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- Biting cold nips crops - Port Huron Times-Herald
- The Almanac - Oct. 2 - Post Chronicle
- Fishin' Fridays: anglers' almanac for Oct. 2 - New Orleans Times-Picayune
- As he launches a book on Yorkshire humour, Austin Mitchell reveals his ... - Halifax Today
- On Oct. 2 in NEPA - Scranton Times
| Biting cold nips crops - Port Huron Times-Herald Posted: 02 Oct 2009 06:34 AM PDT The staff at Pankiewicz Cider Mill and Farm Market in Casco Township worked late into the evening Wednesday to get the last of their summer crops out of the field. "They're done," owner Stan Pankiewicz said Thursday, referring to crops such as tomatoes and eggplant. "We picked until dark (Wednesday) trying to get as much off as we could." While the first frost of the season was bad news for some fruits and vegetables, it could be seen as a bump-up for others, such as pumpkins and apples. The blast of cold weather will help "color them up," Pankiewicz said, and could cause the growing season to end a bit earlier than the usual Oct. 25. Fall crops, the types typically associated with orchards and cider mills, generally hold strong through temperatures as low as "28 or 30 degrees," he said. The Blue Water Area temperature nearly crossed that threshold Wednesday morning. The Port Huron Wastewater Treatment Plant recorded a temperature of 32 degrees at 8 a.m., one degree colder than the record low set Oct. 1, 1935, according to information from the National Weather Service in Oakland County's White Lake Township. Amos Dodson, a weather service meteorologist, said temperature records were not broken elsewhere in southeast Michigan. The average low in Port Huron for Oct. 1 is 48 degrees, which the Blue Water Area reached shortly after All in all, the cold snap can be viewed in one of two ways -- a preview of things to come or a variation from the El Nio meteorologists declared this summer. Michiganders who live and die by predictions made in "The Old Farmer's Almanac" are planning for a winter that is, on average, colder than normal, even if it is by only a degree. Caleb Weatherbee, the blanket name used for all almanac forecasters, is calling for an "Ice Cold Sandwich" winter nationwide. |
| The Almanac - Oct. 2 - Post Chronicle Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:25 AM PDT Today is Friday, Oct, 2, the 275th day of 2009 with 90 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury, Saturn, Mars and Venus. The evening stars are Neptune, Jupiter and Uranus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include England's King Richard III in 1452; Nat Turner, a black slave and leader of the only effective and sustained U.S. slave revolt, in 1800; German statesman Paul von Hindenburg in 1847; French World War I military commander Ferdinand Foch in 1851; Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, in 1869; comedians Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx in 1890 and Bud Abbott in 1895; child actor George "Spanky" McFarland of "Our Gang" and "Little Rascals" fame, in 1928; movie critic Rex Reed in 1938 (age 71); pop singer Don McLean in 1945 (age 64); fashion designer Donna Karan in 1948 (age 61); rock singer Sting (Gordon Sumner) in 1951 (age 58); and actress Lorraine Bracco in 1954 (age 55). On this date in history: In 1780, British spy Maj. John Andre was convicted in connection with Benedict Arnold's treason and was hanged in Tappan, N.Y. In 1950, the "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz was published for the first time. In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1969, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigned after admitting he had made a financial deal with the Louis Wolfson Foundation. In 1984, Richard Miller became the first FBI agent to be charged with espionage. He was convicted two years later of passing government secrets to the Soviet Union through his Russian lover. In 1985, actor Rock Hudson died of AIDS. He was 59 years old. In 1991, the Organization of American States resolved to isolate Haiti's military junta and restore Aristide's government to power. In 1993, ousted Russian Vice President Aleksandr Rutskoi called for people to take to the streets against President Boris Yeltsin's "dictatorship." In 2001, NATO said that the United States had shown evidence, sufficient to justify NATO military action, that Osama bin Laden and his organization were responsible for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In 2002, the first in a series of apparent random sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington area for three weeks occurred on this date with the slaying of a 55-year-old Maryland man. In 2003, David Kay, the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq, told Congress his team had yet to find conclusive evidence of weapons of mass destruction in that country. Also in 2003, a federal judge barred prosecutors of accused terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui from seeking the death penalty or linking him with the Sept. 11 attacks because he wasn't allowed to interview al-Qaida operatives who might help his case. In 2004, at least 48 people were killed in a series of attacks across the Indian states of Nagaland and Assam. In 2005, 21 people died after a tour boat flipped over on Lake George in New York's Adirondacks. Also in 2005, Connecticut issued its first licenses for "civil unions," becoming the third state to offer same-sex couples a legal way to unite. In 2006, five Amish girls were fatally wounded in a series of shootings in a rural, one-room schoolhouse in Nickle Mines, Pa. The suspect, a milk truck driver who also killed himself, had told his wife that he needed to avenge something that had happened 20 years ago. In 2007, Yemen's coast guard and NATO ships worked to recover bodies from the Red Sea after a volcano erupted on an island some 85 miles off the coast. In 2008, suicide bombers struck two Shiite mosques, killing at least 20 worshipers during early morning prayers in two areas of Baghdad. The attacks occurred as Muslims were marking the end of the Ramadan fasting month. Also in 2008, the European Union approved setting up an anti-piracy operation off the Somali coast in November, with eight countries taking part. A thought for the day: Queen Elizabeth I of England said, "A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past." (c) UPI |
| Fishin' Fridays: anglers' almanac for Oct. 2 - New Orleans Times-Picayune Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:37 AM PDT By Bob Marshall, The Times-PicayuneOctober 02, 2009, 4:30AMINSHORE SALTWATER General outlook Early fall patterns will hold true this weekend. Speckled trout are scattered across the smaller interior lakes and bays, and redfish are active in the ponds and along the shorelines. The weekend forecast calls for favorable weather Saturday morning, but the front that came through today will be backing up by the afternoon, with stiff easterly breezes and some showers. Delacroix Isle: Good Trout, reds. Best spots: Trout are scattered inside in Bay Gardene, Pointe Fienne, Lake Batolo, Four Horse, False River, River Bay, Lake Campo, Bayou Robin. Best baits: Live shrimp, live storm minnows, cockahoes, Saltwater Assassin (Opening Night) and plastic cockahoes (blue/clear). Hopedale: Good Specks, reds. Best spots: Rock dam in the channel, behind Stump Lagoon, Halfmoon, St. Malo, Drum Bay, Lake Eugene, Christmas Camp Lake, Pete's Lagoon, Muscle Bay, Lake Robin, Lake Coquille, Hopedale Lagoon, Lake of the Trees, Coquille; fish at the dam. Best baits: Storm minnows, live shrimps, plastics under a cork, Berkley Gulp! (chartreuse, clear), fresh shrimp, topwaters (She Dog). Reggio: Good Specks, reds. Best spots: Lake Amadee, Bayou Juanita, Bayou Batolo, Petain, Reggio Canal, Bayou Robin, Tanasia, Lake Robin, Schooner Canal. Best baits: Storm minnows, sparkle beetles (chartreuse) plastic cockahoes, Gulp! (glo). Shell Beach: Good Specks, reds. Best spots: St. Malo, back of Bayou Sue, the reef at Jahncke's Ditch, Stump Lagoon, Lena's, Bayou Grande, the dam, Shell Plant, Magnolia, Lake Robin, Lake Coquille, Halfmoon, Bayou Biloxi. Best baits: Live shrimp, market bait, Deadly Dudley Terror Tail (chartreuse tail), sparkle beetles (clear, chartreuse), Gulp! Shrimp (glo). Bayou Bienvenue: Fair Reds, white trout, small specks. Best spots: Dike canal at Bayou Bienvenue, Violet Locks, Bayou Bienvenue locks, The Castle, MR-GO washouts and the rocks. Best baits: Live shrimp, DOA, Gulp! The Chef: Good Specks, reds. Best spots: The rigs at middle of Lake Borgne, Lake Pontchartrain side at Cedars Bayou, the new rocks, Alligator Point, Star Bayou, The McGills, the rocks, Bayou Thomas. Best baits: Live shrimp, fresh shrimp, Deadly Dudley Terror Tail (Blue Moon), Gulp! (glo); reds hitting gold spoons. The Rigolets: Good Specks, flounder, reds, drum. Best spots: Trout at the train bridge on a falling tide (going toward Lake Borgne); north end of the Interstate-10 Twin Spans for trout and drum. Best baits: Live shrimp, Deadly Dudley Bay Chovie (Opening Night) Terror Tail (Blue Moon), DOA, Gulp! Lake Pontchartrain: Fair Trout, reds, black drum. Best spots: Plenty of drum and some specks at the Twin Spans, Highway 11, train trestles; some specks at the rigs off Bayou Lacombe, north side of the Causeway. Best baits: Live shrimp, Deadly Dudley Terror Tail (chartreuse); market bait. Lafitte: Fair Plenty of reds; scattered specks on calmer days. Best spots: Reds in the hole at Bayou Perot on a rising tide; some specks in Coffee Bay, Bay L'ours; reds along Little Lake shoreline from Coffee Bayou to Plum Point and the rocks at Bay L'ours; Lake Salvador. Best baits: Market shrimp on the bottom, plastic cockahoes (glo/chartreuse), topwater (Top Dogs, Spittin Image), gold spoons. Myrtle Grove: Fair Reds, scattered specks. Best spots: Wilkerson Canal below Oaks Bayou on falling tides; Bay Five, Bay Cray; Lake Laurier, Bay Racquette, Lake Hermitage. Best baits: Live cockahoes, live shrimp, plastics under a cork, gold spoons, market shrimp under a cork. Pointe a la Hache: Good Scattered trout, white trout, reds. Best spots: Cuts from the Back Levee Canal, Second and Third, Battleground, August Bay, Cox Bay, Bay Law, Uhlan Bay, Bayou John, Bayou Boue, Pointe a la Hache Bay, Little Four; outside at Stone Island in the early morning. Best baits: Sparkle beetles (chartreuse), storm minnows, live shrimp, Hybrid (clear/chartreuse tail), Gulp! Curly tail (smoke), Saltwater Assassin (Opening Night), Deadly Dudley (Blue Moon), live shrimp, croakers, minnows. Empire-Buras: Poor Specks and reds. Best spots: August Bay, California Bay, Uhlan Bay; specks outside on calmer days around Iron Banks and Battledore; west side on calmer days along the coast from Sandy Point to Shell Island. Best baits: Deadly Dudley Terror Tail (Blue Moon/chartreuse tail), H&H plastic cockahoe (glo/chartreuse). Venice: Fair River still going up. Plenty reds, but trout still scarce. Best spots: Reds in the river, Tiger Pass, East Bay, West Bay, Southwest Pass spillways and cuts, rocks at Southwest Pass, Head of Passes, The Jump; best bet for trout around Taylor Point, California Point, Battledore, Sandy Point rigs, shorelines from Sandy Point to Empire. Best baits: Live shrimp, plastic cockahoes (black/chartreuse) on the bottom with fresh shrimp; gold spoons, topwater baits. Grand Isle-Fourchon: Fair Scattered specks, flounder, reds inside. Best spots: Timbalier Islands, Lake Raccourci, Palmetto Bayou, Williams Canal; reds along the beaches from Four Bayous to Fourchon; bulls in all the passes; Grand Isle bridges; Louisiana 1 canal. Best baits: Live cockahoes, Gulp! (shrimp/natural), market bait, plastic cockahoes (purple/white tail, motor oil), sparkle beetles (with shrimp). OFFSHORE General outlook Good. Biggest news remains the big run of cobia in West Delta in 40s, 30s and 50s. The tuna still hitting at the floaters; amberjack in Main Pass, mangrove and lemons in South Timbalier and Pelto. FRESHWATER General outlook Bass fishing early and late. St. Bernard: Fair Bass. Best spots: Edges of Lake Lery, Grand Lake, Spanish Lake area, Bayou Terre aux Boeufs, Reggio Canal, Schooner Canal, Back Levee canal, Oak River, Caernarvon canals, Howard's Ditch. Best baits: Topwater baits early, plastic frogs, plastic lizards (watermelon), plastic worms (purple, Tequila, pumpkin seed), DOA (glo). Lafitte: Fair Bass. Best spots: Lake Cataouatche grass beds and Tank Pond, Blue Point. Best baits: Buzz baits, weedless frogs, plastic worms (red shad), spinner baits (white and chartreuse). Venice: Good Bass. Best spots: Canes off Sawdust Bend, Main Pass, Octave, Pass a Loutre. Best baits: Flippin pig-n-jigs, spinner baits. |
| As he launches a book on Yorkshire humour, Austin Mitchell reveals his ... - Halifax Today Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:13 AM PDT Who's the funniest politician? I ask. "That has to be William Haigh, without a doubt," he says, quick as a flash. "He has a natural ability for telling jokes and anecdotes. He is very, very funny." I point out he has just named a Conservative and, being a staunch socialist (he declared himself a Gaitskellite when first elected back in 1977) surely this must pain him? He is unrepentant. "That's as maybe, but he's still a naturally funny chap. It's because he's a Yorkshireman." Then comes the second bombshell. He names the funniest comedian ever as Ken Dodd. Not a native of God's own county. "Yes, I know, but I am afraid he has to have the honour. He doesn't rely on scriptwriters for his jokes. It's all there, stored away," he explains. "We have brilliant jokes in Yorkshire but we aren't a race of comedians. Comedians come from Liverpool where there's more to laugh at and they come from Lancashire too – chancers trying to make the best of their natural disadvantages." In Yorkshire, says the Great Grimsby MP, we specialise in misery and this in turn, is what gives the county its unique sense of humour. It is a natural area for producing jokes. We are chatting at Austin's home in the hilltop village of Sowerby and this topic of conversation – Yorkshire and its humour – is something close to the 75-year-old's heart. So much so he has just written a book on the subject. But beware, he warns, Austin Mitchell's Grand Book of Yorkshire Humour is not for the faint-hearted. It contains material which may be "offensive, sexist, racist, ageist, carboniferous, and very Yorkshire." In fact, outside the Broad Acres "it should be displayed only on the top shelf." The former Calendar presenter says the material used in the book has been a long time in the gathering. "Well, I have always had an interest in all things Yorkshire and humour is an inevitable part of Yorkshire life," he says. "To my mind, Yorkshire folk take pleasure in being miserable and because of this no other county, country or even continent has so much wit or wisdom because it's this misery that folk turn into humour. "Yorkshire's jokes come out of its native heath and hill, mine and mill, evolved not made. "They revolve round the absolute basics of death, disease, defeats at cricket, diarrhoea, debt, depression and the dole. "But more importantly, our jokes are about ourselves." Austin reveals that while working on Calendar viewers were asked to send in some of their best jokes – jokes which have given inspiration for the book. "Basically I have been collecting jokes for years. We had some cracking ones sent in from viewers but I've always been interested in the old Clock Almanacs too – they're a great source of good old Yorkshire humour." Many topics come under fire as a result, including football with a joke that may well make Halifax Town fans smile (or not). The gag goes: Halifax Town's manager rings up the late Don Revie of Leeds United for advice on how to get the club into the First Division. Don Revie: "Happy to help. We lay out 11 dustbins in a team formation and each player dribbles the ball round them and tries to dazzle them with science. It improves ball control no end." HAMCGABW: "Thanks a million, Don. We'll try it." Nice bloke, Don, so a couple o' days later 'e's back on phone to 'Alifax. Don: "Well, how did you get on with my new method of training?" "Yorkshire jokes are not quickfire," explains Austin. "But cryptic. They're not satirical but realistic and they're not topical but eternal." He hopes the jokes in the book are "of, for and by the people" and will appeal to all generations. "I think older generations will get pleasure from them and I hope that as for young people, well they will be introduced to this misery which makes the county so great." Readers will also be able to rediscover some great Yorkshire sayings such as "She's a face to stop a clock" and "Ee chucks 'is brass round like a man wi' no arms." The book's foreword is by "Yorkshire Poet Laureate" Ian McMillan with illustrations by Stephen Abbey. It is available at Fred Wade, Halifax. |
| On Oct. 2 in NEPA - Scranton Times Posted: 02 Oct 2009 01:19 AM PDT On this date in NEPA 50 years ago, a Scranton woman pleaded guilty to eight counts of selling beer without a license and four counts of selling beer to minors in county court. She told the court, "I like to meet people" and "maybe I sell a little beer." 25 years ago, a controversial proposal by Dunmore borough to have Lackawanna County sheriffs cover police shifts in the borough was put on hold. Officials with the Dunmore Police Association felt deputies should receive the same pay as Dunmore police officers. The deputies were offered $5 an hour. 10 years ago, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins had their first game against the Philadelphia Phantoms in Philadelphia. The Penguins lost 2-0. Almanac Today is Friday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2009. There are 90 days left in the year. In 1780, British spy John Andre was hanged in Tappan, N.Y., during the Revolutionary War. In 1835, the first battle of the Texas Revolution took place as American settlers fought Mexican soldiers near the Guadalupe River; the Mexicans ended up withdrawing. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a serious stroke at the White House that left him paralyzed on his left side. In 1944, Nazi troops crushed the 2-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people were killed. In 1950, the comic strip "Peanuts," created by Charles M. Schulz, was syndicated to seven newspapers. In 1958, the former French colony of Guinea in West Africa proclaimed its independence. In 1959, Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" made its debut on CBS-TV with the episode "Where Is Everybody?" starring Earl Holliman. In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court as the court opened its new term. In 1985, actor Rock Hudson died at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. at age 59 after battling AIDS. In 2006, an armed milk-truck driver took a group of girls hostage in an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., killing five of them and wounding five others before committing suicide. |
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