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Remember the new addition we're putting on our house? Andrew has been itching to get busy with things—there have been a few delays but we're set to have the contractor start next week. So itchy in fact that Saturday morning he suddenly woke up at 7 am, stretched, jumped out of bed all chipper-like and announced he was getting ready to "paint the house." His exact words.
I might have said something not too polite as I rolled over but sure enough when I finally dragged myself out of bed there he was, scraping away at the side of the house.
Scruncha-scruncha-scruncha and paint flakes were flying.
"Uh, what are you doing?" I said, doubtfully.
"I'm scraping the house."
"Okaaaaaay . . ."
We've been in our house almost seven years and we've tackled our fair share of home improvement projects and for not being a handy man Andrew's pretty good at handy-type stuff. He put down our laminate flooring on the main level, replaced all our windows and patio doors (including making these gorgeous fancy windowsills) and has generally proved to be a fabulous investment on my part.
But the last time we did anything I remembered him saying something about never ever ever ever ever ever EVER doing another project again, that he wanted to enjoy his summers and refused to be chained to a table saw and tool belt ever again. Something like that.
So I took him at his word and when we looked at remodeling it was with the assurance that we'd hire someone else to do everything so that Andrew could go catch those fish or train for his marathon or whatever guyish things he wanted to do without the fear of being nagged into submission by his wife.
BUT . . . when the bids came in and we were staring at cold, hard numbers 30% higher than we'd anticipated we had to economize by figuring out what we could do ourselves to get that price back down to where we could actually breathe again.
Suddenly Andrew (who's been so excited about this whole thing that he can hardly sleep—seriously, I don' t think he was this eager for the birth of our children as he has been for the addition on the house) started saying, "Hey, I can do that!" right and left until he now has plans to do all the demolition, painting and landscaping himself.
Which brings me to Saturday morning. He'd decided that since we were on schedule for construction he might as well get a jump on things by painting and it would be easier to paint the whole thing before the addition was finished so he would have less taping and prepping by ignoring the parts that were to be demolished.
So there he was, scraping the house and humming his tunes and having a grand old time.
I really didn't take him that seriously, I figured we'd paint whenever and it wasn't any rush or anything but the next thing I knew he was off to buy paint.
"Whoa there Bessie," I said. "So what color are 'we' painting the house?"
Whereupon he whips out The Color Chip. You see, back when we were in the design phase with Bruce Williams over at Black + White he'd presented us with the exterior materials along with some color chips that were his first choices. They were all the same color, just different shades, and for some reason seeing them next to the other materials on his desk they just looked good and we really liked the combination. We both quickly, confidently and at the same time pointed to the darkest chip saying "That one!" while Michael Gerace, Bruce's assistant, smiled and said, "That was my favorite too!"
With that kind of validation we just went on and never really thought more about it. We've been busy with other decisions and issues and it wasn't until Andrew started mumbling about buying paint that I really gave the color any further thought. As in "Is this color really the one that I want to present to the world as a first impression of my soul?"
So what color is it? Black. Yes black. Black Monday, black market, black widow, Black Sabbath, Black Death—black. It's one thing to look at a pile of colors and pick out one that goes well with the materials you'll be using and then it's another thing entirely to hold it up in front of your face, squint one eye and imagine an entire structure covered in it.
I know we'd picked it out but suddenly when I was put to the fire and Andrew was hyperventilating in excitement to get his hands on a sprayer I felt my previous confidence disappear and all I could see was one big Black House.
I mean who paints a house black? Seriously? Isn't it reserved for haunted houses and hearses and crematoriums—I'm pretty sure it states somewhere in the municipal code that you cannot, under any condition, paint your house black. Who cares if it looked good in the architect's office?
"What?" I said "Black? You're going to paint it black?"
"It's not black," he said, flipping the card over jauntily and pointing to the words on the back. "It's French Beret."
"French Beret."
"You're kidding me, right?"
"Nope, I like it."
"Well I did too before but picture a whole house in it." We weren't even going to use another color for the trim or doors, it was to be all one color.
"I have and it's going to look terrific!"
"But nobody paints a house black!"
"I told you, it's not black. I think it's going to surprise people at first but then once the addition is built they'll never notice it again."
"Oh yea, they'll be surprised all right—who knew that Gomez and Morticia were moving into the neighborhood?"
"No really, it's going to look good—"
"Oh and here's an idea—why don't we paint the trim red and maybe let the paint drip down a little for that little extra House o' Death look?"
"Okay now you're just being silly."
But he's serious about the black and went out and bought all the paint and is probably spraying away as you read this—unless the heavens combined against us to stop the abomination and sent rain. It's supposed to be darkest charcoal but I'm afraid it's just black and is going to freak the neighbors like nothing else. I tell you if we were to leave dead voodoo chickens in the yard I doubt it would be less effective in saying "Be afraid, be very afraid."
So why don't I stop him you ask? It's true I do wield the absolute veto in the matter and if I threw a fit he'd back off but he's so excited about the color. Tell me, when was the last time your husband got that thrilled about a paint chip? Hard to squash that kind of happiness isn't it? Plus there's a tiny part of me that wonders if maybe Bruce and Andrew were right and my initial gut reaction was right and it's going to look stunning. Well maybe "stunning" isn't the word I should use.
Oh and by the way, it's also dawned on me that when Andrew paints he's only painting the parts that will remain, not the parts that will be demolished so not only will we have a black house but until the whole thing is finished we're going to have a black house pock-marked with gray highlights around the front door and upper story windows.
Oh how the neighbors will love us. Especially the ones right across the street who just put their house up for sale—this will probably lower their home value by $50,000 just in one weekend.
Updated to ad: Thanks to ames at Yay Pie! I now have a Photoshopped representation of my new "Goth House" (her words). Though I'd point out the trim will also be "French Beret" it actually looks better than I thought--though that paint chip color on the monitor sure looks a lot lighter than it does in my hand. . . .
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Paint It Black
Remember the new addition we're putting on our house? Andrew has been itching to get busy with things—there have been a few delays but we're set to have the contractor start next week. So itchy in fact that Saturday morning he suddenly woke up at 7 am, stretched, jumped out of bed all chipper-like and announced he was getting ready to "paint the house." His exact words.
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52 comments:
- miriama said...
Hmmmm.....I am fascinated by your choice. I hope to see future pictures. Man, that takes guts and who knows? It just may look amazing. Keep us posted.
- my4kids said...
I'd love to see pictures but I can see your concern....mostly with the fact it will be unfinished to start...
I'll bet it does look amazing in the end though!
- SuburbanCorrespondent said...
Yes, we excel in trashing neighborhood property values also.
All black? No trim? Really?
- Anonymous said...
Whew! You've earned yourself 3 of those delicous Mango Lime Tartlets. They are calorie and fat free, for occassions like this.
Take Care,
- Jennifer said...
I know a little about freaking the neighbors out... Bruce and I decided to build a dome home (http://dome.brucesabin.com) and the reactions from the neighbors were oddly polite to say the least. Everyone else we knew told us straight out it was too odd, until they came to visit of course! Then they loved it. Now though, due to the economics of home ownership... it is for sale. Wanna move back to FL and finish the dome instead of remodeling your house? :)
- Kacie said...
Wow! That's so interesting. I'm totally hearing the Rolling Stones song "Paint it Black" in my head right now.
Can't wait to see final pictures!
- Anonymous said...
hmmmm...I google black house, and I saw two homes painted this colour, and they did not look that bad. They had white trim though...
anyways, good luck!
- Amy said...
That is a bold statement that you will make with that black :) Either you will be the neighborhood hero or the haunted house :) Snort!
I can't wait to see how it turns out!
- Pencil Writer said...
Painting one's house is often an emotional experience. I can only minimumly (is that a word?) relate to your side of the situation. I'm usually (only) the one who chooses colors to paint in or out of our house.
My husband struggles to "see" and appreciate my "vision" of the results--until the project is done. For our first house I chose cream for the exterior siding and charcoal for the trim. (It had orangy brick with charcoal mortar--not my choice--and this disgusting baby-poop yellowish, greenish, brownish disgusting color on the siding when we bought the place.) After the painting was completed, he admitted that it looked good!
Then when we moved into our current home several years ago, I don't even remember the color of the exterior trim, shutters, doors, etc. (My memory is SO bad these days!) But I planned to paint the trim (is it soffits or something like that?) a dark teal, the doors the same, but the shutters and door frames a much lighter teal. Same deal with my husband trying to envision and not making it work for him. When it was done, however, he liked it, too.
Weeeeeeeeeelllllll . . . our youngest daughter recently moved back home after college while she tries to locate employment. She's been dying to paint a room in the house red for about 5 years now and I've resisted, just on principle. This year, however, I caved. She'd tried several suggestions on the repainting of the kitchen and dining rooms--which are ajoined--and I just couldn't "go there." She's very artsy and I don't always like what she likes--plain and simple.
However, I've been in a home or two with red walls that was very nice looking! So, I took the bait this time and now, we have a red kitchen/dining room. The cabinets are stained wood, the floor whitish, counters, almond (and in need of replacing, actually--someday) with white appliances. It looks very dramatic. Michelle, we used some of that "blood red" color you mentioned possibly dripping off the eaves or something, just to put the neighbors off a little more with the black exterior of your "French Beret" colored siding and trim.
My husband has expressed his GREAT dislike for the color repeatedly. I actually love it! It's very rich looking.
Good luck on yours and Andrew's projects. Keep us posted.
Oh, our "red" color chip states the color and "hunter coat red" or something like that. My daughter said "it's blood red." I said, "Oh, yeah. The color of life!" She sniggered and said, "Or, the color of death." Morticia, where are you?
- Tim Appleton (Applehead) said...
I have to agree with Andrew here, it's not black. I do give you credit for not squashing his exuberance.( you're such a good wife...) The new neighbors across the street will just think they are moving into an eclectic neighborhood....
- Anonymous said...
That color chip you shared with us actually looks a bit gray. It'll be interesting to say the least....
- The Apron Queen said...
Oh my. This should be interesting. Reminded me of a story. My husband has been in Army x 20yrs. Never once had a single tattoo. (And most Army guys have lots of tattoos.) Got up out of bed one morning & declared excitedly that he was going to get a tattoo that day. I brushed him off & laughed. You can guess what he came home with though! Moral of the story: Pay attention to what you're husband says when he jumps out of bed all chipper & happy! :D
- Heather said...
Huh. Well, won't that be all cheery this winter?
My husband is one to say "I can do that myself" to save money too. Usually it works out okay.
- ewe are here said...
It may end up looking really cool...you really will have to post pictures of the finished paint job.
- tjhirst said...
The color chip looks charcoal on my monitor, and that's what we have on our house, mixed with red no less! My husband picked all the colors for our house and we get lots of compliments. Oh may you be brave, just keep telling yourself that and that it is process toward an end result. (Maybe you can paint that on a sign in front of your house for the neighbor's sake.)
- Polina said...
mmm... in reality paints rarely look the same as in the prints (even prints on the paint cans), it usually comes out to be a shade lighter than expected... so, may be you'd just have a French Beret Home, not black:) With some accents of lighter color it may look good. And it will be definitely DIFFERENT from all the rest houses around. It'll be UNIQUE (that is goood)...
I would also love to see pictures of the house when it is ready:)
- FearandParentinginLasVegas said...
oh my...why not let him "try it out" on the demo section first. That way you can see how it looks on and if you hate it, it's coming down anyway. Otherwise, let me know where I can send the Xanax to this winter....
- Mommy Cracked said...
Kind of reminds me of when my husband went Griswold with the outdoor Christmas decorations last year. But you hate to squash their enthusiasm. Can't wait to see the finished results!
- gretchen from lifenut said...
I'm dying to see the final result. There's nothing cuter than a giddy husband.
One of the people in our neighborhood just painted their house bright purple. Like Barney.
- Doll Clothes Gal said...
I think it is important to use different colors for rooms and a house. Gives it your character and identity.
- allysha said...
actually, I have seen some very classy black houses. So I am excited to see yours.
and hey, you have an enthusiastic paint scraper, and if you have to repaint, that's not too difficult, right!
- Scribbit said...
Yea I noticed that the monitor chip looks gray too but the real chip is much darker. It's going to be the kind of thing where straight on it looks dark but the wall at an angle will be lighter--Hard to say how it will turn out. The whole point it to have the addition part pop out and the dark neutral make the rest fade into the background. Could work. Maybe. Although it rained all night and Andrew's worried about doing it today after all. I think he may just tape things up, try priming and let it sit for another day to make sure it's dry enough.
- ames said...
sounds like it'd get hot in the summer, of course your alaskan weather is much different than ours I'm sure! I sent you an email in regards to this post, just to give you a heads up ;)
- Sarah said...
oh my...we'll definitely need to see pictures of this one...
- Daisy said...
Red trim dripping for a "house of death" look -- you crack me up. Be sure to post pix when it's finished!
- Marie N. said...
I think this must be a trend in the painting industry. I've seen a few homes in the metro Cleveland, OH area painted with these very dark gray colors. They actually looked quite nice, but they did have a light trim, (perhaps vanilla beret?).
- Shannon said...
I actually think the color looks nice. It's hard to tell until it's actually painted, though- I know this from experience ( :
I love 'the apron queens' comment, too- I think we should heed her wisdom ( :
- MiaKatia said...
Wow that is pretty black, but that is the tricky thing with paint, you never know how the final product will turn out. Hope it dries out today so your excited hubby can start painting.
- Sheri said...
I can't wait to see the finished product. As someone who has been begging her husband to paint for, oh, years, I can relate to not wanting to quash his enthusiasm. Still waiting for some of that to infect my husband, anytime now.
- Anonymous said...
Oh, I was on your side until I saw the Photoshopped possibility. Looks good! I think it'll turn out better than you think.
- Anonymous said...
That might actually look kind of cool when you're done...throw in some silver sconces around your garage, silver accents here and there...I'm kinda digging it...
It'll definitely stand out when all the snow comes... : )
- Anonymous said...
I thought the same thing when my husband wanted to paint the house yellow. For 100 years it was white, but then we came along and painted it yellow. Now I love it! We painted one wall and lived with it for a week before we bought the rest of the paint though.
I think your French Beret looks nice. It will contrast nicely with the snow. :)
- ~TAMY 3 Sides of Crazy~ said...
Just think how great the snow will contrast with the color in the winter! It looks nice.
- Brigitte said...
Thank you so much for commenting on my blog!!! I am a bit flabbergasted to be honest... I mean you're HUGE!! Not like fat (well maybe you are... I dunno), but I'm talking bout you being a huge, well-known blogging celebrity.
It's like the first, and only, time I met a movie star and I couldn't stop staring and smiling. Now my claim to fame no longer has to be (hold your breath) my cousin's SIL is in David Archuletta's ward. True story.
Well guess I don't need to lurk anymore. Good luck with the black paint job. I would KILL my neighbors if they painted their house black.
- Jennifer said...
I love whoever names the paint colors.....French Beret....!!
It is so hard with painting (among other things) to know until you see the finished product. That is the risky part that I tend to HATE :)
- Tabitha said...
Please show pictures of the house once it's painted. I'm excited to see it.
- jubilee said...
It's just paint right?! Riiiiiiight. BG
I am frequently having to check myself when The Calm One comes up with a new, large project or idea. My first reaction is always, "You want to do WHAT?!" And when I forget and actually say those words out loud he always replies, "Let me have 10 minutes of the dream before you crush it, OK?" Oops.
- L.H. said...
mmmm...the black works! I like! Thanks for the for visiting my blog!
- Ter said...
I'm interested to see what it looks like once it's painted.
Btw, my neighbor down the street has a charcoal grey and orange house. ;) yup, you heard me right. ;)
- Damselfly said...
"Tell me, when was the last time your husband got that thrilled about a paint chip? Hard to squash that kind of happiness isn't it?" Hee hee!
The picture doesn't look so bad. I think it looks Alaskan, but that's easy for me to say because sadly I've never been there.
- Flea said...
Oh no! Our neighbor painted their house charcoal. It was hideous at first, but we've all gotten used to it. Then someone told us that painting a house that black is something druggies who grow pot in their houses do. Maybe that's what you need to tell your Hunny.
We're in the process of choosing colors for our house and have been pleased to find pints of paint. I've been painting single panels with the colors we like, looking at them different times of day to get a feel for them. Bigger than a paint chip.
- Derick & Becky said...
I love this! My husband gets the same way. Good luck with this color, I hope it works out!
- All Rileyed Up said...
I think the photoshopped pic looks lovely, and just imagine how it will be in the winter with all the snow around it. Besides, French Beret is a wonderful name. No idea what it means or why they chose it, but wonderful nonetheless.
- Anonymous said...
ROFL! But, it looks okay so far! Good luck
- Sharlene said...
Can't wait to see how it turns out. Very interesting. i have never seen a black house. You must not have a HOA. Where I live your house has to be a shade of neutral or you know what hits the fan. Very boring. I like your sense of adventure!
- Janet said...
Actually I kinda like it, but you'll have to put some reflectors on it to find it in those Alaskan winters.
- Nan said...
Hmmmm, I like the way so many commenters have said how "Interesting" it looks!
Me, I say "Oh good grief! Don't do it! AaAArGh!"
On the other hand, paint is not so incredibly expensive and you can always re-paint. So GO Brave!!!
- K T Cat said...
A black house? Hmm. I'm not sure about this. How about a tuxedo house instead?
- Becca said...
There is a black house here in Pensacola and my eyes truly admire it every time we drive by. I believe some Amish houses are painted that color as well. Hope you enjoy the paint on your home!!
- Danica said...
There's a house near me that I thought was painted this color (a deep charcoal, sort of) with LIME GREEN TRIM, which I used to drive past on purpose because it was so shocking and looked so cool. And then the other day it was really sunny and I realized it was not charcoal at all but an EXTREMELY dark green. Live and learn?
- French Property said...
Live and learn yes you are right and no better experience to learn from your life which you see around you.
- shutters said...
How did it turn out? Here in the UK where I live you can't paint your house as its made of Bath Stone which is beautiful and is to porrous to be painted.


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Gilberton, Pa. (AP) — A small-town Pennsylvania police chief's profanity-laced Internet tirades about the Second Amendment and liberals have earned him a measure of notoriety — and now, his bosses intend, a pink slip.
Gilberton Borough Council members said Thursday night they plan to fire Mark Kessler, nearly two months after voting to suspend the only full-time member of the town's police force.
Kessler, who's active in gun rights circles and started an armed group that critics call a private militia, posted videos of himself shooting borough-owned automatic weapons and cursing liberals and others who he said want to erode the constitutional right to bear arms.
Kessler said the council's decision was "no surprise" in light of the incendiary videos. "We knew it was coming," he said.
A closed-door disciplinary hearing earlier in the day had dwelled on unrelated allegations, including that Kessler improperly used a state-administered program to buy discounted tires for his personal vehicle, failed to submit required crime data and made derogatory comments about borough officials.
Kessler's attorney, Joseph Nahas, said the charges were trumped up to conceal the town's intent to fire Kessler over the videos. He said after the vote he'll request a public hearing at which both sides can call witnesses, as is Kessler's right under due process rules. The council would then have to vote a second time to fire Kessler.
Kessler told reporters that he had been an excellent police chief and had nothing to apologize for. He said he'd broken no laws: "None. I'd be in handcuffs."
"My message was to wake up the people who are independents," he said, "to say, 'We've had enough and something needs to change, because we're in bad shape all around. Not only here in this little town but across the nation. It's a mess.'"
Kessler's pro-gun videos have garnered hundreds of thousands of views online. He acknowledges they are inflammatory but says they're designed to draw attention to the erosion of Second Amendment and other constitutional rights.
Mayor Mary Lou Hannon had said she found the police chief's language offensive.
Council members declined to comment after Thursday night's vote.
Kessler, a former coal miner, has spoken at gun rights rallies and created a website on which he seeks recruits for the Constitution Security Force, whose stated mission is to defend the constitution and the country from tyranny.
Gun rights activists had traveled to the community of about 800 people, in Schuylkill County in eastern Pennsylvania's anthracite coal country, to show support for Kessler, and most of them displayed weapons.
Constitution Security Force member Bob Gardner traveled from Philadelphia.
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In January, Kessler drafted a resolution the borough adopted that calls for nullifying any federal, state or local regulations that infringe on the Second Amendment.
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J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is the title of an animated film produced and directed by Ralph Bakshi, and released to theaters in 1978. It was an adaptation of the first half of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Bakshi's most ambitious effort (and his most famous after his animated adaptation of the underground comic Fritz the Cat), the film was produced by Saul Zaentz's Fantasy Films, but distributed to theaters by United Artists.
Long ago, in the early years of the Second Age, the great Elven-smiths forged Rings of Power — Nine for mortal Men, Seven for the Dwarf-lords, and three for the fair Elf-rulers. But then, the Dark Lord Sauron learned the craft of ring-making and made the Master Ring — The One Ring to rule them all. With the One Ring, Middle-earth is his and he cannot be overcome. As the last alliance of Men and Elves fell beneath his power, the ring fell into the hands of Prince Isildur of the mighty kings from across the sea. He did not destroy the ring, and because of this, the spirit of Sauron lived on and began to take shape and grow again.
The Ring had a will of its own, and had a way of slipping from hand to hand, so that it might at last get back to its master. The Ring lay in the bottom of a lake for thousands of years. During those years, Sauron captured the nine Rings that were made for Men and turned their owners into the Ringwraiths: terrible shadows under his great shadow who roamed the world searching for the One Ring.
The Ring, meanwhile, was found by two friends. One of them, Sméagol, was so enticed by the Ring's power that he killed his friend Déagol to get it. Sméagol possessed the Ring for hundreds of years, during which it warped him into a twisted, gurgling wretch known only as Gollum, until his "Precious" was discovered (some might say stolen) by the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.
Several years later, in a land called the Shire, Bilbo is celebrating his 111th (or eleventy-first, as it is called) birthday, on the same day that his nephew Frodo celebrates his 33rd birthday, (his "coming of age"). During his speech, Bilbo slips the Ring on, and confusion arises as the party notices that their host has suddenly disappeared into thin air!
Gandalf the wizard, however, knows the truth behind this act. In Bilbo's hobbit hole, Gandalf tells him to leave the Ring for Frodo, but Bilbo seems unwilling to give it up. He does, finally, agree, and leaves the Shire.
Gandalf realizes that the "magic" ring is in fact the one ring forged by Saron, the evil lord. He knows the Shire is in danger, soon Saron will learn that the Ring is in the possession of a Baggins and send his "wraiths" after him. Heeding Gandalf's advice, Frodo leaves his home, taking the Ring with him. He hopes to reach Rivendell, where he will be safe from Sauron, and where those wiser than he can decide what to do about the Ring. In his journey he is accompanied by three hobbit friends, Pippin, Merry, and Sam. From the start they are pursued by Black Riders (Sauron's Ringwraiths or Nazgûl). Narrowly escaping these and other dangers and meeting other interesting characters en route they eventually come to Bree, where they meet Strider, another friend of Gandalf who leads them the rest of the way to Rivendell, through further hardships. Frodo is stabbed upon the mountain of Weathertop by the chief of the Nazgûl, with a "Morgul blade" — as part of the knife stays inside him, he gets sicker on the rest of the journey.
At Rivendell, Frodo meets his uncle Bilbo whom he had not seen since he left Hobbiton years before; Bilbo seems much older and weaker, and, for a terrible moment, is once again held in sway of the Ring. Bilbo, Gandalf, and others argue about what should be done with the One Ring. Finally, Frodo stands up, and willfully volunteers to go to Mordor, where the Ring can be destroyed. Frodo sets forth from Rivendell with eight companions: two Men, Aragorn and Boromir, son of the Steward of the land of Gondor; an Elven prince, Legolas; Frodo's old friend and powerful wizard, Gandalf; Gimli the Dwarf; and Frodo's original three hobbit companions. These Nine Walkers were chosen to represent all the free races of Middle-earth and as a balance to the Nine Riders.
Their attempt to cross the Misty Mountains is foiled by heavy snow, so they are forced to take a path under the mountains via Moria, an ancient Dwarf kingdom, now full of Orcs and other evil creatures, where Gandalf falls into the abyss after battling a Balrog. The remaining eight members of the Fellowship then spend some time in the elf-haven of Lothlórien, where they receive gifts from the elf queen Galadriel that in many cases prove useful later in the quest. They leave Lórien by river, but Frodo begins to realize the Ring is having a malevolent effect on some members of the party, especially Boromir, who tries to take the Ring from Frodo. In the process, Frodo puts it on to escape him. Later, Boromir is killed by Orcs while trying to defend Merry and Pippin, whom the Orcs capture.
Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas, tracking Merry and Pippin, come across the Riders of Rohan who tell them that they attacked the Orcs the previous night and left no survivors.
However, Strider is able to find small prints and they follow these into Fangorn Forest, where they meet a white wizard who they at first believe to be Saruman, but who turns out to be their wizard friend Gandalf, whom they believed had perished in the mines of Moria. He tells them of his fall into the abyss, his battle to the death with the Balrog and his reawakening.
The four ride to Rohan's capital, Edoras, and persuade King Théoden that his people are in danger. In the process, Saruman's agent in Edoras, Gríma Wormtongue, who had been keeping Théoden subdued and weak for years, is expelled from the city. Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas then travel to the defensive fortification Helm's Deep while Gandalf goes north in search of Éomer's men in the north of Rohan to bring as reinforcements.
Hobbits Merry and Pippin escape from the Orcs who captured them when the orcs themselves are attacked by the Riders of Rohan. Merry and Pippin head into nearby Fangorn Forest where they encounter treelike giants called Ents. These guardians of the forest generally keep to themselves, but are moved to oppose the menace posed to the trees by the wizard Saruman.
At Helm's Deep, Théoden's forces resist an onslaught of Orcs and Men sent by Saruman, and Gandalf arrives the next morning with the Riders of Rohan just in time. The fleeing orcs run into a forest of Huorns — creatures halfway between tree and Ent — and none escape. Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Gandalf and the army of Rohan then head to Saruman's stronghold at Isengard. Frodo and Sam discover Gollum stalking them as they try to reach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Gollum hopes to reclaim the Ring. Sam loathes and distrusts him, but Frodo pities him, and so lets him live in return for guidance to Mount Doom. Gollum promises to lead them to a secret entrance to Mordor. Gollum, who is briefly torn between keeping his word to Frodo and reclaiming his "Precious," is ominously overheard to say "she might help us..." as he leads Frodo and Sam to Cirith Ungol.
Differences from the book
The movie makes a few deviations from the book, but overall follows Tolkien's narrative quite closely. Many parts of the novel explaining the transition from one part of the plot to another were omitted which makes the middle part of the movie somewhat difficult to follow, if the viewer is unfamiliar with the story.
- In the film's prologue it is suggested that Sauron learned the craft of ring-making after the 19 lesser rings were made whilst in the original story it is Sauron who teaches the Elven smiths this ability.
- Another deviation suggests that the last alliance of men and elves was losing the war which contradicts the original story.
- In the film, Gollum killed his friend Deagol in order to take control of the Ring. This is suggested by Gandalf in the book, but Tolkien does not confirm that this is actually the case.
- As in Tolkien's novel, Saruman the White adopts the title "Saruman of Many Colors"; however, his robes are neither white nor multi-colored, but red.
- The hobbits' first encounter with the Nazgûl is very similar to Jackson's film, but deviates from the novel.
- The scene where the Nazgûl arrive in the hobbits' room and begin slashing at their beds only to find that they are not there, and pillows have been placed to form the figures of their bodies is not in the book, but it is in both Jackson and Bakshi's film versions. Some Jackson fans claim that the scene is suggested in the book. A passage does appear that state that hobbit beds wind up slashed during the night, but the townsfolk of Bree are the perpetrators, not the Nazgûl.
- Just as in Jackson's version, the first elf that the hobbits and Aragorn meet is changed, this time to Legolas.
- Like Jackson's version, Bakshi's film does not include the character of Tom Bombadil.
- Arwen does not appear, nor is she mentioned.
- Aragorn carries a broken sword (presumably Narsil) up to the Rivendell section of the story where he presents it to the council. However, the sword's reforging into Andúril is never shown (or mentioned) in the film, even though Aragorn carries an unbroken blade for the remainder of the film.
- Gimli appears to be about the same height as the rest of the non-hobbits in the fellowship.
- Éowyn makes only a brief appearance and has no spoken dialogue.
- The "Fires of Isengard" appear as magical projectiles.
Much of the film used live-action footage which was then rotoscoped to produce an animated look [1] [2]. This saved production costs and arguably gave the animated characters a more realistic look. For the live-action portion of the production, Bakshi and his cast and crew arrived in Spain where the rotoscope models acted out their parts in costume. Many of the actors who contributed voices to this production also acted out their parts for rotoscoped scenes. The actions of Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee were performed by Billy Barty.
Of the rotoscoping, Bakshi said "I didn't start thinking about shooting the film totally in live action until I saw it really start to work so well. I learned lots of things about the process, like rippling. One scene, some figures were standing on a hill and a big gust of wind came up and the shadows moved back and forth on the clothes and it was unbelievable in animation. I don't think I could get the feeling of cold on the screen without showing snow or an icicle on some guy's nose. The characters have weight and they move correctly."
"Making two pictures in two years is crazy. (The live action reference and the actual animated feature.) Most directors when they finish editing, they are finished; we were just starting. I got more than I expected. The crew is young. The crew loves it. If the crew loves it, it's usually a great sign. They aren't older animators trying to snow me for jobs next year." Template:Ref
Following the live-action shoot, each frame of the live footage was then broken down into individual frames, and then printed out, and placed behind animation cels. The details of each frame were copied and painted onto cels. Both the live-action and animated sequences were storyboarded. [3] [4] [5]
Some critics found the sections of the film with rotoscoped animation inferior in quality to "normal" animated films.
The film was originally intended to be distributed as The Lord of the Rings Part 1, but United Artists dropped the "part one" from the title. "United Artists at that time was terrified to say 'Part One.' I remember sitting in meetings screaming my head off saying, 'You can't do this.'" "Had it said 'Part One,' I think everyone would have respected it. But because it didn't say 'Part One,' everyone came in expecting to see the entire three books, and that's where the confusion comes in." Template:Ref In interviews, Bakshi sometimes refers to the film as The Lord of the Rings Part 1.
Critics were generally mixed in their responses to the film. Roger Ebert called Bakshi's effort a "mixed blessing" and "an entirely respectable, occasionally impressive job ... [which] still falls far short of the charm and sweep of the original story." Vincent Canby of the New York Times called the film "both numbing and impressive." Film website Rotten Tomatoes, which compiles reviews from a wide range of critics, gives the film a score of 50
Despite criticism, the film grossed $30,471,420 at the box office Template:Ref (the budget was $8 million), but United Artists, who believed the film to be a flop, refused to fund a sequel which would have completed Tolkien's story on film.
In an attempt to "finish" Tolkien's story and make it more complete for audiences, the Rankin/Bass animation studio (fresh on the heels of the success of its previous TV adaptation of The Hobbit) produced an animated TV special based on the final part of The Lord of the Rings. Their adaptation of The Return of the King finished the story and answered most of the questions raised by Bakshi's animated film. However, several unresolved story developments between The Lord of the Rings and The Return of the King were left unresolved, especially the betrayal of Frodo by Gollum, and the attack of Shelob the monster spider-creature.
Warner Bros. (the rights holder to the post-1974 Rankin-Bass library and most of the Saul Zaentz theatrical backlog) has released The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Return of the King on VHS and DVD, both packaged separately and as a boxed-set "trilogy" of films. Despite the release of Peter Jackson's recent film trilogy based on Tolkien's work, many fans of Bakshi's work still want him to complete Tolkien's story in his own style.
- Gandalf actually says the ring inscription in the black speech, but only the first two lines after which he says the entire inscription in English.
- The elves in this version do not have pointed ears, instead they tend to dress in white and appear slightly brighter than the other characters.
- The film includes the song which Frodo sings at the Prancing Pony.
- Just as in Jackson's version, Bakshi's Balrog has wings.
- Unlike in Jackson's version, Gandalf retains his hat even upon becoming Gandalf the White.
- Cel animation was produced and shot for this film, but was cut out at the last minute. Except for the cel-animated shot of the hobbits at Bilbo's birthday party, the final product is entirely rotoscoped.
- Future director Tim Burton worked as an animator on this film. He was not credited, but worked as an "inbetween" artist. It was his first job on a film.
- At one point in the film's development, studio executives thought that the names "Saruman" and "Sauron" were too similar, and would confuse the audience, and decided that Saruman should be renamed "Aruman". This decision was eventually reversed, but some references to "Aruman" remain in the finished film.
- Bakshi's film sparked enough interest in Tolkien's work to provoke not only the Rankin/Bass Return of the King, but a complete adaptation of The Lord of the Rings on BBC Radio. For this broadcast, Michael Graham Cox and Peter Woodthorpe reprised their roles of Boromir and Gollum, respectively.
- Peter Jackson first encountered The Lord of the Rings via Bakshi's film [6], and some shots in his live-action trilogy appear to have been influenced by it. One such shot [7] features Frodo and the other hobbits hiding from a Black Rider under a big tree root, while the Black Rider stalks above them. In his version of the sequence, Jackson uses a simlar shot [8] — although he films it from a different angle. A second sequence features the camera slowly revolving around Strider and the hobbits, who stand in a circle as the Black Riders approach them on Weathertop. In his staging, Jackson also uses a similar shot — although his camera is much faster, and Strider is not among the hobbits. A third similarity is the depiction of Gollum losing the ring in the prologue: both films show the ring falling down a rocky cavern. Other similarly staged scenes include the Nazgul attack on the hobbits' beds at the Prancing Pony, and Legolas, Gimli, and Aragorn's discovery of Gandalf the White. On the DVD commentary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Jackson acknowledges one shot, a low angle of a hobbit at Bilbo's birthday party shouting "Proudfeet!", as an intentional homage to Bakshi's film.
External links
- The Lord of the Rings at Ralph Bakshi.com
- If at first you don't succeed ... call Peter Jackson ~ article about Ralph Bakshi's attempt to bring Tolkien's writing to the big screen
- a detailed review at Epinions.com
- Screen captures from the laserdisc edition. Also features links to galleries of screen captures from other Tolkien animated films.
- Review by AgonyBooth.com
|Licensed film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's works
|The Hobbit (1966) · The Hobbit (1977) · The Lord of the Rings (1978) · The Return of the King (1980) · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) · The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)


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The cool thing with Puppy is that you can reinstall in mere minutes. Sure, that doesn't protect your personal data, but that's going to be open to attack even with multi-user (except from other users).
Actually, with Puppy the system files are impossible to edit, unless something specifically targets Puppy and you have a frugal install or a re-writable disk. They're stored in pup_xxx.sfs, which is read-only. When you try editing them, Puppy places a copy in your save-file and masks the original with it, but the original is still there. If you go behind UnionFS's back and delete the copy of the file, the original will re-appear.
So if something compromised your Puppy and left your personal files alone, you could just mount the save-file directly and delete all system files and relavent .wh* files. Then reboot, and the original system files are back.
If it does harm your personal data, just delete the save-file and start over. The personal data would have been harmed anyway, because you'd still have permissions to it.
All that's assuming you maintain a save-file. If you don't, and just run in ram, all you do is reboot and poof! Pristine system. If you use multi-session, just roll back a couple sessions. Simple.
Now, if you have a full-HD install, you're in a different boat. There are times when a full install is preferable, but it loses the majority of Puppy's benefits, especially with regard to security and fast installs.
The biggest reason I see for having true multi-user in Puppy is to protect the user from himself, especially when said user is a kid. Encryption is more effective at protecting data, and multiple save-files is generally good enough for multiple users. But I would welcome a small transparent optional multi-user setup so long as it still auto-logged-in as root like it does now. Just for those rare cases when true multi-user is needed.
Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. --Muad'Dib
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Nice thing about puppy is that everyone can have a personal puppy on a key. No matter how secure a computer is, someone will accidently find a way to wipe out the hard disk. If everyone has their own personal puppy, they can only damage their own copy.
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paulsiu wrote:
Nice thing about puppy is that everyone can have a personal puppy on a key. No matter how secure a computer is, someone will accidently find a way to wipe out the hard disk. If everyone has their own personal puppy, they can only damage their own copy.
What is the current status of Puppy on a USB stick?
Compatibility with a wide range of laptop and desktop hardware?
Is there a list of laptops and desktops which will boot Puppy from
I have just acquired a used Dell Latitude C400 which did not come with
a CD drive. Should I anticipate being able to boot Puppy from a USB
I like the idea of my OS and key apps on a 1 or 2G USB stick! Perhaps
a couple of different sticks, each optimized for a different set of apps.
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Posted: Fri 04 Apr 2008, 18:11
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All the arguments about personal freedom and about being the only user and "I can do whatever I want, because ...".
What is comes down to, is whether you always run as root or run as a non-privileged user most of the time, most of us DO SOMETHING to protect our system or try to not pass on infected files or try to pay attention to security in some way.
I don't run Puppy - for a variety of reasons, most of which have nothing to do with this thread. Anybody who runs any sort of Linux is going to show up as stealthy on Steve Gibson's site. It's the nature of the OS, unless you DO SOMETHING to open yourself up. By the way, that has nothing to do with being, or remaining secure. Just refer to any number of Linux pubs that discuss security and publish security problems with various Linux programs. Yes, these DO get cleared up fairly quickly, but the problems still come back. So it is necessary to DO SOMETHING to stay on top of security.
It has been suggested that you can clear out Trojans, viruses, etc. by rebuilding your backup file periodically. You all know how to do that, I don't, so I won't comment any further on that. So even in Puppy you need to DO SOMETHING to protect your security.
Do any of you run antivirus products in Linux? Do you know that such things exist? "But you can't get a virus in Linux!" Sorry, that's baloney. Two reasons. Linux is not yet a big enough target -- Linux will be some day. The other is that secure usage of Linux involves not only the usual things that "safe computing" means an implies, but also the normally inherent separation of root use and regular user us. By keeping the two separate, successfully attacking a Linux system is more difficult; not impossible, just more difficult. The more difficult it is for the "bad guy" to a) get in and b) severely compromise a system, or your home, or your business, the less likely you will be targeted..
O.K., so you keep all the stuff that's important to you in your $HOME directory anyway. So if someone gets to your user it's gone, anyway. Well, a) you do backup right? and b) if the rest of your system is intact, recovery is simpler - because you do backup right?
Puppy Linux runs in RAM. That's good, so each time you reboot it's like a new install. What about if you just leave your system up for a few hours/days/weeks. You're as vulnerable as anyone else PLUS, you're running as root!!
You do what you need to do, but I rely on my personal Linux system to provide me with a secure and reliable platform to do my daily and other personal tasks. This is not a business system, but because it is personal, I need it to do the "SOMETHINGS" that I do in the best way possible. If I didn't care, and if my Linux system wasn't just that good, I'd be running Windoze in admin mode (like most personal users run it).
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O.K., so you keep all the stuff that's important to you in your $HOME directory anyway. So if someone gets to your user it's gone, anyway. Well, a) you do backup right? and b) if the rest of your system is intact, recovery is simpler - because you do backup right?
I use Puppy as a Frugal install. Backup and restoration are so ridiculously easy that jumping through the hoops of limited users would be absurd. Why do all that for the ease of just restoring my home directory, when I could
do all that and then just restore the pup_save.2fs file? Which is actually easier, since I don't have to mount the old pup_save.2fs file to replace the compromised home directory.
The best arguments for multi-user in Puppy that I've seen so far are:
A. Avoiding becoming a zombi
B. Keeping the illiterate from borking themselves very often
C. When you're in an actual multi-user situation and don't want the duplication of having two save files (though you could remaster the duplicated portions into the pup_xxx.sfs file to offset this, but whatever)
D. Running apps that were written by paranoid fascists and thus refuse to run as root
reasons are good enough that I'll be making the next version of Pizzapup be multi-user friendly out of the box.
Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. --Muad'Dib
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No thanks, I only need one noid at a time
I understand -- it's a choice. Just responding to the thread and explaining my position. Actually, I'm not at all fearful of what's beyond the walls of my home. It just is so ridiculously easy to use my "normal" user for everything EXCEPT for those things that affect my overall system health. The rest is just normal Linux. Puppy is the exception, not the rule, but Puppy also has a good reputation as an easy to use distro. So press on with whatever distro you want to use.
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I use Puppy as a Frugal install. Backup and restoration are so ridiculously easy that jumping through the hoops of limited users would be absurd. Why do all that for the ease of just restoring my home directory, when I could not do all that and then just restore the pup_save.2fs file? Which is actually easier, since I don't have to mount the old pup_save.2fs file to replace the compromised home directory.
Wish I could run a Frugal Install. 3.01 has a bug of some sort that made booting as Frugal non-functional on two different laptops and one desktop here so they are all Full Installs.
Any word when we will see 3.02 and 4.x/Dingo?
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Posted: Sun 11 May 2008, 01:08
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BarryK, I'm running fresh frugal install of 4.00 with Linux firewall enabled. I just ran Shields up scan a few minutes ago after reading this post and got full stealth results. This puppy is workin good Boss.
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Bruce B said 3 years ago:
When I used to run Windows 9x, I never got infected with a virus or a trojan. I use Windows 9x as an example because it is as if one is 'root' in terms of permissions. In most cases the infection is a user interaction. Not something that just happens. That is one reason why I never got an infection.
I used W98se for 8 years. Finally the 2nd MoBo died last month, and thats it. Never cared for Xp or Vista, and the admin problems there. The web is too complex for 98se: USB sticks are APITA, new builds are moving away from ISO9660 on CD/DVD. I bought an Eee. It also has migrated away from ISO9660, and won't look back.
As a former W98se user, I can verify Bruce's statements. The caveat was always, SpyBot, SpyBlaster, and a Firewall (I chose Sygate 5.6), previous to them, an AV was ESSENTIAL. But NOT after that trio was installed. ==> 2nd edit: Since the root can be secured, I will be using the pupeee version.
1st edit==> after re-reading this thread I have noted one obvious missing point. The reluctance to share if the modem 'pinged when attacked'. I just bought a new all-in-one modem/net/wifi box. Its cheaper than the two separate devices: modem and router. Straight off to grc.com. All the ports are stealthed but the modem pinged when attacked. Bad modem, bad bad modem, no XP for you! And the ASUS Eee has no native suport for a firewall... why? NO IPtables. Bad Eee, bad bad Eee. Kernal rebuild solves tough, but alas I didn't buy it to hack it. Maybe replace it, but not hack around in the dark fixing stuff.
2nd point is related to post 98se Windoze systems. Elevated root privilidges. THAT, is what keeps you busy and behind with M$. Lotsa apps can elevate themselves. Bad M$, bad bad M$.
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I just want to throw in that a compromised system is a compromised system is a compromised system. If you are root or not doesnt matter. If I compromised a user account I will compromise the root account later. Later means there's time to fix it. Thats true.
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Posted: Thu 15 May 2008, 13:45
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The problem with people saying that running as root will get you hacked is this:
Most distros give you the ability to run sudo to get root power. If the hacker compromises your unprivileged account, all he/she has to do is type sudo before any nasty command. At that point the hacker has your password, which is what you give when you run sudo.
That means that in that kind of environment the only advantage of an unprivileged account is that it protects the user from the user.
In other words, Puppy is no less secure than, say, Ubuntu because it runs as root. On either system, the hacker needs only to compromise a single account and can then do whatever he/she wants. On Puppy, the hacker cracks root's password and then types "rm -f -r /*". On Ubuntu, the hacker compromises bob's password and then types "sudo rm -f -r /*" followed by bob's password when prompted.
The only small advantage the non-root system has here is that the hacker has to find a user name, whereas the root account name is already known.
Still, I would like to see Puppy gain multiuser power at some point.
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Posted: Thu 15 May 2008, 15:04
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Very good and touche. However, placing a Root name/pass in the mix to access root.might ward off the attacker. Having a default immutable name/pass defeats the purpose. Fortuneately Stephanie over at eeeusers forum was able to come up with a user/pass scheme (and mega-thankyous) for that rather broken distro, and Root can be protected (but see the recent news about the SSL flaw in Debian derived Operating Systems). Is the Root user/pass is mutable here?
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Posted: Thu 15 May 2008, 15:35
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8Geee wrote:
Is the Root user/pass is mutable here?
If by that you mean "can you change the root user name or password?", the answer is, yes you can change the password. I don't know if you can change the user name. It would be a good idea, though. Changing the name may cause some problems with scripts and such, but it is good security practice.
Personally, I always change the root password. I may forget to do it at first, but I eventually get around to it.
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In his letter to the editor of Feb. 24 "Godzilla attacking?" Robert W. McKay said the following:
"I have guns of my own. If the government wants to register them, that is fine with me. People kill people with cars, but vehicle owners must register them.
"What is the difference?"
The difference is that owning a vehicle and driving are privileges; keeping and bearing arms is a right given by a constitutional amendment.
It's a simple answer that, with a couple minutes of thought, McKay probably could have figured out on his own.
If Godzilla does attack, I prefer the right to shoot him, rather than just having the privilege to run him over with a car.


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While in Denver, our delegation was able to work with the Senate Education Subcommittee to introduce and secure amendments to this bill that both eliminated the required tax increases and sought to address our school districts per-pupil funding that is amongst the lowest in the state. Major changes were secured as the bill left the subcommittee and headed to the floor of the Senate where it will be heard April 1. This bill is by no means through and after successful passage is secured, will require a ballot measure to be taken to the voters as the state will need to infuse $1 billion of new funding into the K-12 system. Voters will need to decide if they wish for school funding to move from its current ranking among the lowest in the nation.
What struck me more than anything is the manner in which our Legislature is handling this bill and likely other bills. For two days, I watched as lobbyists and leaders of large, influential districts testified in favor of this bill encouraging swift passage as the benefit to them and their districts was significant. Our delegation from La Plata County and superintendents from other rural districts were left sitting for more than six hours waiting for our turn to share the negative effect this legislation would have on students. Many were even passed over until they demanded an opportunity to speak.
We are thankful that the current bill, while still in its early stages, will have some positive effect on all districts. A concern exists as to how the Legislature finds it acceptable to place greater value on children in some parts of our state over children in our community.
We are grateful for the support provided by Sen. Ellen Roberts, Rep. Mike McLachlan and local leaders. We encourage residents to reach out and show their support for this bill as now amended by contacting senators and representatives from around the state.
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