text:
The Bobcat North Dakota Open is a noteworthy example of Bobcat Company's long history of community involvement. Since 1984, Bobcat has been the major corporate sponsor for the North Dakota Open at the Fargo Country Club, benefiting many worthwhile programs of The Village Family Service Center in Fargo. Through charitable giving, totaling more than $1 million in donations, and significant employee volunteer work, Bobcat is proud to help The Village offers its services to the community.
The 54th Annual Bobcat North Dakota Open is a pro-am golf tournament held each year at the Fargo Country Club, benefiting The Village Family Service Center. This year's Bobcat North Dakota Open is Friday – Sunday, August 24–26, 2018.
Click here to view tournament pairings and results. For questions, please contact the Fargo Country Club Golf Shop: 701-237-6746.
Thursday, August 23, 2018
All-day practice rounds
Pro-junior par-3 event
Friday, August 24, 2018
First round
Pro-am event
Saturday, August 25, 2018
Second round
Sunday, August 26, 2018
Final round
Awards ceremony
For the latest news, information and real-time updates during the tournament, join us on our Bobcat ND Open Facebook and Twitter pages.
See photos from past tournaments.
Learn more about how to become a sponsor.
Interested in becoming a volunteer for the event? Learn more about the opportunities available.
Read or download last year's newsletter.
See a full list of the past winners
RestCorrin Jones-Kremer is not one to seek out recognition, but 11 years of volunteering at the Annual Bobcat North Dakota Open have not gone unnoticed. To recognize her efforts, she has been named this year's Volunteer of the Year.
Jones-Kremer began giving her time to the Annual Bobcat North Dakota Open after a friend asked her to help run the scoring tents and run miscellaneous errands.
"I'm not a golfer and had no idea what I was doing the first time I volunteered," Jones-Kremer laughs. "I soon caught on, and really enjoyed learning about the game of golf."
After completing her first day, Jones-Kremer was hooked and has worked the scoring tent for all three days of the North Dakota Open since.
"The event benefits The Village Family Service Center, helping raise money for countless individuals and families in the Fargo area," Jones-Kremer says. "It is such a worthy cause, and I want to give back any way I can." Since 1984, the Bobcat North Dakota Open has benefitted many worthwhile programs at The Village Family Service Center. The Village is dedicated to strengthening individuals, families and organizations through behavior health services.
In addition to volunteering at the Bobcat North Dakota Open, Jones-Kremer spends her time helping at a local pet rescue agency, Habitat for Humanity and participating in fundraising efforts through her employer at US Bank.
Restoring a 210-acre golf course to its former glory is not a project most people willingly take on. But, for Iowa-native Aaron Porter, it was a challenge he was eager to undertake after becoming superintendent of the Fargo Country Club nine years ago.
"Before taking this job, I had never been to Fargo," Porter says. "I had always loved the North country so when I saw the course, I jumped at the opportunity. The course was tired and a bit outdated, but I could see its potential."
Bringing the greens back to life wasn't something that happened overnight. In fact, Porter dealt with many setbacks including continuous flooding from the Red River.
"During my first six years, I experienced 16 floods," Porter says. "I never had 18 holes continuously open for more than a few months at a time."
To bring the greens back to life, Porter and his crew of 25 built a floodwall that now protects five holes along the back nine of the golf course from the overflowing riverbanks. He also incorporated a strict maintenance schedule that he had learned while working at the Wakonda Club and the Des Moines Golf and Country Club in Des Moines, Iowa.
"Starting at 5 a.m. we mow the greens once, if not twice, set up the tees and check the moisture levels," Porter says. "We make sure the levels are at 15 to 18 percent in the morning and continue to moderate at noon and the evening. We determine how the greens are doing by the look, touch and feel."
The daily maintenance alone, not including trim mowing, weeding or checking moisture levels, takes 10 crew members four hours to complete. When prepping for this year's Bobcat North Dakota Open, Porter says all hands will be on deck.
"We will have 20 crew members at minimum working on mowing tees, greens and fairways every morning from 5 to 9 a.m. and 6 to 10 p.m.," Porter says. "Our job is to provide golfers playing in the Bobcat North Dakota Open an unbeatable experience they can't get anywhere else. When they walk away, we want them to be proud of what they accomplished. I take pride in knowing that I can help make that happen."
By following strict maintenance practices, the 18-hole championship course is one of the top-ranked private golf courses in the state of North Dakota and has one of the fastest greens in the area. Currently, the green speeds stimp no lower than 10 or 11, which is the highest speed rating Porter says he has experienced as superintendent.
"I have a phenomenal crew and staff that work toward a shared goal to provide members and golfers who are on the Dakotas Tour a quality experience each day they are playing," Porter
Minnesota's Hudson Carpenter is living proof that no matter the setback, perseverance, skill and confidence can lead to a win at the 2016 Bobcat North Dakota Open. He posted a two-shot victory over Fargo native Tom Hoge and Andrew Ruthkoski during the three-day event to claim the $10,000 first prize winnings, plus $4,500 to cover his Web.com Tour Qualifying School entry fee.
"It was the first time playing on this course, but I felt confident the entire time," Carpenter says. "I play on courses that have the same tree line and classic feel that Fargo Country Club has so I was comfortable."
Carpenter started the first round with a bang, sinking a hole-in-one on the par-3 seventh hole, which helped offset bogeys on two of the three holes the first day. The kick-start lead to a confident second round, with eight birdies and an eagle on the par-5 fifth hole. In his final round, he faced fierce North Dakota winds contributing to a bogey on the 18th hole, but was able to maintain his lead to win the tournament with a total of 204 (69-64-71).
"It was tough because I had to adjust my ball flight with the 30 mile per hour wind speeds," Carpenter says. "I had to plot what I wanted to do at each hole and shoot lower to the ground to make the shots. I tried to play my own game, and it paid off."
It may come as a surprise, but the Stillwater, Minnesota native did not know how to play golf until he was 15 years old. In fact, he was on a well-laid out path to become a professional ballplayer with little interest in playing golf. But when he was 15 years old, he tore his shoulder, abruptly ending his dream.
"It was devastating ending a sport that I had loved," Carpenter says. Despite the setback, Carpenter was told he would be able to play golf.
"I was not good at it," Carpenter says. "But, my dad took me out on the course, and I just kept practicing every day at my swing and learning the game. In about a year, I went from someone who couldn't break 100 to a scratch golfer. I truly got addicted to the game."
After graduating in 2010, he went on to play at South Dakota State University. He consistently improved his golf game, setting multiple school records including most rounds in a year (111) and wins in a season. Immediately after graduating he decided to take the next step professionally.
Carpenter won the North Star Open in 2016 – comprised of five tournaments at various course in Minnesota – and played four other events in the Dakotas Tour in addition to winning the Bobcat North Dakota Open. Currently, Carpenter is playing in the Mackenzie Tour in Canada for a portion of 2017. His goal is to finish in the top 25, which would earn him a spot in the final stage of Qualifying School (Q-School) for a spot on the Web.com Tour.
Carpenter is playing in the Bobcat North Dakota Open again in 2017, with hopes of winning the tournament, and getting one step closer to the PGA tour.
"I really love the sport and am committed to playing my best game I can each week," Carpenter says. "I try to continue to practice, meet with my coaches to improve on my game, and stick to the processes that have been successful for me so far. I'm looking forward to the future and what it holds for me."
Fargo native and professional golfer, Dave Schultz, has lived and breathed golf, quite literally, for more than 15 years. Now, he's on the other side of the sport as general manager and head pro at the Maple River Golf Course in Mapleton, North Dakota, located only 8 miles away from his hometown. He spends his day managing staff at the club and giving weekly lessons to up-and-coming golfers.
"Golf has always been my focus," Schultz says. "When the job opened in 2016, I jumped at the opportunity. I really underestimated the amount of joy I have with clients to inspire and guide them to be the best they can be."
Schutz turned pro after graduating from Texas Christian University in 2006, the same year he won the Bobcat North Dakota Open, and continued to have a successful professional full-time career for 10 years. In 2014, he got married to his wife, Kelsey, and now have a 10-month-old daughter.
"My priorities over the years have shifted from golf full-time to my family," he says. "Working at Maple River allows me to spend time with my family and be connected to those in the community through the game of golf. It's rewarding seeing my clients grow in their golf game."
Although Schultz doesn't play professionally full-time, he does make it a priority to be around golf as much as he possibly can, including participating in the Bobcat ND Open. To date, he has played in eight ND Open tournaments over the course of his career. He plans to play again this year.
"Growing up, I practically lived at the Fargo Country Club," Schultz says. "It's a beautiful golf course, plus playing in my hometown is always very special. I can't wait to get back on the course."
Matt Miller, the winner of the 2015 Bobcat North Dakota Open, said he felt like he had a hometown advantage, even though he had never been to Fargo.
"I didn't feel like it was a major adjustment during the practice round because I had grown up on courses like that in Bloomington, Illinois, so I felt really at home."
Miller has been golfing since he was 4 years old, and first learned from his dad.
He was especially grateful for the hospitality of Cliff and Jane Mattson, who he stayed with during the tournament — and also that the greens were in great shape during the tournament.
"It's a course where you have to make sure you don't get too far out of position because it's very difficult to save par if you do," he says. "So you really have to think your way around."
Miller beat Fargo's own Tom Hoge — fresh off his first season on the PGA Tour, which included a recent round with Tiger Woods — by one stroke, over a Hoge-cheering crowd and fierce North Dakota winds. Miller gave away a three-stroke lead on the back nine, but rallied with two birdies on the final two holes, winning the tournament.
"It was a relief to win because so much has to go right," Miller says. "To get past the last hole and win it was fantastic."
Miller will use his winnings to pay for his entrance fee to the 2017 PGA Tour Qualifying School. Tuition for Q-School is part of the prize package for winning the Bobcat ND Open.
Since winning the Bobcat North Dakota Open, Miller moved to Dallas, Texas and has played six events in Latin America, including the PGA Tour Latinoamérica. He also recently played two tournaments in Iowa before returning to Texas for the Texas State Open.
So what's next for Miller?
He hopes to get on the next Web.com tour — and also to make it back to Fargo for the 2016 Bobcat North Dakota Open.
The Honorary Chairman of this year's Bobcat North Dakota Open is a self-described surgeon-turned-golfer.
"Golf is my job now," he jokes.
Dr. Michael Howell completed about 5,000 gastric bypass surgeries during his 48 years as a Bariatric surgeon in Fargo. Now he golfs nearly every day, and if there is a day he doesn't play golf, he thinks about it.
But golf is not a new hobby for Dr. Howell, who has been hooked on the sport since he was 11 years old.
"I was caddying for my mother while she was playing with some friends," Dr. Howell says. "When the ladies went in to have lunch, I went out to play golf — and fell in love with it right away."
Dr. Howell played golf avidly for the next seven years, until he went into pre-med and then medical school. Then, in 1976, he joined the Fargo Country Club and began playing in the annual Bobcat North Dakota Open every year for the next three decades. When he was 40 years old, he won second place to Mike Podolak in the amateur gross division with a score of 218 — two over par.
Now, in addition to being a husband of 49 years to his wife Michela, a father to four grown children, and a grandpa to 10 grandchildren, Dr. Howell still golfs competitively in several golf associations: The North Dakota, Minnesota and Florida golf associations, The Society of Seniors, and The International and American Senior golf associations.
Not only is Dr. Howell passionate about the sport of golf, but he's also a longtime supporter of the Bobcat North Dakota Open.
"It's one of the highlights at the end of the summer season," he says. "It's a well-run tournament, and they're fortunate to have Bobcat as a sponsor."
Steve Hohnadel has been a volunteer at the Annual Bobcat North Dakota Open for 33 years.
The tournament benefits The Village Family Service Center, where Hohnadel has worked since 1983. As the maintenance manager for The Village Family Service Center, he oversees the maintenance of all buildings and properties, and ensures they are properly furnished and that the shelves are always stocked.
Hohnadel finds his job rewarding because he knows he is a part of something bigger than himself that helps others. He says he finds volunteering at the Bobcat North Dakota Open rewarding for the same reason, since it raises money for The Village Family Service Center.
"The Village is a place that has been helping people for 125 years with everything from adoptions to counseling," he says. "It's nice to be a part of it - and the tournament is something fun that raises money for the organization."
Although Hohnadel is in his 60s now and is often erecting tents and signs for the tournament amid the summer heat, he seems unfazed by the task.
"I do the physical stuff," he says, "but I suppose I'm built for it." Every year he puts up about five tents and 40 signs by himself - everything from signs that thank tournament sponsors to signs that direct people where to go.
In his free time, Hohnadel is an avid biker who teaches motorcycle safety training in the summer. The Casselton, North Dakota, native says the region is ideal for bikers because "it's flatter than Iowa, so you can see for miles and miles."
"You can stand on top of your dog house and watch him run away for three days," he says.
Although it may not look dramatic — or be noticed by most — the Fargo Country Club's golf course recently underwent some major renovations that will make a big difference to Bobcat North Dakota Open golfers for years to come. The modifications come just in time, too, because this is the first year the Bobcat North Dakota Open will be home to the Dakota's Tour championship.
Aaron Porter, superintendent of the Fargo Country Club golf course, and his staff of 24 have been battling Red River flooding for years now. This year they built a floodwall that will protect five holes along the back nine of the golf course from the overflowing riverbanks.
They also added tee boxes on the 14th hole and raised the first quarter of the hole 7 feet, to meet the height of the new floodwall. In addition, they widened the fairway by removing more than 1,000 trees, to make the placement of the floodwall possible.
"I've been working on renovations here for eight years," Porter says. "Although we've done a lot of projects over the years, this was by far the biggest. The actual construction took three months and then we spent the last six weeks seeding and sodding the new tees and fairways."
Dennis Chandler, executive director of the Dakotas Tour, said the renovations are "subtle changes that will keep the entirety of the golf course in play not only for the Dakota's Tour event, but for the members of the Fargo Country Club throughout the golf season."
Chandler reiterated how special the Fargo Country Club course is, and how pleased he is that these improvements will make it better than ever.
"The Fargo Country Club is a fantastic venue, and they do a wonderful job of compromising, but they shouldn't have to," Chandler says. "Almost every year they have to modify the course by shortening tee boxes to get around water, playing a hole as a par 4 instead of a par 5 or even, like last year, using a hole from the adjacent course in place of one that was unplayable. It makes it a teeth-grinder for everybody involved. These renovations should prevent the club — and Porter's staff — from scrambling to modify the course so often."
Tom Lehman, the architect hired by Fargo Country Club to oversee renovations, is currently designing additional improvements to the golf course, including the addition of two new holes, which will be announced later this year.
SOURCE: Bobcat North Dakota Daily Open Newsletter, August 2015
The tournament champion in the 2014 Bobcat North Dakota Open had never played the Fargo Country Club – not even a practice round. After playing in the Wisconsin State Open the day before, Ricky Hearden III drove all night to reach Fargo in time for the opening round.
Golf is part of Hearden's DNA. His father was founding president of the Green Bay Country Club and later founded Horseshoe Bay Golf Club in Door County, Wisconsin. "I got to grow up on world-class golf courses, so I feel very fortunate to be where I am today," says Hearden, who turned pro in 2013 after graduating from Illinois State.
This year as last, Hearden is playing in the Dakotas Tour – a 19-event Upper Midwest tour that includes the Fargo Country Club. "I had heard the Fargo Country Club is one of the more difficult courses on the tour. Normally the course is very firm and windy. Last year we happened to catch the course on a week when it was softer and scores were a little lower."
Lower indeed. Only twice since 1971 has anyone turned in a better total score than Hearden's tournament-winning 200.
On hand to witness the win were Hearden's parents. "After the second round they drove overnight from Green Bay to Fargo to see me play the third round. I ended up shooting 65 and winning it," he says.
Despite not seeing the course before the opening round, Hearden says "I played well, birdied my last four holes in the second round to get into contention, and then played great on my last day. I think I beat everybody in the field by three or four shots in the final round."
After the 2014 Dakotas Tour, Hearden participated in the PGA Tour Qualifying School. Tuition for Q-School is part of the prize package for winning the Bobcat ND Open. Last winter he played the Gateway Tour in Phoenix, where he now lives.
Hearden is playing the Bobcat ND Open again in 2015. "I'm looking forward to getting back to Fargo. Maybe I'll have a chance to play a practice round this year," he quips.
SOURCE: Bobcat North Dakota Daily Open Newsletter, August 2015
Steve Halverson has played an integral role in the Bobcat North Dakota Open since 1985. As a committee member and even chairman for the Bobcat North Dakota Open, he made decisions about all kinds of things that made the tournament what it is today.
For example, he helped decide what entrance fee to charge to make it affordable enough for young golfers but profitable enough for the charity, The Village Family Service Center. He helped determine what prizes to give winners and how to minimize unnecessary expenses while maximizing the overall quality of the event. He also worked on bringing in concession stands and organizing banquets that would feature a Bobcat "dance," at which a few choreographed Bobcat® machines would weave in and out of formations to music.
"It's like running a business," he says. "You look at your income and expenses and how they changed this year to last year. And in the end, you hope it all works out – and, in golf, you also hope for good weather."
Although this may sound like a full-time job in and of itself, Steve actually did all of this while starting his own company, Heartland Trust Company. Since 1989, Heartland Trust Company has provided innovative and professional financial management and trust services to individuals and businesses. This year the company is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
So what led Steve to volunteer so much of his time to the tournament while acting as the president and owner of his own business?
He loves his hometown of Fargo, he was on the board of The Village Family Service Center and he also had a son who played golf professionally for a couple of years after college, before starting a family and following in his father's footsteps as an investment banker.
SOURCE: Bobcat North Dakota Daily Open Newsletter, August 2015
Two Fargo natives, who now travel the nation as professional golfers, have fond memories of golfing at Fargo Country Club. They long for the day when they will have enough of a break in their grueling tour schedules to make it back to the Bobcat North Dakota Open for a trip down memory lane – which will hopefully be this year, they say.
Tom Hoge, 26, turned pro after graduating from Texas Christian University in 2011, the same the year he won the Canadian Tour's 2011 Players Cup to gain entry into the PGA Tour's RBC Canadian Open.
Hoge has been golfing since he was just 3 years old and essentially grew up on the Fargo Country Club golf course. He first played in the Bobcat North Dakota Open when he was 12 years old, and he was one of the youngest players in the tournament – if not the youngest.
"I loved being around those older guys, and it was just something I fell in love with," Hoge says. "I have so many good memories out there."
Josh Persons, 31, also has fond memories of his hometown, of attending Fargo North High School, and of playing at the Bobcat North Dakota Open – once when he was very young and a few times as a pro.
"I miss Fargo. I miss going to the lake in the summer," he says.
Persons started playing golf when he was just 4 or 5 years old and went pro in 2007, after graduating from the University of Minnesota. He played in the U.S. Open this June and hopes to play there again and, someday, in The Masters. He loves the game of golf because it always provides a new challenge.
"Things are always changing – both yourself and the conditions," Persons says. "I'd love to play it forever."
What Hoge loves most about golf is that it holds you accountable to no one but yourself.
"There's no one else you can blame or put the excuses on," he says.
Hoge and Persons keep equally hectic schedules and essentially live on the road, although they have homes in Texas and Arizona, respectively.
"Right now, this is the ninth event I've played in a row," Hoge says.
His favorite courses are Pumpkin Ridge and Oakmont CC. Like Persons, Hoge would like to play Augusta National, and he recently qualified for the U.S. Open. He also placed 12th in the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis in June, with a 6-under score of 274, claiming his highest finish during his rookie year on the professional golf tour and earning $114,000. Then, in July, he made the top five of the Canadian Open with a 13-under score of 66. Hoge's total earnings of $247,278 this season rank him 166th out of 249 players on the PGA Tour's money list.
"I'm just getting comfortable and have kind of settled into it now," he says. "I'm building confidence as I see that I can compete out there, and I'm really starting to believe in myself. It's really healthy."
SOURCE: Bobcat North Dakota Daily Open Newsletter, August 2014
Andre Metzger, 32, isn't one to back down from a challenge, especially after he missed a birdie at par 3 number 15 during last year's Bobcat North Dakota Open in Fargo. "By missing that putt, it gave Chris (Evans) a great chance to come back," Metzger said. "It would have put more pressure on him than me, where missing that putt put more pressure on me to not lose."
Metzger persevered and pulled away from Evans, winning the 2013 tournament with a score of nine under. "After the front 9, I had a really good lead so I was pretty much in control," he said. "We went to the back 9 so I was in the position where I had to play smart. It was tough for me because I went through a ton of emotions from having things in the bag to seeing things start to slip away." "For him (Chris) to push me and for me to overcome that adversity really helped me."
The experience itself, Metzger said, allowed him to overcome his own demons and pushed him to excel on the course. This year, Metzger is hoping for the same outcome in the Dakota's Tour. "Most guys who know me, know me as one of the best putters, but that's (actually) where I've been struggling (lately)," he said. "When I do putt well, I win, but I'm really hoping to get three wins and to be player of the year in the Dakota's Tour."
Metzger, who resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, is currently in his second season on the All-American Gateway Tour.
SOURCE: Bobcat North Dakota Daily Open Newsletter, August 2014
Much has changed in John Mark's life in the past 50 years since he first played at the Bobcat North Dakota Open on September 27, 1964. What hasn't changed is his continued passion for the sport. Mark, 71, and now retired, remembered the event starting out as a two-day tournament; however, Mother Nature had other plans. "The first day it just blew and hailed and everything, so it turned out to be one day, just on Sunday," he said. Despite the weather, Mark said he played fairly well — finishing 11th in the amateur division. "I'm not the best, but I'm better than nothing," he chuckled.
The open, which was started by Bill Swanston of Fargo, North Dakota, featured only area pros from the Cities, Iowa and Winnipeg. Today, the tournament has expanded to feature pro golfers including 2013 winner Andre Metzger and 2012 winner Ryan Lenahan. Another attribute to the tournament's success is its contribution to The Village Family Service Center of Fargo — a local organization helping area children and families. "It's just wonderful that Bobcat has stayed with the tournament," Mark said. "Kudos to the (Fargo) Country Club and Bobcat for supporting The Village and keeping this thing going, because it's important to the community." Today, Mark still makes time for golf and volunteers his time as a starter at the Fargo County Club. He previously served 28 years on the SGA and attended 23 national tournaments.
SOURCE: Bobcat North Dakota Daily Open Newsletter, August 2013
Fargo Country Club holds very special memories for Ryan Lenahan, not just because his eagle putt in a stellar final round captured the 2012 Bobcat North Dakota State Open. It also provided the scenic backdrop for meeting his future bride – successes that are both credited to the Michigan native's work ethic.
As he climbed into a top 10 earnings position on the Dakotas Tour, fatigue was settling in. His first-round 73 was punctuated with mental errors. The first three holes on day two were a repeat performance, made more challenging by windy conditions. His game finally turned the corner with a rain delay that sharpened his focus. A hot putter propelled him to the day's low round of 65.
"I could've easily left and been content, but I stuck around and putted because I still wasn't really happy with my play," Lenahan said. Timing is everything. Departing the practice green, his path crossed with the parents of a fellow Michigan player. The visit included an introduction to their daughter Amy – whose heart he would also win that weekend.
Lenahan started the second round only four shots off leader Ryan Peterson who four-putted an early green. Playing smart and steady on the front nine, it was his eagle 3 on the par-5 11th hole tied him for the lead. "That's when I knew I had a really good chance to win the tournament and it sparked me. I played very solid on the back nine and hit every shot the way that I wanted to."
Landing good drives on firm greens, he putted to a slim two-stroke lead alongside former ND Open champion, University of Nebraska teammate, and soon-to-be best man, Brady Schnell. The win earned him $10,000, plus a $4,500 sponsorship from Bobcat to cover his PGA Tour Qualifying School entry fee.
Despite not advancing out of Q-School, he qualified for an alternate position at the prestigious U.S. Open last June. He hopes to be back in Fargo this year with his fiancée, shooting for more hardware to adorn their golf-themed wedding reception next month in Charlotte, N.C.
SOURCE: Bobcat North Dakota Daily Open Newsletter, August 2013
Minnesota's Donald Constable is living proof that hard work, focus and confidence can make your PGA Tour dream can come true. Just four months after finishing the 2012 Bobcat North Dakota State Open, Constable achieved the highest echelon of his sport, and now shares the fairways with names like Woods, McIlroy and Mickelson.
Constable grew into the game as a standout at Minnetonka High School and the University of Minnesota. Graduating with a Sociology degree, he continued to refine his skills in national amateur tournaments and carded a 211 in Fargo for a fifth-place tie with Ian Hessels — Constable's first professional tournament.
Last fall, he stepped on the road to the PGA Tour — Qualifying School (Q-School) — enrolling in the grueling four-stage qualifying process. Thousands of miles and 22 pressure-packed rounds later, his quest ended with some clutch putts that gave him a one-stroke win and earned him one of the coveted 25 full PGA Tour cards for the 2013 season.
At 23, Constable has reached the pinnacle, which means driving to the pin in Maui breezes one week and dropping putts at Torrey Pines the next. "Living on the road and out of a suitcase has been the biggest adjustment," Constable says, "it's a challenging game as it is, but you have to step it up because now you're playing in front of crowds and it's your livelihood," he adds.
While Constable didn't make the cut in his first few tour outings, he picked up a nice win at the 2013 Coors Light Open in Fort Myers last February. In April's Valero Texas Open in San Antonio, Constable was only five shots off the lead. He missed the cut by a single stroke with rounds of 76-70, identical to John Daly's scorecard. Although he wasn't on the leaderboard's short list, he showcased his potential by dominating the "greens in regulation" category with 80.5 percent, far ahead of the field average of 59.5 percent. At the Mid- Atlantic Championship in Potomac, Md., he made the cut and finished in a four-way tie for 43rd place out of a field of 60 with a 6-over-par 289. "There's such a fine line between being in contention and making the cut or going home," says Constable.
Constable is an accomplished driver spending most of his childhood on a hockey rink developing his natural slap shot. "When you get to this level, everyone hits it pretty good. The guys who are finishing in the top 20 every week are always the ones putting it the best," he says. Constable is building momentum to keep his dream alive. "I'm still having fun and I'm fortunate enough to have my occupation be something I love to do. I've always said if I just get better every year, whether I keep my card or lose it, my golf game will take care of itself."
SOURCE: Bobcat North Dakota Daily Open Newsletter, August 2013
What happens in Fargo doesn't always stay in Fargo. Growing up on the fairways of Fargo Country Club working with former club pro Peter Nervick, Tom Hoge dreamed of swinging his clubs as a professional at legendary links worldwide. Now he's quickly making a name for himself on the Web.com Tour and one step away from the PGA Tour.
After helping Fargo South High School win four state championships, he carded the low amateur score of 205 at the 2006 Bobcat North Dakota State Open. He continued to garner top 10 finishes at Texas Christian University. After strong showings in PGA Tour Canada events in the summer of 2011, Hoge excelled in that year's PGA Tour Q-School class and earned his web.com card.
The past two years, Hoge has been refining his game on the PGA Tour's Web.com Tour, considered the highest-profile developmental tour in the world of men's golf. He took second place in the BMW Charity Pro-Am with a 22-under-par 264, tied for 37th in the Brazil Classic and tied for 69th in the WNB Golf Classic.
Through June he'd won $82,687 – a 33 percent increase in earnings compared to 2012 when he had two top 10 finishes in 24 tournaments. Finishing in the top 25 earnings list automatically qualifies him for most PGA Tour tournaments. "I'm right there, so I've got to keep working harder each day to move up," the 24-year-old Hoge says.
Hoge is pleased with his progress and coming back to Fargo is now a dream in reverse for the busy pro. "I would love to have the time to play in the Bobcat North Dakota Open because I love the course so much and they always make me feel so welcome."
Did you know?
Tom Hoge's best finish on the Web.com Tour in 2013 is 2nd at the BMW Charity Pro-Am Presented by SYNNEX Corporation. He ranks 27th in Money Leaders on the Web.com Tour.
SOURCE: Bobcat North Dakota Daily Open Newsletter, August 2013
Nearly 55 years after turning pro, Eddie Langert's passion for golf keeps driving his career. The first-ever champion of the North Dakota State Open is still playing and impacting the game.
At 28, when Langert shot his way to the 1964 Open, his name had only appeared atop the leaderboard a few times in the previous six years. "I have fond memories because it was one of the biggest tournaments I'd won up to that time," Eddie says.
Strong Arming in Fargo
It was his passion for golf that drove him through a rough patch on the road to Fargo. After playing a full year on the PGA Tour in 1960, earning paychecks in 21 of 26 tournaments, his left shoulder began to sag — up to 3-1/2 inches out of its socket. It required an extremely rare surgery up to that point. Following the procedure, he settled into a job as the golf pro at Town and Country Club in St. Paul, Minn., and a year-long recuperation.
Eddie came back even stronger, carding victories in smaller tournaments and pro-am events before winning the '64 Open at the Fargo Country Club. He has vivid memories of the Fargo links. High winds and driving rain cut the 36-hole event in half. In chilly 50-degree temperatures, Langert shot rounds of 37-35 for a 72. He was the only participant in the 109-golfer field to break par on the back nine, earning $25 lap money on top of the $400 cash prize.
"When I won, the course was two totally different nines designed by two different designers. It was a challenge because it was close to the river, but it was fun and exciting to play that tournament in those days. It's become quite an event now," Eddie says.
The next year, Eddie battled Jack Webb through the 18th hole, but his bid for the '65 Open fell short by a single stroke. Eddie continued to work on his game, winning two championships in 1968 at the Minnesota State Open and the Iowa State Open after playing in six U.S. Opens from 1959-1967.
From Green Bay to TaylorMade
A new job at Oneida Golf and Riding Club in Green Bay, Wis., allowed him to play in PGA Tournaments until he stepped back in 1973 to spend more time with his family. He served as PGA president for the next two years. It was this Green Bay stint that paved the way for his most lucrative career move.
Gary Adams, a golf club salesman from McHenry, Ill., who regularly called on Eddie while chasing a different dream, was trying to generate interest in a new venture. He shared his idea with Eddie, and before long the duo co-founded a little-known company: TaylorMade Golf.
Eddie designed clubs and helped market products to PGA players. Together, they built TaylorMade into a household name. In 1986, Eddie started Langert Golf, designing such clubs as the "Fat Eddie" and the "Langert Lizard" metal-wood drivers for an international market. Eddie left TaylorMade during the economic downturn of 1989 and focused his efforts on Langert Golf. He noted particular success among PGA Senior Tour players before selling the company to the Benetton family of Italy in the early '90s.
Now 76, Langert lives on the PGA West Golf Course in LaQuinta, Calif., home of the Bob Hope Classic/Humana Challenge. However, another Green Bay connection has lured him back to TaylorMade, where he is an advisor to President and CEO Mark King. "Mark was a kid I hired to help me in the golf shop. I hired him again after college as a salesman, and he worked his way up the ranks. I contribute as much as I can to make the business successful for them," Langert says. After two hip surgeries, when he's not sharing expertise with King, he's gathering it on the course with his favorite weekly foursome or his wife, Jane, a three-time cancer survivor. Still driven by his passion, Eddie plans to work with TaylorMade until 2014, but not before hitting another milestone on his golf journey. Later this year, he will celebrate his Golden Anniversary as a 50-year member of the PGA.
SOURCE: Bobcat North Dakota Daily Open Newsletter, August 2013
At the time Jack Webb started playing golf, Herbert Hoover was President, the U.S. population had just surpassed 123 million, Hostess introduced Twinkies, Prohibition was the law of the land and America was on the cusp of the Great Depression.
Jack's long and celebrated career in golf began as a caddy at Brooks Country Club, located in Okoboji, Iowa, a job he relished every summer for five years before he started working at the Club in 1935. From that point forward, there was no turning back.
"My parents were starting to play golf in 1930 and that's when I caught the bug," Webb recalls. "We played sand greens back then. I played a lot of amateur golf in the 1940s, after serving in World War II. When I got out of the service I attended Iowa State and competed there for four years before moving to Atlantic (Iowa) to teach. I was also golf coach, in addition to assistant basketball, football coach. And here we are some 80 years later, and I'm still teaching golf!"
Jack's affection for the Fargo community dates back more than a half century. He first became acquainted with the area when playing in the Pine to Palm Tournament held in Detroit Lakes, Minn., a tradition that continued for many years. In 1960, Edgewood Golf Course located here, approached him about taking over as course professional. Then age 37, Jack admits struggling a bit with the decision to leave academia and go into professional golfing.
"We decided to try it," Jack says. "I moved the family to Fargo in 1961 and made the transition from teacher to golf professional at Edgewood Golf Course. Later I became golf professional and sports director for the Fargo Park District followed by three wonderful years at Fargo Country Club as head golf professional. Needless to say I became very familiar with the course during that time."
In 1967, in was back to Iowa for the Webb family when Jack accepted the offer as course pro at Wakonda Country Club in Des Moines, a position he would hold for the next 19 years. He's been teaching at Des Moines Golf and Country Club for the previous 26 years and is still helping out today.
"I get out to the club three or four days a week and play with some of the members," Jack says. "Everyone treats me very well. I'm happy to have such a wonderful career. I still enjoy it all very much."
A Classic Finish by a Class Act
With the exception of the purse amount awarded him as the 1965 North Dakota State Open Champ, Jack's recollection of the victory is as vivid as the dramatic fashion by which he won the tournament. Tied with the previous year's winner, Ed Langert, as the duo stepped onto the tee box of the 18th and final hole, Langert's drive fell just short of taking a dip in the Red River. A miraculous second shot put Jack's opponent on the green in two. Jack's drive was safely in the fairway, although his second shot fell just short of the green. Then, the miracle happened.
"I hit one of the shots of my life then," Jack recalls with a sheepish grin. "My pitch shot rolled into the cup for a birdie on the 18th, while Ed two-putted giving me the win by a single stroke. That birdie shot was shown many times on Fargo television, and I still get a big grin when I watch it. That victory will remain etched in my memory with great fondness."
A classic finish, not unlike that of a Hollywood screenwriter, Jack and 10-year-old son John, his caddy for the tournament, embraced on the gently sloping 18th green and humbly tipped his cap to the crowd of golf enthusiasts who had surrounded the finishing hole.
"It was a memorable event for both my son and me," Jack says, "but I have no recollection of how much I money I received as top prize for winning the tournament. In those days, we felt fortunate if you'd win $500 in a tournament victory."
Recalling the uniqueness of Fargo Country Club
Jack reiterated that having played the course often in advance of his '65 Open victory was an advantage, and underscores for all golfers the importance that being familiar with a golf course can have on a scoring round, especially in tournament play. He cites several design features of the course that make Fargo Country Club unique.
"It's a very interesting course to play," Jack says. "The front and back are two totally different nines, one very flat, then along the river, very narrow but not too long. The 18th is a very interesting hole. It's not all that long, but it is very narrow and runs right along the river as it comes back up toward the clubhouse. The elevated green for your second shot is very difficult, definitely a finesse shot. I hit it up, rolled back a bit and happened to pitch it in from there. On that day in '65, it worked out well for me."
Over the more than eight decades that Jack has played golf, most of us can imagine the many changes he has experienced in the game of golf over those 80-plus years. Among the most notable, from Jack's perspective has been the innovations in club design and materials fabrication that have allowed golfers to drive the ball further and with more accuracy. That said, Jack points out that course architects course designers have responded to equipment technology, extending the length of holes, adding challenging fairway obstacles and more challenging green construction, factors that collectively have resulted in creating more frustrations for golfers.
"Metal heads, titanium shafts, ball composition and compression … there are so many advancements that enhance the game," Jack says. "The equipment manufacturers have done a lot to supposedly make it easier to play. But I'm sorry, the game is never easy. Players today are more athletic, strong and fit and really work hard on their training, not only physically, but psychologically. Having a psychologist along when I was playing was unheard of."
Shooting his age … at 87!
Among the many highlights on Jack's golfing dossier — the many birdies, countless middle-of-the-fairway drives, and yes even the miraculous birdies to secure a championship — there is one accomplishment (aside from bettering his brother to capture the State Amateur title in 1949) that remains among the most rewarding for him.
"I shot my age the first time when I was 67 years old," Jack recalls. "That was 20 years ago. I actually shot a 66 at a tournament that same year and have shot my age every year since then. As they say so many times, it gets easier every year, you know. That number just keeps getting higher."
Career Highlights of a Golfing Legend
• Began playing golf in 1930 at age 7
• Won State Amateur Title [Iowa] twice (1949 and 1960)
• Golf coach at Atlantic [Iowa] High School
• Golf Pro at Edgewood Golf Course [Fargo] in 1960 at age 37
• Golf Pro at Fargo Country Club in 1964 for 3 years
• Course Pro at Wakonda Country Club [Des Moines] for 19 years, beginning in 1967
• Golf instructor at Des Moines Golf & Country Club for 26 years
• U.S. National Amateur Tournament
• Two-time qualifier for the U.S. PGA Tournament (1968 and 1969)
• Played in the USGA National Senior Open Tournament four times
• First shot his age at 67 and has done so every year since
The Village Family Service Center assists in fulfilling a family dream for Doosan staff member and his wife
SOURCE: Bobcat North Dakota Daily Open Newsletter, August 2013
When Aaron and Kari were married in November of 2004, among their many shared dreams was to become parents. Whenever the subject of children and parenthood surfaced, the couple's debate was not when, but rather, how many. Aaron, a segment application marketing manager for Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment (parent company of Bobcat), and his bride revisited that dream often during the first several years of their marriage however, after receiving a discouraging medical diagnosis that they would likely not be able to conceive, the subject of children took a much different turn. That's when the couple reached out to The Village Family Service Center
At the suggestion of their pastor, Aaron and Kari first contacted Lutheran Social Services to inquire about the adoption process. It was during that visit the couple learned the two organizations work collaboratively to help couples become parents and families.
"Adoption certainly wasn't a decision Kari and I made overnight," Aaron says. "Ultimately, it was the best solution for us." The Village Family Service Center was there to guide us through each step in the process, answer all our questions and assist us in every way possible. It seemed a bit daunting at first, both logically and emotionally, but The Village made it really easy. Now, we have been blessed with an awesome little boy who has made our dream of becoming parents come true."
Julie Kloster, the adoption counselor at The Village who consulted with Aaron and Kari throughout says the foundation of the process is openness and communication.
"When both the adoptive and birth parents understand that ultimately, each wants what is in the best interest of the child, the process becomes less fearful," Kloster says. "It begins by establishing a comfort level that stems from an open and honest assessment of shared values. Adoption services have evolved far beyond the once-held traditional views of many people. Open adoption offers the opportunity for birth parents to have a voice in choosing their child's future, and most importantly, to be connected to the child as he or she grows up. We work with both the birth and adoptive family to develop the type of adoption that is mutually compatible for all."
Although Aaron and Kari recognize there are children all over the world that need a loving home, the West Fargo couple chose the North Dakota Infant program because they also felt there were children locally with the same needs. They also desired a child that had a heritage similar to theirs. The North Dakota Infant program was also within the couple's financial means, another factor that is also an important consideration of the adoption process. This is one of several adoption options offered and facilitated by The Village.
"Our counselor was absolutely awesome and made the whole process easy to follow," Kari says. "Working through the various stages of the adoption process is quite emotional, but Julie really understood the psychological aspects of adoption, as well as the legal, and was there at every step to lend support."
Since 1891, The Village Family Service Center has helped area children and families improve their lives. Established initially as a home for orphaned children, The Village existed at that time primarily as a sanctuary for those who often had no place to go. But over the years, it became more apparent that it wasn't just kids who were in need of help, so The Village began to expand service offerings to include individual and family counseling, child care, mentoring and adoption — even financial counseling and workplace issues management.
Today, the Village reaches out to more than 80,000 people every year, and continues to adapt services to meet the changing needs of modern life, and has been the sole beneficiary of The Bobcat North Dakota State Open since Bobcat Company became the tournament's corporate sponsor in 1984.
"Our longstanding partnership with Bobcat Company is a perfect example of what is right about the folks of our community and our region," said Gary Wolsky, president and CEO of The Village Family Service Center. "The generous support of Bobcat Company through the years means that kids and families get the extra help they need. We're building a brighter future one family at a time. Aaron, Kari and Matthew's story is a testament to this."
"Becoming parents obviously changed our life in many ways, all of which were awesome," Aaron says. "The Village has given us something we had dreamed of since we got married. We often say that we can't remember what our lives were like before Matthew arrived. Thanks to the good folks at The Village, the disappointment we faced when learning we would be unable to become biological parents has long been forgotten. Matthew is not our adopted son; he is our son, pure and simple."
The Dakotas Tour is a developmental tour that has served as a starting point for many young pros coming out of college, wanting to sharpen their game prior to a shot at the PGA, Nationwide or Champions tours. The Dakotas Tour is a 19-event professional golf tour played in the Midwest states of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and North and South Dakota. Professional golfers play for a total of approximately $750,000 over the course of a quick nine weeks, starting the week before the Fourth of July and ending the week after Labor Day.
The Village Family Service Center strengthens individuals, families and organizations through behavioral health services. Expertly trained counselors improve the lives of those dealing with a wide range of issues – addiction, depression, trauma, debt, unplanned pregnancy, and more. The Village also offers mentoring programs, truancy intervention, an employee assistance program, workplace training, and consulting services. Its adoption services trace back to its founding as a home for orphaned children in 1891. As times change, The Village's work evolves to meet current community needs. Today, The Village has offices in 15 communities across North Dakota and Minnesota, and reaches more than 80,000 people each year.
As North Dakota's largest manufacturer, Bobcat Company is the world leader in the engineering, manufacture, and marketing of compact equipment, with more than 3,000 employees worldwide.
Bobcat® equipment works behind the scenes to help maintain some of the world's most prestigious courses. Products such as the Bobcat all-wheel steer loader and the Toolcat™ utility work machine are preferred by golf superintendents because of their low impact on sensitive turf.


text:
Liberian officials are criticizing an Amnesty International report alleging Liberian security forces have used authority under the current state of emergency to commit gross human rights abuses. The report by the London-based human rights group is prompting political opponents of Liberian president Charles Taylor, to renew their calls for improved security conditions in the country.
Liberian Defense Minister Daniel Chea angrily rejected the Amnesty report. In remarks to VOA, the Minister charged that Amnesty International did not take into account what he says is the threat that rebels with the group known as Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, LURD, is presenting to the country.
President Charles Taylor pointed to that concern in February when he imposed a state of emergency for an indefinite period of time. The measure allows authorities to arrest and hold, without trial, people who are suspected of taking part in rebel activities. Since February, a number of journalists and activists have been jailed after criticizing the state of emergency.
Political opponents of Mr. Taylor have said the government has failed to provide convincing evidence that rebel attacks have warranted the imposition of a state of emergency. They have accused him of using the measure as a tool to consolidate his power, as he tries to maintain public support ahead of presidential elections next year.
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who ran against Charles Taylor in the 1997 elections, is one of a number of Liberian opposition leaders who is living in exile. Speaking to VOA at her home in Abidjan, she said the Taylor government must improve its human rights record if it wants the international community to believe next year's elections will be free and fair.
Mrs. Johnson-Sirleaf said prominent opponents of the government have not been harassed because the government seeks to avoid the negative publicity that it would get by harming them. But she said the average person, whose death or mistreatment would go unnoticed by the media, remains extremely vulnerable in the current conditions.
"There are many politicians who are there, who are resident there, and who continue to live relatively safely. So we have to say that. But that does not mean that Liberia is safe," she said.
That's the problem: It's the uncertainty of what could happen and the lack of recourse if something were to happen. That's what makes it unsafe. The confidence [is not there] that I can go to bed and sleep every night and not care whether or not something will happen to me; or that I can drive the street and if I run into some problem that I know I can be safe; or know that even if I have a problem, that I can go to a court and can seek redress. It's that uncertainty that makes it unsafe and that's what needs to be addressed," she said.
Opposition politicians who met in Nigeria last month called on the Taylor government to improve security in the country, before next year's elections. The government has invited opponents to attend a reconciliation conference in Monrovia in July.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
|Message view
|« Date » · « Thread »
|« Date » · « Thread »
|"Konstantin Boudnik (JIRA)" <j...@apache.org>
|[jira] Commented: (HDFS-644) Lease recovery, concurrency support.
|Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:20:16 GMT
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-644?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12759803#action_12759803 ] Konstantin Boudnik commented on HDFS-644: ----------------------------------------- Bummer... Yes, you're right of course > Lease recovery, concurrency support. > ------------------------------------ > > Key: HDFS-644 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-644 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: data-node, hdfs client, name-node > Affects Versions: Append Branch > Reporter: Konstantin Shvachko > Assignee: Konstantin Shvachko > Fix For: Append Branch > > Attachments: leaseRecovery.patch > > > Lease recovery happens if hdfs client does not renew its leases within an hour. Lease recovery triggers block recovery if the block has not been completed during normal write or append operations. Name-node initiates such block recovery by sending BlockRecoveryCommand to data-nodes (via reply to a heartbeat). There could be a race condition if some data-nodes still recover the block when the name-node decides to start a new recovery because the previous one did not complete. This issue should take of the race condition by introducing recovery ids. It should also implement the new recovery protocol, which is described in the append design document, -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
|View raw message


text:
The National Service Life Insurance program was founded on Oct. 8, 1940, for individuals who served in World War II, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. From 1940 to April 25, 1951, the program issued approximately 22 million permanent life and renewable term insurance policies.Continue Reading
The maximum face amount of a National Service Life Insurance policy is $10,000. As of 2015, about 950,000 policies are still in force and paying annual dividends, explains the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Policy holders can use the dividends to purchase additional paid-up insurance. Policyholders who become totally disabled before they reach 65 years old are eligible for disability benefits under certain policies. The average policyholder age is 81 years old.Learn more about Insurance


text:
cURL error 35: SSL connect error
A feed could not be found at http://www.dallascowboys.com/cda-web/rss-module.htm?tagName=News
In 1960 I cast my first vote for a United States President. I remember paying my Poll Tax ($1.75 tax that allowed one to vote) and the white guys at work made fun of me by telling me, "Well James, you're now a full fledge Mexican American! Without a Poll Tax you're just a plain old Mexican!" Not offended by my white co-workers comments we all had a good laugh.
Aside from the racial comments made by my white co-workers some soon became upset with me when I told them I was going to vote for Senator John F. Kennedy, a Catholic. Some responded, "James, the Pope is going to be running the United States if this clown (JFK) gets elected! We don't want any high official of the Catholic Church running our country!" My only response to them was that I, with my vote, wanted to prove that a Catholic without any interference from the Catholic Church hierarchy could govern our country.
It had had been 32 years since JFK; a Catholic had made a run for the presidency. In 1928, Al Smith, a Catholic and a Democrat, lost to Herbert Hoover, a Republican! In the end, the Republicans were identified with the booming economy of the 1920s, whereas Al Smith, a Roman Catholic, suffered politically from Anti-Catholic prejudice which was associated with Hoover winning by a landslide victory. Hoover's victory was short lived when the Great Depression occurred during his watch. From that point forward the Depression made it very difficult for a Republican to occupy the White House for many years. Thus, Democrats came into power in 1933 under the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) who to my knowledge held the presidency for 3 terms (1933-1945). Though the United States had not recovered totally from the Great Depression under President Roosevelt, World War II quickly grew the economy out of the Depression with the help of the war machinery industry, which helped tremendously to put many people back to work.
Besides hearing negative comments about me voting for a Catholic in 1960, I also heard many unsavory comments hurled at the Republican candidate, former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, for President Dwight Eisenhower. Unbeknown to many, President Eisenhower was despised by many segregationists like Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus, a Democrat, for allowing black students to enroll in white public schools and colleges in 1957. Gov Faubus intervened by sending the National Guard to stop the integration of Arkansas schools. However, few blacks and others are unaware that President Eisenhower sent United States Army troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to protect black children who enrolled in previously all white public schools from harassment and physical harm from anti black racists and the Klan. I vividly recall anti Nixon slurs like, "I'm not voting for no N-loving Republican!" So here you have it folks, Texas Democrats not knowing whether to vote for a N-loving Republican or a Catholic! By the slimiest popular vote ever (34,220,984 JFK — 34,109,157 Nixon) the Catholic Democrat beat the supposed black loving Republican. JFK by the way carried Texas, which was then a Democrat stronghold state.
Needless to say, my initial exposure in voting for a President was an eye opener for me, which left a lasting impression that sort of shaped my political philosophy. "How so James?" some might ask. Well folks, as a Hispanic, I endured the discrimination many blacks underwent along with Hispanics during those troubling times. To be quiet honest, I should have voted for Nixon instead of JFK being of the terrible discrimination Hispanics endured in those years. But, my desire for a Catholic to lead our nation made me side with the Democrat Catholic candidate.
Living in a predominately Hispanic and Democrat stronghold in North Fort Worth I often was asked by those seeking political office for my help due to my involvements in my Catholic parish, as a newspaper writer and fund raiser. Often, I would help those Hispanic Democrats who were well educated and had a genuine interest to improve our Hispanic community. I never helped those individuals who were affiliated with radical Hispanic groups or were community activists. Again, I'd make political enemies with those, though Democrats, who were against those I supported. As the old saying goes, "I couldn't win for losing!"
In the 1980s I openly supported President Ronald Reagan, much to the disgust of my Hispanic neighbors and supposedly friends. And when President Reagan cleaned President Carter's clock that infuriated my Hispanic neighbors even more. When President Reagan won his second term, the hatred by Hispanics towards me became more intense, but I welcomed it and often challenged those who disagreed with me much to their disgust. My answer was simple, "This is America and you and I can vote for whoever the hell we want!"
By now, some of you are wondering why I rendered this account of my voting experience with the title of my piece. Folks, I voted the 1st day of early voting. My wife went later. While there my wife told me an elderly gentleman was livid when they wouldn't allow him to vote. Seems that the gentleman had recently moved into our precinct and had not received his voting registration certificate. Though he had all sorts of identification and his former voting certificate from his previous precinct he was held back. He then began to shout, "I'm a Korean and Vietnam veteran and I went to fight for this country for our freedoms! I'm going to have leg surgery tomorrow and I don't know if I can come back before the polls close on Nov. 6th! Ya'll are not allowed to ask minorities and even those who are here illegally for a voter ID and here ya'll are treating me like I'm not worthy to vote though I went to fight for our country!" My wife, a Hispanic, stated, "James, I hate to say this, but I agreed with the vet!"


text:
Your Price:
Checking inventory..
This sheet of temporary tattoos — featuring two different, vibrant team logo options — gives you a festive way show your Pirates spirit! They're easy to apply and perfect for that last little accent to your game day garb.
Stay updated on sales, new items and more:
©2018 Fanatics, Inc., All Rights Reserved. No portion of this site may be reproduced or duplicated without the express permission of Fanatics, Inc.


text:
I am so happy to have my jewelry at Fremont Jewelry Design, 3510 Fremont Place North, Seattle, WA. Lisa Magetteri, founder & owner is an old friend and an all-a-round great gal. We got to know each other so long ago I had forgotten how we met. She reminded me that once upon a time we were both getting our "GG's" graduate gemology training from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and there was a week long workshop down in Portland, OR which we attended together and were roomates. Lisa took the 12 stone challenge for colored gemstone grading and passed. I was taking my diamond grading exams and passed.
Lisa continued and completed her GG, were as I got accepted into graduate school at the UW and never finished the final colored gemstone exam. But now she is the successful owner of a very cool art jewelry gallery in the funky-cool neighborhood of Fremont. If you're in Seattle go by and visit her gallery.
Another opportunity to view and buy my jewelry will be at the Allied Arts of Whatcom County, 30th Annual Holiday Festival of the Arts. It will be held at 3548 Meridian Street in Bellingham for the five weeks before Christmas starting November 19th. While my more important (ie. expensive) pieces are at the Fremont jewelry Design Gallery, my more fun and affordable work will be available at the "Holiday Festival of the Arts." What is really cool is that I bid on and won a box of jewelry display props at the Seattle Metals Guild's Symposium last weekend. Here are some of the pieces that I will be featuring at the Hoilday Festival.
Tags: allied arts, holiday festival, jewelry
Categories: Artwork | Beads | Jewelry, silver, gemstones, pearls
So, here is the pendant that was on the cover of Lapidary Journal/Jewelry Artist, March 2010. Photo by Doug Yaple
I was wearing it at the SNAG conference in Houston with a double strand of pistachio colored fresh-water pearls and it looked fabulous (photo to come soon).
The other thing I wanted to show is a Swivel Locket, which I just sent in to Lapidary Journal/Jewelry Artist for publication sometime this summer. I don't want to spoil the thunder for the magazine to publish it first, but I have a Swivel Locket workshop coming up on April 11th at The Ranch and I wanted to build some excitement for that event. This is a very elaborate version of the locket we will be making in the workshop and I was so happy with the way it turned out. Even my son said it looked like something from "ancient royal times." Photo by Doug Yaple
Tags: silver, jewelry, gold, pink tourmaline, gemstones, nanz aalund
Categories: Artwork | Jewelry, silver, gemstones, pearls
I am so excited. I have been researching and developing these laser cut acrylic Matrix Dies since 2004 and I now have them available for everyone with the Paypal on my new Etsy store. There are Five shapes, Square, Triangle, Diamond, Rectangle, and Oval in sets of three sizes; 1-inch, 3/4-inch, and 1/2-inch for $20.00 a set.
The 1/2 inch acrylic Matrix Dies hold up really well. I have taught with them for the last 5 years to make sure they will hold up under regular use. In fact the first set of acrylic Matrix Dies, which I cut myself on the University of Washington's laser cutter in 2003 are still the ones I use to teach. I used the laser cut prototypes for these Matrix Die sets to make the bracelets and locket shown here. Just imagine the kind of artistic jewelry you can make with these laser cut Matrix Dies.
I have used my laser cut matrix dies with the 12-ton Bonny Doon Lite Manual Press, a 12-ton home made hydraulic press, a Harbor Freight floor model hydraulic press (scary), and the Mark III Bonny Doon 20-ton Deep Draw Press with the 4-inch riser block in place. The clear acrylic allows you to see your roll-printed metal through the die and capture just the part of your pattern you want to have on your piece of jewelry.
To use: peal off the protective paper film, use the die to select the area of your patterned metal, leave 1/4-inch of metal around all edges of the open area of the die, tape the metal in place over the open area of the die. Place the 1/2 inch thick acrylic Matrix Die down on the base platen with nothing underneath it. Stack the urethane on top of the metal, which is on top of the die. Pump the hydraulic press to achieve a 3-D formed shape. Anneal the metal and repeat the pressing to get a deeper draw. Thinner gauges of metal work best on the smaller shapes.
I have even used the dies in ways that they were not designed to be used to see how the 1/2-inch thick acrylic would respond. It is important when using these acrylic Matrix Dies to place them on the solid base platen of the hydraulic press (or on a solid riser block) and not on a urethane pad nor on top of the silver or copper, as improper stacking may cause the dies to crack.
Tags: hydraulic press, matrix dies, jewelry tools, jewelry making, art jewelry, gold, silver, jewelry
Powered by BlogEngine.NET 126.96.36.199
Theme by Mindfly


text:
I will start from the top left corner of the picture.
Bliss lemon + sage body butter: I fell in love with this brand when I was traveling in the States, while I stayed at W hotel. They had this brand in their washroom and had a Bliss spa at the hotel. I couldn't get enough of their products while I was there, and ended up buying some for home. This product is very rich and is perfect for the harsh Canadian winter. I personally love the smell but I have met people that dislike it a lot because it have a sage smell to it. I will try and buy any products from Bliss :)
Dewytree Aqua keeper panda mask: yup the mask have a panda pattern. That is the reason I purchased it. The size of the mask is a little smaller than the average Korean mask. It works great, but I think it was not worth paying the extra for the panda pattern.
Dewytree honey moist black sheet mask: I love this honey mask. It's simple. 20 min on my face and it fixes all my dry and redness issue. I usually put it on my face before I go to sleep and I always wake up looking great even with little sleep the night before. I always keep extra one in my mask box.
Body shop honey & oat 3in 1 scrub mask: the mask smells great but it is a messy face mask. I find it hard to clean up for a facial mask. Therefore I have used it as a body scrub instead. I will most likely will not purchase this again.
Julep luxe care hand cream: honestly I haven't finished this product but I think it expired already. I have always loved julep products .. Even when there are times I did not like their customer service and I find it crazy that their skincare/body product are usually not full. Note, their customer service have improved a lot. It's just I remember the old times. Anyhow, I got this hand cream as a set with some oil of them. Yes that expired too.. Smells pretty bad when I tossed it. I remember this product did worked and there was a time I liked it. However, it isn't something I will purchase again.
Body shop papaya body butter: I really really love body shop products. I like most of the smells, plus I think their stuff really works. Like half of my shower and body products are from them. It is something I will buy again in a sale.
Kiehl's midnight recovery concentrate: to me this product reminds me of the Korean facial oil but with a much higher price tag. I am glad I got this as a sample.
Mac amplified cream lipstick: I love this lipstick. It stays on great and it never tries up my lips. I usually get their lip gloss from this brand.. It's more like the only makeup I uses are lip products. I am a big believer that less is more and I am too lazy to wake up earlier to apply makeup.
The face shop hwansaenggo gold cream: this cream is very rich and have a strong herbal smell. I don't mind this smell as long as it works.. Since it works.. Yeah! It's something that I will be willing to buy a full size.
Missha all around safe block 50: non grasses plus have a high spf. I used the sample on my face and I feel it works great. It have a higher spf than my innisfree one. So I might consider switching to this after my bottle is done.
Mizon water max aqua gel cream: I did like this sample from roseroseshop. It is for sure something I will look into buying in the future.
Innisfree volcanic nose pack: I have an habbit of using nose pack once a week and this one of often my go to one. It is easy to find online, works great, good price.
Tatcha ageless enriching renewal cream: I adore this brand. I like the story behind how it started, I love their products, and I love what they are doing. Only thing I don't like is the price it cost to ship to Canada. It is something that I can only buy when I travel to the states. The sample I finished works great, and I have a full size waiting to be open. :)
HolikaHolika good cera super cream: it's an average cream, not something I will buy a full size.
DermaLift intensiderm Aqua rich cream: it have a light blue colour but goes on clear. Helps with my dry ski for sure. I really like it, but I cannot find a place that sells it.


text:
Need a quote?
Save time and we'll contact 5 reputable Chair alarm companies for you
Click here!
Welcome to the Chair alarm business to business directory. Here you will find manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of Chair alarm, Alarm Systems, Alarms and Attack Alarms around the UK.
3 Melbourne House, Corby Gate Business Park, Priors Haw Road, Corby, Northants, NN17 5JG, United Kingdom
Leading suppliers of radio nurse call alarm systems and lone worker personal alarms, using a wireless message alerting system. Also supplying attack alarms, disability equipment such as disabled toilet alarms, smoke alarms for deaf people, falls prevention and epilepsy seizure alarms. Other products include remote control power sockets, restaurant waiter calling system, mains power failure alarms and more.
De Montfort House, Enterprise Way, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 1GS, United Kingdom
For more than 20 years Guardian have been leading manufacturers of staff attack systems and call alarms for service users and staff. Our systems Exceed NHS, Mental Health & home office requirements and is just one reason why we supply such a large range of standard and specialist products to clients across the World.
Hinde House, George Street Industrial Estate, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7LJ, United Kingdom
Specialist Alarm Services are a UK specialist in nurse call alarms and staff attack radio systems for the medical and nursing industry. As a leading specialist in the industry we have indepth knowledge of attack alarms, nurse call alarms, nursing equipment, radio systems and nursing home systems offering unrivalled products and system support.
Fulham Green, Bedford House, 69-79 Fulham High Street, London, sw6 3jw, United Kingdom
Fall prevention specialists, Turun UK are leading suppliers of fall prevention equipment and nurse call systems for use in UK care homes, hospitals and the nursing & healthcare industry. Fall prevention equipment includes, departure alert systems, fall alarms, fall prevention monitors and wandering patient monitors.


text:
Tim Thomas: Assessing the Legacy of Former Bruins GoalieMarch 1, 2013
Earlier this season, the Boston Bruins parted ways with a player who spent eight years making fans hold their breath, experience heart palpitations, cry tears of joy and scratch their heads in disbelief.
Tim Thomas is headed to New York to become a member of the Islanders. The B's will get a conditional second-round pick in return; that is, the pick will only be given to Boston if Thomas either plays a game for the Islanders or is traded by the club.
But let's forget the details of the trade and focus on the player.
Tim Thomas is a Michigan boy who played his college hockey right here in New England at the University of Vermont. Thomas always believed that he was NHL material, but it wasn't until the goaltender was 28 years old that he finally made his NHL debut with Boston.
October 19, 2002. Thomas stopped 31 of 34 shots fired by the Edmonton Oilers in his first career victory. Eleven days later, he stopped 33 of 35 pucks against the Washington Capitals for his second win in as many chances. But that would be his last action until April, when he went 1-1 in two more starts to round out his campaign.
Thomas didn't see the ice again at the NHL level until the 2005-2006 season. It was January 10, 2006, nearly three years since his last appearance with the Bruins. And as luck would have it, he gave up one goal on seven shots in a relief appearance against the Sharks. That goal was the game-winner, and Thomas was handed the loss.
At this point in the goaltender's career, all hope may have been lost.
Thomas was 31 years old the day of that game in 2006, and he was set to turn 32 in April. He'd never sustained any work in the NHL, having appeared in just five games.
He had been battling, and would continue to battle, for starting nods against the likes of Andrew Raycroft, Hannu Toivonen, Manny Fernandez and eventually Tuukka Rask.
After all, why would the Bruins commit to a 30-something goalie with so much promising young talent in the mix?
Peter Chiarelli—who was hired as the Bruins' general manager in May of 2006—had figured it out.
He realized that Raycroft, Toivonen and Fernandez weren't keepers. He shipped Andrew Raycroft to Toronto for Tuukka Rask before the 2006 entry draft.
How about that trade, eh?
The following season, Thomas played in a career-high 66 games for the Bruins in what marked the moment that Boston put their faith in the journeyman.
In that same off-season, the Bruins—technically being managed by interim GM Jeff Gorton at the time—reeled in what became one of the franchise's biggest free agent signings in history. The club inked Zdeno Chara, previously of the Ottawa Senators (the same team that Chiarelli had been working for) to a five-year, $37.5 million deal.
Chara, as you know, has worked out.
Back to Thomas.
The goaltender played well in his first two seasons as the number one, but it wasn't until his third season that he really began to write his legacy.
In the 2008-09 season, Thomas was downright spectacular in a Vezina trophy-winning campaign. He posted a 36-11-7 record, a 2.10 goals against average and a 0.933 saves percentage.
The Bruins fell short in the playoffs, though, in Game 7 to the Carolina Hurricanes.
The following season, we got another one of those messages that it just might not be in the cards for Thomas to reach sustained stardom.
After starting the season as the club's top goaltender, young sensation Tuukka Rask seized the starting job from him. Rask had only appeared in five NHL games prior to the start of that season, but his numbers justified the switch. Tuukka posted a 22-12-5 record with a gaudy 0.931 saves percentage and a microscopic 1.97 goals against average.
The latter two statistics led the NHL.
His collapse, though, came in an infamous series against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Boston had a 3-0 series lead, and... well, need we revisit history? I think not.
Nonetheless, Rask was the starter.
The key piece of the trade that opened the door for Thomas in Boston had come back a few years later to seemingly close it. Tuukka was the franchise goalie, and that was that. Thomas would be a backup for what was left of his wacky, roller-coaster career. That's what any sane person would have thought, anyway.
At the start of the next season, Rask was the definite starter, fresh off a stellar campaign riddled by a haunting Game 7 loss. Thomas was the backup. The exact opposite circumstances from the previous season's beginning.
And, quite eerily, the season progressed in a similar way as well.
Thomas stole the starting job from Rask—at no great fault of the young goaltender—when he stood on his head game after game en route to establishing the Bruins as a powerhouse. Chiarelli had finally built a winning formula with a few years in the business, and the wild style of Thomas seemed to perfectly complement his squad.
In one of the best regular seasons a goaltender has ever had—ignoring the historic playoff run that awaited—Thomas posted a 35-11-9 record with a 0.938 saves percentage and a 2.00 goals against average.
He had nine shutouts.
I won't get cliché and start poetically depicting the Stanley Cup run that ensued, but you all know the story's ending.
Thomas won the Conn Smythe trophy with ease in the 2011 playoffs, posting an absurdly impressive 0.940 saves percentage and 1.97 goals against average. He went 16-9 in those 25 games, posting four shutouts and winning three Game 7s.
The following season was a struggle filled with controversies, quirks and disappointments, and it was the final season Thomas would ever play for the Bruins.
That isn't what I wish to focus on, though.
This goaltender deserves better than that. This goaltender deserves to have his best moments discussed, not his worst.
Tiny Thompson. Frank Brimsek. Gerry Cheevers. Tim Thomas.
Those were the goaltenders for the Bruins in their six Stanley Cup championship seasons. Brimsek and Cheevers each won it twice. Thompson and Thomas won it once.
And whether old-timers want to admit it or not, our weird, anti-Obama, crazy-flopping goaltender of the new age belongs right in the mix with those other guys as one of the best Bruins goalies of all-time.
Of all six winning teams, Thomas's team snapped the longest drought in the franchise's history. It had been 39 years since the Bruins had won a Stanley Cup, and Timmy put the team on his back for an entire season.
He may not have won as many Cups as Brimsek or Cheevers, but one could argue it may have been the best performance in the most significant win of the six.
When it comes to individual accolades, Thomas reeled in two Vezina trophies. Tiny Thompson collected four during his tenure with the Bruins, Brimsek gathered two, and Cheevers didn't win one.
For his career, Thomas showcases a goals against average of 2.48. While that is a far cry from Tiny Thompson's 2.08 career GAA, it remains better than the 2.70 and the 2.89 averages held by Brimsek and Cheevers, respectively.
Thomas has a career saves percentage of 0.921, but saves percentage wasn't consistently calculated during the careers of the other three goalies.
I cannot sit here and argue that Tim Thomas is the best goalie of all-time. I can't even argue confidently that he is the best to ever wear the "spoked B" on his chest.
But what is undeniable is that he belongs in the conversation.
He belongs in the same class as those Bruins' greats, regardless of his quirky antics off the ice. He acted up a bit in his final days in Boston, but consider the bigger picture.
Consider what the man has been through.
He will be 39 years old in April. He fought until he was 31 just to get a legitimate shot in the NHL. Most goalies would call it quits. Most athletes would call it quits.
Lingering in the minors is no fun, especially when you're the only one in the locker room who is almost a decade removed from college.
Thomas stuck with it. He never gave up.
And pardon me if I'm over simplifying, but Bruins fans ought to be damn happy he never gave up. Because if he had, that Stanley Cup drought would be approaching 41 years this spring.
Tim Thomas may never play a game for the Islanders. He may never play another game in the NHL. But as we begin the post-Thomas era, choose not to reflect on his actions in politics, the media or anything else.
Instead, reflect on his actions on the ice.
Those are the ones that made him an ever-lasting piece of Bruins history.


text:
Are you brand new to Twitter? Here is a great guide from Mashable (with more information than you could know what to do with), but we'll start you out with a few FAQs:
- What does RT mean? If you like a tweet, you can retweet it to your followers. Twitter allows you to just retweet a tweet with the press of a button.
- What does MT mean? This is a modified tweet, so used when you change a tweet in someway before retweeting it (eg: MT @someoneawesome: An amazing video of a tornado).
- What are quote tweets? A newer Twitter trend is to tweet as a quote. This allows you to save precious character space and include the entire tweet that you'd like to comment on, or RT. Try this option (also a press of a button) to add more to the conversation at hand.
- What does h/t mean? This means 'hat tip' and is a way of pointing out that you were alerted to the info in the tweet by someone else (eg: Today is World Outreach Day! h/t to @someone for reminding me)
- What's a hashtag? A hashtag (#) is a way of categorizing a tweet. Just add a "#" before any word and you've hashtagged it. Use hashtags to get noticed and add followers, to organize tweets by similarity (like for an event), or to just have fun. We will be using the hashtag #SciFund so please add this when tweeting about the class.
As an important thing, you should use Tweetdeck. Tweetdeck is a free app that you can use directly in your browser to manage Twitter and that makes your Twitter experience much easier. Although you can use Twitter without Tweetdeck (or other Twitter management apps), you probably don't want to. Tweetdeck works just on desktop or laptop computers (that is, there is no Android or iOS version of Tweetdeck).
Next, send your first tweet. Once you are set up with Twitter and Tweetdeck, send a tweet saying hello to me (@jranganathan), Anthony Salvagno (@Thescienceofant), us (@SciFund), and whoever is the class instructor for your first hangout (here is a Twitter list of the instructors). Remember to use the #SciFund hashtag in your tweet.
How do you send a tweet in Tweetdeck? There are a set of icons in the leftmost column, the top one of which is used to send new tweets (see 1 in the image below).
Finally, add a #SciFund column in Tweetdeck. Tweetdeck allows you to highly customize the information that Twitter provides. For example, Tweetdeck allows you to keep track of all tweets about this class. In Tweetdeck (here is a great guide, by the way), create a new column just for #SciFund tweets. You can do that very simply in Tweetdeck, by clicking the magnifying glass icon (that's for Search) in the left column (the icon is just below the New Tweet icon). Type "#SciFund" (minus quote marks) in the box that opens, and click the blue "Add Column" button at the bottom of the box. See picture below, for illustration. Note, you can make almost anything of interest a separate column.
To get used to Tweetdeck, add a column or two of interest (using the Add Column button from above). Move the columns left and right within Tweetdeck. The point is that you can fully customize Tweetdeck to put the information you need front and center. Once you are ready, you can find your audience using the power of Twitter. Let's do that now!
<< Previous: Part 2 – Finding Your Audience Next: Part 4 – Using Twitter to Find Your Audience >>


text:
Start your new smart life with GALAXY Y for young, dynamic mobile users on the go who want to stay in touch and connected. All the bells & whistles of an Android-driven smartphone with exciting apps, faster downloads, Wi-Fi connectivity on a more intuitive, enticing UI. Accessing web-based apps and mobile Internet has never been easier for a new generation always on the move. Stylish smarts are full-featured on this model including big 7.62cm (3) display and larger QWERTY keyboard but still compact. Welcome to a smarter, better life. Powerful performance meets stylish, compact design in the GALAXY Y. Strong processor, faster download speeds of 7.2Mbps makes this already a winner. Add the attractively compact form factor and 7.62cm (3) screen for ample viewing of videos and for playing games and you're really on top. The most up-to-date Android operating system provides a smoother user experience ramped up by amazing Google Mobile services that interface web-based applications with real life options in entertainment, leisure and lifestyle choices. Social Hub integrates your texts, messages, emails and SNS updates into a single chronological feed to be accessed at any time. Free Samsung Apps (and also paid) are both handy and invaluable, and make your life easier and more fun. Feel super connected with both wireless and wired options available to GALAXY Y. No worries about getting on the Internet with Wi-Fi (b/g/n) for more stable and secure wireless connections so you'll be able to send and access your online accounts anytime. Tethering application also enables Internet connection of your tablet or laptop via your handset. When you want to listen to the music, just plug in your headset to Samsung GALAXY Y, 3.5mm Ear jack fits your regular earphones, headphones and portable speakers. The US warranty is through Zezoo and not Samsung.
Samsung GT-S5360L Galaxy Y Unlocked Quad-Band 3G GSM Phone with Android OS, 3-Inch Touchscreen, 2MP Camera, Wi-Fi and GPS – US Warranty – White
August 13, 2012 by


text:
The Choice for Cody WY Hotels...
The Cody is located one-quarter mile from the Cody Rodeo Arena and Old Trail Town. The Cody Nite Rodeo operates every night from June 1 through August 31. Family activities in the Cody area include river rafting on the Shoshone River, trail rides on horseback, hiking and camping, guided sightseeing tours, sightseeing on the Cody Trolley, exceptional western historical experiences at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, fly fishing on the North Fork of the Shoshone River, and breathtaking sightseeing along the Beartooth Highway. The luxurious accommodations and superior services at The Cody make this the perfect place to base your daily sojourns into Yellowstone Country.
Check out our new 40" flat screen TV's in all of our guest rooms and 55" in some of our suites.
The Cody Hotel Specials:


text:
You can only message people who are following you. If you'd like to message this person, simply join our Recruiter Pro Plan.
Freelance illustrator
- Performing market research into competitor's prices, Korean comapnies contact details for opening new business opportunities - Managing the company's social media profiles and presence - Using social media to advertise positions and attract candidates - Offering job trainings and career advices to Korean candidates
- Performed market research, gather market intelligence and prepare various in depth analysis to supported decision-making process of the management - Prepared materials and presentations for new business opportunities, various meetings and assist Directors in conducting presentations to clients and business stakeholders - Managed customer relationship by providing customer advice, dealing with multiple requests and managing regular client correspondence - Provided full administrative and technical support to Directors such as dealing with ad-hoc requests, document management
- Supported in Marketing and Design campaign by creating Marketing material and Android application - Assistance in event management and customer relationship by organising various exhibitions and dealing with requests from press and media
Studied for 2 years then transferred to Wimbledon College of Art
Math, IT, Art


text:
Lower Windsor Township borrows equipment after fire
Lower Windsor Township borrows equipment after fire
LOWER WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
Lower Windsor Township officials are borrowing equipment from other communities after their maintenance building was destroyed by fire last week.
Personal vehicles of township workers were also destroyed.
Click here to see photos of the fire scene.
Township officials rented vehicles the workers who lost their personal vehicles.
Chanceford Township has loaned a dump truck. Windsor Township has loaned a backhoe and skid loader.
Two township trucks were not destroyed in the fire.