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Katie Holmes Gives Fan Photos

Katie Holmes Gives Fan Photos

Katie Holmes gets in some alone time by visiting some art galleries in Paris on Tuesday.

After having lunch on her own at the Hotel Costes, Katie walked around in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

Ms. Holmes was stopped on the street multiple times by fans and gladly posed (and smiled) with all of them. She must have long arms because she even took the photo of herself and a fan… but it looks like she totally missed herself!

Hubby Tom Cruise has been busy in Germany filming WWII flick Rubicon, formerly known as Valkyrie.

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  • Bite me

    the happy pills are your friend Kate

  • daisygal

    kudos to Katie…. she is living the life! Glad she took time out to have her pic taken w/some fans. Most ignore them!

  • natalie

    oh no.. she looks frumpy! she’s YOUNG, why is she dressing like a 50 year old? she never looks that happy anymore

  • myself

    she seems to be more often in france than in germany with her husband
    i don’t blame her paris is an interesting city

  • Lynn

    She’s just happy she has A fan!

    I like her new look, it’s much more sophisticated. But it hs also aged her.

  • run

    grandma ,she is dressing way to old and looking that way too.

  • koala

    i don’t mind the outfit, but that haricut really ages her. IF she still had her long straight hair, she could look really chic in this outfit, but the hair just makes her look frumpy!

  • KarenA

    She looks awesome. I love her new look too. Very classy and thank gosh she’s not trying to compete in trendy clothes, but opts for the classics. Thanks, Jared.

  • christyjolie

    I hate the way she dresses and her hair she was a very pretty girl now she looks like a librarian in 1967.

  • mel

    Can someone say AMAZON! How tall is this woman.

  • Dancer

    Does she ever do anything other than shop? I agree with everyone about the clothes. This woman cannot dress herself. She has a good body, nice coloring and she picks drab, dowdy things to wear.

  • libraesque

    the three sizes too big trench isn’t workin’. SHe really is one of the FEW natural beauties in the biz, but she has looked tired and worn out since she’s been abroad…..nice that she had alone time

  • libraesque

    #11, she’s 5’9

  • lei

    She looks like my older aunt with that short hair. The clothes are ok ,but she is in her twenties. Toms looks like an ex-reject Beatles with his hair do from da sixties, that buzzard nose of his, and he has Katie dressing like an old conservative blah mom. Most moms I know who are older than Katie dress classy and stylish & too.

  • pink

    #12 Read the caption. She wasn’t shopping, she was visiting art galleries. Anyway, when you’re visiting a foreign country there’s not really much to do besides shopping and sight-seeing.

  • JAck

    MRS. Cruise.

  • BBperfume

    is she walking without security, then what does it mean dining alone?
    O is the security waiting outside while she eats haute cusine?

  • Ali

    It must be awful to be always pursued by photographers, and not have space to just be. I wish she had a sister or a girlfriend with her to enjoy her free time in Paris away from Suri and Tom. She looks a little lonely in these pictures, but we can’t see what is going on in the surroundings – whether people are screaming and pushing around her, and whether she is just trying to be by keeping her head down.

  • carol

    Katie, should at least spend some money and send for her Ohio family & friends. She just looks soooooo,lonely. Where’s Tom 2 older kids? Summer camp is over? With private jets, they could at least flown in for the weekeknd or something. This family relations are very strange. First having photos taken with the kids all the time, to never seeing them together. Tom Cruise is sicko.

  • carol

    Katie, should at least spend some money and send for her Ohio family & friends. She just looks soooooo,lonely. Where’s Tom 2 older kids? Summer camp is over? With private jets, they could at least flown in for the weekeknd or something. This family relations are very strange. First having photos taken with the kids all the time, to never seeing them together. Tom Cruise is sicko.

  • libraesque

    I don’t think she alone requires much security, but it appears the man in the grey suit is with her. Not many people period can go to a restaurant alone, much less a celeb, I think it’s great

  • [~Famous~]

    she looks nice.

  • libraesque

    ALI, it’s quite clear she is NOT being pursued by crowds of people, it looks as though she only has one security person, and he’s not fending off anyone. Like I said, she alone doesn’t draw the crowds…….it’s the kid and cruise, and even then it’s minimal

  • libraesque

    carol, the alomost daily photo ops at the soccer field were just that……I’m sure his PR was very aware that the public had never bought into their relationship, and it was all show, to “prove” how lovey dovey they were….after suri was born, the other two kids and their public extra curricular activites weren’t needed anymore for props

  • Regina

    Why are people saying she is dressing like a 50 year old? This is fashion, people. This woman knows how to dress!

  • jim

    Katie you look so confused my girl. Tom has really changed your life for the worst in some ways…

  • LOVE

    She looks older than my grandma.

  • Vic

    Why would someone even want a picture? What in the world is she “famous” for – a silly little TV program?

  • Karen

    So many of your comments are cruel and uncalled for. How about being happy for her…or keeping your crass mouths shut.

  • He-who-shall-not-be-named

    What happened to playing the Fashionista, and why isn’t she at the Fashion Week with BFF Posh? In the beginning she was attending all the fashion shows, and now what? I guess she’s not really into morphing like Posh, but Tom was pushing her to follow David Bechkam’s wife and now she grew tired of keeping up…I agree, Kate needs to be herself!

  • painfully fug

    Katie looks like a middle-aged soccer mom. Isn’t she only 28 or so? Every picture I’ve seen, even beachside in France, she looks older than she should.

  • Mmmmmm

    KATE IS A BIG P.H.O.N.Y!!!!

  • http://myspace cr7

    She’s a young women dressing like an old lady.UGH! Well i guess Tom’s work of turning Katie into an unattractive person is done. A+ TOM!

  • Dancer

    Don’t these art galleries sell art? Having been to Paris many times and having visited many of their galleries, most of the art in them is for sale.

  • MARK

  • boohoo

    I feel so sorry for her.I feel even sorrier for her family and friends.It must be a nightmare watching her be under Toms control. robbot wife!

  • sick of her

    Gos she’s ugly old looking b*tch.

  • Maniston

    She looks old and worn. And walking around in those heels is ridiculous.

  • Dean

    She really looks so sad and lonely. I guess it’s true… CAN’T buy you happiness.
    The only thing it buys is a pretend body guard.

  • Tealeaf

    She looks like a 45 yr caseworker.

  • nicole

    so chic,so beautiful,so simple. she’s adorable

  • Dean

    libraesque, I guess Tom thinks we are too stupid to remember all of the PDA soccer and pop warner photo ops from last summer.
    That was when he had to keep then toddler Suri hidden under lock and key for fear of her being kidnapped. And now they let her run wild in a foreign country that turns a blind eye on such happenings

  • kiti

    Tom Cruise made her famous, for the wrong reasons.

  • Poor thing

    Objectively, I like what she has on but I just feel that it’s a business woman or executive’s attire.

    Also, I do feel uncomfortable looking at her…like she is not herself. It’s just that glow she had, even at the begining of their relationship who isn’t there anymore. Like someone who list her illusions. She just seems to have endorsed a character losinh her soul and seems resigned.

    I hope I am wrong but if I am not, I hope she doesn’t waste her youth in a marriage that doesn’t fulfill her or makes her someone she is not.

    I really hope she isn’t unhappy but if i’m right, she must find the courage to be the one to dump him and that she fonds another younger man with her youth to be dump before reaching the 10 years of marriage.

  • Megan

    Is she trying to emulate Jackie O? If so, she needs a lot of work because she’s nowhere near with her frumpy, poor posture look. Whatever happened to the real Katie? How come her grandma is posing as her? And what’s up with the 24 hour stilletos. Making up for Tom? Geez! Hollywood is so weird and overrated.

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  • libraesque

    Dean, what I found to be a huge joke was that they said they were protecting her from the media, not “hiding” her (because the world knew they WERE in fact hiding her because you can’t fake a 3-4 month old with a “newborn”) then where does she make her public debut???? At the media frenzy of the year….their “wedding”

  • ????

    She looks bored, lonely, abandonned, without any real interest besides Suri and especially, she looks like someone who has lost her once zest for life ! She isn’t even 30 yet !

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Dead Island Riptide, the follow-up to Techland’s 2011 “first-person zombie-slasher/action-RPG”, has officially gone gold. The highly-anticipated title is on track for its April 23rd (April 26th in the UK) release date, which is only a few short weeks away.

And, in case you weren’t already aware, this game won’t be debuting at the full retail price we’ve all become too used to paying lately. It will be knocking ten dollars right off the top, bringing the base price down to $49.99. So far, the game is shaping up to be an addicting, bloody adventure filled to the brim with the undead and plenty of their severed appendages. If you haven’t already pre-ordered and wish to obtain “an alternate character skin, pack of weapon mods and a digital strategy map” check out any participating retailer (Amazon/Best Buy/GameStop) to pre-order your copy before the game hits store shelves.

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How to turn your troubles into diamonds...

Everyone is born with special jewels in the treasure chest of their heart.
They are jewels that are only yours.
 No one can steal them. Steal their sparkle. Or steal the beauty of them.
Your jewels are your dreams, your skills, the sparkle that only you can bring to the world.

Just like each gem stone is are you and your own special future.
You don't need to worry that your life doesn't seem perfect, that  other people have jewels that are sparkling while you feel like yours are still waiting to shine.

Don't live in the want. Don't wait for things to become perfect. You don't need to feel bad that you don't have Kardashian amounts of money. You don't need to wish you were more famous than Lady Gaga. You don't need to wish you looked like the most current super model.  You have a future that is yours only- and will shine happiness in your heart, more than what "seems" like it's the perfect dream of others. Your dream is better- because it's been custom made just for you!

You are perfect just as you are and only YOU, will fulfill, the dreams that you were born with in your heart. No one else is going to steal your dreams, they are just like your fingerprints- they only belong to you. Yes, other people have fingerprints that may seem similar, but they are unique to each one of us, just like your dreams.

Each day look at the dreams in your heart...let the sparkle of each "dream jewel" shine and light up your face. Know that each hardship, each moment of pressure that you go through- know that each of those moments are just like how diamonds are created- under high heat and pressure.

Everything beautiful and priceless in life, like a diamond- every dream waiting to shine, every future waiting to sparkle- is made under the high heat of hardships in life and with pressure of difficult circumstances that you've made it through.

Don't wish for the easy route- the easy route, the "perfect" route, doesn't become valuable like a diamond, it doesn't shine with priceless beauty. Rejoice with each difficult thing in life, with each imperfect moment that creates the pressure to make your life and dream into a diamond!

People tried to discourage me that being a mom, would make it impossible to achieve my dreams...and my precious little babies, have been just the little diamonds that have led me and inspired my dreams. Don't listen to what other people say- they have no idea what God has put inside you to share with the world. And what God has planned for your future- ain't no one gonna stop!

I love you my precious diamonds. And like me, the pressures of the painful moments in life are the same pressures that make you strong like a diamond, shine like a diamond, and make your dreams sparklier and amazing just like a diamond.

Let the pressures of this world and life,  turn you and your future into the sparkliest diamond around... with dreams that will come true and shine brighter than the north star.
I love you my diamond, your kandee

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Kandee Johnson this is what I've been needing to hear. I love you so much!!! You are my number 1 inspiration and when it's my time to shine and people are listening they'll ask, how did you get above your demons!?! And I'll say kandee Johnson helped mee!!! And I love your make up you have taught me so much everyone loves the make up I apply and everyday I want to give you a hug and thank you. I hope you are so happy inside because of what you've given to other people! Kim and lady gaga only share stories and take take take...even though I like them they don't give to the world like you do...

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I'm 28 years old and have 17 month old baby girl I haven't acomplished much in my life. I have always used my " growing up in a violent home" as an excuse but reading ur blogs and watching ur videos made me want to change just enough so my baby girl can be proud of her mama when she grows up.... Just like ur kids will be when they grow up and see everything u have done for them for others but specially for yourself.

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I love you Kandee <3

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This made me cry. Kandee, I wanted to take my life tonight. You saved me.

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hi kandee
just to say I love your positve attitude! thanks for sharing the happiness and joy!
by the way, can you do a tutorial or give makeup advice for heavy monolided small eyes?

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Kandee you are always so right on. You always say the most insightful things. Thanks for your daily wisdom and kindness.

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You are such an inspiration to me!! Such a positive, outgoing, sweet, genuine person!! And so gorgeous!!! As a huge fan, I love youuuuuuu tooooooooo :)

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Kahuna Kawasaki Race Report- 2 Podiums and a National AM600 Top 10 Finish for Schouten at Mosport

July 21, 2008

Kahuna Kawasaki's Vicki Schouten enjoyed a busy and successful weekend at Mosport International Raceway this past weekend at Round #3 and #4 of the Parts Canada Superbike Series and Women's Cup Challenge.

Schouten made her way to Mosport early to take advantage of some extra practice time hosted by Pro 6 Cycle earlier during the week.

With a great deal of help from RozGar Racing's Gary Christie and their stellar lead mechanic Jim Brooks, Schouten was able to get the gearing sorted out on her Kawasaki ZX-6R for the fast paced Mosport racetrack. "The Christie's are truly the most amazing family I have ever met," explains Schouten, "their son Jodi is an extremely talented up and coming star in roadracing and the entire family is so helpful and supportive of all racers. I am really grateful that they and mechanic Jim Brooks have been so helpful to me the past few rounds. I cannot thank them enough for their help and support, especially when they are busy with their own program.  It is truly an honour to be a part of their extended family at the track".

By Thursday afternoon practice for the AM600 field, Schouten was turning some quick laptimes in the competitive national class field. Accelerated Technologies' John Sharrard had spent some time on the ZX-6R ensuring the suspension set-up was perfect as usual so Schouten could focus on bringing her laptimes down even further. It must have worked because Vicki continued to bring her laptimes down each session, despite having so much wear on her Pirelli tires.

Women's Cup Challenge qualifying was held on Friday afternoon and with her Kahuna Kawasaki ZX-6R in top form Schouten was excited and ready to go. Schouten posted the third quickest time overall and ended up taking second place in final qualifying due to a mechanical failure that disallowed the second place rider to pass post-qualifying technical inspection.

The AM600 qualifier which was to be held Saturday afternoon was cancelled at the last minute, and Saturday morning practice times were used instead. This meant Schouten, who did not focus on fast laps on Saturday morning, would start 22nd in AM600 and would have quite a lot of ground to make-up.

Saturday afternoon saw the first of two Women's Cup Challenge races. Schouten got off to a solid start and was able to maintain second place position throughout the race. With a second place finish, this would mark Schouten's first time on the Expert Women's podium, and apparently not the last.

Sunday morning arrived with gray skies and rain. With an opportunity to practice and test rain set-up on Sunday morning, and with a few minor adjustments from Accelerated Technologies' John Sharrard, Schouten's ZX-6R was ready for the wet and slippery conditions. The rain was falling hard for Round #4 of the Women's Cup Challenge and Schouten was ready to take on the rain. Schouten got off to a strong start and was in the lead for turns two through five before getting overtaken by Pro rider and fellow Women's competitor Marie-Josee Boucher, who would maintain the lead despite Schouten's efforts to close the gap. Schouten finished in a comfortable second place and now sits in second place overall in the series, a mere 7 points behind leader Marie-Josee Boucher.

Sunday afternoon brought about the competitive Parts Canada Armour Bodies Amateur 600 race. With some rain racing under her belt from earlier in the day, Schouten was prepared for the challenge. Starting from the 7th row in 22nd position, Schouten quickly started making her way through field, passing 1-2 riders each lap of the 12 lap race to make her way up to a career best 10th place finish in a Parts Canada National AM600 class, and the fastest female rider in the field. "It was a really fun race," exclaimed Schouten, "Track conditions were drying up quickly but I just put my head down and started passing riders one by one; it was a lot of fun and a great feeling!" Schouten is now in 14th place overall in the competitive National AM600 points standings.

With some career best finishes, it was a successful weekend for Vicki Schouten on her Kahuna Kawasaki ZX-6R. She could not have done it without the help and support from RozGar Racing and Jim Brooks, the Christie family, Dave Shirley, John Sharrard and Sean Huffman.

Schouten also wishes to thank Kahuna Kawasaki, Canadian Kawasaki Motors, Bell Helmets, Accelerated Technologies, Performance Under Gear, Komodo Gear, Compulsion Racing, Vortex, Auto Trim and Signs and Bickle Racing for all of the continued help and support.

She wishes to congratulate all of her fellow friends and competitors on their successful weekend and thank you as well to all over the wonderful corner workers and staff who were so professional and friendly all weekend.

Vicki will be at the next RACE Regional July 25-27 at Shannonville and at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia for the Parts Canada tour August 7-10 and hopes to see everyone there!


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Paul Wilson: Sixties Bombshell Donna Mae Mims Belle of the Ball @ Classic Car Auction

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The reason I called my pal Tom Blackwood was my desire to share my excitement. Because at 9:00 a.m. yesterday your well-coifed Scribe began to receive pictures of his latest acquisition – a fully armored, vintage 500 SEL Mercedes Benz – as it was loaded onto a truck to start its journey here from Florida.

These are the kind of intimate moments only a car guy can understand.

In the conversation, Tom gave me an update on one of vintage racecar driver Jeff Moore’s discoveries; mild-mannered secretary turned race grrrl Donna Mae Mims and her previously lost “Think Pink” Bug Eye Sprite. And thus a fascinating story began to unfold.

65+DMMims1255478988Moore owns Automotive Archeologists, in Springfield MO, that specializes in collecting, restoring and racing automobiles of historical significance.

Mims was known to her fans as the Pink Lady and was the first woman to win a Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) national championship in 1963. She wore a pink racing helmet, pink racing suit and had “Think Pink” emblazoned on the back of her racecars, that were always painted pink.

She was, as they say, a crowd pleaser.

In 1964, the UPI ran a feature story on Mims, stating, “It’s easy to see why men chase after Donna Mae Mims. She’s a delightful blonde with an intriguing smile, well-shaped figure and a laughing sense of humor. And much like most other members of her sex, she delights in leading men on a merry chase. Only trouble is Donna Mae doesn’t want to get caught. For it’s a double life Donna Mae leads, and when she isn’t sitting at a secretary’s desk she’s pursuing her career as ‘the pink lady of racing.”

MimsIn 1979, Mims also participated in the last running of the infamous, highly illegal coast-to-coast road race known as the “Cannonball Run.” She was part of an all-female team, sharing driving and navigation responsibilities with Judy Stropus and Peggy Niemcek   in a tricked out ’68 Cadillac Limo. The women were sponsored by “The Right Bra Company.”

So infuriated was Mims that their sponsor didn’t provide them with free bra’s, that the girls ran the race bra-less in defiant protest.

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Mims played so prominent a part in that last race that her character was played by busty Adrienne Barbeau in that not so well done movie of the same name directed by Hal Needham. It starred Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett and Dom DeLuise.

Anyway, I called Moore this morning at his office where he was preparing to fly to Gooding to watch his restoration of Mims’ racecar sell. And then he told me the rest of the story.

He had been chasing a lead, he had reason to believe, on Mims’ previously thought lost 1959 Bugeye Sprite that had originally belonged to Dr. Jonas Salk.

Yes, that Dr. Salk, of polio vaccine fame.

Salk bought the car in Paris while on a lecture tour and brought it back to the University of Pennsylvania where he taught. Salk later sold the car to a gentleman named Bill Wissel who race prepped it and put in on the SCCA circuit. Armed with enough facts to think he was on the right path, Moore called Mims to consult with her in 2006, three years before her death.

Mims thought Moore was on a dead end goose chase, informing him the man she’d sold the car to had rolled it in a race and she thought it had been completely destroyed. She also told him she believed her car was a 1958, Moore knew his suspect car was a 1959.

Moore and Mims in 2008

Moore and Mims in 2008

Still Moore had that feeling and was not to be pulled off the scent until he purchased the car, regardless.

Once he got the car back to his shop and began to dismantle it for restoration, under the first few pieces he removed he found….

Old, pink paint.

Moore restored the car to its former glory and today it sits at Gooding’s in Phoenix, waiting to cross the auction block Friday, sometime between 12:30-1:30.

Also at the auction, Gooding will feature a handfull of multi-million dollar Ferraris, a Talbot, a Lancia, as well as a 1970’s Hemi Cuda and 1923 window VW bus, both expected to top $100,000. This is big business. Last year total auction sales of classic cars topped $1.2 billion as the price for the best blue chip cars increased from $600K to over $1.8 million.

With an auction catalog estimate of $70,000 to $90,000 for Mims’ Think Pink gem from racing past, it’s not the most expensive car by any stretch, but to me, it’s by far the most interesting.

Moore was able to take Mims for a ride in her former car in 2008 at a Mid-Ohio event, a year before her death.

She’s got to be looking down and smiling this Friday.

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23 Responses to Paul Wilson: Sixties Bombshell Donna Mae Mims Belle of the Ball @ Classic Car Auction

  1. mike t. says:

    pretty cool, paul. i vaguely remember her.

    gooding is one of the best, along with RM and of course barrett-jackson. the collector car market is definitely back. wish i could play in it. hell, i’d be happy to play in any market!

    so, now pics of your new merc? you said “vintage” but didn’t note the year. also, assume you followed with interest the reveals at the north american auto show this past week?

  2. Libertarian says:

    Classic guns and cars seem to be a better investment than any bank has to offer.

    Thank to Barrett-Jackson and the likes, muscle car values have sky-rocketed in the past 12 years or so. Also, a Colt Python .357 I paid $400 for in 1989 will easily bring over a $1,000 in todays market. Weird, huh?

    That was cool story Paul. I had never heard of Mims, or the pink Sprite. Thanks for the very interesting read to go with my morning Joe.

    • paulwilsonkc says:

      Thanks, Lib, always happy when you like something!

    • mike t. says:

      Lib… the sad part about some of it is that these investors are buying them just for that reason – ROI (and because they CAN) – and have no intention of driving them. of course, if you’re paying 100’s of thousands of dollars, or millions in some cases, i guess you don’t want to risk any damage or addt’l miles.

      it’s a fickle market tho’. muscle cars were very big about 10 or so years ago, then not so much. they’ve made a comeback lately, but if you paid top dollar then for a ’64 GTO or Hemi Cuda, you might still be waiting for the appreciation. exotics and rare one-off racers are getting the top dollar right now.

  3. the dude says:

    I wondered why they looked so perky in that picture.

  4. expat says:

    Good stuff. You should write for The Selvedge Yard. Cars aren’t my thing but racing kicks ass no matter what the conveyance.

    I read a while back that the Cannonball Run has been resurrected but can’t find the article now. I did find something about a guy making it across the country in 29 hours in a hopped up Mercedes though.

    • paulwilsonkc says:

      Expat, thanks and you are correct. It was run again mid summer, if I’m correct, but under a different name, much more covert, much more quiet.
      I’ll have to look up The Selvedge Yard; not familiar with them.

  5. Kerouac says:

    Visions of Kowalski in ‘Vanishing Point’ (the original/one and only of course), less than 15 hours Denver to San Francisco, a cinematic Cannonball Run, and a compilation two distinct stories VP that were in fact true, one ending in the death a young man near an roadblock aft he fled/failed stop for police (silver screen version tending be less painful all the way around.)

    As for muscle car value today, haven’t kept track of it as afore, but, recall a 1970 Hemi Cuda selling for over $1 million at auction a few years ago, only to be resold some time thereafter for ‘only’ $640,000+, or thereabouts.

    Drive/enjoy ’em while you can muscle cars, because in this day and age, sure enough if something is fun & enjoyable you can be pretty certain some bureaucrat ne’er-do-well will try and put a stop to it.

    • paulwilsonkc says:

      Its a fickle market when youre in high end stuff. The incredibly ugly Superbirds (Im not a Mopar fan) routinely bring over a mill. Ferrari went through its fair share; prices when through the roof, took a huge decline, then slowly found their way back.
      I’ve always tended to stay in no-miss catagories, VW busses among them. Its too late now, but my last one shipped to Greece about two years ago at 10 times my money, six months ownership.
      I love the vintage Benz’s for some reason. By the right ones and youre either going to make money or not lose money.
      Right now, another car I’m not a fan of, but if you buy the best C4 Corvettes you can find, its a no miss deal. Get a good color, low mileage, optioned up car where its all correct; money in the bank.
      Each vette hits its rock bottom then starts the climb back. Hold a C4 for 5-8 years and you’ll double your money. Likely my next purchase, even though I’m not a real fan.

      • mike t. says:

        good call on the c-4. i’d agree. and, in ‘predicting the future’ category, methinks a 2014 c-7 will appreciate…sometime around 2034.

      • Kerouac says:

        I purchased a 1970 Corvette Stingray 454 ci with 6,001 original miles back in 1999 for $29,000. I sold it in early 2012 (while it still had but 24,114 original miles) and more than doubled my $, despite the thence down market for said. True enough, there’s always someone out there who is willing to be parted from their money, if you are willing say adieu to a nuts & bolts metal love yours.

        An aside, I’d like to ‘crush’ those nitwits who have for years now talked about crushing & banning from the road older vehicles… over my dead pistol-grip shifter they will (yup, am Mopar man.)

        • mike t. says:

          personally fond of select chevys and pontiacs, and shelby mustangs. am with paul on superbirds… ugly. no offense, kerouac.

          • Kerouac says:

            None taken… I too find them a bit of an albatross. For that matter, I have never liked ‘Cudas & will take my Challenger over any, any day the week.

  6. Kerouac says:

    Road Runners rule too.. BEEP BEEP!

  7. paulwilsonkc says:

    Thanks for commenting guys; this is another one of those stories that take you by surprise. I thought there would be more car dudes out there. Like I always say, the more you think you know, the less you really know.

    • mike t. says:

      assume you know about hover motor company’s blog? keeps pretty good track of all the car events, shows, etc.. he posts tons of pics. some very cool rides out there.

  8. Kerouac says:

    One last bit of Mopar: as a young man, loved the 1968 Dodge Charger when I first saw it on a tv & then magazine advertisement. Alas, when I finally saw one up close & in person, became apparent that it shared the same disease Cadillac’s did – too long/battleship like.

    That said, still like the 1968 Charger better than any other year before or since… in fact, would have no use any other if it weren’t for watching ‘Crazy Mary’/Susan George lookin great riding ’69 that movie… nuff said.

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I really can’t believe I’m writing this post already! 2015 has been probably my most productive year as a career artist. In truth, I took on far more than I should’ve and really overworked myself, but so many incredible opportunities surfaced this year and I just couldn’t say no! I’m incredibly grateful to my husband and in-laws for being so supportive during some very stressful months. As I am my daughter’s main caregiver, I’m typically splitting my time between her and my artwork, but I’ve been able to rely on my family a lot to watch her during the busiest times so I can focus on my work. I plan to write another blog post on “year 2” with Penny (in 2015, she went from 9 months to 21 months old and became a very active toddler!), so keep an eye out for that.

Here’s the final tally for 2015:

  • Pieces created: 32
  • Gallery exhibitions:14
  • Commissions: 3
  • Facebook fans: 88,000 (~70,000 added in 2015!)
  • Instagram followers: 55,000 (~38,000 added in 2015!)
  • My favorite pieces: “Harbinger” “Augury” “Endue” and “Impasse”

Let’s get started on monthly highlights! (And just a fair warning: this post is HUGE! My year was that big!)

I started off the new year with a commission of Mildred from “The Worst Witch.” This was such a fun little portrait!

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Next, I began and completed my most complicated painting yet (though “Impasse” now holds that slot!). “Harbinger” was made for the 3rd annual PRISMA Collective show at Spoke Art. For more info on “Harbinger,” I wrote a blog post about my process here.

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Also in January, I wrote two blog posts: “The Rise and Fall of Delirium” and “Shipping Artwork.

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I did one last gouache/graphite commission (I miss these!):

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I finished out January with a painting inspired by my favorite comedienne, Maria Bamford, for a show at Gallery 1988:

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I began February with my piece for Inner State Gallery’s “Glass, Cinder, & Thorns III” exhibit, creating a piece inspired by the fairytale “Biancabella and the Snake.” I titled the finished piece “Endue.”

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Maria Bamford happened to be performing in Nashville, not long after I finished the painting inspired by her! I brought her a print, and asked her to sign one for me too. She’s basically the best.

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I wrote a blog post about mounting paper to a cradled wood panel, that you can read here.

I began working on album artwork for Nashville local Carrie Welling’s EP, “The Edge.” It’s one of the most “liked” pieces by my fanbase from this year!

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In February, I also began working with one of my favorite models and my good friend, Cassie Meder / Casstronaut. You’ll recognize her in a lot of my work from 2015!

Finally, to round up February, I created one of two postcard sized pieces for a Gallery 1988 show, this one inspired by my favorite movie, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”

The month began with Penny, nearly 1 year old, managing to find and attempt to eat a tube of gouache.

I began work on my piece for Arch Enemy Arts’ “Imaginary Menagerie” group show, inspired by mythical beasts and beings. I chose to create a piece based on the banshee. (As of this post, this painting is still available at AEA!

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For the second postcard piece for an upcoming Gallery 1988 show, I created this one inspired by Addams Family Values.

After many months struggling to create my instructional DVD, losing corrupted footage, and general frustration… I started over:

At the end of the month, I began this piece, “Malediction,” for an upcoming show at Modern Eden Gallery based on Snow White.

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The month began with me joining One Fantastic Week shortly after being announced as part of the One Fantastic Weekend Workshop’s faculty!

I created a painting inspired by Game of Thrones and Sansa Stark for an upcoming Gallery 1988 show called “Idiot Box 2.”

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Also in April, I joined the artist rotation on Every Day Original, where I upload a brand new work on the 7th of every month for sale. The piece below, “Paragon,” was my first and I’m told it sold in record time!

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I began a new piece, one that was for personal purposes and not for a show. I took my time on this one and actually got a good bit through my first version before scrapping it and starting over! I didn’t finish this one until May, and actually decided to digitally color it. I still have the intention of glazing the original in oils – I just haven’t gotten around to it!

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I began May with creating this commissioned piece, “Effervescent”

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Then I made my way to Kansas City, MO for Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 4! I’d never been to a convention before, and I was persuaded to make it to Spectrum, and I’m SO glad I did! I had an incredible time. Highlights included finally meeting the wonderful Lauren Panepinto, running into George R. R. Martin (I shed a single tear), dressing up for the awards, meeting many of my favorite artists and new friends in person, having my work reviewed by Lauren, Irene Gallo, and Karla Ortiz and receiving very helpful feedback, and attending a multitude of incredibly helpful workshops.

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I began the month with my June EDO piece, titled “Undulate.” It’s one of my favorite pieces from the year.

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I also took on another album art commission, this time from Nashville local Linda Emerson. The subject matter was different for me, but I still enjoyed it! I put a lot of research into getting the milkweed right, including hunting some of it down at a local park and shooting reference photos.

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 Finally, I created a piece for an upcoming Gallery 1988 show celebrating the 30th anniversary of “Clue”

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This month began with finding my feature in ImagineFX magazine! So neat to see my work in print like this.

Next up my monthly EDO piece:

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I decided to take a quick personal break to make Penny a dress. It was really my first time making anything from scratch with my sewing machine. Speaking of, this kid really started reaching new heights, literally, in my studio…

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Finally, I ended the month by creating this small watercolor inspired by some luna moth paper-cuts that I purchased from fellow artist Redd Walitzki.

I finally released my finished instructional video!

I worked on a piece inspired by Crimson Peak for an upcoming Guillermo del Toro tribute show. The best part? The man himself bought it! Definitely a highlight of the year!

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Toward the end of the month and into August, I created my favorite piece to date, “Impasse,” for a PRISMA Collective show at Antler PDX. As of this post, the original is available for sale in my shop.

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Thus begins the busiest part of 2015! I needed to create at least 5 pieces for a mini-solo show at Arch Enemy Arts. On top of that, many other things, including my August EDO piece:

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The first piece for my mini-solo “Symbiosis,” is “Schism:”

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Next up is “Assail:”

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Then I took a break from my series to work on a piece for what was another major highlight of my year: being commissioned by Lucasfilm, Disney, Bad Robot, and Gallery 1988 for a Star Wars painting that would ultimately be auctioned off for charity. I chose to create a piece based on Queen Amidala. The piece measured 12″ x 16″ and was painted with watercolor and embellished with 18k gold lemon leaf.

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The insanity continued! I picked up again on the three remaining pieces for my “Symbiosis” series. The next in line is “Proxy.”

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Followed up by “Synergy”

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And finally, to round out the “Symbiosis” series, here’s “Vernacular.” Most of the pieces from this series are still available at Arch Enemy Arts.

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At the very end of September, just after finishing up the above series, I got straight to working on a new Indiegogo campaign – this time to raise the funds to attend the Illustration Master Class!

The month began with my EDO piece and the start of my Crazy 4 Cult piece for Gallery 1988.

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Then, my husband and I took a VERY much needed vacation, just the two of us. We spent a few wonderful days in New Orleans while Penny stayed home with her grandparents.

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Once we returned, I finished up my C4C piece inspired by “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (which is available from Gallery 1988!)

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This was an incredibly fun month! It began with teaching at the One Fantastic Weekend Workshop and creating my November EDO piece while there:

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The below photos are from the workshop, with photo credits to Loraine Flegal, Kirsten Zirngibl, and Julie Wilmore:

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After the workshop, I created this postcard-sized piece for Modern Eden Gallery’s annual “Wanderlust” show and titled it “Astral”

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At the end of the month, I painted this super fun piece of Princess Peach for a Gallery 1988 show titled “Console Wars:”

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The first half of December consisted of fulfilling lots and lots of orders from the Indiegogo campaign and Black Friday sales. I’m so happy with my new home print shop setup! Meanwhile, Penny is finally old enough to sit and color for a few minutes while I work:

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My December EDO piece began like this…

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But then I set it aside because I wanted to spend more time on it. Instead, I created this:

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I’ve ended 2015 with this incredibly fun piece inspired by my favorite game this year, “Transistor,” for an upcoming show at Gallery 1988.

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I’m really quite proud of everything I’ve accomplished this year, and I’m even more excited for next year! I have a very exciting solo show lined up, some traveling, IMC, and a couple more fun projects! I definitely plan to scale back a little, though. I worked myself breathless during the second half of the year, and that put a huge strain on myself and my family, and as Penny enters the “terrible twos” in 2016, I anticipate needing to be giving her extra attention.

Huge thanks to everyone that’s supported me and cheered me on this year! Onward!

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  1. Eizu
    July 6, 2016

    Wow. What a year! I love what you accomplished and everything else!!!

    So awesome. What printer and paper are you using?

    I’m planning to use my Canon Pixma for my artprints~

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When patients decide the best is not for them

I have been practicing medicine for 35 years and the great secret is that it just keeps getting better.  No day goes by without an important learning moment, a unique observation or just the satisfaction of making a difference.  Today I had one of those moments of revelation that will slightly change all days which follow.

Stan is a 57-year-old man with curable colon cancer who requires surgery. Unfortunately, that surgery will result in a colostomy.  Without that specific operation, there is an increased risk the cancer will spread.  Stan is smart, aggressive and independent.  He wants us to modify the treatment to avoid the colostomy.  However, such a compromise is outside standard of care, and not supported by what modern medicine understands about colon cancer treatment.

In my office, Stan and I talk at length and he poses a challenging question.  He says, “Doc, if I was a friend of yours what would you recommend?”  After a moment of thought, I decide that is easy.  I would give a recommendation that makes cure most likely.  Hundreds of thousands of patients live active lives with colostomies, but very few live such lives with active colon cancer. Therefore, I would tell my friend to have the surgery, accept the colonoscopy, giving the most compassionate support I could muster.

However, then I had a conversation inside my own head.  I asked me, Jim Salwitz, not Dr Salwitz, what I would do if it was my belly threatened with a colostomy.  To my surprise, I had a moment of bright light insight and intuition.  I might very well accept the risk of colon cancer recurrence, nary even death, and not get the colostomy.  I was stunned!  Patient Jim overrides Dr Jim.

Is this the right, reasonable or intelligent decision?  Probably not.   It is one thing to recommend a higher risk to a patient and another to accept that for oneself.  Nonetheless, it seems to me that each patient should have the opportunity to understand each choice, even if some of those choices may put him or her at risk.  It may be very hard for patients to make an informed decision as most patients have not seen the downside of bad medical events, and may chose a higher risk alternative based on the false assumption that complications can be corrected.   If doctors are going to help patients to have such freedom of choice, it requires extensive education, patience and personal insight.  This is a tough area of health communication as there is security and clarity in data, but some patients may need to explore the unknown.

I told Stan about my personal “decision.”  I told him that although the data was unclear, it was likely he was taking a higher risk of cancer recurrence and death if he did not have the colostomy.  I emphasized that a full life was possible with a colostomy. However, I told him that from a standpoint of risk verses perceived quality of life, I might personally choose to avoid the surgery.

This is a difficult area in medicine, when patients decide “the best” is not for them.  It is doubly hard when the doctor himself can clearly see and empathize with the patient’s conflict.  In the end, Stan’s choice is not supported by research, data, my personal experience, nor by experts in the field.  Nonetheless, if he decides to choose that path, I will support him.

James C. Salwitz is an oncologist who blogs at Sunrise Rounds.

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Quaternary System

Extensive unconsolidated material depos1ted. by glacial ice, streams, wind, and slope wash overlies the Pennsylvanian and Permian bedrock throughout much of the mapped area. Terrace or alluvial deposits occur along all the major streams and their tributaries. Glacial drift, chiefly till and melt-water sediments, covers much of the uplands in the northern two-thirds of the area. Because the till and melt-water sediments (glacial outwash) are poorly exposed, these deposits were not mapped separately. Eolian loess mantles many stream divides, but because the loess is thin and poorly exposed, it was mapped either with the glacial drift or with the underlying bedrock. Mudge and Burton (1959, p. 108) recognized exposures of Peorian Loess (Wisconsin age) in the SW SE NE sec. 15, T. 11 S., R. 13 E., near Willard, and southwest of Dover in the SE sec. 10, T. 13 S., R. 13 E. This loess consists of brownish-gray to gray blocky clay and silt; locally it is iron stained and leached of calcium carbonate in its upper part. Loess deposits average about 10 foot in thickness (Mudge and Burton, 1959, p. 108). Colluvial deposits--principally of clay, silt, and very fine sand--occur over much of the area but are generally too thin to map separately; hence they were mapped with the underlying bedrock or glacial drift. In many valleys colluvium has been deposited on the back side of stream terraces at the base of valley slopes and has markedly modified the terrace forms. No contact is evident between the colluvial and terrace deposits; thus, the colluvium was mapped as a part of the terrace material.

Chert gravel--In late Tertiary or early Pleistocene time chert gravel, derived from the west (primarily from the Wreford and Barneston Limestones of Early Permian age), was deposited in the valleys of the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers and along some of their larger tributaries; subsequent erosion has left remnants of these, deposits isolated topographically high above the present flood plains (Todd, 1918b, p. 190; Mudge, 1955, p. 273; Soott and others, 1959, p. 130). During the Pleistocene Glaciation, Kansan ice overrode many of the deposits and incorporated the chert gravel in the till and glacial outwash. Few gravel deposits remain in the area, and none are shown on the geologic map (pl. 3).

Olive-brown to pale-yellowish-brown subangular dense chert granules and pebbles in a clay matrix occur as a thin veneer locally adjacent to the streams in the SE sec. 32 and E2 sec. 34, T. 13 S., R. 13 E., near the southwest corner of the area. These gravels are probably remnants of high-level Pliocene(?) terrace deposits (O'Connor, 1955, p. 7) that formerly lay within the Marais des Cygnes River drainage basin (south of the mapped area).

A deposit of probable pre-Kansan age is exposed in an old gravel pit in the NE NW NE sec. 31, T. 10 S., R. 14 E. About 99 percent of the deposit consists of light-gray and pale-yellowish-brown subangular to subrounded chert pebbles, and about 1 percent consists of shale and sandstone pebbles in a matrix of clay and silt (Davis, 1951, table 3). A few pebbles of glacially transported materials are also present, but these pebbles were probrably added to the deposit from the overlying till by slope wash and by burrowing animals. Another deposit of probable pre-Kansan age, containing pebbles and very small cobbles of gray chert and light-gray, dusky-yellow, and grayish-red limestone, crops out along the road on the north line of the NE NE sec. 36, T. 10 S., R. 13 E. The deposit, about 1.6 foot thick, is moderately well cemented with calcium carbonate.

A third deposit of probable pre-Kansan age occurs in the SW NE sec. 13, T. 10 S., R. 13 E. This deposit appears to be composed dominantly of chert gravel overlain by till. Because of poor exposures however, it was not possible to determine with certainty that erraties are not incorporated. A deposit, possibly also of pre-Kansan age, composed of chert gravel embedded in light-yellowish-brown medium to coarse sand underlies valley fill of Kansan age in an exposure in the SW SE NE sec. 6, T. 11 S., R. 14 E.

Glacial Drift

Principal drainage in western Shawnee County and vicinity has been to the east-at least since early Pleistocene time. During Kansan Glaciation the northern two-thirds of the area was occupied by glacial ice that caused major but only temporary changes in the drainage pattern. The Kansas River was dammed at St. George, Pottawatomie County (Smyth, 1898, pl. 1; Mudge, 1955, p. 271-274), and was diverted eastward through a series of channels across northern Wabaunsee County to the present confluence of Dry Creek with Mill Creek, near Maple HilI, just west of the western Shawnee County area (Mudge, 1955, p. 274, 277-279).

The water was ponded in Dry and Mill Creeks and as the lake deepened the water rose to an altitude of about 1,115 feet and spilled southeastward across the divide between Dry and Mission Creeks (Mudge, 1955, p. 279) at the west side of the mapped area, about 3 miles northwest of Dover (fig. 14). The valley of Mission Creek also was blocked by ice below the present mouth of Haskell Creek, about 2 miles northeast of Dover. Again the water ponded, reached an altitude of about 1,150 feet, and spilled over the divide southeastward into North Branch Wakarusa River west of Auburn (Todd, 1911, p. 213), from whence it reentered the Kansas River valley east of Lawrence by way of the Wakarusa River.

Figure 14--Position of glacial diversion channels during Kansan Glaciation.

Map of western Shawnee County; southern limit of glaciation in T. 12 S.

The southernmost extent of the ice sheet in the mapped area was at the approximate position of the diversion channel that extended from the west side of the area about 3 miles northwest of Dover to the mouth of Haskell Creek, northeast of Dover (fig. 14). East of Haskell Creek the southward movement of the ice was restricted by the divide between the Kansas and the Wakarusa Rivers; the ice advanced to a line that extended from Mission Creek eastward to Shunganunga Creek in the east-central part of the area. The drift border in the western part of the area north of Dover is marked by many boulders that probably are the residue of the terminal moraine. The terminal moraine in the east half of the area is partly buried in the valley of Shunganunga Creek (Smyth, 1898, p. 97-98). The presence of glacial ice over the part of the mapped area south of the Kansas River valley probably was of fairly short duration, for the diversion channels are not as deeply incised as some channels in Wabaunsee County that were utilized by the diverted river for a longer period.

As the ice gradually retreated to north of the Kansas River valley the river resumed, in general, its previous course, and its major tributaries reoccupied their old valleys. Not all the river valley within the mapped area was free of ice at the same time, for the river was diverted southward temporarily through a channel that extended from the river valley in sec. 29, T. 11 S., R. 15 E., to Shunganunga Creek in sec. 16, T. 12 S., R. 15 E., on the east side of the area (fig. 14), From there the waters probably flowed southeastward beyond the mapped area into the Wakarusa River. During the retreat, the front of the ice sheet was probably stationary just north of the Kansas River valley for a long period of time; this stability allowed a considerable thickness of glacial outwash to fill the valley.

Diversion channels are evident at several places where melt water from the glacier spilled over stream divides and interfluves as the glacier retreated northward from the mapped area. Melt water probably flowed across the divide between Cross and Soldier Creeks northeast of Rossville through a short diversion channel in the N2 sec. 1, T. 10 S., R. 13 E., and the N2 sec. 6, T. 10 S., R. 14 E., and through a channel centered near the common corner of secs. 1 and 12, T. 10 S., R. 13 E., and secs. 6 and 7, T. 10 S., R. 14 E. (fig. 14). On the east side of the area, melt water may have spilled eastward in a temporary channel in the NW sec. 33, T. 10 S., R. 15 E. Little Soldier Creek formerly flowed across the E2 sec. 18 and the NW sec. 19, T. 10 S., R. 15 E., but was diverted a short distance to the northwest into a tributary valley and did not resume its former course after retreat of the glacier. Other diversion channels undoubtedly existed but have since been destroyed or so modified by erosion as to be unrecognizable.

The glacial drift ranges in thickness from a very thin veneer at places south of the Kansas River to about 85 feet locally along the north side of the Kansas River valley, Test holes in the NW and N2 SW sec. 12, T. 11 S., R. 14 E., just north of the valley, penetrated 70-80 feet of drift (Davis and Carlson, 1952, pl. 3), and a driller reported presence of glacial drift about 45 feet thick just to the north in a water well near the SW cor. sec. 1. On the north side of the valley east of Rossville, the drift is 60-84 feet thick in test holes along the west line of sec. 32, T. 10 S., R. 14 E., and in the SW NW sec. 5, T. 11 S., R. 14 E. (Beck, 1959, p. 79-81). In general, the drift thins northward away from the river valley, but locally it is more than 20 feet thick. South of the Kansas River the outwash deposits are as much as 30 feet thick locally, but the drift apparently averages less than 5 feet in thickness.

The glacial drift is predominantly unstratified unsorted till but includes, particularly near both the terminal area and the Kansas River valley, deposits of stratified glacial outwash. Because the till and the outwash are poorly exposed, these deposits were not differentiated; over much of the glaciated area it was difficult to identify the glacial drift beneath the mantle of soil and loess. The identification and, consequently, the mapping of drift depended largely on the presence of erratics and on topographic position. The distribution of glacial drift shown on the geologic map (pl. 3) represents the minimum rather than the maximum extent. Many small areas with only a thin veneer of drift were not mapped.

Till--The till ranges from 0 to slightly more than 10 feet in thickness in quarry and roadcut exposures. Clay is the principal constituent of the till, but a large percentage of rock particles of silt, sand, granule, pebble, cobble, and boulder size are also included. Most of the till was derived from rocks that crop out in this part of Kansas, and only a small percentage consists of rock fragments from the northern part of the United States. Most fragments of pebble size or larger are limestone; smaller sized fragments are mainly sandstone and shale. In places, pale-yellowish-brown chert, incorporated in the till from the local gravel deposits of pre-Kansan age, is most abundant. Igneous and metamorphic rocks, ironstone, and quartz are also common. Cobbles and boulders of pale-red and pale-reddish-purple quartzite and quartzite conglomerate are most conspicuous, although these constituents actually compose only a small percentage of the total coarse fraction of the till (Davis, 1951, p. 191). Most boulders are less than 2 feet long, but locally some as much as 5 feet long are fairly common. The till is gray and weathers light brown or pale reddish brown. Where it is deeply weathered, much of the clay, silt, and sand fraction has been removed, and a concentrate of pebbles, cobbles, and boulders now remains. The concentrate contains a higher percentage of glacial erratics than fresh till. The largest concentration of boulders occurs in the area formerly occupied by the terminal moraine of the ice sheet. Boulders are particularly abundant northwest of Dover in sec. 22, the W2 sec. 23, and near the common corner of secs. 8, 9, 16, and 17, T. 12 S., R. 13 E.

Glacial outwash--The glacial outwash consists of stratified clay, silt, sand, gravel, and many random cobbles and boulders, deposited by melt water from the Kansan ice sheet during its advance and retreat. The outwash deposited during the ice advance is classified as the Atchison Formation (Moore and others, 1951, p. 15) by the State Geological Survey of Kansas; the deposits of the retreatal phase are classified as the Grand Island and Sappa Formations. The composition of the outwash is complex and varied, and seldom can the Atchison and Grand Island Formations in this part of Kansas be definitely separated on the basis of lithology. In fact, the Atchison is recognized with reasonable certainty only where it is overlain by Kansan Till. The Sappa Formation overlies the Grand Island and is made up chiefly of silt of glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine origin. In the mapping of the area, the glacial outwash was not differentiated into the three formations. Deposits of the Grand Island and Sappa Formations were included in the Menoken Terrace deposits by Beck (1959), and in the Meade Formation by Davis and Carlson (1952).

The proglacial outwash--the Atchison Formation--commonly consists of indistinctly crossbedded gravel interstratified with medium to coarse sand. Some gravel lenses are moderately well cemented by calcium carbonate. In some places the pebble-sized rock fragments are chiefly chert and limestone but some are shale and sandstone and a few are glacial erratics (Davis and Carlson, 1952, p. 222). At other localities the Atchison contains a large percentage of glacial erratics and is indistinguishable from the Grand Island Formation.

Pebbles 4-8 millimeters long, examined by Davis (1951, table 3), from the Atchison in a gravel pit in the center of the SW sec. 9, T. 11 S., R. 15 E., were about 55 percent limestone, 36 percent chert, 9 percent shale and sandstone, and less than 1 percent quartzite and granitic erratics. In a small pit in the center of the N2 SW sec. 7, T. 11 S., R. 15 E., chert is the dominant rock among the gravel-sized fragments, particularly those fragments more than 8 millimeters long (Davis, 1951, table 3). The Atchison Formation in a large pit in the SW cor. sec. 26, T. 10 S., R. 13 E., is composed of 4 feet of stratified coarse sand containing sorted gravels overlain by 8 feet of sorted gravels and cobbles mainly of limestone. Overlying this unit is about 17 feet of light-gray silt that shows well-formed deltaic bedding with apparent dip to the southeast; about 5 feet of clay till and soil cap the deposit. About 10 feet of well-sorted subrounded gravel of the Atchison is exposed below till in a gravel pit in SE SE sec. 9, T. 10 S., R. 14 E., northeast of Grove. The possible varved sediments in the SE SE sec. 28 and the SE sec. 29, T. 11 S., R. 13 E., described by Mudge and Burton (1959, p. 102), may belong to the Atchison. They consist of very fine sand, silt, and clay in alternating bands of light and dark gray brown and contain granule-sized erratics.

A deposit, possibly in the Atchison Formation, composed of poorly stratified sand, granules, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders, as well as large masses of till, fills part of a preglacial valley in the E2 sec. 10 and the west-central part of sec. 11, T. 12 S., R. 13 E. This deposit was classified by Mudge and Burton (1959, p. 103) as an ice-contact deposit. The matrix material of the deposit ranges in size from coarse sand to granules and is composed dominantly of subangular to subrounded limestone fragments; but it also includes a large amount quartz and smaller amounts of chert, ironstone, and igneous and metamorphic rock. The material contains abundant pebbles, most of which are less than 0.17 feet long, mainly of limestone but partly of pale-yellowish-brown chert. Cobble-sized fragments are common and some boulders are present. The larger fragments of granitic rock are deeply weathered and crumble when struck. The deposit shows deltaic bedding with apparent dip to the southeast, and much of the deposit is moderately well cemented by calcium carbonate and is deeply stained by limonite. The deposit is more than 30 feet thick and rests on bedrock. Mudge and Burton (1959, pl. 2) also recognized small ice-contact deposits in the center and NE cor. sec. 9 and in the adjacent part of sec. 10, T. 12 S., R. 13 E.

Gravel of the Grand Island Formation, described by Lugn (1935, p,103-104) as "the inwash-outwash equivalent of the Kansan till and the early Kansan inter-till sands and gravels of eastern Nebraska," composes most of the glacial outwash in the area; this gravel is thickest and most extensive along the north side of the Kansas River valley. The Grand Island is well exposed in a large pit in the center of the SW sec. 9, T. 11 S., R. 15 E., where it is about 18 feet thick and contains 14 feet of coarse gravel overlain by 4 feet of coarse sand. The gravel is interbedded with lenses of yellowish-gray very fine to fine sand containing limestone and quartzite boulders as much as 2 feet in diameter. Some of the gravel is cemented by calcium carbonate. The deposit shows deltaic bedding. The sand is pale reddish brown and medium to coarse and contains scattered pebbles. Davis (1951, table 3) found that of the gravel 4-8 millimeters in length, about 49 percent was limestone, 23 percent was chert, 10 percent was shale and sandstone, and the remaining 18 percent was glacial erratics-mainly quartz and metamorphic and granitic rocks.

The Grand Island, which consists of 9 feet of very coarse sand and very small pebbles overlain by 2 feet of dark-reddish-brown silt, is well exposed in a gravel pit on the south side of the Kansas River in the S2 SE sec. 24, T. 11 S., R. 13 E. The pebbles in the lower part are primarily dark-yellowish-gray to dark-yellowish-brown and moderate-reddish-brown limestone, but quartz, chert, and sandstone are also common. The basal 4 feet has indefinite bedding, some moderately well cemented gravel lenses, and very thin streaks of gravel coated with brownish-black manganese oxide; it weathers light yellowish gray. The upper 5 feet of the very coarse sand contains some subangular to subrounded boulders as much as 1.2 feet long and irregular lenses of olive-gray pebbly clayey silt; it weathers dark brown and is also streaked with manganese oxide. The silt at the top of the deposit contains pebbles of limestone and glacial erratics. Some large cobbles of light-red quartzite are also present. The poorly defined bedding of the deposit dips eastward.

About 17 feet of partly to moderately well cemented gravel, probably of the Grand Island, is exposed in an abandoned pit in the SW NE sec. 18, T. 10 S., R. 15 E., on the south side of Little Soldier Creek. The deposit overlies the Wakarusa Limestone Member of the Bern Limestone, and its bedding seems to dip to the southwest. The gravel exposed in the basal 6 feet of an old pit in the NW SE sec. 12, T. 11 S., R. 14 E., is also correlated with the Grand Island. At many localities the poorly sorted and stratified glacial outwash of the Grand Island closely resembles gravel and boulder till, or till from which much of the original clay and silt has been removed.

A lag concentrate of pebbles, cobbles, and boulders of limestone and glacial erratics is the remnant of glacial outwash along the diversion channel in the valley of the North Branch Wakarusa River. In a few places along that stream small deposits of sand and gravel are also present. In the stream gully in the SW NW sec. 3, T. 13 S., R. 14 E., blocks of limestone, pink quartzite, and greenstone are imbedded in sand. Most of the erratics are scattered along the east side of the valley at levels ranging from 5 feet above the stream near its headwaters to as much as 60 feet above the stream near its mouth. Near the southeast corner of the mapped area, a deposit of glacial outwash containing pebbles and cobbles of limestone and pink quartzite caps a small hill on the north side of the Wakarusa River in the NE SE sec. 29, T. 13 S., R. 15 E. This deposit is about 80 feet above the river.

Thick deposits of pale-yellowish-brown to pale-red clayey to finely sandy silt and fine sand, assigned to the Sappa Formation (Condra and others, 1947, p. 12, 22), are present on the north side of the Kansas River valley but are concealed by loess and soil. About 14 feet of sediments, probably in the Sappa, consisting of well-sorted medium to coarse arkosic sand that grades upward into fine darkstained sand, silt, and clay overlies gravel of the Grand Island Formation ina pit in the NW SE sec. 12, T. 11 S., R. 14 E, (Beck, 1959, p. 31). Good exposures of the Sappa are present in the north bank of Soldier Creek about 2.5 miles east of the report area, in the SW sec. 12, T. 11 S., R. 15 E., where the formation is more than 40 feet thick.

Terrace Deposits of Kansan Glaciation

South of the glaciated area along Mission Creek, deposits of gravel, probably contemporaneous with the glacial outwash, occur as terraces mainly along the north side of the creek (Mudge and Burton, 1959, p. 105). About 9 feet of Kansan terrace gravel is exposed in a pit in the NW NW sec. 3, T. 13 S., R. 13 E. The lower half of the deposit consists mainly of subangular to subrounded granules and pebbles dominantly of limestone but also of chert, quartz, and ironstone. The upper half is mainly very fine to very coarse sand composed of fragments of limestone, sandstone, chert, quartz, ironstone, and fossils. Some moderately well cemented lenses of sand and gravel occur in the sand. Bedding in the sand dips to the east-southeast. The toe of the terrace of Kansan age is about 10 feet above a lower terrace in Mission Creek valley and about 40 feet above the present stream channel. The back side of the terrace deposit is concealed by loess and colluvium of younger age that mantle the north slope of this part of Mission Creek valley; because the contact between the two deposits is difficult to determine, they were not mapped separately. Mudge and Burton (1959, p. 104, pl. 2) included the Kansan terrace deposits in the Grand Island Formation and the colluvium in the Sanborn Formation (now considered the Sanborn Group).

Buck Creek Terrace Deposits

Terrace deposits correlated with the Buck Creek terrace of Illinoian age, as defined by Davis and Carlson (1952, p. 213) farther downstream in the Kansas River valley, occur on the south side of the Kansas River west of Willard, on the north side west of Rossville, and along its major trihutaries. Terrace remnants questionably correlated with the Buck Creek terrace deposit are also present along the Wakarusa River. A test hole in a narrow unmapped Buck Creek deposit along the north side of the Kansas River valley in the NE NE sec. 19, T. 11 S., R. 13 E., penetrated 49 feet of sediments consisting, in ascending order, of 15 feet of yellow silty friable clay; 14 feet of clayey sand and gravel composed of quartz, limestone, quartzite, and some igneous rock; 2 feet of clay containing quartz, quartzite, and limestone pebbles; 12 feet of light-brown silty calcareous clay; 2 feet of slightly sandy calcareous si1t containing a few subangular pebbles; and 4 feet of black silt and clay (Beck, 1959, p. 78). The upper 15 feet of clay in the test hole is probrubly colluvium of more recent age. Generally only the upper few feet of the Buck Creek deposits is exposed; it is reddish-brown and pale-yellowish-brown to light-brown clayey coarse silt containing scattered granules and pebbles.

In the Kansas River valley the Buck Creek deposits are about 30-80 feet above the river. The extensive remnant of the Buck Creek terrace along the west side of Cross Creek north of Rossville ranges in height from about 20 foot to as much as 90 feet above the creek locally in the NW NW sec. 10, T. 10 S., R. 13 E. The higher part of the deposit overlies bedrock. Remnants of the Buck Creek terrace along Mission Creek range in height from as much as 45 feet above the creek near its mouth to as little as 15 feet above the creek at the west edge of the area, near Dover. The few exposures of the Buck Creek ( n terrace deposits along the Wakarusa River show light-reddish-brown silt, locally containing gravel of yellowish-brown chert and light-pink quartzite. Because they are partly covered by colluvium and loess, the Buck Creek terrace deposits in the area can be delineated only generally.

Newman Terrace Deposits

Alluvial deposits of Wisconsin age occupy much of the bottom land of the Kansas River valley and almost entirely cover the bottom of the valleys of the Wakarusa River and major creeks (pl. 3). In the Kansas River valley the deposits underlie a nearly flat poorly drained terrace surface--the Newman--which is 20-45 feet above the river. The Newman is best preserved on the north side of the river, where it ranges in width from about 700 feet to almost 2 miles and averages slightly more than 1 mile in width. Together, the Newman and the alluvium form the flood plain of the Kansas River; however, only severe floods inundate the terrace, and the high points remain above flood level.

Test holes drilled in the Newman east and west of Silver Lake and near the west edge of the mapped area showed that the deposit is 50-75 feet thick (Beck, 1959, p. 78, 81, 82; Davis and Carlson, 1952, pl. 3). According to Beck, the lower two-thirds to three-fourths of the deposit is sand that, near its base, contains a considerable amount of gravel. The sand is coarse in its lower part and grades upward into medium to very fine sand. A few lenses of clay also occur in the gravelly sand. The upper part of the Newman terrace deposit is mainly sandy clay capped by a layer of clayey silt. Colluvial material derived by slope wash from the valley sides mantles the Newman deposits at most places adjacent to the valley slopes.

Newman terrace deposits form most of the flood plain of the Wakarusa River and most of those of major creeks in the area; in ordinary floods these deposits are covered. The Wakarusa River and the creeks have cut channels 10-15 feet below the level of the flood plains on the Newman deposits. The thickness and composition of the Newman deposits outside the Kansas River valley are not known, but a test hole drilled near Soldier Creek in the NE NE NW sec. 8, T. 11 S., R. 15 E., near the mouth of the valley reportedly penetrated 35 feet of mud (probably clay and silt) underlain by 12 feet of gravel.

The alluvium along the Kansas River ranges in width from about 1 mile near the east edge of the area to 3.5 miles near the west edge. Together with the Newman terrace it forms the flood plain of the river. A scarp commonly marks the contact between the alluvium and the Newman terrace. Along creeks this scarp is generally less than 5 feet high, and in many places it is obscure Locally between Rossville and Silver Lake, alluvium occupies most of the valley bottom. The alluvial surface is irregular and is marked by meander scars that in places contain small lakes; of these, Silver Lake is the largest. The upper 6-10 feet of alluvium is silt and silty clay that grades downward into very fine to coarse sand containing gravel, some boulders, and some clay lenses in its lower part (Beck, 1959, p. 82, 83).

Along some of the larger tributaries of the Kansas River, alluvium borders the streams in the upper reaches of the valleys, but downstream, where the channels are more deeply incised, it is too narrow to be shown on the geologic map. Along the narrow channel of the Wakarusa River, the alluvium was included with the Newman deposits. Near the mouths of the creeks, the channel bottoms are broader, and, therefore, the alluvium is wider.

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Review: Diary of a Penguin-napper

3 weeks…
2 boys…
1 little penguin…
What could possibly go wrong?

11 (and a half) year old Marty thinks all his dreams have come true when he is partnered with Jessica for the class assignment and overnight science trip. He’s sure that as they spend time together, Jessica will discover that they are perfect for each other. She might even finally remember his name.

There is just one problem. Marty’s mum says the excursion is too expensive and he can’t go. He needs to earn some money, fast, or he’ll miss his opportunity to impress Jessica. When Marty is offered the money he needs in return for stealing a penguin during a school trip to the zoo, it’s an opportunity he finds hard to turn down. After all, how much trouble could one little penguin cause?

Diary of a Penguin-napper is an entertaining adventure story filled with humour and wry observations from Marty as he attempts to explain to two increasingly bemused police officers just how a penguin came to be living in his upstairs bathroom. Offering entries from his diary as supporting evidence, Marty recounts his adventure from the announcement of the excursion to his mother’s untimely discovery of their black and white guest.

Debut author Sally Harris offers young readers a good mix of action and humour as Marty and his unfortunately nicknamed best friend Scott ‘Turds’ Trudman plan their penguin-napping venture and discover that one little penguin can cause quite a bit of trouble when given the chance. This is just the kind of novel that will keep young readers turning pages as they follow Marty's story from lovestruck tween to temporary penguin guardian.

Title:  Diary of a Penguin-napper
Author: Sally Franks
Publisher: Frankly Books, $9.95 RRP
Publication Date:  29 October 2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780987416308
For ages:  6 - 10
Type: Junior fiction

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American Idol: Season 12, Week 5 :: Hollywood Week Part 2

Feb 14, 2013

This week on American Idol (Season 12, Week 5), it's the girls turn to duke it out for a spot in the top 20. Read Kidzworld’s recap of “Hollywood Week Part 2,” which aired on February 13th, 2013 to discover what you missed.

The Girls' Round

Hollywood week begins again and it feels like deja vu. The only difference is that it's the girls taking the stage. At 162, there are far more females than there were male contestants last week. Perhaps a female will win Idol this year. They're certainly overdue.

Crazy Kezban

Like last week, this week began with a cappella solos. It was a quick and painful way to cut the competition down into a more manageable size. After that came the group round, and there was no shortage of drama. The unfortunate girls who landed in a group with the quirky, overly energetic Kezban handled themselves well, even when Kezban strayed away in search of food. In spite of Kezban's craziness, her voice was unique enough to earn her a spot in the next round, along with the rest of her group.

Questionable Cuts

Other unfortunate groups had butchered harmonies, forgotten lyrics and more M.I.A group members on account of being divas or simply struggling to fit in. Some of the judges' decisions were questionable. Many talented girls were sent home simply because they didn't stand out as much as the rest of their group, while other worse singers remained because they were the best of their horrendous groups. I guess in group round, it pays to be the best of the worst.

Tonight, the American Idol judges watch the girls final solos and make cuts in both the male and female categories. Check back tomorrow for the recap.

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