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April 15, 2007, 04:07 PM
What are your thoughts on using a 20 gauge for hunting pheasants?
Big mistake, or stick with a 12 gauge?
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April 15, 2007, 04:25 PM
20ga. will handle any upland game bird if you do your part, wich may be easier with the 20 than a 12 anyway.
April 15, 2007, 04:31 PM
20 gauge will work very well...especially if you can use 3" shells. Do you part with some 5 shot and you'll drop any pheasant.
April 15, 2007, 04:37 PM
I know a guy that uses a 410 for all his bird hunting. If it flies he shoots it with the only shotty he has.
April 15, 2007, 04:39 PM
I spent my first few pheasant hunting years (I started as an adult) with an O/U 20 gauge. I never felt undergunned and never took a shot and had the thought "I wish I would've had a 12" afterward. 20 is plenty. Ohhh, a rhyme.
April 15, 2007, 04:40 PM
28ga is a very popular upland bird gun - a 20ga is just fine. Maybe it is less forgiving of sloppy shooting, but it's very effective, and lighter to carry. Ammo for a 28 can be harder to find and more expensive, though.
April 15, 2007, 04:47 PM
The sole difference between 10, 12, 16, 20, 28 and 410 gauges is the number of pellets in the shell. Each of these gauges should pattern the same, with same chokes in each gauge. The advantage of the larger (smaller numbered) gauges, is that they hold more shot, ergo, produce a more dense number of pellets into the pattern. By the way, the velocity should also be the same, or very similar. A 20 Ga is an extraordinary gauge for upland hunting! I use a 12 Ga, with 2 3/4", 1 and 1/8 ounce of 4 shot, at 1,200 FPD only for the extra shot, over the 20 gauge with 1 ounce of 4 shot, at 1,200 FPS. If I were to purchase a 2nd shotgun, it would be a 20 gauge. That is in fact, what I wish I would have bought in the first place.
Edit to add: Read this textbook: Modern Pheasant Hunting, 2nd Edition, Steve Grooms, Stackpole Books, ISBN: 13:978-0-8117-3227-7.
My wife and daughter bought me this book for Christmas this past year. Later, I bought my Wingmaster 12 guage. I went with 12 gauge because I wanted extended range ability. Read the book and make an informed decision.
April 15, 2007, 05:27 PM
a 26" 20 ga is the ideal pheasant gun.
April 15, 2007, 06:19 PM
20 works just fine; my favorite is the 28, but only in covers where the birds flush fairly close. I'd much rather pack either all day than one of my 12s.
Dale Taylor
April 15, 2007, 06:54 PM
A 2 3/4 cartridge with #6 works fine for me in Mich. and Nebr.
April 15, 2007, 08:37 PM
I grew up in Eastern Colorado pheasant hunting and moved to
Kansas about 12 years ago and I have killed many pheasants in
both states with a 20 gauge. ;)
I switch to a 12 gauge a few years ago and did not shoot more
birds, just carried more weight now I use the old 20 gauge again
April 15, 2007, 08:57 PM
8, 7.5, 6, 5 or 4. The shot size should reflect the distance at which you intend to engage the pheasant. The farther the target, the larger the pellets should be. At the same time, the larger pellet size decreases the number of pellets, which directly impacts density of pattern. For every benefit, there is a limitation in other considerations. I believe Grooms currently uses #5 shot. He also says that there is not a significant difference between 20 gauge and 12 gauge to 45 yards. Most hunters engage their targets between 25 and 45 yards. An Imp. Cyl. choke works great to that distance. His book is truly comprehensive. When I go pheasant hunting, I take 8, 6 and 4 shot with me. Depending on how far out the pheasants are taking flight, I may switch out. Last outing, #4 was perfect for me.
April 15, 2007, 09:11 PM
12ga is definitely more though. my first time out with a 20ga and 2-3/4" 6-shot. i only got a shot at one, and he wasn't stopping. i suppose i could've wiff'd, but i didn't think i was way off. i have shot clay with it. he was probably towards the outer range limit, i just know i've dropped birds at about that distance with a 12ga before...
but no, i'm not knocking the 20ga. as with any gun, its limits generally exceed your own. i plan to hunt birds with it again and am just going to have to get a better sense of how i shoot with it.
April 15, 2007, 09:26 PM
What are your thoughts on using a 20 gauge for hunting pheasants?
Why not? I used to shoot them with a bow and bird head arrows. I get 6 out of 10 on average.:)
April 15, 2007, 10:25 PM
I use 20 exclusively for Pheasants. I have a Winchester 101 choked Skeet 1 and skeet 2 for close in work , for that I use European style Extra hard 6's in fast 2 3/4" loads. This combo is the bomb to about 35 yards. For those long shots, or hunting over a dog that flushes birds far out, I have a Browning A-5 20 ga Magnum that has a slightly loosened full choke (and long forcing cone) and I shoot 3" #4s,5s or 6s and can really reach out to almost 70 yards and fold them with that combo, if the need arises!
April 15, 2007, 10:53 PM
The pheasants that my 13 year old daughter has taken with her Mossberg Bantam 500 in 20 ga, have been too dead to complain. :D
John Peddie
April 16, 2007, 09:24 AM
I use a 20 ga. pump for almost everything. #6 for pheasants, #7 1/2 for chukar.
I've also used it on ducks and geese, with Bismuth #4 or 6, but no shots beyond a lasered 35 yards (the opposite side of the pond), and most at 20-25yds.
I used the 3" shells for upland at first, but have now switched to 2 3/4 there as I could see no appreciable difference. Waterfowl is 3" because I can't find no-tox in 2 3/4.
Works fine for what I do, but from what I've read on this forum, I wouldn't be using it on SD roosters late in the season.
For that, I'd take the 50 year old Ithaca 37.
In the end, it's what you shoot well and have confidence in.
April 16, 2007, 10:04 AM
As John Peddie said-it is all in the range. Esp if hunting with a pointer or close in flusher the 20 is good. For ducks-dont sky bust. 20-25 yards and they are dead. With the lighter gun you will be getting on them faster and they will be closer.
April 16, 2007, 11:39 AM
I am going to say that a 20 gauge is always sufficient, but might be less than ideal, if you aren't using a dog or two. With dogs, my brother never thought much of using a 12 gauge, preferring his 20 gauge SxS. Without the shorthair and both Labs, he always grabbed his 12 gauge 11-87.
He used to fill vases with tailfeathers, so I'll give weight to his opinions.
April 16, 2007, 01:34 PM
20 will work fine provided you do the work you need to.
April 17, 2007, 02:18 PM
I've always used a 12 Ga side by side for all shotgunning... primarily because that was all I had...
12/16/20 should all be fine..
April 21, 2007, 08:30 PM
I hunt behind dogs for pheasant/quail here in Ks. A SXS 20 ga. is perfect for my needs.
April 22, 2007, 05:42 AM
Honestly, I prefer a 20 gauge for pheasants. Somewhat lighter and certainly enough power. I also find that on average I shoot a 20 gauge shotgun better. Even with birds and a shotgun, placement trumps power.
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Tinanoff and JSA employees travelled to Cleveland several times to see, sort and box up recordings, before returning to Boca Raton to unload the first truckload in September. A second tractor trailer load of recordings will arrive from Cleveland in spring 2010 and will contain almost twice as many recordings as the first shipment.
Marlene Englander, a Cleveland musician and librarian, said it is fitting that a portion of her father's collection was gifted to FAU Libraries, where educators, students and scholars will be able to use the recordings for research. "He was always sharing the collection with other people and making it available," Englander said. "There were always people in our house listening to music."
One fellow music lover who visited the Saul home to hear his Judaic recordings was Steven Greenman, a violinist whom Saul heard play at concerts in Cleveland. "Jack was a generous man and my colleagues in the klezmer world would call me when they were coming to Cleveland to see if they could visit Jack and see his famous record collection," said Greenman. "Jack had a refined taste for music and readily said what music he liked and what he did not care for."
Saul's family donated other portions of his collection to such nonprofit institutions as the Library of Congress and the Cleveland Orchestra.
"These records were too rare and too valuable to pass up,'' said Dr. William Miller, dean of Libraries at FAU. "Saul's collection of 78s is certainly among the largest such collections in the country and perhaps the largest not already owned by a library."
For more information on the Jack Saul Collection at FAU Libraries, contact Nathan Tinanoff at 561-297-2207 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or Dr. Maxine Schackman at 561-297-3765 or email@example.com. More information about the JSA is located at www.fau.edu/jsa.
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Sources close to the Ohio Corrupt Practices Act/RICO claim sent us a copy of the following letter that asks Attorney General Mukasey for protection for Michael Connell and his family who have been allegedly threatened by Karl Rove. Rove is believed to be the strategic mastermind behind the Bush 2004 re-election campaign and the possible Ohio election improprieties. The alleged threats appear to be the result of the re-opening, through the Ohio Corrupt Practices Act/RICO claim, of the stalled investigation into the 2004 Ohio Elections.
We have been confidentially informed by a source we believe to be credible that Karl Rove has threatened Michael Connell, a principal witness we have identified in our King Lincoln case in federal court in Columbus, Ohio, that if he does not agree to "take the fall" for election fraud in Ohio, his wife Heather will be prosecuted for supposed lobby law violations. This appears to be in response to our designation of Rove as the principal perpetrator in the Ohio Corrupt Practices Act/RICO claim with respect to which we issued document hold notices last Thursday to you and to the US Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform.
See: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6189 and http://www.archive.org/details/ElectionFraudInOhioCourtCase.
I have informed court chambers and am in the process of informing the Ohio Attorney General's and US Attorney's offices in Columbus for the purpose, among other things, of seeking protection for Mr. Connell and his family from this reported attempt to intimidate a witness.
Concurrently herewith, I am informing Mr. Conyers and Mr. Kucinich in connection with their Congressional oversight responsibilities related to these matters.
Because of the serious engagement in this matter that began in 2000 of the Ohio Statehouse Press Corps, 60 Minutes, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, C-Span and Jim VandeHei, and the public's right to know of gross attempts to subvert the rule of law, I am forwarding this information to them, as well.
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cc: Robert Fitrakis, Esq. Henry Eckhart, Esq
For background information, below the fold are the links GreyHawk and others have amassed or the one-page list of previous work linked directly:
[UPDATE: 12/23/08 - added link to previous article list.]
[UPDATE: 01/18/09 - revised reference to previous article list.]
Forget Mickey Mouse voting, the real voter fraud is voter purge -- worse even than a poll tax -- that at least you can see -- you don't even know that you've been purged until it's too late.
I've been biting my tongue all afternoon as soon as it was revealed that one those Rove operatives (Jeff Larsen) apparently paid the tab at the Minneapolis, Minnesota Neiman Marcus for Palin's shopping trip there -- to the tune of something like $75,000.
Now I know a lot of folks are annoyed and angered by the fact that the hockey mom, PTA pit bull should have a $150,000 wardrobe shopping extravaganza. I get that.
But what also bugs me, bugs me a lot, is that some man plunked down the dough. Itj's just some kind of creepy...
hat-tip WayDownSouth
Okay, I am noticing some actually giddy glee creeping in. But I am still worried. I have two concerns.
One: Voter Suppression
I see voter registration stories such as Avahome's Nevada ACORN Raid info and Jamess Voter Register commentary, today's New York Times story AnnieK cited about HAVA not exactly Helping America Vote. On Jezebel, there's an interesting round up of stories on caging, suppression and voter obstruction that is going on at this very moment. Even over on MyLeftNutmeg, Aldon Hynes notes on the 7000 out 9000 voter registration cards that got tossed in Bridgeport, CT last week.
I get mail. I have my friends who still inhabit that far right terrain that frankly, try as I might, I don't understand. So I get chainmail forwarded to me, lots and lots of echainmail. It's often full of scorn or righteous anger at the heathens... most of the time I never even open it. But the one below had a curious sad tone of pending defeat to it. Am I reading too much into it?
from chainmail :
Frank Norris blog
The market dropped 700 points, though it is crawling back up to only a 600 point drop as I write.
Note: Not Frank Norris, the author of McTeague and I refrain from irony.
update #1: correcting to a mere 500 drop as of 3:30 eastern.
update #2: For Luaptifer (well, and Kevin Phillips had a part too!) who taught me about the Plunge Protection Team:
3:58 p.m. | 10,000 or bust: The psychologically important level of 10,000 on the Dow — do you remember that phrase? — was breached today. But in the final minutes of trading the index got up to 10,030, only to fall back. Can it close above 10,000? Does it matter?
update #3: It looks like the "at the bell" (4:02 eastern) final is:
9976.93 -348.45 -3.37%
ending below the psychological, perhaps important, 10,000.
Sorry for this quickie drive by post this morning, especially given how wonderfully Welshman does these things, I feel particularily guilty.
But I am curious what you all thought and what the morning chatter about the debate looks like. I was terribly afraid that as long as Palin showed up, managed two complete sentences in a row, and didn't forget to put on her lipstick (please note: this is only a nod to her famous quote about the difference between a bulldog and a soccermom), she'd be declared the winner. On the other hand, Welshman -- addicted as he is to auto racing -- was waiting for the spin out.
Bumped for discussion (and great video) - roxy
Originally posted 2008-10-01 07:15:52 -- updated with Biden/Palin video and bumping for our preparation on the debate tomorrow night - cho
Thinking about tomorrow night's Vice Presidential debate, I realized that no matter how badly, how stutteringly badly Palin does, she's bound to do better than the low, low bar of expectations.
It looks as if we have another go around on the Bailout Plan (They really need another nickname for the bill if they want it to pass). Rba, and others, can you guys post what has changed from the bill that went down on Monday? For example, did Frank get in the desired bankruptcy clauses for folks facing defaulting on their mortgages?
Snagged from TPM via TalkLeft, hattip to BigTentDemocrat who reminds us of the republicans' campaign line with his "feelings before country"
hat tip to What Really Happened
Bumped by GH; well worth a second look. Originally posted 2008-09-19 13:18:23 -0500.
Back in July, I wrote a short commentary about how the 21st century robber barons, as if following the playbook from the Gilded Age, had managed to privatize for their own pocketbooks, the profits from selling off our national treasures, our forests, our airwaves, our oil, our minerals.
Think for two minutes about where the profits from the logging in the national forests go. Do you, as a taxpayer in this country, see any of that? Or grazing rights? Do you, as taxpayer, see any of the gains from the practice of allowing private individuals to graze their herds on national park lands? Do you see share in the profits -- as the Venezuleans certainly do in theirs, since the Venezulean Oil company is nationalized -- of the oil that underlies our country (well, excepting if you are a recipient of the $1200 check to Alaskan citizens)? Privizating profits loosely translates to take what is owned by everyone and give the revenue to only a few rich individuals.
That's the meaning of privatizing profits.
This week, we are learning painfully about the other half of the equation: Socialize losses.
If a company is badly managed, bail it out by having everyone pay for it. Let the owners walk away with their golden parachutes, and have the taxpayers pick up the tab. No, we don't have enough to get ice for the survivors of Hurricane Ike, nor can we repair our crumbling roads, or build mass transit, invest in clean energy... but we sure can rescue, with our tax dollars, the AIGs and Bear Stearns...
That's socializing losses... making the little guys pay for the mistakes of the uber class. Those guys in the upper atmosphere are sucking up all the oxygen. According to a WSJ article, entitled charmingly Richest See Income Share Rise by Jesse Drucker:
The richest 1% of Americans in 2006 garnered the highest share of the U.S. adjusted gross income in two decades as their average tax rate fell,the IRS said.
From the mailbag, a press release from Jen Howard at Freepress:
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Local authorities in St. Paul announced today that they will not prosecute journalists who were arrested on misdemeanor charges during the Republican National Convention earlier this month.
"This is an important first step, but many questions remain," said Nancy Doyle Brown from Twin Cities Media Alliance. "We still need answers about why and how journalists got swept up in these arrests in the first place. And more than anything else, we need to ensure that this never happens again. We'll never know how many important stories never got told because their authors were behind bars, not in the streets."
Nearly two dozen reporters were arrested during the four-day event, including Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and two of her producers, Associated Press reporters, student journalists, and local TV photographers, among others. Other journalists were pepper-sprayed, and reporters with I-Witness were held at gunpoint during a "pre-emptive" police raid aimed at disrupting protesters. The press release from St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman's office noted that the city's attorney will use a "broad definition and verification to identify journalists who were caught up in mass arrests during the convention."


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Minecraft approaches 10 million sales
6 million copies shifted on the PC alone
Mojang has revealed that Minecraft has almost managed to reach the 10 million units sold mark.
Daniel Kaplan announced that the sales figures including the Android, iOS and Xbox Live versions of the game are around the 9.2 million mark.
The game's creator Markus Persson has already stated that the PC version alone has managed to sell 6 million copies.
The Xbox Live version has become the fastest selling title on Xbox Live since it's release on May the 19th.
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FLINT, MI – The Flint School Board contined talks Wednesday, Sept. 11, on a proposal to sell the Sarvis Center for $150,000 to the Flint Cultural Center Corp.
The board met at the center to further discuss the details of the sale. Interim Superintendent Larry Watkins said the Sarvis Center has been losing money since 2011. He said in the 2011-2012 school year the center lost $296,000 not including the amount spent for utilities and custodial services. He said the total dollars lost in the Sarvis Center for the 2012-2013 school year including utilities and custodial services was $443,000.Watkins told the board if they agree to sell the Sarvis Center to the Flint Cultural Center Corp., the district could save $886,000 over two years. He said that amount does not include the $150,000 selling price of the center.
"We're talking close to a million dollars." Watkins said of the money the district would be saving.
Board member Vera Perry said she can't get behind the sale of the Sarvis Center since the school district recently paid several hundred thousand dollars to have to roof repaired.
"I'm really getting tired of putting money into buildings and closing them." Perry said. "So we're gonna give this building to someone, an entity, that won't have to put any money in here because we have done all the heavy lifting on this."
Other board members are behind the decision to sell. School board member Isaiah Oliver said it's time for the district to make decisions for a better tomorrow for students.
"Personally, I agree with it because I think long term we need to find a way and decide as a district who we are today and what we're willing to give up about who we are today to be who we're gonna be long term." Oliver said. "In the long term I think we need to focus on K through 12 education."
The board decided at Wednesday's meeting they would like to see more information from the administration and Flint Cultural Center Corp. on the sale of the Sarvis Center before making a final vote. Watkins agreed to have the information to the school board in their packets on Friday for the upcoming full board meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
If it's sold, Flint would lease the center for $1 through the end of this school year in order to terminate operations and vacate the building. The facility also houses the district's central kitchen.


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I had scallops cooked in a lot of kerrygold garlic herb butter for dinner.
Lately my meals have been more random and not so photo worthy. When I cook for Dad, I feel the need to present a "balanced meal" with all the pretty veggies, etc. Since Dad hasn't been feeling up to walking up the street to my house I have been going down the street to his house and putting together dinners that he likes. He likes rice with his veggies and low fat proteins like chicken and fish. I do sneak in some fat like creamed kale and such.
He doesn't really like big meaty steaks and such that I like. He says that his old teeth just aren't sharp enough to chew through them anymore. He likes things like salmon patties and crabcakes that I can make in batches and freeze.
There are also a lot of quick to prepare dinners out there for lazy cooks that still come out looking like lovely meals such as frozen bacon wrapped shrimp. Just heat directly from frozen in the toaster oven. I steam some broccoli in the micro and add some precooked rice and the meal looks like a culinary masterpiece but it tool like ten minutes to fix.
I have been letting my Dad have some treats lately too like some chocolate covered almonds on the one condition that he only gets 6/day. I don't see the point in making him eat any way other than what he likes as long as it is clean and Primal.
So he and I end up having separate meals. I sit with him while he eats and have a cup of tea or something and then go make my own random keto food later. Pate' on fatbread and such.
I've been having some really weird swings in my eating. Some days I will chow through 2000 calories and others I can't eat another bite after 500. The randomness actually seems to be doing good things for my weight loss.


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The Brawny Bunch
The New Survivor Tribes Bring Buff Bods to the Outback—but the Key to Victory May Still Be Hatch-Ing a Sneaky Strategy
That thought has already occurred to Rodger Bingham, a high school shop teacher and farmer from Crittenden, Ky., who at 53 finds himself the oldest player in this new 14-week Down Under version of the CBS reality show that was such a sensation Up Here last summer. (Last year's oldest combatant was retired Navy SEAL Rudy Boesch, age 72.) Bingham, the married father of a 29-year-old daughter, can barely swim. But plummeting? That he can do. To cheers from his fellow Kuchas, Bingham rockets feet first into the water. Resurfacing, he dog-paddles toward the crate but barely makes any headway—until tribemate Michael Skupin, a software company president from White Lake, Mich., helps him along.
"Was he scared? Oh yeah," says series host and official onlooker Jeff Probst, 39, back for a second tour of duty. "But the best adventures in your life have high highs and low lows." Rodger beams. "Well, what do you know," he gasps, dripping wet. "I did it."
Now get ready for TV's equivalent of a high-dive cannonball. Survivor II is the inevitable follow-up to Survivor I, last summer's sleeper hit, whose Aug. 23 finale drew 52 million viewers—topping the year's Oscar ratings and losing only to the Super Bowl. How fitting, then, that the sequel, which has been eclipsed on the air by the arrival of lesser imitators such as FOX's Temptation Island and ABC's The Mole, should premiere in the optimal slot behind the Jan. 28 Super Bowl XXXV. Then, four days later, the show moves to Thursdays at 8 p.m. (ET)—a scheduling gambit so bold that nervous suits at rival NBC are expanding Friends to 40 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of live Saturday Night Live sketches for the four episodes that air during sweeps. "Friends is in the Top 5—that's a tough one to top," says media analyst Tim Spengler at Initiative Media in Los Angeles. But if Survivor II remains "as continually compelling as the original," he says, beating the seven-year-old sitcom "is quite possible."
CBS certainly thinks so. Survivor, which proved itself king of the jungle, is being followed by a sequel that wants to be king of the world. Everything is on a bigger scale. The new Tribal Council, that dread summit where contestants are voted off week by week, is constructed of mammoth Stonehenge-like slabs perched on a bluff with a 1,000-ft. drop. This Outback landscape, 200 miles south of Cairns, is more diverse, lush and spectacular than the first Survivor's Borneo island. The wildlife along the Herbert River, where the tribes have set up camp, is also more dangerous, with venomous Golden Orb spiders and five species of deadly snakes. "All of them," says Dr. Cohen, "are incredibly mean."
Those aren't the only slinky creatures out there. Unfortunately for the aging cuties over at Friends, the Outback contestants are on the whole sexier than the original band. (The producers "would have loved to have another 72-year-old Navy SEAL," says Probst. "There wasn't one this time.") Trumbull, Conn., native Alicia Calaway, 32, winner of the 1994 Ms. Connecticut Amateur Natural Bodybuilding Competition and now a physical trainer in Manhattan, "has incredible shoulders and butt," says fellow trainer Peter Meister. And according to his mother, Bonnie Parish, Jeff Varner, 34, a Manhattan Internet project manager (and former cheer-leading captain at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), has "beautiful blueish-green eyes, gorgeous teeth, a beautiful smile, really smooth olive skin and good bone structure." Jerri Manthey, 30, a Los Angeles-based bartender and aspiring actress—she played Vincent D'Onofrio's wife in Showtime's That Championship Season two years ago—is called a femme fatale by the crew. Immaculately trim, "she loves camping," says her friend Noa Shaw, an assistant director. "That's the one thing she does ferociously."
Survivor, of course, requires a special kind of ferocity, subtle but cruel. Having closely studied the Machiavellian maneuvers of last summer's $1 million-winning champ, Richard Hatch, 39, the 16 new players are already mulling over the alliances they'll broker or, if necessary, break. Before she left home for the adventure, Brighton Township, Pa., native Amber Brkich, 22, a class of '00 grad of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., received some advice from her father, Valentine Brkich, a bank systems analyst. "You may not have liked Richard," he told Amber, who last year traveled to the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador, "but he knew how to play the game. The bottom line is, you want to win."
The result: By Day 3 members of the Kucha camp have debated the issue of back-stabbing, with Bingham protesting, "That's not what this is about."
He's right. It's more about the instant celebrity accorded virtually all of the first 16 survivors, who landed everything from bit TV roles to modeling gigs. Crusty Rudy Boesch even got that ultimate talisman of fame, his own action figure. No wonder the sequel attracted 50,000 applicants. Some of the current crop of survivors may prove more inherently fascinating than others. Debb Eaton, 45, a prison corrections officer from Milan, N.H., was married to a state trooper who died three years ago. Now, according to two friends, she is romantically involved with her late husband's son, 34. "They were never like mother and son," says one friend, a former neighbor. "They have a great relationship."
Another noteworthy contestant is Tina Wesson, 40, a mother of two from Knoxville, Tenn., who has been struggling with rheumatoid arthritis for almost five years. She already ran a marathon in Dublin. Recalls her husband, Dale Wesson, 42, a construction-company vice president: "She told me, 'If it affects me 20 years later, so be it. Right now, I'm going to live.' "
Oh, and one more thing: Tina is ruthless. "If she can kill me in a game," says her husband, "she will."
Survivor II's 42-day fight to the fittest, which taped from Oct. 23 to Dec. 3, started off with a bang (and a little barfing) with the contestants being left behind after a deliberately stomach-flopping plane landing. By Day 4, though, the 15 remaining players—one got the boot on Day 3—had settled down to coping with such fundamental Out-back trials as avoiding sunstroke.
The Kuchas' Elisabeth Filarski, 23, a Boston shoe designer (and marathon runner), sensibly donned the multicolored headdress she made last summer while watching the show and dreaming of being on the sequel. The Ogakors' Kel Gleason, a 33-year-old Army Captain and Bosnian war veteran currently stationed in Fort Hood, Texas, whittled a large stick down to a sharp point. It might someday spear a fish. Oddly enough, given the snakes, the players in both camps ran around barefoot—although this might be expected from Kucha member Kimmi Kappenberg, 28, a freelance TV production assistant (and part-time bartender) from Long Island. "She has never been squeamish about snakes, frogs and turtles," says her father, Robert Kappenberg, 55, a retired aerospace worker. "We used to go out snake-hunting."
The Ogakors have so far managed to put up a laughably flimsy shelter of four posts roofed over with a Texas flag provided by Colby Donaldson, 26, a car customizer who recently moved his business from San Angelo, Texas, to Dallas. "One storm and it'll be scary living under a flag," says Rob Porter, an Australian outdoorsman who gave the players a briefing and a guidebook on local wilderness living.
The Kuchas' shelter is a more substantial affair, with a tarp roof and a wall of planks to break the wind. And the Kuchas are better hunters. "They've caught freshwater prawns and mussels, and now they've caught two fish," says Porter. "The Kuchas really excelled." Michael Skupin, 39, who brought home the tribe's first fish, has shown definite leadership potential. The born-again Skupin, twice married and the father of three, sounds from business partner Greg Swan's description as if he should run for office. His first priority, says Swan, "is God, then his family, then his country, his career and then himself." (Before he left for Australia, he also made sure to complete his absentee ballot.)
Mike is joined in his fishing expeditions by Nick Brown, 23, a Harvard Law student and sometime model from Steilacoom, Wash. Brown, who has ROTC training, wades into the river without apparent concern over the two species of crocodile known to visit it. "He never freaks out," says Ayodele Carroo, a friend at Harvard. "He keeps things in perspective."
But the Ogakors aren't exactly what the Australians call "sooks" (crybabies) either. They have their own retired police officer, former Washington, D.C, inspector Maralyn Hershey, 52—whose nickname on the force was Mad Dog, for her tenacity in chasing down crooks. The never married champion equestrian "was aggressive," Joyce Leland, a former D.C. police officer, says of this real survivor, a recovering alcoholic for more than two decades. "And don't run on her, for God's sake, because she will hound you till she gets you." The Ogakors also possess the potentially towering advantage of 7-ft. South Dakota native Mitchell Olson, 23, an aspiring singer-songwriter who works as an office temp in Manhattan. But, warns his mother, Joann, Mitchell hates to be reminded of his height. "And he doesn't play basketball," she adds.
And, should they ever manage to match the Kuchas in fishing skill, their team includes a professional chef, Keith Famie, 40, a divorced father of two from West Bloomfield, Mich. In a career that has included cooking in Monte Carlo and Brussels, doing a TV cooking show in Detroit and owning his own restaurants, "he was willing to take incredible risks with food," says his friend Kevin Mains of Albuquerque. For the conquering Ogakors, Keith has offered to make—paella?
Half an hour away by dirt road, the production crew's camp seems as luxe as the Canyon Ranch spa. Staffers sleep in individual pup tents, have access to modern electronic conveniences (including e-mail) and are served catered meals of roast chicken and steak. "In the middle of nowhere we've created a city," says Jeff Probst. "I get to go back to my little hut and have a diet Coke."
But out on the lip of the bluff, Probst is drawn into survival mode by a dare. Jerri the actress looks up at him and calls out in a flirty voice, "You gonna jump?"
"Yeah," he yells back enthusiastically. He pulls off his shirt and shoes, runs to the ledge and leaps into the pond.
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Greater New St. Peter Baptist Church's Anointed Angels dance team of Edgard will hold a benefit dinner to raise money to purchase uniforms on August 29 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the church. 200 W. Third St. The cost is $7.
Fellowship service
Greater New St. Peter Baptist Church, 200 W. Fourth St., Edgard, will hold a women's fellowship service August 24 at 2 p.m. The theme is "Christian Women Submitting to God." Glendora Jeffery from the King Solomon Baptist Church in Lutcher will preahc.
Fundraiser set
There will be a fund-raiser luncheon benefit for Gail Comminie, for medical expense on Thursday, September 18, 2014. The benefit will take place at 226 west 4th st at the Comminie' s Resident. Time is 11 a.m. to 6p.m. The cost is $8 for a plate luncheon of fish, red beans, green salad and dessert or bake spaghetti, potato salad, sweet peas, dessert or fish sandwich and dessert.
St. Mark Church religion class orientation planned
St. Mark Church's school of religion in Ama will hold parent, guardian and student orientation August 25. It will begin with Mass at 5:30 p.m. All students and parent/guardians are required to attend. Religion classes will begin September 7 from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. for grades 7 to 11th, and September 8 from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. for grades 1 to 6. For information, call Mary Loupe at 504-431-8505.
Canaan Baptist Church news
Canaan Baptist Church of Killona will celebrate its 148th anniversary August 24 at 9:30 a.m. Reverend David Carter of Greater Plymouth Rock Baptist Church of Reserve will speak. Reverend Henry Wolfe will preside over the celebration.


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PENNS GROVE – A caravan of Magi traveled through Penns Grove
The little entourage traveled from Memorial Park on Main Street, down South Broad and ended at Dunn's Park, where a live nativity was witnessed by many.
The Maji presented gifts to the New Born King, Jesus.
The caravan included angels, shepherds and towns people.
The horses and Magi, Doug, Nick, and Steve, were provided by Ranch Hope. Several area churches of the surrounding ministerium coordinated and participated in the caravan.
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Make this fun and easy flower card for Mother's day. The 3-D effect really is neat and the kids will have so much fun making it.
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You take little scraps of tissue paper (about 1 inch size) and crumple them into little tiny balls. Then you glue. That's it.
I started by making the line down with glue for the stem of the flower. Then I covered that with the little green tissue balls. Next, I added the green construction paper leaves left over from our last project. I outlined the leaves in glue and added the tissue paper here. Then I drew the flower center and then the petals one by one.
- This makes a sweet flower for the front of the card to give to mom or grandma on Mother's Day. It would also be cute to do different designs such as a butterfly, heart, or the letters M-O-M.
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As you might be aware, I proposed a panel for SXSW [http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/10348] on DIYbio. One person who I think epitomizes DIYbio is Cathal Garvey. He's builds instruments (the Dremelfuge), gives numerous talks (here at Ignite Dublin), gives workshops, compiled a practical guide, and even applied for a license from the Irish EPA. You can't go wrong learning from his adventures in Indie Biotech.
He is one of the panelists I've chosen, and he's agreed to come (if he can make it). I asked him a few questions about DIYbio and the panel. Here are his replies:
What drives you to do what you do?
"The most amazing work is done by the passionate, and it's hard to be passionate about science when you have to fit into the straight-jacket of a profit-driven or grant-dependent organisation. Some of the biggest problems out there are both economically unviable to solve and are fundamentally boring, meaning that it's hard for either traditional category of science to address them. I want to have the power to address the things that matter to me, and to see others do the same."
Why do you think we should tell the SXSW crowd about the future and impact DIYbio?
"I'd like people to realise that biotech is going to become commonplace someday, just like mechanics, electronics, and computer programming. That this means two things: Firstly, that countries that are burdening biotech with scaremonger-fed legal systems or overly protective "Intellectual Property" are hurting their present and future in this wave of innovation. Secondly, that now's the time for people to press for openness and accessibility in this technology, by taking part or supporting the work of DIYers who aim to kick-start Open Source biology."
What would you be doing if you weren't being a bio tinkerer?
"I'd probably still be pursuing a "traditional" career path in academic science, hoping that in ten or twenty years I'd have my own lab in which to tinker and students to do it for me. I'm too impatient now that I realise there are other, faster ways to choose what I research."
What's the one thing someone can do before they come to our panel to prepare?
"Read about biotech, life science and genetics on wikipedia. As with any engineering or science panel, I imagine we'll bury ourselves in jargon sometimes and have to dig our way back out. If people know what DNA is, how it leads to proteins in cells, and what that means for how biotechnology works, they'll be ready for the more abstract discussion on the implications and potential of biotechnology."
Anything else you think might be relevant to help someone decide about the applicability of our panel at SXSW?
"Any tech conference needs to prioritise present and future technology concerns in a good balance. At present, silicon is king and programming for online social webapps is the big trend, but "Big Social" is already feeding into and morphing into the next-big-thing; massively distributed empowerment. Biotechnology, as a tech platform, comes pre-loaded with distribution and personal empowerment; I predict a dovetail between what we're seeing happen right now and where biotech is going to enter the public awareness. SXSW would be doing itself a big favour by presenting DIYbio and Open Source Biotech this year, while it's all coming together so quickly."
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Today we welcome Vanessa of Plaid and Paleo to our blog to share a recipe AND a leftover remix recipe! We love that idea! We first connected with Vanessa on Instagram, and we also recently featured two of her gelatin recipes in our mega Gelatin Round up. Her blog is beautifully designed with great photography, and sweet, personal stories that go along with her recipes.
Hi there! As a longtime reader and newly converted lover of bacon, I am so excited to be blogging on Paleo Parents today! While I don't have kids, I have five nieces and nephews. I admire how Stacy and Matt engage their boys in eating healthy and helping cook. If you have a family or even if you don't, it can be hard to find the time to cook.
When I first started eating Paleo, I would make huge portions of one meal and eat it for five days straight. This got old quickly, but I wasn't sure how to change my habit. Between working long hours and attempting to squeeze in working out, I didn't feel I had time to cook something new every night. Finally I reached a tipping point after eating meatballs for lunch and dinner a week straight. On day six, I decided to whip up a zucchini "hoagie" and have myself a meatball sub. I'm not sure what took me so long to realize leftovers don't have to be boring.
I love this recipe because it stems from this same notion. You are cooking two dinners in one setting. While both contain the same ingredients, they are still very different. You can cook the meatballs one night and store the leftover turkey for burgers the next night. If you want to get all the cooking out of the way, you can easily cook the burgers at the same time as the meatballs and reheat them the next night. This recipe serves two but can be easily doubled for a larger household!
Cranberry Pesto
- 2 cups fresh basil, lightly packed
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 3/4 cup fresh cranberries
- 1 date, seeded
- In a small sauce pot, simmer cranberries in 3/4 cup water until all berries have popped.
- Add in date and continue to cook until sauce reduces to jelly-like consistency.
- In a blender, mix all ingredients for the pesto until smooth.
Cranberry Pesto Meatballs
- 1 lb ground turkey thighs
- 1/2 cup cranberry pesto
- 2 tbls coconut ?our
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp ghee
- In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except ghee. Mix well with your hands.
- Let sit for 10 minutes to allow the coconut ?our to be absorbed.
- Over medium heat, melt ghee in a large ?at-bottom skillet.
- Roll mixture into 10 1-inch meatballs.
- Cook covered for 4 minutes, ?ip and cook for another 4 minutes. Continue to cook until all sides of the meatballs are browned.
Butternut Squash Mash
- 3 lb butternut squash, cut lengthwise
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tbls extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbls coconut milk
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- Turn oven to 400 degrees. Roast squash with flesh side down for 45 minutes.
- Once the squash in done cooking, carefully remove the skin with a knife and cut into large chunks.
- In a food processor or blender, mix all mash ingredients until smooth.
For the second night meal:
Form remaining turkey mixture into two burger patties with a small divot in the middle. Over medium heat, crisp two strips of bacon. Remove and cook burgers in bacon fat for about 7 minutes until sides start to brown. Flip and cook for another 5 minutes. Serve on top of remaining squash with a dollop of cranberry pesto and bacon.
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Trucking Radio, As It Used To Was
Once you get the bug to DX the AM band, out of your expanded choice of stations you typically find yourself a regular listener to some far-flung station after the sun sets. When I was a kid in southeastern Michigan, I got hooked on WCFL in Chicago, specifically listening to Bob Dearborn night after night. He had this late-night feature "Long Gold" where he'd play the full album version of a song that would normally abbreviated on top 40 radio (or perhaps not played at all). Seems silly now, but hearing the full version of the Animal's "House of the Rising Sun," or "Sky Pilot" seemed pretty heavy back then. (Remember when "heavy" was a good thing?)
Anyway, my longest DX love affair with a far-off radio station came a few years later. While still in Michigan, I came across the "Road Gang" on WWL in New Orleans one night in the mid 70's. And for the next twenty years or so, WWL was always a signal I'd seek out when I could get my nocturnal fingers on a tuning knob.
Booming up the Mississippi basin, WWL comes in like a local many nights in the Great Lakes region, around a thousand miles to the north of the transmitter. In my listening experience, WWL at 870kHz has been the most dependable long-distance DX on the AM band. Although the reception isn't nearly as reliable or clear here in the northeast.
Then there were national weather reports, given by state and interstate highway. And commercials for every aspect of the trucker lifestyle. There was a time travel appeal as well. The whole approach to radio was from an era before I was born. Each time check was tagged as "King Edward Cigar Time."
Now considered radio legends, Charlie Douglas and Mr. Nemo were fun to listen to at the helm of the Road Gang– homespun showmen for the working class. But for a bundle of reasons John Parker was absolutely my favorite host on the show. With a big rugged baritone and a grab-bag of cornball slang and 18-wheel idioms, Parker was a humble charismatic voice in the night. A true radio companion for truckers, night owls and country music lovers.
So, let's get to the meat of the matter. Here's a full ninety minutes or so of Parker on WWL (in two parts) from January of 1988. As I said, WWL in New Orleans has a heck of a signal into the Great Lakes Region. Hear for yourself. Radio waves traveling roughly 920 miles arrive amazingly intact upon arrival. One thing you get used to when spend much time listening to distant AM stations, is "fading." You find that even loud and clear signals sometimes slip away into near nothingness (or reveal other faint stations on the same frequency). But the gaps are usually brief, and like so many things with AM & SW listening, often unpredictable. But the fading in this reception is pretty forgiving, and and doesn't happen all that often. I think I made this recording because the signal was just so damn strong that night.
Yes, all the the trucker trappings of the show were a lot of fun, both for the real working class authenticity, as well as the corny mythos of American Trucker. But it was all the the great music that kept me coming back to the Road Gang over the years. This one program is responsible for making me a lifelong country music fan. The music format of the Road Gang was deep into the history of C&W– pin-balling all night from honky-tonk to old-timey to western swing, bluegrass, Nashville, Outlaw… The whole 40 acres. Each night a unique rich patch of tunes.
Then late each Saturday night, Parker held court for two hours on the AM dial with one of the finest music programs I've ever heard on the AM dial– "Country Music The Way It Used To Was." No slouch in music history, Parker was assisted by a musicologist or two in putting the show together. And each week he conducted a freewheeling country and western seminar, featuring hits and rarities from the first 40 years of country recordings. What a great program this was. So often, a deep musicology driven radio show like is presented by some excitable geek host, or a dispassionate or unprofessional one. And they're like shiny museum exhibits on FM. With Parker you get history, music and great radio, and his program is on the historic AM band, where the music was first heard.
So let me offer you a couple of 47 minute chunks of "Country Music The Way It Used To Was." This first aircheck comes over a year after the first two in this post. And in that time I had actually moved from Michigan to New Orleans. So instead of having to put a special radio in a special place at a special time to pick up WWL, it was now a loud and clear local. So these two episodes of "Country Music The Way It Used To Was" are crystal clear AM broadcasts. However these airchecks are slightly edited. When I made these recordings I edited out most of the commercials, as well as the weather and news.
The first selection comes from February 26, 1989. (You may note that Parker makes note of their new satellite connection/syndication with KRVN in Lexington, Nebraska. It was a way of opening up the west to the Road Gang (foreshadowing the show's eventual national syndication). Nice eclectic mix in this hour– some tasty Texas Playboys, wacky Lew Chlldre and a bit of very early Johnny Cash (Little Woolly Booger?).
The next offering is from "Country Music The Way It Used To Was" broadcast August 13, 1989. Some solid from Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas, who were also passengers on the fatal plane crash that snuffed out Patsy Cline's life as well. But what always gets my attention when I hear this archive are the songs by Hank William's wife, Audrey. Wow. I never knew she was talented that way.
In ended up in Florida for the first half of the 1990's, and despite the fact that WWL's transmitter is a few hundred miles closer to Tampa, the signal doesn't have nearly the oomph it does beaming toward the north of New Orleans. I rarely picked it up while I was there. When I moved to New York City in '97 I totally lost track of the Road Gang until I got home internet a year or two later. Then when looking online I discovered the program itself had relocated to Nashville. And although it was still syndicated on WWL, Parker had fallen off the schedule
In the summer of 1999, I sent a few emails to some folks at WWL trying to find out what happened to Parker and whether he was still on the air somehow. When I finally did get a response, it wasn't good news. "John Parker still works for us," the woman wrote. "He's the overnight board operator… on from 11pm to 5am." Board operator? One of my favorite radio voices was reduced to pushing buttons and adjusting levels? Don't get me wrong, I think radio engineering is a noble profession. But it was distressing to hear that a great radio talent was reduced to technical duties.
One thing I did learn from my time in New Orleans is how hard it is to leave the Crescent City. Especially if it's always been your home. If you've never been there you might not understand, but suffice to say New Orleans has a sustaining quailty for those who love its humid maternal grace. (Which made the Katrina fiasco all the more tragic.) So it's only a guess, but tend to think Parker didn't follow the show to Nashville because he wasn't willing to run away from home.
Then again, the music-heavy trucking radio format on continent-covering AM stations (as created by Charlie Douglas and others in the 1970's) is long gone anyway. Beside's the Road Gang on WWL, there were also semi-national overnight shows out of 50,000 watt AM giants WLW in Cincinatti and WBAP in Fort Worth. Now trucking radio on AM is like most of what you hear on the dial– syndicated talk radio, only instead of discussing politics or sports, its trucker talk. Which can be kinda fun, but it's not like hearing rare Bill Monroe tracks at three in the morning.
But the funny thing about that triumvirate of trucking radio shows that used to rule the night, is that like some rock supergroup the big named hosts from each program joined forces a few years ago to invest their decades of radio into an truckin' all the time national satelittle station. The "Truckin' Bozo" from WLW and the "Midnight Cowboy" from WBAP have teamed up with Dave Nemo to host their own programs on the "Open Road" channel on XM Radio. Since I've never been near an XM radio, I've never heard "Open Road." And while I realize that time marches on, I still have an aversion to paying a fee to listen to radio.
A year or two ago I ran across a fellow traveler in the radio business, and in the course of our introductory conversation we discovered we had both worked in New Orleans, which somehow led to the topic of John Parker. I found out this man I just met had been a fellow board-op with John. Apparently, Parker never let on that he used to be one of the hosts of the Road Gang for many years. As I write this I don't recall all the details of our conversation, what stuck with me is that although this guy really liked John Parker, in real life he wasn't exactly the easy-going gentleman I heard on the radio. He noted that Parker could be moody and odd. Even an introvert. Or maybe he was just pissed off that since he couldn't or wouldn't move to Nashville with the Road Gang that he was reduced to babysitting knobs instead of talking to half of America? And the most significant fact gleaned from that conversation was that John Parker had actually stopped living not that long ago.
So, my little anecdote of radio glory ends on a sad note. Both John Parker and thoughtful overnight music programs like his on U.S. clear channel AM stations are really part of history now (OK, there's still WSM…) DXing medium wave just isn't as much fun. And personally, I guess I blew my chance to pick up the phone and thank him for all those nights of great music and radio fellowship.
So, if you never heard Parker on the Road Gang years ago, I humbly implore you to have a listen. And get a taste of what it was like to have Honest John Parker bumpin' around in the dark, makin' all that noise.Tagged with: charlie douglas • clear channel • country music • dave nemo • john parker • road gang • truck driving • WWL


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Rebuilding the Black Grove
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Coconut Grove has seen its number of Black residents dwindle in recent years as more young people move away for better opportunities and homes become abandoned. In fact, based on the most recent U.S. Census numbers, there are only about 3,000 Blacks living in the Grove a marked decline from its high of 10,000 when generations ago skilled Bahamian immigrants first began to populate the area. But there are some longtime residents who refuse to admit defeat despite the challenges of substandard housing and joblessness like Thelma Gibson and Jihad Rashid. Gibson, 84, is an icon in Coconut Grove, not only because of her almost 85 years of life and service to the community, but because she is the widow of Father Theodore Gibson former City of Miami commissioner, leading civil rights activist and the priest of Christ Episcopal Church, one of the oldest churches in the Grove. I have 10 siblings and am 20 years older than my youngest brother who knows nothing about how things were in the Grove when it was totally segregated, Gibson said. We are the oldest section of Miami since we were incorporated in 1876, 20 years before Miami. But everything was separated racially until well into the 1960s. There is still a real dichotomy here between rich and poor and Black and white. Like portions of Goulds and other South Dade communities, we need to bring economic development into our community. Gentrification has occurred with more whites and Hispanics moving in but Blacks have yet to see any significant, positive change. Rashid, 63, is CEO for the Coconut Grove Collaborative, Inc. He says that because the area has been designated as a neighborhood development zone or targeted urban area, by all levels of government, that there are many opportunities to build affordable housing and to reduce the social and economic disparities that currently exist between Blacks and whites. This has been a long-neglected area and for decades we have been trying to bring in redevelopment and revitalization projects, he said. Finally, we are seeing a breakthrough. Former Commissioner Gimenez did nothing for us while he was in office but Commissioner Suarez has done just the opposite in only a few months. We needed that helping hand. The Collaboratives major initiative is Gibson Community and Educational Center a project slated for Coconut Groves Village West neighborhood. This will improve housing and business as well as the quality of life for our residents. And while we have had great success working in collaboration with other affordable housing groups, this will be the first major project that the Coconut Grove Collaborative has undertaken alone. Things are in motion for the groundbreaking and the bidding process starts soon. Its going to finally happen. Rashid says his community the hole in the donut surrounded by wealth but suffering from poverty, will see better days in the future. The spirits of our Bahamian ancestors are still among us and we are determined to not only recapture the glory of the past but make this the kind of place to which our kids want to return, he said. I know some projects were delayed and loans were held up because of the economy, Gibson added. But after three or four years of promises from developers, its time that they make good on those promises. We keep hearing about things in the works. I still dream that it is possible for us to see this community return to its past when our streets were safer, our people were healthier and where everyone could earn a decent wage. By D. Kevin email@example.com


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Drop into Auburn Pitts for good times and great food.
Drop into Auburn Pitts for good times and great food. The restaurant is a neighborhood favorite, and offers a casual, friendly dining atmosphere that you and your friends are sure to enjoy. Auburn Pitts also features a friendly, professional staff of great people, who will make sure you enjoy your visit and that Auburn Pitts lives up to its reputation for pleasant dining and superb cuisine. The menu offers an inspired array of selections that is sure to satisfy everyone in your group, every time. Be sure to ask your server about new selections, daily specials, and special chef's creations. Whether you're in the mood for casual dining or a special occasion, Auburn Pitts is sure to please.
Cuisine : American
Price : -
Amenities : Billiards / Pool,Dancing,Darts,Game Room,Karaoke,TV,Wi-fi
Atmosphere : Bar Scene,Live Music,Outdoor Dining
Attire : Casual
Banquet Facilities : Off-Site Catering,Over 100 People
Bar : Beer,Full Bar,Micro Brews,Wines
Meals : Dinner,Lunch
Reservations : Not Required
Parking : Parking on Site
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Promo code valid from January 1st, 1970 12:00:00 AM to January 1st, 1970 12:00:00 AM (Central Standard Time).