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http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2500556 Police Briefs Posted Saturday March 20, 2010 ICE SHACK CHARGES Several people are charged with the break-ins and thefts of ice shacks on Lake Nipissing this winter. A homemade woodstove was stolen from a hut Feb. 15 and Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 17-year-old youth and a 25-year-old man, both of North Bay. On Feb. 20, seven ice shacks were vandalized and deliberately set on fire on Lake Nipissing near King's Landing. Two 15-year-old boys are each charged with seven counts of break and enter, seven counts of theft under $5,000 and two counts of arson. A 21-year-old man is charged with break and enter, and theft under $5,000.A 16-year-old boy also faces charges, although OPP did not specify. All involved are from North Bay. Anyone with information is asked to call Near North Crime Stoppers at 476-8477.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/t...article1505319/ Fess Parker, TV's Davy Crockett, dies at 85 Fess Parker as Davy Crockett in an undated Disney photo. AP Actor who launched a craze for coonskin caps was also TV's Daniel Boone and later a major California winemaker and developer The Associated Press Published on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 12:26AM EDT Last updated on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 3:48AM EDT .Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman Sao Anash said Parker, who was also TV's Daniel Boone and later a major California winemaker and developer, died at his Santa Ynez Valley home. His death came on the 84th birthday of his wife of 50 years, Marcella. Parker was coherent and speaking with family just minutes before his death, said Anash. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. “Fess Parker has been a role model and idol of mine since I first saw him on the big screen — he is a true Hollywood legend,” said California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in a statement. “As a talented actor and successful businessman, he was an inspirational Californian whose contributions to our state will be remembered forever.” Former first lady Nancy Reagan said Parker was “a long-time friend to Ronnie and me ... He will be greatly missed.” Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney/Getty Images In December 2004, the 50th anniversary of his debut as TV's Davy Crockett, actor Fess Parker received the ultimate Disneyland honour when the Anaheim, Calif., park unveiled a tribute window. . The first instalment of Davy Crockett, with Buddy Ebsen as Crockett's sidekick, debuted in December 1954 as part of the Disneyland TV show. The 6-foot, 6-inch Parker was quickly embraced by youngsters as the man in a coonskin cap who stood for the spirit of the American frontier. Boomers gripped by the Crockett craze scooped up Davy lunch boxes, toy Old Betsy rifles, buckskin shirts and trademark fur caps. The Ballad of Davy Crockett (“Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee...”) was a No. 1 hit for singer Bill Hayes while Parker's own version reached No. 5. The first three television episodes were turned into a theatrical film, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, in 1955. True to history, Disney killed off its hero in the third episode, Davy Crockett at the Alamo, where the real-life Crockett died in 1836 at age 49. But spurred by popular demand, Disney brought back the Crockett character for some episodes in the 1955-56 season, including Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race. “Like many kids growing up in the ‘50s, Davy Crockett was my first hero, and I had the coonskin cap to prove it,” said Disney CEO Bob Iger. “Fess Parker's unforgettable, exciting and admirable performance as this American icon has remained with me all these years, as it has for his millions of fans around the world. Fess is truly a Disney Legend, as is the heroic character he portrayed, and while he will certainly be missed, he will never be forgotten.” Parker's career levelled off when the Crockett craze died down, but he made a TV comeback from 1964-1970 in the title role of the TV adventure series Daniel Boone — also based on a real-life American frontiersman. Actor-singer Ed Ames, formerly of the Ames Brothers, played Boone's Indian friend, Mingo. After Daniel Boone, Parker largely retired from show business, except for guest appearances, and went into real estate. “I left the business after 22 years,” Parker told The Associated Press in 2001. “It was time to leave Hollywood. I came along at a time when I'm starting out with Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Sterling Hayden and Gregory Peck.” “Who needed a guy running around in a coonskin cap?” he said. Parker had made his motion picture debut in Springfield Rifle in 1952. His other movies included No Room for the Groom (1952), The Kid From Left Field (1953), Them! (1954), The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956), Old Yeller (1957) and The Light in the Forest (1958). Several of Parker's films, including The Great Locomotive Chase and Old Yeller, came from the Disney studio. It was Parker’s scene as the pilot who claimed his plane was buzzed by giant flying ants in the horror classic Them! that caught the attention of Walt Disney when he was looking for a Davy Crockett star. He chose Parker over another Them! actor, James Arness — who became a TV superstar in the long-running Gunsmoke. After departing Hollywood, Parker got into real estate with his wife, Marcella, whom he had married in 1960. He bought and sold property, built hotels (including the elegant Fess Parker's Wine Country Inn & Spa in Los Olivos and Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort Santa Barbara) and grew wine grapes on a 2,200-acre vineyard on California's Central Coast, where he was dubbed King of the Wine Frontier and coonskin caps enjoyed brisk sales. After its inaugural harvest in 1989, Parker's vineyard won dozens of medals and awards. The Parkers' son, Eli, became director of winemaking and their daughter, Ashley, also worked at the winery. Parker was a long-time friend of Ronald Reagan, whose Western White House was not far from the Parker vineyards. Reagan sent Parker to Australia in 1985 to represent him during an event, and when Parker returned he was asked by White House aide Michael Deaver if he was interested in being ambassador to that country. “In the end, I decided I'd better take myself out of it. But I was flattered,” Parker said. Parker also once considered a U.S. Senate bid, challenging Alan Cranston. But Nevada Sen. Paul Laxalt said it would be a rough campaign, and a key dissenter lived under the same roof. “My wife was not in favour,” Parker said. “I'm so happy with what evolved.” Fess Elisha Parker Jr. was born Aug. 16, 1924, in Fort Worth, Texas — Parker loved to point out Crockett's birthday was Aug. 17. He played football at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene but was injured in a nearly fatal road-rage knifing in 1946. “There went my football career,” Parker had said. He later earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas. Parker was discovered by actor Adolphe Menjou, who was Oscar-nominated for The Front Page in 1931 and who was a guest artist at the University of Texas. Menjou urged him to go to Hollywood and introduced Parker to his agent.

Start with a budget, ballpark it at least to narrow it down. Do you wear glasses? Contacts? What do you plan on doing with them? Hiking, fishing, hunting, star gazing or watching birds from your back window? Are you rough on stuff? Do you want them to be water proof?

It is hard to make a rainbow trout ugly. So I guess congratulations are in order. Just because something can be done, does not mean it should be done.

Twist the knife a little why don't cha. Nice to see you squeeze every last bit out of the season.

Too bad this board doesn't have the time change worked out. Yes, I have DST checked in my controls; yes, I have reloaded the board index, but the time is wrong. I have real issues with time.

One rod can not be all things to all conditions. At least that's what I tell my wife when I go tackle shoppin'.

That's a great day!

Terry's got you headed in the right direction, and I'll assume the videos are useful. You'll hear a lot about an educated thumb. The top end reels can be easier to use and require less "education", but nothing replaces practise. Practise does not make perfect, perfect practise makes perfect. As you get better, you will have less and less birdsnests, but you will still get one every now and again to to keep you from getting too smug.

Eight thirty Newfoundland! Neat video. That man has enough fishing memories for all of our lifetimes.

Anybody else have a mental picture of MJL standing 14 feet away from a hole in the ice? I like the idea of adding "eyes" on the ice jigs.

MY EYES!!! One can not unsee what has been seen. :closedeyes:

I need something in the photo for scale gbfisher. I'd like to see those through the stages as well.

FYI gang. Shoppers drugmart is selling the Fugi z33 wp for $150. I assume they are getting ready for the new version Dave mentioned. Looks like neon lime is the only colour if that matters to you.

Good idea! I think I'll use a lifejacket.

Maybe I'll give it a shot in word and then copy and paste it. It might be an even better story without the facts from my lost journal.

I've seen floating pliers at a few stores. My suspicion is that they may not work for snot, but I don't know for sure. I have not yet lost a pair over board, but there is always a first time. Experiences?

Done. http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.p...c=41414&hl=

I was too afraid to bring a fly rod, and I've been kicking myself for 12 years about it. The lower river was unfishable due to the suspended particles. That delta didn't form overnight. If I was a better writer (and faster typist) I would tell the story of the "Grizzly that didn't know we where right there". One of the other great sites was twice watching gyrfalcons capturing other birds in flight. The speeds where incredible to see in person.

WWII Archive project: http://www.ontarioveteranarchive.ca/ On the news tonight they had a story about a project to get stories and photos from Ontario WWII vets. They also mentioned that right now about 500 WWII vets die every week in Canada. Lest we forget.

The family that the liver came from would have to give the ok, as would yours to them.

Thanks for the comments gang. It was a very memorable trip. I did keep a journal, but I can't find it after 12 years and 4 house moves. The photos made it very easy to remember the majority of the trip, but I'm sure there are some stories that are lost until I can find that journal. All try to answer some of the questions: YES!!! Very buggy! We had a dinning tent to allow us to try to eat our food without ingesting mosquitoes with every bit , it even worked sometimes. The tight weave nylon pants and shirts did a lot to thwart the bugs and bug jackets were used as well. On the river wasn't too bad even if there wasn't much of a breeze. Even the rocky banks/shore areas weren't too bad either. The big issue was if you started walking in the low scrub areas away from the river. You would basically kick-up tens of thousands of mosquitoes as you went. There is a picture of me somewhere, my upper back, shoulders and hood of my rain jacket looks like fur. At these times there was a constant hum of mosquitoes wings. The 24 hours of daylight lead to some unexpected issues for me. I never had a problem with sleeping in "daylight", although it took me a number of days to adjust back to darkness, although sleeping in a bed after 5 weeks, may have had something to do with it as well. The advantage was that any mosquito in the tent at night was easy to locate. I did developed some bad camping habits though, because you could put anything down and find it easily at night because it was not dark, that first trip back to Algonquin was a rude awakening. For all the fish, that one picture is the only one. We were just fishing for food most of the time and the cameras were packed away. The pike and lake trout were very ordinary, but I really wish I had a photo of one of the Arctic chars, because I may never catch another.

So when are we goin' fishin'?