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Obsessed with creamy Mt. Tam? Besotted with Barinaga Baserri? Or simply smitten by the spectacle of baby goats and lambs? When spring rolls around, some of Northern California's top dairy farmers and cheesemakers throw open their doors to families and small groups eager to learn more about the art of cheesemaking.
Here are five farm and dairy tours to get you started:
Harley Farms
This small Pescadero goat farm offers tours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and occasional special events, such as farm dinners and workshops. Events fill up quickly and costs vary; make reservations at www.harleyfarms.com.
Cowgirl Creamery
If all you want is a wedge of that divine Mt. Tam, you'll find that at local markets. But visit the Cowgirl Creamery's cheese-making facility in Petaluma on a Wednesday morning, and you'll see the entire production process, taste cheese at different stages and join a hands-on demonstration on making curd. The original Point Reyes creamery offers a curd-making demonstration and cheese tasting on Wednesdays and Fridays. Make reservations for the Petaluma ($30) and Point Reyes ($5) tours at www.cowgirlcreamery.com.
Redwood Hill Farm
Play with baby goats and learn about life (and cheesemaking) at this Sebastopol goat farm during their special farm tours, which include live music and other free festivities May 11 and 12, and June 8 and 9. Bring a cooler and ice to keep any yogurt, kefir or farmstead cheese purchases cool on the trip home. Get details and weather updates -- this is a pleasant weather-only event -- at www.redwoodhill.com.
Barinaga Ranch Farmstead
Baby lambs! This Marshall sheep ranch, which overlooks Tomales Bay, specializes in Basque-style cheeses, and it welcomes visitors for ranch tours one Saturday a month. Visit the lambs in the barn and meadows, and learn about cheese-making. Barinaga's cheeses -- which are prized by restaurants such as Yountville's French Laundry and San Francisco's Quince -- may not be available for tasting or purchase in May and June. Tours are $20 for adults and $17 for children ages 11 to 17. Find details -- and age and number restrictions -- at www.barinagaranch.com.
Tomales Farmstead Creamery
The owners of this organic farm and brand new creamery in tiny Tomales have just begun offering tours -- and visits with their 200 goats -- at Toluma Farms and Tomales Farmstead Creamery. The farm has produced goat milk since 2007 and began offering a line of artisanal goat and sheep cheeses in March. Tours ($5-$10) of the farm and dairy are offered monthly; make reservations at www.tolumafarms.com.


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Definición de pivot en inglés:
1The central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- The insert requires minimal preventive-maintenance grease at its pivot points and axles.
- By rotating the dial, the pivot point or the fulcrum of the brake lever moves in and out.
- You will see in this drawing there is a pivot and lug mechanism.
fulcrum, axis, axle, swivel;
pin, shaft, hub, spindle, hinge, kingpin, gudgeon
1.1 [usually in singular] A person or thing that plays a central part in an activity or organization: the pivot of community life was the chapel
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- No - she had been the pivot of it all, the centre, the core.
- Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy, was a crucial pivot of U.S. policy from the 1970s forward.
- For the U.S., Okinawa is the pivot of its East Asian military presence.
center, focus, hub, heart, nucleus, crux, keystone, cornerstone, linchpin, kingpin
1.3 (also pivotman) chiefly North American A player in a central position in a team sport.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- If Wallace is frequently overpowered by some of the league's more gargantuan pivotmen, guarding Jermaine O'Neal is Big Ben's chance to push around someone else.
- Until injuries abruptly curtailed his career, Willis Reed was a strong, mobile center who could handle brutes like Chamberlain as well as quicker pivotmen.
- Among an ever-improving crop of pivotmen, Duncan is still the most dependable and fundamentally sound.
1.4 Basketball A movement in which the player holding the ball may move in any direction with one foot, while keeping the other (the pivot foot) in contact with the floor.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- As the pivot player makes contact with the floor, he pivots toward the basket, holding the ball high over his head.
- Put the ball down hard on the floor, before you pick up your pivot foot.
- The rear foot becomes the pivot foot, so don't move it if you stop dribbling.
verbo (pivots, pivoting, pivoted)[no object]
1Turn on or as if on a pivot: the sail pivots around the axis of a virtually static mast he swung around, pivoting on his heel
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- He deliberately pivoted in his swivel chair, as if thinking.
- They can be raised and lowered, rotated and pivoted for the optimal working angle along their 1,575-ft.
- The teacher pivoted around on her heels and hatred contorted her expression.
rotate, turn, swivel, revolve, spin
1.1 [with object] Provide (a mechanism) with a pivot; fix (a mechanism) on a pivot: (as adjective pivoted) a pivoted bracket
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- The fourth pushchair was bought a few weeks after the third pushchair after we realised that we'd bought the first one without checking the front wheels were pivoted.
- The secret was that both sets of wheels are pivoted in the Fairlie principle.
- When wall-mounted, an optional mounting bracket pivots the handgun out before the door drops down to present the holster-mounted firearm.
1.2 (pivot on) Depend on: your escape pivots on my disappearing with you
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- Unlike affordability, which mostly pivots on interest rates and household income, appreciation is influenced much more by supply and demand and represents the return on your investment.
- This spectatorship, however - both Scottie's and the audience's - pivots on its dual nature: the act of looking is itself both active and passive at the same time.
- It pivots on the mutual affirmation of each other as churches belonging to the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church of Jesus Christ.
depend, hinge, turn, center, hang, rely, rest;
revolve around
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- For increasing the pivotability without weakening the chain, the front edge of the middle hinge part is maintained at full width.
pivotable adjetivo
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- The pivotable screen is tailor-made for showing other people what you've done while you sit at the keyboard.
- A cutting apparatus having a pivotable blade holder includes a blade housing with an internal blade cavity with a blade opening to the outside of the housing.
- This case has a top cover assembly, a bottom cover assembly, both of which are pivotable around a longitudinal axis forming a hinge assembly.
Late Middle English: from French, probably from the root of dialect pue 'tooth of a comb' and Spanish pu(y)a 'point'. The verb dates from the mid 19th century.
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Zeus – a Facebook virus scoring likes for hackers
While that may make me sound old, in the "good old days" the worst you had to fear of from the shady side of the internet is getting your credit card number and information taken over. However, credit card fraud has lost it's glamor over the last decade or so, and the hacking community turned elsewhere to make quick buck. Turns that the rise of Social Media as a very important factor has turned some of the hacker attention that wa, and the virus game is on.
Social networks such as LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, and, most importantly, Facebook, attract a huge number of people. In Facebook's example, that's, very literally, billion – there's over 1.2 billion users on Facebook. Social media presence is a very important factor for many companies around the world, as activity, liking and sharing is analyzed to project the company's presence and to further project the sales numbers. Very large companies even use their Facebook results in determining the price of stocks.
Wherever there's money to be made in the cyber world, there are black hats willing to look for a convenient loophole to exploit, and Zeus is one of the very popular trojans which has been around for over five years now, but it's been adapted and put to mass use recently by hackers who discovered they can take plenty of money for the fake followers and shares. According to RSA, black hats offer the services of Zeus on Instagram at the price of 15$ for 1000 followers and 30$ for 1000 Instagram likes. On the other hand, 1000 of credit card numbers can be bought for as little as $6. It's not hard to imagine that the same price tag, if not slightly higher, goes for Facebook likes and shares, and companies have been counting on that to snowball the support for their products and campaigns massively.
It's a worrying trend, but it can get a lot worse. A Facebook user powered Trojan virus can do a lot more damage if it's adapted slightly, and it's purpose can be changed from just handing out unwarranted likes and shares to clicking the actual adds – think of all of the marketing analysis tools that would go crazy if some company suddenly started getting massive Facebook support. It's estimated that several hundred thousand of PC's around the world are Zeus infected, which would be more than enough to do some serious damage, like raising the stock price of a company. Pump and dump scams look very likely in this scenario, and they can do a lot of damage, not just on the stock market, but to the companies involved as well, when the truth gets uncovered and they get to suffer a severe customer backlash while the virus operators walk away with their gains.
All in all, it's best to keep your security software up to date and buy the latest Anti Virus applications to keep yourself out of the legal mess that a hacker attack like this will undoubtedly cause, as internet crime laws around the world are pretty wonky and you can end up being liable for any suspicious activity of your computer, even if it was infected by malicious software.


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Celestial Mechanics – displaced and relocated
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Mauricio Kagel (1931 – 2008), Christian Steinhäuser (*1975)
A 'walk-in' opera in the foyers of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
with music by Mauricio Kagel (1931 – 2008) and Christian Steinhäuser (*1975)
Libretto by Christiane Neudecker
Commissioned by the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 22. August, 2013
|Kevin McCutcheon
|Stage Director, Artistic Director
|Sven Sören Beyer
|phase7 performing.arts
|Pedro Richter
|Christian Steinhäuser
|Christiane Neudecker
|Björn Hermann
|Software Artist
|Frieder Weiss
|Video Artist
|Hajo Rehm
|Safy Etiel
|Anne Oppermann
|Dorothea Hartmann
|Projectmanagement phase7
|Jana Posth
|phase7 Communication
|Liza Wiegand
|Anna Schoeck
|Dana Beth Miller
|Clemens Bieber
|Stephen Bronk
|The Painter
|Peter Gragert
|News Speaker
|Henning Kober
|Musiker des Orchesters der Deutschen Oper Berlin
A two-season collaboration with phase7 performing.arts, a Berlin-based network, has led to a number of projects in which the public plays an active role in proceedings. 'Audiences' move around outside the traditional auditorium, interacting with an operatic installation. The partnership is breaking new ground in both the music presented and the technology employed: the Deutsche Oper Berlin and phase7 performing.arts are creating a new interface between classical musical theatre, transmedial productions and scientific research.
Taking Mauricio Kagel's scenic composition CELESTIAL MECHANICS as a point of departure, the project explores the use of spatial audio playback techniques. Kagel's 1965 work entitled CELESTIAL MECHANICS enacts the collision of uncontrollable weather phenomena in the form of a quasi-surreal score. Distorted rainbows, half moons struck by lightning and upwardly shooting stars allude to the defective statics of a wildly careening universe.
The production starts off by assembling the spectators in the lower gallery foyer of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. This 3-dimensional space is the setting for a staging of Kagel's scenic visions. The spectators are surrounded by musicians rattling sheets of metal to produce thunder, operating wind machines and using other traditional devices for simulating meteorological phenomena.
The second part of the performance takes place in the stalls foyer. The shift in location parallels a leap forward to the theatrical opportunities afforded by the digital age. With the help of today's multimedia, Kagel's vision finds more sophisticated manifestation within an architecture consisting of 75 loudspeakers. The public can move audio sources around within the installation space and add or subtract features. In this way the notion of a decaying system of celestial mechanics is transmuted into the digital present. The noise of an approaching storm can pass over the heads of the audience, the patter of raindrops can be placed directly over someone's head, and some groups of instruments appear disembodied from their sounds and seem to move through the hall.
Sven Sören Beyer is Artistic Director of phase7 performing.arts. He trained at the famous "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Art and the Paluccaschule in Dresden. In 1999, following a number of talked-about works produced on stages across Germany, he set up his own company, phase7, and quickly established himself as one of the most sought-after German shooting stars of the international media art community. Beyer's transmediale aesthetic and his fascination for technical innovation are fundamental to phase7's productions.
A cooperation with phase7 performing.arts
Kindly supported by IOSONO, satis&fy AG Deutschland, tst Gesellschaft für audiovisuelle Systeme mbH, RME, Laseranimation Sollinger GmbH, SET-Time Bühnentechnik GmbH. Secial thanks to Arts@CERN, ATLAS and LHC Sound Project.
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|Read to a New Dog Friend for 15 minutes - PAWS to Read
Event Type: Children's Program
Age Group(s): elementary
Date: 11/17/2013
Start Time: 2:00 PM
End Time: 3:00 PM
Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to a therapy dog for 15 minutes! The PAWS to Read program improves children's reading and communication skills by employing a powerful method: reading to a dog. But not just any dog. PAWS to Read dogs are registered therapy animals who volunteer with their owner/handlers as a team, going to schools, libraries and many other settings as reading companions for children.Library: Urbana Regional Library
*Allergy Alert! The dogs are live animals.*
Location: UR Children's Program Room
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Gmane is better. http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.linux.kernel.janitors/last=/force_load=t
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I guess this belongs more to remember.el than planner.el, as I want to mirror upon remember. =)
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Amused as went through some of blogs and find them more of journals - perfectly valid in context of contest, but not really something fit into my day. Hmm. What blogs do I read, anyway? Friends' for catching up. Slashdot for some news. Occasional Japanese blog for kanji.
Why do I blog? Mainly to remember, as M-x remember in Emacs is what I use to store snippets of potentially useful information. Public blog side-effect of data capture on local hard disk. Not my fault people find pages like CookOrDie or OnLove funny. Actually, occasionally write tongue-in-cheek.
Also blog in case Google's listening. Would like to help capture knowledge. Sometimes snippets also useful for other people on my site.
In fit of shameless plugging, have nominated own blog purely out of kicks.
Should have probably voted for Marcelle's blog instead, but was feeling mildly piqued as own blog had not been nominated yet.
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Should put it in SideBar for more fun.
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Washington County Democrats filled the tightly-packed Marietta Elks Club Friday night for the party's annual fall dinner where Ohio Rep. John Patrick Carney, a candidate for Ohio State Auditor in 2014, gave the keynote address.
The dinner is a fundraiser to help support the several Democratic candidates running for local offices, but it also serves as a way to energize the party weeks before the general election, said Washington County Democratic Party chairwoman Molly Varner.
"This year, all of the races are for local offices. These are boots on the ground people that affect everyday life," she said.
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Belmont County Commissioner Ginny Favede, who is considering a bid for Ohio 95th District Representative in 2014, chats with fellow Democrats at the Washington County Democratic Party's annual fall dinner Friday at the Marietta Elks Club.
Candidates for contested races were introduced during the dinner, including Marietta City Council at-large candidates Harley Noland and Kathy Downer, city council presidential candidate Kevin Paskawych, council 2nd Ward candidate Mike McCauley, and Marietta City Treasurer candidate Willa O'Neill.
The party also introduced some candidates who will become familiar faces during the 2014 state and national elections.
"This is somebody who we are going to be seeing a lot more of," said Varner, introducing Belmont County Commissioner Ginny Favede.
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Roger Kalter, Marietta City Council 1st Ward.
Mike McCauley, Marietta City Council 2nd Ward.
Steve Thomas, Marietta City Council 3rd Ward.
Tom Vukovic, Marietta City Council 4th Ward.
Kathy Downer, Marietta City Council at large.
Harley Noland, Marietta City Council at large.
Kevin Paskawych, Marietta City Council President.
Willa O'Neill, Marietta City Treasurer.
Favede is considering running for state representative for Ohio's 95th district, a position currently held by Republican Andy Thompson, of Marietta, said Varner.
Also running in 2014, Marietta resident Jennifer Garrison is hoping to oust Congressman Bill Johnson from Ohio's 6th Congressional District.
Garrison, a Marietta resident for more than 20 years, said she provides a sharp contrast to Johnson, both in politics and in motivation.
"Congressman Johnson moved to Marietta two years ago because he was district shopping. That's what is wrong with Congress-people wanting to be in Congress to be in Congress and not to help the people," she said .
Garrison chided Johnson for several decisions, including failing to renew the Violence Against Women Act, slashing funding from nutritional programs, and most recently failing to come to a bi-partisan resolution to the nation's funding problem.
"Other Republicans, including ones in Ohio, voted for a bi-partisan solution...If we would have defaulted, that would have hurt the pensions of hardworking Ohioans. That is going too far," she said.
Carney, D-Columbus, echoed Garrison's concern that partisan politics have created too much gridlock in government.
"When I got elected to the legislature three years ago, I thought evidence-based ideas would create bipartisan solutions," said Carney.
Instead, ideologues have stopped Ohio from making real progress. As auditor, Carney thinks he can tackle problems from the root, he said.
"The feeling is there's a structural problem with democracy. In a democracy based on compromise, you can't get anything accomplished with ideologues filibustering and stalling the system. As auditor, I can solve first the structural problem and then we can get closer to fixing the other problems," he said.
Among other things, Carney said he would advocate for more transparency in government spending, pointing to Ohio Gov. John Kasich's JobsOhio organization.
"They're basically spending taxpayers' money in secret," he said.


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Sports Talk: After state track meet, it was 'hasta la vista' for Waterford coach
June 11, 2013
As you read this column, know that Waterford girls' track and field coach Scott Miller and his family are sitting on some beach soaking up the sun in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Mexico? Seriously....
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Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass or serve on the rocks in an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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|Director of Strength and Conditioning
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Lee Rowland joined the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Department of Athletics in April 2012 as the Director of Strength and Conditioning. In his role, he oversees all aspects of the physical development of the student-athletes from the Islanders' 15 varsity sports in addition to the spirit programs.
Before coming to the Island University, Rowland spent nearly five years at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va. There, he designed and implemented strength training workouts for baseball, track & field, cross country, swimming, diving, soccer, tennis, volleyball and cheerleading and also assisted with men's and women's basketball. He also assisted in teaching a class on the principles of strength & conditioning and administered weekly tests to undergraduate students.
Prior to his time at JMU, he spent two seasons as a strength coach for the Lynchburg (Va.) Hillcats, the single-A, Carolina League affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. There, he set up conditioning programs for the team's pitching staff, scheduled weight training sessions at home and on the road and supervised lifting sessions. He also supervised a rotator cuff maintenance program for all athletes.
Rowland attended Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, where he spent four years as a student strength coach with the Cyclones football team. He worked with the players on the proper biomechanics of running, jumping and agility techniques and also instructed them on lifting techniques.
Rowland is a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the NSCA and is a certified strength and conditioning coach by the CSCCa. He graduated from Iowa State in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in health and human performance, and is currently pursuing his master's degree in executive leadership through Liberty University's online program.


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We instinctively know that there is more to our lives and our world beyond that which meets our eyes. This is precisely what development of our sixth sense can lead to! The word clairvoyant comes from the French language – 'clair' meaning 'clear' and 'voyance' meaning 'vision' and essentially means 'clear vision'. This term is used to describe a specific type of psychic experience.more
It is a natural psychic ability which manifests itself outside of our five senses and is invisible to the human eye. Clairvoyance is the ability to 'see' pictures, images, objects or colours etc. in either forms as we know them or in abstract. These images appear in the mind's eye or brow chakra of a developed intuitive. Each 'picture' is interpreted by the Reader in a way that is individual to them. Clairvoyant readings are done to help the person feel connected to their guidance for the present and future.
The images or mind movies are pieced together to form a story in answer to questions being asked and will include information that reveals past, present or future events and precognition.
Amazingly there will be no logical or practical reason for the interpreter of these images to know anything about the situation being discussed! The images come forth via a connection of energies which develop deeper and deeper as the reading progresses to reveal more and more details with every minute as the clairvoyant connects with their spirit guides or the 'universal' energy source. A psychic reading can have a spiritual and emotional impact in your life, as such readings from either a psychic or clairvoyant opens up new senses.
They may also connect to the spirit guides of the person asking the questions which is achieved by linking in with the energies around them; be that through voice vibration or the energy fields which not only surround humans but also surround objects; these energies are known as Auras.
Auras appear in 'virtual' colour forms around a person or object and each colour gives off a different energy which can be decrypted to relay the emotions and feelings of a person or the mood regarding a situation
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Valley Green Executive Golf Course
Valley Green hosts a laid-back, unobtrusive environment perfect for those who are new to golfing, kids, leagues, or those experienced golfers who want to concentrate on their short game. Try their famous Night-light golf! Valley Green is a public, 18 hole, Par 60, 3841 yard executive course. Open all winter...weather permitting.
CITY:North Aurora
The Hazy Hills Golf Course is 9 holes, 2,900 yards and a par 35. The course offers cart rental and a pro shop with club rental. The nine-hole course at the Hazy Hills Golf Course in Hudson was designed by Ben Gildersleeve. The design of the holes, rolling terrain and pond give this course character and add to its charm.
The Den at Fox Creek is 18 holes, 6,926 yards and a par 72. The course offers cart rental, a driving range and has a pro shop with club rental. This Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course features bentgrass tees, greens and fairways that complement the wild prairie grasses which group in the rough. This picturesque Scottish Links Style golf course features 131 strategically placed sand traps and water hazards on 9 of the 18 holes. The Den at Fox Creek has become the host golf course for the Illinois High School Association's Class AA Boys State Championships. Mr. Palmer himself shot 74 during his Grand Opening Round.
The Prairie Vista Golf Course is 18 holes, 6,745 yards and a par 72. The course offers cart rental, a driving range and has a pro shop with club rental. The American Contemporary Style course, designed by Roger Packard, features bentgrass tees, greens, fairways and water hazards on 16 of the 18 holes. Other amenities include a large practice putting green, large practice chipping green and a grass driving range.
The Links at Ireland Grove is 9 holes, 1,590 yards and a par 30. The course offers cart rental and a driving range. In addition to the nine-hole course, The Links at Ireland Grove offers a range with weather protected hitting bays, over an acre of target greens, several bunkers, two fairways, nearly two acres of natural grass hitting area and rental clubs.
The Weibring Golf Club is 18 holes, 6,915 yards and a par 71. The course offers cart rental and a pro shop with club rental. Extensively renovated in 2000, the course now accommodates approximately 28,000 rounds per year and hosts more than 100 tournaments and outings. Weibring Golf Club features 18 rebuilt greens and two practice greens, bentgrass tees and fairways, Bunker Guard erosion control and tour-quality Best Sand.
The Indian Springs Golf Club is 9 holes, 3,180 yards and a par 36. The course offers cart rental, a driving range and has a pro shop with club rental. This course features a challenging, tree-lined layout with two sets of tees. The practice facilities include an oversized putting green with a side bunker and a full length driving range. Outings, playdays and banquets are welcome but must be scheduled in advance.
The Ironwood Golf Course is the Town's full service golf facility with 18 holes, 7,100 yards and a par 72 championship layout playing from 5400-7100 yards with four sets of tees. The course offers cart rental, a driving range and has a pro shop with club rental. Ironwood was designed by highly regarded golf course designer Roger Packard and meanders through the Ironwood residential subdivision. Opened in 1990, Ironwood Golf Course has hosted numerous high school regional, sectional and conference tournaments, collegiate invitational tournaments, local charity events and site of C.D.G.A and U.S.G.A. qualifiers.
Built in the 1930's, this golf course offers old, mature trees lining each fairway on the 5,539 yard course. In addition to the narrow fairways, small greens make for a challenging round. USGA Course Ratings and Slope Ratings are 66.9 and 111, respectively. A hilly terrain with a beautiful creek meandering through the course make this a very scenic golf course. Golf Digest Places to Play has given Highland Park a 3 Star Rating. The full-line Golf Shop carries a great selection of golf equipment and apparel at discount prices.
Golfers will enjoy all that Bliss Creek has to offer, from the casual atmosphere of the bar and grill, to cocktails on the deck overlooking the first hole. With the addition of the Pine Room, a dedicated building designed specifically for golf outings, it is the perfect course for any size outing or fundraiser. Open to the public daily, it offers beautiful, tree-lined fairways, well-placed water hazards and a challenging 18 holes of golf that can most often be played in less than four hours. Truly one of the best golf values in the Chicagoland area.
CITY:Sugar Grove
Introducing Nettle Creek Country Club in Morris, Illinois. Nettle Creek is links-style golf in a beautiful prairie environment rich with wildlife. Renowned on the Chicagoland golf circuit for its fabulous greens, this upscale, 18-hole championship course is an easy drive from the populous Naperville-Bolingbrook-Plainfield area and just 18 miles west of Joliet on I-80.
Old Oak Country Club, located just 20 minutes from Chicago, was built in 1926 on a tract of land in Homer Glen, Illinois that is dominated by large oaks, hickory's and Long Run Creek. The 18 hole golf course has been skillfully carved out of the natural environment. The rustic beauty of the tract is the perfect compliment to this challenging golf course. The golf course measures 6,609 yards from the gold tees, and at par 71 this creates quite the golfing challenge. The blue tees play at 6,239 and the Red tees play at 5,298 so pick the tee box that suits your game.
Along with 18 superbly conditioned holes of golf, The Sanctuary has an excellent grass practice range, short game area, putting green, full service golf shop with PGA Professional Bob Schulz. The Bunker Grill has great food and beverage offerings. For those who want a challenging golfing experience at a great price, there are few better choices than The Sanctuary, anywhere! Book your tee-time now at 815- 462-GOLF (4653) or book on-line.
CITY:New Lenox
One of Chicagoland's top five courses, Orchard Valley Golf Course is an 18-hole, 6,800-yard, par-72 championship layout open to the public. Featuring four sets of tees, this beautiful course offers the appropriate challenge to all skill levels. Orchard Valley has been distinguished by Golf Digest Magazine as a 4 1/2 star facility.
Opened in 1930 and designed by C.H. Muelenford and Sam Sneed. Hundreds of tall oak trees throughout the course (some oaks are centuries old), complimented by five lakes and Long Run Creek, will test your shot making abilities. Big Run Golf Club can be difficult but enjoyable, challenging and sporty. The course has never stood on it's laurels, it has been reshaped over the years to compliment both the improvements in today's golfers and to take advantage of this scenic piece of land golfers have come to enjoy.
Recently sweeping the national award season, Mistwood Golf Club was selected as Golf Magazine's " Renovation of the Year", one of Golf Digest's "Best New Courses", and one of Golf Range Magazine's "Top 50 Public Ranges"! Designed and renovated by course designer Ray Hearn, Mistwood Golf Club features 20 St. Andrews- style sod-wall bunkers, truly bringing a feeling of Scotland to the Midwest. Additionally, Mistwood has five tee placements per hole with the ability to now play over 7,000 yards. Part of the recent renovation also included the construction of a brand new 5,000 square foot Performance Center at the foot of our driving range that offers custom club fitting, club repair services, and lessons. Construction of a new Scottish-style, 26,000 square foot clubhouse is currently underway, and will be complete in the summer of 2015. Come experience Chicagoland's premier public course. Come experience Mistwood Golf Club!
Located in Lockport, IL, just 40 miles southwest of Chicago's Loop, Broken Arrow features 27 holes of Championship Golf, Driving Range, and Banquet Venue. Broken Arrow utilizes the "Prolink" GPS System by GPS Industries on its entire fleet of Club Car Golf Carts. These large and easy to use systems act as "virtual caddies" designed to give you all the information you need. At a glance, golfers can see the entire hole, hazards, bunkers, and rough areas. This system also allows the golf shop to issue weather warnings and other messages to golfers. The clubhouse features a full service golf shop, snack bar, locker rooms, restaurant, and banquet room. Accommodating up to 250 guest events, the Banquet Room is perfect for making your dream event a reality! With 27 holes of Championship Golf, Restaurant, and Banquet Venue, Broken Arrow has plenty to offer.
Private golf and fishing club offering bocce, bean bags and numerous events all year long. Open to the public for golf on Mondays. The club's banquet facilities are available to non-members for special events, weddings, showers and meetings.
We offer elegant settings for unforgettable weddings, corporate and fundraising events, and other celebrations. From an intimate group of 50 to 1,000 guests, we make sure your event is absolutely flawless.This 18-hole championship course was designed by two-time U.S. Open Champion Curtis Strange. It's a masterpiece of lush fairways and manicured greens.
CITY:Tinley Park
Chicago Golf and Tiki Tees course commands some of the finest views of Dekalb open space and trails. The facility features a challenging 9-hole championship golf course. Its beautiful, mature and lush foliage and trees complement the manicured greens, tees and fairways. Combined with its exceptional course design, golfers of all skill levels return time and again to play. There is also a Club House, Tiki Bar for outdoor events, and indoor banquet hall for up to 160 guests.
After 85 years, the golf course is still going strong. This 18-hole championship course features beautiful mature trees, fast greens and great fairways. Enjoy a delicious meal in the clubhouse, Greenside Grill or Roy's Place. 18 holes with a cart: Weekday $32 Weekends $37
18-hole Championship Golf Course is one of the oldest public golf facilities. Originally built in the 1920s. Senior tees available. New Club House in 2011. Traditional layout.
Putt along this nine-hole golf course.
Only public Donald Ross course in Illinois. Ranked 6th best public course in Illinois in 2014 (Golf Magazine) and 20th best course in the U.S. in 2015 (Golf Advisor).
This public course has tree-lined fairways and a hilly terrain. There is a creek and lake that come into play on six holes, and out-of-bounds stakes on just about every hole.
Raymond Shoal Creek Golf Course
This nine-hole course is par 36.
This beautiful 18-hole course is situated on rolling elevations, with fast and true greens. Crane Creek also has a clubhouse, driving range, food service and a bar.
Indian Creek Golf and Country Club
This nine-hole course has challenging water hazards, a driving range, a lounge and a banquet room. The club is open April to November.
Play golf on over 50 resort courses from throughout the world at this premier indoor golf facility, offering high-definition video full-swing golf simulators. Also enjoy the cocktail lounge offering a bistro sandwich menu in a quaint, comfortable atmosphere. Open: Monday thru Friday: 3 pm - 12 am, Saturday: Noon - 12 am.
This challenging nine-hole, par 36 course is noted for its small greens.
With five elegant banquet rooms that serve the needs of groups from thirty to six hundred guests including a championship eighteen hole golf course, driving range, all suites hotel with a pool/ fitness center, and a state-of-the-art nightclub, Midlane is uniquely outfitted to suit any of your banquet needs. Don't gamble on the outcome of your special event - come to the golf, banquet and wedding experts.
At Countryside Golf Club, play two challenging, award-winning 18-hole golf courses. The Prairie course, with bentgrass tees, wide-open greens and sand bunkers offers golfers a chance to challenge their game. The Traditional course, with bentgrass tees and tree-lined fairways, offers golfers scenic and challenging rounds of golf. Also try out the driving range.
This nine-hole course was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr.
CITY:St. Charles
Brae Loch Banquets and Golf Club
The golf course has 18-holes and it is a par-70 course. Brae Loch Banquets feature a bright space in a country setting overlooking the fairways at the Lake County Forest Preserves Brae Loch Golf Club. A fine balance of food, location and people are the three ingredients that an event at Brae Loch brings together for a truly memorable experience. The banquet facility comfortably seats up to 165. The menu includes appetizers, entrees, and desserts that are almost too beautiful to eat, but too wonderful to skip.
An 18-hole D. A. Weibring/Wolfard designed championship golf course with a 25,000 sq-ft clubhouse that offers banquet seating up to 400 people in one room. Introducing a brand new "classic" golf course to the Tri-County area focusing on offering "playable" golf for every skill level. Stunning panoramic views overlooking this links course make for an amazing backdrop for any special event. Our tag line "Where You're Always Welcome" says it all. Hang out for a while in the clubhouse - even if you don't play golf very much but like to watch. We have the very best view of golf in all of Central Illinois from our two level outdoor deck that peers out to the 9th and 18th greens tucked on opposite sides of our beautiful clubhouse chain of lakes. We intentionally brought these two greens as close to the clubhouse as possible so that everyone can enjoy watching golf while relaxing on the decks or inside the clubhouse.
This 18-hole championship golf course, featuring wildflowers and elevated tees, offers spectacular views of the Fox Valley region.
This nine-hole golf course opened in 1965.
Lick Creek Golf Course is located at 2210 N. Parkway Drive in Pekin, Illinois. During it's recent renovation, all of the tees and fairways were converted to bentgrass and the greens were re-planted with a newer generation to allow for faster, truer ball roll on greens. All of the bunkers were rebuilt and the golf car paths were re-paved with new asphalt. Lick Creek offers a driving range, pro shop and concession area for all golfers needs. We have expanded our dates for weekdays and weekends for these events no matter how big or small your event may be. Considered one of the best golf course in Central Illinois, you will be impressed at our low cost to play. Daily fees and season pass fees listed on this website. Lick Creek was rated 4 stars by Golf Digest in 2007.
This scenic 18-hole course has a driving range, putting green and golf cart rentals. The rolling terrain of the Lamoine River Valley provides spectacular views and elevation changes. Stadium features greet the golfer with beautifully sculpted mounds and carefully preserved forests of oaks, hickories and cottonwoods. The course also features Ken Killian's trademark of bunkering and creative water hazards that are sure to challenge golfers of all skill levels.
Eagle Ridge Golf Course - Paris
This 18-hole, par 72 course features some water, elevation changes and mature greens. Eagle Ridge Golf Course is located in Paris, IL and is known throughout East Central Illinois and West Central Indiana as having one of the most challenging back nine in the area. From your elite golfers to your novice golfers, Eagle Ridge Golf Course has one of the most enjoyable courses to play in the area
This nine-hole golf course was designed by John Kueper.
This award-winning (3 1/2 stars in Golf Digest) public course offers incomparable playing conditions on two 18 hole, 72-par courses. The gently rolling terrain, manicured greens and abundant wildflowers make Park Hills Golf Couse the destination for thousands of visitors every year. The West Course is 6600 yards, and the East Course is 6400 yards. Watered fairways, varying distance tees, a 300 yard driving range, clubhouse and pro shop are offered. Green Fees: Weekday - 9 hole: $16; 18 hole: $25, Weekend - 9 hole: $18; 18 hole: $28; Weekday or Weekend Cart Fees: 9 hole: $20; 18 hole: $32.
A nice course open year round with some hills to add that extra challenge! This is a course you can walk and enjoy playing anytime. Parkview is an 18 hole course totaling 6002 yards and open seven days a week with twilight fees available. Located just east of Parkway Drive. Buy your season pass or a coupon book and play both Parkview and Lick Creek courses. We also invite you to shop for your golfing needs in our club houses.
Southwestern Lakes Golf Course
This nine-hole golf course opened in 1967.
Mt. Carmel Municipal Golf Course
This 18-hole golf course is located adjacent to a beautiful city park, and offers tee times for non-members.
CITY:Mount Carmel
Hickory Point was designed by leading golf course architect Larry Packard. It features flat, wide fairways, a lighted driving range and a special six-hole short course for beginners and youth.
Buena Vista is a par 32, nine-hole golf course with a driving range, pro shop and snack bar. Open seven days a week during the season, weather permitting.
This nine-hole facility is open seasonally, and offers tee times for non-members.
Opened in 1916, this nine-hole course features 2,782 yards of golf from the longest tees, for a par of 35.
Scripps Park Golf Course was originally built as a 9-hole course in 1923. The original 9 has many rolling fairways with bunkered greens and challenging water hazards. In 2002 the course expanded to 18 holes with the back 9 having the open feeling of a "links style" course. The wide fairways and creative hazards complement the demanding greens. All 18 holes are irrigated and provide consistent play from early spring to late fall. The course is long enough to be enjoyably challenging but easily accessible to walkers as well as cart players. You can purchase annual individual or family passes or pay by the round. Cart rental and a well stocked pro shop is available. The course can also accommodate groups and corporate outings.
This course is a challenge for all levels, with competitive rates and a friendly staff.
This country club features an 18-hole golf course.
Twin Oaks offers a scenic nine-hole golf course.
With undulating and quick greens, the course's front nine rolls and winds through 200-year old oak trees, while the back side is longer, with more water and strong winds.
CITY:West Dundee
Home of the Shotmaker's Mile, Oak Terrace is a championship 18-hole course complete with a driving range, putting and chipping green, and a fully stocked pro shop.
Bowes Creek delivers a private club experience to the public golfer! It offers annual memberships for a day, or just enjoy Porter's Pub - an English inspired eatery.
This nine-hole golf course offers cart rentals.
Come for business, stay for golf. The Glen Club has 21 overnight rooms featuring unique layouts and elegant fixtures including historic photographs from Chicago's famous Golf Clubs. Dine on delicious American fare at "The Grill" or host your corporate events in our elegant ballroom seating up to 230, or our stately meeting rooms. Visit the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame. Designed by renowned golf course architect Tom Fazio, the Glen Club's golf course features rolling terrain with dramatic elevation changes, meandering lakes and streams and stunning vistas.
This 18-hole golf course is open to the public, and includes a practice facility and full-service clubhouse. We feature a practice range with grass tees, a private instruction tee, accurate distance markers, a large putting green as well as a separate chipping and putting practice green, two practice bunkers, and four target greens measured at the same distances as our four par-3 holes – a unique feature not seen anywhere else on the Rockford golf scene.
CITY:Poplar Grove
This nine-hole, par 32 golf course has three water holes, a driving range and a practice green.
This 18-hole golf course was built in 1933.
Championship 9-hole course. Water comes into play on all 9 holes -- a challenge for any golfer. Full-service pro shop. The club house has a beautiful central fireplace and exterior patio.
Wolf Creek Golf Club - Pontiac
The 18-hole course features 6,637 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 69.1 and it has a slope rating of 117. Wolf Creek golf course opened in 1972.
Four Willows features a nine-hole, par 35 course.
CITY:Mason City
Rolling hills make up this 18-hole golf course. Carts, a driving range and a putting green are available.
River Heights Golf Course is an 18-hole facility that winds along the banks of the Kiswaukee River in DaKalb County, offering a challenging mix of traditional and links-type holes for the weekend player or serious golfer.
This nine-hole, par 35 course features a campground on premises, along with golfing/camping packages.
At this 18-hole, semi-private golf club Wednesday and Friday afternoons are open to the public. The club features a fully stocked pro shop, plus electric golf carts and clubs for rent.
18-hole golf course with driving range, restaurant and pro shop. Oak Brook Golf Club is a classic playing experience in a spectacular natural setting where every hole calls for solid shot-making from tee to green. Unlike boring daily-fee courses of cookie-cutter municipal courses, this is a thinking person's course that rewards sound play for players at any skill level.
CITY:Oak Brook
This 18-hole championship golf course has been rated 4 stars by Golf Digest, 4-1/2 stars by Chicagoland Golf, and has been voted one of the best values in all of Illinois.
CITY:Crystal Lake
This golf center features a driving range, chipping green, putting green and adventure golf.
All it takes is one trip to Fairfield Golf Club, whether for a tournament or just a relaxing round of golf, and we promise you will be back. This challenging layout is like no other course in the region and will make you hit shots you rarely get the opportunity to try.
A beautiful mature 18-hole public course, perfect for group outings! Featuring a practice driving range, putting green, locker rooms, cocktail lounge, rolling hills and tree-lined fairways!
This nine-hole, semi-private club offers a pro shop.
This championship 18-hole golf course with 6,950 yards offers bent grass fairways, and beautiful rolling hills and vistas. Power carts are required Friday through Sunday and holidays.
This beautiful 18-hole course with large, smooth greens and rolling hills is open to the public, and offers a pro shop and restaurant.
Hickory Point is truly a course for both beginning and competitive golfers. The flat, wide fairways are perfect for learning, while long distances and the ever-present wind provide challenge for more experienced golfers. Hickory Point hosts the Tat $ Lyle Players Championship, the developmental tour of the LPGA. Designed by Roger Packard, the course opened in 1999, and is designed specifically for beginning and youth golfers. Hickory Point features a lighted driving range and special six-hole short course for beginning and youth golfers.
This 18-hole golf course was designed by Al Linkogel.
Take a swing at this challenging par 34, scenic nine-hole course.
Iron Horse Golf Club features an 18-hole links style championship golf course with bent grass tees, fairways and greens. Iron Horse provides a challenge to the low handicapper and a fun, playable golf course for the high handicapper.
George Dunne National Golf Course
George W. Dunne National, located in Southwest suburban Oak Forest, recognized by Golf Digest as one of the top public courses, is our premier 18-hole course. Dunne National offers the unique features of bent grass fairways and greens. Whether you play from the tips or are a beginner you'll enjoy the challenging terrain that Dunne National offers. Eight lakes, which come into play on eleven of the course's holes, tree lined fairways and not to mention an abundance of wildlife help make your golf experience a memorable one.
CITY:Oak Forest
This beautiful 18-hole course offers rental carts and a driving range. The Macomb Country Club has something for every member of the family. With affordable membership options, you can be part of the greatest 'in-town' vacations all year long.
Located northeast of Edwardsville, IL, Oak Brook Golf Club is a 27 hole public golf facility. Our goal is to offer the highest quality golf experience for the lowest possible fee.
HeatherRidge Golf Course is a beautiful and challenging full length nine hole layout that is enjoyable for players of all skill levels. Adding to its beauty are the flowing creeks and ponds that come into play on seven of the nine holes. Also enjoy the unique outside Cabana Bar and Grill. Great food, cold drinks, outstanding atmosphere and friendly staff will complete your HeatherRidge golfing experience. Golf clubs available for rent. Located on Northern Illinois' favorite 9-hole golf course, The HeatherRidge Clubhouse is a beautiful venue for just about any occasion. If you are planning a weddings, banquets or party we are the place.
Make Salt Creek Golf Club your golfing "home course". When you select a facility to patronize regularly, you want the facility that offers the full gamut of a private club without the dues. Our 18-hole executive style golf course will challenge golfers of all skill levels. Set amidst gently rolling terrain, mature tree, and beautiful ponds, Salt Creek's 3895 yard, par 63 course challenge players of all skill levels with tree-lined fairways and strategically placed sand bunkers.
CITY:Wood Dale
This nine-hole walking course features plenty of trees, and water that comes into play on seven of the nine holes. A snack bar is available.
CITY:Farmer City
River Lakes golf course is located right across the Jefferson Barracks bridge in Columbia, Illinois. This 18 hole golf course has Bermuda grass fairways and tee boxes. The greens are bent grass. The course is well groomed and provides an enjoyable experience for all level of golfers.
Built on the well-known Cuneo Estate in Vernon Hills, White Deer Run Golf Club is an 18-hole public course sprawling over 240 acres of rolling terrain and picturesque lakes with bent grass greens and fairways. Able to accommodate small and large group outings and banquets.
CITY:Vernon Hills
Located in Olney, Illinois our golf course features 18 holes. The par 71 layout offers two very different nine hole tracts. Ranging in distance from 4909 yards to 6156 yards and four different sets of tees, Richland Country Club offers play to all ages. Richland Country Club also features a driving range, a pool, and a full service bar.
This 5,332 yard, 18 hole course is conveniently located near West Peoria. It offers level terrain and very few hazards, making it a favorite of senior golfers and those looking for a care-free and relaxing round. Madison is the oldest public golf course in Peoria and it celebrated its 100th birthday in 2009. Blue: yards 5476, rating 64.5, slope 96 White: yards 5332, rating 63.8, slope 92 Red/Gold: yards 5120, rating 67.7/62.8, slope 100/90
Playing this unique, well-conditioned and spectacularly-designed 18-hole course will surely make you want to come back. Full service premier meeting and banquet facility provides outstanding culinary offerings and personal service.
CITY:West Chicago
Sometimes called the "shot-maker's" course, Scovill Golf Club is hilly and tree-lined. Golfers will enjoy the manicured fairways surrounded by natural plantings on Decatur's only Audubon sanctioned course. Scovill was designed by Tom Bendelow and redesigned by Dick Nugent. Scovill was named on one of the top 100 women-friendly course in the United States by Golf for Women. It is also the course most frequented by out-of-town golfers.
This Killian/Nugent-designed course features five water holes. An Olympic-size pool is available for free to golfers, along with sand volleyball, tennis, a softball area and more.
This 18-hole golf course opened in 1962. Triple Lakes has outstanding AB™ Quickstand Bermuda fairways, bent grass greens, and a combination of tall fescue, bluegrass, and rye grass roughs. Our tee boxes are a combination of bermuda and zoysia grass. The course has normal play hazards which include sand bunkers and water. We feature a putting green where you are welcome to practice your putting. The course is surrounded by wildlife and groves of trees with a country atmosphere.
Located on 140 beautiful acres bordering the shores of Lake Mt. Sterling, Rolling Greens Golf Course offers the finest play in the Mt. Sterling golf community. The course has challenged players for more than 40 years, and after a complete overhaul in 2009. Rolling Greens offers the best in equipment and apparel to compliment your game. Stop by our fully-stocked Pro Shop.
CITY:Mount Sterling
Located 2 1/2 miles west of Annie Glidden Road on Route 38 in Dekalb, Illinois. The nine-hole, par 34 facility features a gently rolling course on 53 acres surrounded by farmland. Soothing views of pine trees and beautiful fields make the experience a pleasure and prevent worries about errant shots hitting homes nearby. Water features are promenant on holes number 2 and 3 and a meandering stream through the course provides ample challenge. Thinking of an outing or a family reunion? You can rent the whole facility at a reasonable price for a few hours or the whole day. Besides access to nine holes of golf and carts, "The Pines" offers fishing in their ponds, a large outdoor barbeque and plenty of space for horseshoes, volleyball, or bag games.


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Last week the Eagle Town Board released the names of the three finalists for the Eagle Town Manager opening and that means the earliest date a final decision can be announced is March 22.
According to current Eagle Town Manager Willy Powell, state statute requires a 14-day period between town manager finalist announcements and the actual hiring of a new manager. That means the earliest date that the finalist can be announced is next Tuesday.
The finalists for the Eagle manager position are Jon Stavney, current Eagle County Commissioner and former Eagle Mayor; Tom Gosiorowski, current Eagle Town Engineer; and Ryan Mahoney, current town manager in Delores.


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World League Wrestling, a professional wrestling organization owned by wrestling Hall of Famer Harley Race, will compete at Dixon High School on June 29 to benefit the school's Band Booster Club.
Matches include:
- First Round Match to crown a new WLW Heavyweight Champion: Elvis Aliaga vs. Garrett Rockhold
- Kris "The Wild Thing" Wallace vs. Dark Shadows
- WLW Ladies Champion Stacey O'Brien vs. Mia Martinez
Main event will feature the WLW debut of second generation wrestler and son of WWE Hall of Famer/Professional Wrestling Hall of Famer/Missouri Sports Hall of Famer Harley Race, Leland Race, who will square off against Jack Gamble.
Tickets can be purchased in advance at Casey's General Store in Dixon, Homeplate Bar & Grill in Dixon, Community Bank in Dixon and Hometown Pharmacy in Dixon.
General admission tickets cost $10 and $15 for ringside tickets (when purchased in advance). Group rates can be arranged and discounts will be provided for students and military.
For more details call (573) 392-4100.
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Hospital told to expect larger gas bill
Published: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 10:14 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 10:14 p.m.
The city of Thibodaux expects to bill Thibodaux Regional Medical Center substantially more on its future gas bills after learning the hospital's meter readings have been wrongly recorded possibly for years.
"Not only did we have an issue of misreading the meter, but we didn't even have the right meter out there, which had been out there for years," Mayor Tommy Eschete told the City Council at its Tuesday meeting.
The city has not discarded the idea of asking the hospital to pay the city back for the years the misreadings happened, Eschete said.
Trying to determine how much is owed is difficult because city officials don't know how long this has been going on.
"It looks like this has been going on for years. I'm not talking about one or two, but many years," Eschete said.
Going after AMF Utiliserv, the company the city contracts for meter readings, isn't an option, the mayor said.
"The problem is that our contract doesn't give any liability to those contractors. The fact that they may have misread those meters and under-collected what should have been collected doesn't matter. The liability still falls back on the city," he said.
Eschete said he has been working with the hospital in trying to determine the loss. Thibodaux Regional officials couldn't be reached Thursday for comment.
City officials will compare the bills over the next three to four months to make sure the problem has been fixed, Eschete said.
Councilwoman Candace Johnson asked Eschete during Tuesday's meeting about the billing after receiving calls about it. Johnson said she heard the loss could be close to $600,000.
Eschete said that's not an accurate number because nobody knows at this point.
Staff Writer Jacob Batte can be reached at 448-7635 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Naively idealistic Welsh rugby stars keen to stay close to their Mam's roast dinners and homemade gravy are driving a hard bargain on their regional contract talks by eschewing wage negotiations in favour of gaining perks, adoration and total servitude from their employers. That's the claim from top rugby agent Wyn Someyou-Losesome, given in an exclusive interview for GwladRugby.com, that lifts the lid on some of the biggest player deals in the Welsh game.
"Some of these French clubs are offering cash, diamonds, houses, goats; all things with a monetary value, designed to corrupt the player into being a wage-slave and forcing them to confront the sad, existential reality that their human worth is simply a neo-modern social construct, likes," he said. "You start playing around with numbers like that and it will never add up – literally."
According to Someyou-Losesome, most of the recent deals he's involved with have included perfectly reasonable demands:
George North might have stayed at the Scarlets but for the stonewall attitude of its youth team coach who refused to allow one of his players to be ritually sacrificed each week in a 'Lucky Scarlet Drink' ceremony deemed essential to his conditioning programme by the 18st wing sensation.
Talks have stalled between Toby Faletau and the Dragons on a new three-year deal that would see the player released to the Leicester Tigers on weekends. The normally calm-natured back row operator is reportedly stressed out at suggestions he can't have the Coldra to Tredegar Park section of the M4 motorway named after him.
Luke Charteris' future as a potential summer recruit to the Ospreys was already hanging in the balance with the revelation he is not actually French, but could fail completely with the player's "extortionate" terms. Charteris is apparently holding out for an agreement permitting him to attend all full training sessions and corporate days walking around on his knees (with little shoes sewed to his trouser legs), wearing a bowler hat and speaking in a high-pitched voice.
Finally, at Cardiff Blues, Leigh Halfpenny is understood to be hopping mad with ruddy-faced CEO Richard Holland, having been duped into believing that the top French team Racing Metro was in fact just the name of a newspaper. The pint-sized kicking star is understood to be on strike until Holland issues a formal apology written in his own blood, and agrees to eat a Peter's Pie every day for the remainder of his contract.


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- Feb 12:
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Water districts should impose conservation measures now
- Oakland Tribune editorial: Water districts should impose conservation measures now
- Feb 7:
- California Drought: Desperately needed rain, courtesy of "Pineapple Express" slamming into California
- Feb 6:
- Drought doesn't mean doom for your plants
- Rain soaks Bay Area, another storm coming
- California drought: Big rain headed toward Bay Area could double dismal rainfall totals
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- California drought: House water bill exposes deep partisan divide
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- Fremont district urges conservation, offers water-saving program as drought persists
- Gov. Jerry Brown calls congressional Republican drought bill 'divisive'
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- North Bay homeowners slash water usage through creative conservation
- California drought: Biggest rainfall of 2014 soaks Bay Area
- Jan 31:
- California drought: State Water Project will deliver no water this summer
- Gov. Brown says flush less as California struggles with drought
- Drought shakes off winter for perilous early spring
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- Obama pledges support amid California drought
- California wine industry reports robust 2013, but worries loom about drought
- Drizzle brings hope to thirsty California but does nothing to deter drought
- Jan 29:
- Bay Area wakes up to drizzle as light rain appears for first time in more than a month
- Zone 7 Water Agency seeks 20 percent voluntary water reduction from customers
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- California drought: 17 communities could run out of water within 60 to 120 days, state says
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- Water oak trees if needed, but not too much
- Rain expected this week won't put dent in the drought, forecasters say
- Gold prospectors take advantage of California drought
- California drought: Bay Area water districts start asking urban residents to conserve
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- After decades of payments, EBMUD may finally use its emergency water supply
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- Around Dublin: Do your part now to get ahead of drought
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- Drought: California is a red state, if you're talking weather
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- California drought: Tips for conserving water
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- Brown declares California drought emergency
- California drought: Three more months of dry weather likely, National Weather Service announces
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- Drought declared a natural disaster in California, 10 other states
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- Drought imperils California salmon, steelhead
- California drought: What's causing it?
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- Despite California drought, chances for water bond are evaporating
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- Barnidge: California droughts aren't nearly as scary as they used to be
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- California drought deepens as another year's rains stay away
California's current drought is being billed as the driest period in the state's recorded rainfall history. But scientists who study the West's long-term climate patterns say the state has been parched for much longer stretches before that 163-year historical period began.
And they worry that the "megadroughts" typical of California's earlier history could come again.
Through studies of tree rings, sediment and other natural evidence, researchers have documented multiple droughts in California that lasted 10 or 20 years in a row during the past 1,000 years -- compared to the mere three-year duration of the current dry spell. The two most severe megadroughts make the Dust Bowl of the 1930s look tame: a 240-year-long drought that started in 850 and, 50 years after the conclusion of that one, another that stretched at least 180 years.
"We continue to run California as if the longest drought we are ever going to encounter is about seven years," said Scott Stine, a professor of geography and environmental studies at Cal State East Bay. "We're living in a dream world."
California in 2013 received less rain than in any year since it became a state in 1850. And at least one Bay Area scientist says that based on tree ring data, the current rainfall season is on pace to be the driest since 1580 -- more than 150 years before George Washington was born. The question is: How much longer will it last?
A megadrought today would have catastrophic effects.
California, the nation's most populous state with 38 million residents, has built a massive economy, Silicon Valley, Hollywood and millions of acres of farmland, all in a semiarid area. The state's dams, canals and reservoirs have never been tested by the kind of prolonged drought that experts say will almost certainly occur again.
Stine, who has spent decades studying tree stumps in Mono Lake, Tenaya Lake, the Walker River and other parts of the Sierra Nevada, said that the past century has been among the wettest of the last 7,000 years.
Looking back, the long-term record also shows some staggeringly wet periods. The decades between the two medieval megadroughts, for example, delivered years of above-normal rainfall -- the kind that would cause devastating floods today.
The longest droughts of the 20th century, what Californians think of as severe, occurred from 1987 to 1992 and from 1928 to 1934. Both, Stine said, are minor compared to the ancient droughts of 850 to 1090 and 1140 to 1320.
Modern megadrought
What would happen if the current drought continued for another 10 years or more?
Without question, longtime water experts say, farmers would bear the brunt. Cities would suffer but adapt.
The reason: Although many Californians think that population growth is the main driver of water demand statewide, it actually is agriculture. In an average year, farmers use 80 percent of the water consumed by people and businesses -- 34 million of 43 million acre-feet diverted from rivers, lakes and groundwater, according to the state Department of Water Resources.
"Cities would be inconvenienced greatly and suffer some. Smaller cities would get it worse, but farmers would take the biggest hit," said Maurice Roos, the department's chief hydrologist. "Cities can always afford to spend a lot of money to buy what water is left."
Roos, who has worked at the department since 1957, said the prospect of megadroughts is another reason to build more storage -- both underground and in reservoirs -- to catch rain in wet years.
In a megadrought, there would be much less water in the Delta to pump. Farmers' allotments would shrink to nothing. Large reservoirs like Shasta, Oroville and San Luis would eventually go dry after five or more years of little or no rain.
Farmers would fallow millions of acres, letting row crops die first. They'd pump massive amounts of groundwater to keep orchards alive, but eventually those wells would go dry. And although deeper wells could be dug, the costs could exceed the value of their crops. Banks would refuse to loan the farmers money.
The federal government would almost certainly provide billions of dollars in emergency aid to farm communities.
"Some small towns in the Central Valley would really suffer. They would basically go away," said Jay Lund, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Davis.
"But agriculture is only 3 percent of California's economy today," Lund said. "In the main urban economy, most people would learn to live with less water. It would be expensive and inconvenient, but we'd do it."
Farmers with senior water rights would make a huge profit, he noted, selling water at sky-high prices to cities. Food costs would rise, but there wouldn't be shortages, Lund said, because Californians already buy lots of food from other states and countries and would buy even more from them.
Fallback plans
In urban areas, most cities would eventually see water rationing at 50 percent of current levels. Golf courses would shut down. Cities would pass laws banning watering or installing lawns, which use half of most homes' water. Across the state, rivers and streams would dry up, wiping out salmon runs. Cities would race to build new water supply projects, similar to the $50 million wastewater recycling plant that the Santa Clara Valley Water District is now constructing in Alviso.
If a drought lasted decades, the state could always build dozens of desalination plants, which would cost billions of dollars, said law professor Barton "Buzz" Thompson, co-director of Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment.
Saudi Arabia, Israel and other Middle Eastern countries depend on desalination, but water from desal plants costs roughly five times more than urban Californians pay for water now. Thompson said that makes desal projects unfeasible for most of the state now, especially when other options like recycled wastewater and conservation can provide more water at a much lower cost.
But in an emergency, price becomes no object.
"In theory, cities cannot run out of water," Thompson said. "All we can do is run out of cheap water, or not have as much water as we need when we really want it."
Over the past 10 years, he noted, Australia has been coping with a severe drought. Urban residents there cut their water demand massively, built new supply projects and survived.
"I don't think we'll ever get to a point here where you turn on the tap and air comes out," he said.
Megadrought now
Some scientists believe we are already in a megadrought, although that view is not universally accepted.
Bill Patzert, a research scientist and oceanographer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, says that the West is in a 20-year drought that began in 2000. He cites the fact that a phenomenon known as a "negative Pacific decadal oscillation" is underway -- and that historically has been linked to extreme high-pressure ridges that block storms.
Such events, which cause pools of warm water in the North Pacific Ocean and cool water along the California coast, are not the result of global warming, Patzert said. But climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels has been linked to longer heat waves. That wild card wasn't around years ago.
"Long before the Industrial Revolution, we were vulnerable to long extended periods of drought. And now we have another experiment with all this CO2 in the atmosphere where there are potentially even more wild swings in there," said Graham Kent, a University of Nevada geophysicist who has studied submerged ancient trees in Fallen Leaf Lake near Lake Tahoe.
Already, the 2013-14 rainfall season is shaping up to be the driest in 434 years, based on tree ring data, according to Lynn Ingram, a paleoclimatologist at UC Berkeley.
"It's important to be aware of what the climate is capable of," she said, "so that we can prepare for it."
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When head on-hill alpine coach Tiania Adams looks at this year's roster, she sees two things.
First, enrollment in the program is up slightly over last year.
Second, she's excited to see Team Breck names on the list.
This year, thanks to a rule change and to the staggered race schedule, a few Team Breck athletes have opted to compete both in their club program as well as on the high school team. Names like sophomores Katy Harris and Ellie Brown-Wolf.
"Katy is one of the strongest skiers in her age group in the country," Adams said. "We're fortunate her schedule allows her to ski high school."
Anne Parker, another team highlight and Team Summit athlete, is back on the team after a sophomore-year hiatus and brings skill as one of the top skiers in her Colorado division to the team. And Nicole Wagner is a bright spot on the roster, Adams added.
"It's a stronger team," she said, explaining that it will be key to have Team Breck racers adding to the Team Summit mix in terms of both leadership on race day as well as on the results sheet.
On the boys' side, senior Daniel McFadden is new to the team, but not to racing. His teammates and coaches are looking forward to having his skill on board.
"It's going to be good. We have a few more club skiers," boys' captain Lucas Michieli said, adding that last year, the boys finished third in the state.
"We hope to do our best (this year) and get all the younger kids coming back," teammate Ryan Wignall said. Michieli added, "It's important we get (the freshmen) to push themselves in training, motivating them and giving them tips. Once they have a good run, they'll be motivated for sure."
Having a large influx of underclassmen is a boon to what was a smaller team last year. It also means depth, which is important in alpine racing, where skiers are "skirting the edge of danger," administrative head coach Karl Barth said. "It's such a fine line" to win a race, he added, explaining that a lot can happen in such a high-performance sport. A race can be lost in a crash, a missed gate, a wrong edge and more.
In high school racing, mistakes can mean the difference between not just an individual podium, but also a team top finish. There's strategy in the coaching, Barth said, explaining that he has asked racers to curtail a run into a more conservative one so as not to risk an error and instead ensure finish points.
And when the coaches' goal is to qualify more than half the team for state - and land a top finish at state - it's important to have depth. Last year, five freshmen, three sophomores and one junior qualified for state, so the returning team has strong potential.
However, it's not an easy field of competition in the racing world, Barth and Adams said. Evergreen and Nederland collect the Jefferson County, Denver Metro racers and are an alpine powerhouse (and are getting better in Nordic skiing, Barth said).
Meanwhile, Aspen is always a first-place podium contender, with slope access an easy walk across the street from the high school doors. Steamboat has the Howelsen Ski Area dedicated to its training, and Eagle Valley and Battle Mountain High School are in close proximity to Vail and Beaver Creek race courses. Summit, also among the top teams in the state, has its own advantage in night skiing at Keystone, meaning less missed class for Summit athletes.
One key component in strategizing the team's races is the Nordic ski team, whose performance can help tip the scales toward victory or defeat for the ski program as a whole.
Barth remembers an alpine member, still adorned in his speed suit, running alongside a Nordic teammate, cheering him on toward victory. Last year, Summit sought to keep Aspen within sight, keeping in mind that Nordic could make up the difference.
"Last year, the boys' Nordic was stronger than alpine," Adams said. "Last year, we didn't have the Katys ... on either team."
One highlight on the boys' team is Logan Ramsay, a named Skimeister (an award given to the top Nordic-alpine combined skier). The last one Summit had was Ian Parker, Anne Parker's brother, and he won state. So, Ramsay's coaches have high hopes for him.
Leading up to the Dec. 15 scrimmage at Loveland and the subsequent GS race at Loveland following the new year, the team is working on dryland conditioning. It won't take to the hill until next week, when athletes will hike up and do drills on the way down. Lift-serviced night practices begin after the Christmas holiday.


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Published: Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 10:46 p.m.
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Hendersonville City Council members Thursday decided to scrap plans to seek another artist for a gateway sculpture at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Main Street, choosing instead to have a clock/bell tower stand at the intersection.
Main Street Director Lew Holloway said Bruce White, who was initially selected to design a gateway sculpture at the corner, backed out after the city asked him to rework his plans.
Architectural designers and Main Street committee members agreed to head back to the drawing board to brainstorm ideas for a clock tower that will pay homage to the city's past, present and future.
Moving forward, Holloway told council members they could either opt to complete the streetscape improvements without public art, start over seeking a new artist, or revisit the work of other semi-finalists.
Looking at drafts for streetscape proposals, the council agreed with Volk's suggestion of a clock tower and settled on plans for brick walls with sign elements on the southwest and northwest corners.
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Ezra Brown's Whirlwind Tour of the Unity of Discrete Math
Read Katharine Merow's recap of Ezra Brown's MAA Distinguished Lecture "The Many Names of (7,3,1) and the Unity of Discrete Mathematics." Full audio of the lecture and an interview with Brown is also available. Article.
The Mathematics Behind Quasicrystals
Dan Shechtman was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of quasicrystals. Read a bit about the math behind this discovery, which has, says theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences, "forced scientists to reconsider their conception of the very nature of matter." Article.
Project NExT Openings
The MAA is seeking nominations and applications for two Associate Directors and an additional member of the Project NExT Leadership Team. Announcement.
Tensor SUMMA Program Director Search
MAA is seeking a program director for the MAA Tensor SUMMA (Strengthening Underrepresented Minority Mathematics Achievement) program to succeed Carole Lacampagne, who will complete her term as Director in 2012. Article.
Selden Award Nominations
Nominations for the Annie and John Selden Prize for Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education are due October 31, 2011. Announcement.
Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem
George Csicsery's latest film is now showing on public television stations across the country. Check for airdates and more information. Article.
JMM 2012 Student Poster Sessions
Abstracts for the undergraduate student poster sessions at the 2012 Joint Mathematics Meetings must be submitted by Friday, October 28, 2011. Announcement.
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Launchings by David Bressoud
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Read more about Martin Gardner, his award-winning articles, tributes in his honor, and a special MAA/ThinkFun celebration of his work. Article.
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- San Francisco Pride Parade: Downtown packed as marchers make their way up Market Street
- Gay marriage: Justice Kennedy denies request to stop California weddings
- San Francisco: Gay Pride parade turns into celebration on an epic scale
- Gay marriage opponents ask Supreme Court to halt same-sex weddings
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- Supreme Court rulings on same-sex unions place spotlight on the weathered institution of marriage
- Same-sex couples marry at San Francisco City Hall as city celebrates Pride weekend
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- Prop. 8 stay lifted, same-sex weddings can resume immediately
- San Francisco: Huge crowds expected for this weekend's gay pride parade, festivities
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- July 28 Readers' letters: The Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage
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- Cassidy: Twitter moved us toward the Supreme Court's DOMA and Proposition 8 rulings on same-sex marriage
- Prop. 8 ruling: Bay Area marriage license officials eager to serve same-sex couples
- Gay marriage: How TV helped nudge society on the issue
- Biz Break: Google, Apple celebrate Supreme Court's same-sex marriage rulings, markets rise again
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- Obama on DOMA: 'Supreme Court has righted a wrong'
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- Document: California Attorney General Kamala Harris addresses marriage licenses
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LGBT Performance Stage at Castro & 19th Street, live entertainment and deejays; ASL interpretation provided.
5:30 p.m. -- Marriage Equality USA event at Uptown Art Park on Telegraph and 19th Street
6 p.m. -- Marriage Equality USA/Hearts on Silicon Valley, rally at San Jose City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St.
5 p.m. -- Marriage Equality USA rally at San Mateo County Clerk's Office, 555 County Center, Redwood City
6:30 p.m. -- The Rainbow Community Center, 2118 Willow Pass Road, Ste 500, Concord. Sponsoring Organization: Marriage Equality USA. Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/events/478850432200336/
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Spain Attracts Record Foreign Buyout Interest
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Buyouts of Spanish businesses by private equity firms based outside of Europe have reached their highest level ever, outpacing acquisitions by European firms for the first time following an uptick in sentiment towards the country.
There were 17 inbound buyouts in Spain worth $3.7 billion last year, 14 of which were made by U.S. investors, according to data provider Mergermarket. This was a 55% increase in activity and a 30% increase in value compared to 2012 and the highest value and volume of deals on record.
Potential exits of businesses, including Carlyle Group-backed certification company Applus, could push that figure higher, providing a welcome boost to Spain's M&A market after more than two years of recession, according to people familiar with the situation.
Olaf Diaz-Pintado, head of investment banking for Spain and Portugal at Goldman Sachs, said: "As the euro framework was further clarified during the course of last year, the risk premium attached to Spain reduced very quickly and people were left with a landscape that was perceived to be much more attractive in terms of valuation."
Mr. Diaz-Pintado said there is roughly $100 billion to $150 billion of private equity capital ready to invest in Europe. He said: "If you do the math of how much these funds would like to invest in Spain to achieve the right diversification, that gives you capital to the tune of around $8 billion to $10 billion that could be allocated to Spain. Now that there's a significant supply with less risk perceived attached to it, that will then fuel more transactions."
The figures contrast with a fall in Spanish buyouts by local and other European fund managers. Foreign acquisitions outpaced European deals for the first time in 2013, with 15 deals worth $2 billion recorded during the period. This was the lowest number on record and the second-worst year in value terms after 2012.
Carlo Bonomi, a senior partner at southern European buyout firm Investindustrial, said: "U.S. private equity investments picked up two years ago, so they're two years ahead of most of the European firms from an investment point of view.
"A lot of Europeans are still licking their wounds, especially in the mid-market. Three quarters of the funds have disappeared or are struggling to raise capital."
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Travis Brigley was selected by the Calgary Flames in the second round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, 39th overall after playing four years with the Lethbridge Broncos of the WHL. Brigley joined Lethbridge at 16, playing one game with the club. In his rookie season he played in 64 games, scoring 14 goals and 32 points. He more than doubled his output the following season, scoring 34 times while counting 77 points in his draft year. Brigley returned for his final year of junior hockey in 1996-97, playing 71 games scoring 43 goals and 90 points. Brigley and the Broncos won the WHL title and advanced to the Memorial Cup championship game where they lost 5-1 to the Hull Olympiques.
In 1997-98, Brigley played in two games for the Calgary Flames but the balance of his season was spent with their farm team in St. John, New Brunswick. In 79 games he popped in 17 goals and 32 points. Brigley went on to play parts of three seasons with Flames organization before moving around in the IHL, AHL, UHL, ECHL and brief stint in Britain before returning to the NHL during the 2003-04 season as a member of the Colorado Avalanche.
In the summer of 2005, Brigley was acquired by the New York Islanders.