tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53421555373664518772024-03-13T10:11:24.238-05:00American Barn StoriesThis blog supports the 'American Barn Stories and Other Tales From the Heartlands' TV series which is seen on PBS stations across the country. Watch for it in your area and if you don't see it on your local PBS station schedule, CALL THEM AND ASK FOR IT -- they'll know what to do! American Barn Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533121617932279815noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342155537366451877.post-89412305301443214722014-06-20T01:53:00.000-05:002014-06-20T01:53:12.483-05:00<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Where have you been?</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Actually, no none has asked me that. But in the meantime it's a good question and here's the simple answer in case you were one of the handful enjoying(?) my initial flurry of some 42 blog posts a while back that paused for a bit until now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The simple answer is I just got busy with the other necessary tracks in life that take time and as a result the blog took a bit of a stand-down in the face of it all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But along that way I've built up a few things to pass along in the coming bits of time that could be worth your time, including an in-edit piece on light pollution as well as the most recent news of a new Indiegogo campaign to try and generate some help and finishing funds for the next <span style="color: red;">"American Barn Stories"</span> program that I'm working on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's the link to that campaign, please feel free to Share it and pass it along within your own network:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Along with the pitch for participation and help it features still pics from footage of an old fashioned barn raising with horses, footage of a barn quilt story from the Heartland and much more, including video of a fast-motion nighttime sequence of an old barn being moved in West DesMoines, Iowa after the high school kids pitched a fit about it being torn down to enlarge the athletic field at the school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stay tuned for the details on the fundraising campaign as they play out over the coming 30 days and any help Sharing the link appreciated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Along the way I've come across some great blogs that are worth passing along, including one that profiles life on a Wisconsin dairy farm from the wife's perspective who was not a dairy farmer until marrying into the farm family and industry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She has embraced reaching out on behalf of farmers everywhere to help people understand what dairy farming is all about. She is currently very popular on the national speaking circuit on things related and you can find her blog here: <a href="http://dairycarrie.com/" target="_blank">The Adventures of Dairy Carrie...I think I Need a Drink!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Another one is from an older farmer gentleman author-writer in Ohio who offers life- educated and country life opinions and thoughts. It is nothing other than absolutely pleasant, pleasing and kind in the face of him gently calling it like it is from years of life experience on the land.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">His name is Gene Logsdon and you can find his missives here: <a href="http://thecontraryfarmer.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/hanging-out-the-wash/" target="_blank">The Contrary Farmer</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">More coming later on it all -- thanks for clicking in -- sorry for the absence, it feels good to be tapping this one out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And please pass the Indiegogo link along -- here it is again: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Being involved in the subject of our old barns for so long now it's heartening to see the too-rare stories from across the country about some of them being saved and protected for future generations. A good source to keep up on all of that is through the <a href="http://barnalliance.org/" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: red;">National Barn Alliance</span></i></b></a> website.<a href="http://barnalliance.org/" target="_blank"></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The picture above shows me and camera in front of a barn that boasts horizontal cedar siding, (not sure why but I'll find out), which was re-built in 1936 following a fire. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">While there is an increasing energy, awareness and motivation by American people and communities to try and save ag structures and places that reach back to our early farming days, it's just such a shame that so many are being lost along the way, with their old barn stories and the stories of the family lives revolving around them disappearing as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As a population we're not farmers anymore, we're consumers. And the farmers feeding us, thank you very much, are about 2% of our population base.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I saw a bumper sticker once that said, <span style="color: red;"><i>"Don't talk about farmers with your mouth full"</i></span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Fortunately, there are some success stories to tell and they should be considered as gold nuggets along the way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just such a story comes from <a href="http://www.co.walworth.wi.us/" target="_blank">Walworth County</a> in southeastern Wisconsin not far from Milwaukee and Chicago where said County recently bought a farm of 179 acres or so to preserve as parkland. The aging owner wanted to make sure it was preserved so people could enjoy it forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And do you want to know what the really amazing kicker is?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>A river runs through it</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oh yeah, <i>gold</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And the best part, for me anyway, is the fact that I get the pleasure of producing an outreach/profile video about it all for Walworth County, Wisconsin -- exxxcellent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Back before Christmas I spent a lot of time creating an e-store on <a href="http://www.spreadshirt.com/" target="_blank">Spreadshirt</a>, one of the print on demand T-shirt and clothing product sites. It's based on the American Barn Stories theme. I haven't done a great job of promoting it and haven't sold a danged thing as a result. If anyone wants to visit it, find it at <a href="http://americanbarnstories.spreadshirt.com/" target="_blank">Spreadshirt Shop</a> As of today I've had a whopping 301 visitors and no sales. Glad it doesn't cost anything to keep it out there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The DVDs on the old barns shows on Amazon have been pretty idle, too. Here's a link to them through the website that connects to Amazon <a href="http://www.americanbarnstories.net/#!shop/c161y" target="_blank">Old barn DVDs on Amazon</a> Notice the discount when you buy all three! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In some cases the old structures are being saved and in others new communities are being created from scratch that revolve around the community's desire to produce their own foods on their local level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oh, it won't be pretty as the industrial giants fight us every step of the way, but the wave of people reclaiming their food rights is here and now and growing exponentially.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Check out the link below to author David Gumpert's website where he focuses on the efforts of organized government and industry to rob us of our food <span class="st">sovereignty. What's happening around the country is dastardly and absolutely amazing and he is paying close attention to it all. You can find that here => <a href="http://thecompletepatient.com/" target="_blank">We are born with food rights</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Everyone likes a little free press now and then and I managed to work some out with the quarterly magazine from my alma mater, University of Dayton. I sent a note about the old barns shows etc. to the Alumni Section and then we talked, and they responded with a 400 word story on it all. It was a really nice experience working with their Managing Editor, Audrey Starr, and their layout and overall piece looks great, here's a scan of the actual page. The layout through the link below is necessarily different. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnrLIY8GB0oeRc4e2KH7u19ZklYYGkMlZ13U5drQMqdCDnhyphenhyphenISi9INXn1b7TjzVPz48LkpPrkVjYZAYFqpXKpGnAUZna6FLfloEAH6uTx_ZI5Z6mLG1zrC5_BmZmrdMdjifF5c4l2B7ir/s1600/Dayton+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnrLIY8GB0oeRc4e2KH7u19ZklYYGkMlZ13U5drQMqdCDnhyphenhyphenISi9INXn1b7TjzVPz48LkpPrkVjYZAYFqpXKpGnAUZna6FLfloEAH6uTx_ZI5Z6mLG1zrC5_BmZmrdMdjifF5c4l2B7ir/s1600/Dayton+pic.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Checkout the article here => <a href="http://udquickly.udayton.edu/udmagazine/2014/03/anatomy-of-a-class-note-77" target="_blank"> Dayton article</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">That pretty much gets everyone caught up on things. More later as we move into the new season. Stay tuned and thanks for clicking in!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As always, it was a great give-and-take conversation with people on the subject of our old barns, so many people have such an emotional attachment to them. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">58 people pre-registered for the old barns event and the Library said that's a really good, above average number.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's a link to them <a href="http://www.mchenrylibrary.org/" target="_blank">McHenry Public Library</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The library space has been crafted within an old warehouse in recent years. It is very much up and running, looks fantastic and is a very active, comfortable and happening space and place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was a nice group with one farm couple in the mix who does beef. That camera on my shoulder is over 30 years old and is part of the story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> And the newer digital camera below is also a big part of the story </span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the camera world we're switching from recording on tape to recording on digital media like the Panasonic P2 card I'm showing to the crowd below --- no moving parts -- it's amazing -- and it's also 400 bucks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Otherwise </span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> <b><i>Good news</i></b> on distributing the latest <span style="color: red;">'American Barn <span style="font-size: small;">S</span>tories'</span> show.<span style="font-size: small;"> After the past twelve months of 'bi<span style="font-size: small;">cycl</span>ing' the Master of the show to PBS stations arou<span style="font-size: small;">n<span style="font-size: small;">d</span> the country one at a time, (<i>and doing pretty well at it with 45 markets gained</i>), the program is about to be up-linked to satellite through New Mexico PBS whic<span style="font-size: small;">h will make it available to all PBS stations around the country through their Westlink uplink service. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the PBS world <span style="font-size: small;">t</span></span>hat feed happens on Wednesday, April 9 from 1<span style="font-size: small;">230-1300 ET on channel HD04.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a lin<span style="font-size: small;">k to New Mexico PBS <a href="http://www.newmexicopbs.org/" target="_blank">New Mexico PBS</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">And here's a link to their up<span style="font-size: small;">link</span> service if you want to explore it <a href="http://www.newmexicopbs.org/uplink-services/" target="_blank">Westlink </a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mor<span style="font-size: small;">e <span style="font-size: small;">Otherwise</span></span> </span></span></i></b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">T<span style="font-size: small;">al<span style="font-size: small;">k</span>ed with Art the Farmer tonight and he sounds OK/good<span style="font-size: small;"> -- will update the details later. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The best part is he's planning for this coming warm season, and has plans for next Winter to prevent frozen pipes again etc.<span style="font-size: small;"> -- he r<span style="font-size: small;">eally is amazing and buoyant in the face of it all.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">H</span>e has a degree from Penn State in 1957 in Ag Science<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">and</span></span> is a very intell<span style="font-size: small;">igent person<span style="font-size: small;"> and fun to talk to on all levels.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">And the Joe Paterno stu<span style="font-size: small;">ff will bug<span style="font-size: small;"> him forever. "Aw, Tom, they kill<span style="font-size: small;">ed him with it...and it wasn't his fault".</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">All I know is, as it stands right now, </span>I get to go bale more hay with him this Summer '14, and I love it and will bring it <span style="font-size: small;">to you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">What fun -- more later on it from the true Heartland.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Close</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the meantime, many other good things percolating on i<span style="font-size: small;">t all -- stay t<span style="font-size: small;">uned, and like always, thanks f<span style="font-size: small;">o</span>r clicking in!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Please visit the website just for the heck of it at www.americanbarnstories.net</span><br />
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<br />American Barn Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533121617932279815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342155537366451877.post-23321769780981423232014-03-17T18:37:00.000-05:002014-03-19T00:03:46.477-05:00<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b> Ice Boats ...what?!?</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Ice boats were the fastest thing on the face <span style="font-size: small;">of the planet back in th<span style="font-size: small;">e late 1800's<span style="font-size: small;"><b>. </b>Here<span style="font-size: small;">'s some <span style="font-size: small;">foo<span style="font-size: small;">tage f<span style="font-size: small;">rom y<span style="font-size: small;">esterday</span> and earlier seasons shot on Geneva Lake, Wisconsin<span style="font-size: small;"> as the ice boats come and go amidst the overall celebration of being out in the Winter weather on <span style="font-size: small;">a beautiful frozen Wisconsin lake<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's <span style="font-size: small;">the</span> Youtube link to a few minutes of action <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvEkUePAEck" target="_blank">Ice Boats!</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<i><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But where are the barns?</span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The connection to our old barns are the many that still stand and surround this Geneva Lake area from their glory days, with the twin barns of Edward Ayers below being a gre<span style="font-size: small;">at example of such</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">He built one barn for each of his twin daughters back around 1900 in the days whe<span style="font-size: small;">n</span> the prominent wealthy used their farms to gain bragging rights<span style="font-size: small;"> and show off their wealth. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">He had mad<span style="font-size: small;">e millions selling railroad ties to the railroads as th<span style="font-size: small;">at network </span>developed and pushed West.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Th<span style="font-size: small;">o</span>se days are long gone now but a few of the old 'prairie schooners' remain from back then. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Their metal roofs have <span style="font-size: small;">kept them standing so far, but their days are numbered as<span style="font-size: small;"> the years conti<span style="font-size: small;">nue to take th<span style="font-size: small;">eir</span> t<span style="font-size: small;">oll.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">They are located on County Highway B just east of Walworth<span style="font-size: small;">, Wisconsin in the southeastern part of the state near Milwaukee.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">More later<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: red;">and a</span> <span style="color: #38761d;">Happy Saint Patrick's Day</span> <span style="color: red;">to all!</span></span></span></span></span></i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span> </b></span></span>American Barn Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533121617932279815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342155537366451877.post-71902674537076295092014-03-11T14:35:00.000-05:002014-03-11T14:35:00.602-05:00<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> This machine is <u>fab</u><span style="font-size: x-large;">ulous!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Metal fabricator<span style="font-size: small;">s make more things happen for us than many people realize. Any big heavy piece of anything has to come from somewhere<span style="font-size: small;">. <span style="font-size: small;">H</span>ere's a look at one of th<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">e</span> places where those things come from, <span style="font-size: small;">and it's very cool -- a</span>nd very larg<span style="font-size: small;">e.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some re<span style="font-size: small;">cent <span style="font-size: small;">video p</span>roduction/shooting needs <span style="font-size: small;">brought me to Trade Tech Inc. in Hartford, Wisconsin. <span style="font-size: small;">They are m<span style="font-size: small;">achin<span style="font-size: small;">ing</span> and <span style="font-size: small;">m</span></span></span>etal <span style="font-size: small;">f</span>abricators with a strong history in th<span style="font-size: small;">at</span> business and industry. Here's <span style="font-size: small;">the</span> link to their website<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.trade-tech.com/index.html" target="_blank">Trade Tech</a></span> take a look at their 33,000 square foot facility. <span style="font-size: small;">Everything is on such a large scale that it is really something to experience. They're <span style="font-size: small;">really nice peopl<span style="font-size: small;">e, too<span style="font-size: small;">, and were very helpful throughout the shooting day.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The mission that <span style="font-size: small;">day was to acquire video footage <span style="font-size: small;">of a machine the<span style="font-size: small;">y had just completed building for my client, <a href="http://www.diesep.com/" target="_blank">Die-Sep, Inc.</a> <span style="font-size: small;">They have</span> a very handy and heavy duty machine that breaks plastic injection molding dies apart after they're done with a job. It's a very labor intensive and costly process to do it manually <span style="font-size: small;">s</span>o Die-Sep partners, and brothers, Lou and Mike Bowler <span style="font-size: small;">have their mechanical way of doing it and are doing very well in the marketplace with <span style="font-size: small;">their product line</span>.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> When the video footage is edited and a final piece is ready I'll put it up, but in the meantime these still pics from last week<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>will help tell the quick story. It's really interesting to watch the machine <span style="font-size: small;">do its thing. In the above pic Louie Bowler, the sales<span style="font-size: small;"> force</span> of the operation, stands with one of the models at the end of the shooting day.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">How it works </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Here's <span style="font-size: small;">a die being brought in<span style="font-size: small;"> to help demonstrate the Die-Sep machine for the camera. This hunk of metal weighs 14,000 pounds<span style="font-size: small;"> and consis<span style="font-size: small;">ts of two halves. <span style="font-size: small;">T</span>he seam line is in the middle, where you see that small yellow strap with a bolt on each end. Just above the yellow strap you can see a small space -- this is where a pry bar is in<span style="font-size: small;">serted to do the job manually, and it is not a small feat. Companies will load the dies on flatbed trucks and ship them many miles, and spend many dollars, to have the job done.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Art the Farmer is hanging in there and sounds pretty strong and more good than bad lately. His challenges aren't over but the tide is hopefully turning for him -- every warmer day helps him, as with all of us. His kitchen sink is still froze up but that will hopefully be resolved sometime soon -- and here's to hoping the frozen pipes aren't ruptured from the freeze.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And work is beginning on the edit for the next <span style="color: red;">American Barn Stories</span> program. More on that as it unfolds as well as updates on current distribution of the last episode -- good things happening. And other good things are percolating in the edit suite as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> One of the many fun things that have spun out of producing the <b><i><span style="color: red;">American Barn Stories</span></i></b> programs is the opportunity to do presentations of the shows to groups. Last Friday 2/28/14 I was at the <a href="http://www.delwebb.com/retirement-communities/illinois/chicago/" target="_blank">Del Webb Sun City Community in Huntley, Illinois</a> for a 10am presentation and it was really very nice -- it's a beautiful community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">By the end we have gathered to talk about our old barns and re-live moments and memories that seem so much sweeter than our times are now and it is a very good thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's a great presentation and if you want more information on it for your own group go to the website at <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.americanbarnstories.net/" target="_blank">American Barn Stories</a> </span> and click on <span style="color: red;"><i>'The Presentation'</i></span> tab. Or, just click <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.americanbarnstories.net/#!the-presentation/c1up6" target="_blank">HERE</a></span> to go directly to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Past the time that food stores started taking hold in the 1920's and 1930's, our original farms and barns were supplying people with foods right from the farm, and some still do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But now, we have to fight for the right to buy milk right from the cow, directly from the dairy farmer of our choice; and that's added to the other governmental encroachments into our personal human food supply.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As humans borne upon this planet we have the right to eat and drink the foods we want and no government has the right to interfere with that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Check out this recent seeming victory for a Michigan hog farmer after two years of heavy handed treatment from the Michigan DNR. The details of the Michigan DNR handling of the case are absolutely amazing and very disconcerting that a government agency would behave in such a manner: <a href="http://thecompletepatient.com/article/2014/february/27/mi-judge-ruling-mark-baker-can-raise-his-%E2%80%9Cferal%E2%80%9D-pigs-what-about-everyone" target="_blank"> Baker's Acres farm story</a></span></div>
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Michigan Assistant Attorney General Harold Martin as the case continues. Here's a Youtube link of him confronting farmer Baker and the crowd in court just before the next proceeding is about to start and it is bizarre, nasty, uncalled for and very unprofessional: </span></span><a href="http://thecompletepatient.com/article/2014/march/3/hidden-message-mi-ag%E2%80%99s-court-shenanigans-baker-hog-case-far-over" target="_blank"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bakers Acres More</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Little by little the bureaucrats are finding out that we can now easily find out what they're up to. They don't choose transparency, it is forced upon them as the people now have the power to track what they're doing and put it out there -- and they don't like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In another case, with the farmer winning, take a look at a Wisconsin raw milk case from not long ago where the jury sided with us, the people: <a href="http://www.vernonhershberger.com/" target="_blank">Amish Farmer Wins In Court!</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here is the Mission statement from his website: </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"This site's mission is to provide news and analysis about food rights
and raw milk. Increasingly, our access to privately available food is
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<br />American Barn Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533121617932279815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342155537366451877.post-83064856880892070292014-02-21T20:39:00.001-06:002014-02-21T20:39:07.666-06:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Check out this amazing place, especially if you're a Christian</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A few suggestions have been offered on improving the fundraising campaign. If you check out the link at <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/art-the-farmer/x/6259310" target="_blank">Art the Farmer fundraiser</a><a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/art-the-farmer/x/6259310"></a> you'll see some perks offered at much lower levels, $5, $10 and $20. And, there is a different video clip available that shows some old fashioned hay mowing as the sun is setting on a beautiful, hot Summer's day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thanks to the couple of people who have chipped in so far. And thanks to the people offering inputs that are great ideas and will hopefully ramp things up a bit.</span></div>
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<br />American Barn Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533121617932279815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342155537366451877.post-39263599225471206162014-02-04T15:09:00.002-06:002014-02-04T15:12:37.895-06:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Forgot to make the link live -- it works now </span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Someone suggested that I create an Indiegogo campaign to try and raise some dollars to help Art the Farmer keep going, so I did. And within the first few moments of posting the link on Facebook last evening someone pitched in $100. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">His kitchen sink is froze-up top and bottom, so he struggles with bringing water over from the bathroom faucets to the kitchen to work with and cobble a meal together. And it's never very much. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the meantime there are cows out in the barn to tend to and at this point Arthur says his end is in sight. And while he has been saying that every Winter for a few years now, things just seem enough more critical this year that he might finally be right about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Plus, he's all alone since his wife Carole died back in 1999, the year before I met him through the <i><span style="color: red;">"American Barn Stories"</span></i> series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Arthur is a smart man and a good farmer and it's shame he doesn't have the help he needs to get his farm back on its feet. Having no children or family nearby to help out, he's been treading water for quite a while now as he wages the battle for survival, but anyone can do that for only so long. The rock he's been pushing uphill in recent years only grows larger as his strengths to keep pushing it grow weaker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'll pass word along on how things go for him. We talked last night and he did sound much better than our last conversation on Friday night, which featured a full blown meltdown from him. That phone call inspired me to do a bit of outreach on his behalf, so here you go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And I guess I have to admit that a certain amount of this is self-centered as I really enjoy running up the thirty two miles to his place to help him bale hay in the Summer and I don't want to see that go away just yet -- I guess it's the 'city boy in the country' thing for me. Remember, I'm an undertaker's boy from the southwest side of Chicago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From the title you might think this post is about a recent Christmas car wreck but it is not. It is about a car wreck my younger sister was in two years ago near her home in Wisconsin that she amazingly survived. She was hit hard, broadsided on her driver's side, by a speeding driver who intentionally ran a residential 4-way stop sign for stupid reasons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>O<span style="font-size: small;">n the way back from the Christmas Eve service in the cold church, Arthur and I took some farm<span style="font-size: small;"> roads to get back to his place. Along the way we passed this old building on a corner that I've passed many times as I leave Art's and head home<span style="font-size: small;"> (</span>I take the bigger roads on the way up and the s<span style="font-size: small;">maller roads o<span style="font-size: small;">n the return, usually smelling of cows and the barn and I love it).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">We've talked about the building before, and we're going to work on finding out the details on it, but in the meantime there it sits so <span style="font-size: small;">we st<span style="font-size: small;">opped so I could</span></span> snap some pics<span style="font-size: small;"> -- and boy, it was cold and windy at the time. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">On some trips home from Art's I've stopped and explored the building in recent years and i<span style="font-size: small;">t <span style="font-size: small;">seems to be </span></span>an old church of some kind, but it's hard to be sure of it<span style="font-size: small;">s exact roots without any r<span style="font-size: small;">esearch. Although maybe someone out there will have some ideas after seeing the pics of it, so let's take a look at it and please leave a Comment if you have any insights on it.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">On one of those earlier visits I saw a pic opportunity that says it all<span style="font-size: small;">, and I shot it <span style="font-size: small;">this time for the blog.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It shows the outline on the wall of <span style="font-size: small;">where the pew<span style="font-size: small;">s butted up against the north wall, and it strikes me as one of the most p<span style="font-size: small;">oignant and telling ways to recall and conjure up images of what this structure was all about so many years ago. You can just see the people sitting in the<span style="font-size: small;"> pews</span> at the time. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Look at the pics <span style="font-size: small;">below for the set-up on it, and then we'll get to the <span style="font-size: small;">pic I'm talking about a bit farther down.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Looking to the right the empty fields have passing winds blowing across them that a pic can't portray, but believe me, it was cold, howling wind brutal at this moment and hard to be outside. Arthur was comfortable over in Trusty Rusty parked on the road with the heater running -- it was so cold that I missed snapping that pic in my rush to get back into the warm vehicle and I'm sorry I missed it</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As mentioned, Art is going to look into the details on the place as time allows. We'll pass that info along later as it happens and it should be very interesting to find out the story behind this old country structure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then here's a look at Art's place from across the fields same day. When we got back in his neighborhood we took a lap around the farm just to check on things and take a general look at the situation and all was well but boy, the wind was still howling and it was just a bone cold frigid day outside that day in Wisconsin on Christmas Eve 2013. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There<span style="font-size: small;"> are</span> about forty cows, bulls<span style="font-size: small;"> and </span>calves in th<span style="font-size: small;">is classic old dairy barn</span> right now with plenty of hay up in the mow and other things for them to munch on this Winter as the old farmer tends to them </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The plunge below zero last Monday was brutal here in Wisconsin, like in so many other places around the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My main concern was for Art the Farmer, knowing he was huddled in his old farm house with not much heating capability as well as for the cows out in the barn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Under usual conditions the animals provide enough warmth to keep the barn temps comfortable, but -15 adds another dimension to it all and creates a risk that has to be tempered as best as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When I called Arthur last Monday night he was pretty much in melt-down mode from the additional challenges caused by the low temperatures and his resulting trying to deal with it all since early that morning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You can hear that conversation by clicking <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tomlaughlin/art-the-farmer-cold" target="_blank">HERE</a>, it runs 16:48 and it's something to hear, check it out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One week later Arthur is still alive and the cows are OK, too, but it was one of those moments on a farm where things can go real bad real quick and in the meantime, if you're the farmer, especially if you're an old timer all alone, you're suffering to make things as right as can be and it's beating you up in the meantime.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In his true fashion Arthur met the cold challenge and things continue on the farm but the clock ticks, and the impending forces of change are knocking on Arthur's door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Over time we'll witness what happens with him and I will continue to bring his story to you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stay tuned, I guarantee it won't be boring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the cold in the meantime, Arthur himself was sleeping on the cot seen below in the farmhouse in temps of 41 degrees, he talks about it in the phone call. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He has a 220-volt space heater that he relies on for warmth that sits on the kitchen floor and filters over into his sleeping space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You can see the top of the space heater here in the lower right portion of the frame, it's brown.The table is full of some donated groceries I ran up to him to help him keep going last Winter. See them loaded up in Trusty Rusty below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's Arthur's farmhouse on the right, built in 1855, along with the barn and other outbuildings that have come along since then. His front door is on the other side of the house while the staircase that you see leads to the rental apartment upstairs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wow -- what a story we have the honor, and sadness, of witnessing -- an old time farmer playing out his days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And the fact that his pasture #6, seen above, connects to the local graveyard where his wife Carole rests and, in time, he will, too, just adds to it all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stay tuned for the story as it continues to happen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Thanks for clicking in -- more later on it all -- </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">PS:</span></b> And as so many people enjoyed the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Country Church </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christmas</span></span> post, here's the link to it to enjoy it again or pass along if you're so inclined -- click </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5342155537366451877#editor/target=post;postID=7435211471868242987;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=2;src=postname" target="_blank"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">HERE </span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Art the Farmer has told me about the Heart Prairie Lutheran Church in the past and on Christmas Eve this year we made it to the 3pm service -- and it was very special and good, and also very cold. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This country church was built overlooking Whitewater Lake in southeastern Wisconsin in the 1840's by Norwegian immigrants and to this day it still has no electricity and no heat of any kind (hardy people, them Norwegians).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And yet there we were, close to one hundred people, gathered on Christmas Eve to celebrate the birth of Jesus as the Sun was getting low and the oil lamps burned and we're all standing in this structure built one hundred and seventy years ago by people buried in the graveyards outside, surrounding the church. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> It has been very cold and snowy in the area lately and it was really something to see everyone's breath as we spoke the verses and sang the songs. Upon exiting after the service Art noted how cold the Church was and said he was surprised because he always thought Norwegians ran a little bit hotter, and the people around him got a chuckle out of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Arthur rotates his churches in the warm months between the Presbyterian, Lutheran and Baptist churches in his area. But once the cows are in the barn it's much harder for him to get away so his Sunday church visits are put on hold for the Winter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He didn't figure on being able to make it to Christmas church this year and was feeling pretty down about it, but then the idea of picking him up and taking him to the Heart Prairie Church came up. We were able to make the trip happen and it made for a very special Christmas celebration on many levels, and it is especially fun to bring a glimpse of this old time country church to all of you through the blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With full-on Winter here now Art's workload shifts and things get harder as the cows are in the barn for the Winter and need tending. Added to the mix is running the barn cleaner every week to move all the manure from behind the cows to the manure spreader waiting outside, which is hooked up to the spreader tractor, the 1951 Farmall M. Then Art has to mount up, start the tractor and haul the manure out onto one of the fields and spread it. Pics on those moments sometime later, it's quite a dance, and I will keep everyone posted overall on him as the Winter progresses -- fingers crossed for him as another cold, hard season plays out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Check out this </span>one-minute look at<span style="font-size: small;"> some modern tractors working it</span> click here<span style="font-size: small;">-></span> <a href="http://youtu.be/ee5U3W42xIw" target="_blank">Tandem Tractors</a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">And then find <span style="font-size: small;">a look at some old time steam machines working it further down -- wow -- how far we've come!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">As a kid growing up on the <span style="font-size: small;">south side of Chicago back in the <span style="font-size: small;">1960's I reme<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">mber</span> being predisposed, for whatever reason, to making fun of farmers as being dopey and slow. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I don't know where it ever came from because I didn't know any farmers then, probably beca<span style="font-size: small;">use </span>I was only ten years<span style="font-size: small;"> old<span style="font-size: small;"></span>, </span>but I do remember the mind set existing </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">with me</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>.<span style="font-size: small;"> A<span style="font-size: small;">nd all I can say ab<span style="font-size: small;">out it </span>is that I was a dopey kid from the city<span style="font-size: small;"> that di<span style="font-size: small;">dn't know nuth<span style="font-size: small;">in' about nuthin'<span style="font-size: small;"> from nuthin', <span style="font-size: small;">and I<span style="font-size: small;">'m trying to do better now as a grown up.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alth<span style="font-size: small;">ough <span style="font-size: small;">t</span></span>here <u>is</u> some hazy memory of <span style="font-size: small;">being at a farm <span style="font-size: small;">southwest of the Chicago city limits where we would occasionally visit as a family for some reason and one thing I do remember is that, on one visit, a couple of farm kids <span style="font-size: small;">told me that I absolutely had to pee in a particular spot and I did, up to the poi<span style="font-size: small;">nt that </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>the electric fence taught me to be more careful about all of that in the future, and to this day, I am. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">M</span>aybe that's where my young<span style="font-size: small;">, <span style="font-size: small;">uninformed </span></span>predisposition against farmers came from,<span style="font-size: small;"> but <span style="font-size: small;">no matter.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fast forward to now and boy, how things have changed for farming and all of us.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Farmers have become some of the most technologically ad<span style="font-size: small;">vanc<span style="font-size: small;">ed</span> profession<span style="font-size: small;">al<span style="font-size: small;">s in our <span style="font-size: small;">society. Witness the tractors in the clip above, a couple of John Deere 9220's working a field in Wisconsin getting it ready for <span style="font-size: small;">Spring planting.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then here's some footage<span style="font-size: small;"> from the Rock River Thresher<span style="font-size: small;">e</span>e held every Labor Day weekend in Edgerton, Wisconsin, where <span style="font-size: small;"> steam powered machinery makes it happen and gives us a glimpse into the ways of how land was worked in the 1800's and early 1900<span style="font-size: small;">'s prior to gas and diesel engines. </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">More lat<span style="font-size: small;">er on it all, than<span style="font-size: small;">ks</span> for <span style="font-size: small;">clicking in -- and Merry Christmas. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">While knocking around online <span style="font-size: small;">this week <span style="font-size: small;">I saw not<span style="font-size: small;">ice that Tom Laughlin, the Hollywood Actor, Producer, Writer and star of the<i> <b>'Billy Jack'</b></i> series of films back in the 1970's, died a few days ago at the age of 82 in Thousand Oaks, California.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">You may have seen <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">the</span> blog post from O<span style="font-size: small;">ctober 30th where I'm talking about the challenge of using my own name on the PBS air in the old barns shows, in the blog etc.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>when a Hollywood entity, Tom Laughlin, already owns it. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">So now what to do? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, it's pretty easy, actually.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">While <span style="font-size: small;">t</span>he man himself is dead and gone, <span style="font-size: small;">the legacy<span style="font-size: small;">, </span>legality and ownership of his intellectual property rights will go on, and they will be owned and protected by the owners of the 'Tom Laughlin' brand, which is probably/mainly his w<span style="font-size: small;">i</span>fe of over 60 years, Delores T<span style="font-size: small;">aylor</span>, who starred al<span style="font-size: small;">ongside him in the 'Billy Jack' films</span>. Plus he has a few children. <span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Luckily, not a big deal for me as the 'Tom E. Laughlin' brand is OK with me. Won't re-hash all of that since it's in the original po<span style="font-size: small;">st, but it is a bit of a passage for me as I remember being in high school in the early 70's on the south side of Chicago and having a newspaper clipping of a<span style="font-size: small;"> 'Billy Jack' movie ad in my wallet. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">And now the 'Billy Jack' Tom Laughlin is gone<span style="font-size: small;"> forever and it<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>is <span style="font-size: small;"></span>an era passing and fading with time for me and others from th<span style="font-size: small;">ose days</span>.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hey, whatcha' gonna do? We move on and keep going, <span style="font-size: small;">with those memories and any learning points from them riding along with u<span style="font-size: small;">s as we continue.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rest in peace, Billy Jack and Tom Laughlin. You came in and kicked ass for what was right and didn't even both<span style="font-size: small;">er taking names for later. You </span>fought the good fight and made a difference forever.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's some copy on it from an article in, 'The Wrap' </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The iconoclastic actor’s 1971 vigilante film “Billy Jack,” over which he sued Warner Bros., became a cultural lightning rod.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Filmmaker Tom Laughlin, who shot to fame as the rugged
half-breed action hero “Billy Jack,” died Thursday in Thousand Oaks,
Calif., surrounded by his family. He was 82 years old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">While involved at one point with just about every facet of the film
business, Laughlin may be best known for his series of “Billy Jack”
films. He has been married to Delores Taylor since 1954, and she
co-produced and acted in all four of the “Billy Jack” movies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In addition to acting, he was a producer, director and screenwriter,
and drew attention for a groundbreaking promotion and release campaign
on 1974′s “The Trial of Billy Jack” that included TV trailers during
national news and an “opening day” nationwide release that helped shape
the future of film distribution.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><a href="http://www.thewrap.com/peter-otoole-mourned-hollywood-twitter-outpouring/"></a></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In 1967, Laughlin wrote, directed (as T. C. Frank) and starred in the
motorcycle-gang exploitation movie “The Born Losers,” the first film in
which the character of Billy Jack appeared.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In 1971, he followed that up with a sequel, “Billy Jack,” which he
made independently and with his own money. The numerous political
references — and frontal nudity — caused several studios to shy away,
but Warner Bros. finally agreed to distribute it. Laughlin, upset with
the studio’s marketing of the film, sued to get it back, won and
re-released it himself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That re-release brought attention, box-office success and
controversy. In it, Laughlin played the title character, a vigilante
former Vietnam War hero who defends the hippie-themed Freedom School and
its counterculture and Native American students.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“‘Billy Jack’ seems to be saying that a gun is better than a
constitution in the enforcement of justice. Is democracy totally
obsolete, then? Is our only hope that the good fascists defeat the bad
fascists?’” said Roger Ebert in his review. ”Billy Jack” was also one of
the first films to introduce martial arts to mainstream movie audiences
in the U.S.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><a href="http://www.thewrap.com/gallery/notable-celebrity-deaths-2013-81431"></a></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“The youth of this country have only two heroes Ralph Nader and Billy
Jack,” Laughlin said after the movie became a hit, particularly with
young moviegoers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Laughlin’s first directing gig was “The Proper Time” in 1957,
followed by “The Young Sinner” in 1960, which marked the first time that
he wrote, directed and starred in a film.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Laughlin was in many ways a maverick. In the early 1960s, he
temporarily left his film career behind to start a Montessori preschool
in Santa Monica that became the largest school of its kind in the United
States.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In recent years, Laughlin became involved in psychology and domestic
abuse counseling, writing several books on Jungian psychology and
developing theories on the causes of cancer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He ran for President of the
United States in 1992, 2004, and 2008.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">His early career as an actor found him parts in feature films
including “Tea and Sympathy” and “South Pacific” along with the original
“Gidget.” His first starring role was in Robert Altman’s 1957 film,
“The Delinquents.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Laughlin is survived by his wife of 60 years, Delores, his children
Frank, Teresa and Christina, his five grandchildren, and his sister
Joan. Plans for a memorial service are in the works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A service to celebrate his life is being planned and will be held sometime in early January.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations go to
Alzheimer’s Research: www.alz.org or to the Pine Ridge Indian
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www.friendsofpineridgereservation.org.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">T</span>he push to get the ne<span style="font-size: small;">west old barns prog<span style="font-size: small;">ram<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: black;">out there continues and the list below has a few updates to it from what appeared in an earlier post<span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've been at it for months now and am happy to be appro<span style="font-size: small;">aching</span><span style="font-size: small;"> the threshold of twenty markets gained<span style="font-size: small;">, which is a good number in <span style="font-size: small;">P</span>BS land. <span style="font-size: small;">With <span style="font-size: small;">more follow<span style="font-size: small;"> ups this week that magic number could quite likely be attained, and maybe passed.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">And an added bonus along the way i<span style="font-size: small;">s the fact that I am getting to know the Programmers through the phone conversations we're ha<span style="font-size: small;">ving, and that is a very good thing for related future purpo<span style="font-size: small;">ses. I've had some really nice conversations with some really nice PBS Programmers across the country so far, with many more to come and I really enjoy that part of the process.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nine<span style="font-size: small;">teen</span> national PBS markets gained with another eleven <span style="font-size: small;">markets viewing screeners for consideration of ai<span style="font-size: small;">r.</span> </span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">HDCam Close<span style="font-size: large;">d-</span>Captioned Master recorded for air:</span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chicago WYCC Channel 20</span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Milwaukee WMVS/WMVT Channels 10 <span style="font-size: small;">&</span> 36</span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Minneap<span style="font-size: small;">olis Twin Cit<span style="font-size: small;">ies Public Television<span style="font-size: small;">/</span></span>TP<span style="font-size: small;">T</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">WILL-TV Illinois Public Broadcasting Urbana, Illinois </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">WTVP-TV Public Media for Central Illinois Peoria, Illinois</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Iowa Public Television</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kansas City Public Televi<span style="font-size: small;">sion</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oklahoma Public Television </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Denver Pubic Television</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Seattle Public Television </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">W</span>estern Michigan PBS WGVU </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">No<span style="font-size: small;">rth Carolina PBS UNC-TV</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Florida PBS<span style="font-size: small;"> stations: WEDU/Tampa, WGCU/Fort Myers, WEFS/Cocoa,<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>WLRN<span style="font-size: small;">/Miami</span> WDSC/Daytona<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><span style="font-size: large;">PBS Stations on Waiting List for Master:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pr<span style="font-size: small;">a<span style="font-size: small;">irie</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Publi<span style="font-size: small;">c</span> B<span style="font-size: small;">roadcasting Fargo, North Dakota </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">PBS Stations Viewing Screeners for <span style="font-size: large;">C</span>onsideration of <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>ir: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">WETA Washington DC </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">New Orleans PBS WLAE/WYES </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">KLRU Austin, Texas</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Idaho PBS</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">P</span>ennsylvania/Beth<span style="font-size: small;">lehem PBS</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Virgin<span style="font-size: small;">ia/Richmond<span style="font-size: small;"> PBS</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nashville PBS</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">New Hampshire PBS</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cleveland PBS </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Otherwise </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Throu<span style="font-size: small;">gh th<span style="font-size: small;">e production of the series, as mentioned in an earlier post, I've become very acquainted with the fight by many people to gain food freedom<span style="font-size: small;"> rights on many levels, most notably raw milk. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a pic of me and Art the Farmer at the State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin USA <span style="font-size: small;">back in July as we attended a Senate Hearing on SB236, which w<span style="font-size: small;">oul</span>d provide for and allow the sale of some raw milk fro<span style="font-size: small;">m family farms. We are in the office of Senator Glenn Grothman</span></span>, who sponsored the <span style="font-size: small;">Bill.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Bill is currently working its way through process and stands a good chance of passing, but it's not perfect <span style="font-size: small;">and </span>there are still critics of it. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I<span style="font-size: small;">f it happens,</span> smaller farmers like Arthur would have a revenu<span style="font-size: small;">e</span> stream open up to them that could be the difference between survi<span style="font-size: small;">ving or no<span style="font-size: small;">t</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Ar<span style="font-size: small;">t's case it would take more than just the passage of the Bill <span style="font-size: small;">for it to work for him as he would then have to start milking again and, in itself, that is a huge challenge for him to take on and at the moment really not possible.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">So in the meantime he continues to partici<span style="font-size: small;">pate in the fight for raw milk because he considers it such an important issue for smaller farms and farmers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">As updates become available on it they'll be passed along here -- stay tuned -- and read below for more on the current raw milk case from out East. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">We're waiting for an update on the story from Foxborough, Massa<span style="font-size: small;">ch</span>usetts, home of <span style="font-size: small;">th</span>e New England Patriots, where the local town governm<span style="font-size: small;">ent is trying hard to crush and eliminate an established family dairy<span style="font-size: small;"> farm.</span> Details can be found at this link <a href="http://thecompletepatient.com/article/2013/december/9/hows-raw-milk-two-fer-foxborough-ma-threatens-food-rights-and-safety" target="_blank">Raw Milk Foxborough fight</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i> </i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>and once you're at the site there is</b> <b>much more good, related information on <span style="font-size: small;">it all that many of you might find interesting.</span></b></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">It seems absurd that we can't just eat what we want without having to worry about government intervention<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Someone noted that in Russia they can eat what they want but they can't say what they want. And in America<span style="font-size: small;"> we can say what we want, but we can't eat what we want. </span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">What a World. </span></span> </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>With the cows in the barn Arthur now faces the daily ta</b><span style="font-size: small;"><b>sks and burdens of tending to them. </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Daily feedings, keeping their drinking cups working in the freezing weather, running the barn cleaner to move the manure out the end of the barn up into the manure spreader and then climbing up onto and firing up the 1951 Farmall M tractor to haul and throw the manure out on a pasture every few days in all weather conditions etc. etc. </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wow<span style="font-size: small;"> -- w</span>hat a load.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>He does ha<span style="font-size: small;">ve</span> a pretty good handle on it overall, with a full enough hay mow up above and the ethanol plant nearby where he can bu<span style="font-size: small;">y</span> dried distillers grain to help add protein to the cows' diet, but as things have to get done<span style="font-size: small;"> he's the man and it's wearing on him in his mid<span style="font-size: small;">-</span>70's.</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">S<span style="font-size: small;">om<span style="font-size: small;">e people say he should just sell the farm, hang it up and be done with it, but he has a dream of the place <span style="font-size: small;">becoming a producing dairy again. </span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">And it could -- he just needs some help and inputs in terms of dollars and people power. </span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Plus, what else would he do? </span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">He's not one to just sit and watch the days go by. </span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">And boy, he sure does know his stuff. He's a very smart man with a degree in Ag Scien<span style="font-size: small;">ce from Penn State back in 1957 with years in the ag and farming industries since then<span style="font-size: small;"> -- a</span>nd the ability to fix and repai<span style="font-size: small;">r just about anything, as any farmer needs to be able to do.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">So I'll keep you in touch with him and his farm through this Winter season<span style="font-size: small;">; please send your positive thoughts his way.</span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've <span style="font-size: small;">told him for a long time that I think people <i>'out there'</i> will be interested to see his farm and learn a little bit about him and his situation thro<span style="font-size: small;">ugh</span> the inter<span style="font-size: small;">net towards whatever end. </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">So anticipate his story continuing to <span style="font-size: small;">come</span> to you over time -- energy out brings energy back, let's see what it might bring to him. One of the missions of this blog and outrea<span style="font-size: small;">ch is to find some help and support for him<span style="font-size: small;"> somehow, somewhere.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Amongst the few, <span style="font-size: small;">h</span>e's one of the traditional dairy farmers left<span style="font-size: small;"> standing and he sy<span style="font-size: small;">m</span>bolizes a lot of where we're all from, city or coun<span style="font-size: small;">tr</span>y, and I truly think his old-timer story is one that deserves and needs to be told. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">And in the meantime, he's a<span style="font-size: small;"> TV show in himself. Let's see if I can get closer to <span style="font-size: small;">making that happen -- stay tuned for that.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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American Barn Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533121617932279815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342155537366451877.post-62583420551780206332013-12-11T02:50:00.000-06:002013-12-11T18:17:27.755-06:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"> A re-post with fixed link </span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Helping Art the Farmer get the cows in the barn for Winter</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Art the Farmer called last week saying the barn was just about ready to get the cows in for the Winter and he was hoping I could come up and help him with it all the next day. We had talked about it before so I was prepared, and able to, and did run up and give him a hand, and what an afternoon it was. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was just me and Art for most of it, until the farm girl renter from upstairs got home from work and helped a bunch as we had to find a missing calf off in pasture #1 to wrap things up, and by then it was getting pretty dark -- and cold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From the cow yard we each scanned off into the distance of the pasture looking for something, anything, but saw nothing of the bull calf, so all we could do was start the trudge spreading out over frozen, uneven ground towards the far end of the pasture looking for the calf. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After much trudging, all the way to the far end of the pasture, we were very lucky to double back and find the calf huddled in some marsh grass about 1,000 feet from the barn as full dark was setting in, along with the severe cold front we knew was coming that night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was dark enough at this point that we knew our time was running out and that we would not have another chance to get the calf up to the barn. </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As it went, with Art in the middle and us on either side, and all of us being about fifty feet from the animal, we managed to<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> do a very gentle three-point push on the calf from behind, step by step, to</span> get him worked back toward the corral leading into the cow yard and</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> boy, what a surprise it was when it worked out on the first and only possible try. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> So now we had him in the corral and had to get a neck rope on him so we could tie him off to a post so as to get a halter on him, and Arthur just took that on and made it happen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">While it is taking a toll on him, he keeps on. What else would he do?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We then managed to wrestle/pull/push the calf finally into the barn and get him into the steel pen with the couple other calves and it was a wrap. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wow. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hey, I'm a city boy,
the son of an Undertaker from the south side of Chicago and all I know
about any of this country and old farm stuff is that I love it for many years now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And as long as Art is around I'll
do my best to help him and capture his story and bring it to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And God Bless America in the meantime. This is where we're all from, our old farms and barns. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Along the way, at crucial points when the calf balked, Arthur would call out to us, "Wait a minute ... let him think about it .. " and we would pause, and wait a bit, and he was right every time as the calf gradually kept moving along the line we needed him to keep, one step at a time, then maybe a few, with each of us making one cautious, crunching step at a time, across the hard, frozen ground.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Had we missed, the calf may have survived the night huddled in the marsh grass, but maybe not. It got really cold that night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Arthur called it a miracle from God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But then, anytime something goes his way it does seem like a miracle because it just doesn't happen often enough for him. On average, Arthur just can't catch a break.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's a listen to the phone conversation where we're getting things dialed in the night before and yes, of course, I have Art's permission to make this conversation, and more to come, available to the World.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Since I've known him some thirteen years now, I've always thought people would enjoy, if that's the word, witnessing this classic old Wisconsin dairy farmer living his hardscrabble life. This phone conversation is a first glimpse into all of it from that perspective. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And being a first (now second) attempt at adding audio to the blog there might be a glitch, but let's try it and see how it goes -- it's hard to be absolutely sure in Preview mode.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">With the first post failing to include the link, here's another try -- click <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tomlaughlin/atf-getting-cows-in-12-13-aiff" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">HERE</span></a> to hear the conversation -- hopefully this time it will work, it just tested OK, so give it a shot.</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's a look at the empty barn waiting for its bovine tenants around 1:30pm CST last Thursday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And after about four hours of somewhat controlled herding and much coaxing, convincing, pushing, pulling, cajoling, roping and wrestling with them, the nearly forty cows, bulls and calves were all moved into place into stanchions and stalls and things looked more like this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And best of all, throughout whole the process there were no injuries to any of the herd, herders, or barn cats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stay tuned for more from Art's farm. There aren't many like him left standing these days so as long as I have the chance to document and share, and help him, I will do so. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And what's that they say about, 'Happiness is a warm barn'? I think this is what they mean. It's a shame the lights have gone out in so many of America's old barns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Got the second American Barn Stories clip up just now -- find it at http://youtu.be/pls0umvD7v0 or visit the website www.americanbarnstories.net and click on the ''TV Shows Info' button. Some great round barn stories in this show, including one from up in Minnesota! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The pics in that grouping are from a show I produced many years ago, back in the 90's, that was all about life and living conditions in the 1800's and I'm working out the details with the Wisconsin State Historical Society (WSHS) so I can bring some of them to you on a regular posting basis. Gotta re-secure the usage rights for this new application, and believe me, there are some really great images I'm going to be bringing your way that are all about life in the horse and buggy days. I'm hoping to have clearance to use them this week, so I'll keep everyone in the loop on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And that old show, titled <i>"A Long Way In A Short Time"</i>, is currently no longer available. Over time I may be able to resurrect it, but at the moment no copies available. But at least you'll be able to see the images that made up the show. I'll post information as I receive it from WSHS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's a print from a Kodachrome slide shot on a dark rainy night back in 1987 on the rain-slicked streets of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin USA. <br /><br />It captures a special moment in the life and time of Hanny's Restaurant, a local, small town diner known to many over the years in the Lake Geneva area and beyond. <br /><br />And now that it's gone, this image becomes that much more special.<br /><br />Over time, people enjoyed the pic so much that I had a press run done 6 years ago to generate poster-sized prints, and since I still have some of them left and available for sale, I thought I'd put them out there. <br /><br />It might be a great Christmas gifting idea for some, so here you go.<br /><br />Many people compare the feel of the image to Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks' from 1942 where people sit at an outside diner in New York City late at night, sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. <br /><br />This Kodachrome image is printed on a really nice 80# Gloss Cover Stock with varnish at a standard print size of 18"x24" to make framing easy.<br /><br />Printing Press: Two-color 40" Heidelberg Sorsz, two passes. <br /><br />Camera and film: Pentax Spotmatic F with standard lens and Kodachrome 64 film. Exposure was not recorded.<br /><br />Price: $19.95 plus $5.00 S&H. Standard mail in 3" tube. Signed and numbered by photographer Tom Laughlin.<br /><br />So take a look and see what you think. <br /><br />Online orders happen thru the legacy website at <a href="http://www.koviaonline.com/order.html" target="_blank">http://www.koviaonline.com/order.html</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />Note that this is a Paypal site, and if you don't Paypal, email me at <a href="mailto:tom-laughlin@att.net" target="_blank">tom-laughlin@att.net </a>and we can work it out.<br /><br />Also, as the online order form offers the older price of $19.95, I decided to hold it there and offer people a holiday special. The latest, current price on the street is $24.95, but thru this Facebook offer, you can enjoy the discount!<br /><br />Once this post gets out there a bit I think I'll also put out the newspaper clipping where I'm presenting the first print, #001, to Doris Hanny, who opened the restaurant with her husband Jim in 1939, the day after their wedding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All for now, thanks for clicking in -- more later! </span>American Barn Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533121617932279815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342155537366451877.post-60227862003189504362013-12-04T23:51:00.001-06:002013-12-05T01:33:19.433-06:00<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> C<span style="font-size: x-large;">an you</span> buy milk from a farmer in America</span></span>?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, maybe you can, maybe you can't -- it depends on what state/USA you're living in and </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">where you live within that state</span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">At the moment, a number of states in America are persecuting and prosecuting small dairy farmers who are providing milk directly from their cows to people who want it and are willing to pay for it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Why shouldn't people wanting raw milk be able to buy it from a local farmer, unfettered by government forces? And why shouldn't the farmer be able to sell it to them without fear of prosecution? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To all of those involved, it just doesn't seem right. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Raw milk advocates are saying, "How in the World does it make any sense that we can't buy milk directly from a farmer to feed to our families without fear of prosecution?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"Isn't it the most basic human right we're given upon being borne upon the face of this planet, and into this World? How does <u>any</u> government have <u>any</u> right to tell us that we can't fulfill the most basic human right of feeding our families as we see fit?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It doesn't make sense but then, with government agencies involved, that's no surprise as nonsense seems to be one of the things many politicians, but certainly not all, in our national, state and local governments are doing best these days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One of the most current stories comes from the town in Massachusetts that hosts the <b>New England Patriots</b>, Foxborough. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In spite of State oversight of raw milk in Massachusetts, the local Foxborough town government is taking it upon themselves to enact stricter raw milk requirements that essentially make it much more difficult for a local, 300-year old generational family dairy farm to stay in business.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Critics say the rules and regulations seem to be aimed directly at the Lawton Family Farm in Foxborough and are coming under fire from raw milk advocates across the country. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They add that this could be another precedent-setting case if it ever goes to trial for any reason as per the Vernon Hershberger trial in Wisconsin recently, where the jury vindicated the Amish farmer on all charges(3) except for accessing the products in his store and coolers that Wisconsin's DATCP had sealed and taped shut during a raid with a full complement of armed Deputies, warning Hershberger not to violate the holding order.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The jury had no choice but to convict him on this charge but listen to this, after the trial at least one of the jury members approached farmer Hershberger asking to join his private buyers club. </span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/news_wp/?p=9236"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/news_wp/?p=9236</span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://modernfarmer.com/2013/05/amish-raw-milk-farmer-vernon-hershberger-wins-big-in-court/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">http://modernfarmer.com/2013/05/amish-raw-milk-farmer-vernon-hershberger-wins-big-in-court/ </span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is just plain a heck of a story, it's happening <b>right now </b> and here's the link from the website, <i>"<b>The Complete Patient</b>"</i>, a really interesting website about related things and hosted by Author and more, David Gumpert. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It will provide insights into the issue, more are available online: </span></span><br />
<a href="http://thecompletepatient.com/article/2013/december/2/what-real-agenda-behind-nfl-town%E2%80%99s-continued-harassing-tiny-raw-milk-dairy" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">http://thecompletepatient.com/article/2013/december/2/what-real-agenda-behind-nfl-town%E2%80%99s-continued-harassing-tiny-raw-milk-dairy </span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We can't dig too much into the issue here as it runs really deep, but by the grace of the internet and social media there is the opportunity and need to pass this information along to let anyone interested know what's going on with it. Take it and run with it as much as you're inspired and interested to do so. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our old barns remind us that we are all people of the land, and when issues like raw milk come along the old barns still standing are strong reminders of where we're all from not so long ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For cryin' out loud, I just want a glass of milk from my neighbor's cow. Why does that have to be such a legal and bureaucratic challenge? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It just doesn't make sense and the politicos standing in the way of it are in the process of finding that out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As I started production on the, <span style="color: red;">"American Barn Stories..."</span> series some years ago I could never have imagined the World it would open up to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Gonna run up and help Art with the cows tomorrow. Cold weather is banging on the barn doors and some things have to get done in the meantime. Will try to snap a few pics to pass along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's some info </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Long stor<span style="font-size: small;">y short, estimates put the total number of old<span style="font-size: small;">-</span>time barns currently remaining across America at about 660,000<span style="font-size: small;"> when in 1910, at the peak of traditio<span style="font-size: small;">nal </span>small family farm activity in America, there were about six <u>million</u>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">And <span style="font-size: small;">t</span>hat's because, in those days, almost <i>everyon</i><span style="font-size: small;"><i>e</i> was a farmer<span style="font-size: small;"> and tied to the land <span style="font-size: small;">for the purposes of sheer survival. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">These days, <b><i>2 percent</i></b> of our population are farmers<span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a link to a story on it from the <span style="color: red;"><b>National Barn A</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b>llian</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">ce</span> </b>(NBA)<span style="font-size: small;">, an organization <span style="font-size: small;">with <span style="font-size: small;">the</span> Mission to help all things old barns<span style="font-size: small;"></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://barnalliance.org/2012/07/16/thinking-about-moving-a-barn/</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">And here's a link to the NBA itself </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">http://barnalliance.org/ <span style="color: black;">Check them out -- they have a lot of good information and network connections on old barns and how to deal with them if you have a project at hand.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Guest
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">He is an architect in Ann Arbor,
Michigan who has been saving and adapting old, unwanted, barns into new
uses; including homes, offices and retail spaces. </span></span></h2>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The scene is easily conjured; a barn in a field, quietly marking
time. It’s a picture that lingers. Few things are as simple as an old
barn. But that simplicity evaporates when we consider their future.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are about 660,000 historic barns left in the United States. And
while that may sound like a lot, at the peak of farming in America,
around 1910, there were 6 million farms. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If each farm had only one barn
we have lost on average 50,000 barns a year. But obviously their demise
does not come about ‘on average’. As the years pass more and more barns
fall into ruin; making 660,000 seem like a frighteningly small number
to me.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So what is to become of relics like barns when the country has been
steadily moving to a non-agrarian lifestyle, and shows no real sign of
turning back? These icons in the landscape are stranded but they are not
without love. That’s why it is not so simple.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Barns in our landscape are sublime. Like a mountain or a river, they
have existed there for so long that you can come to believe they will be
there forever. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But they will not. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We have all heard the reasons; too
much to maintain, farm equipment is too big, fewer farms and fewer
farmers, etc. etc. etc.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But didn’t we agree that barns are loved? Why then does that not swing in their favor? </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Click on this link to read the whole story <span style="color: red;">http://barnalliance.org/2012/07/16/thinking-about-moving-a-barn/ </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And here's a bit more</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">What follows below<span style="font-size: small;"> is some really great in<span style="font-size: small;">formation on total old barn numbers from the <b><i>National Trust for Historic Preservation</i></b><span style="font-size: small;"> -- it's an excerp<span style="font-size: small;">t and you can find</span> the whole missive at: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.preservationnation.org/information-center/saving-a-place/rural-heritage/barn-again/Historic-Barns-in-the-United-States.html</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Which states have the most old barns?</span></h3>
The results of the recent Census of Agriculture include some
surprises about where older barns are located. For example, the state
with the most farms reporting pre-1960 barns is not Iowa, nor Wisconsin,
nor Pennsylvania. It is Texas. (OK, maybe this isn't really a
surprise.) Below is a ranking of the top ten states where the most
farmers or ranchers said they have a barn built prior to 1960. <br />
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<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Texas:</b> 51,236 <i>farms or ranches reporting at least one barn built before 1960</i></span>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Missouri:</b> 36,007<b> </b></span>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Wisconsin:</b> 35,386 </span>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Kentucky:</b> 35,224 </span>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Iowa:</b> 34,224<b> </b></span>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Ohio:</b> 33,762<b> </b></span>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Pennsylvania:</b> 29,321<b> </b></span>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Tennessee:</b> 27,555 </span>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Minnesota:</b> 27,165 </span>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Illinois:</b> 25,767</span></li>
</ol>
Looking at these statistics, one might argue that larger states will
always come out on top of the list. What about a top ten list that
takes into account total land area? Here's a ranking of states when the
results are calculated by the number of agricultural properties with
barns built before 1960 <i>per square mile</i>.<br />
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<li><b>Kentucky:</b> 0.89 <i>farms or ranches with pre-1960 barns,</i> <i>for every square mile</i>
</li>
<li><b>Ohio:</b> 0.82
</li>
<li><b>Tennessee:</b> 0.67<b> </b>
</li>
<li><b>Pennsylvania:</b> 0.65
</li>
<li><b>Wisconsin: </b>0.65<b> </b>
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<li><b>Indiana:</b> 0.63<b> </b>
</li>
<li><b>Iowa:</b> 0.61
</li>
<li><b>Maryland:</b> 0.53
</li>
<li><b>Missouri:</b> 0.52
</li>
<li><b>Illinois:</b> 0.46</li>
</ol>
With this ranking in mind, it is particurlarly appropriate that Kentucky was the site of this year's national <a href="http://www.barnalliance.org/BarnConferenceAgenda.pdf">Heritage Barn Conference</a>, organized by the <a href="http://www.barnalliance.org/">National Barn Alliance</a> in partnership with local hosts <a href="http://www.kycrossroadsregion.com/">Preservation Kentucky</a> and the <a href="http://heritage.ky.gov/">Kentucky Heritage Council</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b></b><span style="color: red;"><b>Read the whole article here: </b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>---> </b></span>http://www.preservationnation.org/information-center/saving-a-place/rural-heritage/barn-again/Historic-Barns-in-the-United-States.html<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sum-up</b></span></i></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The old barns energy continues and is growing<span style="font-size: small;"> as, <span style="font-size: small;">a</span></span>cross the country, people are realizing how important these old wooden barns and farm structures are to us.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's 'too little<span style="font-size: small;">, too late' for so many <span style="font-size: small;">of them, but in the meantime we still have the cha<span style="font-size: small;">nce to save and honor a significant number of the <span style="font-size: small;">old ba<span style="font-size: small;">rns that our country <span style="font-size: small;">came</span> from, not so many years and decades a<span style="font-size: small;">go.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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