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Their white wedding held today, January 5th. We wish them all the best.
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Imo State Governor's Daughter Weds
Their white wedding held today, January 5th. We wish them all the best.
49 comments:
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 18:42
Why u no post the groom pic! U dis ladun u be anuofia!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 12:38
Are you blind?Delete
anon 18:42 na u be the confirmed anuofia.... u better go and have ur eyes checked or washed....ill mannered fellowDelete
wow! Dont knw Rochas has a grown up daughter! Wish dem d bestReplyDelete
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 18:47
Whether u r a whale or a hippo!!ReplyDelete
Once u got money or attached 2 a Famous name,.....husband's will come in folds!!!
Dats all!
Billie jeanReplies
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 20:56
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 20:58
Congrats Uloma, wish u the very best in ur home!!!Delete
@BillieJean, PLS this is a new year, try n turn a new leaf. Soooo much HATE in ur system, gosh, I really feel for u, whoever u are. Never seen a positive comment from u.
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 22:13
Well Said Billie J!!Delete
Na so ooh!
this wicked naija world
@billie jean u are right, @anon 20:58 there is no hate in that comment she just stated a fact.Delete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 07:29
I dey talk this thing steady. In fact once u r 30 no husband on the way just make money....be somebody u go see husband in quantum.Delete
Na that formula I dey use and somebody don propose to me on Friday but I no want.....Billie u know say I get money....#yimu
- FweshBwoi06 January, 2013 13:41
Bj Rocks..#TeamBillieJeanDelete
na wa o,which is the daughter and which is the wife/because aesthetically,body mass/fat stature they both look same check out the girl's yammy calves a beg new wife invest in a gym and personal instructor o if you dont want to come on ladun liadi blog and linda ikeji blog venting about a slim nollywood actress doing bad bad things with your husband 6 months down the line..GOD knows your papa and new husband are more than enough to foot the billReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 20:22
Go back to school and learn how to punctuateDelete
@anon 20:22 Gbam! Until then stay off blogsDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 06:36
To tink that d idiot schooled abroad ooo.... Sheer waste of money! Feel for ur folks wey send u go obodo oyiboDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 12:44
If you want correct punctuations go and read the news. As it is this is an entertainment blog so anything goesDelete
someborri needs to love somborri….someborriii needs to love someborriiiiii ohhhhhh lovvvve someborriiiiiiii…i didn't realise your problems was lack of love and attention lolDelete
sing that short line to each other anytime you feel neglected,and unloved and feel like using lucabracee as the highlight of your day ;-)
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 14:57
luca do you realise that the groom( who looks good by the way) must have dated and come across slim girls all his life but has made his choice.. just maybe some guys have a more mature outlook on love and happiness and have realised that things like looks fade very quickly and true beauty is in the heart of the person not their waist line..grow upDelete
i admit you have a valid point,but you must realise that we readers can only judge based on the info available to us and most times we look at the obvious scenario and judge based on that…the guy could probably be in love with her even if she wasn't the governor's daughter or rich but no one knows that for sure.
and the odds favour him choosing her because she is the governor's daughter,considering there will be many ladies he would have been in relationships with before this one..personally i still think its all about the benjamins
- Ginika05 January, 2013 19:07
Uche Nwosu will be the next big thing in Imo state! Congrats.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 22:16
B4 or After ULOMA "NWOSU" ????
- Ginika05 January, 2013 22:43
It's a no brainer! Uloma is already big as the Governor's daughter. From Commissioner to Governor one day. Keep watching.Delete
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 19:26
So Okorocha made his daughter's fiancee a Commissioner or his daughter was arranged to marry a Commisioner.ReplyDelete
Naija life! SMHReplies
i think its the latterDelete
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 22:44
ode he was a single man as a commissioner and the deal was done after.Delete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 16:50
He is not even a commissioner sef o! He is the special assistant to the commissioner...lol the guy go hammer from this unionDelete
- Laduns biggest fan06 January, 2013 19:24
You are joking right? Why will they say he's a Commissioner when he's an SA. I read the state news all the time and he features there a lot.Delete
He is the Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Planning. Don't downgrade him.
@laduns biggest fanDelete
thanks for the clarification o,i was beginning to be confused o this is how they will be carrying beer parlour rumours up and down confusing people
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 19:33
Is it her father that the girl is marrying?!!! Haba ladun show us the groom's pix naReplyDelete
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 19:52
ladun why is her leg yammy?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 21:33
I tire for this question oh!Ladun over to u...Delete
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 22:44
when you create someone, ask again.Delete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 21:50
For that same reason ur breath is fishy! Aturu oji!Delete
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 20:21
Ladun these days youre on fire , getting more gist from your blog than linda ikejis . Keep on doing your thing Oo .ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 22:07
Yes oDelete
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 20:54
Congrats Uloma, wish u the very best in ur home!!!ReplyDelete
@BillieJean, PLS this is a new year, try n turn a new leaf. Soooo much HATE in ur system, gosh, I really feel for u, whoever u are. Never seen a positive comment from u.
Choiii, fat from her body go reach to fry stew!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 23:04
Sorry o,Is she pregnant or dats just her stomach???ReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 00:17
She obviously is a fat chic before belle come enter.ReplyDelete
Pls go to Ynaija blog to see the whole pics! Ladun just lifted the good ones.
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 00:33
Congrats mr commissioner,that thing wey you dey eat in secret,you go dey eat am in public now..ReplyDelete
Arangee goverenment with arangee marriage...but congrats i hope she will not carry her fathers wealth on head to her husband house..
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 01:40
@anon 20:22 nd palo,both of u re definitely mad.smtcheeeeeeeeew!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 12:49
Just mad?Delete
I am adding bitter and twisted? How can you dislike someone on a nameless and faceless blog
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 03:29
This girl is a massive elephantoo! These days babes be 12 for one kobo,she is lucky to be hitched! Chai Akpa Akpuu!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 21:57
Satis beef sausages delicious and satisfyinggggg! Bet u don even know the jingle! Cos ur father never bought a tv! What is massive about this girl now! Ozu nesi isi!Delete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 07:02
So she's overweight. So what? Come on people, let's backpedal on the abuses.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 11:59
All of u calling d babe Orobo should shine eye well ooo. Orobo don enter man house, lepkaz r here criticizing..ReplyDelete
Do the math pipo!!!!
Enof said..Replies
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 14:50
you just said my mind.... with all their slimness they are sill lonely and very single.....this orobo has found a good manDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 16:32
Thank you oooo. Lekpas are busy yabbing meanwhile orobos are marrying. So says a newly married orobo. Dey dere dey open your mouth oDelete


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The Boulder County Sheriff's Office this week arrested the owner of Aurora-based Colorado Home Exteriors on suspicion of theft and crimes against at-risk adults after investigators allege he took money for construction projects that he never started.
Larry Laskowski, 58, was arrested in Aurora on Wednesday, according to sheriff's officials. He faces two counts of theft between $1,000 and $20,000, both class 4 felonies, and one count of crimes against at-risk adults, a class 3 felony.
Bond is set at $3,000.
According to sheriff's officials, detectives began investigating two theft cases against Laskowski in November. In both cases, Home Depot recommended Laskowski to the victims for construction projects at the victims' residences.
The victims hired Laskowski and paid him 60 percent of his fees up front, sheriff's officials said. But the projects were never started, and the victims could not reach Laskowski to get their money back, sheriff's officials said.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – On Sunday, April 28, the Columbia lacrosse team closed out the 2013 season on the road at conference foe Harvard. After a tough battle in the first half, that saw five lead changes, a second-half surge by Harvard downed the Lions an 18-11.
Despite the loss, senior Kacie Johnson put together a fantastic performance in her final game wearing the blue and white. Johnson scored a team-high five goals to finish with 52 goals on the season to lead the Ivy League. The Wilton, Conn. native becomes the first player in school history to reach the 50-goal season mark and the first in the Ivy League since the 2007 season.
After a quick score off the opening draw in the game for the Crimson, Columbia responded with three straight goals, two by Johnson and one by Kelly Buechel, to take an early 3-1 lead in the beginning eight minutes of play. Harvard went on to post a three score run through the next eight minutes of play to regain another one point lead at 4-3. Both teams would score a pair of goals to finish the half and the Lions trailed 6-5 at the break. .
Harvard rattled off three straight goals to start the second half and jumped out to a 9-5 lead at 27:30. Johnson briefly ended the Crimson run with her fourth goal of the game one minute later. The Harvard offense continued to attack in the second half outscoring the Lions 9-5 to hand Columbia an 18-9 loss, as they finish the season a1 3-12 overall and 0-7 in the Ivy League.
Paige Cuscovitch, Katie Angulo, Ashley Rinere and Margaret Sinzer each found the back of the net along with Johnson to boast the Lion's second half offense. Colleen Packer grabbed six saves on 13 goal attempts for a solid performance from the first-year goalie.
As one of the best athletes in program history, Kacie Johnson capped her phenomenal career in standout fashion on Sunday. The program's all-time career-points leader completed her tally with 249 points. Her points total ranks fourth all-time in Ivy League history, surpassing former Ivy League players of the year Jacque Weitzel(248) and Lauren Holleran(243) of Dartmouth.
The senior is first at Columbia in career goals with 161 and in assist at 88. She finished this conference season leading the Ivy League in points (67) and goals. Johnson is without a doubt one of the best offense players in the history of ancient eight.


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Roland Martin Meets With GLAAD; Wife Makes Anti-Gay Tweet
CNN's Roland Martin made national headlines this week for tweeting an anti-gay and violent comment. After issuing an apology to the LGBT community and to Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the network suspended the commentator but he still plans to meet with the organization in the "near future."
"I look forward to meeting with GLAAD in the near future and having a productive dialogue," Martin tweeted. GLAAD replied and wrote, "@rolandsmartin We look forward to a productive dialogue and to working together as well."
Despite Martin's efforts to repair the relationship between himself, the gay community and the organization, Martin's wife took to Twitter and slammed GLAAD and CNN. Jacquie Hood Martin apparently wasn't too happy when she found out that her husband had been suspended from CNN, America Blog Gay reported. Jacquie replied to someone named Sophia A. Nelson, who tweeted that GLAAD is a bully and that "Roland is being used as the whipping boy." Jacquie wrote, "@SophiaRedefined @cnn @glaad uses our history to gain their equality & then stabs the point man in the back. Don't ask us for nothing else!"
America Blog Gay also points out that Jacquie's Twitter has been deleted but many are claiming that her account was hacked.
GLAAD has not responded to Jacquie's tweets.
When GLAAD issued a statement against Martin for his homophobic tweet, the organization also mentioned that Jacquie has "counseled many men and women to walk away from the gay lifestyle," EDGE reported.
Martin originally tweeted about a Super Bowl that featured David Beckham modeling his H&M underwear line. "If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham's H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him!" he wrote. GLAAD then condemned the on-air sportscaster and asked CNN to fire him.


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GREENSBORO, N.C. – After seniors C.J. Brown and Dexter McDougle met with the media on Sunday, University of Maryland head football coach Randy Edsall took his turn on Monday at the ACC Kickoff at the Grandover Resort and Conference Center.
The annual event, which kicked off Sunday, features the leagues head coaches and student-athletes from each school – one offensive and one defensive player. After arriving in Greensboro Saturday evening, Brown and McDougle conducted interviews with the media for much of Sunday. On Monday, Edsall followed suit as the start of the 2013 season nears with the same objectives as past seasons.
"Our players have done a great job of working extremely hard and preparing themselves the best way they can to get ready for Aug. 4 when they report to start practice on Aug. 5," said Edsall. "Our goals are the same. We want to win the Atlantic [Division], we want to win the ACC; we want to go to a BCS bowl game. That's what the focus is about when we get started on Aug. 5."
Brown and McDougle echoed Edsall's sentiments the previous day.
"On the offensive side of the ball we have a lot of talented skill guys coming back and a lot of talented young guys who played and played early last season," said Brown. Those guys have really matured which is promising."
"I feel like the team has a lot of promise this season," said McDougle. We lost some key guys on defense, but we have some younger guys that are ready to step up. I'm really looking forward to the start of the season."
Media members in attendance picked Clemson as the preseason favorite in the Atlantic Division and to win the conference championship, with Miami the favorite in the Coastal Division. For more information on the 2013 ACC Kickoff, visit theacc.com.


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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Officials in Tulsa have approved the purchase of 200 new portable beds to ease overcrowding at the Tulsa County jail.
The Tulsa County Commission approved the purchase of the beds, sometimes referred to as "boats," for $146 per bed, about $29,000 total, from Norix Group Inc. Monday night. The Tulsa World reports (http://bit.ly/ZN03jO ) that the jail has exceeded its 1,714-bed capacity since late last summer and that as of Monday night, the jail had 1,898 inmates.
Some jail officials predicted the number could reach 2,000 this summer.
The portable beds are made of hard plastic and keep inmates at least 14 inches off the ground when used as designed. Inmates are given a mattress, which is placed on top of the shell.
However, many inmates prefer to turn the beds upside down, Undersheriff Tim Albin said, and in that in that position, "they look like canoes."
In that position, the "boats" have sides, which some inmates find more comfortable and safe to sleep in, Albin said.
The new portable beds are in addition to 49 bunk beds that jail officials ordered last week. Those new beds, which will cost $9,548, are scheduled to arrive within six weeks and are to be installed along the walls and in classrooms in the jail's dorm-style pods.
The jail has exceeded its capacity every month since August, according to the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office and county Commissioner Fred Perry has said the county should renegotiate its jail contract with the city of Tulsa before it expires next year.
The county last month briefly stopped accepting municipal inmates, citing crowding.
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ROCKFORD - Kody Walsh faces 45 years to life in prison, having been found guilty by a jury Monday of multiple counts of murder in the death of Afton, Wis., mother Lori Daniels.
Walsh, 24, and Daniels, 36, were passengers in a Ford Explorer in 2012 on Interstate 90 when Walsh shot her in the head.
He was found not guilty of the attempted murders of driver Ebert Davison and Officers Matthew Janowski and James Sanders of the Rockton and South Beloit police squads, respectively.
Assistant State's Attorney Marilyn Hite-Ross was pleased with the guilty verdicts to the most serious charges and hopes the verdict brings Daniels' family "a sense of closure."
After the trial, Sanders did not express disappointment in the not-guilty verdicts. "It's not about us. We do the job to make the public feel safe."
As Judge John Truitt read off a string of guilty verdicts, a woman seated behind Walsh sobbed. After the trial, Walsh's family declined to comment.
The prosecution established that the shooting occurred Sept. 9, 2012, when Walsh and Daniels were in the vehicle of Davison, a mutual acquaintance.
The trio had visited the State Street Station, a Rockford bikini bar, and were near South Beloit when Walsh, who was seated behind Daniels, shot her in the head, then turned the gun on Davison.
Davison testified that Walsh made him drive to his house in Beloit and then pistol-whipped him. Walsh fled in Davison's SUV with Daniels still strapped in the front passenger seat.
Davison called police. Officers found the Explorer and were lead on a 20-mile, high-speed chase into Rockford. Janowski and Sanders testified that Walsh fired at them. After crashing the vehicle, Walsh crawled over Daniels' body and fled.
He was captured a week later in Memphis, Tenn., after leading police in a stolen car on a dangerous high-speed chase that also ended in a wreck.
Attorneys spent two hours Monday in closing arguments.
A female friend or family member of Daniels dabbed her eyes with a tissue as prosecutors showed photos on a screen of Daniels' bloodied body in the Explorer. Walsh, dressed in a suit, sat motionless next to his attorneys.
Defense attorney Nick Zimmerman argued it was Davison who killed Daniels, whom he knew through mutual friends.
But Hite-Ross said it was Walsh who, from the back seat, put two bullets in Daniels' head. She called the shooting, Walsh's escape and his capture "The Escapades of Kody Walsh."
"They're driving along, listening to music," she said, when Davison heard a shot. Daniels was making sounds. "What did you do? What did you do?" Hite-Ross quoted Davison as saying to Walsh. She said Davison wanted to take Daniels to the hospital, but Walsh wouldn't let him.
Instead, they drove to Davison's house, where footage from security cameras show Davison cowering while Walsh holds a gun on him.
Zimmerman said those events were staged because Walsh knew there were cameras. And Walsh is seen giving Davison the keys to Davison's house. Davison ran to a neighbor's to call police. Walsh had stolen the Explorer.
"Look at who ran to the police and who ran from the police," Hite-Ross told jurors.
Hite-Ross also brought up Walsh videotaping himself while leading a chase down Illinois 251 to Springfield Avenue and School Street in Rockford.
"He wrote the script, produced it, directed it and starred in it," she said.
Walsh is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. April 7.
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BOULDER -- Boulder County commissioners say they welcome the attention that oil and gas issues are now getting in the Colorado Legislature's 2013 session.
Commissioner Cindy Domenico, the chairwoman of the Boulder County board, said she hopes one outcome will be laws giving counties and municipalities more authority to enact local regulations protecting the environment and people's health and safety -- while drilling is under way and afterward, when the wells are producing oil or natural gas.
Oil, gas bills in the Legislature
Bills addressing oil and gas exploration issues that have been introduced over the past two weeks include:
Senate Bill 202, Louisville Democratic Sen. Matt Jones' proposal to require the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to inspect every active well at least once a year, awaits consideration by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
House Bill 1267, Lafayette Democratic Rep. Mike Foote's proposal to increase maximum daily fines for well drillers and operators violating state oil and gas laws or regulations, set for a Wednesday afternoon House Finance Committee hearing.
House Bill 1268, Commerce City Democratic Rep. Dominick Moreno's proposal to require sellers of surface properties to disclose whether rights to oil and gas deposits under those properties have been sold or leased separately, set for a Wednesday morning House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee hearing.
House Bill 1269, Foote's proposal to prohibit state oil and gas conservation commissioners from being employees, officers or directors of an oil or gas company, set for a Thursday morning House Transportation and Energy Committee hearing.
House Bill 1273, Fort Collins Democratic Rep. Randy Fischer's proposal to authorize local governments to collect fees for overseeing the environmental or public health impacts of wells issued permits to operate within those municipal or county boundaries, set for an April 11 House Health, Insurance and Environment Committee hearing.
House Bill 1275, Fort Collins Democratic Rep. Joann Ginal's proposal to direct the Colorado Board of Health to review epidemiological data to determine whether oil and gas operations have had an adverse human health impact in Boulder, Weld, Larimer and Arapahoe counties, awaits a yet-to-be-scheduled House Health, Insurance and Environment Committee hearing.
Commissioner Elise Jones said that generally, "we're enthusiastically supportive of bills that would provide better protection of Colorado's air and water and the public's health."
By the time the session ends, Boulder County's commissioners are hoping for laws recognizing that both state and local governments "have a role to play" in setting public-protection standards for oil and gas exploration, she said.
Sstate-level requirements and regulations about oil and gas development should be "a floor, and not a ceiling" and should allow local governments to impose more site-specific land-use regulations, Jones said.
Said Commissioner Deb Gardner: "We really feel like we're in the best position to know what our constituents want," when it comes to making decisions about such issues as where wells can be located in order to address the potential impacts of drilling and oil and gas production.
"We want to be responsive" to Boulder County residents' concerns about oil and gas development in unincorporated parts the county, Gardner said. "But we just can't be," under current state laws that give the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission most of the authority to regulate oil and gas activities.
None of the bills introduced thus far would give local governments more authority to set their own rules about such issues as how far wells must be set back from homes, schools and other structures, or for mandating local air- and water-quality monitoring that goes beyond state requirements. One bill would, however, allow local governments to charge a fee for monitoring the environmental or public health and welfare impacts of oil and gas facilities within those governments' jurisdictions.
In interviews last week, Domenico, Gardner and Jones expressed support for three bills sponsored by Boulder County lawmakers.
One, from Louisville Democratic Sen. Matt Jones, sets a goal of having the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission add the staff needed to inspect each of the more than 50,000 active wells in the state at least once a year.
A second, from Lafayette Democratic Rep. Mike Foote, would raise the maximum daily fine that can be imposed on oil and gas companies whose well drilling and well operations violate state laws or state regulations.
The third is a Foote bill that would prohibit any newly appointed Colorado Oil and Gas Commission member from being an employee, officer or director of an oil or gs company while serving on the commission. That measure, which Foote said could reduce potential conflicts of interest, would also mandate that the state agency ensure that oil and gas development and production protects the public health, safety and welfare and the environment and wildlife resources.
Domenico said the increased penalties being suggested for violations of oil and gas laws and rules, and the more frequent inspections of wells, are both "very good ideas." Gardner said the state's current practice of inspecting each well once every three or four years is "unacceptable."
Boulder County's commissioners said they're encouraging residents supporting the oil and gas laws being proposed to let lawmakers -- and not just this county's legislative delegation -- know it.
"This is the point where we need our citizens to weigh in with their legislators," Domenico said.
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I'm very interested in tractors as well as Model T's. One of the interesting phenomenons I've seen is the number of tractors built from car parts. There were a lot of companies that sold tractor conversion kits or empty tractor chassis, which the buyer would provide the engine and trans out of a car to provide power. Plus there's the crazy little doodlebugs made out of nothing but spare parts and some imagination. Let's see what kind of tractors you guys have.
1950 Allis WD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXUItfFF3Rc&list=UUFVx528ORtpDgCPJXbFCA6w&index=4 4
1946 Allis B http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1S1lm6YnhE&list=UUFVx528ORtpDgCPJXbFCA6w&index=6 1
Binding wheat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46IdWrc3Yiw&list=UUFVx528ORtpDgCPJXbFCA6w&index=7 9
Here is a infamous Hoyt-Clagwell
Well, really a 52 Farmall Super C. The guy that designed this tractor must have grown up with Model T's. It has no water pump and has oil level petcocks just like a T. It does have a oil pump.
Mine is a stock standard 1925 McD. Was my grandads farm tractor and has been in my local area since new.
Prior to restoration and now. Still have the wheels to paint and roadbands to make but need to make space in the garage to do that!
Here is my dog Rusty with my Baird Beaver tractor which is also rusty!
Here is a Doodle Bug I saw on the side of the road while on a motorcycle ride in New Hampshire.
Hey Alex - Nice photo and a really nice tractor; and "before 'n after" photos are always neat!
One thing tho', and please don't take this wrong as I'm only trying to be helpful. Ya' gotta' be careful of abbreviations and "shortcuts" in writing like "1925 McD". I'm assuming that you're talking about McCormick-Deering, but we're mostly old Model T Ford guys that wouldn't know that, not so much "tractor guys". Besides that, a whole lotta' folks would think that "McD" might be a McDonalds hamburger drive-in! Ha,ha,.......harold
How about a Ford 8N ?
Powered by a Ford 8 cylinder
Equipped with:
Exhaust headers
Traction bars
Jump seat for your honey ....
Video of it @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIJCqIHgfKc&list=UUoScFfW4dT_eQFKKskeBBTg&index=17
Hey Jim-want to drag? I can get 4MPH (Miles per hour) our of mine
Ps Harold yes its a 1925 McCormick Deering. It won't be flipping burgers any time soon though.
From POUND, Wisc. Sellers contact info is on the sign! troop
Here are some of the tractors that I have restored.
1927 Fordson F The Original "Hoyt Clagwell" in green acres was a Fordson.
1937 John Deere "AOS" The AOS stands for Model A Orchard Streamline. This one is the 248th of only 821 Built.
1939 John Deere "B" Row Crop
1934 Allis Chalmers "WC"
Waiting for Craig Anderson to post. He's an authority on very early tractors and has brought some real early ones back from next to nothing. Talk about a machinist there!!!
That is not the sport for me ....
Here is another, anyone wanna guess what it is ?
Jim - John Deere B Orchard
The real McCoy... troop
Here are my tractors a 8N and a 3000 diesel, only Fords as with anything I drive....
Only partly correct ....
That is ' Dean on a Deere '
But it is a B Orchard ....
The 1936 John Deere BO that Jim pictured (the shot was taken at Blackwell's Corners at Hwy 33 and Hwy 46 in California, James Deans last stop before dying) was an interesting tractor. It was originally shipped to San Francisco, CA without wheels. The dealer installed the Pacific Axle and Trailer Company solid cast steel wheels. The fronts with tires weighed 245 pounds and the rears with tires and no water were 525 pounds
Thanks Herb, For a while there I thought nobody was gonna show Model T tractors.
That Orchard came from a nice guy with a small
patch growing pistachio trees ? if I remember in Sonoma.
He had restored it, what was very rare about it was the original wheels and weights ? if I remember right were still on the tractor.
It was fully restored, what a hoot to see the Seller drive it on my trailer !
The photo op by the James Dean sign was too good to pass up.
The actual intersection where his accident occurred is now in a field.
Dean WAS NOT speeding at the time of the accident,
he was found not to contribute thru operator error.
A college student hit Dean.
But I digress ....
Here's my uncle's pulling tractor...
We have a bunch of Ford tractors in the family... I'd estimate around 100 total, all Fords except a couple Steigers.
Here's a link to the story about the Ford tractor collection on my Mom's side of the family, which also includes a mention of my parents' Model T, which was bought new by my great-grandfather.
I have a '47 Ford 2N that's been passed down 3 generations on my Dad's side. I'd like to restore it, but I don't want to take it apart since I use it around the yard quite a bit.
Hello Jim,
I think that was my tractor, I grow English walnuts in Paso Robles and you picked it up on the road in front of my place! The neat thing with the wheels is that there were no weights bolted on to the wheels, the wheels were the weights! The tractor was restored in my shop by a 16 year old girl from my Sunday school class for the Chevron tractor contest (with help from me and my neighbor hippie Don). She one 1st in the local contest.
Ha ha Dexter! I just discovered this thread.
Yeah we brought back a few wrecks........but this one was the worst.
Hi Evan,
Small world !
Hey, I am picking up a 31' or 32' Ford in the area Saturday.
I am in ....
(Let me check the hotel receipt)
Ukiah tonight
Maybe I can swing by and say Hi this weekend
Hi John
Great to see the old TD9. Looks like it could still earn it�s keep.
When I was young and foolish (don�t say it), I stripped all of the manuals
and service bulletins from 5 or 6 of these expanding covers and pitched them.
UD/s, WD�s, TD�s, (Hough) Payloaders, Payhauler�s, Payscrapers, Drott, you name it!
All I had left were the covers, some watch fobs and a sore back from pulling wrenches.
To soon old � To late smart !!!
My Dad and Uncle built this out of a Model A coupe and used the top for a dog house.
It had an AA truck rear end and they modified the steering so the seat was centered.
This tractor was used in a Birdseye food commercial back in the 70's after I restored it.
This Fordson was used in the NYS prison system at one time. I have two other Fordson's that need to be restored. Both are without fenders.
My 1952 8N. This tractor is like the energizer bunny. It has been a real workhorse, with only normal maintenance. At present time it needs another paint job.
Stocks, homemades, customs. This is more than I was expecting. I didn't know there were so many tractor guys on the forums.
Among the dozens and dozens (not sure exactly how many but that can't be too far off) we've got a Cultor sitting at home. Neat piece. Runs off a Model T engine and trans powering the front wheels. Steering articulates the middle of the tractor and the rear wheels just free spin. Wish I had a picture of it but it hasn't been out of the shed in I don't know how long.
Here's one that might make you guys smile. My brother and I are running a slow race with a pair of Oil Pulls. The idea is to be the last one across the finish line.
Got our picture on the front page of the local paper and the crowd got a kick out of seeing a couple young guys driving 80+ year old machines so well.
Another part of the hobby [illness]
Jared - Here is a 1917 Moline Universal Tractor (no relationship to Minneapolis Moline). This machine has some modern advancements seen on no other tractors at the time. It has electric starter/generator, distributor and electric light. It also has some very crude technology, notice the center of the right front wheel, it is poured concrete use for ballast to balance the weight of the engine that is offset to the left. I think it might be similar to the machine you are talking about. I was driving this tractor in a parade one time. At the end of the parade route there was a traffic cop directing traffic on a steep hill. I was in low gear just creeping along but was unable to stop on the steep hill. I thought the cop was going to swallow his whistle trying to get me to stop! I told him the brakes had gone out as I creeped slowly by him.
Speaking as the guy who got corrected for posting O.T. brass cars, let me just say that I think farm tractors are seriously cool!
Always wanted to play with one, but as a city kid, that just never happened for me. :*-(
(Okay, gang, I wanna hear lots and lots of pity, with plenty of violins and long "Awww's")
As Oliver Twist once said, "More, Sir? Please?"
Bob - Violins are way O/T in a tractor thread <@^@>
Here in South central Texas, tractor collecting and shows are a growing hobby.
On Jan 18-19 there is a good show coming to Hallettsville Texas. It is a tractor pull and antique tractor show in a very large indoor building.
If I did not have so darn many model T Fords, I have enough old tractors to swap hobbies.
When I was a boy my grandfather used a Caterpillar Two Ton on his orchard (descended from Holt, I think). I don't know the exact year of manufacture, but I do know that model was produced starting in about 1925 and was discontinued in about 1929.
I loved that tractor. Sure wish I had a picture of it....
Do you want one to restore? I know of one available here in the Paso Robles area.
I think this is a FORDSON copper print block
Mike, actually the Moline Universal is connected to MM. They joined the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company to create Minneapolis Moline. Grandpa has one from 1919. The Universal design is actually one of my favorite designs. The Cultor is the same way. Glad to see there are so many other tractor guys on the forum.
My son bringing his TD9 Home... Hey Dad can I keep it!
More shots
A J "Art",
Violins may be OT for tractors, but what about "fiddles"? A bit of drift. There is a local entertainer here that has a really good part of his routine around that.
I really wish I knew if my grandfather's tractors were Ford 8N or 9N. He had three or four of them and they were all built between 1948 and 1954. I would really love to have one (this really is a sickness, isn't it?). I was driving them solo when I was six years old. But then, I was a strange and unusually responsible kid. My grandfather also had an old McCormick that I drove some (it may have been late '30s). My dad wouldn't let me drive it a lot because he said it had a bad habit of flipping over if you used the brakes incorrectly. I don't know how true that was, but I do know that hired ranch hands did manage to flip it over a couple times. I remember my dad and grandpa rebuilding it.
He also had some depression tractors that he built out of '20s four cylinder Ch@@ys. They looked a lot like the model A that James B posted the picture of. They were never used from before I was born.
Actually, I wish I could get any of the tractors my grandfather had. Most of them had been sold when I was twelve. The last when I was fourteen. My parents wouldn't let me have one.
Maybe Henry P could help me find one? (As if he has nothing better to do) Their places were out near Empire, just East of Modesto.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
My wife's not gonna like you....
What condition is it in and about how much would it take to buy it?
TD6 in the weeds...
The neat thing about the Caterpillar Two Ton was it's Hall-Scott designed engine...Yes the same Berkeley, Ca firm that built the Ruxtel axle, The Two Ton had an overhead head cam,
with hemispherical head, full pressure lubrication and that was 1925!
My Dad and I replaced all the bearings in ours, which were replaceable bronze shells with Babbitt linings. It had an Eismann magneto and a Zenith carb.
The Two Ton had a tiller bar for steering, and oil lubricated steering clutches and brakes. A very advanced tractor for it's time. It was a Holt design from Stockton, Ca built to compete with the Best crawler from San Leandro, Ca.
The Two ton was in fact, the first Caterpillar tractor, as Holt and Best merged during that time to form the Caterpillar Tractor Co. Oh what a sweet machine!
I picked up this 1986 Ford 3910 at an auction a few years ago. Mechanically, it was well maintained including an overhaul, new injector pump, alternator and steering valve. Runs and drives new but not too pleasing to the eye.
One of these days, I'd like to have it looking like this but without the snow plow. I need air conditioning down here.
I also have this 1957 John Deere 420C with a 10' boom.
Here's a home built that I put together back in 02 that was featured in Gas Engine Magazine. It uses a Model T steering wheel and light switch for a kill switch. I also made a rubber tired version with the IHC 3-5 hp engine but I can't find the pictures.
Chester is that a David Bradley front grill?
Barn fresh 1927 Cletrac....the barn just torn down. Last run, 1973. Henry Petrino used to ride on the fender when was a boy.
Toon, for some reason, the photo you posted reminded me of several I took last year when Anja and I were in Holland...
HI, Here are few pictures of a Pullford conversion I have had for many years. The advertisements came from John Danhauser. If I could figure out how to take a dvd that has video of this thing going though about 3' of snow it would be fun for all to see. It is sitting in a shed now. It is 1919 and runs well. I pulled the motor, did a ring job, adjusted the bearings, set the valves by the KR Wilson measurement method and slowed up the crank end lay by soldering in a piece of heavy ga copper wire in the rear main cap. I learned that on this site about 7 yrs ago.I t will start in the coldest weather as it has a warford with real neutral. With that tranny it will stand up on its tail. Local tractor pull would not let me use it as they were nervous about flp over with the big cleats.
it has been a great adventure. My poor mother went cuckoo when I drove it home 5 miles from the friend I bought it from, we put on regular rear wheels and stacked the iron ones behind the" seat"
HI it only lets me do one pict. here is another
I was wondering if you'd post those pictures here. Thanks! I NEVER get tired of looking at that old Cletrac.
HI here is another ad this time
Hi one last one for now. How come you cant put in multiples?
If anybody has a brake hub for my design, I wuld love to buy it. I have one which is cracked.
I did have a hilarious incident with it in the woods one day, I missed a shift with the warford, the hand brake was disconnectd so she went flying down a hill with no binders, fortunately into a thicket which stopped it nice and slow!
That's awesome, Andy. I would love to own a Pullford. They were built in Quincy, Illinois. I live in Hamilton, about 45 minutes north of Quincy.
Here is our latest from this year. As we entered the threshermen's show, the guy driving the sprayer (to keep dust down) stopped and picked up my grandson and away they went. Carter, my grandson(Mr Model T), loved it.
Come and visit him....I'm sure he would be happy to see you again.
The grill on my home built is a cut down David Bradley. The back portion was rusted up pretty bad so I didn't mind modifying it.
The Caterpillar 2 Ton Tractor
Here is the Holt version
Here is the conversion purchased recently. I have had the broken gear teeth built up that were missing. The E-Z Power PTO needed a lot of work (money). New shafts were made, welding on the case, bushings and new Babbitt still to be poured. Hopefully when I get back from vacation, I will put it all together before the thrashing shows start.
A modified T, don�t you think?
Best regards, Sven
A stationary Fordson I saw in Montespertoli/Italy a couple of years ago.
And a not Ford, but fun tractor on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yHl24QynOM
Best regards, Sven
Lots of ooooold tractors, some Ts, and more........
Keller's tractor collection in Wisconsin. A lot of them are the first manufactured of a model or possibly one of a kind of any model.
Finally found the pictures of the 3-5 hp.
I just watched the first two shows of Green Acres. That sure is NOT a FORDSON! No way Jose.
It has the pulley on the left side about the same location as the flywheel on a John Deere.
I think maybe it is a poppin johnny disguised.
Aaron you are correct the first shows they used a John Deere "GP" tractor. Later they used a Fordson "F".
I never looked closely at the tractor but as I recall when my wife used to watch it I always though it was a John Deere because of the sound.
We used to see a few of those General Purpose (GP) John Deeres sitting in farmyards back home but I don't recall ever seeing one actually doing work.
I don't have any facts just scuttle butt on the tractor in "Green Acres".
The show was in part sponsored by Ford and if they were to keep their sponsorship they needed to eliminate the green machine.
Ken,do you know any of the back ground history of the 1957 John Deere 420C?
My dad used to run 1 of those I think for Duke Power to unload tower steel and so forth.I couldnt help but notice the sideloader setup.
Here is a picture of the only Ness crawler known to exist. Made from a converted model T. The steering levers are rear radius rods.
Here is a video of Miss Jillian driving it.
One of Ford's early experimental tractors. I think it's the one with a Model B engine. That's also Henry's K in the background.
Tom - That is absolutely one of the coolest crawlers I have ever seen!
This is our 1948 Case VAO. The tinwork is so tree branches will slide over the passing tractor without damaging tree or fruit. There were 1547 of these made but most didn't have the shields as that was an extra cost option. This tractor was bought new locally and used in an orchard until about 1960. This particular orchard was in the river bottoms and with floods, this tractor has been under water many times.
In 1965 the ground was cleared for a row crop operation and levies were built to protect from floods. This Case was fitted with a belly sickle mower to mow the levies and it continued to do that through 1992. In 1993 we had a "500 year flood" and the shaker on the mower was worn out so the farmers gave up on the poor old tractor.
My father-n-law bought the Case in 1994 to brushcut trails on his hunting farm. I went to pick the tractor up using my 1980 Chevy LUV and a tilt bed trailer. The farmer said "you'll want those fenders because they go with that tractor" and pointed to the fenders in the rafters of the old building. I looked up and said "those fenders don't go with this tractor". He said "sure they do, thats an orchard tractor and some day you'll want those so you better take them". I didn't know what an orchard tractor was but I got the fenders down and the Case decal was on them! There had been so much silt brought in by floods that I could reach up and grab the fenders while standing flat footed on the ground. He also told me there were extra parts in the dirt like the correct orchard manifold and other items so I dug around and found a huge pile of parts. The orchard manifold has no provision for a muffler so they took it off and put an ag style manifold on to quiet it down.
Everything was full of sand and the engine was locked up. I sanded the rust out of the cylinder walls, dropped the oil pan, cleaned the sand out, and got the ole girl running pretty good.
Father -n- law used the tractor for 9 years until the engine was too worn to pull a brushcutter anymore and he gave the tractor to us with the stipulation that I restore it to new condition. I left the tractor sit at the hunting farm for nearly two years because it was in such bad shape I was unsure if I wanted to tackle the project. In 2005 the Case national show was going to be at Lathrop, MO just one hour away so i tore into the case with gusto and this is the end result. The side shields were gone so I made those from scratch. Thanks for reading my ramblings.
OH, A few years ago the land sold and up in the rafters of the old building was the original sign from the orchard and I was able to purchase it. It is large [hard to haul] so I seldom show it with the tractor but it is good they are together again.
Saved this from the scrappers, I have two more for parts.
Dad and child number four on the 1964 Massey Ferguson 35 Diesel. Still have the tractor and the kid. Dad passed in 2009.
Made by a tractor company, and used as one 392, 5 speed Spicer, 3 speed Watson, 2 speed NP205 transfer case. 4.88 axles. Spicer 70 front, Eaton rear.
Back in the mid-70's I ran a TD-9 in the iron mines up in Northern Minnesota. I would have to dump in a gallon of oil every 2-4 hours. Finally it just gave up. They took the poor old thing down to the shop to the steam room and fired up the jenny. I was given the job of cleaning the grease and ore off it so they could rebuild it. Once I had it cleaned up they looked it over and retired it to the retro-grade yard. I've always liked the little crawlers. When I was a kid helping the old man in the woods we did a lot of work with a little John Deere that wasn't much more than a little B with tracks on it. It had all it could do to skid a load of 1/2 cord of Popple Bolts.But we worked it for years and it never broke. It was on tough little tractor for a John Deere out in the woods. Back around 2000 I had a little Cletrac Oliver that I rebuilt the motor on. It had a bucket on it and would move snow like a dream. The only problem I had with it was the starter was burned out. So I set-up a way to turn it over with an impact wrench. I suppose I could have found a starter for it but I was more interested in "necessity being the Mother of invention". I've also had several Farmalls. My favorites were an old 1930 Regular that I bought at a farm auction. It was all there but the motor was locked up and it was sitting in over a foot of hard dirt. It took me 2 years to get it going and I wish I had it. I also had a 1935 F12 I'd like to still have. And a '44 M, a '52 Super C, a pc of crap 560 Diesel that looked good but should have been scrapped the day it was born and 3 or 4 Allis Chalmers W-D's and W-C's. I loved my tractors. But now it's Old Ford Model T's and my tractor days are over.
I love crawlers, this is what I drive at WMSTR labor day weekends
Case CO
Case DO
Case SO
All still in use but the DO does the most work around here. I refer to this tractor as Puerco de Petrol.
I call this tractor the "Fabricobble". It started life as a 1978 Sears garden tractor and I converted it to a Case crossmotor.
The engine is a two cylinder Wisconsin, the steering box is Cub Cadet, and the fenders are from my old fuel oil barrel before upgrading to propane. I made the hood with leftover 20 gauge sheetmetal from the orchard tractor project and the dummy radiator is an air conditioning condensor from a Chevy pickup.
Back wheels are from a Case horse drawn manure spreader and have the Case Old Abe eagle embossed in the cast hub.
It was a very fun project!
The plan is to someday make a period correct pull type prarie combine to go behind the Fabricobble.
LOL... I like it Kevin. I built the "Kenbota". It's another fabricobble.
Here is my OLIVER 25 as they were called here in Sweden.
In U.S. OLIVER 70
Here is an A Ford 1930 rebuilt to "EPA" tractor that they were called here in Sweden
A Ford body 1930, and Mercedes 170 model year 1952
Photo from 1980
Anybody have any good pics of a john Deere GPP? They are a rather rare bird..
WOW Ken! That is an awesome tractor.
The guys over at http://gardentractortalk.com/ would love to see Kenbota and hear all about its build.
Rob ; On my picture :
Saturday , Jan. 12 , 2013 - 11 : 12 am , there is a JD GP is that the tractor you are looking for ? What is a GPP ?
Boy, am I glad that someone knew how to move this back to the top, I love old iron, and am not at all surprised that our Model T Group share this. The picture is of me and my old John Deere D Rice Special. I bought it new in 1947, Lord Have Mercy, 66 years ago. This picture was made about 20 years ago, I was in the process of retiring, and was selling all my farm stuff. A fellow here in Central Texas bought me out, this tractor, three John Deere 420's, a John Deere hay baler, plows, discs, mowers, you name it, I had it. I hated to see the old girl go of all my stuff, I used it for mowing pasture, and it still fired right up, and would absolutely outpull anything around. When I bought this, I was rice farming, and tractors came out on steel, rubber was late in the 1950's, and I swapped out for rubber along about then. We welded extensions on the steel lugs, 8 or 10 inches more to make it through the mud. We plowed all winter in the mud, pulling a 3 bottom moldboard plow, then rolled the clods around for awhile trying to get a seed bed. We converted everything to Butane in the late 40's, a local gas plant gave us all we wanted free of charge, and we made a simple vaporizer and carburetor attachment to be able to burn Butane. These old tractors had water injection, kind of like the airplanes of WW2, but didn't need it with Butane. I never did anything to this old tractor except use it, Butane is wonderful in that regard, the oil stays clean, no wear on the internals and etc., which is why we converted everything over, plus it was free, and pickups and cars ran very well on it. When plowing with these tractors, the right front wheel would be in the previous furrow, and the left front, due to torque and the tractor trying to rare up, would be up in the air. I have plowed a many a round and never have both front wheels on the ground. About all I have left is the Shop Manuals for the 420's, and few other miscellaneous ones if anyone is interested. Time has a way of getting away from us, it sometimes bothers me to see some of these old pictures of "Back When", I wish now that I had mounted this old tractor on a stand and put it in the front yard, but I am afraid Mama would have never appreciated it.
Toon, the GPP was a specific GP made for potato production. Just over one hundred were made, all were shipped to Aroostook county Maine. Only ever seen one complete.


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How about Singletary - current LB coach at Minnesota.
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what ideas for DC does anyone have ?
Alot of commentators think KC should stick to the 34 , get a corner and our D will be fine.
How about Singletary - current LB coach at Minnesota.
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Well we definitely need a starting CB opposite of flowers, but we also need depth at just about every position on defense, especially corner.
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I'd be good with Singletary, or maybe Kevin Greene?? I think our d is gonna be shaken up this off season.
Doing my best to keep my sons memory alive!!!
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Im not sure if Greene is ready to be a D.Coordinator, but would love someone with his passion and intensity. Especially since I think discipline is the biggest thing our D is lacking, and I dont see Reid as a huge disciplinarian.
Singletary I like for the same reasons. He built that 49ers Defense. He wasnt great at the HC gig, but he built the . What style D did he run (3-4vs4-3).
I think this is the 2nd most critical decision left for the team (1st being what they do at QB). Reid is not a defensive mind and he needs someone who can hold up the defense on their own.
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Just heard they are trying to get Juan Castillo as an O-line coach instead of DC... that's interesting.
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What are your plans for future development? Will astro.com continue to offer free services?
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What a question! There will be a great selection of free services in the future, we are not planning to restrict any of the services we offer today. We really enjoy being able to offer them, and we get a lot of energy back from our enthusiastic visitors. I could not imagine to live without this wonderful forum for worldwide free astrological services.
We have many good ideas about how to stimulate the sales of our paid horoscopes in the near future. The recent recession has inspired our creativity and soon people will be able to see the results on www.astro.com. A crisis often brings out new ideas and injects new energy. We are very positive about the future.
Many visitors of www.astro.com are under the impression that there is a huge company behind the website, with its professional appearance, all the languages and services. But in reality, we are a small firm, a small creative enterprise with a large impact worldwide. By the way, we do have a great team of motivated staff who do a very good job with great enthusiasm.
Changes at www.astro.com: 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002
Markus Jehle is a psychologist, astrologer and publisher of the German astrology magazine "Meridian". This interview was published in the September / October 2003 edition of Meridian.
Translated by Karin Hoffmann


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In an earlier Blog Post I said:
Wiki-Tree–First Attempt
February 25, 2012
While at RootsTech 2012, I was able to spend a couple of minutes at the Wiki-Tree booth. I spent some time with Chris Whitten, Create and WikiTeer-in-Chief. I had kidded the Social Networker and Evanelista Extraordinaire, Elyse Dorflinger that I went to RootsTech so that "they" could tell me why I should spend my time on Wiki-Tree.
I need to back up a bit, to explain what I am talking about.
Is a free website that has this statement:
This collaborative project has been growing since 2008. As a community we are creating a single worldwide family tree. As individuals and family members we are connecting the tree with our private family histories. It's all free, but new members need an invitation to join.
I joined early one, but didn't do much with it. It looked like it might take some time to work on, at at the time, didn't have the ability to upload a GEDCOM file. I have my family research in enough places, and I don't want to keep my 'non-research' time, under control.
As I mentioned in the earlier blog post, Elise and Chris left me with a real reason to look at WikiTree again.
A bit of history:
When my parents both died, I created a book with their family history in it. My thought was, that these books would help those at the service Celebrating their Life, to see a different view of them.
The genealogy management system that I use, and have used all of my research life, has the capability to generate books. It's a great feature.
I have on several occasions provide packets of information for 'the cousins' to fill out, and send back to me. I needed a way to catch up on births, marriages, and deaths within the family. Some response, for which I am grateful, but not a complete response.
I have one member of the family from my Dad's generation. Last year, we lost another member of the family due to cancer. I was going to create a book for her Celebration for her children, but when I looked at my file, I was missing a whole bunch of stuff. I was not willing to share it. With one Aunt remaining, I want to create a book for HER, while she is still with us. Her birthday and Christmas are both in December.
She had her "first birthday party" when she turned 80. I did make a humble attempt to generate a book for her, which I did, but I wasn't very happy with it.
Social Media is with us. I certainly have learned the advantages of Social Media. Many of those experiences, I have posted on the Blog. Someone said that Blogs are "Cousin Bait". I can attest to that.
Over that past year, I have been finding those Cousin's, that I want to reach for input to this book, on FaceBook. All have Friended Me, for which I am grateful, which have lead to other Cousin's. You know, it's one of those cousin's who got married, that I had only heard about, but didn't know the details … I am sure that other Family Historians know what I am talking about.
For this reason, I have called this group of cousin's the "FaceBook Generation". If they are willing to Friend me on Facebook, is there a non-genealogy platform, to help me gather data for the book.
That is where Wiki-Tree comes in. Elyse and Chris, both of 'that generation' (for me at least) convince me to give it a try.
With the addition of the ability to upload a GEDCOM file, I did. Did some clean up of the database at WikiTree AND in my genealogy database, and am now setting into motion the gathering of that data from the FaceBook generation.
When I saw the invitation email from WikiTree, it was very clear that some "up front" work needed to be done. "Why am I getting this email from …. what … who … WikiTree?
As I am now gathering email addresses, I will begin to send out emails, one at a time, to 1) Let them know what I am trying to do, 2) what they can expect, 3) that the data will be totally private, and 4) what I want them to do.
It's like the letters "we" / I sent out with the packages that are never returned.
Add to WikiTree
Once the introduction / plan email is sent, then I'll wait until I see a response, then send the Invitation, (Add the email address to their Profile), then wait for the fun to begin.
Once the profile has been updated, I will update my genealogy database.
I will use this Blog as the way to communicate with them, as to what I want them to do, or give them the steps that I want them to do, rather then individual emails.
I am learning, but an willing to share that experience with others, who might be in the same place is I. That is reaching the FaceBook Generation.
Thanks for listening.


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You'd better hope that you have another legend standing in the wings ready to take over.
In 1941, Earle Graser, lead actor of The Lone Ranger radio program, was killed in a tragic car accident. Without missing a beat, the program's announcer, Brace Beemer, slipped into the lead role of the immensely popular program and became the actor most identified with radio's favorite western adventure.
Here are twenty digitally restored and remastered episodes of this beloved series, spanning Graser's last episodes as the heroic lead, the entire transition between the Graser and Beemer eras, and the first adventures of The Lone Ranger with Beemer in the starring role. This collection also includes an illuminating Program Guide by radio historian Elizabeth McLeod.
EPISODES INCLUDE: Rustler and Son 03-24-41; A Horse Changes Brands 03-26-41; Slow Freight 03-28-41; Trap for a Safe Robber 03-31-41; Buyers Beware 04-02-41; Land Grabber's Loss 04-04-41; Sixty Days for Life 04-07-41; Homesteader's Ruse 04-09-41; Ghost Town 04-11-41; Work and Win 04-14-41; United We Stand 04-16-41; The Lone Ranger Moves 04-18-41; Outpost in the Desert 04-21-41; Mustang Mag Grows Grain 04-23-41; Dodge City or Bust 04-25-41; Wild Horses Untamed 04-28-41; Dead Men Pay No Blackmail 04-30-41; Trail of the Broken Horseshoe 05-02-41; The Gambler Draws a Blank 05-05-41; Spring Roundup 05-07-41
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"We are honored to be able to support the Nebraska volleyball program and the Nebraska Athletic Department in this way," the Scotts said. "The volleyball program has a rich history of success and is a leading national power among women's athletics, due in large part to the foundation laid by Coach Pettit."
Pettit was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2009 and was a two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year, a seven-time Big Eight Coach of the Year and a two-time Big 12 Coach of the Year. In his 23 years at Nebraska, he guided the Huskers to a national championship in 1995, six Final Four appearances and 21 conference titles.
"As we prepare to move into the Devaney Center for the 2013 season, our theme is to 'Honor the past and invent the future'," Current Nebraska Head Coach John Cook said. "Nebraska volleyball has always been a program that embraced its history and tradition, while also establishing the bar for what college volleyball could be. While the Devaney Center represents the future, it is only fitting that we celebrate the past by naming the court in honor of Coach Pettit. His unique vision for what Nebraska volleyball could be, along with the generous support of the Scott family, makes it possible to celebrate both our storied past and our promising future."


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The Mexico Bulldogs traveled to Kirksville to take on the Tigers in an NCMC game in front of a large crowd of Tiger hopefuls. The Bulldogs got off to a great start and led by 9 at the end of the first quarter and 17 points at the half. The Bulldogs continued to build the lead in the third quarter and led by well over 30 points late in the game to post their 18th victory of the season 65-38. The win improves the Bulldogs 18-3 on the season and a perfect 8-0 in the NCMC.
Coach Brennan Scanlon was pleased with the effort of his team as they executed against a variety of defenses. The Bulldogs cranked up the intensity on the defensive end which led to easy baskets in transition. Jon Anderson led the Bulldogs in scoring with 18 points, followed by Jake Willer with 17, Jaeon Nunnelly 11, Jake Anderson 6 and 12 rebounds, Cole Jaramillo 5 points, Skylar Harrington 4, and Matt Ridgway and Tyler Bracht 2 points each.
The Mexico Bulldogs are back in action tonight in an NCMC game at Boonville. The junior varsity boys and girls game will both tip off at 5 p.m., followed by varsity girls and varsity boys.
Jon Anderson: 18P, 3RB, 1 steal.
Jake Willer: 17P, 1RB, 1 steal.
Jaeon Nunnelly: 11P, 3 steals, 2 assists, 1RB.
Jake Anderson: 6P, 12RB, 7 assists, 2 blocks.
Cole Jaramillo: 5P, 1 block, 1 assist, 1 rebound.
Skylar Harrington: 4P, 1 assist, 2RB, 2 steals.
Matt Ridgway: 2P, 3RB.
Tyler Bracht: 2P.
JUNIOR VARSITY: The Bulldogs lost the JV game 53-51.
Leading scorers for Mexico were: D'Milo Nunnelly 21 points; Kamden Ekern 12, Markail Williams 5, Wesley Oetting 5, and Tyler Bracht 4, and James Norton 4.
LADY BULLDOGS: The final score of the Lady Bulldogs and Kirksville Lady Tigers was no indication of how this game played out.
"We started out aggressive and focused knowing going on the road to Kirksville would be a challenge. We took a 7-2 lead and Kirksville bounced back taking the lead at the end of the first quarter," said MHS coach Ed Costley. The girls stayed aggressive and never gave in after a double digit deficit. Mexico was able to cut the lead to 7 midway through the fourth but Kirksville's size down low was too much for the Lady Bulldogs in their rotation out of traps.
"Ali Mudd and Karen Baker hit some big shots for us in the game. Cassie Schmidt played some strong minutes for us down low coming off the bench," said Costley.
Brooke Costley led the team with 16 points. Anne Baker brought down 5 rebounds to lead the team. Costley, Kelli Ingrum and Anne Baker had 3 steals each.
Kirksville: 15-19-11-16
Mexico: 10-12-14-7
Brooke Costley: 16P, 2 blocks, 2RB, 3 steals.
Remi Greenwell: 2P, 2 assist 1RB, 1 steal.
Karen Baker: 10P.
Kelli Ingrum: 2P, 4RB, 3 steals.
Alison Mudd: 9P, 1 assist, 1RB.
Cassie Schmidt: 2P, 1 assist.
Anne Baker: 2P, 1 assists, 5RB, 3 steals.


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Suit seeks both documents and damages in connection with shooting of Bowe Cleveland.
A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the Taft Union High School District on behalf of shooting victim Bowe Cleveland and his family.
The suit, filed in Kern County Superior Court in Bakersfield, seeks both documents and damages in connection with the Jan. 10 shooting that critically injured Bowe Cleveland.
The suspect, Bryan Oliver, has been charged with attempted murder.
Attorney Daniel Rodriguez is representing the Cleveland family.
He filed a claim in late January as required by state law and the district rejected the claim.
A key question that has come up that is central to the shooting case is the existence of an alleged hit list that Oliver is said to have compiled and whether or not school officials had knowledge of the hit list, if it existed.
Oliver, 16, is accused of carrying a shotgun up to the second floor of the science building and shooting Cleveland.
He threatened to shoot another student but surrendered the gun and was subdued by teacher Ryan Hebert and campus security officers Kim Fields and Mary Miller.


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Friday, January 11, 2013
Toke Makinwa Tells Us the 5 Types of People to Avoid
58 comments:
I used to really dislike this girl because of all the things I read about her online. Now I have changed my perceptions. She is just a young, bubbly, hardworking girl focused on her career. I really misjudged her but I like her now.ReplyDeleteReplies
thank u nneka...toke is very down to earth and real if u know her in person...i just wonder why ppl gather so much beef and venom for someone who's just doing her own thing.....a lot of ppl are so bitter, the girl doesnt deserve all their crapDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 21:43
I don't know Toke Makinwa. But seriously why can't people just let her be. What has she done wrong? Kilode. She is bleaching, skinny, fake bla bla bla! Kill yourself. Awoniyi oloriburuku onilara. All I can see is beef. Buy your own cream or try Stella pomade. I won't be surprised if all the negative comments come from Tokes closest pals. Get a life and stop pulling people down. Toke u rock. Hater sip some bleach.Delete
- Anonymous14 March, 2013 21:39
Lol...it really pisses me off ow pple sit down nd just condemn odas...anyway shit hapns...i know she's used 2 d shitDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 11:26
I'll pass, thank you. I don't have time for Toke's rubbish. I'll come back and get the summary from commentsReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 11:32
she is person to be with, thank god for keeping you alive toke .... more news and gist here at www.gistyinka.comReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous12 January, 2013 09:57
Ogbeni yinka you dey fall my hand because I be Yoruba... I just checked your blog.. Mehn u dey murder English... Work on it abegDelete
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE SERIAL PINGERS GROUP... Hahahahahaa. This girl won't kill me... ROFLMAOReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 12:18
She sounds so fake wat! With her fake wig! 1st-5th to avoid is uReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 12:19
She evenn looks sick, pls go n eat.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 20:58
No she for be like you. Orobo to bad ooh! With your belle wen be like say you go soon born. Abeg free Toke baby jare.Delete
- Lagos is my Home11 January, 2013 12:42
Toke is just too fake , i cant work pass that .....I mistakenly found my way to her blog one day. OMG she is as shallow as they come. She might be funny or a lot of things but no substance at all.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 13:45
Shutup!! Don't go pulling people teLling them how fake toke is! LunaticDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 12:45
Her accent, gosh! I'm cringing in pain, sounds vile! Is it yoruba eng british or scottish,patua or american. I don't get.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 16:29
- Mama somtee12 January, 2013 22:45
Ooooh no you are killing dis Ant with a sledge hammer softly aaaaabeg .Delete
Honestly i don't see this kind of ppl Cos they er fake and i don't Miguel with fake ppl,ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 20:41
Miguel korh adorn niDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 20:44
Seriously were u planning on using the word "mingle" like seriously!!Delete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 21:15
You mean, you don't "Miguel" with fake people? Interesting......Delete
Tole pls chill here \______ n manage this 'K'ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 13:24
- Laduns biggest fan11 January, 2013 13:29
She is really trying and will get there one day!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 13:33
This bleaching agent...I dislike her ni. StellmaritzReplyDelete
Gosh! So much hate on this Toke girl. What did she do to Nigerians tho?ReplyDelete
Toke I'm pretty sure you're right here on this blog reading this, so here goes. From a sister to another sister, I think you need to take a break. Like go away, lay low, take a chill pill, do whatever; just make yourself unavailable for a while.
Why? 'Cos contrary to what is being said, bad publicity isn't always good publicity. Especially in a country like Nigeria where celebrities can't translate negative publicity to raw cold CASH.
Negative publicity works for the likes of Kim Kardashian, 'cos the more she gets talked about, the more money she makes, in AMERICA! But with you, the more the negative talk, the more people detest you, in NIGERIA
Get it? C'est la vie
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 16:39
Rubbish. Don't peeps like Omotola, Genny, Rita, Rukky, Yvonne Nwosu and co get negative publicity? Toke do your thing and don't listen to beefers.Delete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 17:40
Did you just mention yvonne nwosu and toke in the same sentence with omotola, genny, and rita? u must have an egg yolk fro a brain. I won't be surprised if your toke herself. Keep deceiving yourself. Bleached out slagDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 18:38
I'll take the egg yolk brain comment as a complement. That's how dumb you are that you don't know it's a good thing. I'm not Toke and if you know her she will never mention Yvonne where she is. I just pieced together different people in the spotlight i may have added Tonto there. It should not stop people from doing what they like. God bless all of of their hustle. What's fro? Idiot. You all sit behind your PCs bullying people but i bet you wished you were getting some sort of publicity. Oponu.Delete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 13:41
She looks like a killer rat!ReplyDelete
- Hush toke Hush11 January, 2013 13:55
Very dry asin very very very superliciously dry. Toke makinwa pls dissapear u r irritating. Fake accent faker attitude fakest evrythn. What accent is that biko nu?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 21:48
Your are bored and u still keep checking her blog! O sick gan ni. You are sick. Post your picture lets see what your sorry ass looks like. Omo ale Orobo ajepako.Delete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 14:06
I couldn't get past d second type of pple.i can't be bored more dan I av bn alreadyReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 14:12
lol @ 12.45 , even me that has been in UK for 12yrs,I don't even bother faking my accent even though I would sound way better than toke.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 14:13
she is fuglyReplyDelete
- Omotola11 January, 2013 15:06
So many pple do not like Toke Makinwa,y'all need 2 visit her blog 2 see aw much pple hate her,na wa o...I think she's cool tho buh my question is Y DO PEOPLE HATE TOKE MAKINWA?????ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 18:39
LL where's my comment? It's her friends who beef her and those who read things online. Cyber bullies.Delete
- Anonymous12 January, 2013 14:00
GO To her Blog and you will see why.Delete
She was very very proud and pompous and felt everyone was beneath her back in the day (at university and Zenith bank where she worked). I understand she would outrightly open her mouth to let people "know' that she was much better than them. Now, KARMA is working .
she is only reaping what she has sown. I do not know what she is like now - on a personal scale, whether she is nice or just still plain conceited
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 15:10
this accent needs to go abegReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 15:22
Abeg someone should tell this anu okpo to go and rest. She too do.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 16:02
see her faking to pronounce "totally" in the clip like british peopleReplyDelete
na wah ohh
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 16:31
Lets make money ds yrs beautiful people,pls sign up below ITS FREE,it just takes a minute. Thanks for signing up n for ur time. Pls clickReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 16:43
I see tubaba in the background...so cute!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 17:30
You all need to follow this Irish-Naija babe ojare: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr7g6Tho6plOiPncqkVmTng?feature=mheeReplyDelete
on twitter @naijarunsgirl
She's got 9ja accent oh
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 18:57
@strfrmdahips says..ReplyDelete
Forced to watch after the commnets...Nothing wrong with her accent..sounds just like any 9ja babe that has some level of exposure..admit it u got no real reason to HATE her!!..
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 19:15
Simply seranparan... You cares to know the meaning? Check Yoruba dictionaryReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 23:05
Ogbeni pls translate o. I asked google and it said "did u mean Surpan". Lmao. Abeg e jo tell us the meaningDelete
- Anonymous12 January, 2013 09:55
You get time o... Its a slang, meaning... nonsenseDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 21:03
@gistyinka,u don carry ur yeye self come here...wiv dah ur stupid blog.Who advised you to start blogging?If its because bloggers are making money then u sure as hell won't be making any wiv dah ur grammar...get an editor or quit blogging and look for sumtin else to do.Don't come and pollute dis beautiful blog oooooo...English is truly a bastardReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous12 January, 2013 09:54
I just checked his blog.. OMG YINKA DEY MURDER ENGLISH WITH AXE N SLEDGED HAMMERDelete
- Anonymous12 January, 2013 01:19
wat did u do to pple toke, mayb she just doesnt have the 'spirit' dat pple like...wen God loves someone, he puts the love of that person in the hearts of men..just sayingReplyDeleteReplies
She messed with LI last year, it appears they have since made up, but the problem with saying seranparan (see above) is that once it leaves your mouth, it is like water poured on the ground that can never be gathered up ever again.Delete
- Anonymous12 January, 2013 12:46
She basically stated same type throughout ...kinda boring!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 January, 2013 21:28
Did I judt hear her say "the most stupidest" twice. LooolReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 January, 2013 12:46
Kai. She's funny. Even though I think she forgot a group of ppl - the bootleg phoneé speakers :-)ReplyDelete
- Fake accent police23 January, 2013 17:01
Toke i dont know u personally, but i hear you on radio. My sincere advice to you - please stop that Brixton accent you keep faking...ko make sense rara!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 February, 2013 19:57
toke gets most of what she talks about from a certain blogger I know. this blogger is not in nigeria so she thinks no one will know. I dont need to mention the person's name and blow her cover. each man to his own hussle. if you know toke you'll know she's all round fake and just trying to be popular. I have nothing against her though. everyone's trying to make itReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 March, 2013 21:55
Av read soo much bout Toke...the good,d bad nd d ugly...dunno wot 2 believe any longer...indifferent 2 dis shit pple spill... Toke,if ur fake...then cut d crap...if not:kudos but in all wotz up wif ur reputation nd ow can it b redeemed?ReplyDelete


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Published reports after Super Bowl XLVII stated more than 108 million Americans watched the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers.
According to the Society of American Florists, more than 200 million roses are produced annually just to cover Valentine's Day.
Kirksville Hy-Vee floral department manager Alaina Dennis estimated her shop purchased between 4,000-5,000 roses to cover Valentine's Day needs and anticipates making more than 400 deliveries on Thursday alone.
That's a bit more than a typical day.
"A normal day has between 10-15 deliveries," Dennis said.
Dennis said preparation for Valentine's Day begins in early January, with workers making bows or candy bouquets, anything they can do to get a head start.
They've also made bouquets with alcohol, but they're hard to find.
"We sold out of those already," she said.
At the Kirksville Blossom Shop, owner Melodie Sevits estimates purchasing between 2,000-4,000 roses.
"We're still buying some," she said. "We bought some and we still have to buy more."
Around 150-200 deliveries will be made from her shop, she said, with all deliveries being made by people wearing tuxedos.
"The ladies seem to like that," Sevits said.
Local florists agreed that Mother's Day is their second-busiest holiday of the year, though it pales in comparison to February's love fest in terms of activity and the bottom line.
"We kind of look forward to this time of year. This time of year gets you through the rest of the year," Sevits said. "And it's kind of fun, too."