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    May 25, 2018
    ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MO – In March, the St. Charles County Parks Department closed on the purchase of 7.73 acres of land between Kampville Drive and Huster Road along the Mississippi River.

    Formerly the site of the privately-owned Riverside Harbor, the County envisions that this property will be used to promote outdoor recreation on the Mississippi River and Dardenne Creek, such as kayaking, canoeing, boating and other water sports, as well as camping, fishing and hunting. This segment of the Mississippi River, known as Alton Lake, is 40,000 acres and 38 miles long and is a popular summer destination close to home.

    The new park property with existing boat ramp will be known as Riverside Landing and will reopen to the public in late summer. It will close this winter for a major renovation that will include camping (electric and full hook-ups), a pavilion, water play area and playground, new boat ramp and docks, kayak launch area and public restrooms.  The St. Charles County Council will vote Tuesday, May 29, on a contract for design services for these new amenities.  If approved, the planned schedule would result in the new park opening in 2019.

    “We have discussed the possibility of constructing a ‘blue way’ with a kayak launching area at 370 Lakeside Park with the City of St. Peters,” says St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann. “This will provide residents and visitors the opportunity to float approximately two miles on Dardenne Creek to the Riverside Landing.  And, we are looking at ways to connect to the Boschert Greenway and trails in the City of St. Charles. This will be a great park for those who want to explore the outdoors by boat, bike or foot.”

    The St. Charles County Parks system began in 1997, late for a county parks system as most were developing in the early to mid-1900s. Voters elected that year to pass a dedicated use tax that created the regional parks system. Just 20 years young, the Parks Department still is acquiring park acreage to ensure that greenspace is protected in St. Charles County and that the regional county parks system that voters wanted continues to grow.
    Media Contact: Mary Enger, Communications Director, 636-949-1856, or 636-443-1008, menger@sccmo.org
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Gurumiran, a.k.a. Miran Gurunian, is an audiophile, DJ, audio engineer, guitarist, lyricist, music producer and songwriter based in Beirut, Lebanon.

Recorded in 2015, Aberrance is his first solo album and—born out of a desire for new beginnings—signals a departure from Gurumiran’s usual tendencies and musical path.

Inspired by both Berlin and Beirut, as well as a search for anonymity and a return to roots, it explores fresh sonic possibilities, combining a variety of musical styles such as jazz guitar with electronic overtones reminiscent of pioneers like Depeche Mode, New Order and Thom Yorke.

The many decisions that were made in and for Aberrance—sometimes spontaneously—are all pretty much against the current of how Gurumiran has previously done things, hence the name of the album. From his choices of writing and recording, to the musicians that he worked with. He departed from his usual creative environment, consisting of immersing with his band, and focused on initiating the writing by using a single guitar line combined with an electronic effect, ultimately shaping the diverse electro-acoustical soundscapes of the album.

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Mastered at Calyx Mastering, Berlin

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Narara Island - Aquatic Life Education Camp

Marine national park will be hosting an aquatic life education camp at Narar island near Jamnagar.

Narara island is one of the 42 island that constitutes marine national park near Jamnagar, the park was open for public in 1982 and is spawn across 163 Sq. Km.
This education camp will benefit students from std 8, Narara island is the only island connected to Jamnagar by road, hence tourist can easily reach to this place. During low tide one can walk on the coral reef and observe the coral reef life like coral conchs, crabs, octopus, sponges, prawns, starfish etc.
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At present a students and teachers can enjoy a night stay and education program in Narara, Teachers / Students can enrol to this program by filling form from marine national park office in Jamnagar.


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I Always Love a Good Picnic

And Saturday’s festival was no exception. Such fun! Such great weather! Such good sales!

Honestly, such a great crowd came out and they were all looking to shop. Shopping plus supporting local artists and musicians? That’s a very good thing.

Thanks to all who stopped by my booth. Maybe it was what I was selling, maybe it was the pumpkin chocolate chip cookies I offered, but I met lots of new people and sold lots of good things, so much so that I only left my booth once (with the exception of bathroom breaks because, hey, seven months pregnant here…) for a quick tour around the grounds. I saw a lot of good things and truly wished I had more time to shop myself. Meg’s booth looked very enticing (great to meet you in person, if ever so briefly!), and though I didn’t see your booth Jen, it was great to meet you as well.

And now I’m enjoying a very lazy Sunday, mainly because I’m too exhausted to do anything else. When Dash wakes, we’ll go for a visit with Dan and Alex who we do not visit with enough.

Finally, to celebrate the return of the camera (or rather, the purchase of a new battery charger), here are some highlights from the past week or so.

Get mad when I turn around from cooking to find this? Nah, it’s much easier to just laugh and find the camera as quickly as possible.

As far as my family is concerned, this is about the best Fall/Winter meal there is. Roasted Veggie Pizza made with your very own hands. So so good.

Just one view of my booth at Picnic yesterday. Looks a bit picked over already so this must have been taken an hour or so into the fest.

And this is what I did whenever the booth was empty. Arrange. Rearrange. Repeat.

Happy Sunday everyone.

5 Responses to “I Always Love a Good Picnic”

  1. Clementine Cassie Says:

    Yay! Congrats on kicking ass at your first show! You look so cute with your belly and apron

  2. becoming-mom Says:

    That first picture is priceless! And damn you for posting that pizza picture when I’m on a no-dairy diet (the things we do for our little ones!).

    I love your booth – good thing for my wallet Maine is very far away

  3. jen j-m Says:

    your booth was amazing. i was really happy to meet you, too. what a great day!

  4. Selena Says:

    Oh I so wished I could have been there. Everything looks lovely and like Clementine Cassie said, your belly looks so cute. I miss being pregnant.

  5. Paper Dolls for Boys Says:

    There is so much goodness in this one post my fingers can’t type fast enough. That first shot is amazing! Love the light. The pizza, oh my god the pizza. Can you mail it to me? And your booth looks super cool! How do you decide what goes into a booth and what goes on Etsy? Do you find the booth selling worth it? Okay, will stop pumping you for information and pizza now.

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Reverse osmosis, spinning cones and micro-oxygenation are three winemaking techniques in greater use than the wine trade would like to admit. How do these practices affect wine, and is the controversy surrounding their use just another stick with which to beat interventionist winemakers? Jamie Goode investigates

Clark Smith is a controversial figure. He comes across as articulate, shrewd and at times very funny. But while to some he's an inspired innovator, to others he's the devil incarnate. Why? Because his company, Vinovation, is the leading pioneer of a technique known as reverse osmosis, which increasingly is being used worldwide as the latest high-tech tool in the winemaker's arsenal. To traditionalists, these machines represent a very real threat to the soul' of wine itself. A key concept underlying Smith's work is that a grape's phenolic maturity is independent from sugar levels. That is, while grape sugar accumulation and acid respiration are highly dependent on the climate, the colour, aroma synthesis and tannin evolution occur at more or less the same rate wherever grapes are grown. This means that in warm regions the big problem is that the rapid accumulation of sugars can impose a premature harvest, even though the grapes have not reached phenolic maturity. The traditional compromise has been that if you want to pick grapes at optimum flavour maturity then you have to tolerate alcohol levels that are often excessively high, and in many cases are to the detriment of wine quality. In cooler climates the problem is quite different: achieving phenolic ripeness often means leaving grapes to hang well into the onset of the autumn rains, risking dilution. Vinovation's reverse osmosis technology offers solutions to both problems. Too much alcohol? You can remove it from the finished wine. And if your grapes have been rained on, you can concentrate the must before fermentation. So how widespread is the use of these techniques, and are they compatible with fine wine production?

How it works You might remember the principle of osmosis from school science lessons. If pure water and wine at the same pressure are separated by a semi-permeable membrane, water will flow across the membrane from the pure water side (more concentrated in water) to the wine side (less concentrated in water). This is not what you want, of course, for the must or finished wine would become more dilute. The answer, or at least part of it, is to increase the pressure on the wine side, which then reverses the flow. It's not quite as simple as this, though. As the pore size of the filter membrane decreases to the levels needed for wine applications, dissolved molecules begin to foul it, making it unusable. The key to the success of reverse osmosis is the use of what is known as tangential, or cross-flow, filtration: instead of the flow being pushed through the filter, the process mimics the blood capillaries in the kidney by directing the flow across the filter. As a consequence, the turbulent fluid flow keeps the filter clean. Yes, a lot of energy is wasted in protecting this membrane from getting clogged up, but it works. There are currently three key uses for this technique: removing water from grape must, and removing alcohol or volatile acidity from a finished wine.

Alcohol reduction If you grow grapes in hot climates - as in most New World regions - usually you have to make a compromise with the time of harvest. Pick too soon and you'll have ideal sugar levels and poor phenolic ripeness. Wait for optimum phenolic ripeness (flavour maturity) and the danger is that the sugar levels will be so high that you'll end up with overly alcoholic wines. Not to worry, though. Vinovation can take some of your wine and run it through a reverse osmosis machine. This will remove a colourless, flavourless permeate that consists of water, alcohol and an undissociated form of acetic acid. The important stuff remains in what is known in the trade as the retentate. Vinovation will then distil the alcohol off and add the water back to create lower-alcohol wine that can then be used as a blending component, to mix back with the untreated wine to create a series of test wines at different alcohol levels, ideally separated by 0.1% increments. The next stage is tasting these samples to pick out the wines that taste the best. These points of balance are known as the sweet spots'. We never see a normal distribution of preference,' Smith says. It's like the tuning of a chord.' Sweet spot determination is nicely illustrated by a fascinating collaborative project between Vinovation and California State University in Fresno. In 1999 the oenology students made a wine from Central Valley Syrah grapes. A quarter of this wine, which weighed in at a heady 18% ABV, was sent to Vinovation, which reduced the alcohol level to 10.1% by reverse osmosis. Using this as a blending component, trial wines were made at 0.1% alcohol increments, from the control of 18% down to 12.8%. A panel of 22 judges assessed these wines and came up with four points of harmonious balance', at 13.35, 13.75, 14.35 and 15% alcohol. These wines were then sold commercially in a pack of five (the four sweet spot wines, plus the original 18% wine). I've not tasted them myself, but I've heard two independent reports from people who have, and who were quite impressed. In addition, I've seen a brief summary of unpublished results from a laboratory analysis of these five wines carried out by Professor Donato Lanati from the University of Turin (and of the Enosis wine consulting company), which suggests that while the wines are almost identical in terms of anthocyanins, polyphenols and acids, the reduced alcohol wines might lack some low molecular weight terpenoids that help with aroma development in bottle ageing. Clearly, more independent work is called for here, a sentiment shared by Roger Boulton, Professor of Enology and Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Davis: There are no independent published reports of the sensory effects of this treatment compared to a control,' says Boulton, only proprietary claims and selective testimonials. There is no published example of a side-by-side comparison across several wines.' An alternative technique for alcohol reduction is the spinning cone column. Quite different in principle, this separates out different volatile fractions from the wine by means of centrifugal force and vacuum, which are then blended back once the alcohol has been removed. ConeTech is the US company behind this technology, which is now being exported. While these sorts of manipulations may sound horribly interventionist and the stuff of science fiction, they are becoming quite common in California. I asked Smith how many wineries use either reverse osmosis or ConeTech's spinning cones for alcohol reduction: We each have 300 clients, with some overlap. I'm guessing about 500 wineries, which is about half the state. We're just beginning in Australia and South Africa,' he adds. Interestingly, while Smith is not in a position to name names, he says that it is mostly high-end wineries that are showing an interest. It's the only way to get consistent phenolic maturity and true harmonious balance,' he says. Must concentration Reverse osmosis (or RO) has also found a home in the classic regions of Europe. Here, the problem is that harvest often coincides with the onset of rainy autumnal weather. If it rains during harvest, you can end up with a dilute wine, and many potentially good vintages are ruined this way. Smith explains, In Bordeaux, true ripeness often means hanging into the rain, and an RO can squeeze this rain back out, so we can obtain flavour concentration and alcohol balance.' He points out that the widely used traditional' technique of chaptalisation ignores this dilution and corrects just the alcohol imbalance with added sugar. One problem with using RO for must concentration is that it requires clarified juice, so the smaller the amount to be concentrated the better. A modern RO machine operating at 1,500 pounds per square inch (psi) can concentrate a portion of the must to 42 brix (higher than would be required for German TBA), which can then be used for blending. An alternative method of removing water from the must is by means of vacuum distillation. These concentrators heat the must to temperatures of around 25-30C under vacuum, and can treat from 10-80 hectolitres (hl) of must per hour, with an evaporation capacity of 150-1,200 litres per hour. These machines have been popular in the past, and their use preceded that of reverse osmosis. However, they have drawbacks. The heating of the must can introduce aroma losses and a butterscotch character to the fruit, and they are much more expensive than today's reverse osmosis machines. In principle, the use of reverse osmosis or vacuum distillation to remove excess water from the must is simply a correction of a vintage anomaly, with the winemaker removing only the rainwater that otherwise would have caused a diluted wine. But the problem is that in a market dominated by critics who award high scores to super-concentrated wines, the temptation to do a little more than remove just the rainwater is very strong. Too strong, in fact, for the cellarmasters of many of the leading Bordeaux properties to resist. Must concentration by reverse osmosis or vacuum distillation is allowed within the EU, but the regulations limit its use to a 20% maximum volume decrease and a 2% volume maximum potential alcohol increase. It's illegal to chaptalise and concentrate the same batch of wine. Still, even within these limits, it is possible to make a super-concentrated wine that some critics may have trouble differentiating from one produced by the more traditional formula of low yields, good vineyard sites and careful fruit selection. How widespread is must concentration? It's hard to get an accurate picture, because companies who supply these services are unwilling to name names, and most properties who own machines don't tend to boast about it. I've spoken to quite a few people, and the only clear answer I can get is more than you might think'. James Lawther MW, an expert commentator on the Bordeaux scene, believes there are over 60 reverse osmosis machines in operation in the region, and about as many vacuum concentrators again. Then there are a number of contract companies who offer RO, all of whom are pretty busy at harvest time. Must concentration is also being practised in Burgundy, but on a much smaller scale. Elsewhere in Europe, the picture is one of a technical revolution in the offing. In Germany, more than one hundred wineries have experimented with must concentration, mainly in Baden and the southern areas. In Italy there are reverse osmosis machines in Piedmont, Tuscany and Alto-Adige. It seems that things are just underway in Spain, although reverse osmosis doesn't appear to have reached Portugal.

Micro-oxygenation Another high-tech manipulation that is currently the focus of much attention is micro-oxygenation (or microbullage, as it is sometimes known). The principle behind it is quite simple: it's a winemaking technique for adding very low levels of oxygen to a developing wine over an extended period. The idea is that it allows winemakers to simulate the slow, controlled oxidation that occurs during barrel ageing for wines that are kept in stainless steel tanks. The apparatus involved was developed by a Madiran winemaker, Patrick Ducournau, in the early 1990s. His company, Oenodev, now leads the way in this field. It's a near-miraculous technique, if its proponents are to be believed. Among other things, micro-oxygenation is supposed to build structure, reduce herbaceous or vegetal characters, provide colour stability, stabilise reductive qualities and increase the suppleness or roundedness of the wine. Robert Paul, of Wine Network Consulting in Australia, a company providing micro-oxygenation facilities to around 30 wineries, claims that treated wines can gain a more savoury, structured palate'. Randall Grahm, of Bonny Doon in California, is an enthusiastic supporter of micro-oxygenation. He asserts that microbullage, if practised appropriately, is the most useful tool for the mastery of levage'. However, there are conflicting ideas about what micro-oxygenation actually achieves. A popular notion is that it makes red wines drink well earlier. This is based largely on the huge commercial success of the branded wines from Rosemount, which has been attributed in part to micro-oxygenation allowing them to come to market in the same year as production. Paul says that, The technique is very successful, but the hardest part is convincing people that it is not about softening wines to make them drinkable earlier'. Apparently, it's a bit of a paradox. According to Paul, The treated wines are more apparently rounded: I would argue that this is because they are better wines fundamentally - they have better balance, stability and structure and are cleaner, with more apparent fruit.' On a recent trip to Portugal I mentioned to winemaker David Baverstock that I was writing about micro-oxygenation. He suddenly became quite animated; he's clearly excited by this technology. We're doing quite a bit of micro-oxygenation in the Alentejo, particularly with Monte Velho,' he said. Baverstock claims that it gets rid of a lot of the green tannins and softens up the wines. He tends to use this technique with the more commercial wines, and has employed it at Quinta de la Rosa in the Douro, with the estate's second wine. There's always some fruit that is never quite as good as the top stuff, perhaps from younger vineyards or from less well-controlled growers.' He uses micro-oxygenation in conjunction with different sorts of oak chips, matched to the type of the wine. There seem to be two common motivations for the use of micro-oxygenation. First, it is a useful remedial technique for removing unwanted green characters or sulphides from red wines. Second, there's a cost saving: instead of using expensive barrels for mid-range wines, it's possible to produce the same effects with micro-oxygenation, in combination with barrel staves or oak chips in tank. But for all the scientific claims made by its proponents, micro-oxygenation is still a bit of a black art, based on trial and error rather than precise knowledge of the underlying mechanisms. Boulton expresses some reservations in this regard. The chemical effects are likely to be numerous, but there are no independent scientific measurements of the changes - mostly supplier claims and selected satisfied testimonials.' He continues, There is little indication that the proponents of this treatment have developed a strong understanding of the changes occurring and there are both short-term and longer-term results that cannot be predicted. In terms of science, treatments that are shrouded in secrecy, selective results and "proprietary" methods will have little scientific acceptance until they can be independently reproduced and validated. There is little evidence that "micro-oxygenation" has come close to a scientific method and it seems that some people prefer it that way. Please note,' he adds, that in terms of oxygen consumed and acetaldehyde produced, it is multiples of what most wines ever see during barrel ageing, even when racked frequently, so the term "micro-oxygenation" is something of a misnomer.'

Is it a sin? Let's get philosophical. A crucial question regarding these three winemaking interventions - alcohol reduction, must concentration and micro-oxygenation - is whether they are appropriate or honest manipulations for making quality wines. In other words, is it cheating? As Smith puts it, The central debate about reverse osmosis and other high-tech wine production innovations is no longer about whether they work; it is about whether we will go to hell if we use them. That they work is taken more or less for granted,' he says, in the same way that procreative ability is a side issue in assessing one's daughter's suitors.' Grahm makes an important point here. He thinks it's a question of context: If a producer produces a vin d'appellation, there is an implicit contract that he enters into, whereby he effectively promises a wine of some degree of typicity, which I suppose would include the characteristics of the vintage. If he utilises certain techniques in the winemaking process to wipe out vintage characteristics, even though he is perhaps producing a wine that most punters would prefer, I believe that he is acting in bad faith. If he is producing a vin de table, vino da tavola or a wine in the New World,' adds Grahm, I think that a different set of criteria apply. His contract is simply with the consumer to make the best wine that he can and that will offer the consumer vinous jouissance.' I tend to agree, in that I'm much more comfortable with the idea of alcohol reduction in New World wines than the use of must concentration in wines from the classic European regions. As Grahm puts it, There are some great old vine vineyards in the New World that were planted in areas that are perhaps too warm for the grapes to arrive at optimal flavour/alcohol balance. One makes a better wine picking them riper and taking a little alcohol out of them than by picking them earlier.' Others are less accepting. When I quizzed Ernst Loosen of the Mosel about the increased use of must concentrators in European wine regions, he was quite clear: In my opinion it's an awful development. How far can we go before wine becomes artificial?' Increasingly, he says, as machines are taking over, wines are losing their individuality. It's already getting boring, with all these over-extracted wines that lack any edges.' Perhaps more important than the issue of technological innovation is the ethos and motivation of the winemakers themselves. If they are passionate people whose goal is to produce the very best wine their terroir permits, then there's little danger that, should they choose to employ them, they will use techniques such as these irresponsibly. In the meantime, open discussion of these technical issues can only be a good thing. Consumers need to be kept informed, so they can participate in the debate about how much intervention' they would like in the wines that they are purchasing. And Smith is quite critical of wine writers, who he thinks have failed to educate consumers properly about the role technology has to play in winemaking. There's a major disconnect between what's being done to improve wine quality and what wine writers choose to let consumers look at. The idea is that they are protecting the notion of wine: they feel it is so fragile that if we tell people what is really going on, then the mystery will go away.'


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When shooting my kids' events other parents will ask me about their camera and what is needed to capture their kids in the moment of the game. Here is my list of 7 beginners tips geared towards DSLR’s as point and shoot cameras will not capture much, if any action:

1. On your camera change your dial to sports, usually the running man icon. Why? It opens the aperture and increases the shutter speed. Start here. It should work with any lens you have in daylight and still get pretty good results when it is overcast.

Slightly more advanced tip: You can increase your ISO to get a faster shutter speed, but be careful as you increase the ISO noise (grainy looking pictures) are likely. Why do pros use huge lenses? These lenses have a lot of glass to provide a large aperture which means a lot more light coming into the lens. More light means faster shutter speed. When you pay a ton of money for “fast” glass, the quality of the glass is normally better too. Another thing long, fast glass does is separate the subject from the background. People pay thousands and over ten thousand for fast glass. Get a gym membership if you own big glass like a 600mm f/4 which weighs in over 11lbs. That weight does not include the camera, monopod and maybe a cover. This is the only tip that has to do with equipment. Learn to use what you have to make great shots.

2. Faces. You need your subject’s face in your picture. At any level the face makes the shot as the face shows emotion which helps tell a story. Think about the shot you are trying to get. Is the shot on goal? The team huddle? This leads to the next point:

3. Get up and move!!! Many parents sit on the side near the middle of the field (soccer, football, basketball, lacrosse, hockey, any sport with the goal at the end of the field) and shoot away. This leads to great shots of the players on defense, but you will never capture the offense’s faces. Get behind the goal or the end of the sideline. Baseball seems to be the only sport where parents are willing to get up and move to get the shot.

4. Get low. Watch the photographers at a sporting event and most times they are kneeling on the ground, shooting up. Why? It gets you into a perspective not at eye level, gets you into the action and makes the players seem bigger. For little league, at least get to the players’ eye level.

5. Watch your background. Getting low also normally helps clean up the background. This is sometimes easier said then done. Take a break from shooting and look at the image as a whole on the back of your camera and take note what the background is doing. Don’t look at your camera after every shot as you’ll miss too much. This practice is frowned upon by the “pros” and maybe a post for another day of what you really should be looking at on the back of your camera.

6. Anticipate the next play. You have probably watched enough of the sport/player that you can anticipate what will happen next. Get ready for it and have the camera up to your eye, but I would add you should learn to keep both eyes open. Easier said then done. Practice it. It will help with family candid shots as well.

7. Don’t stop when the play stops. Look in any sports magazine and there are limited action shots. Why? It gets back to faces which show emotion and great action shots are hard to get. Get the picture of the teams in a huddle, coming off the field, the celebration of the goal, the coach talking to the players, and shaking hands with the other team. These are the scrapbook images and they are easier to get. It might be the only time you can get a shot with a face as the helmets come off. Look at Reuter’s top 24 images each day and there is always a sports shot and 90% of the time it is a celebration or the agony of defeat. Rarely the photo is full of action during the game.

Hopefully these few tips can help you get a better action shot of your player. Shooting action gets you into the action. Enjoy doing it and I think it sure beats just sitting on the sideline.

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MIESVILLE – It is expected, at some point, that Miesville will lose another game. On Wednesday, St. Louis Park may have stumbled on how that loss could play out: hit the ball hard, get some crazy bounces, hope the Mudhens commit a couple errors and try to wear out the pitching staff.

Park did not pull off a victory as Miesville got a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth to walk off with a 6-5 win. But with everything that has happened over the last month leading up to the game, Wednesday’s contest, and how it played out, may as well be a field guide to beating the Mudhens, however unlikely it is to actually turn out that way.

“It was a good game overall. Park is a very good team. The arms we saw (Wednesday night) were freaking good,” said Miesville center fielder Matt Van Der Bosch. “We had some good at-bats and hit some balls hard that didn’t fall in, and we had some hops that didn’t go our way. But you have to figure out a way to win those games. We battled through those middle innings where we gave up some runs and came away with a win.”

After a three-game losing streak from June 19-21, Miesville has run off 13 straight wins. And with the exception of Wednesday’s game, the Mudhens have won each of those games by at least three runs, and have outscored its opponents 152-30 over that span, good for an average of 11.7-2.3 per game.

Park started the game with a 2-0 lead, taking advantage of a single, a double, and a Miesville error. But Mudhens starter Deryk Marks settled in nicely after that, eventually allowing a fourth-inning run on what looked like a routine grounder to second base. But the ball caught a lip in the grass a bounced high over the head of Jordan Lugowski, giving Park a 3-2 lead.

“I thought Marksy did a great job starting the game,” Van Der Bosch said of Marks’ four innings on the mound. “We had a short leash on him because we want to save him for the weekend with our section games. The first inning error led to two runs, but he did a good job getting out. And then they came back and scored a few (in the seventh), we just left the ball up. And they can hit. But we did a good job weathering the storm.”

Miesville had tied the game in the bottom of the first thanks to consecutive singles from Jordy Horsch and Van Der Bosch. Marks doubled home Horsch, and Nate Hammes drove in Van Der Bosch on a groundout.

In the bottom of the fourth, Brian Sprout doubled off the top of the wall in left field – literally off the very top of the wood plank – and Austin LaDoux walked to give Alex LaShomb a chance to drive in a run.

After Sprout scored on an error, LaShomb delivered with a line drive off of the foot of Park’s pitcher, scoring LaDoux from third. In the sixth, LaShomb hit a solo home run deep to right-center field to put the Mudhens up two.

Miesville’s 4-2 lead would last until the seventh when Park scored on a wild pitch and a solo home run.

A quick eighth and ninth innings from Brian Meyers, who had taken over for Aaron Stein, set up the Mudhens to walk off in the bottom of the ninth. A double from Spencer Merle got things started. Merle was limped into second, and was pulled for pinch runner Eric Weber. Van Der Bosch tried to bunt Weber to third, but reached safely when the throw to first was high. Marks, who finished 4-for-4 at the plate, was intentionally walked. Tim Kuzinar then finished the game by lifting a fly ball to left field.

“That was a big leadoff double by Spence, hope he’s OK. He came in for an injured Jordy Horsch, that was a big at-bat. And then we were able to load the bases up and get a sac fly,” Van Der Bosch said.

Of course, a game that saw balls bounce off bags, people, bumps in the grass and edges of walls, Park immediately threw the ball to third, contending that Weber had left early. The umpire upheld the run, and the game was over.

Miesville (21-5) will host Elko on Friday, and head to Hastings on Sunday, in two key Section 1B games. But with the current win streak still intact, the Mudhens feel good about the final five games of the regular season.

“We’re playing good ball. It’s nice when you get a consistent lineup. It’s been good as of late with 13 (wins) in a row,” Van Der Bosch said. “Hopefully we can continue to pitch well and play good defense. The bats have been lively, so hopefully that continues as well.”


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Q: What are the primary factors that affect the rate of drug abuse in a community?

  1. Price:  Generally, higher cost results in less use and lower cost leads to greater use.  This is simple economics.
  2. Availability:  The more readily available a substance is, the greater the use; the less readily available the lower the use.  This includes 'search time' which is how long it takes to obtain the drug.  The longer it takes, the less inclined some are to use.
  3. Perception of Risk:  Risk includes a) getting in trouble; and b) physical and psychological dangers.  The higher perception of risk results in less use and the lower perception of risk leads to greater use.
  4. Public Attitude:  Public includes family units, neighborhoods, communities, states and nations.  The more accepting these public units are of drug use the greater the use, and the less accepting the lower the use.

Q: How do these factors relate when comparing our two legal substances, alcohol and cigarettes, with illegal drugs?

  1. Alcohol:  Alcohol, unlike illicit drugs, is relatively inexpensive and readily available, has low perception of risk and is publicly acceptable.  The results are:
    • Over 130 million people regularly drink alcohol, many to the point of intoxication.1
    • There are almost as many people who meet the diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse or alcoholism (approximately 14 million)1 as have used marijuana within the last thirty days (approximately 15 million).4
    • More than half of American adults have a close family member who has or has had alcoholism.1
    • Approximately 25% of U.S. youth are exposed to alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence in the family.1
    • In 2008 an estimated 11,773 people died in alcohol-impaired driving accidents.6
  2. Cigarettes:  The same was true for cigarette smoking when, in 1965, around 50% of our adults regularly smoked cigarettes.  That trend is changing.  In 2008, approximately 20.6% (46 million) of U.S. adults were current smokers.  Consumption per capita went from 4,259 cigarettes in 1965 to 1,691 in 2006.3  Why the change?
    • Cigarettes have become much more expensive (30 cents a pack to $5 a pack);
    • Cigarettes are less readily available.  The days are gone when there was a cigarette pack in almost every pocket, cigarette vending machines in every lobby and 'cigarette girls' went from table to table;
    • The perception of health risk related to cigarette smoking is extremely high.  Also, cigarette smoking is becoming more restrictive (prohibited).  There are fewer places an individual can smoke cigarettes.  In many regions:  hotels, restaurants, bars, public buildings, public transportation, etc. have banned smoking cigarettes.  Often cigarette smokers are forced to go outside, away from a building entrance.
    • Public attitude has changed toward smokers.  They are often frowned upon for having that 'terrible habit' and the smell that permeates their clothing.
    • NOTE: While attempting to prevent widespread drug abuse, it does not make sense to ease restrictions on marijuana use when cigarette smoking restrictions are showing such success.  Marijuana has not only more adverse physical and psychological affects than tobacco but it causes intoxication.  There is a reason why terms such as 'stoned' or 'wasted' are common among marijuana users.
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    • 130 million regularly drink alcohol (14 million - alcohol abuse or alcoholism)
    • 46 million regularly smoke cigarettes
    • Approximately 15 million have smoked a marijuana cigarettewithin the last 30 days

Q: How do medical marijuana distribution centers or dispensaries impact general marijuana use?

  1. There are a number of ways that dispensaries encourage marijuana use.  They are the same factors that affect the rate of drug use in a community.  Dispensaries are 'de facto' legalization of marijuana.
    • Availability:  Dispensaries sell a variety of marijuana products openly to anyone with a medical marijuana card, which is easily attainable.  Dispensaries are motivated by profit; the more patients, the greater the profit.  When dispensaries in Colorado exploded beginning in February 2009, the number of patients soared from a few thousand to an estimate of over a hundred thousand by the end of 2010.   Marijuana smokers realize if a person wants to use marijuana with impunity, he/she need only to obtain a card.  With a card, a person can not only legally possess and use marijuana but legally purchase up to the equivalent of 108 cigarettes at a time from dispensaries.  As long as there is profit, there will be rogue doctors who will improperly recommend marijuana.  Rest assured the individuals operating dispensaries will know which doctors to refer to potential clients.
    • Perception of Risk:  Since marijuana is legal both for the dispensary and the user, there is no risk of getting into trouble.  An individual with a card can buy and possess up to 2 ounces of marijuana at a time.  The articles and advertisements by pro-marijuana proponents profess that marijuana is relatively safe.  The fact that the public has called marijuana a medicine fortifies the belief that it is relatively safe, which is the same issue with pharmaceutical drug abuse:  "How can a medicine be unsafe to use?"  Furthermore, dispensaries have the right to advertise their products.  We have already seen dispensary advertising that directly targets young people, who are most vulnerable to the effects of advertising and the ill effects of marijuana.
    • Public Attitude:  Public attitude, or at least the perception of public attitude toward marijuana, has become much more tolerant, particularly with the medical marijuana issue.

NOTE: Three of the four factors that lead to increased drug use are present with the medical marijuana industry and de facto legalization of marijuana.  Society should not be surprised at the future results.

For the first time in a decade, the decline in marijuana use among youth (down 23% from 2001 to 2006)8 has stopped with a slight 'uptick' between 2007 and 2009.4  Many drug experts cite the medical marijuana movement as affecting teens attitudes on marijuana.

Q: But isn't marijuana a relatively harmless drug?

Any drug that causes intoxication is not harmless.  The pro-marijuana movement plays down, in public, the intoxicating effect of marijuana.  In private, many brag about being 'stoned' and the high THC content of marijuana they smoked.  The effects of being 'wasted' or 'stoned' are seldom positive on the individual, the individual's family or friends and on society in general.  The effects of marijuana intoxication vary with the individual, just as they do with alcohol.

There are thousands of studies from medical and other legitimate research professionals that have documented the adverse affects of marijuana use.  These studies can be found online and at the University of Mississippi's Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences.  These adverse affects include, but are not limited to:

  • Intoxication
  • Reduced coordination
  • Distorted perception
  • Concentration difficulties
  • Impaired learning functions
    •  Dependence
    • Respiratory illness
    • Impaired brain development
    • Impaired short-term memory
    • Greater risk of cancer

    These adverse effects, in turn, increase the prevalence of auto accidents, risky sexual behaviors that lead to HIV and teen pregnancy, school drop-out, and violence, etc.  Furthermore, there is no debate among researchers that marijuana is both psychologically and physically addictive, especially for adolescents and young adults.  Does this sound safe and benign?

    • The most common drug for which users seek treatment help is marijuana.9
    • There were 375,000 emergency hospital visits involving marijuana.7
    • Marijuana is the leading cause of substance dependence other than alcohol.2

    Q: With the de facto legalization, or total legalization of marijuana, how much would use increase?

    That is a difficult question to answer as one cannot positively predict the exact percentage of increase.  The most commonly quoted figure based on other legalization experiments is that it would likely double.  Another important question to ask is how much of an increased use is acceptable so that a small minority of our population can get 'stoned' with impunity.  The answer should be"None."  It only takes one incident to cause death of a son, daughter, husband or wife in a head-on collision because somebody drove under the influence of marijuana.  Many responsible and caring people would forgo alcohol if the 11,000 moms, dads, children, aunts, uncles, grandparents who are killed every year by a drunk driver could be spared.  Accidents from marijuana impaired driving are relatively common.

    Q: Given the poor state of our economy, wouldn't taxing marijuana dispensaries boost our government's income?

    Taxing marijuana would create additional revenue.  However, experience shows the additional revenue would not even come close to off-setting additional costs associated with increased use.  The two legal substances which are highly taxed prove the point.  Taxes on alcohol account for $14.5 billion in revenue but alcohol abuse costs $185 billion.7  In the case of tobacco, taxes account for $25 billion but the cost to society is $200 billion.7  That means taxes pay for 8% and 12% respectively for all the adverse effects of alcohol and tobacco use.  It doesn't require a degree in economics to understand a poor investment.  One can reasonably expect the same type of figures with marijuana taxation.

    Q: Can't the marijuana distribution centers or dispensaries in Colorado be regulated to eliminate the abuse?

    Under the current law, there is no way to regulate the dispensaries or marijuana distribution industry to eliminate abuse and the impact of de facto legalization.  These marijuana centers can grow six marijuana plants or possess two ounces per patient.  There is no way of verifying how often a patient purchases marijuana, which patient(s) they are growing for, how much goes out the back door, how much they are giving to other dispensaries, etc, etc. unless they have an inspector on site at each dispensary.  There are not enough investigators or inspectors to thoroughly regulate the industry that is motivated by profit.  There is also no way to control the marijuana once it is purchased.  According to a treatment provider and school resource officers, many teens admit getting their marijuana from card holders.

    Q: Since marijuana distribution centers in Colorado are against federal law, what are the ramifications to jurisdictions that not only allow but attempt in some manner to regulate them?

    Under federal law, marijuana distribution centers are criminal enterprises engaged in the distribution of a Schedule I controlled substance which is contraband.  Federal law preempts state law.  Jurisdictions that allow and attempt to regulate these centers are putting themselves and their employees in a position of aiding and abetting a criminal enterprise.  The money these centers make from selling marijuana is illegally-gained assets and thus subject to seizure.  For a jurisdiction to take a portion of those funds for fees or taxes is effectively using illegally-gained funds and laundering them.  The state, cities and/or counties are aiding and abetting criminal enterprises.  This is contrary to the principles upon which this country, governed by laws, was built.

    Q: What groups would generally oppose and what groups generally favor dispensaries?

     The witnesses at the Colorado state capitol testifying against the dispensary model as a part of HR 1284 were drug abuse experts from treatment, prevention/education and law enforcement.  The witnesses in favor of dispensaries and loose regulations were the dispensary owners, some 'patients' and those who favored marijuana legalization.

    Q: What is the upside of local jurisdictions banning dispensaries?

    The positive aspect of banning dispensaries in the local jurisdiction includes:

    • The city and/or county would be honoring the intent of the majority of voters who approved Amendment 20 as a patient/caregiver model and not marijuana distribution centers.
    • The city and/or county would be honoring and respecting federal law as opposed to sanctioning federal law violators.  Additionally, the city and/or county would be respecting the laws of the majority of the states in this nation.
    • The city and/or county would not be sending out a hypocritical message as it relates to drug abuse education in its schools.
    • The city and/or county would be eliminating the cost of policing and responding to crime and incidents at the marijuana distribution centers.
    • The city and/or county would be sending a clear message to its citizens and youth that drug abuse is not okay in its jurisdiction.
    • The citizens and youth would not have to be concerned about seeing marijuana glorified by storefronts and/or advertisements in their community.
    • The city or county officials would be heeding the advice of their drug abuse experts not only in law enforcement but also treatment and prevention that dispensaries are de facto legalization which will lead to increased drug abuse in their community.
    • The city or county officials in these tight economic times would not have to deal with the additional cost of increased marijuana use through calls for police services, accidents, treatment, hospital emergency admissions, adverse incidents in schools, increased drop-outs, etc.
    • The city or county officials would truly be doing their part to make their communities 'drug free.'

    Q: What is the downside to banning dispensaries?

    • The few legitimate patients in the community might have to travel a little further to get their medical marijuana as would primary caregivers for the homebound legitimate medical marijuana patients.
    • The city or county ban may initially upset dispensary owners and marijuana users who might stage protests.
    • The marijuana legalizers and dispensary owners most likely will sue over the constitutionality of HR 1284 as well as the banning of dispensaries in local jurisdictions.

    1 Alcoholism - SAMHSA Health Information Network
    2 Dr. Robert Dupont, former director of NIDA Community, April 20, 2010 Commentary
    3 American Lung Association, February 2010 Report
    4 University of Michigan Study, 2010 for NIDA
    5 2010 National Drug Threat Assessment
    6 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2008
    7 ONDCP Director Gil Kerlikowske Statement, March 4, 2010
    8 National Drug Control Strategy, February 2007
    9 Treatment Episode Data Set Highlights, 2009, SAMHSA


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Powder River Livestock Handling Equipment XL Manual Squeeze Chute With Right Exit (In Store Only)

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1,340.00 LBS

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L.A. Hearne Company, Powder River Livestock Handling Equipment Dealer

XL Manual Squeeze Chute

(Available In-Store, give Steve a call 831-385-4841)

Ranchers Choose Powder River XL Chutes

  • Great investment
  • V-Pattern squeeze provides even pressure and keeps cattle in a balanced and upright position
  • Works in toughest conditions with low maintenance

The Powder River XL Manual Squeeze Chute with Right Side Exit is Powder River's top selling squeeze chute.  This chute will stand up to the toughest of conditions.  It will handle bulls, large cows, and even calves if necessary.  If you are debating between a Value Chute and the XL Chute, go with the XL.  It will hold its value and last for many years to come, no matter how many head you run though it.

XL Chute Features and Specifictions

  • Head Stanchion, Center Squeeze, split tailgate controlled from one position enabling one-man operation
  • Drop side pipes allow animal access  from both sides for vaccinating, pour-on etc.
  • Tailgate locks open, allowing one-man operation of the tailgate while working animal into the chute
  • Designed for animals up to 2,500 lbs.
  • Positive locking side exit latch prevents accidental opening
  • Safety latch provides operator assurance on chute's exit side
  • V-Pattern squeeze provides even pressure on animal to keep them in a balanced upright position while being worked

Weight: 1,340 lbs.

XL Manual Chute RH Exit 2m 1/2" Sq. Tube Stanchions

Length Overall.......96"

Length Inside........86"

Height Overall.......89"

Height Inside........66"

Widest Point.........116"

Base Width..........47"

Adjustable Squeeze Widths.....7" / 12" / 17"

Main Frame 3" Sq. Tube Controls Reversible L/R

 What's included in this  Powder River XL CHUTE?

All Powder River XL Chutes Include Side Exit

All our standard chutes carry this important feature.

The ability to side exit a cow is paramount for animal

safety.  Perventing one animal injury will pay for the

value of this feature.  It is also helpful for practical

uses such as sorting

All Powder River XL Chutes Include Split Tailgate

A Split Tailgate allows the operator to work from either

side of the chute with minimal interference and can be

closed from the normal operator position or near

the back of the chute.  The split tailgate is standard

on all chutes except the value series.  The value series

features a durable drop gate with spring latches.

All Powder River XL Chutes Include Hinged Kick Panels

Kick panels are available on every chute that Powder River

produces.  Split Kick pans on our XL series chutes provide quick

and easy access to the animal's legs or underside.

Our easy kick panel latches make for trouble free operation.

Kick panels are also easily removeable if needed.

All Powder River kick panels are powder coated for durability.

All Powder River XL Chutes Include Double Sided Squeeze

Powder River's Squeeze is superior in the market.  Not only does

it provide superior leverage for the operator, utilizing a double sided

V-Squeeze centers and supports the animal, keeping it calm and

reducing stress.  The V-Squeeze on Powder River chutes is adjustable

for floor width depending the size of animals your running through

the chute.

Optional Customer (Add-On) Option Shown Below:

Bolt-on Neck Extender

The Neck Extender can be added to the Hydraulic Chute or the XL Manuel Chute.

It is a great way to enhance head and neck control.  It offers adjustability for

height and provides a simple and effective method to better work your animals.

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