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Buxton named finalist for Senior Living Art Showcase
Liz Buxton of Baxter was recently selected as a finalist in the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) Senior Living Art Showcase for her artwork titled "Birch Trees." Buxton was chosen out of a pool of over 200 artists for her artistic embodiment of this year's theme carpe diem.
Buxton's artwork will be recognized at the ALFA's annual conference and expo, which is attended by thousands of senior living professionals.
According to the ALFA website, the organization serves as the voice for operators of senior living communities and the seniors and families those communities serves. ALFA exemplify the principles of choice, dignity, and independence for seniors. To support these principles and to enhance quality of life for seniors, ALFA influences public policy, promotes business excellence and ensures an informed public.
Ann Reed's Heroes presentation scheduled
STAPLES — Ann Reed's Heroes: A Celebration of Women Who Changed History and Changed Our Lives will be presented at 7:30 p.m. March 24 by the Staples Motley Area Arts Council at Centennial Auditorium in Staples. Appearing with Ann Reed will be the Staples Area Women's Chorus, Dan Chouinard, Joan Griffith, Thomasina Petrus, Aimee K. Bryant, Leslie Ball and Denise Tabet.
Heroes, a song written and performed by Ann Reed (1991), was her response to hearing a call-in show on the radio and reading several articles arguing that there were no real role models left for children or adults. Remembering her history classes and that little was mentioned of women's accomplishments, she went to work. Starting with a long list of women from all over the world and a variety of careers, she chose 40 women. They were chosen without regard to nationality, political ideology or religious affiliation but rather for the place they hold in history. Another important factor from a songwriter's point of view was the ability of their name to blend into the rhyming and pacing of the song.
The song struck a universal chord and grew to anthem proportion. In 2007, Reed completed the play Heroes: A Celebration of Women Who Changed History and Our Lives and cast a host of performers and enlisted a local choir. The first performance was produced by Minnesota Public Radio, recorded on CD and DVD, and received critical acclaim. The Staples concert is part of an eight city Minnesota tour.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students in advance, or $15 and $7 at the door. Tickets will be available on the Arts Council's website at www.staplesmotleyarts.org or at the Staples Motley Public Schools Community Education Office by calling (218) 894-2497. Anyone purchasing six or more advance sale tickets to any event, or series of events, will receive the special season price of only $10 per ticket. Any student with proper identification can purchase a Student Rush Ticket one hour before the show for only $1.
Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin to perform March 23
NISSWA – Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin will perform in a dual performance for the Grassroots Concerts series at 7:30 p.m. March 23 in the Live Well Nightclub and Coffee Bar, Nisswa.
Texas natives Schmidt and Elkin have formed a partnership in real life, not just musical life. Their on-stage performance makes for a classic case of the sum being greater than its parts.
Schmidt is known for his poetic lyrics. Named to the Chicago Tribune's "50 Most Significant Songwriters in the Last 50 Years," Schmidt rapidly ascended from underground cult hero to a widely recognized artist of generational influence. After winning the Kerrville New Folk award in 2007, Schmidt won the notice of venerable Americana roots label, Red House Records, which in 2009 released the critically acclaimed album, "Instead The Forest Rose To Sing." This exposed a much broader audience to his music, alongside such notable artists as Greg Brown, Eliza Gilkyson, and John Gorka.
Elkin is the gypsy spirit known for her soulful, dynamic vocals. She has drawn comparisons to Patty Griffin and Nanci Griffith. The respective strengths they each bring merges to create a performance of great energy and spirit, one that audiences seem to be able to connect with emotionally, spiritually, and intellectually.
Admission is $10 at the door for adults and $5 for children under 12 with listening attention, when accompanied by an adult. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Concerts hosted by the non-profit concert series are made possible in part by a grant from the Minnesota Legislature awarded by the Five Wings Regional Arts Council.
For information go to www.grassrootsconcerts.org, call 829-4092, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Heartland Poets to meet
Heartland Poets, a local chapter of the League of Minnesota Poets, will meet Saturday in the large room of the Brainerd Public Library. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. with a short business meeting. Afterward, poets will share their poems-in-progress. Bring copies so that others may better appreciate and understand your work. Refreshments will be served. This meeting is free and open to the public. Questions? Contact Heartland Poets at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 829-5402, evenings.
Eagles Tribute Show Next Up for CLC Cultural Arts Series
The Fabulous Armadillos, with Collective Unconscious, will perform their wildly popular Eagles tribute show, 'Takin' it to the Limit' for two shows: 7:30 p.m. March 23 and 8 p.m. March 24 in the John Chalberg Theatre.
Tickets are $20 and $25 and are available at the CLC Theatre Box Office, at 855-8199, or can be purchased online at www.clctickets.com.
CLC Cultural Arts Series Producer Patrick Spradlin recently sat down for an interview with Fabulous Armadillos members Greg Armstrong and Paul Diethelm, and Collective Unconscious members Jeff Engholm and Muggsy Lauer.
SPRADLIN: "OK, let's start with the name of the bands. Armadillos? We aren't in West Texas. Collective Unconscious? Sounds like something from the 'X-Files.'"
GREG: "We always thought Armadillos were the greatest creatures on earth, and we wanted to be just as great! Seriously, Greg "ARM"strong. I started the band's concept of a core band and several special guests back in 2006, and called the band Gary D. (my nickname) and the Fabulour Armadilos."
MUGGSY: "The band name came not, unfortunately, from the X-Files, but from a need for a band name. Sadly, there's no great story behind it."
JEFF: "Actually, the name did come from Jungian Philosophy. The place where dreams come from ... Or was it the fact that we all passed out at a party simultaneously? I can't seem to remember."
SPRADLIN: "Tell me a little about the members of the band we'll be seeing at 'Takin' it to the Limit.'"
GREG: "Well, there's me on keyboards I played in Heartbeat in the 80's, Bobby Vee in the 90's and GB Leighton in the 2000's. Started the Armadillos in May of 2006. Also run a successful jingle business, now in my 18th year of business called Creative Radio. Paul Diethelm on lead guitar. He's played with Johnny Lang, Pinetop Perkins, Slip Twister. Muggsy Lauer on guitar and vocals, and coffee roaster. Muggsy's a St. Cloud resident jazz guitarist.
Bill Scherer on vocals and guitar. Bill's played with the Johnny Holm Band from '76 - '83, and various Minneapolis bands and the Fabulous Armadillos.
Mike Zeleny is on bass, and is a member of both Slip Twister and the Fabulous Armadillos. Jay O'Donnell plays drums with Slip Twister and the Fabulous Armadillos.
Rich Witteman provides vocals and plays the castanets. He's a member of Half Steps, an a cappella group, and Collective Unconscious. Jeff Engholm sings vocals, plays guitar and keys, a true renaissance man. Founding member of Collective Unconscious, and has also played with Bobby Vee. Nathan Nesje does vocals, guitar, and is our resident political analyst. He's a member of Collective Unconscious."
SPRADLIN: "Some of you guys have played with some heavy hitters, like Bobby Vee and Johnny Lang. What did you take from that experience? "
GREG: "Specifically from Bobby Vee and GB Leighton, I learned how to be a touring musician and be able to live on the road, and work in that environment. Also, playing with Bobby Vee, the Bobby Vee band (consisting of 3 of his sons) backed up hundreds of artists, and you learn how to be a "sideman" and to take the spotlight when you need to and back out of it and let the artist shine as that is who they paid the ticket price to see."
PAUL: "Make sure that your guitar is the loudest and ration your per diem!"
Author appearances lead Spring Showcase events
LITTLE FALLS — Bookin' It Bookstore in Little Falls will be participating in the Little Falls Business Association Spring Showcase Monday through March 24.
Bookin' it will be offering StoryTelling with StoryCubes and Kids StoryTime at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday March 22, as well as author appearances and book signings March 23 and 24.
Featured Showcase authors, Deane and Jill Johnson, will be at Bookin' it from 3-5 p.m. March 23 signing their book, "Little Minnesota." "Little Minnesota" is a nostalgic look through photos, facts, and interviews of some of Minnesota's smallest towns. Central Minnesota towns represented include Fort Ripley, Hillman, Lastrup, Genola, St. Rosa, and Manhattan Beach. The book was Jill's idea and she did the research, interviews and writing while husband Deane contributed the photography. One individual Jill interviewed identified the "holy trinity" of most of these small towns as "the church, the ballroom and the baseball field."
Also signing books during the Spring Showcase will be Douglas Wood, author of the international bestseller and popular graduation gift book, "Old Turtle." Wood will be at Bookin' It from 1:30-2:30 p.m. March 24. Douglas Wood is a writer, illustrator, and musician from central Minnesota. Known primarily for his children's picture books, Wood has also written a number of books celebrating the role of nature in our lives. His two most recent children's books are "Franklin and Winston" and "No One But You."
All the Showcase events at Bookin' It are free and open to the public. Books available the day of the event or by calling the store at (320) 632-1848. For more information on Bookin' It events and for online ordering, go to www.bookinitnow.com.
Bookin' It is an independent locally-owned bookstore established in 1992 and is located across from the Historic Morrison County Courthouse on Second Street Southeast in downtown Little Falls.


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Velvet curtains. Purple lights. And a single spotlight shining on a lonely microphone stand that gave Auckland's Logan Campbell Centre an intimate lounge club vibe.
Add in a very un-hip-hop kick-off at 8.30pm that left punters scrambling to get into the venue on time and it was clear that A$AP Rocky's first Auckland appearance was going to be a hip-hop show unlike any other.
The charismatic Harlem rapper, known as much for his love of fashion as his booming rap anthems and warped Bone Thugs-n'Harmony-style flow, bounded on stage without a DJ, hype man or band in sight.
Rocky didn't seem to need them, beginning with what's starting to already feel like a greatest hits set with knockout versions of LongLiveA$AP and PMW (All I Really Need) - tracks taken from January's major label debut that's shaping up as one of the year's best rap albums.
Like the 24-year-old's career - which started with a 2011 mixtape that earned him a $3 million deal with Sony and has seen him work with everyone from Rihanna to Lana Del Rey, Florence Welch and Skrillex - Rocky avoided hip-hop cliches like the plague at his sold out concert.
"This isn't a show, it's a party," Rocky declared, regularly surfing through the crowd to prove his point, spraying the overheated front rows with water and letting two budding Kiwi MCs battle with him.
Rocky's reward? Boy band-style cheers for his every move.
After delivering those early blows, Rocky disappeared behind his curtains to deliver the best track of the night in Suddenly, a slowburning soul stunner that morphed into moshpit mayhem as the curtains dropped to reveal Rocky's full band, including three members of his rap collective A$AP Mob.
The hits kept coming with Goldie, Wassup, Peso and Rocky's version of Schoolboy Q's Hands on the Wheel (Chorus: "Life for me is just weed and brews") delivered like aggressive adrenaline shots to the heart, as rolling waves of bass and Rocky's quickfire flow pummeled the crowd.
The two-hour show climaxed with Wild for the Night, and whatever you think about the Skrillex-produced rave-rap hybrid, it needs to be experienced live before being dismissed. Quite simply, it went off.
Rocky finally gave in to one rap convention, allowing fans on stage for the finale of F***in Problems, but by that stage he'd proved his point: A$AP Rocky's paving his own path. You'd be stupid not to follow him.
What: A$AP Rocky
Where: Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland
When: Tuesday, June 25
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Window Well covers for crooked window wells
I have a 1950 ranch, full brick exterior, full basement, and dilapidated brick window wells with no covers. They are difficult to measure. 2 of the 5 wells were "reconstructed" on a budget. They did not dig out the whole well and only patched the upper portion. The original well dimensions appears to be around 16.5"x37" give or take half an inch. The reconstructed ones are about 18"x40" and slopes inward to the original 16x37 dimension.
I don't have the time this year to reconstruct the wells, although i certainly intend to! I'm looking for something temporary (1 year) to keep rain water out of the wells while still allowing sunlight. I don't want to spend $50+ on a well cover from home depot if I intend to rebuild the wells in the future. It is difficult to find cheap pre-fab covers that fit these wells. I am thinking I might need to make something myself. Any thoughts?
Pick up some Lexan or Plexi from HD and cut your own. That is the cheapest way to go.
Make sure to create some positive slow away from the home.
Darn, I was hoping you'd tell me I overlooked a cheap prefab solution.
I did a little research on plexi(acrylic) vs lexan (polycarb) it seems lexan is the safer bet due to its impact strength.
I found this site that sells custom cut lexan sheets. The lexan comes at 15% premium over the plexi. If I order five 40x18x.25" sheets I'll be set back $214 which includes $43 in shipping. They have a 1/8" thick product for $193. 1/4" looks like the better deal to me. There is also a 5% promo code if I "like" their facebook page
HD has 48x36x.22" sheets for local pickup priced at $67ea. I would need 3 of those, $201, plus I have to cut them myself.
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Drain Plug Question
While changing the oil tonight, I noticed that the drain plug on the shaft drive has a small magnet built into it, while the front engine drain plug does not. Would it hurt to order a shaft drain plug and use it in the engine? The threads and length appear to be the same.
Thanks for any comments.
Here is a forum member that sells them and shows them to be interchangeable
They are both 14MM but have a different part number and different price, must be because one is magnetic and one is not. There are several people on e-bay selling magnetic drain plugs for the Wing.
Does a magnet pick up aluminum shavings?
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Magnet does not pick up aluminum, but the ratio of aluminum to steel is about the same inside the crank & tranny as it is inside the final drive.
I have a final drive plug installed in my pan up front. Free with my spare final drive trike take off. Just closed up the hole in it with the one from the drain pan. Will swap it with the one off my (if) failed original final drive (if).
Problem with the after market mag ones is that the bolt does not take 17mm, but is (I think) only 13mm which means you can throw away your cool oil filter wrench.
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Taming Owen Franks. It's a tough gig, at least the All Blacks hope so tomorrow when they front the Springboks.
The tighthead prop will play his 50th test as his team tangles with the Boks who are also undefeated in this year's Rugby Championship.
Away from his day job, Franks has been pacified with an engagement to Emma and accelerated wedding plans but this week is all business - rugby work, lines, angles, foot placements and power for the scrum contest with Tendai Mtawarira and his buddies.
Greg Somerville played both sides of the All Black frontrow but primarily at tighthead for 66 caps and Olo Brown pumped out 56 matches in the No3 jersey.
Now Franks, at a youthful 25, is about to tick over his half century at Eden Park. There will not be any fuss, no bat-waving or jersey flinging from the prop, just the sort of reaction Tony Woodcock delivered when he ticked over 100 tests at loosehead in Wellington.
They are both men with a "get in and get on with it" attitude, blokes who prefer their own company or that of the gym equipment, as they eye their next rugby assignment.
Franks and older brother Ben own a gym in Christchurch and feel deprived if they don't get their daily dose of barbells, burpees and bodybuilding.
Last week Franks junior rested a sore groin rather than tangle with the Pumas. Instead Charlie Faumuina went out at tighthead prop and without a unified formation, the All Blacks felt some heat from the visitors.
In these new age times of the prolonged get ready instructions and ball delivery, there is no advantage for the side putting the ball in. Instructions for the referee have spoiled all that. It would be better if he placed the ball on the ground and told the sides to form a scrum over the top and then push.
The Springboks come with about a tonne of kilos in their scrum while the All Blacks can muster 897kg pack weight for that part of tomorrow's contest. Technique, weather and the decisions of referee Romaine Poite are the wildcards.
Faumuina has the talent to make a go at tighthead, Franks has done the business. Five seasons of test rugby against some rugged hombres will help. So, too, a relentless mind and bags of courage.
Now he and all frontrowers are learning how to best use the new scrum laws, how to exert the most heat on rivals and with Franks back in his favoured No3 jersey, the All Blacks will feel a touch more secure about their scrum.


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Series documents the buyer's release from responsibility for a portion of the original mortgage. Series consists of two volumes containing date of original mortgage, name of mortgagee, county property is located in, description of property being released, and date of release. Subjects include government lending, land ownership, and loan requests.


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Visitors Wary of Fragile, Dying Trees in Nipomo Community Park
NIPOMO, Calif. - Keep your eyes on the trees! Visitors to the Nipomo Community Park are keeping an extra eye out for diseased trees in danger of falling. According to San Luis Obispo County Parks Department, it's doing what it can to remove the problem before disaster strikes.
"I kind of worry about it, now more obviously," said park visitor Mark Mendibles. "Pretty soon there will be no trees left. They'll be gone."
Mark Mendibles and his dog are frequent visitors at Nipomo Community Park. But the dozens of dying, seemingly unstable trees are beginning to be a cause for worry.
"When you're out in the middle of the park, you see a lot of widow makers just lying on the grass. Twelve-foot, fourteen-foot branches just laying on the grass from a fallen tree," said Mendibles.
Cleanup crews were busy this morning, tending to a Monterey pine tree that fell during high winds yesterday. The tree was already in a weakened state, similar to many of the trees in the park.
County Parks says many of the trees have been infected with a disease that commonly affects Monterey pines. They almost always have to be cut down, and it's left a minefield of tree stumps all over the park.
According to County Parks, more than 40 of the 250 Monterey pines at the park are infected with pine pitch canker. It's a fungus transmitted by beetles that carry the disease to new trees. The trees then die slowly, their pine needles turn reddish-brown, and branches fall one by one. It's forced County Parks to cut down dozens of trees over the last 4 to 5 years.
"I've been coming here for about 7, 7 and a half years," said Mendibles. "I've noticed more and more trees disappearing, either fallen over or ben cut. You notice the beetles in them, you can see the sap coming out. The woodpeckers aren't even hitting them anymore."
According to County Parks, about 7 to 10 trees are cut down in the park each year to eliminate any potential hazards that may be present. At this time, the county is working with an arborist who regularly surveys the park. They'll continue to closely monitor the situation and work towards the goal of cutting down all trees that are dead or dying.
Monterey pines were frequently planted in San Luis Obispo County back in the 1960s and 1970s, but none have been planted here since then.


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This 'souvenir book' is the work of British prisoners of war interned at Döberitz near Berlin. Although dedicated to 'our friends and benefactors', the book's anecdotes and cartoons of camp life and in-jokes about living conditions and well-known characters in the closed world of Döberitz suggest that its true audience was the internees themselves. The introductory essay about life in 'Doberidge' sets the tone of upbeat humour tinged with occasional melancholy. Curiously there is little mention of the Germans either as prison guards or as the wartime enemy, and the book's military anecdotes focus more on peacetime service in the colonies than on the war currently being waged.
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HP has in mind some streamlining measures for the New Year, with a new report suggesting that it'll be evaluating the performance of its various business divisions and assets, and perhaps dumping those that fail to meet the firm's "objectives".
The news was revealed by Bloomberg, citing a statement by HP CEO Meg Whitman in a 10-K U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing made last month. In the statement, Whitman revealed that the company may look to shed some of its businesses in an effort to balance the books over the coming year.
"(The firm will) continue to evaluate the potential disposition of assets and businesses that may no longer help us meet our objectives," said Whitman in the filing.
The CEO also added that HP doesn't have any plans to spin off its personal computer division currently, despite persistent rumors about this in the past.
However, the filing goes on to suggest that HP could face some difficulties if it does attempt to 'shake up' its business operations. For example, it warns that it may experience difficulty in finding buyers for underperforming businesses. Likewise, it says that finding alternative exit strategies on acceptable terms could also be problematic, meaning that any major changes could be delayed.
A big shake-up would seem to be timely for HP though, what with the company struggling with declining product sales and dealing with numerous management changes over the past couple of years.
One business that HP might look to get rid of is the UK search software firm Autonomy, which it bought for $11.7 billion back in 2011 under the stewardship of its previous CEO Leo Apotheker. The Register reports that this deal, which Apotheker said at the time would position HP to enter new markets, has become hugely controversial since Whitman took over the top job. Late last year it emerged that HP suspected Autonomy of having overstated its value prior to the acquisition, claiming that the company was 'cooking the books', for want of a better description.
Q4 saw HP report a staggering $8.8 billion loss as a direct result of this controversy, causing the firm to report the matter to financial authorities. The US Department of Justice is now conducting an investigation into the acquisition, although Autonomy founder Mike Lynch, who negotiated the sale to HP, has strenuously denied any wrongdoing.


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Range hood installation, termionating at ceiling
I am installing a Bosch slimline range hood. It has two screws that it hangs from on the wall. The vent (flue pipe) is turned 90 degrees into an existing roof vent between studs.
There is a dress cover that extends from the top of the range hood to the ceiling and hides the 6 inch flue pipe. It consists of two pieces of stainless and you can buy extenders for taller ceilings.
My problem is that the hood is on a side wall of a cathedral ceiling, so where the stainless cover reaches the ceiling, it either has to be cut on an angle from left to right or some sort of a soffit built into the ceiling to make the ceiling flat where the cover meets it.
Which is the correct way to do this? If cutting the dress cover is the correct way to do it, what do you use to cut stainless and keep the edges from looking ragged?
Does anyone have pictures of a similar install?
The soffit or bulkhead idea may work or maybe a local metal shop could do the cutting if you laid / marked it out for them.
I agree with speedball - bosch fans are great - have a tinknocker do the work for you, if you try it your self just have a lot band-aids near by
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