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Backus Cornfest royalty pageant kick-off August 1
Children in kindergarten to grade 11 in the fall of 2013 are welcome to the Backus Cornfest pageant Aug. 1. Contestants must be from Backus or Pine River.
There are four age categories: Little miss and royal guardian, kindergarten to grade two; junior prince and junior princess from grades three and four; prince and princess for grades five to seven; and Miss Backus for grades eight to 11.
The Aug. 1 kickoff at the Lakeside Baptist Church will start at 6:30 p.m. with an interview at 7 p.m. and a talent show to follow. Applicants must also make a poster of Colonel Cobber on a western adventure and be ready to tell his story.
Applicants are expected to find a business, family member or friend to sponsor them and provide a float for them to ride at the Aug. 10 Cornfest parade. They must also wear clothing matching the float theme.
The crowning will take place Aug. 10 at 2 p.m. Winners will be required to ride in a minimum of three parades during their 2013-14 reign as Backus area Cornfest royalty. Contestant applications will be accepted up until the Aug. 1 kick-off.

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Winton Motor Raceway hosts the penultimate round of the V8 Supercars series this weekend. It has turned into a two-horse race for the championship with Triple Eight driver Jamie Whincup gunning for his fourth title.
Hot on his heels is FPR pilot Mark Winterbottom, who needs to stay in touch with the Holden driver and bag as many points as possible to head to Sydney for a final showdown.
Winterbottom has yet to win a championship title, and knows he needs to eat into Whincup's 296-point lead if he's going to have any chance of snatching the title from him.
Winton is the team's home track and although Winterbottom has been devastating in qualifying - being on pole three times and qualifying inside the top 10 every time since 2006 - he has yet to convert that into race wins at the Victorian track.
"There are still 600 points on offer but it'll be a tough ask to get past Jamie," said Winterbottom.
"We've got to try hard to win races from now on if we want to have a chance to win the championship.
"Being on our home track has its advantages and disadvantages. The track can change a lot, and the car setting you might think is good suddenly doesn't work any more.
"I'm never one to shy away from a contest and you can't give up. We'll be going at it to make sure when we get to Homebush [last round in Sydney] we're in with a chance to try to fight for the title."
The other drivers in the top five, Craig Lowndes, Will Davison and Kiwi driver Shane van Gisbergen, don't really have a realistic chance of winning the championship this year, although Lowndes could sneak into second if Winterbottom has a bad day.
Van Gisbergen is 345 points behind Davison so the chances of leapfrogging him are nigh on impossible. The young Kiwi instead will be keeping an eye on his teammate Tim Slade, who is 115 points in arrears.
"There's a small chance I can crawl up the table, but I'm just concentrating on staying fifth," said Van Gisbergen.
"Tim's the car behind so he's the one we're really fighting."
Traditionally, Winton hasn't been kind to the SBR cars as they tend to like the fast, smooth and open-flowing circuits, so this weekend could be a bit of chore for the team.
Van Gisbergen's best result has been a fourth, which he is still surprised about.
"At least he's [Slade] in the same car as us so that's a small consolation. We'll try our best and see how we go. My fourth last year was the only time we've been in the top at Winton.
"Hopefully the car will be better this year. The track is tight, twisty, bumpy and doesn't seem to suit our car.
"I'm not overly confident and going for a podium would be a long shot. We'll do our best and hopefully we can get enough points to stay in fifth.
"I'm sure we can do it and you can never give up. We've got the team to do it and I'll give it my best shot."
Qualifying has been, by Van Gisbergen's own admission, a struggle at Winton and he's always done better in the races. Who can forget how the 23-year-old monstered his way through the field from 27th in 2009 to finish sixth?
Another Kiwi in the top 10, Fabian Coulthard, is also looking for a good weekend as there are only 80 points between him and sixth place.
"It's good to be back inside the top 10," said Coulthard.
"We didn't have the best enduro rounds, but you've just got re-group and try to get every point possible over the remaining rounds.
"It's quite important to me finish the season in single figures and if everything goes to plan we should this year.
"I think getting up to sixth is achievable. I'd like to think I've got my bad rounds out of the way and the car's good at Winton - which is our test track - and I'm quietly excited and confident."
V8 Supercars points after 12 rounds
1. Jamie Whincup 3360
2. Mark Winterbottom 3064
3. Craig Lowndes 2971
4. Will Davison 2779
5. Shane van Gisbergen 2434
6. Tim Slade 2319
7. Garth Tander 2232
8. Lee Holdsworth 1913


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Crow Wing Power board distributes Operation Round Up donations
The Crow Wing Power Community Trust Board donated $31,000 to local community programs during the third quarter meeting in July. Operation Round Up funds were distributed to the following projects:
$1,500 to Bridges Workplace Connection, Brainerd Lakes Chamber; $500 to Circle of Parents, Pequot Lakes; $2,000 to Civil Air Patrol, Crow Wing Composite Squadron, Brainerd; $2,000 to Boys & Girls Club, Little Falls; $3,000 to Care 'n Share, Emily; $1,700 to The Warehouse, Pine River; $2,800 to Youth Investment, Timber Bay, Brainerd; $1,500 to Northern Pines Mental Health, Brainerd.
Also, $2,300 to Central Minnesota Council Boy Scouts; $2,000 to Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans, Crow Wing, Cass and Morrison counties; $3,000 to Pine River-Backus Family Center; $2,000 for area youth presentations; $1,000 to Pequot Lakes School District; $2,500 to Junior Achievement, Brainerd; $1,200 to Riverside Elementary School, Brainerd; and $2,000 to Private Cooperative Members Crisis Medical Support.
Operation Round Up is funded by participating members of Crow Wing Power who allow the cooperative to round up their electric bills to the nearest whole dollar. The additional change is pooled and distributed quarterly.
Since the program's inception in late 1996, Round Up has donated nearly $2,417,000 to community projects and programs in Cass, Crow Wing and Morrison counties.
The next quarterly meeting is scheduled for Oct. 24. Grant forms can be obtained by calling Crow Wing Power at 218-829-2827 or 800-648-9401 or at www.cwpower.com. The deadline for grant applications is Oct. 10.


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2017 Mock Draft (Pre-combine / FA):
Rd 1: OJ Howard (TE, Alabama)
Rd 2: Tanoh Kpassagnon (DE, Villanova)
Rd 3: Antonio Garcia (OT, Troy)
Rd 4: Samaje Perine (RB, Oklahoma)
Rd 5: Davis Webb (QB, Cal)
Rd 6: Ahkello Witherspoon (CB, Colorado)
Rd 7: DJ Jones (DT, Ole Miss)
I do think people are being a little harsh on him. I am not saying I would like us to pick him 19th, but he has done well for himself this offseason and I have to give him credit for that. But, I still am not fond of his value at 19.
Coming into the combine there were rumors that he played overweight while at Bama. I read he weighed as much as 380 lbs at one point during the season. Scouts were expecting him to look sloppy at the weight in. Apparently, he did not despite weighing 355 lbs. Many scouts , including Mayock, were saying he carried the weight well.
NFL has shown that players who play at high weights like that tend to suffer from durability and stamina issues. Simply put, it is a massive amount to carry around for an entire game, let alone an entire career. He will likely need to get down to 330ish. That doesnt seem all that hard, but you never know. NFL history is riddled with players who failed because of weight management issues.
To be fair, Fluker has been extremely durable to date. But a 21 yr old guy carrying 355+ lbs for a couple years is 1 thing, doing it into your 30's is another and people like to spend early draft picks on O-linemen who will last.
These little question marks are enough to lower his value to the point where I wouldnt risk it at 19. I do think he would most certainly help our run game because he is absolutely a mauler in the run game. But, we arent a team uses the oline to "maul" anyways. We typically use very complicated blocking schemes that require more finesse blocks.
I will never be surprised by Reese, who is brilliant at keeping his intentions under wraps. But I can say I would be more surprised that in recent years if we selected Fluker.
Maybe if you get Fluker down to 320 or so he moves better, but does that take away from his ability in the run game?
Either way, how often do you see OTs go in the first (especially mid first) that are really RTs only, and possibly guards?
If you take an OT in the first, he better be able to play LT.
I just got a feeling about Watson that i don't have about Fluker... Like i said, i personally woulden't touch either in RD1, as there not rd 1 prospects in my opinion... I woulden't take Fluker in RD 2 either.. I think hes a bust waiting to happen personally.. And even if he plays ok, i see him with a short shelf life, that fades quickly, and isn't a 1st rd pick that has a long succesful NFL career...
DJ Fluker Sports Science
First thing you'll notice is that he doesn't need to lose ANY weight. And watch this little dude FLY!
2017 Mock Draft (Pre-combine / FA):
Rd 1: OJ Howard (TE, Alabama)
Rd 2: Tanoh Kpassagnon (DE, Villanova)
Rd 3: Antonio Garcia (OT, Troy)
Rd 4: Samaje Perine (RB, Oklahoma)
Rd 5: Davis Webb (QB, Cal)
Rd 6: Ahkello Witherspoon (CB, Colorado)
Rd 7: DJ Jones (DT, Ole Miss)


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I bought wood to make some modified Warre hives. (They are about an inch wider -- 14" outer dimensions, and shorter, and the top bars are more narrow.) I'd like to eventually make a lot of hives, because I'd like to make a living from beekeeping. I'm afraid I need to cut the fabric about 18"x18", though if I can cut it to say 15"x15", maybe I could finish more hives with less fabric.
I have a 15% off coupon from Hancock fabrics that I could use to buy 100% jute burlap 36" wide, $2.79 per yard. (I don't know the shipping.) It expires on the 10th, so I need to decide quickly. This means I could get 12 pieces of fabric and finish 6 hives per 3 yards. If I could cut 15"x15" I could get 7 hives per 3 yards.
That is $7.11+shipping and about $1.19 per hive.
The other option I have found is to use canvas painters drop cloth. I found one at lowes.com (again, not including shipping):
Blue Hawk 9-ft x 6-ft 8 Oz. Canvas Drop Cloth $10.98 This would be 12 hives at 18"x18" or 14 hives at 15"x15". That is $.92 per hive.
The drop cloth is cheaper, but I don't know if it is good enough.


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The Last Windrow: Sparky the farm dog
I was going to submit another of my "Classic" Last Windrow columns this week, but for the life of me I can't find the column I was looking for. Computers are wonderful things unless you misplace something somewhere never to be seen again.
At least when I wrote on a piece of paper, I had some physical evidence that I had been there.
Alas, I will have to do this the hard way; I'll have to earn it!
The classic column I was looking for had to do with the first dog I had ever laid claim to. His name was Sparky.
What made me think of this subject was the fact that I had our current canine, Jada, to the dog doctor a couple of weeks ago for some minor surgery. When the vet asked me how old Jada was, I told him what I believed to be her age, 7 years.
He looked down at his file notes and said, "Sorry to tell you this John, but Jada is now 10 years old."
How could that be? Where did those other three years go?
"But," the vet continued, "she's in good shape and should last a few more good years."
That made me feel a little better, but not much.
Sparky had never gone to a vet. I don't think farm dogs back then even got rabies shots on any regular basis. Farm dogs were expected to "tough it out" and money was meant to be spent on farm animals that could produce a dollar.
Dogs, although loved and treasured, came in low on the priority list.
And, Sparky never really endeared himself to the point where you would want to spend much money on him. He was a white, shepherd/collie cross with sparkling blue eyes that looked friendly. He also had a set of canines that could open a can of beans with one puncture, and he knew how to use them.
Sparky had bitten just about everyone except members of our family. The milkman made a hasty entry into the milkhouse to pick up his cans on his pick-up days. The mailman never got out of his car to deliver a package. He just honked the horn and we would go get the package from him, Sparky trotting at our side and looking harmless.
The guy that delivered bulk gasoline always called first to make sure Sparky was locked up in the barn. He had scar tissue on both his lower limbs as a result of Sparky's tenuous defense of the farmstead. Sparky put him up on the gas tank stand more than once until we could pull the dog away.
One nice summer day a nicely dressed saleslady came driving into the farmyard. I don't know what she was selling, but she did smell good. She was standing just outside her car door, putting something in her briefcase, when Sparky spied her from behind.
In one fell swoop, the dashing dog separated her from her nylon stockings without even tearing the skin on her calf. Now that takes talent!
I don't know what she was selling, and we never found out. She departed in a cloud of dust. Sparky stood watching her from the doorstep of our house with a piece of nylon stuck between his teeth.
I don't know how long Sparky lived. I think he could have been considered middle-aged when he tagged along to the graveled road with my Dad and me one afternoon. A couple of our neighbors, Fritz and Herman, stopped on the road to visit. They didn't get out of their car; they knew better with Sparky standing in the ditch nearby.
They visited about the looks of the fall crop, the price of hogs and some other farm-related items and then bid Dad and I a fair adieu. As their tires began to turn on the gravel, Sparky rushed out of the ditch, bit into their front tire, punctured it and one turn of the tire did the trick — broken neck, dead dog.
This was a traumatic experience for me! There he laid, my protector, my hero, my companion. Done in by a car tire and by his own stupidity. Fritz and Herman offered their apologies to my dad and me, but I didn't think they looked too sad as they finally stood outside their car, staring down at Sparky.
Fritz said, "Boy, it takes a lot of power for a dog to bite through a tire."
We all had to agree.
Dad and I put Sparky in the bucket of our tractor's loader and carried him over the hill to rest above his favorite rabbit roost. I knew he would have wanted to be there. From then on, it seemed we had a lot more company on the farm. Everyone got out of their car without looking over their shoulder.
Sparky was gone. It was a sad day. But, not for everyone.
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Well said. I am very like minded.
Almost all of us are collectors. I once knew a man who had 35 1972 Dodge Darts. Some people collect things that are pure junk to me! Some collect coins or stamps. My wife likes dolls.
I like to collect firearms. I especially like having military guns that were once used to protect my freedom. But, I have never met a gun that I did not like! Of course, I prefer some over others. I also like having guns that I could use to protect myself if the occasion was to arise. And, I have more than one of some tactical types. I also like having ample amounts of ammo for these weapons. A day may come (and maybe it already has) when you wont be able to go to the store and buy all the ammo you want.
My wife sometimes asks me: Why do you have so many? You can only shoot one at a time! I reply that I like them and I dont mind spending my money on them. Its my money and I can spend it the way I desire. I once knew a man who said: If a man wants to spend all of his money for soap, hell spend it all on soap! And, thats how I feel.
But, I dont tell my wife the other reason I want more than one of certain military style firearms. I feel that this country is going to Hell in a hand-basket. There is no way that things can continue as they are. Our economy is in shambles. The government has destroyed the value of our money. They are running monster deficits which can never be paid. Most of our manufacturing has gone to Communist China. More than 40,000,000 people are on food stamps. The true unemployment rate is probably around 20 percent. Millions more immigrants are coming here from Mexico and other countries to get on the gravy train which is straining the countries resources.
I see a day coming when society will break down and we will have to fend for ourselves. In other words, I believe in PREPPING! I want to be a survivalist! I have been planning how to survive the day that TSHF for more than 30 years. I started in the days when Mel Tappan was the survival Guru. So, in addition to many other survivalist items that I have acquired down through the years, I have a few battle rifles. And, I think that I know how to use them.
But, I cannot say the same for some of my family and friends! They think that there will never be any changes in our society. They believe that they will always be able to go to the store. Some of them ardently believe that the government will always be there to protect them. They see no reason to waste money on guns, ammo and storage food. They live for today; let tomorrow take care of itself.
Now, I recognize that I am only one man, that I can only do so much. I know that, as an individual, I have short comings. I realize that just me alone-with one rifle-wont amount to much. I need someone to cover my back. I need to sleep sometime. And, I am getting up in years. So, I dont want to try to survive alone. Therefore, I have extra guns and ammo stashed away to provide to my relatives and trusted friends. I also have stored some food for emergencies. When the wolf is at the door, a lot of people will suddenly become believers, but, it will be too late to go out and purchase the items that may be needed to survive. So, I have extras that I can let others use. It will be better for everybody. Theres strength in numbers. That is why I have more than one firearm.
Well said. I am very like minded.
Guns will always be a major asset, and besides the gun market is more stable than the stock market, and you get a better return on your investments. Unlike the stockmarket where you have all these brokers and those whom wish to minipulate stocks.guns will always go up once in awhile they go down but not very often, and besides ther efun to collect and in some cases rebuild or even make from scratch. Whats not to like?...Doc
Every time I walk into my gun room I just have to smile. Whenever I went to a gunshow, if I did not find something I really wanted at a price I wanted to pay, I would at least pick up a case of ammo, so it wasn't a "wasted trip"
Many of the cases have the price written on them in magic marker. I see cases of 7.62x39 & 5.45x39 marked $79, cases of 5.56 marked $189, a crate (1260 rds) of south african 7.62x51 marked $159 and so on. I don't have to tell you what that stuff is going for today, if you can even find it.
I have to Agree with everything Dario541 plus I really really really love guns
Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows that as a government grows, LIBERTY DECREASES."
Thomas Jefferson
I collect firearms and some I like better than others. I have a hard time deciding what to sell/trade when I want to keep my collection somewhat manageable. Still, having a "few" hundred firearms at times seems excessive but heck, we all have our "vices" I guess.
I like being free and independent. I have preps just in case and I long ago resolved to carry no debt. Feels very good to be free. So I don't "feel" guilty buying more firearms, ammo and accessories.
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
I've had just about every firearm know to man at one time or another, from Brown Bess's to 1919 Brownings and everything in between, and like everyone says,,,,"whats not to love" about them??
It's crazy to see where prices have gone sense I started collecting in the early 60's though. And BOY,,, have I sold some things I wished I hadn't now. Bet you all have too!! I even specialized in rare and historic arms for a bit,, but my finances couldn't support that hobby for long. I got into a engraved phase for a bit too that I thought was going to drive me to the poor house!! It came close!! I even owned a presentation, engraved, Navy Luger presented to Herman Georing from Hitler for several years,, it broke my heart to sell that one,,, but divorces make ya do CRAZY THINGS!!!!! Lets see,, historic gun,,,, roof over your head,,,,,a No Brainer there!! But Boy do I wish I still had that one!! I've had one of Bill Cody's Colt SA, revolvers,a Annie Oakley Winchester, and one of Teddy Roosevelt hunting rifles before, so I've had some really high end stuff over the years that cost as much as a brand new car would cost now days. All but one of those is are measuem's now,, which is where they should be.
Priorities ya know!!
I guess my Pa just created a monster when he used to bring me to Camp Perry and to the Springfield custom shop throughout the 50's +60's when I was growing up,,, the bugger!! He and his bud were big time competitors there, and his bud was sponsored by Springfield for many years ,, so the Springfield Custom shop was my "play ground" when I grew up, messing around with match Garrands and 03's.
Ya,,, it's all his fault I tell ya,,,,,Ya,,Ya ,,,I'm sticking to that one !!! HE created the monster!!! It's Not My fault!!???
I love my "Toy Box" too, even though it doesn't contain some of the higher end stuff it used to!!!! It still has enough goodies to keep me happy though Life is good!
[When I go to a gun show I may not find what I orgionally went there for, But I always come out the door with something, Last time I purchased a 38 cal copy of a S&W Victory Model for 35.00 dollars, and a Remington Model 11 WWll trench broom that was just the receiver and mag tube in mint condition for 5.00 dollars, and a shitload of ammo. I can never seem to go to one of these events without buying something, My rashonalaztion to my other hald is well It was a great deal and I was going to get one eventually! and ther eit wqas and the Price Was Right!!!....Doc


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Three Sulphur residents are facing numerous charges after breaking into a home on Raleigh Reed Road, authorities said.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said 22-year-old James Wayne Carey, 31-year-old Katie Erin Carey and 33-year-old Kevin Eric McBrain were arrested Wednesday.
"The victim said when he returned home, he discovered his window had been forced open," Myers said. "Several items, including a television, jewelry, X-Box, Sony docking station, compound bow and shotgun were stolen."
All three were charged with simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, firearm theft, theft over $1,500 and simple criminal property damage under $500.
McBrain, 2200 Post Oak Road, was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and was released Thursday after posting a $37,500 bond.
Katie Carey, 2720 Mary Ann St., was released Thursday after posting a $9,000 bond.
James Carey, 3936 Wright Road, remained in jail Friday on a $9,500 bond.
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office reported the following arrests:Deon Forrest Williams, 42, 7864 Nelson Road, No. 22 — domestic abuse battery, resisting an officer. Bond: $1,950.
Stanley Robert Mitchell, 55, 3451 Nelson Road — theft under $500, criminal trespass. Bond: $1,000.
Bob Simmons, 57, 2215 See St. — aggravated second-degree battery. Bond: $12,000.
Jeremy Isaiah Wyatt, 22, 1809 1/2 Commercial St. — possession of stolen thing over $500.
Justin Jamar Duncan, 24, 2404 E. Mill St. — obstruction of justice, first-offense marijuana possession, drug possession with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond: $2,750.
David Lynn Smith, 24, 2111 Tulip St. — resisting an officer, first-offense marijuana possession, drug possession, driving with a suspended license, obstruction of justice, non-moving violation. Bond: $3,000.
Donovan Micah Shepherd, 31, 2228 Myrtle Springs Road, Westlake — aggravated flight from an officer, reckless operation, drug possession, no license.
Kato Jamal Harrison, 23, 1219 N. Simmons St. — obstruction of justice, drug possession with intent to distribute, flight from an officer, second-offense marijuana possession, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, moving violation, no insurance, driving with a suspended license. Bond: $6,900.
Zachary Saul Menard, 28, 545 Menard Road, Sulphur — drug possession. Bond: $3,000.
Terrell Deon King, 34, 107 Libby St. — aggravated flight from an officer, drug possession, first-offense marijuana possession, four counts of moving violations. Bond: $2,750.
Mark Edward Fee, 33, 1787 Koonce Road, Sulphur — simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, theft $500 to $1,500. Bond: $7,000.
James Patrick Bertrand, 51, 3945 S. Blue Sage Road — forgery, false swearing. Bond: $5,000.
Trey Edwin Chaumont, 26, 725 Jefferson Drive — drug possession, disturbing the peace, theft over $500.
James Ranard Walker, 31, 1401 Grein Ave. — marijuana possession with intent to distribute. Bond: $20,000.
Eddie Ray Tillman, 38, 1101 Gulf Lane, Sulphur — unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling.
Trent Alan Dubroc, 23, 1800 Beglis Parkway, Apt. 105C — video voyeurism. Bond: $20,000.
Jason Robert Weisenfeld, 29, 401 South Welty St., Apt. B, Iowa — theft over $1,500, possession of stolen things.
Michael John Derouen, 25, 1070 Mildred St., No. 7, Sulphur — possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Bond: $10,000.
Richard Croucher, 24, 2899 Sugarloaf St., No. 127 — drug possession, possession of a firearm in presence of a CDS, non-moving violation. Bond: $8,200.
The Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office reported the following arrests:
Jena Mayes, 25, DeRidder — two counts of issuing worthless check. Bond: $1,300.
Timothy Foster, 57, Starks — domestic abuse battery, home invasion. Bond: $5,000.
Ezra Coutee, 38, DeRidder — possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond: $30,000.
Mitchell Buchanan, 40, DeRidder — DWI, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
Raleigh Reeves, 43, Lake Charles — two counts of theft, two counts of criminal trespassing.
Belinda Decker, 40, DeRidder — drug possession, possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond: $40,000.
The Sulphur Police Department reported the following arrests:
Dacey Lynn Edwards, 24, Lafarge Street, Sulphur — Disturbing the peace by public intoxication, simple burglary, resisting arrest.
Robert Charles Spencer, 37, Moss Street, Lake Charles — drug possession with intent to distribute, improper lane use.
James Ranard Walker, 31, Grien Avenue, Lake Charles — drug possession with intent to distribute.
Posted By: Marshall Law Dog On: 6/15/2013
Title: Good Job
Get the dopers off the street
Posted By: RLC On: 6/15/2013
Title: extra officers
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Digging deeper for beach toxins
While they already know parts of the beach are contaminated from the ongoing oil seep, Chevron is conducting a detailed site investigation to figure out just how deep and wide that contamination has spread.
A mix of oil, gas and diesel has been leaching offsite from the North Burnaby refinery since last spring, but the company has yet to pinpoint a source. The oil is showing up in a trench next to the railroad tracks and on the beach below the refinery. To date, the seep appears to be the result of contaminants leaching into the ground over time and migrating offsite through the groundwater. Chevron hired a crew from URS to conduct the detailed site investigation, which should wrap up by mid-Februray.
On Wednesday, workers were digging on the beach with a drill, taking samples for analysis. Mike Gill is one of the URS project managers. He said the investigation is to determine the extent of the contamination.
When asked if there was any threat to human health, the environment or wildlife, Gill replied: "That's what we're trying to determine - if there's a risk."
Once the fieldwork of the detailed site investigation is done, Chevron will install absorption mats underground on the beach to soak up the material. There's also a smaller seep, about 50 metres west of the larger seep, where oil is also showing up in the sand. Chevron has put soaker pads on the spot, but company spokesperson Ray Lord said there isn't enough material there to put another boom on the beach, like they've done to cordon off the larger seep. "That area is something we've been tracking closely," Lord said, referring to the smaller seep. "We will be dealing with it. We're aware of it, we will be keeping an eye on it."
Chevron also plans to install an underground absorption mat for the smaller seep. URS has done sampling all along the beach to see if there are more oil seeps. "At this point in time, these are the two areas we know about and intend to deal with," Lord said. Longtime Chevron critic Judi Marshall lives close to the tank farm.
On Dec. 2, Marshall was walking on the beach when she spotted the second, smaller seep and alerted Chevron, but she said they already knew about it. On Wednesday, Marshall visited the smaller seep and said there was more material on the beach than there was in December. "That leads me to believe it's getting worse," she said.
Since spring, roughly 16 litres of oil have made it to the beach below the refinery. Chevron has also recovered 10,000 litres of oily material onsite, through a series of extraction wells, and about 800 litres have been recovered from the railroad trench. The material represents about 68 barrels' worth, but the vast majority has been captured in the cleanup, according to the company.
While Chevron hasn't found a source, Lord said they've got a new specific "area of focus" around the effluent sewer system. Chevron is isolating the spot for further investigation. Lord said they will be excavating there and any oily material found will be recovered, and treated.
The subsequent report will be available on Chevron's community advisory panel website in the coming weeks. For updates, visit www.chevroncap.com, click on Resources and select "Burnaby Refinery Area 2 Seepage" under Current Issues.


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My strongest hive has been completely taken over by SHB--just discovered it Thursday, but am out of town until Monday, so can't deal with it until then. This hive had been in this place for 2 years, last year had a few SHB but nothing serious. I had 3 medium supers with one hive body, and it looks like larvae everywhere. I have had smaller collections of bees, usually queenless, that got overrun with SHB, but never a strong hive. In fact, I just looked at them a week ago, and didn't think much of the number of beetles that I saw. I probably had about 60 pounds of honey in that hive. I took about 6 frames out that didn't seem too ruined and put them in the freezer. The rest of the frames that I removed went into chlorox water. My question is, what do I do with the frames with honey that went into the clorox water...can I rinse it off and feed it back to other bees. And is the honey in the freezer salvageable?? I know one thing, all of my hives are going to have West Beetle traps in the future--it just happened so suddenly!!
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Woo-hoo! My first SgtFang kit! This is going to be fun. This is my first movie-sized helmet, and as many of you know, my first was the Golden Armor Fett kit. It's quite different from the Golden Armor -- much cleaner and the lines are better defined. The kit did have various tiny holes and bubbles -- some in very difficult to acccess areas -- but I believe with patience and my collection of detail metal files, I should be able to bring this up to presentation condition!
I've posted more photos and am doing a more comprehensive write-up on my work on this helmet at:
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1. People are crazy or sad... or crazy and sad... You can get so caught up in the Internet world that you forget to look at things from an "outsider". An "outsiders" perspective can be very different then when you are all "up in the mix". Not that being crazy or sad is a bad thing - it is just a different perspective that I had not related to in awhile.
2. Life is passing and time is not about to stop - that beautiful breeze in the backyard feels so good on my pasty skin... that screaming kid telling her brother "you are NOT the best brother anymore" still has the cutest button nose and longest killer eyelashes... Playing Connect 4 367 times in a row IS fun... Sleeping in, in the mornings is AMAZING. I had gotten so caught up in "finding the time" to write posts that I passed some of these things up here and there.
3. I enjoy browsing and then moving on. I would over analyze, re-read, analyze again, etc... It feels nice to skim and move on about my day.
4. Laughter... I missed laughing. I laugh that is just WHO I AM... and I was losing that about myself. I wasn't laughing as much anymore - I was getting stressed, hurt, and fun Mel was becoming somewhat of a "fun sponge".
5. Competitive Mel was rearing her ugly head... I have never been one to dismiss the fact that I am a competitive person but sometimes this can get out of control. I always root for everyone to reach their dreams, potential, and/or fulfill their goals and there was a part of me that was getting annoyed and spiteful. That is NOT ME! I don't like that part of me, even though comparing ourselves to one another is human nature - it can spiral out of control and I was headed down that road. I had to NIX that in the bud with a quickness. Feels nice to have the "good ole Mel" back.
6. Validation... I admit, getting validation from others was nice (if anyone tells you that they don't enjoy validation from others, they are LYING in my opinion) - but was it truly needed? No it wasn't. I have wonderful friends and family that support and encourage me. My friends IRL and the one's I have met online that are now my life long friends, love me for me and know the real me.
7. Not everyone will like or understand me... Yes it is true I struggle with this. I want to be a good person that people walk away from and say "she was really nice, I enjoyed meeting her" but truth is, NOT everyone will understand or like me. After I took a step back I realized that I can be the nicest person on the planet and SOMEONE will always find something negative to say or think. No I don't think it is okay, but I deal with it better now.
8. I am a passionate girl... Yep... I am passionate about what I do and that included blogging and sometimes being completely passionate can make or break you. I was caught up in posting EVERY SINGLE DAY, trying to make my content worthwhile, and/or giving the readers what THEY want to hear. That type of passion turned into resentment and time spent doing something that just didn't bring me that much joy anymore. Sad, but true.
With all this being said, I still love the blog world and the wonderful relationships it forms, help it provides to those in need, and... not going to lie, entertainment. To say I am done blogging is a LIE... I love popping in and saying hi, sharing stories of my life, and seeing how everyone is doing. I just felt compelled to state these eight findings today for my own personal reference.
Hope this finds you all well and have a wonderful rest of May:)


text: I have been reading some opinions over at Bob is the Oil Guy and apparently there are a LOT of folks that belive K&N air filters are the worst thing you can put on your vehicle. The speak of large amounts of engine damaging dust being sucked into the engine, ruined MAF sensors, accelerated engine wear, etc. Apparently the only evidence to support this claim was a test done back in 2004 by Arlen Spicer. http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/3-...rmarket-air-intakes-filters-do-they-work.html I've used K&N air filters for years with no problems. My thing is, if K&N air filters were so terrible, would not competing air filter makers test their air filters against K&N, publish tests to try to get people to buy their filters over K&N?


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shafnutz05 wrote:Thanks for the game!
A couple of comments
1) I'm curious to see how much PMing being allowed helped out the village. Not a fan of the rule at all, but SDD is allowed to run his game any way he wants.
2) We were screwed from the get-go this game. The first night, I try and kill Willie Kool, kill is blocked. The first day, WK posts a random list that naturally has me at the top. That night, I try to recruit Troy Loney, and it failed. Just a very unlucky game.
shafnutz05 wrote:HA so you DID doctor the random.org!!! I feel so vindicated there
Sam's Drunk Dog wrote:The village of SpringfieldSpoiler:1. CBear3
3. Ulf
4. obhave
6. Pavel Bure – Groundskeeper Willie – regular villager7. Rylan
8. Redwill
9. Troy Loney
10. canaan
11. Willie Kool
12. Shafnutz – Mr. Burns – red alpha
MWB wrote:I pm'd obhave to ask if she was the seer, but she didn't reply. Smart of her to handle it the way she did.
Willie Kool wrote:Sorry MWB, but at least I learned a lesson. :oops:
obhave wrote:My pming with nan could have ended badly, but enough people had pmed me about being the that i didnt think it was a secret. I looked into him, redwill (who i killed), and cbear. In case of a recruit i didnt tell him about night four before i was killed and wasnt planning on telling him more.
Also, rylan you are a liar
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The act of scoring a game winning or game tying goal in the last 5 minutes of a sporting match. Named for the Philadelphia Union's Danny Mwanga's uncanny ability to do so. (Pronounced Ma Wang Gad)
You thought the lead was safe, and you were counting your three points, then bam! You've just been Mwangad!
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So there's been an issue with uploading new emoticons (beer, thumbs up, etc). They're in the box, they just don't work when posted. We hope to get this issue resolved in the next week or so. For now, use this thread to post any images you want to be uploaded.


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Anyone who has ever sampled the auditory sewer that is right-wing talk radio can understand the impulse to reinstate the so-called "fairness doctrine," which, for 38 years, gave the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) the power to regulate broadcast speech, under the guise of balancing public debate. That is just what an improbable coalition of congressional lefties and right wingers is again threatening to do.
It would indeed be satisfying to symbolically rip the tonsils out of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, and Bill O'Reilly, the slime masters who dominate national syndication. And it would be equally satisfying to neuter the host of second-rate imitators who plague local radio. But that would be silly and wrong-headed. Here's why.
Born in 1949, the fairness doctrine was the child of a primitive day, when radio bandwidth was limited and television was still developing. Cable TV, satellite radio, and the Internet — and all that it has spawned: e-mail, search engines, blogs, podcasts, YouTube — were beyond conception. Better known as the equal-time provision, the fairness doctrine called for "ample play for the free and fair competition of opposing views." That sounds reasonable enough, but in both theory and in practice, the fairness doctrine was a bad idea.
Under its guise, political appointees had the right to act as policemen of sorts, regulating broadcasters in a way that would be unthinkable for newspapers and magazines. The government was called upon to regulate political discussion; that discussion might ultimately affect government action. There was a circularity to this that was so contradictory as to be ridiculous.
Thankfully, the doctrine died in 1987, when the Regan-era FCC rightly concluded that cable and other communication innovations would revolutionize how we generate and consume entertainment and information. Since then, at least three congressional attempts to revive the doctrine have failed. We hope this one, spurned by the failure of the compromise-laden immigration-reform bill, will as well.
While certainly far from perfect, that bill was a rare instance of right-left cooperation, led by Democratic senator Edward Kennedy, of Massachusetts, and Republican senator and presidential candidate John McCain, of Arizona. And yet the talk-show venom directed at the immigration bill by Limbaugh and company was so toxic that it prompted their fellow reptile, Mississippi Republican senator Trent Lott, to wonder if "talk radio is running America."
Massachusetts senator John Kerry, who himself suffered outrageous and unfair treatment at the hands of the talk masters during his presidential campaign, favors reinstating equal-time protections. But while he has our sympathy, Kerry, on this issue, is still wrong.
There are a staggering 14,000 radio stations now broadcasting throughout the nation. Talk radio, approximately 90 percent of which has a conservative bent, accounts for not quite four percent of that audience. Limbaugh may command approximately 13 million listeners, but the more-balanced-yet-still-left-sympathetic National Public Radio (NPR) weighs in at 20 million. This analogy isn't perfect, but it suggests that diversity of opinion in media is not an endangered species.
Moreover, media audiences are not monolithic. There are plenty of lefties and moderates with a taste for the bizarre who tune into Limbaugh to get some kicks from the dark side; and there are scores of hemorrhoid-addled geezers who get their rocks off by ranting to themselves as they tune into NPR while driving to their NRA meeting.
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Poyer is a guy i would love to get.. Athletic, ballskills, fast..etc
I've had him ranked behind Milliner since about October... I like Jonathan Banks as well, but thought the gap was closer then made out to be, and now u see Banks dropping in some mocks to the 20's while Poyer has risen to early 2nd, so i guess people are agreeing with my initial assesment?
To be honest, i don't even know if Jonathan Banks is the best CB on his team, as Darius Slay is a heck of a player as well..
Rhodes is pretty rough around the edges, but I think he has the most upside. I'm surprised teams didn't challenge him as much as he does tend to be over aggressive and flip his hips early in the receiver's routes. But a few more years learning technique and I think he can be a very good NFL corner.
I don't think the gap between Milliner and Poyer is great if there is one at all.
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Tragedy of the WebKit Commons
We don't know how many of Opera's core developers will move to WebKit development, but the press release isn't encouraging: "The shift to WebKit means more of our resources can be dedicated to developing new features and the user-friendly solutions." I suspect they want some cost savings by eliminating Presto technical staff, or -- in the most optimistic case for their employees -- refocusing existing staff on the parts outside WebKit core that make browsers different.
Opera did land their first WebKit patch so they wanted to make a statement that they weren't getting out of core browser development altogether. Then again, the age of that bug just underscores one of the problems with WebKit. It took five and a half years to make a half-line fix! Now as a first commit it's a great one for the Opera team, since it lets them get the feel of the system and of course they had to write a few more lines of unit tests. But five years? Why so long to fix a trivial bug? Because fixing bugs doesn't make news.
Each release of Chrome or Safari generates excitement about new bleeding-edge features; nobody seems to worry about the stuff that's already (still!) broken. jQuery Core has more lines of fixes and patches for WebKit than any other browser. In general these are not recent regressions, but long-standing problems that have yet to be addressed. Opera probably doesn't have any more incentive to fix the common bugs than any of the other diners at the WebKit table -- especially when jQuery continues to cover up these mistakes. Instead, Opera will want to focus on their own bleeding-edge unique features, all while people complain about jQuery's "bloat".
When we started our jQuery 2.0 cleanup to remove IE 6/7/8 hacks, we were optimistic that we would also be able to remove some bloat from lingering patches needed for really old browsers like Safari 2. But several of those WebKit hacks still remain. Even when they have been fixed in the latest Chrome or Safari, older WebKit implementations like PhantomJS and UIWebView still don't have the fix. We've had to put back several of these as users reported problems with the beta. It's starting to feel like oldIE all over again, but with a different set of excuses for why nothing can be fixed.
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But five years? Why so long to fix a trivial bug? Because fixing bugs doesn't make news.ReplyDelete
No, because it was a corner case bug that didn't affect anybody much, and the specs weren't clear even if it was a bug in the first place.
Maybe try reading the discussion under the bug fix on the tracker page.
No offense, but maybe the time that was spent adding workarounds to jQuery for bugs in WebKit would have been better spent fixing those bugs. Now I understand that jQuery's goal is to provide a working solution *today* and not sometime in the distant future when some patch gets merged and becomes widely used. In the long run, however, fixing the actual bug would provide more value.ReplyDelete
If you are going to reference "Tragedy of the Commons", do it correctly by pointing out what a horribly simpleminded fantasy the whole fiction is.ReplyDelete
The original paper by Garrett Hardin simply explored the idea. He did not use real data and it was not scientific in any way. It was a thought experiment. And generally proven wrong.
Why it it relevant to mention this? Because the article mentioned here about Webkit references it in some attempt to connect it to the idea that Open Source or Free Software is an example of Garrett's argument.
However, if anything, WebKit is a counter example in an interesting way. One typical example of given to TOC is global fishing. However, if anything, global fishing is an example of large corporations exploiting a resource owned by nobody (vs a resourced owned in common). In a similar fashion, WebKit might be an example of corporations exploiting code owned by nobody.
Incidentally, this is not the case for many Free Software projects (vs Open Source). Because Free Software projects ARE owned by a group of people in common. And typically the governing structure is less exploitative, and more cooperative than corporate controlled projects like WebKit.
I'm a Chromium developer. It's not clear from your blog post: are the majority of the bugs you're complaining about things that are still broken on the WebKit trunk? Or things that you have to hack around because of the number of out-of-date WebKit-based UAs? If the former, are there bugs on file at bugs.webkit.org?ReplyDelete
I ask this because we spend a lot of time fixing bugs in each release, and if there are major problems we're missing, then I'd like to ensure they get triaged and investigated properly. But the complaint you write here isn't really actionable, because it's short on details.
Feel free to ping me directly -- firstname.lastname@example.com -- and I will try to ensure someone takes a look at your issues.
Maybe we need a less-exciting ACID test. A test of useful but inconsistent functionality.ReplyDelete
Personally I wish canvas mouse location handling was done more consistently.
But watch out, the last ACID test focused on functionality that was controversial, or less than important. Mozilla was right not to prioritize their effect to solving the acid test. They had their own tests.
Furthermore webkit pisses me off because webdevs think they aim for 1 platform. You can't. Please recognize the web is defined by standards, please adhere to them, and please respect your users. They don't use chromium, they don't use opera, they don't use safari, they don't use firefox, they don't use IE.
As a long time web dev I've always been annoyed that all browser developers seem work on the sexy new tech and the mundane boring stuff I actually need to get my webapps done I have to lean on jQuery heavily for stuff that should be in the browser by now. Just look at HTML5, all the browser makers are demoing advanced sexy stuff like Real Time Communications, yet try to get a simple html5 input type=date working across the browsers you'll either get nothing or a very poor implementation just to cross it off the list as supported. Back to jQuery to make some simple forms actually work....ReplyDelete
There's one line that already invalidates most of the text: "jQuery Core has more lines of fixes and patches for WebKit than any other browser."ReplyDelete
WebKit isn't a browser, but a rendering engine, used by countless browsers. To compare an engine and other browsers seems like a dirty trick to exaggerate the numbers.
That said: Yeah, there still are many old bugs that need to be fixed. Most of them are corner cases, which don't affect too many users. But that makes it even worse, when you are one of those affected.
But even with that being true: This article isn't worth reading, even for a rambling.
Maxim, are you claiming that there is no incentive problem, no tragedy of the commons, as ownership gets more diluted?ReplyDelete
The example of the lake is simply a case of more dilution. Doesn't the lake belong to the people of the country?
My biggest concern is not the webkit bugs, but the HUGE mistake of homogenization. If everyone is using the same browser engine, we now run into the same problem when IE took 90% of the browser market.ReplyDelete
So now we have Safari, Chrome, Opera and other small players all using webkit. This is dangerous and it means the only big player left is Firefox to keep things dynamic. I can see it now, that Microsoft decides to change the browser core to webkit (since they are heading down to 15% share) and then we can really be in webkit hell.
I will stick with Firefox and encourage other to do the same to avoid this if at all possible.
I've spent hundreds, maybe thousands, of hours getting things to work in IE whereas working about inconsistencies between WebKit and Gecko is rarely more than a minor change (even including mobile support).ReplyDelete
The biggest issues in my experience are poorly defined points of the specifications and the tendency to remove features from the specs if they decide they're not being implemented fast enough. To much design by committee goes on instead of just having someone in charge.
I'll agree with other comments that to often exciting big features get all the attention while nobody works on the small things that would actually be more useful to most developers. This happens as much at the spec level as at the code level.
The other issue I've had is that developers are unwilling to change the spec to add new features, or fixes to bad specs, without getting something pushed through as the actual spec. I can understand the hesitation but it makes it difficult to advance things that might be useful or at least worth exploring.
(One example: I've several times tried suggesting an option for the password field to make it hash the username, domain name, and password together and submit this hash instead of the plaintext to the web server. Seems this would be helpful in stopping most password security issues but every response I've got has been negative. And it could end the annoying feature of most websites where they require some idiot specific combinations of characters required. You could even have a single password used everywhere in that case as it'd be salted before submission.)Replies
Supporting client-side password hashingis a great idea, but has a few problems.Delete
First, of course it doesn't prevent replay attacks on the same site if someone intercepts network packets.
Second, site names may not be fixed. A site might rebrand or be accessible under more than one domain name, or a login might work across different sites (aol.com/aim.com, hotmail.com/live.com/msn.com, google.com/gmail.com, etc.) So the sites need to help by providing the authoritative, constant site name to use, otherwise this would need to be omitted for salting purposes, which makes the username/pw combo no longer unique across sites (as many users reuse both their username and password).
Third, users may log in from different devices, all of which would need to support this standard, and use the same exact hashing function. Until virtually all browsers support it, it really can't be used at all.
It would be a great idea for individual sites to implement in javascript, but that might be asking a lot, as so many don't even get the basics right (storing passwords in plaintext, not using ssl, etc.)
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By M. Morley
From: Sacramento, CA
Jun 26, 2007
The approach hike is straightforward but steep, gaining 1600' in elevation from car to the base of the route. Count on a solid hour at a brisk pace.
Pitches 5 & 6 link with a 60m rope (180').
By Wesley Ashwood
From: Squamish, BC
Oct 26, 2009
This is a great route to move into 5.8 territory. The 5.6 and 5.7 sections are steep and well protected with fun features everywhere.
I brought an old BD 3.5 that came in handy a few times, you could probably get away with a 3 but for that extra pro its worth lugging along.
Avoid a backpack, its definitely a nuisance in the chimney as well ad the 5.8 OW which is in a pretty sharp corner.
We linked 5 and 6 together with some nasty rope drag and wind, but everything worked out alright.
By Daniel Max Christiansen
From: Green Bay, WI
Jun 18, 2010
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|I would say, and the word around the valley is, that due to the greasyness of the 5.8 OW the rating is fairly sandbaged
By mark felber
From: Wheat Ridge, CO
Jul 14, 2011
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|This climb gets my vote for the best 5.8 around. I did it for the first time in 1982, did it many times after that. The hike to the summit of Higher Cathedral Rock is well worth doing, the view of El Cap is spectacular. I've sometimes lowered down a bight of rope and hauled the pack up the OW section, then left it clipped to some gear while I finished the pitch, just to save the second having to carry the pack up that stretch.
By Bonesaw
From: CA
Jan 4, 2012
rating: 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|One of my favorites of all time! Did it on Jan 2nd, 2012. Can be done in four pitches with a 70m rope.
By thecornyman
From: Oakland, CA
May 25, 2012
|Second time up so I tried the 10c variation on p4 and it was really good. The final 10a finger section looked dirty so at that pointed you can also stem back to the regular route. Perfect hand jams on slight overhang. Really fun.
By Sirius
From: Oakland, CA
Jun 11, 2012
Fun and exposed variation goes out right after traversing around the roof that caps the chimney/corner. Up to a ledge on right-slanting corner, then out right to good hands with lots of air under you feet and an amazing view of the complex, tiger-striped face of Higher's east face.
5-star route, no sandbag at 5.8, bring the #4 if in doubt.
Edit: This is not a PG-13 route, and none of the anchors on this route are sketchy if you do 'em right.
By dindolino32
Jul 6, 2012
|Good time, there was a lot of easier face climbing that was pretty damn run out especially the 2nd pitch. Bring a #4 for piece of mind. Also 2 #3 camalots helped for piece of mind. I also found my C3s were handy. There was a lot of fixed gear that I clipped but never tested them. Also the pitons on the crux chimney was welcome, otherwise the chimney would have been more dangerous. I still thought it was a PG-13 route. I was also tired from climbing the week before though.
By Brian Prince
From: morro bay, ca
Oct 15, 2012
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|I've climbed this twice over two years or so and I still think the crux pitch is harder than anything on the Northeast Buttress. And if you don't bring bigger gear it will sure be scarier too. When I think of the two now, therefore, this one makes me uhhhh way more nervous. Even though the NEB is way longer, I'd say it's way more doable as far as the climbing and pro go. Seriously, one should bring a 4 or 5 if there's any doubt. It's just for the one spot but I'm sure it could probably be used elsewhere
By Xtine
From: Las Vegas and Sierra Eastside
Oct 15, 2012
|Great climb at the start of a cold day...I just wanted to warm though: I got stung up pretty nicely by a swarm of yellow jackets that my partner accidentally riled up in the brush as we were hiking off. It was where you hike up an obvious trail right after topping out and it parts faintly to the left or right. We took the left - which included passing through the brush that the hornets reside in. Additionally, later I learned of a girl that was stung up two weeks ago on the same hike off after climbing Book of Job. Be warned!
By mark felber
From: Wheat Ridge, CO
May 13, 2013
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|Regarding the location of the climb, the best place to park is NOT on South Side Drive in front of Middle Cathedral Rock. There are quite a few climber's trails here, most of them leading to various routes on Middle Cathedral Rock. Park on El Capitan Drive, the cross over from North Side Drive to South Side Drive. Walk down to the 3 way intersection of El Capitan Drive and South Side Drive, and there's a very obvious climber's trail at the west end of the intersection. This leads to what is probably the most efficient line up the Spires Gully.There are a few too many climber's trails leading into the Spires Gully, so keeping as much traffic as possible on this trail should minimize our impact on the area.
By Rude Boy
From: San Francisco, CA
May 20, 2013
rating: 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|The approach description in the previous post is spot on. You will gain a large obvious trail that heads up the gully between Higher Cathedral Rock and The Spires. Use this trail for any routes on Higher Cathedral Rock or Spire. I lead the first four pitches and there was a good amount of runout on some of the face parts and the large gear I plugged into the corner system was questionable at times. The fourth crux pitch felt 5.9 to me but I was kinda tired and not using the best technique at the moment. I was able to get good gear in the corner on the fourth pitch though (two #4 and one #5 Camalot). I was not able to clip the lower fixed pin on pitch 4 because my Black Diamond OZ carabiner would not fit through the eyelet of the pin. Started late and climbed the last pitch in the dark sans head lamp. FUN! That made the route live up to it's name, literally. Easy to get down off of Higher in the dark. You have to go south toward Hanging Valley until it almost cliffs out and then trend south east. It is not harder than class 2 so if you run into cliffs you are going the wrong way. Eventually you wrap around (keep trending left) and then are north east facing. Now follow the obvious trail all the way down the gully and back to the road (same one you came up on). Micro nuts would have been good for some of the belays but we got by without. The belay at the top of pitch 3 was sketchy. The rest are all pretty solid.
By Luke Mehall
From: Durango, Colorado
Jun 7, 2013
Def. plenty of chimney action on this one, I was happy to have an old 4.5 camalot with me (equivalent to modern #5 camalot).
Old school 1960s Jim Bridwell route! proud line done way before cams. props.
By Avon
Jan 11, 2014
|One of the first ascensionist' name is incorrect. Brian Betty is actually Brian Berry.
By Ed Henicle
From: Santa Rosa, CA
Sep 13, 2015
|We took 2 #4's, and a #5 to protect the wide sections, and a few small cams for the thin cracks - great day in the Valley
By Tatiana C
From: Oakland, CA
May 3, 2016
rating: 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Climbed this on April 30, 2016 and there are 2 very loose blocks/pieces on pitches 2 and 3 (or maybe 2 and 4?). Also, make sure you're not going up the descent gully (depicted) on the approach. ;)
By Andrew Voss 1
Jun 8, 2016
Dropped an approach shoe from my pack from the belay just below the right arching off width (p4). Message me if found (thanks!).
Did this route in 4 pitches with a 70 m. Pitch 1 to the slings on the vertically aligned pitons. This used the whole rope. Then pitch 2 to the base of the right arching off width. P3 was the standard p4, the right arching off width. Then 5 and 6 (our p4) could be linked to the top, on great easy climbing.
By Alex Wyvill
Jul 23, 2016
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By Sean
From: Oak Park, CA
Sep 17, 2016
|P4 10c variation is wild fantastic fun. the frontfacing roof directly above that finish goes at 5.9 or so, with dangling airy exposure. P6 up the daunting steep face via the improbable line of happy jugs also awesome cool


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My 1st two attempts have failed. Cant cut tree much more without it falling possibly. So, I think I want to mount a Nuc Box on the tree and install some fresh Broad comb with eggs in it.. I need to wrap the entrance to the tree (cut out) in screen and install a bee excluder so they will exit the tree and not be able to get back in. I am hoping they will move to the Nuc Box where the fresh broad comb will be...
Does anyone have pictures and/or instructions to build an excluder?
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i'm gonna try to do a bit of grafting in a week or so... gonna make some queen cups the fbm way..
however... if i make the cups, and attach them to a bar, i'm sure i can cut them off the frame with a knife, but do the bees make the base of the cell broad enough so that it can be hung between to frames or do i need to have some kind of base? For some reason i thought of attaching a bunch of quarters on a frame and putting a cup on each, that way i could pop off the quarter and then it should be easy to hold a cell upside down and be broad enough not to slip into the space in-between.
but then i don't know if the cells would be too far apart. I have 'Queen rearing essentials" and there was a photo in it with 2 frames of cells.. one had them close together and one had them further apart,, and the book said the closer ones were the correct ones.
or am i doing it in a weird way?