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| Chat - Friday, August 20th, 2010.; T.G.I.F. | |
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| Artsy Mom | Aug 20 2010, 07:52 PM Post #31 |
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Lily the Black Bear - Update August 20, 2010 - 6:51 PM CDT Update on updates Lily & Hope in dappled sunlight - August 19, 2010 We're sorry we couldn't write an update last night. Actually, that may happen more in the next two months as we deal with hunting season. A law protects radio-collared bears that are accompanied by a researcher who informs the hunter that the bear is a research bear. To accompany them, we have to find the bear in the woods before hunting hours start a half hour before sunrise, and then find our way out of the woods after hunting hours close a half hour after sunset. Finding the bears is easier now we have GPS units on the radio-collars, but following a bear in low-light conditions is extremely difficult. Therefore, the best protection we can provide for the radio-collared bears is to make their collars visible by tying ribbons on them and gaining the cooperation of hunters not to shoot them. Regardless, our schedule is exhausting, as you can imagine, and it may preclude regular updates during bear hunting season September 1 through October 17. However, we will do our best to post at least brief updates during the hectic times. Currently, we are working with TV stations and newspapers to get the word out about the values of the radio-collared bears to science and the region. Your efforts are helping to make these bears valuable to the region through the many things you have done and are doing. As part of that, WCCO-TV in Minneapolis did a piece on your powerful voting to win $100,000 for Minnesota's Bear Head Lake State Park, putting the park in the lead by over 437,000 votes. See http://wcco.com/local/bear.head.lake.2.1871262.html. We're still gathering information on how Lily's fans can vote $500,000 for Ely's Memorial High School and Washington Elementary School. All of this continues to make a splash for the value of Lily, Hope, June, and the other 11 radio-collared bears. We hope the effect is that hunters will respect their value and spare them. Lily's famous face - August 19, 2010 Lily's face continues to appear in the news whenever there is a bear incident anywhere. But the newspapers can't get away with it with nearly 112,000 Lily fans that recognize the picture. The most recent was about a captive bear killing its keeper in Ohio. We trust wild bears far more than captive ones that can develop psychoses from captivity. Wild bears can always retreat if they feel threatened or uncomfortable, but captive bears have no escape. Lily's famous picture appeared in the newspaper as the killer. It has since been removed. At our request, AP pulled the picture from their files months ago but many news outlets have an archived copy. With each new bear incident, it appears in some paper again. We feel Lily must be a pretty good looking bear to be chosen so much. Lily and Hope are together and doing fine. These pictures are more that were taken by the BBC crew yesterday. Corelyn continues to coordinate dozens of educators putting together the Educational Outreach program. Reports are that educators are stepping up to the plate, taking a piece of the pie, and working hard to make their part the best it can be while many other teachers continue to send in ideas. The enthusiasm among teachers led the Bear Box group to expand the number of Bear Boxes to have available to send out to classrooms, and some teachers are volunteering to personally sponsor having boxes sent to their classrooms for evaluation. This is the beginning of an effective program that will evolve as everyone sees what works best for educating about bears. Thank you for all you do. ~Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center |
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| Artsy Mom | Aug 20 2010, 08:23 PM Post #32 |
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Love the idea of the reversible placemats Sunnyland7. Those would be perfect for so many uses as Kris has pointed out Carole how much fun to go see a musical starring two of your own grand children It looks like there were 25 kids in that cast. The teachers deserve a big hand for coordinating that production too I'm sure everyone put in many hours of rehearsals beforehand. What a nice summer treat for the families
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| KLJinOz | Aug 20 2010, 10:04 PM Post #33 |
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G'day Peeps, my Saturday and SPRING is definitely here. Having a great weekend and the weather is fantastic, (okay still a little cool) Deb, work sucks, huh Hope it takes turn up for ya. Buddy Day Love it! Was Grease allowed to be photographed or filmed? What a great memory for all concerned and one of my fav musicals. I have a 'date' this afternoon! If I like him, I will report about him later. I like the idea of placemats. Karen & Rusty are taking my Catalina Tour this weekend, hopefully she send me some photos.
Edited by KLJinOz, Aug 20 2010, 10:05 PM.
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| Naturegal | Aug 21 2010, 04:52 AM Post #34 |
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Hi Ozzie Grease was allowed to be filmed with copyright permission. They do a DVD of the production and sell it to the parents. They also have to have permission just to produce the plays. This is a non-profit theatre organization that operates all year with a 2 week summer camp. They get sponsors to support them, ticket sales, raffles, and of course the cost to have your children enrolled in the program.Can't wait to hear about your "date", hope he is a winner and that you have a good time.
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