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This fun family spot, open April-October, offers two miniature golf courses. This par 70 course exhibits excellent golfing conditions. The blue championship tees boast a 6191 yard layout; where as the white/silver/red tees cover 5833/5616/4946 yards respectively.
Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park
On historic Bluff Street along the waterway in downtown Joliet, this park features free summer concerts, lush grounds, outdoor bandshell and indoor theatre. Office hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm and Friday 8:00 am - 12:00 noon.
Bird Haven Greenhouse and Conservatory
Lord and Burnham designed this historic greenhouse featuring a tropical house, cacti room, show house and outdoor gardens.
Located in Lockport, IL, just 40 miles southwest of Chicago's Loop, Broken Arrow features 27 holes of Championship Golf, Driving Range, and Banquet Venue. Broken Arrow utilizes the "Prolink" GPS System by GPS Industries on its entire fleet of Club Car Golf Carts. These large and easy to use systems act as "virtual caddies" designed to give you all the information you need. At a glance, golfers can see the entire hole, hazards, bunkers, and rough areas. This system also allows the golf shop to issue weather warnings and other messages to golfers. The clubhouse features a full service golf shop, snack bar, locker rooms, restaurant, and banquet room. Accommodating up to 250 guest events, the Banquet Room is perfect for making your dream event a reality! With 27 holes of Championship Golf, Restaurant, and Banquet Venue, Broken Arrow has plenty to offer.
Brunswick Zone XL is a full- feature, family- friendly entertainment destination with something for everyone. Our center in Romeoville sets the standard for family entertainment with more than 60,000 sq. ft. of fun for all ages. Bowling, billiards, video games and more!
Brunswick Zone XL is a full-feature, family-friendly entertainment destination with something for everyone. Our center in Romeoville sets the standard for family entertainment with more than 60,000 sq. ft. of fun for all ages. Brunswick Zone XL is a great place for Corporate Parties, Team Challenges, Monumental Moments and Birthday Parties! Call us today for more details. Become a fan of Brunswick Zone XL on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/bowlbrunswick
Butterprint Farm Pumpkin Patch
This historic 1857 farm offers hay ride trips to the pumpkin patch, rope making, puppet shows and much more family fun.
Camp Shaw was established in 1956 and is the best kept secret in all of beautiful Kankakee County! Camp Shaw is also a wonderful place to hold a variety of outdoor and indoor events. It provides overnight accommodation; horseback riding, guided trail rides or group lessons and weekend packages are available. It is also an outdoor, environmental science education program encouraging interest and participation in the balanced management of natural resources.
Canlan Ice Sports Romeoville is a 3-sheet ice facility featuring industry leading sport development programs, leagues, special events and birthday parties. It's the premier skating facility in Romeoville, IL. Open Mon-Fri 8am-11:00pm Sat & Sun 6am-11:00pm
Cinder Ridge is an exciting 18 hole regulation course located at the Cinder Ridge Golf Links facility in Wilmington, IL. From the longest tees it presents 6,968 yards of golf for a par of 42. The course was designed by George Kappos and opened in 1995. The course rating is 74.1 with a slope rating of 139.
A 143-acre extreme sports park featuring paintball, mountain bike trails, skate park and monthly airsoft games. Available for open or private play year round. Visit www.cpxsports.com or call 815/726-2800 for more info.
This site's 5,500 acres make up one of the largest and most used hunting and field trailing areas in the state. It also offers camping, picnicking, boating, fishing, two small natural areas and 12 miles of equestrian trails with cross-country jumps.
October brings pumpkins, hayrides, corn maze, train rides, farm animals, and fun. Also come see our Civil war reenactment the third weekend in October. Warrior Dash Midwest in June. On site gift shop.
Welcome to Dwight Country Club. Located just 70 miles southwest of Chicago, DCC offers a quality golf and dining experience set in the quiet and calm of the cornfields of Central Illinois.
Twelve-acre RV resort. Good Sam club.
Forest Preserve District of Will County
Biking and running trails, bird watching, camping, cross-country skiing, sledding, outdoor ice skating, canoeing and rafting and fishing. The district office provides all information on preserves and issues picnic permits.
Four Rivers Environmental Education Center
The Four Rivers Environmental Education Center is a model of green architecture, featuring geothermal heat and air conditioning, recycled building materials, and water conservation features. Four Rivers Environmental Education Center, Best Wedding Venues in Chicago - 2015 Couples' Choice Award Winner. The Center offers indoor and outdoor facility rentals for conferences, banquets, and meetings, including the Four Rivers Shelter.
Our Farm Stand is a collection of produce grown in our field, our greenhouses and the best produce that other local farms have to offer. Garden Patch Farms is a playground for visitors that like to pick all of their own produce. In season, we offer a variety of items to pick on our farm.
CITY:Homer Glen
Hikers, campers, picnickers, and canoeists frequent this 30-acre site, making it one of the state's most popular state parks. Fishing, boating and bird watching are also popular activities. This picturesque park is bordered on the south by the Illinois & Michigan Canal and to the north by Nettle Creek which gently flows along the perimeter and through the park adding to its natural beauty and abundance of wildlife. Stately old trees including walnut, oak, ash, maple, sycamore, hawthorn and cottonwood provide ample shade throughout the park. In the spring, trillium, bluebell, white trout lily, violets, wild ginger, phlox, toothwort and spring beauties are just a sample of the wildflowers that can be enjoyed by park visitors.
Hikers, campers, picnickers, and canoeists frequent this 30-acre site, making it one of the state's most popular state parks. Fishing, boating and bird watching are also popular activities. This picturesque park is bordered on the south by the Illinois & Michigan Canal and to the north by Nettle Creek which gently flows along the perimeter and through the park adding to its natural beauty and abundance of wildlife. Stately old trees including walnut, oak, ash, maple, sycamore, hawthorn and cottonwood provide ample shade throughout the park. In the spring, trillium, bluebell, white trout lily, violets, wild ginger, phlox, toothwort and spring beauties are just a sample of the wildflowers that can be enjoyed by park visitors.
The Gemini Giant is a landmark statue on U.S. Route 66. The 30 foot tall statue is named after the Gemini space program and holds a silver "rocket ship" in his hands, while sporting an astronaut's space helmet that looks more like a welding mask.
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area
Largest tall grass prairie in Illinois. Big bluestem, Indian grass, and switchgrass thrive here, as do broad-leafed flowering plants known as forbs. Hiking and cross-country skiing.
Open year round, SPG Green Garden Country Club is located in Frankfort Illinois, just a 45-minute drive southwest from downtown Chicago. Our proximity to the Greater Chicagoland area makes SPG Green Garden Country Club ideal for both general play and outings of all kinds. The attraction of rolling terrain, a tranquil setting, and clean country fresh air will make your next round of golf with us a most pleasurable experience.
Located just north of Morris, IL, the Grundy County Fairgrounds features the 1/3 mile paved Grundy County Speedway and many annual events. Don't miss the Grundy County Agricultural District Fair, the Illinois Beer Festival, Grundy County Corn Festival and more.
Scuba dive the spring-fed quarry of 12 acres in a park-like setting. Call for reservations.
Haunted Trails Restaurant & Entertainment Park
Perfect setting to raise your spirits! 14 acre park offers 3 go kart tracks, two 18-hole mini golf courses, batting cages, laser tag arena, rides, 100+ games, restaurant w/ private dining room plus private 5 acre picnic grove for company picnics and groups up to 2,000.
Heidecke State Fish and Wildlife Area
State hunting, fishing, and wildlife refuge.
Heritage Bluffs Public Golf Club has been one of Chicagoland's highest rated golf courses since it opened in 1993. It offers a challenge for the serious player and fun for the more casual player across its rolling acres that offer scenic beauty unlike most Chicago-area courses. Everyone can find a length to suit their game from our four tee boxes that stretch the course from 5000 to over 7100 yards.
The I&M Canal Trail offers 61 miles of picturesque hiking and biking trails that follow the historic route of the I&M Canal from Channahon to LaSalle. The Trail also boasts Illinois' longest continuous snowmobile trail, and is a favored route for cross-country skiers.
Enjoy hiking, jogging, cross-country skiing, camping, snowmobiling, fishing, boating, canoeing and biking along the I&M Canal State Trail. This 61-mile recreational trail begins at Brandon Road in Rockdale and parallels the canal to LaSalle Peru.
A facility of the Kankakee Valley Park District, Ice Valley Centre Ice Arena features a NHL rink, Game Zone arcade and Breakaway Cafe concessions.
Inwood offers a lighted range, pro shop and concessions. The front nine was renovated 1989, adding water on six of the nine holes. Inwood demands good course management, precise iron play, and a soft touch on its fast greens.
Open public skating. Skate rental and concessions.
Inwood Park is located southwest of Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center. The park has tennis courts, fitness trails, a playground and picnic area. Horseshoes and bocce ball are also on the grounds.
The Kankakee River takes a leisurely path from its origin to a point near Wilmington, Illinois, where it joins the DesPlaines River to form the Illinois River. Long acclaimed as one of the cleanest rivers in the Midwest, the Kankakee is a gentle Class I river ideal for first-time canoeists.
The 4,000-acre park extends along both sides of the Kankakee River offering unspoiled settings that are surrounded by scenic bluffs and woods. The park includes hiking trails, biking trails, canoeing, fishing, camping, cross-country skiing, snowmobile trails, picnic areas, hunting, boat launches, and much more! In addition there are several shelters available for picnic events.
A campground that has something for everyone with basketball, volleyball and other activities.
Less than 1 hour from Chicago, Kayak Morris provides unique rentals, guided tours and lessons. Trips are approximately 2 hours in length. Kayak and canoe tours maintain a leisurely pace, making stops along the way to enjoy nature and to take a rest. For a faster pace try a specialty kayak or canoe tour. All kayak and canoe tours will be on the Illinois River, Mazon River or I&M canal. All tours include kayak or canoe, life vest, paddle, lesson, and safety briefing. Tours are kept small in size to maintain comfort and pacing, so make sure to reserve your place ahead of time.
KidsWork is an interactive educational experience for ages 0-8. Two floors of exhibits including a theater, art room, tot spot, pet vet, dino dig and more! Visit the KidsWork website for events, programming and new exhibits!
Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve
Nature preserve for bird watching. There are herons and egrets which flourish through the parks and around the lake.
This year-round facility offers five basketball courts, eight volleyball courts, two soccer fields, a video game arcade, bumper cars, two mini-golf courses, softball batting cages, a go-kart track, climbing wall and paintball field.
Dedicated on February 12, 2009, Lincoln Landing is Lockport's newest attraction. This park, located on the original Public Landing platted as a dock area by Canal Commissioners in 1836, features a unique bronze statue of a young Abraham Lincoln created by artist David Ostro. Interpretive signage through the park highlights the history of the I&M Canal, its impact on the Lockport community, and Lincoln's connections to both. This open-air museum is self-guiding, but is enhanced by a website with school lesson plans.
The Links at Carillon is a 27 Hole Public Golf Course located right off of I-55 and Weber Rd. The Links offers you a beautifully maintained golf course at some of the best rates in the Chicagoland area! Come experience "The Gauntlet" which is our signature par five known as one of the "Dream 18" holes. Whether it is for your next outing, just to hit some range balls or for your next round of golf, Come check us out!
This new lake is located on old Route 66 at the southeast edge of Dwight. Donated to the village in 1994 and improved with funding from local organizations, the lake offers a beautifully landscaped picnic are, fishing, and a bike trail. Open year-round.
Manteno Golf Club and Learning Center
The Management proudly welcomes you to Manteno Golf Club and Learning Center. We are confident that you will find that our dedication and hard work result in a golf and dining experience of the highest level. A symbol of pride, Manteno Golf Club and Learning Center boasts an 18-hole golf course, Learning Center practice range, two practice greens, a 7,000 square foot banquet facility, lounge, and Golf Shop.
Overnight and long-term RV parking.
Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish & Wildlife Area
1,700 acres of grassland, brushy draws and shrubs on 2,801 acres. Hunting, fishing, picnicking and more.
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is located about 60 miles south of Chicago on Historic Route 66. Midewin is not only the largest prairie restoration site east of the Mississippi River, but also the largest open space in northeastern Illinois. Trails available for hiking, biking, and horseback riding. A small herd of bison was introduced here in October 2015 and it is possible (although not guaranteed) to spot them from our trails.
Largest open space in northeast Illinois.
Recently sweeping the national award season, Mistwood Golf Club was selected as Golf Magazine's " Renovation of the Year", one of Golf Digest's "Best New Courses", and one of Golf Range Magazine's "Top 50 Public Ranges"! Designed and renovated by course designer Ray Hearn, Mistwood Golf Club features 20 St. Andrews- style sod-wall bunkers, truly bringing a feeling of Scotland to the Midwest. Additionally, Mistwood has five tee placements per hole with the ability to now play over 7,000 yards. Part of the recent renovation also included the construction of a brand new 5,000 square foot Performance Center at the foot of our driving range that offers custom club fitting, club repair services, and lessons. Construction of a new Scottish-style, 26,000 square foot clubhouse is currently underway, and will be complete in the summer of 2015. Come experience Chicagoland's premier public course. Come experience Mistwood Golf Club!
Monee Reservoir features a 46-acre fishing lake and picnic pavilions. Concessions building offers boat rentals, bait, and snacks for sale.
Introducing Nettle Creek Country Club in Morris, Illinois. Nettle Creek is links-style golf in a beautiful prairie environment rich with wildlife. Renowned on the Chicagoland golf circuit for its fabulous greens, this upscale, 18-hole championship course is an easy drive from the populous Naperville-Bolingbrook-Plainfield area and just 18 miles west of Joliet on I-80.
Olive Berry Acres was established in May 2005 by berry enthusiasts Nik and Michelle Weber. We are pleased to offer strawberries, raspberries, asparagus and rhubarb.
Enthusiasts of all kinds find enjoyment in the wide array of activities the park offers including 4-miles of fully accessible paved paths that wind through natural prairie, woods and riverfront of the Perry Farm site.
The Polk-a-Dot Drive In was founded over 50 years ago has become one of the most memorable attractions along Illinois Route 66. Stop in and see the collection of memorabilia and enjoy a great meal.
Prairie Bluff Public Golf Club
Prairie Bluff is located on 237 acres of rolling terrain and is framed with prairie grass, which adds to the golf course's overall challenge and beauty for those who play here. With four sets of tees, 10 lakes and more than 40 bunkers, golfers of all skill levels will find a good challenge. At Prairie Bluff, you will enjoy our beautiful 10,000 square foot clubhouse that features a pro shop, banquet hall & bar. Beyond serving as a fabulous golf facility, Prairie Bluff is an ideal location for breakfast, lunch, dinner or cocktails. Prairie bluff's learning center offers a 10- acre driving range, short game area with bunker, putting green, private and group lessons. Let Prairie Bluff host your next golf outing!
CITY:Crest Hill
Small campground located in a country setting near Chicagoland Speedway, Historic Route 66 and a 25 mile hiking/bike trail. Business hours are 8:00am - 1:00pm.
RV, camper and car parking during major races at Chicagoland speedway and at Rte. 66 Raceway.
Reed's Canoe offers three trips ranging in length from 2 to 6 hours, and are suitable for new and experienced canoeists.
6-acre park donated to the village in 1891 by David McWilliams, the first banker and business person in the community. It is named after the Prince of Wales, Baron Renfrew, who visited the area while on a hunting expedition in 1860.
This 94-acre farm features picnic and recreational areas, antique farm equipment, a petting zoo, pony rides and barrel train rides. In fall find a pumpkin patch, haunted barn and pig races.
Along with 18 superbly conditioned holes of golf, The Sanctuary has an excellent grass practice range, short game area, putting green, full service golf shop with PGA Professional Bob Schulz. The Bunker Grill has great food and beverage offerings. For those who want a challenging golfing experience at a great price, there are few better choices than The Sanctuary, anywhere! Book your tee-time now at 815- 462-GOLF (4653) or book on-line.
CITY:New Lenox
Siegel's Cottonwood farm is a fourth generation working farm established in 1909. In the spring and early summer, the farm is open with a garden center featuring flowers, shrubs, and plants. From June 1st thru October, the farm is available for company picnics, group outings, corporate events and fundraisers. In the summer when the crop is ready its extra sweet corn. In the fall its Pumpkinfest time on the farm with playlands, cornfield mazes, new fun attractions, climbing wall, gem mining and much more. And then there is the award winning haunted prison, "Statesville."
CITY:Crest Hill
A tandem Skydive with Skydive Greater is a fun safe way for you to experience the thrill of skydiving while securely attached to an experience instructor with 1,000 jumps and many years of experience.
Railroad-themed, outdoor water park featuring a 6 person racing slide, body slides, tube slides, lazy river and zero depth pool.
Full-service marina. New and used boat sales, transient slips, fuel, restaurant. Open year-round.
Volz Fieldhouse- Dellwood Park
Launch off a ramp and go airborne at the area's only skate park! It is an unsupervised skate at your own risk park.
Waterfall Glen Hike in DuPage County is a nice, moderate hike. This trail wraps around Argonne National Laboratory and is 11.4 miles long. The main path consists of crushed limestone, but it is ok to take the side trails that are mowed grass or part of an abandoned railroad track. Most of the path is under a tree canopy. Marshes and swamps abound in this area so be sure to bring some insect repellent.
This 18-hole golf course is known for its hilly terrain, and features a bar and clubhouse.
William G. Stratton State Park
Although only 613 acres in size along the Illinois River, this state park is widely used by boaters and anglers of northeastern Illinois. Launching ramps with docks serve boaters from the Illinois River Bridge in Morris.
Willowhaven Interpretive Center
A facility of the Bourbonnais Township Park District, The Willowhaven Interpretive Center is a free hands-on museum that houses natural and historical exhibits, provides the community a place to learn, explore, and enjoy the splendors of nature! Displays focus on Illinois wildlife, conservation and natural history. The most popular displays include hands-on discovery tables with pelts, nests, feathers, tracks and more. The center also has live animal displays, aquariums, a children's reading nook, computer tables and a microscope lab table.
Willowhaven Interpretive Center
Whispering Willows Park at Willowhaven Interpretive Center features open prairies, wetlands, interpretive gardens and 1.5 miles of limestone trails surrounding two scenic ponds. All trails begin and end at the Willowhaven Interpretive Center scenic outlook.
Home to catfish, walleye, northern pike, bass, pan fish, picnic and recreation.
Opened in 1921, Woodruff is a sporty course with hilly terrain and a clubhouse. The 18-hole "Woodruff" course at the Woodruff Golf Course facility in Joliet, Illinois features 5,424 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 68 . The course rating is 66.1 and it has a slope rating of 113 on Blue grass.
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Sabrina's Law Turns Five
I am very proud, honoured and humbled by the success of Sabrina's Law at the 5th anniversary of its passage in Ontario. We live in a good world where something like Sabrina's Law comes out of such tragedy. It is truly remarkable. I feel Sabrina is proud of the law that's named after her […]
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Pot's effect on DUIs uncertain
Since the legalization of marijuana in Colorado, Pueblo law enforcement hasn't determined its impact on impaired driving arrests.
Pot has been legal for people 21 and older to possess small amounts of marijuana since December, when Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the new law.
For the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office, it's on pace to make as many if not more DUI arrests this year than in 2012.
Undersheriff JR Hall said the majority or arrests are alcohol related.
The drug-impaired driving cases deputies see more often involves prescription medicine. Pot and narcotics are contributors, but drugs are usually not the single cause.
"Most people (arrested for DUI) are imbibing in both" alcohol and drugs, Hall said. "Factually, we can't support the hypothesis that somehow the legalization of marijuana has slowed down DUI arrests."
For Pueblo police, DUI arrests are down since December.
Sgt. Chris Noeller said that doesn't point to marijuana but more to a redistribution of officers.
Manpower has been an issue at the police department this year and four traffic officers who are normally dedicated to finding impaired drivers and other traffic cases were sent to the patrol division.
"It's hard to say if it has anything to do with marijuana. I couldn't say with any kind of accuracy," Noeller said. "The transfer of manpower because of the shortage in patrol, that could've affected that."
With the advent of medical and now legal recreational marijuana, more and more studies are surfacing analyzing pot's influence on drivers. The results vary.
In 2011, Time magazine published an article that said states that allow medical marijuana see fewer traffic deaths, suggesting people may be choosing pot over alcohol.
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By RYAN PEACOCKSports Reporter
The Cowboys Rodeo Commission held their finals in Salina, after a year of numerous rodeos all over the state. After the times were calculated and the money was added, there were a few Emery County residents who came out on top.
Amy Fox of Lawrence, who competes in breakaway roping, placed first in a few shows throughout the summer. With these wins, she was sitting in a great position for the finals. During the final go, Amy just had to rope her calf. She, on her horse Buster, was the last to rope because she was sitting in first place. Amy roped her calf in five seconds, which placed her third in the average. This score kept her on top and winning the CRC saddle for Breakaway for 2001. Amy attends SUU majoring in math.
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Sunnyside Will Not Rehire Frank Sweet
The Sunnyside city council says it will not give former Interim City Manager Frank Sweet his job back.
Sweet, who was fired back in February, met with the city council last night, however, and argued that his firing was based primarily on letters he sent to Interim Police Chief Phil Schenk.
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Skip to comments.Zarqawi Documents Prove Liberal Media Lies
Posted on 06/15/2006 6:53:39 PM PDT by Cato Uticensis
Thanks to documents recovered in Abu Musab 'al-Zarqawi's bombed out Headquarters, 104 terrorists have been killed and hundreds more taken prisoner. Dozens of weapons caches have been captured. But of almost equal importance is the insight we gained into 'al-Qaeda's state in Iraq.
The 21st century's Ho Chi Minh despaired of the state of his terror organization. He was writing that America was winning the war and he wasn't replacing his combat losses. Do you remember how Liberal "Geniuses" went on and on about how we were "creating more terrorists"? Yeah right. Zarqawi complained about how he wasn't getting any new recruits.
The late, unlamented Abu Musab also said that he felt the US Army was winning the war and successfully raising up a native Army for the new Iraqi Republic that he would not be able to defeat.
The Zarqawi documents prove that everything the Liberals have argued about the war in Iraq is the opposite of the truth. Those of us with our heads not in a very dark place have known this all along.
The Libs loved to compare the Iraq War with the Vietnam War, even tho the two were as different as Vietnam's jungle climate from Iraq's desert. They gave a whole new meaning to "stuck on stupid." However, there is one similarity between the two wars. In both cases the Left betrayed America in an effort to help a murderous enemy win. The Left to this day has to say that Vietnam was both unwinnable and immoral. Lemme tell you people out there, in 1965 there wasn't a more noble cause than preventing the Killing Fields of 1975 that we are all familiar with or turning Vietnam into the totalitarian gulag state it is today. But our "patriotic" Liberal countrymen used to hang posters and chant the name of the Bolshevik tyrant of Hanoi. "Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh, (North) Vietnam will win!" and then go spit in the face of an American veteran.
We need to remember the Killing Fields. Saddam had his Killing Fields too. And if the war in Iraq was lost more mass graves will get filled. Make no mistake about it. It won't affect, Liberals. Just as Liberals in 1975 put on Bell Bottoms and went to Studio 54, totally untouched in their little ivory tower world by the Khmer Rouge and Viet-Cong they helped bring to power, so too would they continue to go to their Starbucks' and drink their lattes. It won't be them filling up the mass graves. So what do they care?
It's up to Red State America, brothers and sisters. We have to defeat not just the terrorists, but Blue State America as well. Or millions will die.
Ive never said this before.....
It is all BUSH's fault!!!
It's obvious Iraq will turn into a modern day "killing fields" should we prematurely withdraw.
It's so frustrating that the libs can't/won't realize that.
Buckhead freeper proved liberal media lies.
Thanks for your post, it's a great piece.
Precisely the result that traitorous SOB Kerry would like to see happen - just like in Vietnam after we left.
Yep, it's been quite a week. And you won't see Zarqawi's assessment covered in the New York Times.
The killing fields didn't bother them then. Why should the left care now?
"The late, unlamented Abu Musab also said that he felt the US Army was winning the war and successfully raising up a native Army for the new Iraqi Republic that he would not be able to defeat."
Nice to hear it from the horse's...mouth.
The Marxist ENEMEDIA will never print this of course.
Nail, head, nuf said.
Great post.
I would LOVE to see the new Zarqawi replacement get killed in the first week of his new job. That would have a HUGE effect to demoralize AQIR.
Like Gulf War I when Saddam had his troops hidden in bunkers at night. All of a sudden, the bunker 1 mile away explodes. Then the bunker 3/4 mile away. Then the bunker 1/2 mile away. Then the bunker 1/4 mile away. Pretty soon, they get it... and then they haul ass out of the bunkers cause they know they are next.
If we could hit that guy quick, I believe a whole lot of AQIR would get out as quick as they can. Once that is done, we would have a much easier job dealing with the situation between the Sunnis and Shiites because that is primarily a political problem.
"Or millions will die."
You say that it won't affect the libs. But, if AQ wins they may fulfill their promise to kill 4 million Americans. The enemy will probably target our big cities, which are filled with libs.
Then those who survive will scream, "Bush failed to protect us."
This point can not be over emphasized. Indeed, communicating it is potentially every bit as important to patriotic Americans as the recent "outing" of the liberal's human shield technique that Ann Coulter has been trumpeting.
To be specific, liberal's will ALWAYS adopt a position that requires their opponents to have knowledge they know the opponent doesn't have, and probably can't get, to prove the liberals are wrong.
The liberal focus is not on correctly understanding the current state of affairs, but on undermining oppostition to how they WANT the state of affairs to be understood.
Oh they will print it......and then go to great pains to try and prove that Zarqawi was mistaken.:)
FOX reported the document today. Rush and Hannity talked about it. How bout the rest of the drive by media are they reporting this docuement or hoping it goes away or claiming that it is "fake"?
pre war doc ping list?
It would be such a terrible thing if a Cruise Missle accidentally took out the Old York Times building.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Libs were wrong about Reagan and the cold war. They are just as wrong about Bush and the war on terror.
"......they may fulfill their promise to kill 4 million Americans. The enemy will probably target our big cities, which are filled with libs."
"........which are filled with libs."
It's so frustrating that the libs
can't/won't realize hope for that.
There. Fixed it for ya.
Sec. Rumsfeld, who has been criticized and vilified by Democrats and ,sadly, by some Republicans in Congress and crucified by the liberal media, could be a military genius.
Problem is obviously the Democratic Propaganda Machine known as the MSM will not talk about this, as it greatly weakens their campaign, and the White House will be far too polite and demure about it, as has been their habit in the face of it being made obvious on a daily basis the Democrats see the President and his administration as their enemy above all else.
Of interest.
Thanks CU.
Peach, more documentation for your campaign.
Thanks for the ping.
Thanks for the ping to this; I'm going to update my list in a few days and put it on my bookmarks under my screen name.
I've also sent a lot of Congressmen, the WH and news organizations the translations done that Saddam coordinated with the Taliban in Afghanistan. I'd say Iraq is the right war at the right time and for the right reasons.
"I'd say Iraq is the right war at the right time and for the right reasons."
Which is exactly why the enemies of America, the left wind rats in Congress and America are against the war in Iraq.
Those voting for a time table had better be in Rat Safe Districts, or they might be looking for a new job come Jan 2007.
But not the libs that deserve to die!
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"Like Gulf War I when Saddam had his troops hidden in bunkers at night. All of a sudden, the bunker 1 mile away explodes. Then the bunker 3/4 mile away. Then the bunker 1/2 mile away. Then the bunker 1/4 mile away. Pretty soon, they get it... and then they haul ass out of the bunkers cause they know they are next. "
you got it right, bro. The fire of jihad is fought with the fire of artillery and missiles!
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- In the winter of I 1920, the first body is found in Delano, Georgia-the naked, brutalized corpse of a young boy. It Is a crime too horrific to be ignored; the first of many that will span four decades, embroiling three separate police chiefs in a remarkable manhunt that will expose the hatreds, fears, dark secrets and festering wounds beneath the surface of their sleepy God-fearing community.
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- In the bitter winter of 1920, the first body is found in Delano, Georgia; the naked corpse of an unidentified teenager. There is no direct evidence of murder, but the body bears marks of what seems to be a ritual beating. The investigation falls to Will Henry Lee, a failed cotton farmer newly appointed as Delano's first chief of police. Lee's obsession with the crime begins a story that weaves through the decades, following the life of a small southern town and the role of three police chiefs in unraveling the crime. Chiefs is the best kind of thriller, where the investigation plays out against the drama beneath the surface of a seemingly placid community, seething with the pressures of race, love, hate, and; always; political power, extending from the town fathers all the way to Washington, DC.
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The mystery of Paul Ranger
Cam Charron
September 11 2013 10:28PM
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One of the most read posts in this website's history is titled "So, what happened to Paul Ranger?". That post went up last summer when a defenceman that had previously left the NHL at age 25 returned to hockey by signing with the Toronto Marlies. Turns out, so little had been written about Ranger that it jumped up to the top of Google search rankings, and it still gets hundreds of clicks per day. There's a lot of interest in Paul Ranger, and for good reason.
Ranger's NHL departure left a lot of questions, and they all seemed to go unanswered, and continue to do so. His departure and subsequent return is a bit of a mystery. Even with two of Canada's top storytellers attending Leafs' media day that coincided with the first day of training camp, Rangers refuses to go into specifics for why he left such a promising career with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
As for what happened in the intervening three years, Ranger politely refuses to address it or any of the circumstances even tangential to it.
"That's off limits for me," he said. "I'm not really going to talk about it at this point. I did a lot of things for myself; I just needed my own time."
David Branch has known Ranger since he was a precocious kid he coached in minor hockey with the Whitby Wildcats.
"He was always one of my favourites, not because he was one of the better players," says Branch, the commissioner of the Canadian Hockey League. "But because he was a very bright kid and he did very well in school and had a lot of questions. He was always very philosophical, even at a young age."
That whole post over at Sportsnet is definitely worth a read. Grange is one of the best Canada has to offer not just in storytelling, but also in keeping things in proper context. I think too many people take for granted that so many hockey players are happy where they're at when they're playing in the pros. Ranger has all of the physical abilities that are required of him to be a good hockey player, and reads like a good, smart, kid. His small sample of possession statistics paint a very positive picture, and his point scoring rates are in lockstep with some of hockey's mid-tier offensive defencemen such as Keith Ballard and Adrian Aucoin. Worth noting: he's also ahead of Jack Johnson in points per 60 minutes of play.
I always liked Ranger when he was with Tampa Bay, and never really noticed that he had left the game. It was unceremonious. One day he was there, and then he was gone, and he was never high-profile enough to warrant serious consideration from even a die-hard fan that lived a zillion miles away from Tampa.
In 2007-2008, with Ranger on the ice with regular partner Dan Boyle, the Lightning took 54.7% of all the shots on net. With Boyle on the ice away from Ranger, the Lightning took just 49.8% of shots. Ranger sees a similar dip away from Boyle, but that's to be expected. The point is that those two were both exceptional defenceman during that time on a pretty poor Lightning team defensively. Regular defencemen included Filip Kuba, Brad Lukowich and Shane O'Brien, and the Ranger-Boyle pairing provided a plus-possession oasis for hockey's worst team that season.
From Bruce Arthur at the National Post, another story worth reading in full:
Until Oct. 24, 2009, when he went to his coach before a morning skate and said he thought it would be best for the team, and best for him, if he took a personal leave of absence. His team, after talking with him, agreed. The Tampa Bay Times said he requested not to be paid during his absence. He never really came back.
"All I can say is I just needed some time to myself," says Ranger, 28.
Ranger briefly attended the University of Ottawa; two years after leaving the Lightning, he spent a year coaching with his former coach, OHL commissioner Dave Branch, and his sons on Ranger's old bantam triple-A team, the Whitby Wildcats. The boys were 13 or 14, not yet flooded with the arrogance of teenagers. Ranger liked that. He would exchange late-night texts with Branch's sons about the next practice, the next game. He loved it.
The Leafs paid attention, kept his name on a list, tucked it away.
I like to quote the meaty bits of any article, but there's just so much to talk about in all of this. Ranger preferred to be close to home, and definitely fielded offers from other teams, and he turned them down to sign a very cap-friendly deal with the hometown Maple Leafs.
The Paul Ranger signing may have been a bit overlooked, but it's possibly the best deal that the Maple Leafs made all summer. I really have no way to end this, but I guess I do encourage you to read both of those pieces. Ranger's a great story, and if you have a positive or a negative viewpoint about the Leafs for this season I think that the feelings surrounding Ranger have to be uniformly optimistic. Coaching and playing in the minors obviously re-ignited his desire, and there's a reason he wants to return.
He's playing under his own terms, and likely moreso because of the team he picked. We take for granted that so many young men get drafted by teams based in cities they've never visited and choose to follow that path. In pursuit of an NHL career, many young men give up choice and familiarity, and all they get in return is to have their dedication to the game questioned during a scoring slump or a bad period in an inopportune game. That lifestyle didn't appeal to Ranger, and he left the game quietly, believing the Lightning didn't owe him anything more. Ranger the person is a mystery, but what matters to the Maple Leafs is Ranger the hockey player, and the optimism that those two aspects of a young man's life can live together harmoniously once again.
September 12 2013, 08:46AM
One of my coworkers grew up with the guy. Apparently he was smoking a ton of weed, hanging out and coaching hockey. Apparently hes a really nice guy though
September 12 2013, 08:22AM
Hey Cam. Weird thing about those stats at Hockey Analysis. NHL.com shows Ranger with 25 ES points in 2007-08, while Hockey Analysis shows 17. I'm not sure at all how or why these keep gaps appearing, but I'm gonna keep pointing it out until someone explains it or something resolves it. I mean, ENG's don't explain it, and I seriously doubt dude had 8 points during 4v4 play. I've tried adding up all his points on the site, including PP and PK, but 25+9+1 still = 35. Though NHL.com shows him very clearly with 46 points over those years.
Anyway, it comes out as reasonably important, as it moves him from 125th in 5v5 scoring up into the Top 20. And just FYI, I keep on finding this at that site. The overall points numbers just do not work.
Maybe I'm misreading, but unless somebody can say he had 11 points during 4v4 play which then disappeared, there's a problem.
Anyway, nice write-up. But he's away better offensive D-men than the stats up top show.
September 14 2013, 02:50PM
Chad Kilger is a fireman in his hometown. He left on a personal leave and never came back becuase that was the only option his wife gave him to save his marriage due to infidelities with the team massage therapist.
They sold their house in Leaside and moved back to his hometown. Doubt what I say, don't bother, my best friend lived next door to them and knows the wife well. Sad but they remain together.
September 12 2013, 07:08AM
I have come across a similar case as Ranger in cricket. Marcus Trescothick, a leading English batsman, left the game abruptly in 2006 just like Ranger. He later made a statement that he suffered from a 'chronic stress-related illness which caused high anxiety'. More info on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Trescothick
Let us hope Ranger manages to control and overcome the issues which caused him to walk away in the past! If he manages that, I fully agree with you that they really lucked out with him!
Maybe you could look into the mystery of Chad Kilger??? That one has been bugging me for years.
September 11 2013, 10:43PM
For what it's worth, in Lightning land, no one was too upset that he left.
He handled his departure very professionally and quietly, and while we all wondered what was going on, for the most part fans in Tampa respectfully accepted that he didn't want to talk about it, and that he was doing what was best for him.
As for his comeback, I would say nearly everyone is happy for him that he's coming back to the game on his terms, even if it isn't with the Lightning.
Obviously he went through some sort of depression. Hockey wasn't cutting it for him, and as his minor league coach pointed out, Paul was always a little more aware - more philosophical, asking questions that the ordinary person doesn't ask. I bet Paul wasn't feeling so well and needed some time for soul searching. Beyond saying this (which is easily inferred) it's impossible to know any specific precipitating situation that caused him to want to leave the NHL.
I love sports, but like Paul, I'm also a thinker. It's always nice to see people like this in such unsuspected places. I'm not saying professional sports isn't conducive to being highly intelligent, but they aren't common. Just listening to Paul Ranger speak on sportscenter spiked my interest; the way he handled himself during the interview looked as if he was aware of what he was saying, and the language he used, his comportment, was all very attractive.
Hope he has a good season. He certainly has the build for it.
Somebody asked about Chad Kilger. He was never in the same league as Paul Ranger. If you look at his stats alone, he was very marginal. He didn't get many points as a forward. The guy didn't play half the games or more each year and I don't recall it being because of health reasons. Only two years, when Toronto was abysmal, did he play most of the year. Teams tended to trade or release him. Toronto got him because Montreal didn't really want him. Toronto "traded" him for a 3rd round pick. He just wasn't good enough which actually doesn't mean he wasn't a good hockey player, there were enough who were better though.
Appreciate your thoughts on his career, but if you remember, he walked away. Took a personal leave of abscence, then never came back. I was just always curious as to why, as I enjoyed his play, and thought he was a nice guy.
Wow! Thanks. Sincerly appreciate the candid reply.
Now I can finally get some sleep! :)
Just had to say Cam - you said "I really have no way to end this" but I thought you closed it extremely well.
I think people forget that hocey players are like any other population - wih 690 plus players you're going to have guys who prefer to be alone more often than not. I hope the Toronto media doesn't eat him alive.
And... I don't know about the whole weed thing - but he would definitely be an outlier in the pot community with respect to the physical shape he's in. Just saying....
Excellent read...


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Conquistador FinessePro Craw Trailer 8pk
Conquistador FinessePro Craw Trailers are hand-poured, resulting in the unique color combinations you see below. These finesse craws aren't limited to just jig trailers. They can be successfully employed in a number of ways. Drop shotted, flipped or pitched, Texas-rigged, brass and glassed, or on a football head, this craw will catch fish. Super soft plastic and natural sent with salt ensure that each bait is lifelike and ready to fish right out of the bag.
The Conquistador Casting and Flipping Jigs perfectly match the Craw Trailers.
12 Colors
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Comments: "Sweet Craw"... Anytime you catch a fish on the first cast using a new lure is always a good sign... It's an even better sign if you catch your second fish on the second cast... I combined the 2.5 Finesse Craw with an 1/8 oz weedless grub head and the Smallies constantly slammed the lure on the fall. The craw produce the entire day...
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Our friends over at Stylesight stopped by our midtown Manhattan office to hang out, learn more about our services, and get a little monogramming work done. Custom denim monogramming is one of the many cool and unique things Denim Therapy can do to your jeans, and we were thrilled to get to share it with them… and now you! Read all about it here.
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Grab a martini with your girlfriends wearing our Jordana Short Sleeve Dress featuring a scoop neckline, cap sleeves, and low-cut back. Add our collar necklace and stackable bracelets. Cheers!
- 92% Nylon, 8% spandex
- Hand wash
- Made in USA
- Center back to hem: 23" (58 cm)
- Model is 5'10" and wears a US size P/S
Rated 5 out of 5�by 3 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5�by Lulu99 Gorgeous This dress is soft and sexy. It is fully lined except for the cap sleeves. Wow, it even fits my slim frame like a glove, and it makes me feel beautiful. Thank you Bebe! September 1, 2014
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Ask Karen Ranks As Top Ten Best Federal Mobile Apps
Last week the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service's (FSIS) Mobile Ask Karen app earned high-praise from Government Computer News (link will take you offsite). The publication gave a tip-of-the-hat to Mobile Ask Karen, ranking it as one of "The 10 best federal mobile apps." Mobile Ask Karen was heralded as "a perfect example" and "the best of the bunch," and was the only app to earn perfect scores in the categories of usefulness, ease of use, and coolness factor. Read more »


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Lou Etta (Hale) Hoover
Lou Etta (Hale) Hoover, 80, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, in Cortez, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's, her loving husband by her side.
She is survived by her husband, John R. "Dick" Hoover; brother, Benton P. Hale (Phyllis) of Youngtown, Ariz. and Wheatland, Wyo.; daughter, Tracy (Curt Gridley) of Wichita, Kan.; son, John of Hillsborough, N.H.; three grandchildren, Henry, Mackenzie, and Fiona; and several nieces and nephews.
Lou Etta was born to E.B. and Gladys Hale on July 11, 1933, in Boulder, where E.B. was working on a master's degree. Her family moved around a great deal during her childhood due to her father's work as a civilian with the Army. Stops included Wyoming, Idaho, Tennessee, and Arizona. Lou Etta graduated from Flagstaff High School in 1951, earning the honor of class valedictorian. She spent her first year of college at Arizona State College in Flagstaff before transferring to the University of Colorado. There she earned a Bachelor of Science and passed her pharmacy qualifying exams in 1955. Lou Etta always felt a great deal of pride that she had earned a professional degree and worked in her chosen profession at a time when it was unusual for women to do so.
At the University of Colorado, Lou Etta met Dick Hoover, a pharmacy student, when a professor put them on the same lab bench in bacteriology. She and Dick married in 1958 and settled in his hometown of Hackettstown, N.J., where they raised two children, Tracy and John. During these years Lou Etta and Dick worked at Bach's Drugs, which they eventually owned in partnership with another family. Lou Etta worked as a pharmacist until well after her children were born, then went on to fill many other roles at Bach's. She also worked as a consulting pharmacist at the House of the Good Shepherd, a local nursing home, until Dick retired in 1986. In addition, Lou Etta served on the board of directors for the Hackettstown Public Library, and taught Sunday School at Trinity United Methodist Church.
After retiring, Lou Etta and Dick divided their time between Hackettstown and Odessa, Fla. Later, they migrated between Florida and Cortez, settling permanently in Cortez in 2003.
Lou Etta felt passionately about many things, including her family, Rainbow Bridge, and cornbread made with white cornmeal. She was a devoted dog lover, owning a series of black labrador retrievers, all named Brandy. Lou Etta had special affinity for Monument Valley and the desert Southwest, which she was fortunate to experience from the back of a beloved horse Drifter. She was an avid trapshooter for many years, and she and Dick enthusiastically traveled the U.S. to participate in shooting events. Most notably, Lou Etta was Ladies Champion at the New Jersey State Shoot in 1978, and won the Ladies Ljutic Handicap event at the Grand American in 1984. Lou Etta also enjoyed golf, needlepoint, and fishing. "Gone with the Wind" was her favorite movie, and some of the well-known dialogue was a common refrain in family life.
In the past several years, Lou Etta volunteered at the Cortez Cultural Center, working a regular shift in the gift shop. She believed that the Cultural Center had a lot to offer the city and its visitors and was glad to contribute to its outreach efforts. Lou Etta's world contracted in the past year due to her illness, but she was still able to take daily walks with her dog as recently as last summer, from which she derived a great deal of pleasure.
Lou Etta will be cremated; a memorial service will be held later. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Cortez Cultural Center or First United Methodist Church of Cortez.
Arrangements are being made through Ertel Funeral Home. To send condolences, click on the obituary tab at ertelfuneralhome.com.


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Eames Wire Chair by Herman Miller
designed by Charles and Ray Eames
At A Glance:
First introduced in 1951, the Eames Wire Chair was an immediate hit. Distinctively, unmistakably Eames, this chrome metal chair has stood the test of time and is as popular today as it was half a century ago. The airy silhouette of this seat is made of cross-woven wires and positioned on a bent-wire, welded "Eiffel Tower" base. The Wire Chair adds artistic interest - and functional seating - to residences and workplaces alike.
What's To Like:
For style, the Wire Chair gets an "A" - it's got a beautifully exposed structure. Cross-woven wires and a bent-wire welded base make the Eames wire chair strong and lightweight, and the optional leather seat pad gives you more comfort for your posterior.
What's Not to Like:
The leather pad goes a long way towards making the Wire Chair a comfortable seat, but it still won't be a comfortable long-term (read: 1 hour) seat. You'll get a sore bum if you stay put for long.
The Bottom Line:
A prime example of the Eameses use of welded wire, the Wire Chair is small, light, and has a beautifully crafted Eiffel Tower base for added character. All that remains is for your to choose whether or not you want a seat pad, and what color you'd like.
- Overall: 32.75" h x 19" w x 21.25" d
- Seat height: 16.5"
- Chrome frame with optional leather seat pad
- Elegantly crafted Eiffel Tower base
- Standard glides can be ordered with felt bottoms to protect bare floors; both styles tilt slightly to help with leveling
Leather Options:
- Stock Leather
Chromium free and from Austria this stock Herman Miller leather is a winner for most. With a matte, soft feel this is the most popular leather used on Herman Miller upholstered items.
- Open Line Leather
Austrian by birth, yours by choice. Open Line leather is closest to the stock Herman Miller leathers but available in a wider array of colors.
The Herman Miller Eames Wire Chair is also known by the following manufacturer Item Numbers: DKR.0, DKR.2, DKR.5.
Materials & Measurements
Chrome seat frame, back, and legs.
Overall: 32.75" h x 19.75" w x 21.25" d
Seat height: 16.5"
About The Manufacturer
Herman Miller is an industry leader in the integration of cutting edge technology to furniture and other household items to make everyday life more comfortable, convenient, and stylish. Herman Miller stands out at the forefront of such fields as ergonomic technologies, environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, and customizable furniture items.
In addition to producing some of the most outstanding office furniture in the world, Herman Miller has also taken on the responsibility of manufacturing some of the most celebrated furniture designs by some of the world's most famous designs. These "modern classics" include works by Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and Isamu Noguchi. Herman Miller celebrates these famous mid-century designers' works through its extraordinarily precise manufacturing techniques and industry-leading green production processes.
Herman Miller is a global company with operations, sales offices, dealers, and licensees in more than 40 countries in North America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, serving customers virtually anywhere in the world. Herman Miller is headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, while manufacturing facilities are located in the U.S., China, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
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Charles and Ray Eames are perhaps the most celebrated designers of the 20th century. Married in 1941, the Eames duo are responsible for some of the most critically acclaimed furniture designs of the modern era. Amongst their most famous designs are the molded plastic chair group, the aluminum chair group, and the Eames Wire Chair. Although they are most often remembered today for their furniture designs with partner Herman Miller, the Eameses engaged in artistic expression across a broad range of mediums- including architecture and filmmaking.
Design Story
They made the rim of the chair a lighter-gauge wire and doubled it for stability to achieve strength requirements, an organic shape, and cost restraints. This advance won them the first American mechanical patent for design.
The chair was marketed by Herman Miller until 1967 and reintroduced in 2001.
Shipping & Delivery
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The Eames Wire Chair comes with a 1-year manufacturer's warranty.
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Emery County Sheriff's Office Dispatcher Tosha Barnett received a call at 3:43 p.m. on May 13 stating that a member of a mountain bike party had gone missing. Emery County Sheriff's Office personnel Lt. Gayle Jensen, Sgt. Mitch Vetere and Deputy Michael Jorgensen, together with personnel from the National Park Service responded to the Keg Point area in the southeast corner of Emery County, just north of the popular Horseshoe Canyon petroglyph panel.
The reporting party stated that their group was riding mountain bikes in a slick rock area when they lost sight of 18-year-old Sam Spirio-Johnston of Salt Lake City. The reporting party stated that Johnston had wrecked on his bike a couple of days ago, so they thought he was just being extra cautious and lagging behind. Personnel began searching the roads and trails in the area by foot.
Jody Cox, a pilot from the Huntington Airport, flew Emery County Sheriff Greg Funk over the area in a fixed-wing plane. They searched the area until dark but were unable to locate the missing man.
On May 14, personnel from the Emery County Sheriff's Office and Search and Rescue Team, and BLM personnel arrived on scene to search the area on dirt bikes and ATVs. Sheriff Funk, Wade Allinson and Jim Jennings searched on dirt bikes. Ken Eley, Greg Jewkes and Ben Orgill searched on ATVs. The reporting party also searched by mountain bike. Rescuers were prepared with technical rope rescue gear in case the missing man was located in a ravine. A DPS helicopter was also dispatched to assist in the search.
DPS helicopter pilot Kent Harrison transported Emery County Sheriff's Office personnel Capt. Kyle Ekker and Sgt. Tom Harrison, along with Jason Jewkes of the Search and Rescue Team for the air search. Sgt. Harrison spotted a mountain bike by a ravine on the south rim of Keg Canyon. The helicopter landed and the bike, with a flat tire, was identified as that of the missing man. The helicopter resumed flight and guided land searchers to the bike's location, where the ground search continued. The DPS pilot resumed flight and flew down the drainage of Keg Canyon. As the helicopter exited the mouth of the canyon, searchers spotted three canoes full of people waving. The helicopter circled and the people in the canoes begin pointing their paddles to the top of the cliffs. The pilot gained altitude and located the missing man who was standing on the rim and waving. The subject was coherent and appeared to be in good condition. He was transported by helicopter to the landing zone, examined by Search and Rescue Captain Brad Reed who is also an EMT, and was then given food and water.
Johnston explained that he had fallen behind his group and had gotten thirsty. He went down to the Green River to get a drink, and when he got back to the slick rock area he went the wrong direction. He found a place to sleep, and when morning arrived he began walking but kept getting ledged in. He was located 3 miles (as the crow flies) from where he abandoned his bike.