We did our annual prep on the wild flowers at the end of the driveway. If they pop up next year, feel free to stop and pick a few.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Ruger's Auction To Benefit The Youth Shooting Sports Alliance
This week's auction has a seldom used adjective in the description: "unique." Yes, this is really one-of-a-kind! Ruger is offering a Standard Model Pistol from 1980 with a receiver in the white, and there is not another like it.
100% of the proceeds will go to benefit the Youth Shooting Sports Alliance, and this unusual pistol will sell mid-day, Wednesday, November 12, 2014. There are only 7 bids as I post this, with a current bid of $605. You could own this pistol if you go place a bid!
$1380.67 Holy Cow!
100% of the proceeds will go to benefit the Youth Shooting Sports Alliance, and this unusual pistol will sell mid-day, Wednesday, November 12, 2014. There are only 7 bids as I post this, with a current bid of $605. You could own this pistol if you go place a bid!
$1380.67 Holy Cow!
Armistice Day/Remembrance Day/Veterans' Day
Be sure to thank a vet today, and never forget our debt to the ones who serve.
Aftermath
Siegfried Sassoon (1919)
Have you forgotten yet?...
For the world’s events have rumbled on since those gagged days,
Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways:
And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flow
Like clouds in the lit heaven of life; and you’re a man reprieved to go,
Taking your peaceful share of Time, with joy to spare.
But the past is just the same-and War’s a bloody game...
Have you forgotten yet?...
Look down, and swear by the slain of the War that you’ll never forget.
Do you remember the dark months you held the sector at Mametz-
The nights you watched and wired and dug and piled sandbags on parapets?
Do you remember the rats; and the stench
Of corpses rotting in front of the front-line trench-
And dawn coming, dirty-white, and chill with a hopeless rain?
Do you ever stop and ask, ‘Is it all going to happen again?’
Do you remember that hour of din before the attack-
And the anger, the blind compassion that seized and shook you then
As you peered at the doomed and haggard faces of your men?
Do you remember the stretcher-cases lurching back
With dying eyes and lolling heads-those ashen-grey
Masks of the lads who once were keen and kind and gay?
Have you forgotten yet?...
Look up, and swear by the green of the spring that you’ll never forget.
Aftermath
Siegfried Sassoon (1919)
Have you forgotten yet?...
For the world’s events have rumbled on since those gagged days,
Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways:
And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flow
Like clouds in the lit heaven of life; and you’re a man reprieved to go,
Taking your peaceful share of Time, with joy to spare.
But the past is just the same-and War’s a bloody game...
Have you forgotten yet?...
Look down, and swear by the slain of the War that you’ll never forget.
Do you remember the dark months you held the sector at Mametz-
The nights you watched and wired and dug and piled sandbags on parapets?
Do you remember the rats; and the stench
Of corpses rotting in front of the front-line trench-
And dawn coming, dirty-white, and chill with a hopeless rain?
Do you ever stop and ask, ‘Is it all going to happen again?’
Do you remember that hour of din before the attack-
And the anger, the blind compassion that seized and shook you then
As you peered at the doomed and haggard faces of your men?
Do you remember the stretcher-cases lurching back
With dying eyes and lolling heads-those ashen-grey
Masks of the lads who once were keen and kind and gay?
Have you forgotten yet?...
Look up, and swear by the green of the spring that you’ll never forget.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Tell A MarineThat He Can't Do Something...
...and he'll figure out a way. Take a good look at the Marine showing off the .45 and think about that for a minute. Marines had to hide a .45 when they weren't fighting, or it would be taken away. My father-in-law buried his under his bed in an ammo box so he would have it when he needed it.
The pistol is shown prominently, and the flap is tucked into the fellow's trousers. These fellows obviously wanted folks back home to take a good look when the film was developed.
And here's why. The wooden grips have been replaced with plexiglass, probably from a wrecked airplane, and it tells anyone with a magnifying glass where they have been, and where they are. Pretty slick, and that roll of film went right past the censors.
The pistol is shown prominently, and the flap is tucked into the fellow's trousers. These fellows obviously wanted folks back home to take a good look when the film was developed.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Not My Victrola: Madelon
Madelon was a popular song with French Poilus in 1914.
It's a charming song, and was revived during World War II by Marlene Dietrich. Shared on YouTube by Tim Graycyk.
It's a charming song, and was revived during World War II by Marlene Dietrich. Shared on YouTube by Tim Graycyk.
The November Mr. Completely e-Postal Match Is Up!
Head over to Sand Castle Scrolls to read the rules and print this target...
Dial your eyes in and steady your nerves; you will be shooting at 30' this month, and I recommend making a range trip right away, just in case winter weather shows up before the end of November.
This will be the final Mr. Completely e-Postal match of the year, so don't miss out; you know you need the practice! Many thanks to Danno, and all the other e-Postal hosts who have helped out in 2014.
This will be the final Mr. Completely e-Postal match of the year, so don't miss out; you know you need the practice! Many thanks to Danno, and all the other e-Postal hosts who have helped out in 2014.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Olney FFA Does Itself Proud!
The FFA students at Olney, Illinois have been making a good showing in the local and the annual state contest for more than a decade, and last year they went down at the state contest by one point in a real nail-biter. Their instructor, Jamie VanDyke pushed them hard this year and they won the state contest by 167 points. They just came back from the national contest in Kentucky, and they made a great showing, taking Fourth Place nationwide.
National FFA Forestry CDE Results
LOUISVILLE- Winners of the National
FFA Forestry Career Development Event (CDE) were
announced Friday at the annual awards
banquet. The event was held in conjunction with the 87th National FFA
Convention & Expo in Louisville, Ky. Mr. John Allen Bailey of Georgia
served as superintendent of this year's event. The top ten individuals and the
national winning team members received cash awards to recognize their success
in the event. The cash awards and the forestry event are sponsored by Husqvarna
and John Deere as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. The
National FFA Forestry CDE is a competitive event that tests students' skills
and knowledge in the area of forest management. Event components include a
general forest knowledge exam, tree identification, timber cruising,
tree/forest disorders identification, a chainsaw practicum, forestry issues
interview, and a team activity. Each team competed at local and state levels
for the privilege of representing their state at the National FFA Convention
& Expo. This event, held at Bernheim Forest in Clermont, Ky., is one of
many educational activities at the national convention in which FFA members
apply classroom knowledge to real-life situations.
*** Olney FFA placed
4th in the nation***
Top Placing teams:
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Top Placing Individuals:
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1st. Kathleen FFA – Florida
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1st Tyler Dupree – Kathleen FFA- Florida
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2. Pocahontas FFA – West Virginia
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2nd Brevyn Foreman - Kathleen FFA - Florida
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3. Calvin FFA- Louisiana
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3rd Emmett Lee – Kathleen - Florida
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4th. Olney FFA –
Illinois
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4th Kyle Trott – Alvirne FFA- New Hampshire
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5th.Alvirne FFA – New Hampshire
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5th Matt Rao – Pocahontas FFA – West Virginia
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6th. Cossatot River FFA – Arkansas
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7th Carroll County FFA – Virginia
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6th Matthew Runyon – Olney FFA
- Illinois
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8th Grand Canyon FFA – Pennsylvania
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7th Rich Saddler – Cossatot River FFA - Arkansas
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9th Grand Rapids FFA- Minnesota
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8th Tom Powers – Smith Agricultural FFA - Maine
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10th Vallivue FFA – Idaho
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9th Joshua Goins – Calvin FFA - Louisiana
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10th Emily
Schilling – Olney FFA – Illinois
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15th Tanner Scherer
– Olney FFA - Illinois
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43rd George Boehl –
Olney FFA – Illinios
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Personal Thanks to Forester Wade Bloemer for jumping in and running the contest at Sam Dale lake this year, while I was out of state. You made this win possible, Wade!
Photo Credit: Jamie VanDyke
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