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Join award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster David Suzuki on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure and experience the pristine and peaceful nature of Bhutan while it's at its most festive—during Tshechu! From March 23 - April 3, 2013 watch colourful Bhutanese dancers don masks and interpret the region's history through dance. Beauty and wisdom will be revealed at each dzong, every Gompa and, most incredibly, in the eyes of every smiling Buddhist monk you meet. On gentle treks through remote trails and visits to Paro, Thimpu and Punakha, nature lovers, photographers and cultural junkies will uncover a purity of culture, traditions and kindness.
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Catch our flight to Bhutan where we visit Ta Dzong, an ancient watchtower, which now houses the National Museum. Later in the evening take a walk around the main street of Paro's main shopping district.
Spend 2 days experiencing the sights and sounds of the Tshechu festival putting you in the middle of the colourful mask dances and religious art forms of Bhutan. The dances known as Cham, are said to bring blessings upon the onlookers, to instruct them in the teachings of the Buddhist dharma, to protect them from misfortune and evil influences. It is a spiritual festival where visitors are most welcome and it is believed one gains merit by attending. In the afternoon of Day 4 we also do some Paro valley sightseeing.
Flight to the Bumthang Valley where we visit the sacred Kurjey Lhakhang cave and the Zangdopelri monastery. After we hike to the Tamshing Monastery (one of the oldest monastic schools). We also visit Jambay Lhakhang and Jakar Dzong - the administrative centre and institute for Monks.
After breakfast drive over the Shengthala pass and hike through the dense forest of pine trees and rhododendrons until you reach the Ura valley. The trail descends a series of bends for 35 minutes until you finally reach Ura Lhakhang amidst the village of Ura. Visit with the Ura people who raise Yak and Sheep and farm Potatoes. Enjoy a picnic lunch, then drives back to Bumthang. This evening we visit the Chamkhar Bazar.
Enjoy the scenic drive to Gangtey in the Phobjikha Valley, thought to be the most beautiful valley in the Himalayas. On Day 8, walk to the monastery of Gangtey Goempa, which holds the most scared relics of Bhutan. Also visit the Community School of Gangtey, where we sit with the students through one of their classes, then enjoy a walk across Phobjikha Valley and into the Khewa Valley, where we visit an old temple and offer a donation.
Continue on to Punakha, the ancient capital of Bhutan where we take a short hike to Punakha Dzong, a monastery and fertility shrine. Later, walk through rice terraces and forest to Khamsum Yueley Chorten, a shrine built by the Queen of Bhutan.
Drive to Wangdue and a hike to Chhimi Lhakhang, visiting radar Nye and monastic central of Wangdue valley. Continue on to Thimphu for lunch and a visit to the National Memorial Chorten andt the Drubthob Goempa Nunnery and Institute of Traditional Medicine, where old healing arts such as acupuncture and herbal remedies are still practiced. Also visit the Folk Heritage Museum and Textile Museum, where the art of traditional weaving is still kept alive. Continue to Paro for the evening.
Flight back to Bangkok where we enjoy our final evening.
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Women are known for their over – the – top organizational skills which however is often limited to academic excellence or career excellence. Well this might be a bit much of generalization. There are many out there excited with their special day as long as it is within their comfort zone. Wedding planning can be easy and fun with the following simple tips:
• To retain the glow on your special day start off with a facial at least once in a month six months prior to the date of wedding. This would keep your skin radiant.
• Eat healthy and follow an exercise regime on a regular basis. Increase your water intake. Green tea can be of considerable help in leading a healthy life.
• Get your hands and feet manicured and pedicured respectively at regular intervals. Take note of your jewelry that they retain their shine and luster till the special day.
• Ensure that you have a fitted wedding gown with their beads, zip works and sequins intact. Try them on with the under garments to be worn at your wedding to avoid any flaws.
• In case you wish to go strapless, do away with your undergarments at least three hours prior to your wedding such that its mark is not retained while taking wedding clicks.
• Seek a reliable trouble shooter with sound organizational skills to free you of all worries of obvious hitches on the day.
• Arrange for the hair dresser; makeup artists and flowers at least a month prior to the day of wedding.
• Do not do away with your meals in the process of decking yourself up. Keep aside straws and small bite foods for the day to eat and drink without spoiling your make up.
• Do not go solo. Consider your groom's opinion regarding all arrangements.
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People try to plan in advance for their weddings and particularly the girls who always dream of a perfect wedding. But changing these dreams into reality is not that hard either. If you happen to take care of all the small and the big things when you organize your wedding, then there is no doubt you could not turn your dreams into reality. One of the few things that may help you in realizing your dream is wedding Koozies.
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Most of the companies that create or manufacture koozies present you with the option to choose from the many existing models. But some other companies might present you with the customized wedding koozies. You then have the option of creating your own personalized designs. It also gives you the leverage of selecting how your customized wedding koozies will look like, you can even create your own graphics or artwork or add the names of your partner with yours along with the wedding date. By personalizing the koozies you open up whole new ways to decorate your wedding arrangement and in the form of your customized wedding koozies you also get an extra item to add in the decorative items.
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• One of the very first things that you need to take care is the material which is used to build the koozie. You should make sure the koozies are made up of quality materials like for example a neoprene. Neoprene being a wetsuit matter will help you in keeping the beer cool and your hands warm and dry. You should also make sure that you select the bright color and images that you might need to get printed on your model.
• Another good thing about the koozie is that they are carried away by the guests as reminders of some quality time spend. And they might share the memories with their friends or relatives latter. These acts like a souvenir and become more precious with every passing day.
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The city has a lot of things to offer and you would be able to finish everything in a single trip. You can check in the web about tourism in San Francisco. Through a thorough research I was able to know everything before visiting the city. There are several popular spots that we visited and the most important of them is the Golden Gate Bridge. Walking through places such as Fisherman' Cove, Lombard Street, Chinatown and Nob Hill are a great experience. You can also visit the wineries at Sonoma Valley and Napa Valley.


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James Rogers, CEO of Spirit of California LLC, maintains priority status to negotiate for 628 acres of city-owned land. But most of the other parcels identified in plans that Rogers submitted to the city in September are either in private hands or under a separate agreement between the city and Combined Solar Technologies.
People who own or control those properties said this week that they don't envision their lands as part of the project.
Rogers has expressed confidence all along that rural landowners north of town will support his project.
"All of the major farmers have been contacted, and I've met with them numerous times," he said Friday, Nov. 16.
Rogers said his proposal is still subject to change and can move forward without some of the properties, if the landowners won't sell.
"Since it came out, we're doing our best to inform people," Rogers said. "When we do a presentation, nobody comes away saying they don't want it."
Longtime farmer Stevens Arnaudo said he is not planning to sell any of his family's land. About 113 acres owned by the Arnaudo Bros. farming company on Tracy Boulevard is included at the north end of Spirit of California's proposed site.
Stevens Arnaudo said he heard about the project when it was proposed as just a race track in 2009, but he had no interest in getting involved.
"He's now expanded his whole broad thing, and I understand that it includes some of our property," he said. "Me and most of my neighbors that I know of don't want it around us. We're not for it and don't want to be a part of it in any way, shape or form."
His son Frank Arnaudo said he met Rogers at an informational meeting on the project about a year ago.
"Some of the neighbors were there, but nobody gave the impression at that time — none of them — that they were interested," Frank Arnaudo said. "They didn't think it would get anywhere, anyway."
The northeast corner of Spirit of California, according to plans Rogers presented to the city in September, includes a golf course on 257 acres owned by the Gaia family.
Rose Gaia said she learned about the project during Rogers' presentation about a year ago. Since then, she has heard rumors that her family is selling the land, where her 97-year-old mother and her niece live. She said Rogers never approached her about a possible sale.
"He has not talked to me or my family at all," Gaia said. "The land, at this point, is not for sale, because my mother would never sell it."
Gaia approached Bob Corsaro, a Spirit of California supporter, during a Tracy City Council meeting Nov. 7 to let him know that she wanted to stay informed about the project.
"Bob Corsaro did tell me they would be calling me and we could go over the plan," she said.
Combined Solar Technologies plans a wastewater desalinization plant and energy plant on 237 acres of city-owned land between Holly Sugar and Tracy Boulevard. Combined Solar has an exclusive negotiating rights agreement — sometimes abbreviated ENRA — with the city for the land, similar to Rogers' agreement with the city.
Most of the site Combined Solar Technology seeks to develop is the proposed location of a hotel and casino, according to Spirit of California's plans.
Scott Mattson, project manager with Combined Solar Technologies, said his company intends for its agreement with the city to stay in place. He said the company is looking toward a spring groundbreaking.
"We have absolutely no intention of giving up our exclusive negotiating rights agreement," Mattson said. "We paid our money into the ENRA, and we're good to go within the next 18 months."
Combined Solar's agreement with the city allows for negotiation with Tracy's California Blast, the first incarnation of Spirit of California. That's an option Rogers says he can still pursue.
Rogers wrote in an email message that his project does not require the land Combined Solar would build on, but he has "a provision in their ENRA that I can move them if I so choose."
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In his State of the Union address, George Bush proclaimed that with the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, the people of Iraq are free. He told us, Today our coalition is working with the Iraqi Governing Council to draft a basic law, with a bill of rights. He then introduced Adnan Pachachi, the President of the Iraqi Governing Council and promised him America stands with you and the Iraqi people as you build a free and peaceful nation.
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When the Nittany Lions get ready for a game, their opponents know a storm is a brewin'! You'll be ready for that tempest and, and of course, actual bad weather with this Typhoon storm jacket. It features plenty of Penn State pride with a twill team logo embroidered at the chest and the school name embroidered on the left sleeve. This coat also boasts nylon fabric to protect you from the elements, a full-length zipper that zips up into a mock collar and a hood with a toggle drawcord closure. When you wear this spirited and functional jacket, you'll be ready for the Nittany Lions and Mother Nature to show you their best!
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Crawford is near Waco, Texas.95.2 miles from Austin (2 1/2 hours)119.1 miles from Dallas (2 1/2 hours) For exact directions click here to map it. Lodging - There are no motels in Crawford. Many motels can be found in Waco
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A Restoration in Hotel Loyalty: Developing a Blueprint for Reinventing Loyalty Programs
In October 2012, Deloitte's Travel, Hospitality, and Leisure practice engaged in extensive consumer loyalty research, surveying over 4,000 travelers and conducting two in-depth focus groups with frequent business and leisure travelers. This research has given us deep insights into hotel guests' travel behaviors, attitudes, and engagement preferences.
Developing a blueprint for reinventing loyalty programs
In this report, "A restoration in hotel loyalty: Developing a blueprint for reinventing loyalty programs", we explore how to increase the effectiveness of loyalty programs. Our research points to two over-arching and compelling conclusions:
- The best-case scenario is that hotel loyalty programs as they are constituted today have either little or no impact on travelers' purchase decisions, and, worst case, these programs drive undesirable brand-switching behavior.
- Hotel brands and owners that choose to instead build differentiated loyalty programs and a customer experience that anticipates and integrates priority customers' personalized needs have the potential to capture incremental market share, as indicated by these facts:
- Roughly 30 percent, on average, of hotel loyalty members are "at risk" of switching their preferred brand
- Nearly 50 percent, on average, of hotel loyalty members' annual hotel spend is not with their preferred brand
Despite these sobering statistics, we are excited for the future because hotel brands and owners are well-positioned to restore loyalty in their brands. Within this report, we provide strategies for companies to consider as they endeavor to rebuild their loyalty programs, these strategies include:
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blog BY mtdave ON February 26 - 0 COMMENTSWisconsin Trout Anglers Urged to Prevent Spreading Invasive Snail
Some good advice from Wisconsin DNR, Wisconsin TU, and River Alliance of Wisconsin regarding fishing equipment care to help prevent the spread of New Zealand Mudsnails. http://www.thefishingwire.com/story/312267
blog BY mtdave ON January 23 - 1 COMMENTSFly Fishing Film Tour in Bozeman January 29th!
Come on down to the Emerson on Wednesday, January 29th, for some great fly fishing cinema as the F3T rocks the Emerson Auditorium! Doors open at 6PM! Discount tickets are available from Montana Troutiffters, The Rivers Edge, and the Bozeman Angler. Sponsored by TU!
blog BY mtdave ON January 20 - 1 COMMENTSNew York State Aquatic Invasive Species Regs
Here's a link to an article regarding the adoption of new boat cleaning and AIS regulations for the State of New York. http://www.wbng.com/news/state/DEC-proposes-regulatory-changes-to-preven... While these new regs focus on boat cleaning and are largely aimed at Zebra and Quagga mussels, the... [ READ MORE... ]
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The Didymo Story A new view of the cause of blooms of the benthic diatom Didymosphenia geminata – very low dissolved phosphorus February 18th, 2014 12:30 pm Idaho Commons: Clearwater Room Dr. Max L. Bothwell Research Scientist, Environment Canada Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC ... [ READ MORE... ]
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New Zealand Mudsnails seem to be making a run across the US showing up in Spring Creek in PA, the lower Chehalis in WA, a tributary of the Truckee in NV, and in Black Earth Creek in WI. Following is a link to an interesting article regarding NZMS research being conducted at the University of Iowa... [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mtdave ON November 6 - 0 COMMENTSGood Advice from Wisconsin DNR Wardens on Aquatic Invasive Species
Some good, simple equipment cleaning advice from Wisconsin DNR wardens to duck hunters and anglers about moving aquatic invasive species. http://www.wbay.com/story/23859264/2013/11/02/dnr-wardners-greet-boaters-trying-to-stop-invasive-species-spread
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A New Invader, New Zealand Mudsnails, Found in Black Earth Creek Black Earth, WI: New Zealand mudsnails, tiny invasive snails measuring a mere four to six millimeters, have been found in Black Earth Creek in western Dane County this week by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. This... [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mtdave ON October 18 - 1 COMMENTSNew Zealand Mudsnails found in Spring Creek in Centre County PA
New Zealand Mudsnails were recently discovered in Spring Creek, one of PA's finest limestone creeks. http://fishandboat.com/newsreleases/2013press/new-zealand-mudsnail.htm NZMS infestations can grow to densities of as many as 400,000 per square meter, and at these concentrations, they cause major... [ READ MORE... ]
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i would like to take this opportunity to thank TU members Laura McFarland and Matt Krueger for their considerable effort in putting together the wader and boot washing and aquatic information stations at the recent annual TU meeting in Madison. Thanks to Webelos Caleb Jansen and Calvin Geerdts for... [ READ MORE... ]
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While we're an organization of trout, salmon, and steelhead anglers, many of us also enjoy bird and waterfowl hunting. Aquatic invasive species are a threat to our mission, our sport, and to the entire aquatic environment. Here's some good advice from Iowa DNR. http://kiwaradio.com/sports/... [ READ MORE... ]


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The Dirt Demons…a boy's memories
By: Rodney Miller
I remember the long stretch down the new dirt road seemed like it went on for miles. So far, I had to strain my eyes to see the end. I had never seen a straight road like that ever before living in a county where curves were more the normal. But here it was, as level as a pancake, with no blacktop (yet), no trafic and no speed limits.
The road I'm talking about was when the Daniel Boone Parkway (Sorry, I can't ever get used to the Hal Rogers name change) came through the head of Paw Paw and down Ephram Creek. Back then, in the late 60's, it was like a country boy's racetrack.
The road had taken long time to get to the point of where a person could actually drive on it. With the big cuts through the mountains and the tons and tons of rock and dirt that had to be moved to the low valley spots in the road the work went slow.
But near the end, just before the paving began, it was perfect playground for having some really wild times. And we were wild enough to put them all to the test. I guess you could say we were "The Dirt Demons" of the Daniel Boone Parkway.
We could only drive on the road on weekends when there wasn't any construction going on or on sections of the road that were completed and the construction crews had moved on to another location. Mornings and evenings were bad times also, the work crews used the dirt road to get to and from each location.
But one most weekends it was like they say in NASCAR, "Gentlemen, start your engines!" The night watchmen that patrolled the road were either asleep or had left the site until the next night shift.
We would take our vehicles or anyone else's that was crazy enough to let us drive them across Paw Paw road and enter the parkway. When we reached the wide dirt road it was peddle to the metal. We wanted to see how fast we could go before reaching the foot of the long hill. Speeds, I'm ashamed to say now, most times were above 100!
We loved to squeal the tires on the dirt road without fear of someone telling our parents on us. We did donuts until the car disappeared in a cloud of dust. We would reach high speeds and lock up the brakes just to hear the screaming of the tires.
We did lots of crazy things when I was a kid or should I say a young man but back then because we never saw much danger in the risks we took. Now I look back and see that we were so lucky to escape most dangers with only scratches or a few stitches.
I remember one weekend in particular when one of those times occurred. Ronnie and I and a couple of our friends were out in an old International pickup truck Daddy had bought and we were taking turns putting it through the mill.
Although the old truck had a 6-cylinder and a 3-speed transmission it was still wheels that provided lots of excitement, especially downhill. That weekend we were taking turns at the wheel giving the old International all it would take.
Everyone was having a ball and it was Ronnie's time as captain of the wheel. We were flying along at a high rate of speed when he thought he would spice things up a bit. Ronnie started cutting the wheel back and forth across the wide dirt road.
The suddenly, the truck went wildly out of control. We were sliding sideways at over 70 mph and headed straight off the road and over an embankment with the laughing turning to screams of fear.
The steering seemed useless no matter how hard he cut the steering wheel the truck seemed to have a mind of it's on. And the truck was winning.
Ronnie then hit the brakes hard but again it wasn't going to stop. Suddenly I looked up and we were headed into a large stack of bales of straw that were piled up on the side of the roadway to cover the grass seed to keep it moist the crews were sowing. We must have hit the straw over 50 mph.
When we did the straw came crashing down upon us but the soft bales absorbed most of the shock from the crash. We were lucky. That pile of straw was the only one on the side of the parkway for many miles and we just managed to hit it.
We were all shook up but okay other than a few scratches and bruises. I was afraid to look at the truck expecting it to be destroyed. Slowly we pushed our way out of the doors moving the bales of straw and uncovering the truck. Again we were lucky. The International only had a bend or two in the front end.
We straightened out the bends as good as we could with our hands and backed the truck from the pile and headed home. We had had enough of the daredevil stunts for one day.
Daddy never noticed the bends or he might have seen them and never asked knowing that boys will boys when it comes to driving. But that day we knew we had been very lucky.
Not long after that the blacktop was laid down and a fence went up to keep unauthorized entry to the parkway. But for a short time that summer, the "Dirt Demons" had a ball on that deserted stretch of roadway.
We learned valuable driving lessons, both on and (nearly) off the road that would last us for a lifetime. I'm just glad we never got hurt and that Momma and Daddy never found out about the crazy things we did. Daddy would have given us a good reason, in his special way, to never want to get on that road until it was finished again.
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 12:22
Decoration Day…a boy's memories
By: Rodney Miller
Editors Note: Last week I got a call from TCP World Academy, Public Chartered School, in Cincinnati, Ohio, for a teleconference with Mr. Arnold Cornett, Teacher/Instructor, and Mrs. Evans, Founder, Superintendent, and School Principal. TCP World Academy is one of the "Top Ten" Chartered Schools in Ohio.
Mr. Cornett has been reading my stories to his class each week and the students wanted to interview me and find out more about my upbringing, my family, and my stories. The interview lasted almost an hour and I really appreciated their interest and questions about my stories. I hope to do this again as it was very rewarding, on my part, to have students and faculty interested in "A Boy's Memories". Thank you class, Mr. Cornett, and Mrs. Evans. I really enjoyed the phone call.
Decoration Day, not to be confused with Memorial Day, in the Appalachian Mountains goes back a long ways. The practice, which usually took place in late spring or early summer, involved families visiting graves of loved ones to clean, repair and decorate them with flowers.
After the work and decoration was complete a religious service usually followed and then a dinner on the ground. The service sometimes consisted of reading special verses from the Bible and singing old mountain hymns specially chosen for the occasion. Most times it would be a song that the deceased had chosen to be sung for them on Decoration Day after their passing.
The day chosen for the work on the graveyard usually started in early morning while the air was still cool from the night. Family members would meet at a set time at the graveyard with work clothes on with hoes, rakes and trimmers in hand for the task ahead.
The early start would give the family time to get the job done before the sun got high and hot in the summer sky. Lots of times leaves and limbs blown in from the long cold winter were littered about the graveyard. Faded silk flowers from last year were now pale and tattered from the long months in the sun on our last visit.
There were always plenty of tears that fell upon the graves as we worked no matter how long ago the loved one had been in the cold ground. Some say that time heals but Momma always said that time just made it a little easier to live with. The hurting will always be there.
The decorating of the gravesite usually consisted of a few silk flowers sitting in golden colored vases carefully placed on the site. Sometimes the flowers were set in styrofoam crosses or hearts and leaned up against the headstones or mounted on skinny metal frames.
The visit to the graveyard was almost always longer than planned. Momma and Daddy would point out graves of my family members who had long passed. I could trace them back to six generations and never leave the small area in the Herd Cemetery at Sibert. Not many families can do that, I thought.
Each year on our visit to the graveyard Momma would cry as she touched the photo of her mother mounted to her headstone that had been broken by vandals many years ago. Momma had an idea who did it but never revealed to me the name. I thought it was an awful dirty deed for someone to do that to my grandmother's stone.
Daddy showed me the locations of the headstones of our family from the Miller and Sibert side of our ancestral tree. The Siberts settled the small town that the cemetery overlooks that now bears their name. Years ago Sibert was a thriving community but time and poverty has now taken a toll on its once proud status.
The home place of Sibert's founder, Dan Sibert, fell victim to what was suspected to be arson's fire only a couple of years ago. The old home was almost 200 years old.
The Sibert Cemetery, located just across Paw Paw road from the Herd Cemetery, isn't far from the location of the old Dan Sibert home place in a tanglement of grown up shrubs and vines. Not many people even know it's there because of the overgrowth.
I have made up my mind to try to help get the Sibert Cemetery cleaned up once again. If anyone is interested in helping, please contact me. I think our ancestors deserve better than what they now have as their final resting place.
Another cemetery that needs attention is one of the oldest in the county. It's at the mouth of Paces Creek on the right side going up the creek. I visited it for the first time a couple of months ago and some of the gravestones were in disarray. Some were completely flat on the ground and others were leaning terribly.
This is the gravesite of General T.T. Garrard and other prominent founders of our county. I think we need to get together and work on this graveyard also. Let's keep Decoration Day a mountain tradition that we practice, not just preach.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:07
"We're going to need a bigger trap!"....a boy's memories.
By: Rodney Miller
"They've been at it again!" I heard my Mom's voice on the phone. "And this time, it means war!"
"Who are you talking about?" I asked not knowing why she was so mad.
"Some how mice have gotten in the house and I can't do a thing with them. Every night they're into something else and enough is enough! Last night, one even knocked over a glass in the sink and broke it" Mom said.
I told her I would come up and bring her a few mice traps and inspect the crime scene. She told me "Hurry!"
Mom had never been scared of mice, spiders, or even snakes. But one thing she wouldn't put up with was a mouse in the house. She had been taught long ago that mice and rats carry a lot of diseases. She wanted them dead and the quicker the better.
I stopped at the local Wal-Mart and bought a package of traps and a small jar of peanut butter for bait. It stays on the trap longer, it has a good smell, and mice can't resist it.
When I arrived at her house she was on her knees looking for a place they might have a nest. She also told me from what they were eating, and the "mess" they were leaving, they had to be rats. One had even gotten into her trashcan, turned it over and pulled out some leftover chicken she had thrown away. I agreed, "To turn over the trashcan, would take a pretty big rat."
We found a place close to the trashcan and as I was baiting the trap, when Mom said "That won't be enough bait. Instead of peanut butter maybe we should be using fried chicken, they're kind of partial to the breast!"
I laughed and told her "If they get a taste of this peanut butter they won't stop until they've licked it clean. A whiff of this Jif and they will never go back to chicken." I baited four traps and placed them all in a good location to catch the thieves.
After a short visit, I told her to let me know in the morning how many we caught. I kissed her cheek and left for the night.
Next morning, good and early, the phone rang. "You're not going to believe this, Rodney. Last night about 11:30, I was just about to fall asleep and I heard one of the traps throw. I got out of bed and went to the kitchen to get rid of the dead mouse and was met at the kitchen door by the biggest rat I had ever seen!" Mom told me.
"How big was he?" I asked
"Well, I know we're going to need a bigger trap. This fellow was as big as a small cat!" she went on. "And when he saw me he hissed and showed me a mouth full of teeth. I grabbed the broom and hit him over the head and thought I had killed him. He laid there a while and I went to get the shovel to scoop him up and throw him out, but when I come back in he was gone."
"And how big did you say again? As big as a small cat? Are you sure you weren't still half asleep and not dreaming? I might believe as big as a small kitten but a cat that's hard to believe. " I asked, believing maybe she was just exaggerating.
"This rat was way bigger than a kitten. Why, he could probably eat a small kitten! And his teeth were like a cross cut saw." She exclaimed.
Once again, I told her I would be up in a little bit and do a little more investigating.
This time, when I walked in the front door, Mom was armed with a BB gun. I told her a BB gun would only make a rat that big mad. She didn't laugh, she said "Maybe you're right, I should get the .22 rifle!"
"No! No! I was only kidding you can't shoot a rifle in the house!" I yelled.
"Well, I'm not laying down in this house another night until Willard (the rat) is dead!" Mom told me.
After a close inspection of the kitchen area where Willard had been the night before, I was agreeing with her, this wasn't an ordinary rat. He had been in the garbage can again and gotten flour on his feet and had left unusually big tracks for a rat across the kitchen floor. The trap he had thrown, hadn't even fazed him. He had merely pulled his head out of it like it wasn't anything. Maybe I should get the .22, I thought.
I followed his tracks the best I could through the kitchen. Then through the family room to the steps leading upstairs. There I lost his track. It would take a lot of my hunting skills I had learned from my Dad to catch up with him, but I was like a bloodhound on the trail of an escapee, I was close. I could almost smell him.
Mom, was close behind me with her trusty Daisy, cocked and loaded. She had the gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other, it was dark under the two beds upstairs and the closets didn't have an inside light either. "Shhhhh-Shhhhh!" she whispered, "I hear something in the closet!"
She handed me the flashlight and she steadied her gun against her shoulder with one eye closed for a good aim down the sights. "Open the door and get back. Let Annie Oakley do her job. This time I'll make sure he's dead." She said quietly.
"Ok, Annie, just don't shoot till you see the white of his eyes!" I answered jokingly.
As I cracked the door open slowly, I began to see a pair of eyes looking back at the both of us. She was right, he was a big one. She asked me to move aside and the crack of the BB gun was answered by a hiss that raised the hair on my neck.
"Hold on Mom!" I asked "I think what we have here isn't a rat after all. It's a possum!"
The shot had made the possum "sull-up" and he was gingerly carried by the tail down the stairs and out the front door as we laughed together. "I guess old Willard will live to see another day after all." I said after sitting him down.
Then to my surprise a shot rang out over my shoulder and Willard never moved again. Mom had picked up her .22 on the way out the door behind me and one carefully placed shot to the head was all she needed.
Needless to say, Mom wasn't going to waste a good possum. Willard would be a tasty meal the next day surrounded by cooked sweet potatoes. I even thought he tasted a little like chicken.
Now, Mom could lie down and sleep peacefully again.
"Good night, Annie!"
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 12:44
Flowers for Momma… a boy's memories
By: Rodney Miller
The earliest I can remember a Mother's Day was when I was very small and going to church at Horse Creek Baptist where the preacher then was Denvis Rush. Every one of us had on our best clothes and Mom had on a pretty white hat she had got at a second-hand store. I hadn't seen her in a hat much before, and I thought how beautiful she looked.
We walked into the church together after Sunday school like a mother duck leading her ducklings to water. We marched in a row, military style, and were told to be on our best behavior because this was the Lord's house. We only had to be told once.
In we came with the general, my Dad, up front, then my Mom, and seven kids stair-stepped in size from the oldest, my sister Jackie, to the youngest, my baby sister Darlene, and 5 boys in between.
We all sat together on a pew somewhere in the middle of the church and waited for the Sunday sermon to begin. The choir sang a couple of old Baptist songs, and I don't recall what they were, but I remember all of us singing along. We were a family that took pride in our voices and when in church we really let ourselves be heard. We didn't need a hymn book to know the words, they were the same ones we sang every time we got together at home sitting, almost in a circle, with Mom and Dad furnishing the music with their guitars.
After the songs were sung, out came Preacher Rush with a big grin on his face as he looked at a church full of smiling faces. "Today is Mother's Day, and we have something special for the mother with the most kids here today. A mother is someone special, someone who will love you until the day you die. Someone who gives so much to everyone else and seldom gets enough in return. Well today it's your day, mothers." He said as he looked over his flock.
"I want every mother in the congregation to stand for recognition of a job well done." He went on.
There were so many mothers there that day. Every seat was full. Beside them sat their most precious processions, their children and their husbands. Most had on a new dress, new shoes, or a new hat, if they could afford it. It was their day to shine, and they all wanted to look their best.
"Now, I want everyone to give a big hand for all the mothers." Preacher said.
Every member of the church gave a thunderous applause. "I want to see who today, of the mothers among us, has the most children with them. I have a big bouquet of flowers for that special lady." He continued.
"Any mother with less than 3 kids, please sit down." Preacher shouted. A stir was heard in the crowd of the church as almost half of the mothers sit down.
Now looking over all the mothers still standing he said, "Any mother with less than 4 kids, please sit down." Again, more of the standing mothers took their seat.
You could hear whispering around the church of who everyone thought would be the last mother standing.
My mother looked at me and just smiled, not knowing if she would get the flowers she so desperately wanted. Last year it had come down to her and one more lady and Mom lost out by one child. There wasn't a consolation prize, only one bouquet of the most beautiful roses she had ever seen. This year she wanted them so badly.
Preacher started again "Any mother with less than 5 kids, would you please sit down." That got all the mothers still standing down to three. I was carefully counting the kids sitting by the mothers standing, but it was hard to tell just how many they each had.
"Well then, any mother with less than 6 kids, please sit down." Preacher said. Another mother took her seat, as I strained my eyes to count the family of the mother still standing with Mom. One, two, three, four, five, six, I whispered to myself. "She has only six, Anthony, we have seven, Mom is going to win!" I almost spoke out loud.
Some of the people around me began to laugh for how excited I was for my mom to finally get the flowers. I crossed my fingers and told all my brothers and sisters to cross theirs, for good luck. I even crossed my legs. This time, it was our time, I hoped.
"Well, we have two beautiful mothers still standing. Let's see who will win the Mothers Day flowers. If one of you have less than 7 kids, please have a seat." Preacher went on.
We all looked towards the lady still standing, and she looked back at us smiling, as she slowly took her seat on the pew.
"Yeah! Yeah!" we yelled, a little too loud, but no one seemed to mind. This year the flowers belonged to Mom.
Preacher asked for Mom and Dad, and all seven kids to come forward to be recognized by the congregation for a job well done. Again, we marched like little soldiers to the front behind our parents with grins from ear to ear. That day, was a day I will never forget, it was a proud moment for our family.
The smile on Mom's face as Preacher Rush handed her the flowers, was a smile I can still see today, she looked so beautiful in her little white hat.
She proudly carried the flowers home and placed them in a vase in the center of our table along beside her little white hat. She reminded every one of how beautiful they were each time we ate a meal. Mom probably kept them there a little longer than she should have, but even wilted to her they were still special.
This Mother's Day is the first my family will have to spend without our Mother. It will be a sad time when the only flowers she will receive will be on her grave. But I know she will be looking down from above, in her heavenly home, with her "new" white hat and smiling with that same beautiful smile, so proud of her family.
"Happy Mother's Day, Mom."
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 12:53
Strange moments…a boy's memories
By: Rodney Miller
I'm sure there are those times in most people's life when something strange has happened and you've never forgotten it. I know there are some in mine that have made me stop and say "Wow! Did that really happen?" Here are a few I would like to share with you.
1) It was early spring about 12 years ago when I was on my way to work. I was selling cars at Kain Ford and driving my usual route on old Highway 80 towards London.
I was making my way up the Big Hill, just before the Laurel County line, when about halfway up I rounded a sharp curve and saw a crow standing in the opposite lane. He had landed in the middle of the road and picked up something from the blacktop.
As I got closer I could barely believe my eyes. The crow turned as I got closer and looked me straight in the eye. In the crow's beak was a smoking cigarette! It looked so natural. Just like he knew what he was doing.
As I got closer the crow simply flew off with his lit cigarette still clenched tightly in his beak leaving behind a faint smoke trail. I laughed almost all the way to work. I kept thinking that I wished I could have gotten a photo of the smoking crow. It would surely have won some kind of a photography award. I thought to myself, I hope he doesn't inhale! Cigarettes are addictive.
2) Another one of those moments happened when I was a young boy. I was outside my family's grocery store at Sibert under the hood of my car doing a little mechanic work when I got a weird feeling. A strange sensation came over me. It was like I was looking into the future.
Something told me that a lady, whose name was Dorothy, was going to round the corner of our store and I would somehow know what she was going to say and what my response was to going to be and then her next question and my answer to that one also. I don't know how to explain it other than the way I have. I guess it was some kind of premonition or as they say dejavu.
I then got the urge to look towards the corner of our store and just like that, suddenly Dorothy appeared. When she started talking I got chill bumps up and down my spine. Word for word the entire conversation carried out exactly the way I had foreseen just minutes earlier. Nothing like that has happened to me since that day but it was truly something I will never forget. Spooky!
3) My next little thing that is forever etched in my mind is a little different. It was again at my Dad's store at Sibert years ago.
I was outside in the parking lot talking to a friend who was smoking a cigarette. His Dad, who didn't know his son was smoking, pulled into the parking lot unexpectedly. The boy panicked. He quickly threw the lit cigarette to the ground.
The Dad walked up and asked the son what was it that he was throwing away so fast when he pulled up. "Nothing," the boy said trying to hide his guilt.
"Well, what's that?" the Dad asked pointing to the ground.
Both of us looked down and the cigarette was standing straight up, on its filter. I couldn't believe my eyes. I'll bet you could throw down a cigarette a million times and not have it land standing straight up like that. I've often wondered if anyone else has every witnessed something like that. Let me know if you have. I'm curious.
4) The forth thing is along the same line as the last one. I was having supper one evening sitting in our family room while watching TV. I had my plate on a TV stand and had poured my Pepsi in a glass of ice. After empting the pop bottle I set it in the floor beside the leg of the TV stand.
I was watching a show on the TV not paying much attention to what I was doing when I knocked the fork from my plate and it fell to the floor. I bent down to pick up my fork but it wasn't there. I looked all around but the fork was nowhere to be seen. I looked at Margy and said, "I just dropped my fork in the floor and it has disappeared."
Of course she said, "That's impossible!"
I thought so too but again I looked and couldn't see my fork in the floor. I even moved the pop bottle thinking that it might somehow be under it, I guess. But to my surprise when I pick up the pop bottle I noticed the prongs of the fork sticking out of the top of the bottle.
Somehow, the fork had fallen from the table and went straight into the opening of the pop bottle! And this fork didn't have a narrow straight end on it. I was a fancy flower covered fork three-quarters of an inch wide. I couldn't believe it.
Getting the fork out of the bottle wasn't that easy. The end of the fork was so tight that I'll bet a hair couldn't have gone between the fork and the metal fork. It had to have fallen perfectly "dead-on" in the neck of the pop bottle and perfectly straight up.
It was another one of those freak happenings that has forever baffled me. Sometimes, fact is definitely stranger than fiction.
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AUSTIN – Commissioner of Education Michael L. Williams announced today that participation in Advanced Placement (AP) tests by Texas public school students was up by 4 percent in the 2011-2012 school year. According to data from the College Board, performance increased for all students by 9.1 percent, with African-American and Hispanic students showing the greatest gain in performance at 12 percent and 13.9 percent, respectively.
"More Texas students are choosing to take the academically rigorous AP classes, and increasingly they are meeting the challenge, said Williams. "Students who are succeeding in AP classes and on AP exams in our high schools are positioning themselves for future success in college."
AP tests are graded on a one to five scale, with many colleges and universities awarding course credit for scores of three or better. Last school year, 194,391 Texas public school students took 350,766 AP exams, and earned scores of three, four or five on 162,959 exams.
College Board officials estimate that if the 34,564 students who received a five on an AP exam enrolled in one of the state's two flagship universities and were awarded course credit, they would save $36.7 million to $42.9 million in tuition costs alone. The savings climb by millions more if students apply for and receive credit for scores of three and four.
Williams noted that the latest results reflect a continuing trend of increased performance and participation. Since 2009, the number of AP exams taken by Texans increased by 81,412 exams or 30.2 percent. During that same period, scores of three, four or five increased by 30.1 percent.
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A tour of the Daiki plant was planned for Miyamori after the monthly chamber gathering, but rather than reflect on the damage done, the consulate general spoke of the progress made and the sense of community reflected in the actions of volunteer relief efforts.
"Mayor [Evan] King and Commissioner [Steve] Taylor, first allow me to express my sympathy and compassion to the Adairsville community in the wake of the tornado in January. You have faced great hardship and now begin to focus on rebuilding. As I understand it, more than 400 residential properties were damaged along with 30 commercial properties," Miyamori said. "Despite this tragedy, it is amazing to see how you have come together as a community. The outpouring of support has been an inspiration. We heard that the day after the tornado, more than 1,000 people volunteered to help with the cleanup. We also know that a Japanese company, Daiki Corporation, was among the damaged area and that the community is lending tremendous assistance to help build back the facility. Seeing the Daiki Employment Relief Fund created from the community is truly heartwarming.
"I know there is still much to be done, but seeing you come together like this shows me what a wonderful community this is."
Miyamori continued with a reminder of the tragedy that struck Japan just two years ago. March 11 will mark two years since the earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated much of the Japanese coastal regions. Miyamori remembered the outpouring of support from America in the days following the earthquake and vowed a continued friendship between Japan and America, telling those in attendance, "a friend in need, is a friend indeed."
State Rep. Christian Coomer also spoke about the recovery effort and took the opportunity to recognize Yanmar America for their actions in the days following the storm. As cleanup began in earnest the Saturday after the tornado, 1,000 volunteers showed up to work alongside six Yanmar tractors fresh off the factory floor. For this and other selfless actions, Yanmar was recognized by Coomer on the House floor with a resolution, a copy of which was presented to Yanmar America President Ted Bregar.
"A resolution recognizing Yanmar America Corporation for its superior efforts during a natural disaster; and for other purposes. Whereas, Yanmar America Corporation is a primary employer and community part of Adairsville, Georgia," reads House Resolution 573. "Whereas, within two days of the tornado, Yanmar America Corporation loaned the city six tractors with various implements for the volunteers to use during the cleanup efforts; and whereas, with the help of the Yanmar tractors, volunteers were able to accomplish what would have taken three to four months in only ten days; Yanmar tractors are still on site being used daily in the continuous disaster relief efforts with the corporation's employees assisting daily to repair or change the tractor tires as needed as the volunteers continue working in the area.
"Whereas, Yanmar America Corporation collected food, toiletries, and clothing for displaced families; offered its shower facilities for the use of displaced families and volunteers; and donated over $3,000.00 in employee contributions for the relief effort."
Following the special presentations from Miyamori and Coomer, featured guest Tricia Pridemore, executive director of the Governor's Office of Workforce Development, took the stage. Guests heard from Pridemore on what the agency is doing to meet the needs of employers and potential employers by preparing Georgia students for the workplace of today and tomorrow.
"About 18 months ago, I joined the governor's staff to run the Governor's Office of Workforce Development and we look at macro-level workforce issues across the state," Pridemore said. "In 10 of the 12 regions in Georgia, workforce development is the No. 1 top priority for economic growth and prosperity. We know that an educated workforce is a working workforce where business and the economy can thrive together.
"It is our responsibility to make sure that each community, each county, each region involved has a qualified and educated workforce to address the needs of employers. One of the ways we do that is through the Go Build Georgia program. Go Build Georgia was started by Gov. Deal a year ago January to highlight the need for skilled labor education advancement across the state. This is not a Georgia problem, this is a national problem. When you look over the last two generations, we have told our children that they absolutely, positively have to go to a four-year college to achieve the American dream. Meanwhile, we have seen — whether it has been in manufacturing or transportation or telecommunications, energy and utilities — we have seen growing demand in skilled-craft labor."
Go Build Georgia was crafted after a Go Build program in Alabama, but unlike the Alabama program, Georgia opted not to fund the program with an additional tax. Instead, Go Build Georgia is funded by a public-private partnership with public funds coming from federal workforce development grants and private partnerships coming from industrial partners with a vested interest in promoting the Go Build Georgia message, including local partner Georgia Power.
In addition to promoting the need for skilled labor, the Governor's Office of Workforce Development also coordinates a network of Go Build Georgia high school teams, which compete on the state level. Another outreach of the Governor's Office of Workforce Development is veterans services. Through www.operationworkforce.com, workforce development offers a one-stop-shop for veterans looking for a job, including job listings, companies that prioritize veteran hiring and an online tool for translating military experience into applicable language for civilian hiring managers.
For more information, visit www.workforce.georgia.gov.
Chamber, civic leaders meet with consulate general, Japanese industry
Following the Adairsville Council Eggs & Issues, representatives from Japanese industry throughout Bartow County met with local and state officials to speak directly with Miyamori before touring Adairsville and Daiki.
During their meeting, Daiki Plant Manager Wes Stephenson informed officials that an assessment of the damaged facility had been completed and found it structurally unsafe, meaning that the entire facility will have to be brought down.
Bartow County Commissioner Steve Taylor began a round of complimentary remarks directed at industry representatives for their contributions to the Adairsville community.
"I'd just like to say, on behalf of Bartow County and the efforts that Japanese companies have done for our community — especially during the storm and how Yanmar stepped up to the plate — we are really appreciative of the Japanese companies in our community that together employ somewhere around 2,000 employees," said Taylor.
Adairsville Mayor Evan King also expressed his gratitude for the companies presence calling Adairsville "the smallest international community in the state."
"I can't express my appreciation enough to the Japanese companies, Bartow County and the state of Georgia," King said. "We have about five Japanese companies and we very much appreciate having them as a part of the fabric of our community."
Outside of Adairsville, Don Watterhouse, manager of Human Resources and General Affairs for Toyo Tire North America, spoke about the company's past and future growth opportunities in Bartow.
"On behalf of Toyo Tire, I can't tell you how much Bartow County and the state have done for us," Watterhouse said. "We are continuing to grow. We've doubled the plant since we began operations in 2006 and we employ on site a little more than 1,000 people when you take into account contractors and all the people that help support the plant. And we will continue to grow. I don't doubt if we have a couple more expansions under our belt before we're done."


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