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Racers expected Friday night at Epping fundraiserBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent November 14. 2013 11:04PM
EPPING — Members of the racing community are expected to turn out in force Friday night to raise money for Danville race car driver Seth Stickney, who broke his neck in a crash at Lee USA Speedway last month.
The fundraiser will be held at the American Legion Post 51 in Epping at 7 p.m.
Stickney was injured on Oct. 12 when his car struck a concrete retaining wall head-on between turn 3 and 4.
The 34-year-old who has raced throughout the Northeast for more than 20 years broke his neck in multiple places and after being hospitalized in Boston is now at home and must wear a neck brace.
Stickney, who remembers seeing the wall and the moment he slammed into the wall, knows he's lucky that he survived the accident.
"I had doctors tell me that I was unbelievably close to being paralyzed," said Stickney, who drives a roadrunner/outlaw mini stock race car.
Heidi Brown of Epping organized the fundraiser to help Stickney as he faces the financial burdens in the wake of the accident.
Brown said her 24-year-old son, Bill Osborne, is also a racer and is close to Stickney.
She witnessed the horrific accident and had flashbacks to the night when her brother, Fred Brown, 29, was killed in 1985 after hitting the same wall during a race at the Lee speedway.
Tonight's fundraiser will include a live band, food and raffles. Tickets will be available at the door.


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I was working on a glycol floral case today and was wondering if anyone has ever done a conversion to a berry case before ( apparently this is common ). I know it needs new evaporator ( heat exchanger ) fans, honeycombs and some balancing valve adjustments. Am I missing anything or is it just that simple?
Do you have a kit # I can refer to get a estimate on the amount of time required?

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Jon Stewart weighed in on the gun control debate last night — it was the only issue he addressed during his half-hour show. The other late-night hosts mostly stayed away from politics. David Letterman did, however, uncover the main driver behind the nation's debt. Fast-forward to 2:15 to see what it is.
For today's must-see moment, fast-forward to 3:11 to see Stewart explain the different types of muskets that he'd be happy to let all Americans have.


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to glove or not to glove
for me there is no question
I glove year round
in fact I am not shy about wearing a set of full finger gloves on the mountain bike during the hottest days of summer
here in washington dc winter has just started
with the forever waivering temperatures of the dc winter there is always the riddle of what gear to wear
thus far the beard has been enough
no need for the balaclava just yet
but what about the hands?
the hands are always a mystery...
there can be the difficult balance of trying not to under glove or over glove
it has been established that to ride sans glove is not an option
yet some people choose to roll that way
but how much is too little glove and how much is too much glove
well... that answer becomes clear once the ride starts
usually not immediately
but a bit into the ride where either your hands become sweaty or they grow numb and cold
numb and cold may put me in the upright position riding no handed with my hands tucked into my arm pits
while hot and sweaty may have me riding gloveless for stretches while I let my hands breath
only to rush cold back into the little hand sauna for more sweating
then out again to breath
not offering a solution
but maybe I will mention this
there was a time where I ran my own multi-glove system for varying temperatures
this was more of a snowboard thing than a cycling thing
but the notion would transfer just the same
Outdoor Research makes some large mittens
these mittens are long as well as large
the extend up the arm past the wrist which is great for keeping snow out of your sleeve on those glorious powder day crashes
so I worked this OR mitten combo with a fleece glove on my hand inside
I had an assortment of fleece gloves with different thicknesses
this glove system worked great on the chair
on the long chair rides I would pull off the gloves
always cautious to tuck the gloves into my jacket as so not to drop them from the chair
then with the fleece gloves I was usually able to manipulate things that I could not manage with the awkward mitten
fuel up... eat an energy bar... hydrate with some water or gatorade
then slap the gloves back on
and maybe bend over to clip in the back foot so I could then ride away instead of skateing away only to have to drop my butt to the snow as I clip in
not sure if Outdoor Research still makes those mitts?
to glove or not to glove
3 comments:
I am not feeding the Gwadzilla anymore as he doesn't post comments that I carefully craft out! Biatch!
- 1/19/2007
- Fritz said...
I have mountaineering gloves also like the Outdoor Research ones you mention, except mine are branded REI. I don't use them for bicycling much.
- 1/19/2007
i nearly always wear gloves too. should me and the asphalt have a date, i'd rather not end up with skinned knuckles on top of everything else.
- 1/19/2007
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Be careful recounting your woes, as they can always be worse
Sometimes the least expected guests are the most welcome. It happened Sunday, soon after hanging up from a call from Kathy Herr in Montana.
Kathy wanted to know how we were and exchange news. Rick, her husband, was off on a fishing trip with a couple of buddies. One of them had a truck with a camper and they had a boat in tow as well.
"The guy with the camper, he's 83," said Kathy.
I could visualize the scene. The guys squeezed into the camper at night and wedged into an even smaller boat during the day. While they probably were spending a lot of time around water, my guess was they weren't catching a whole lot of fish. I'm sure the days and nights were spent swapping stories. It sounded like a good time.
"And what's happening there?" she asked.
I thought a moment and realized it's been a long spell of woes.
There's no truth to the old wife's tale of bad things coming in threes. It's been more like a baker's dozen.
It started a couple of months ago on a visit to my father. He wanted to go out for dinner, so we went to the club to find a table on the patio overlooking the golf course. The evening was perfect; a slight breeze, no bugs and long shadows stretching over manicured fairways and greens.
What could go wrong?
A waiter arrived with a pitcher of water and a basket of hard rolls. They smelled delicious. The first bite met all expectations, but the second had me puzzled. I clamped down on something hard. I wondered what might have fallen into the dough. I found the offending nodule and it was a broken tooth; mine, in fact.
That was just the beginning.
On returning home, I lowered the driver's window and its motor made a grinding, so I played with the switch. It broke. Luckily the window went up, so I left it that way.
Back home, the computer flashed an ominous message that it was running out of memory. I took the recommended measures, but two days later it was warning me that Armageddon was approaching. I started trashing whatever I could, dumping programs that hadn't been used in years. I gained some more space but in the process wreaked havoc with our wireless system and printer.
I disconnected the computer, leaving the modem and router. For a while we had Internet on the laptop, but that became sporadic and soon died. As my son Jack would be with us the week of the 4th, I figured he would know what to do. I found that Cox cable had pulled from the side of the house but still connected and precariously hanging. I found some line and tied it up to the chimney – a makeshift arrangement until Cox could arrive. The cable wasn't the problem, however, and only after buying a new modem and router did we link to the world again.
Were we cursed, or was everything reaching its planned obsolescence simultaneously?
Kathy listened to my litany of woes.
"It didn't stop there," I told her.
By now I'm sure she regretted the question, but there was more and I felt compelled to tell all.
"Last weekend," I went on, "this crack appeared in the windshield and it keeps going."
She moaned.
I went on to the grand finale.
The pool pump had been acting strangely for several weeks; the system was full of air and, even with all the rain, it needed water. Jesse St. Pierre pressure tested it Saturday. The news wasn't good. The intake line was leaking; to replace it would require cutting out a section of the concrete deck and digging down at least three feet to reach the bottom of the skimmer. Jesse would be there Sunday to do it.
By now Kathy was ready to hang up and regretting Carol hadn't answered.
But that wasn't the end.
Looking for something to do until Jesse arrived, I went to work washing windows. I started with the porch, hosing them off before returning with a sponge and detergent. A squeegee completed the job. I was doing the side windows when a strange popping came from the front porch. White smoke was pouring from the floor outlet, with flames curling up from the plastic cover. I failed to see the outlet cover was open when I sprayed the windows.
I raced inside to grab the kitchen extinguisher and alert Carol. Ollie was with her.
"Get out," I urged.
She called 911.
The extinguisher and a hosing seemed to do the job, although the outlet continued smoldering.
Firefighters were there in a matter of minutes. I shut off the power and I accompanied one of them to check the basement, following the wire to the point where it went through the foundation. There was no sign of fire.
By the time we got back to the porch, another six firefighters in heavy jackets, pants, boots and helmets were on the scene. Several police showed. It could have been a party.
To ensure the fire had not spread into the walls, they could have cut out the porch flooring. They took a moment to loosen the outlet box and pull it out. They then used a device to read whether there were any hot spots. There weren't.
"Wow, what a turnout," I exclaimed, as I looked at the assembly. There had to be 12 firefighters.
"When we heard it was you, we all came to see," responded one with a laugh.
I told them they're welcome anytime.
Maybe the pool will be running by then.


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It is an inspired idea, but I agree that a protest outside of One Arrrowhead (with a tip to the media) would be more effective. To be truely effective, the banner would need to be done during the game and picked up on TV.
If you are going to do a banner, I would delete the point about firing Pioli. That isn't going to happen this year. You turn Pioli against us as well. If you just call for the replacement of Cassel (and maybe RAC), then Pioli can get behind it more easily (as can Clark Hunt). Though Casshole has been seen as Pioli's golden boy, if there is a fan riot, he can use that as an excuse to agree with Hunt to select a QB in the first round next year.
Pioli's failings have been the 2009 draft, as seeing Cassel with ill-founded rose colored glasses. Otherwise, he has drafted fairly well and has done okay with recent free agent signings. His selection of RAC as head coach is understandable. I supported it at the time. Now it is clear that it was a mistake.
Again, Pioli does not get fired this year (regardless of what Babb and Mellinger chant). It is better to focus on getting rid of the most important failing of the organization -- Cassel. The second biggest failing, I hate to say, is Crennel. Focus on the most important and don't dilute the message by spreading the hate too broadly.
Thanks for your input, Scott.
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