in ohio
NO, NO, NO. This is why we have so many feral turtles swimming around the Olentangy and other bodies of water. I get this question ALL the time.
21. dawn wallpaper stripper
When I first looked at this, I read dawn stripper and thought once again, not that kind of blog. Then I thought back to my posts on taking down the wallpaper in our family room, and things made much more sense.
22. my son ate amur honeysuckle what should i do
ouch! I hope my son never eats amur honeysuckle, because I'm not sure what I would do either.
23. nature girls pic
yes, there are pictures of nature loving females here at this blog, but again, I'm thinking this is not what this person was after.
24. picture there she blows
25. ohio birds feeding them shrimp
gross and really smelly
26. ohio golf blog
this is what I get for my "Ohio Nature Blog" becomes the "Ohio Golf Blog" april fools day post.
27. pics of a boy and girl, both bald
Just one baldy here
28. sharon woods metro park woman
29. state farm audubon center, columbus, ohio
It's the GRANGE insurance center...wrong insurance company!
and last but not least.....
30. stegasaurus at ohio park
highly unlikely
So there you have it, some search term highlights for 2009. People actually typed these things and landed at the Ohio Nature Blog. And I don't know how you found this little corner of cyberspace, but I'm glad you did. Merry Christmas.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Show Some Love for the Terrier...(aka the answer to the Christmas Plant Quiz)
And the winner is.........my fellow Hiram College alum and botany buddy Jenn Clevinger (go Terriers!). She guessed the identity of this native Ohio plant species exactly 35 minutes after these goo-covered seeds went up on the blog. But did anyone have an inkling that this might be our native mistletoe?
The whole "Christmas plant quiz" was the hint. It's interesting how several plant groups are associated with Christmas, like the conifers, the poinsettia, and mistletoe. I can't think of any others, but perhaps there are more?
The fruits of our native mistletoe are white. The coating of the fruit can be easily stripped away, revealing this gooey gelatinous ball with a seed inside. The goo helps the seed stick to a tree, and then the seed can germinate and begin to parasitize the tree. Only the extreme southern counties in Ohio have mistletoe, it is really a southern species. In fact, this sample was brought back to me sometime last February by former ODNR Natural Areas & Preserves Chief Steve Maurer, who snatched it somewhere along the Natchez Trace. I took the photographs way back then, always meaning to do a blog post with them. What better time then Christmas?
For more about our native mistletoe, Phoradendron leucarpum, check out Jim McCormac's account from almost one year ago when he was
gallivanting i mean driving around counting blue jays in Southern Ohio.
Because it's almost Christmas and I'm beginning to get a bit giddy, and to show more Terrier love, this post is about to really deteriorate. Here is our beloved bull terrier mascot doing a mighty good "robot" dance, but really, he needs to work on his moon walk.
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Christmas Plant Quiz
A native Ohio species. That's all. I know somebody will be able to get this. Genus and species, please. Merry Christmas.
Posted by Tom Arbour at 7:59 PM 3 comments
Labels: plants
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Dark-eyed Junco
If you're my friend at Facebook or follow me at Twitter, you may have caught my announcement that I purchased some serious Canon "glass". That's photographers' speak for a new lens. I came into photography as a nature lover, and I continue to be a nature photographer despite the realization that the hobby can also lead to some serious money shooting things other than nature. One of my little side projects has been to sell images at Istockphoto.com, mostly of food and our travels to Maine, as a little side business.
This venture helped finance a new nature tool, the Canon 100-400 lens. If you're a Canon shooter and like nature, you know this lens. If you don't care about techno gear, just know that this new tool will help me get even closer, crisp shots of wildlife as Megan, Weston and I go on our weekend adventures. I put it to good use this weekend shooting out our windows at dark-eyed juncos and gray squirrels.
Posted by Tom Arbour at 7:48 PM 9 comments
Labels: birds, photography
Burning Bush, Winged Eunoymus
Sometime in mid November Megan, Weston,and I traveled to my parents' home, located about 120 miles Northeast of where we live in Columbus. The acidic clay soils of eastern Summit County are heaven for red maple and black cherry. That's mostly what you see in this photograph. Each time I visit their house, and take a look at the woods behind their grassy yard, I learn something, even though I spent countless hours there growing up.
This time I looked out into the woods and saw a small shrub with blazing red leaves. It stood out in contrast to the rest of the woods because all the other leaves had withered and fallen away.
This is a burning bush, Euonymus alata, which is an extremely common ornamental shrub. You can find this in most suburban yards throughout Ohio. It is native to Asia, and it would be a fantastic plant if it stayed where it was planted.
But it hasn't, and it shows up in natural areas. Birds transport seeds because they eat its bright red fruits. I've never seen this species in huge numbers, but it has escaped enough to be considered by some to be invasive. Recently, on the Ohio invasive plant list serve, there was a lengthy discussion about it. Many people, both in the garden trade and natural areas managers, were unaware that it is showing up in Ohio's woodlands. Although I've never seen it out-competing or dominating woods, I'm beginning to notice it more frequently.
I'm finding little shrubs along the Olentangy River that seem to be responding after the non-native bush honeysuckles are removed. I've seen them scattered occasionally throughout the woods of Highbanks Metropark just north of here. And now I found it in my parents backyard as a naturalized plant.
So how did it get in the tree? I plucked it out of the ground and hung it there. It's both a way to ensure the plant doesn't root again, and to let others know that something is going on with this plant. I've been know to pull woody invasives wherever I go and leave a trail of dangling shrubs in my wake.
Obviously, I can't do this in areas where an invasive species has completely taken over, but when there are a few individuals here or there, I encourage everyone to quickly yank non-natives from natural areas. I don't know if this species will become our next big problem. But I do know I'm now noticing it.
Take a look to see if you see it as well in the areas you frequent. Obviously, the bright red autumn leaves make it really stand out, but without leaves its fairly distinctive. Its branches have fairly distinct parallel greenish wings projecting outwards from the wood, hence the scientific name "alatus", which is Latin for "winged". Most likely, it will show up in woods that are not far from suburban areas.
And now back to the picture. I think that the perspective on this one is fairly tough. Although the root ball does look like a squirrel's nest high up in a tree, it was merely a few feet of the ground. I'm laying on my back, with Megan's camera (the Canon SX20is, which I'm darn impressed with, but that is another post), at full wide angle, to get this shot.
Oh yeah. When we bought our house, it came with a burning bush. I recently lopped off its branches, and I'm waiting for spring to dig the roots out of the ground. Although it was a great winter perch for birds, it had to go. Hopefully next spring, I'll fill the empty spot with a nice native spicebush.
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Labels: invasive species
Saturday, December 19, 2009
What is it and How Did it Get There?
Posted by Tom Arbour at 9:31 AM 13 comments
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Agrilus planipennis- Coming to an Ash Tree near You!
So flash back to 2003. I'm a young buck at our state resource agency, fresh out of graduate school. I'm sitting at a weekly meeting, listening to what the current issues in natural resources are when someone said something like this: "all ash trees in Ohio are going to die from this terrible pest called the Emerald Ash Borer that has been found in Michigan. It will be here before we know it." It was a little hard to believe.
If you have heard of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), or live in an area where it has virtually killed all of your native ash trees, you won't be surprised by this post. If you've been to southeastern Michigan, you've seen the dead trees at the rest areas and in the wet, flat forests. The same goes for the Toledo area- look around in low wet woods, and you'll see lots of dead trees. Travel along State Route 2 in Erie County up near Lake Erie, and look at the woods this summer. You'll see lots of brown from dead and dying ash trees.
This emerald green bug a little smaller than a pill capsule is being moving quickly (facilitated by humans transporting fire wood) around the midwest, east, and southern Ontario. Here is where it has been found as of December 2nd, 2009:
You'll notice that there are plenty of red dots around central Ohio. Yes, it was found up near Delaware back in the mid 2000's, but I thought to myself that population was pretty far away. How naive I was.
Late this summer, I looked out into the parking lot where I work. The islands are full of young planted green ash trees. Some had no leaves. What was going on?
A closer look revealed this: the dreaded "D" shaped hole, the exit hole from which the adult EAB emerges after eating the tree and creating all of those interesting wormy patterns.
So there you have it, a mere six years after I learned about the EAB, was told it would be here soon, and after I had pretty much discounted it, it had arrived, literally, at my doorstep.
Posted by Tom Arbour at 7:25 PM 6 comments
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Yesterday afternoon, a beautifully sunny and cold central Ohio day, I stopped at Blendon Woods Metroparks to see what had flown in to Thoreau Lake. There are two great unheated observation buildings at the edge of the lake, and they make bird photography really easy. The building to the right is great for feeder birds, and the left building provides the best opportunities for waterfowl. After scanning the ice free areas of the pond, I could only come up with black ducks, mallards, Canada geese, and two gadwals. But then something caught my eye- a bright white neck. Without binoculars, and without being able to view it with the gigantic metal spotting scope in the building because the bird had positioned itself where it was blocked by the corner support of the building, this bird remained a mystery.
In the field, the white belly, brown head, and white neck really stood out. Was it a northern pintail? But it didn't have the typical long pointed butt feathers (technical term please?). Sure enough, after looking at several northern pintail pictures online, I think that is what we have here. But why no long tail? That is the question. Is this a juvenile?
P.S. This is my 699 post here at the Ohio Nature Blog. Also- We now have 99 followers here. Help me push it over 100!
Posted by Tom Arbour at 4:36 PM 5 comments
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Thoreau Lake
Thoreau Lake, originally uploaded by Tom Arbour.
Hi All- I'm messing with the layout of The Ohio Nature Blog today. My goal is to expand the images that I can easily show from 400 pixels to 500 pixels. I think those extra pixels will make a big difference when it comes down viewing my photographs. Also- I figured out how to keep the text width fairly narrow, and hopefully the blog will still be easy to read. Consider this a test post.
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Support Ohio's State Nature Preserves with a new License Plate
Many of you know that I have spent the last 10 years of my life, with a two year interruption for graduate school, as an employee of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Natural Areas and Preserves. For at least the last two of those years, my colleagues (namely Heidi Hetzel-Evans) have been working towards a special license plate that would help support the State Nature Preserve system here in Ohio. After a ton of work collecting over 1000 signatures and successfully navigating the Ohio legislative process, you as a nature preserve loving Ohioan can show every driver in the state just how much you love nature. And better than that, when you purchase this plate, $15.00 goes directly to a fund that will ensure that Ohio's finest natural areas stay that way.
What's even more important about this license plate is that in the latest State of Ohio biennial budget, the Division of Natural Areas & Preserves received $0.00, yes, that is ZERO dollars in general revenue funds beginning in July 2010. This means that the nature preserve system needs all the help it can get, and one way we can all chip in is by purchasing this special plate. And, if you renew your plate and registration for two years, the Ohio State Nature Preserve program will get a little extra help.
So there you go, head on over to www.oplates.com and show your support for Ohio's State Nature Preserves with a license plate. You'll help protect several of Ohio's finest natural areas- places like Lake Katharine in Jackson County, Conkle's Hollow in Hocking County, Clifton Gorge in Greene County, Kent Bog in Portage County, and Irwin Prairie in Lucas County. These places are all near and dear to me and countless other Ohioans.
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Claytor Lake - Fishing Opportunities
Claytor Lake holds fewer largemouth bass than other Virginia lakes, and they grow slowly in this mountain reservoir. Claytor Lake's largemouth bass populations appear to be increasing. In 1990, largemouth bass made up about 10 percent of the black bass according to electrofishing catch results by fisheries biologists studying the lake. Largemouth bass increased to about 30 percent of the black bass electrofishing catch by 1998. Anglers can find this species in coves throughout the lake, but they are most abundant in Peak Creek. The Claytor Lake record for largemouth bass was a 14- pound, 6-ounce giant caught in June 1991.
Spotted bass in Claytor are generally smaller than the other black basses. They rarely reach 2 pounds in size. In fact, most anglers that think they are catching small largemouth bass are probably catching small spotted bass, particularly in the upper lake area (above Lighthouse Bridge) where spotted bass are more numerous.
Anglers fishing for black bass in the lake can use information collected on bass food habits during a recent study at Claytor Lake to select lures and techniques for these species. Smallmouth bass and spotted bass have very similar diets, with both relying mostly on crayfish. Techniques and lures that mimic crayfish are most likely to be successful in producing catches of these fish. Both of these bass species eat a lot of bluegill as well as some alewife and gizzard shad, so they may also hit lures that imitate fish. Largemouth bass diets are quite different than smallmouth and spotted bass diets, which may be one reason they are doing so well in the lake. Largemouth bass eat bluegill, alewife, gizzard shad, and crayfish, depending on the season of the year and whether these prey are abundant in a given year. Lures that imitate fish are the best choice for largemouth bass, but they may also hit crayfish imitations.
The Department maintains the striped bass population in Claytor Lake through annual stocking. The Department experimented with increased stocking rates for striped bass in Claytor Lake in 1998, 2001, and 2002. Doubling the stocking rate in 1998 and 2001, combined with good spawns of alewife and gizzard shad, has resulted in two prominent year classes of stripers in the lake. The 1998 stripers are now running from 28 to 32 inches in length and they weigh between seven and 12 pounds. The 2001 stripers are in the 15 to 18 inch range, so they will reach harvestable size in 2003. Recent sampling indicates that the some of the 2000 stripers will be represented in future catches at the lake. It is still too early to tell whether the 2002 stripers will produce similar numbers of adult fish to those from the 1998 and 2001 stockings.
Claytor Lake produced 15 certificate (more than 20 pounds or over 37 inches) stripers in 2001. At least one striper over thirty pounds in size is caught each year in this lake. Stripers can be caught year-round, although most anglers have their greatest success from late September through May. Water temperatures at or below 70 degrees seem to produce the best fishing.
Recent striper diet studies at Claytor Lake showed that stripers rely mostly on alewife and gizzard shad. Therefore, it is no surprise that Claytor Lake anglers experience the best success using these species as bait. Gizzard shad and alewives are most easily caught using a cast net near the back ends of coves. Peak Creek is a great place for finding bait, but don't overlook smaller coves in the lake. Many stripers are taken with topwater baits (Redfins, Rapalas, etc.) and bucktails in the spring and fall. Fish points and flats adjacent to deep water for best topwater action. Trolling bucktails in 20-60 feet of water can produce good catches.
During the summer and early fall months stripers primarily "hole up" in the middle and lower lake areas close to the lake's thermocline (30-40 feet deep), where they find suitable temperature and oxygen levels. When the lake begins to cool in October, stripers begin chasing shad and alewife schools around the lake and are more difficult to locate. If you are lucky enough to see them chasing shad at the surface, you can catch them on top water lures. In winter months, look for stripers in the middle and upper lake areas, from the mouth of Peak Creek up to the Lighthouse Bridge. At this time of year, a good depth finder is the single most important piece of equipment needed to locate fish, because stripers are likely to be located in 40-60 feet of water. Find the bait schools and you are likely to find the stripers nearby.
Hybrid striped bass were introduced to Claytor in 1992 and are stocked each year. Many of the fish from the earliest stockings are 8-12 pounds today! These striped bass hybrids are a hard fighting fish that are good to eat! Since they can tolerate higher water temperatures, hybrids often chase schools of shad at the lake's surface at night in the summer months. Most of the time, hybrids live at similar depths and locations as the stripers in the lake. Their diet is very similar to stripers, so they can be caught using the same techniques.
White bass are found in Claytor Lake, but their numbers are down from historic levels. The best opportunity to catch white bass from the lake is during April and May when they run upstream to Allisonia, where the New River flows into Claytor Lake.
Anglers should keep in mind that the harvest of stripers and hybrids is limited to 4 fish per day (the two species combined), all of which must be longer than 20 inches. White bass are regulated by a creel limit of five per day, with no size limit. Anglers should study the differences between these fish carefully. Helpful identification information is available in the Department's recent publication, "The Angler's Guide to Virginia Freshwater Sportfish," which is available from Department offices statewide.
Walleye are still occasionally caught from the lake, but their numbers have dropped off since stocking was discontinued in 1996. Anglers have recently been catching yellow perch in the one-pound range. Black crappie caught from the lake typically average a little less than a pound. According to the Department's creel survey in 1998, many anglers take home a limit of 25 bluegill that average 0.5-pound each. Flathead and channel catfish (up to 20 pounds) can also be caught from the lake. With catches of 20-30 pound carp possible, anglers from as far away as England come to fish for them at Claytor.


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The Obama Regime energy policy is primarily about driving up the cost of fossil fuels to the point that they are no longer affordable so that we will have no choice but to turn instead to the so-called "green" or "alternative" energy sources of wind, solar and biomass. To that end they have tried to sell the idea that we must move quickly to convert to these alternative energy sources so that we won't lose our competitive edge to China. Oh, yes; and think of all of the green jobs that will be created.
Much to the disappointment of the O-Regime, the Chinese government announced that it "would stop expanding its wind and solar industries, choosing instead to focus on nuclear, hydroelectric and shale …. as the energies of the future." How about them apples?! Obama has been telling us that fossil fuels are the energy of the past and wind, solar and algae are the fuel sources of the future. As I've said in the past, I have yet to fill up my gas tank with wind, sunbeams or seaweed as Dr. K-Hammer quipped.
"It is getting tougher and tougher for the Obama administration to argue that somehow we're in this big race for green power worldwide when the rest of the world seems to have decided that the race isn't worth winning," Daniel Kish, the senior vice president for policy at the Institute for Energy Research, told The Daily Caller.
President Barack Obama, whose administration has held up solar and wind energy while stunting shale and snubbing hydroelectric, has deployed nationalist lingo, holding the specter of global Chinese green technology dominance as a driving motivation behind the administration's expensive and embattled green energy subsidy programs. In his 2012 State of the Union address, Obama said, "I will not cede the wind or solar or battery industry to China or Germany because we refuse to make the same commitment here."
By halting wind and solar industry expansion, Kish told TheDC, "China's just doing what every other country in the world other than the United States is doing. Years back, the president used Spain as an example [of green energy competition] … then Germany, then China."
Spain's green energy subsidies were found to have a cost of 2.2 jobs for every one created; and in Germany, the government announced this year that it is scaling back its subsidies. "It's too damn expensive," Kish explained, "and someone's got to pay for it."
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WICHITA, Kan.-- Southern Illinois women's tennis head coach Audra Nothwehr was named Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year at the tennis awards banquet Thursday evening in Wichita, Kan., preceding the Valley Team Tennis Championship hosted by Wichita State University.
SIU's men's and women's programs also combined for a total of 13 awards including two All-Conference selections and three First Team Scholar-Athlete selections.
Saluki women's head coach Audra Nothwehr highlighted the evening for Southern Illinois. Nothwehr, in her sixth season at the helm, was named MVC Coach of the Year after leading the Saluki women to a regular season record of 17-4 and 6-1 in the Valley. This marks the first time a Saluki coach has received the honor since 1988 when Judy Auld was named coach of the year.
On the men's side, Jonny Rigby was named a 2013 MVC All-Conference selection for his achievement in singles and doubles play. In his freshman season Rigby recorded a perfect 5-0 ledger in conference play and an impressive 14-3 overall record on the season at the No. 4 singles position.
Rigby also earned All-Conference doubles honors with partner Badr Cherradi. The duo posted a 4-1 conference record in the No. 2 spot and combined for an overall record of 10-8. Senior Brandon Florez was named to the MVC All-Select team for the first time in his career.
The Saluki women collected eight awards overall at the banquet, in addition to Audra Nothwehr being named the MVC Coach of the Year.
Senior Melanie Delsart and sophomore Natasha Tomishima were named to the MVC All-Select team. Delsart has garnered All-Select honors every year of her SIU career. Tomishima received her first MVC All-Select honor of her career.
Five Saluki women were named MVC Scholar-Athletes after achieving excellence on and off the court, including Anita Lee, Anastacia Simons, Korey Love, Delsart and Tomishima.
Three players earned First-Team Scholar-Athlete awards, including Delsart, who has won the award for her fourth consecutive year, while Simons and Lee earned First-Team awards for the second-straight year.
Love and Tomishima were named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention team.
The Southern Illinois tennis teams will be in action today as the No. 2 women take on No. 7 Creighton at 12:30 p.m. while the No. 3 Saluki men square off with No. 6 Creighton at 4 p.m.


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Recorded: October 8-9, 2007
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People often shudder (sometimes with good reason) when the topic of jam bands shows up in conversation. But there's a difference, however subtle, between improvising over a set of changes vs. a long-form exploration involving not only structure (read: harmony, melody, rhythm) but also texture.
Blink takes four chords and tries to draw them out, seeking to pull fragments into different shapes. Attentive ears might think of Godspeed You Black Emperor or Sonic Youth. Though both the symphonic and skronky aspects of those two bands are dialed back a bit, Blink does add tension by employing the slow build. After some clanky percussion frames the tentative introduction of the melodic material (via Greg Ward's sax), the complement of instruments moves in to occasionally take hold of the partially formed sonic shape, pulling it slightly out of balance. When that shape has taken all of the torque it can stand, the band explodes and the sheets of sound fly.
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TC TO JOHN A. CARLYLE ; 30 December 1855; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18551230-TC-JAC-01; CL 30: 151-153
The Grange, 30 decr 1855
My dear Brother,
I am very glad to get your Letter this morning; I had been daily noting your delay, tho' not imparting it to anything but the causes you now assign. Our weather here too, for four or five days, was intensely cold; especially that Saturday when your ear got the venom of it in your drive to Annan: but that very night there rose a loud wind here; and on the morrow, instead of a thick universal coat of snow which I expected, there was a complete thaw,—which has continued ever since; dry for most part, tho' with one complete day of wet;—and on the whole making out singularly fine weather for this season.
That is the history of our weather;—and truly we have hardly any other history, for I never in my life was more utterly idle, having given up the very attempt towards anything that can in the least be called work, as a thing totally unsuitable to this scene. I go and ride daily; every day except sundays, a long solitary ride, ending about sunset; sometimes a considerable walk in the forenoon to boot: in that I am faithful from very obvious considerations; and I restrict my efforts to that. Our company is not much to speak of; Lord Lansdowne for one night (just went, the morning after we arrived, still the old polite hard shallow Gentlemen); Bear Ellice (still here, the oiliest and best-natured of old men); one Villiers1 (Hawk of Politics, and rather clever and consummately well-bred); Lowe of the Times and Board of Trade;2 Twisleton with Wife, one Portal with do (extremely pretty she, and a credit to the House of Minto);3 Venables, gone and coming again;—an assembly changing every day and never worth much at the very flowering time of it. At present we are rather low: nobody to depend on except a Dr Carpenter,4 innocent clattering fish-faced mortal, whom doubtless you know, who has a microscope and a pair of the ugliest gums, which are often seen in his continual small-beerish talking: he our chief lion; and both Lord and Lady A laid up with illness. I generally take refuge with the Bear and old Lady Sandwich, who have endless human anecdote at least, and are much better than that of "sea-slugs," and other scientific small twaddle. Ach Gott!—
For the rest, in spite of the unwholesome hours &c I seem to myself to be decidedly improving in health. At starting I had two quite sleepless nights (as poor Jane too had); but all is tolerable now in that and other essential particulars:5 and I really expect to be a little sounder of body (and of mind) for beginning my labours again, when I get back to my Garret. (Worse writing-apparatus as you may perceive, no mortal ever had!)
In fact I spend fully four-fifths of my time by myself, oftenest in excellent free air, and among agreeable downs and woodlands. That is very wholesome. My thoughts are not impotent in my solitude; mainly altogether sad (as they may well be, looking back from this season of the year), but quiet at the same time, and therefore salutary since I have got no better.
Magnus the Painter has sent me from Berlin an excellent Photograph (indeed a lot, as I understand) of a Picture of Fredk the Great; which I am very thankful for, and shall be glad to see. A new Grate (by Bramah) has likewise been put up in my Chelsea Garret and waits me there.
This is all I have time for, dear Brother;—and indeed more of it would be good for little! But the Postman is here; I have been interrupted, and tumbled abroad in all directions since I wrote the first page,—about noon today; and now it is six!—
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Fresno State used its same starting 5 of Bree Farley, Alex Sheedy, Ki-Ki Moore, Rosie Moult and Taylor Thompson for the 13th-consecutive game and 22nd time overall this year.
1st Half
Fresno State's first three field goals were all 3-pointers - two from Rosie Moult and one from Alex Sheedy. The Bulldogs forced Cal to open the game going 3-of-17 on field goals with two turnovers in the first eight minutes to open game with a 13-9 lead. Ki-Ki Moore scored seven of Fresno State's nine points from the 15:01 mark until the 7:40 mark of half. She had three steals in first 12 and a half minutes. Taylor Thompson's 3-pointer at 6:43 capped off a 12-2 Bulldog and gave them a 25-21 lead. Bulldogs hit five-straight 3-pointers from 6:43 mark until 1:16 mark of half. Ki-Ki Moore had 16 first-half points on 7-of-13 shooting with three steals and two assists. Fresno State was 8-of-16 from 3-point range in first half. Six of the seven Bulldogs that played hit a three. The eight 3-pointers were the second most Fresno State has hit in an opening half this year (they hit nine at Portland on Dec. 14 and vs. UNLV on March 9). Cal, after opening game 3-of-17 on field goals, made 18 of its last 20 shots over the final 12 minutes of the game. The Bears scored 34 of their 48 points in the paint.
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Bulldogs opened second half 2-of-12 shooting in the first seven minutes. Ki-Ki Moore's 3-pointer at 11:20 gave her 21 points for the game and 1,502 for her career. She now has scored 20 or more points in three-straight games and 23 times total in her career (12 this season).
Fresno State falls to 0-6 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. This was its sixth-straight appearance in the Big Dance. Ki-Ki Moore scored a career-high 33 points, the most ever given up by Cal in a NCAA Tournament game. Fresno State's 12 3-pointers made in the game were the most that Cal has ever given up in a NCAA Tournament game.
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Just recently my bestfriend began to ignore me which was un usual she loaned my sisters pony and they got on very well then one day she just suddenly out of no where said she was too big for her and that her mum was looking for another pony to ride so by christmas i would have to find another loaner. I wouldn't have minded but it been so close to winter just made it harder then a few hours ago she turned around and said that she was coming to collect all her stuff and wasn't going to be loaning her anymore. I feel so bad for poppy as she now has no one to ride her and is literally being wasted ive been trying to hard to find her a loaner but its making my horse suffer as well and it just make me sad thinking how poppy must feel after her mum stopped riding her and now this one has abandoned her. She's been getting so excited recently and i try and keep her exercised by taking her out but there not enough light and i can't exercise her and my horse. Its become so hard and the strain is taking its toll on me. I mean if she had said after christmas she was giving her up i wouldnt have minded but its so close to winter and now poppy isnt going to be exercised. I just don't know how im going to cope. No one i know can ride her and it seems like an impossible job, If you know of any where i can advertise her for free please let me know. I just feel like giving up at the moment. Sorry for it being so long i just hate people that do this to horses:/:(. (The pictures below are off my sister riding poppy)
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Or even just say that you will feed her but she will work for her livery?
Im based in the kent area. Yeah quiet a downer but ive learnt from mistakes and Poppy couldnt be happier. Just trying to gain her trust so i can try other things with her to exercise her even if it's lose jumping or just clicker training (which she doing well with at the moment #fingers crossed). I would never send Poppy to a riding school. After having a rough start to her life i would hate to send her to somewhere where she's going to have inexperienced people on her as it's not fair on her and she's clearly had enough of it and she's a bit to strong for people to handle specially when jumps or schooling is involved you have to dedicate time to doing it with her. She's being ridden mostly every weekend at the moment which she enjoys and were schooling her slowly while were out to try and make her accept coming back to words and the bit and not resisting it as much as she does. It's a working progress but she absoutly loves it at the moment. I would love a loan for her but at the moment i cannot find anyone suitible for her as she is very strong little pony and very cheeky.
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It's easy to say that one forgives, but in reality it more often than not proves to be a much more complex process than one initially realizes. Thus, when ten Amish schoolgirls were shot, five of which were killed, by a supposedly deranged gunman in October 2006 in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, the country was even further shocked by the Amish community's quick expression of forgiveness toward the killer and their compassionate outreach to his surviving family.
That incident and ensuing recovery inspired playwright-actress Jessica Dickey to write "The Amish Project," a harrowing and involving play that, although fictional, remains incredibly true to the essential events of the day and to the acts of forgiveness and resilience in the aftermath. The play is now receiving a fluent, gripping revival that opened on Thursday night, August 14 at the Chester Theatre Company in Chester, Mass., a small tight-knit community that probably resembles Nickel Mines in a variety of ways.
Under the obviously thoughtful direction of Daniel Elihu Kramer, the Associate Artistic Director of the CTC, "The Amish Project" is written for one actor who is required to portray a number of characters associated with the incident, including two of the schoolgirls, the shooter's widow, a college professor trying to help the local community understand the Amish, a young Hispanic checkout clerk, a Southern housewife relocated to the community and even the shooter himself. This is not an easy part to play, not only because of the differing ages and accents of the characters, but because, as the play builds to its climax, Dickey switches between perspectives so quickly and frequently that an actor has very little time to think.
Fortunately for CTC audiences, the amazing Allison McLemore has returned to eschew this role, and she has clearly mastered all of its difficult challenges. She creates individualized and distinguishable personalities for each of her seven characters and demonstrates an ability to transform into a different one at a moment's notice. This is complicated by the fact that the playwright requests that the actor remain dressed in typical Amish garb throughout the play, with the apron, the solid maroon dress and the bonnet, requiring McLemore to use her vocal skills and body movements to cue the audience in as to which character is speaking at any time.
The playwright, however, has made sure that her seven characters are of differing ages, use different accents, or are of different sexes, in the case of the shooter and the college professor whose specialty has been studying the Amish. McLemore utilizes every one of these opportunities to easily move between the characters so that the audience retains a clear understanding of just what is happening. There were a few times where it became unclear which character happened to be addressing the audience, particularly in the case of Sherry Local, the Southern emigrate, and Carol Stuckey, the widow of Eddie Stuckey, the fictionalized name of the shooter. Because Kramer generally places both of these characters on the similar side of the stage, an inattentive moment may result in some confusion as to who is talking.
But that really is a minor point compared to rewardingly rich characterizations that McLemore is able to create. Most adorable is little Velda, a young schoolgirl, who initially serves as our guide and interpreter into the world and culture of the Amish. Using a transparent blackboard, McLemore adopts the thick Pennsylvania Dutch accent of a young child to introduce us to the customs of the community and the role of the family. She dons a wry, mischievous smile to depict Velda's secret obsessions with the tall, black, stovepipe like hats of the Amish males, which she proceeds to draw not only onto the men, but onto the horse who draws the family buggy and the family's dog and cats. Her Velda speaks with a helpful, aim to please innocence that nicely anchors the story.
McLemore subsequently morphs into Anna, Velda's much-admired older sister. As she speaks to us, we realize that her perspective is taking her literally up above the community, transcending space as well as time as she sees the school building having been torn down, making us realize that she is speaking from the other side, probably a victim of that day's events. Her Anna is filled with very believable teenage awe and yearning as she adjusts to a new way of living that places her as a silent witness to the grief and sadness, while offering a new sense of peace.
Her most complex role is that of Carol Stuckey, who McLemore fills with an uncomfortable mix of anger, discomfort, resentment and rage, especially when a group of Amish show up at her home unannounced in the hours after the shooting with food and other items and proceed to join her in mourning. Her Carol is filled with guilt not only over her husband's horrific actions, but also because she still misses him and is also filled with concern over the welfare of her three children. It turns out the Amish, in a rare move, have agreed to accept outside contributions because of the impact of the shootings on so many families, and have announced that Carol and family will also benefit from those proceeds.
On a quick run to the lotion aisle at the local supermarket, Carol will have a run in with the insensitive Sherry and be eventually aided by the Puerto Rican clerk, America, who we will learn through her monologues is pregnant at 17, which is a year younger than her mother was when she became pregnant with her. We will learn how America and her mother ended up in Nickel Mines and it offers a studied contrast to Sherry's story, while mirroring in some ways the Amish's own idea of community.
McLemore also handles her two male roles with finesse, including the few excruciatingly dark thoughts of Eddie, who possessed by some sort of madness describes an intent to molest some of the girls although he has no record of such activity, and the rage, after he dismisses the boys in the classroom, toward the young Amish girls. Her Professor Bill North is an example of calm and earnestness as he strives to share his knowledge of Amish ways with interested locals while an Amish elder looks on. North's surprising connection to this elder, and the audience's subsequent discovery of the elder's role at Carol's home and his personal tie to the events within the schoolhouse will prove shattering.
That McLemore (and playwright Dickey) are able to accomplish all this within 70 intermissionless minutes is quite an achievement. In addition to acknowledging Kramer's tight direction, special notice must be made of James McNamara's lighting design which through frequent cues and changes helps to detail the changes of location and character. Emily Dunn has clothed McLemore in an accurate recreation of an Amish woman's garb, while Travis A. George's set places the action and multiple perspectives into an ethereal landscape backed by three horizontal panels that depict a drawing of the Amish country landscape with the original schoolhouse looming in the background.
McLemore is a brave actress to take on such a complex role, but she indeed manages to endear herself to the audience by the end of the play, when she returns us to both Verda, who from behind the transparent writing board gives us a visual accounting of the events to tremendous effect, and Anna, who ventures down Travis George's three steps in front of his set, to speak the play's final words amidst a stunned, yet grateful audience.
"The Amish Project" plays through August 24 at the Chester Theatre Company. For information and tickets, call the theater at 413.354.7771 or visit their website at www.chestertheatre.org.


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The Medical Lake City Council went in to the last meeting of the year with a small agenda, but with some important housekeeping items.
Some positive budget news came in, according to Finance Director Jennifer Hough, as the city's general fund appeared healthier than expected. The unanticipated funds were a welcome sight at the meeting, especially on the heels of passing next year's budget.
"It's nice to see a little more money than we had anticipated," City Administrator Doug Ross.
The city has been operating under a spending freeze for the last part...
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