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M-M, ABF, OneBgg, Jerome Kersey was an excellent backup for Tim Duncan when we won the Championship in 99. He was a great guy who also was a very good citizen and who all the players and coaches really liked and respected. I remember seeing his face light up when he was announced by Avery Johnson at the Big Victory Parade and Fan Rally at the Alamodome. He had a smile on his face that stretched from San Antonio to Portland. Everyone down here had hoped he would have played another couple of years. He was the ultimate Team player who had tons of Class.
With Class Acts like Mo Cheeks and Jerome Kersey, and if you could also get Terry Porter back as an assistant coach for the Blazers instead of Sactown, then I could see everything turning around in a hurry. Kersey and Porter would NOT take any crap from the players. Kersey could still kick their asses to this day. And Damon and the guard crew would know better than to mess with Porter. Terry would kick their asses too.
I wish Pop had hired Terry Porter to be our Guard coach. He and Mo were two of the best in the history of the NBA. Both were tough as Re-bar. Funny, how all 3, Mo, Porter and Kersey all played for the Blazers and the Spurs. Kersey will get Sheed on the right track or else, Sheed better expect a good ol' fashion butt kickin from Jerome. LOL Kersey is strong as an 1800 pound bull. Not a guy you want to mess with or get him mad at you. Pot smoking in Portland would definitely stop during the season at least.
Colt
M-M, Coach Pop always does things contrary to most coaches/GM's. He likes players who are willing to fit in as a role player. Horry and his outside shooting for a big man now makes it harder for the Lakers to match up with all of our big men, Duncan, Malik Rose, Rasho N???, Kevin Willis and Robert Horry. And we can go with Parker and Manu if the Lakers go with Payton and Fisher at the same time. The Lakers are going down..................AGAIN! LOL
Colt
LOL, does that put it over the 20,000 mark? LOL e/
Good idea, M-M. Agent-Attorney's will get involved and muck everything up though. They'll say the Rights of their rap/street-thug/bball player are being infringed on. They'll only agree it the NBA raises the salary limit for Rookies to $50 mil per season. LOL
Colt
Ksquared...You want a little Skinny-Dippin' waterhole? If so, me and the guys will come up there and build it for you. LOL
Dream ponds: Chanhassen homeowners welcome visitors to their ponds, garden landscapes
By Unsie Zuege, Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Photo: http://www.chanvillager.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=4214
Casey Schutrop surveyed the landscaping that was taking shape right before her eyes and good-naturedly compared it to the overnight transformations on home and garden TV shows such as "Trading Places," "While You Were Out" and "Ground Force."
At 8 a.m. last Thursday, the four levels of Schutrop's honeycomb limestone and rock water garden were bare. But by 11 a.m., a small team of landscapers had framed the waterfall and pond with daylilies and other flowering perennials, ornamental grasses, special hybrid yucca plants, and a variety of evergreens, including several dwarf blue scotch trees that had been grafted onto tree trunks, creating vertical columns for architectural interest.
Schutrop's water gardening pond will be one of more than a hundred featured in the "2003 Twin Cities Parade of Ponds" tour this weekend. The two-day event will raise funds for the Children's Cancer Research Fund and the Minnesota Water Garden Society.
Schutrop works with her husband, who is a home designer and builder. Over the years, they've witnessed the trend of "cocooning," a word to describe how families began looking to the home for comfort and entertainment. The trend began in the mid-'80s and launched a boom in home and garden magazines, books, and TV programs.
"There was a trend we saw in family living," Schutrop said. "We saw the advent of the extended master bedroom suite, in-home gyms, the home office and home theaters. Now it's transcending to outdoor living spaces with ponds, waterfalls and garden rooms.
"Cocooning changed the way people lived," Schutrop said. "Everyone's spending more time at home rather than going to the lake home."
Schutrop looks at her own family as an example. They've lived in Chanhassen for eight years, but built a new home off Highway 101 a year and a half ago. The new home is designed in a Restoration style, similar to Arts and Crafts design. More importantly, it was designed to be the center of their family life.
A walkout level provides a large patio with a fire pit. On weekends, Schutrop's 17-year-old daughter Jaclyn and her church band group use the expansive patio for informal concerts and rehearsal. It also provides plenty of space for adults and teens to gather evenings and weekends.
The newly installed waterfall cascades into a pond that not only provides a beautiful landscape feature but comes in handy when training the family's dog Max for duck hunting. And sometimes, Schutrop stocks the pond with game fish so the kids can fish for their dinner, which is then cleaned and grilled right on the patio.
It's been ages since the Schutrops have visited their cabin home in Wisconsin -- instead they've been leasing it out. They'd rather be at home.
The luckiest girl in the world
Maryanne Halla could easily be the object of envy. But Halla readily admits to her good fortune. Her father owns a well-known gardening and landscaping company, loves doting on his only daughter who also is the youngest child in the family. His latest expression of love is a $60,000 swimming pond and waterfall that he and his son Mark built for Maryanne earlier this year.
Maryanne just built a home in Chanhassen and was looking for landscaping ideas. Her father had just built a water garden pond in his yard, she said. She asked if there was a way she could get a similar pond installed in her yard.
"Do you want to swim in it?" her father asked.
"Yes," she replied.
The next thing she knew, she and her father walked around the site and he spray painted a layout of where the swimming pond would go. Together, with her father and brother's expertise and Maryanne's ideas, they've created a virtual Garden of Eden.
Water trickles down the rocks into a series of shallow pools that swirl into the deeper main pond that is large enough and deep enough for swimming. It looks like it's been there forever, fringed with hostas, perennials, sedum and low-lying evergreens. It looks like a natural pond, tea-colored and sparkling from the reflections of the sun but it's a lot cleaner.
According to Mark Halla, it can be done without chemicals. Water filter systems and skimmers remove the debris and a balanced ecosystem of bacteria, plants and fish keep the water clean and free of nasty things like pond scum.
"It's how God created nature to work," Mark said. "When the bacteria, fish and plants are in balance, it doesn't fight nature, but works with nature."
Mark provided a short list of tips in creating a backyard pond. Ponds should be at least 2 feet to 2 and 1/2 feet deep. Lining the bottom of the pool with round rocks also creates a natural filter, more effective than just using the pond liner alone.
Don't get rid of all the algae, Mark said. Some algae is good in a pond because it feeds on nitrates which helps keep the pond clear.
And go ahead, stock your pond with fish. In addition to becoming family pets, they also help maintain the ecological balance of the pond by eating algae, mosquito larvae and bugs. Maryanne has koi. A less expensive alternative can be goldfish that are suited for ponds.
Think of all the four seasons and add evergreens to the landscape. In winter, while the other plants die back, the evergreens continue to add color and shape to the pond landscape.
There are more technical things that a backyard pond requires like skimmers, filters and pumps. If you're thinking about installing a pond yourself, do some research and talk to some professionals. People can buy pond kits or contract with a landscaping professional.
The key is to find a professional who has had plenty of experience with pond installations, Schutrop and Mark Halla advised. In additional to the aesthetics of a backyard water garden or pond, it takes special expertise to design a system that is ecologically balanced, using materials that are safe for fish and vegetation.
After interviewing nearly a half dozen landscapers, Schutrop selected Garry Jones of Design Acres in Shakopee. One of the reasons she chose Jones is that he has nine years of experience designing and installing ponds, long before it became popular, Schutrop said. This year Jones has about six ponds he's designed and built that were selected for the Parade of Ponds.
The Hallas also have several other ponds that have been selected for the parade. Like Schutrop, Halla talks about water gardens as another way to enhance being at home.
"Landscaping is extension of indoor living," Mark Halla said. "It should be an escape. And you can enjoy ponds at night, too. Now there's night lighting, and underwater lights. If you work all day, it's something you can add so you can enjoy the pond when you're home at night.
"People don't have to do it all at once," he added. "It's a process. Do the pond one year, the landscaping another, and the night lighting another."
Women get their 'shot' at learning about weapons
July 22, 2003
By YENA PEACH SANCHEZ
Staff writer
CAMP PERRY -- Port Clinton resident Debbie Tester, who was once afraid of firearms, tried out her husband's 20-gauge shotgun this weekend with the assistance of some National Rifle Association officials.
"It's not as bad once you get out there," said Tester, 46, to fellow participant, Lisa Oestreich, 37, of VanBuren, after taking a shot. "The first shot's the worst."
Tester and Oestreich were among 30 women who participated Friday night in the NRA's Women on Target free instructional shooting clinic for women. The event was held at the Camp Perry Training Site in Port Clinton. Two more simi-
lar events will be held there within the next two weeks. They are set for 6:30 p.m. July 30 and 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6.
"The goal of the program is to introduce women to the shooting sports and to show them that guns are not inherently bad or dangerous. They are like any other tool for sporting purposes," said Keith Bailey, Ohio Rifle and Pistol Association president. He said he was pleased with the number of women who attended.
"This is a pretty good turnout," said Bailey while standing outside with his wife Gwen, who also enjoys shooting for sport.
She added: "My joke is, 'If momma's involved in shooting than dad can do it more and the kids can get involved too.' This is a sport the whole family can go out and do."
Instructional shooting clinics provide an introduction to firearms and shooting techniques, upon which women of all ages and levels of experience can build both skill and enjoyment of the shooting sports.
Tester, who teaches self-defense to women at the Port Clinton Martial Arts Center, has shot a pistol and shotgun a few times before and is looking to learn to shoot for sport, nor for hunting. She hit five of 15 clay pigeons out of the air during her target practice Friday. Oestreich said she would like to learn to shoot so that she may go coon and deer hunting with her husband Scott.
Participant Carol Speno, 61, of Northfield said she's looking forward to attending more women's NRA events. She said it would be advantageous to have the personal satisfaction of knowing how to handle a gun with confidence and respect.
Speno said she's trying to overcome her fear of firearms by learning more about them.
"I though maybe if I learned more about it I wouldn't be so afraid," she said. " ... Knowledge is power."
All the necessary equipment was provided by the club. Firearm use, ammunition, lunch, eye and ear protection were provided free of charge.
Contact staff writer Yena Peach Sanchez at 419-334-1046 or yhart@fremont.gannett.com.
http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/news/stories/20030722/localnews/624537.html
Hunting events are heating up
Jul. 20, 2003
By Bob Hood
Star-Telegram
Solunar Tables;Events;Boating-education classes;Hunting seasons;Fishing tournaments;Hunter-safety courses
This doesn't seem like the time of year for hunters to get excited. Not with temperatures hovering around the 100-degree mark and August just around the corner.
The fact is, hunting fever couldn't be at a higher pitch, not with the array of events that are planned for deer, dove, and duck hunters, including two big shows (one this weekend) and the upcoming dove and teal-duck seasons.
Topping the agenda is Saturday's Big Game Awards Banquet, a celebration that will be highlighted by exhibits of more than 50 of the best white-tailed deer taken in the Cross Timbers (Region 3) area last season. The festivities start at 2 p.m. and will also include a live exhibit for youngsters by the Fort Worth Zoo and a slide presentation by wildlife photographer Mike Biggs of Fort Worth.
The banquet will be 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the Amon Carter Exhibit Hall's Round-Up Inn at the Will Rogers Memorial Center.
The event is sponsored by the Fort Worth Sportsmen's Club, The Texas Wildlife Association and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Tickets for non-banquet events are $5 per person, with children under 12 admitted free until 6 p.m. Tickets for the day's events and the banquet are $12 each.
The main purpose for the event is to honor hunters, land managers and first-time and youth hunters, but it has evolved into a virtual hunting showcase. Sporting goods will be showcased, samples of wildlife forage plants will be on display, a shooting-skills event will be held, and Weatherford taxidermist Bart Walker will demonstrate his skills.
If this isn't enough to get a hunter's attention, the annual Texas Trophy Hunters Association's Fort Worth Hunters Extravaganza will. It will be held Aug. 15-17 at the Will Rogers Center, and, as always, show director Jerry Johnston will have on display some incredible trophy white-tailed bucks, including many Boone and Crockett Club specimens.
The event is recognized as one of the largest hunting shows in the Southwest and will feature booths displaying accessories, clothing, game calls, game feeders, vehicles and blinds. Hunting outfitters will be on hand, and there also will be snake-handling demonstrations and miscellaneous seminars.
Although deer hunting will be the main theme for both of these shows, there no doubt will be plenty of discussions about the upcoming bird-hunting seasons, including a return to a 16-day teal-only season in September.
Final approval for the special season is expected soon from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which has noted a 16-percent overall increase in breeding populations for all ducks.
Last year, the special teal-only season lasted only nine days. Teal numbers have rebounded to about 5.5 millions birds, an increase of 1.2 million from a year ago.
If approved, the teal season will be Sept. 13-28 statewide.
Mourning-dove hunters will get the jump on bird-hunting season with the traditional Sept. 1 opening in the North and Central Zones, even though it falls on Labor Day. Federal guidelines prohibit the state from setting the season any earlier than Sept. 1. Department officials said they decided to stick with the traditional Sept. 1 opener rather than set it back a week.
There also is something new for dove hunters this year -- the possibility of bagging birds with special leg bands.
Texas is among 26 states that will place metal leg bands on more than 85,000 mourning doves the next three years to better determine dove-migration trends. Each tag will contain a unique number along with a toll-free telephone number that hunters can call to report the band. The hunter can keep the band, because the officials only need to know the band's number.
Yes, summertime is a busy season for hunters.
BOB'S TIP OF THE WEEK
If you've just bought a new tent, don't forget to waterproof exposed seams and stitches. Some tents may come with sealed seams, but many don't or are only partially sealed against water. Waterproofing sealants are available at most sporting-goods stores. Making sure all seams are waterproofed now might save you some misery on a rainy camping trip later.
Bob Hood, (817) 390-7760 bhood@star-telegram.com
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/sports/6344905.htm
The Time-Tested Deer Stand
BuckMasters
By Mark Currier
When the days become shorter and the air becomes a bit sharper, my mind wanders off my work and into the field. Summer slowly comes to a close, and the boat goes into the garage.
New England has some wild season changes, and I for one would not miss a single season it has to offer. I have a close friend who has endured many a season afield and is a fine hunting partner. We have spent many hours practicing with bow and arrow.
Whitetails are my favorite game. The challenge of beating a whitetail's senses and wits has never been matched by any game animal I have hunted thus far. Scouting plays a role in deer hunting, as does all the practicing and equipment. Harvesting the animal is only a small part of the hunting experience. In my area, it's a long season starting in mid-September and ending in mid-December.
As time marches on, the coats come out of the closet and opening day draws close. We hunt an area not far from my home there there are abundant white oaks and hay and corn fields. I have several stands and always scout the hardwoods for trail directions. I keep track of all I find, including sightings, for later use.
At last opening day has arrived and my mind is racing as I can only begin to settle down in my stand. It takes lots of hard lessons to become a good stand hunter, but the most important is that if you move around, you will be spotted. It is critical to have the right frame of mind.
I become one with my surroundings. I listen for the footstep of a deer or a distant grunt of that old buck. As I listen, a bird rustles its feathers and I know not what kind of bird it might be, but each sound becomes magical.
By now sunlight has risen above the treetops and much-needed warmth has finally arrived. Each tree has a shadow all its own and each shadow is slowly disappearing. Some geese have landed on the far edge of the cornfield and something has startled them. I guess they are on their way to a destination unknown. This is just another of nature's mysteries.
It's almost noon and a bowhunter has slowly edged into the corner of the field and into the woods to a spot only he knows is right for his day in the field. Many hunters have a real interest in returning to a chosen spot year after year, and the reasons vary for each hunter. Many don't even know what draws them back year after year.
It might be that certain stand of trees in that part of the forest or the sound of that babbling brook that opens into a small pond that holds even more animals like beaver and waterfowl that offer an element of interest to the mind of a stand hunter.
Harmony with nature is obtained only when closest to nature itself. When you find this spot you become one with your surroundings; and then and only then you will be content and patient until the moment arrives for that majestic trophy to come into view.
Mark Currier, Plastow, New Hampshire
http://www.buckmasters.com/buckmasters_links/features/030519Stand.html
60-Day Duck Season Probable
By Joe Mosby
ARKANSAS NEWS BUREAU • jhmosby@cyberback.com
LITTLE ROCK — A cloud over the upcoming duck hunting season has apparently lifted, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission was told Thursday.
Waterfowl biologist Mike Checkett said a liberal or 60-day hunting season, the maximum under the nation’s Adaptive Harvest Management system, is probable this year instead of the moderate or 45-day hunt expected since last winter.
A late snowstorm and early spring rains in the waterfowl breeding grounds of the Upper Midwest and Canada have resulted in duck numbers slightly above last year’s.
But the 60-day season is not definite.
Federal guidelines will be handed down early in August after another survey of the breeding grounds and estimated duck populations is tabulated. The Game and Fish Commission will set Arkansas’ duck and goose seasons at its Aug. 28 meeting in Little Rock.
Checkett said the latest federal reports showed 36.2 million ducks in the breeding grounds, up from 31.1 million last year. Mallards numbered 7.9 million, up from 7.5 million a year ago.
The 60-day duck season would include a daily bag limit of six ducks of all species of which four could be mallards, including two mallard hens, Checkett said. Other species limitations would likely be one pintail, three scaup, two wood ducks, one black duck, one canvasback, two redheads and three mottled ducks plus five mergansers, of which only one could be a hooded merganser.
Last year, the Game and Fish Commission voluntarily reduced the limit of mallards that could be taken in Arkansas. The four mallards with two hens limit was trimmed to three mallards and one hen per day.
Commission member Sheffield Nelson of Little Rock said, “I expected us to get hammered when we did this last year, but I had only two negative calls, and I stopped counting the positive calls at a hundred.”
Checkett said the guidelines for goose hunting would probably be the same as last year, including another “conservation order” for hunting the overpopulated snow geese after regular waterfowl season closes. A short early October season for Canada geese in northwest Arkansas was adopted last year and may be set again this fall.
Season for early migrating birds were set Thursday.
Dove hunting will again be in three segments — Sept. 6-28, Nov. 22-30 and Dec. 20-Jan 15. The opening days are Saturdays.
The commissioners had debated opening on Sept. 1, a Monday, but decided to make the opener a full weekend. Dove hunting cannot open earlier than Sept. 1 by rules of the international Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1916. The Jan. 15 closing date is the latest allowed by the treaty.
Other seasons:
• Teal, Sept. 13-28.
• Virginia and sora rails, Sept. 1-Nov. 9.
• Common moorhen and purple gallinule, Sept. 1-Nov. 9.
• Snipe, Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
• Woodcock, Nov. 8-Dec. 6 and Dec. 27-Jan. 11.
In other action Thursday, commissioners:
• Designated a mallard drake for the 2004 special license plate instead of a bear. The duck was the original plan, but a switch had been discussed since Ducks Unlimited is also planning to issue a special license plate picturing a mallard drake later this year.
• Renamed the AGFC’s Lake Greenlee at Brinkley as Marion McCollum/Lake Greenlee, saluting a former commission chairman who had pushed the $4 million renovation of the lake. McCollum lives at Stuttgart.
• Instituted a reduced price license for completely disabled hunters and fishermen. The license will be the price of a year’s hunting, sportsmen’s or fishing license but will be valid for three years. Applicants must have 100 percent disability certification by the U.S. Social Security Administration, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs or the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.
• Agreed to re-pave two parking areas at Lake Charles in Lawrence County at a cost of $54,000 in Marine Fuel Tax funds — state taxes paid on fuel used in boats.
• Authorized building a gravel road, parking lot and boat launching ramp at the Mill Lake area of Dave Donaldson/Black River Wildlife Management Area in Clay County. Cost will be $50,000 in Marine Fuel Tax funds.
http://www.swtimes.com/archive/2003/July/18/sports/DuckSeason.html
Texas in line for 16-day teal season
Column By CHUCK SANDERSON
Texarkana Gazette
It is that time of year again. The fall hunting seasons have been either set or proposed for approval.
This week I will cover the seasons set or proposed for Texas, beginning with the always tricky migratory bird seasons.
This year the migratory birds, especially waterfowl, have shown marked improvements in their numbers. Across the board all species are up in numbers. Although the final decision about the 2003-04 Texas migratory game bird hunting seasons still needs formal federal approval, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department executive director has given his blessing for dove, teal, rail, gallinule, snipe and woodcock hunting regulations for this fall.
The results of recent aerial census surveys by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the northern prairies show the blue-winged teal population at 5.5 million, up from 4.7 million last year. This means Texas is looking at a 16-day teal season proposed to run Sept. 13-28. This is up from the nine-day season last year.
The season dates and bag limits for mourning dove in Texas are also liberal in format. They are: North Zone: Sept. 1-Oct. 30 with a 15-bird daily bag limit; Central Zone: Sept. 1-Oct. 30 and Dec. 26-Jan. 4 with a 12-bird daily bag limit; South Zone: Sept. 20-Nov. 5 and Dec. 20-Jan. 11 with a 12-bird daily bag limit.
In the special white-winged dove area in the south zone along the Southern Texas-Mexico border - South Texas Rio Grande Valley region, the season would run Sept. 6, 7, 13, 14; Sept. 20-Nov. 5; and Dec. 20-Jan. 7. During the first two weekends of the season in the special white-winged dove area, the bag limit would be 10 in the aggregate with no more than five mourning doves or two white-tipped doves. The bag limit for the remainder of this season would be the same as the rest of the South Zone.
Make sure to note unique opening days of the seasons this year, as Sept. 1 falls on a Monday. The state decided to go with the earliest opening day within federal guidelines, rather than the first Saturday afterward. This allows for more days hunting and more opportunities for all hunters.
Hunters are encouraged to look for and report bands on doves they take. Texas is one of 26 states banding more than 85,000 mourning doves during the next three years. Previous banding studies 30 years ago indicated two-thirds of banded doves taken by hunters were never reported. Hunters either never saw the small bands or saw them, and chose not to report them. It only takes a minute, doesn't cost a cent and hunters receive a certificate of appreciation that identifies when and where the dove was banded.
Dove hunting prospects for this fall look good. The mourning dove breeding population indices have not changed much from the previous year. Moisture conditions have been good for feed production in most of the state.
The final call about this fall's migratory game bird hunting seasons won't be made until late August, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service establishes its annual federal framework. Due to duck numbers being up, Texas expects to be able to use the liberal guidelines offered by the Service.
Overall breeding population estimates along the traditional survey area put ducks at 36.2 million, up 16 percent from last year and nine percent more than the long-term average. This should provide for more ducks than the low numbers seen locally last year around here. Let us all hope for a quick freeze up north early this year as well.
For the duck hunting seasons, TPWD is proposing the following:
High Plains Mallard Management Unit: (98-day total season) Youth Only; Oct. 18-19; General Season; Sept. 29-Oct. 5 and Oct. 25-Jan. 21.
North Zone: (76-day total season) Youth Only; Oct. 25-26; General Season, Nov. 8-9 and Nov. 15-Jan. 25.
South Zone: (76-day total season) Youth Only, Oct. 25-26; General Season, Nov. 1-30 and Dec. 6-Jan. 18.
The proposed aggregate daily bag limits is six ducks, no more than five mallards (two hens), three scaup, two wood ducks, two redheads, one mottled duck and one pintail (restricted season). The daily bag limit for mergansers would be five (only one hooded merganser) and the daily bag limit on coots would be 15.
Here's what's being proposed for the goose hunting seasons:
Western Zone: Light geese Oct. 25-Feb. 8 with a daily bag limit of 20. Dark geese Oct. 25-Feb. 8 with a bag limit of five and no more than one white-fronted goose.
The proposed conservation order for light geese would run Feb. 9-March 28. There is the possibility that the dark goose segment will be reduced from 107 to 95 days and a bag limit reduction from five to three Canada geese.
Eastern Zone: North Segment light geese Oct. 25-Jan. 25 and South Segment light geese Oct. 25-Jan. 18 with a bag limit of 20 daily. White-fronted geese and Canada geese Oct. 25-Jan. 18 with an aggregate daily bag limit of three withno more than two white-fronted or Canada geese. The proposed conservation order for light geese would run Jan. 26-March 28 in the North Segment and Jan. 19-March 28 in the South Segment.
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2003/07/17/sports/sports05.txt
WD40, Liquid Wrench, GooGone and other Citrus Cleaners, 409, and Duct Tape...great inventions...not sure how the world used to get along without these products.
Colt
Justin and Ksquared...
Drive In movie...we even went to them back in our school days. There were actually a couple still left. " Lots of Outdoor Adventures there"...LOL, you think like the rest of us. Have to agree...PLENTY of them FUN Type Outdoor Adventures, for sure! There are still plenty of carhop drive-in burger n shake places around. But, not quite like it was back in the 50's & 60's according to everything I've seen and read. There are a few places in San Antonio that car clubs still have weekend gatherings at. One Friday night it may be T-Bucket and Roadster night, the next Friday night it may be 3 & 5 Window coup and 40 and older Sedan night. The next Friday night it might be Corvette and T-Bird night and another may be Harley night. Another may be 4x4 Off-Road night.These guys and gals really sink a lot of time and money into these beautiful cars.
With all the crap going on these days with gangs and drive by shootings and hard nosed drugs, I would love it if we could get back to the simpler 'Happy Days' way of life. Back then it seems like everyone could trust their neighbors. Nowadays you hear about people having to lock their homes up like it was a prison. I say get rid of all the terrorists and gang bangers. Time to take our country back.
I enjoy your posts, Justin. You and Ksquared should write a book together the way both of you seem to be in lock step with everything and the fact that both of you are such good writers.
Colt
What Phil, and take the fun out of it for the little Lady's? LOL We could always get ourselves a Blooper Bull or a Bufford Bull. Be easy for us old guys but, the wives would be asking "is that all there is?". <ggg>
Colt
Leftover Deer License Applications Available - North Dakota Game and Fish Department
07/21/03
More than 45,000 North Dakota antlerless deer gun licenses are still available after the State Game and Fish Department recently completed its lottery drawing. These licenses are available to hunters who do not already have a license, or as second, third and fourth licenses.
Unsuccessful applicants in the first drawing will be mailed a blue application with a July 30 deadline. Hunters who have not yet applied, or who want to apply for a second, third or fourth license, have to submit an ivory-colored application by August 13.
Hunters with second, third and fourth doe licenses can use them during the archery season with a bow; the deer gun season with a bow, rifle, or muzzle-loader; or during the muzzle-loader season with a muzzle-loader. These licenses must be used for antlerless deer only, and hunters must stay in the unit to which the license is assigned.
Interested hunters can print out an application, or submit a lottery application online at the game and fish Internet website. Applications are also available from North Dakota Game and Fish offices, county auditors and license vendors.
Mailed applications must be postmarked by midnight of the respective deadline. Residents and nonresidents are eligible to apply. The leftover deer license fee for nonresident hunters is $50. The regular deer gun season starts at noon Nov. 7 and runs through Nov. 23.
The lottery drawing for persons who have not yet received a 2003 deer gun license will take place prior to the lottery for hunters seeking additional licenses.
Hunters Face New Antlerless Deer License Process - Pennsylvania Game Commission
07/21/03
Beginning Aug. 4, Pennsylvania hunters will have an unprecedented opportunity to apply for antlerless deer licenses that will permit them to hunt more territory than ever. This marks the first time the Pennsylvania Game Commission will issue antlerless licenses using a system that isn't based on the state's 67 counties since it began selling them 80 years ago.
In addition, hunters, for the first time since 1952, will not send their antlerless license applications directly to county treasurers. Rather, they will mail them to the Game Commission via 22 different Post Office boxes. The agency, in turn, will forward them to county treasurers for processing.
"Although a lot has changed, much of the application process remains the same," noted Vern Ross, Game Commission executive director. "Hunters just need to follow directions and mail their applications to the Game Commission using the provided mailing labels. It's really not going to be that difficult."
Some of the changes in the application process include: hunters are applying to hunt in Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) now, not a specific county; applications are mailed to the Game Commission, not county treasurers; pre-printed mailing labels are provided to affix to the application evelope; and the application envelope is now yellow, not pink.
The Game Commission has developed an "Antlerless License Update" page on its website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) to provide hunters additional information about the changes in the antlerless license application process and updates on available antlerless licenses once sales begin. Information on the website will be updated weekly beginning Aug. 7; sell-outs for wildlife management units will be posted immediately. Look under "Hot Topics" on the agency's homepage.
"With the new WMUs in place for this year's deer seasons, hunters will no longer be restricted to unmarked, political county boundaries when hunting antlerless deer," Ross said. "Antlerless licenses will be issued for WMUs, which are defined by easy-to-recognize geographical boundaries - such as major roads and rivers - rather than political lines on a map that can't be seen in the field."
Ross emphasized that, as required by state law, county treasurers will continue to issue antlerless deer licenses. Except for the "over-the-counter sales," county treasurers will receive applications from the Game Commission for a percentage of a WMU's total antlerless license allocation based on the county's representation in the WMU.
Ross also noted that hunters will be mailing their applications to the Game Commission in yellow, rather than pink, envelopes. The envelope contains pre-printed address labels for each of the 22 Post Office boxes established for each of the state's new 22 WMUs. Anyone with the old pink envelopes should discard them.
"The new mailing labels and bar coding have been incorporated to speed up the processing of applications," Ross said. "Hunters should ensure that the label is securely placed on the envelope before mailing it. If it appears that the label is not affixed properly, the U.S. Postal Service will allow applicants to use transparent tape over the label to secure it to the envelope."
The Game Commission will begin accepting antlerless license applications through the mail from residents on Monday, Aug. 4; nonresident applications will be accepted through the mail starting Monday, Aug. 18. The Game Commission will begin accepting resident and nonresident hunter applications through the mail for the first round of unsold licenses on Monday, Aug. 25; and the second round will be accepted through the mail beginning Monday, Sept. 8.
Over-the-counter applications will not be accepted by county treasurers until Nov. 3, except in Wildlife Management Units 2B, 5C and 5D, where county treasurers will begin accepting over-the-counter applications on Monday, Aug. 25.
Applying for and receiving more than one antlerless license at a time is against the law and carries a $100 fine. While individuals are permitted to mail up to three antlerless deer license applications in one envelope, the applications must be for different individuals. Hunters may apply for one license during the first round of regular antlerless deer licenses. During the first round of unsold licenses, hunters may apply for a second license. During the second round of unsold licenses, hunters may apply for a third license. The exception to this is when hunters are applying over the counter in WMUs 2B, 5C and 5D.
Applications that do not include return postage will be placed in a "dead letter" file maintained by the Game Commission's Licensing Division in the Harrisburg headquarters. Applicants who believe that their antlerless license application may be in the dead letter file may contact the License Division toll-free at 1-877-331-GAME (1-877-331-4263) during business hours of 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. This line will be activated after Aug. 18.
Regular and first round unsold antlerless licenses will be mailed to successful applicants by county treasurers no later than Monday, Sept. 15. Second and subsequent rounds of unsold antlerless licenses will be mailed to successful applicants by county treasurers no later than Wednesday, Oct. 1.
The Board of Game Commissioners approved the 2003-2004 antlerless deer license allocation of 973,000, which is a decrease from last year's allocation of 1,029,350. Last year, hunters purchased 1,010,693 antlerless deer licenses, which resulted in a harvest of 352,113 antlerless deer.
Following is a listing of the antlerless deer license allocation by Wildlife Management Unit: WMU 1A, 44,000; WMU 1B, 37,000; WMU 2A, 45,000; WMU 2B, 45,000; WMU 2C, 65,000; WMU 2D; 58,000; WMU 2E, 29,000; WMU 2F, 44,000; WMU 2G, 52,000; WMU 3A, 28,000; WMU 3B, 45,000; WMU 3C, 40,000; WMU 3D, 50,000; WMU 4A, 37,000; WMU 4B, 38,000; WMU 4C, 46,000; WMU 4D, 58,000; WMU 4E, 38,000; WMU 5A, 28,000; WMU 5B, 60,000; WMU 5C, 66,000; and WMU 5D, 20,000.
"If the license success rate for each WMU is within five percent, plus or minus, of the past year, we should see an antlerless deer harvest of between 320,000 and 355,000," said Dr. Gary Alt, Game Commission Deer Management Section supervisor. "Overall, the anticipated effect of the deer harvest will be a two percent decrease statewide in the deer herd, which is consistent with our objective of improving the health of the deer herd by bringing it into balance with the available habitat."
Antlerless Deer Draw Application Line Opens - Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
07/21/03
Hunters can call 1-900-565-DEER (3337) any day of the week, 24 hours a day to apply for a stamp. The line is open until midnight on Friday, Aug. 29. As in previous years, a non-refundable application fee of $6.90 will be charged to the telephone bill of the phone that is being used.
"There have been no changes to the method for applying for an antlerless deer stamp this year, although we have added a new deer management zone in the Bridgewater-Lunenburg area because of the high density of deer in those communities," said Natural Resources Minister Tim Olive. "We are allowing 500 permits for sub-zone 2A."
This year 7,500 permits are available for the hunt, which is the lowest number of permits issued since the zone system was implemented in 1998. The use of deer zones is a management practice that allows Natural Resources staff to set appropriate harvest numbers based on the uneven distribution of deer throughout the province. The science-based approach helps to maintain a more stable deer population regionally in Nova Scotia.
"The deer herd across the province is at its lowest population level in a long time," said Mr. Olive. "By using a zone system we are able to adjust the number of permits available to hunters to accurately reflect the population of deer."
Permits are being offered for four of the seven deer management zones. This is the first year that zone 6 (all of Cape Breton except for the Highlands area) has not had any antlerless deer stamps available because of low deer numbers. Zone 3 (Chignecto area, Cumberland County) and zone 7 (Cape Breton Highlands and area) will also have no antlerless deer stamps for the same reason. The 2003 regulation summary booklet provides more detailed information on zone locations.
"The harsh winters and long periods of deep snow of the past few years have caused high mortality in the deer herd, particularly among fawns and yearlings, that would have produced a lot of fawns over the next three to four years," said Mr. Olive.
A computerized random draw will take place after Aug. 29. Successful applicants will be notified by mail during the week of Sept. 1. The results will be available between Sept. 7 and 13 by calling 1-877-535-1234, or 493-1412 in the Halifax area.
Detailed information on the antlerless deer draw can be found where hunting and angling licences are sold or on the Web site at http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/draws/deerdraw.
There have been changes to the Wildlife Regulations for 2003 including the extension of the bear hunting season through the general season for deer hunting, prohibiting of harvesting female bears accompanied by cubs and the inclusion of small game and bear hunting report forms in the regulation summary booklet.
Raffle Ticket Puchase Deadline August 3rd - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
07/21/03
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is selling raffle tickets to hunters looking for a chance to participate in big game raffle permit hunts this fall.
Tickets can be purchased until Aug. 3. Winning tickets will be selected at random by computer, and winners will be notified by Aug. 9. Raffle tickets are $5 each, $10 for sheep, and can be purchased at fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov on the Internet, toll-free by telephone at 1-866-246-9453, or at license vendors statewide.
One winner will be chosen for buck deer, eastside bull elk, westside bull elk, moose, ram bighorn sheep and mountain goat hunts.
The winner of the deer hunt can hunt between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31 in any open game management unit, except Private Lands Wildlife Management areas, Game Management Units 157, 485, 522 and any other GMUs closed to deer hunting.
Winners of the elk hunts can hunt between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31 in any open unit, except Private Lands Wildlife Management areas and GMUs closed to branch-antlered bull hunting.
Winners of deer and elk raffles can purchase a second tag and will be allowed to hunt in general or special permit seasons with appropriate equipment and licenses.
The winner of the moose hunt will be allowed to hunt between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30 in any unit open to moose hunting. The winner of the bighorn sheep hunt will be allowed to hunt between Sept. 1 and Oct. 31 in the five sheep units that are open to raffle and auction hunting. The winner of the mountain goat hunt can hunt between Sept. 15 and Oct. 31 in the four goat units open to raffle and auction hunters.
More information is available in the 2003 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules pamphlet or on the department's website on the Internet.
Wolf Plan on Track - Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
07/21/03
Montana’s final plan to conserve and manage gray wolves when they are removed from the federal endangered species list is on track for completion in August, state wildlife officials said today.
"We're rapidly bringing this long and closely watched process to a close," said Jeff Hagener, director of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. "After nearly three years of discussions and dozens of statewide public meetings, we're on track to finalize Montana's wolf management plan in August."
The final plan, and legally required record of decision, will then be submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in September. Montana's most recent public comment period on the state's 288-page draft wolf plan EIS, which closed in May, generated more than 5,000 specific comments. About 90 percent of all comments came from Montana residents, officials said.
"We're confident the final plan will reflect the public’s desire for FWP to manage wolves in a way that addresses their concerns and allows FWP the flexibility to meet the needs of both wolves and people. It will also reflect Montanan’s willingness to work together to build a successful program," said Carolyn Sime, FWP's wolf plan coordinator, who reviewed all the comments and is now preparing the final document.
Among the federal requirements for wolf delisting, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming must have management plans and adequate regulations in place to maintain the recovered wolf population within the northern Rocky Mountain Recovery Area. Each state's wolf management plan and legal framework will be evaluated by federal officials to make sure the recovered wolf population will not become threatened or endangered again.
Idaho's plan is complete and Wyoming is still working with USFWS on plan details. Wyoming officials, however, say they are committed to submitting a plan this summer.
Sime said many comments on the Montana plan and draft EIS specifically addressed FWP's preferred management alternative, which is based on an updated version of a plan developed by Montana’s Wolf Management Advisory Council. She noted that numerous comments also addressed the preferred alternative indirectly. "Many comments that didn't specifically address an alternative tend to fit within the conservation and management strategies and overall philosophy of the preferred alternative," Sime said.
FWP's preferred alternative, one of five presented in the draft EIS, suggests that wolf management in Montana would be based on numbers, distribution and public acceptance, in a manner similar to the way the state manages black bears and mountain lions. Under the agency's preferred alternative, various techniques to manage wolves and resolve conflicts would be based on a benchmark of 15 breeding pairs in Montana.
The gray wolf was recently downlisted from "endangered" to "threatened" in northwestern Montana under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. Wolves in southwestern Montana are still classified as "experimental, nonessential" populations under the federal ESA.
An estimated 660 wolves, in about 80 packs with 43 of those qualifying as breeding pairs inhabited the northern Rockies at the end of 2002. At that time, federal officials estimated that 183 wolves, in 35 packs, and about 16 breeding pairs inhabited Montana. Federal wolf managers conclude that a total of 30 or more breeding pairs, equitably distributed in the tri-state recovery area for the past three years indicates that the population is biologically recovered. USFWS's official process to delist the wolf could begin this fall, if USFWS determines that state management plans and laws are adequate to maintain the recovered population.
Wolves from Canada began to naturally recolonize northwestern Montana in the mid 1980s. In the mid 1990s, to hasten the overall pace of wolf recovery in the northern Rockies, 66 wolves were released into Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. Since then, the population has expanded and wolves are now found throughout portions of the federally designated northern Rocky Mountain Recovery Area.
Hunters Warned of Potentially Contaminated Food Plot Seed
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
07/21/03
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is warning hunters to check their food plot seed for potential contamination. Authorities in Florida have traced contaminated joint vetch seed to several retailers in south, central and southeastern Louisiana. The vetch contains seeds from federal noxious weed called tropical soda apple.
Officials from the Bureau of Compliance Monitoring, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services contacted the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry in the spring of this year with the results of seed analysis. Tests showed that one lot, designated HU2842, distributed by Pennington Seeds of Madison California was contaminated. LDAF contacted retailers and informed them of the contamination. However, approximately 91 bags, about 4,550 pounds, were sold with no record of the individuals who purchased them.
LDWF is urging hunters who may have purchased this brand of seed from this lot to contact LDAF as soon as possible. Tad Hardy, Administrative Coordinator of Quarantine Programs for LDAF may be reached at (225)925-8100. LDAF will arrange an inspection of food plots where the suspected seed was used to determine if TSA is present. If present in low numbers, the plants would be removed for disposal. In the unlikely event of a highly infested plot, LDAF would make arrangements with the owner to eliminate the TSA and conduct follow-up inspections over the next few years.
The goal is to identify the TSA before it matures and bears fruit. The fruit is attractive to deer and other wildlife and its seed can be spread by animals feeding on it.
Officials do not anticipate finding high levels of contamination in the vetch, but only a few plants would be enough to establish TSA in a remote area where it could thrive and spread.
Efforts to Ban Bear Hunting With Bait Fail - U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance
07/21/03
Attempts to sneak an anti-bear hunting bill through Congress failed after the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance and other sportsmen’s organizations rallied America’s hunters, anglers and trappers to oppose a last minute amendment to the Department of Interior spending bill.
An amendment to the House Interior Appropriations bill by Reps. Jim Moran, D–Va., and Elton Gallegly, R–Calif., would have banned the use of bait to hunt black bears on federal land. The amendment failed by a vote of 163 to 255.
Reps. Moran and Gallegly attempted to insert the bear hunting ban in the appropriations bill after HR 1472, legislation to ban bear hunting using bait, failed before the House Resources Committee on July 15. Intense sportsmen’s pressure, drummed up by the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance National Bear Hunting Defense Task Force and other hunters’ groups including the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, National Rifle Association and Safari Club International, ensured the bill would fail. These same organizations regrouped to successfully defeat the amendment.
“America’s sportsmen knew that these anti-hunting attacks would threaten more than just bear hunting,” said Rob Sexton, U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance vice president for government affairs. “House Resolution 1472 and the Interior Appropriations amendment would have opened the door for the federal government to control wildlife issues. This, despite the fact that state wildlife management agencies are charged with the responsibility of managing resident wildlife, like black bears, that occur on federal lands.”
Nine states permit the practice of hunting bear with bait. Those states’ wildlife agencies say that the use of bait is an effective and necessary bear management tool.
Commission Authorizes Bighorn Auction - Idaho Department of Fish and Game
07/21/03
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has again authorized the release of one bighorn tag to be sold at auction and one tag for lottery in 2004.
The Foundation for North American Wild Sheep will sell an Idaho tag at its national convention in Reno January 14-17. The Idaho chapter of the Foundation will sell tickets to be drawn in a lottery next July.
Since releasing the first auction tag in 1988, the department has received $809,950 for bighorn research and transplants. The lottery tag, first released in 1992, has raised $312,931 to fund research in bighorn health, a field of research in which Idaho has been a leader.
The Commission approved release of the tags during its meeting in Bonners Ferry July 10-11.
Man Pleads to 212 Counts of Illegal Taxidermy - Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
07/21/03
A Boyle County man has pled guilty to 212 counts of illegal taxidermy and 32 counts of failure to maintain proper taxidermy records. Robert Louis Johnson was ordered by Boyle District Court to pay fines totaling $17,000, make restitution to all persons who had taxidermy items at his business, or complete the taxidermy items within a 12- month period. The fines will be probated at the request of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) upon completion of all terms of probation.
The conviction comes as a result of a two-month long investigation by State Wildlife and Boating Officers Stephen Isaacs and Rick Muse who charged Johnson in March 2003. Johnson was found guilty on all charges.
"Johnson had been operating out of a garage on Salt River Road in Boyle County," said Officer Isaacs. "He came to our attention when several customers complained that he had accepted wildlife for mounting and had not completed the work, and then moved without a forwarding address or phone number."
In a search of the property on Salt River Road, several spoiled whitetail deer capes and turkeys were discovered in unplugged freezers.
"It was a very disorganized operation and the amount of wildlife left behind to spoil was a major concern for us," stated Officer Muse. Johnson was later located operating out of his garage in Mercer County. Upon an inventory by the officers, all customers were contacted and a list compiled for Johnson's probation officer to use as a monitoring tool to insure that all items are completed or returned as ordered by the court. Johnson will be required to provide the KDFWR with an update of completed items on a quarterly basis. Johnson’s probation runs for two years.
“Officer Muse and I, as well as the KDFWR are very pleased with the support we have received from the Boyle County Attorney's office and the citizens of Boyle County for their support of wildlife conservation," said Officer Isaacs.
Some Antlers, Hides and Capes Exempt from Canada Ruminant Ban
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
07/18/03
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a memo clarifying import restrictions for ruminants and ruminant products from Canada. The restrictions apply to all ruminants including hunter-killed deer, elk, moose and caribou.
Under the import restrictions, which were originally instated on May 20, all ruminant meat from Canada is prohibited from entering the United States.
The new USDA memo allows exemptions for clean ruminant antlers, hides and capes, in addition to taxidermy mounts. The goal of the restriction is to keep large amounts of blood and tissue (the potentially infectious portions of the carcass) from crossing the border.
The original import restrictions were put in place following confirmation that a cow in Alberta is infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), also known as Mad Cow Disease. BSE has never been found in the United States, and scientific research suggests that risk to human health and the possibility of transmission to animals in the United States is very low.
The USDA memo may be found at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/bse/bse_hunting.pdf.
For more on BSE and the ruminant restrictions, visit:
http://www.usda.gov.
Hey, if she becomes a Saint, I'll never see her again. How 'bout just Wives of the Year, instead? LOL
Colt
Any time, Ksquared. e/
Thanks, Ksquared...I am sure the NJ F & G folks are having pow-wow's with officials elsewhere to get good ideas. I wouldn't worry too much. Things like this usually work out for the best.
Colt
AND, I Refuse to help anyone else look foolish. You must do this on your own! In fact most people that post on message boards do a damn good job of making themselves look foolish without the help of a single poster. <GGG>
Colt
Nope! I've worked very hard to look foolish on my own and I REFUSE to give credit to anyone else! HARRR!
Colt
But, AK...
I always look foolish anyway! LOL
Colt
What, and take the fun out of it??? LOL e/
AK, I wasn't sure if OneBgg, was posting to JB, FD or was talking to himself! If it wasn't to one of those three, then he needs to hand out Secret Decoder Rings for all the rest of us. LOL
Sorry big guy, couldn't resist...
Colt
Phil, for one thing, how do you keep it in with all the bucking and two, I don't much think our wives would appreciate sex for only 8 seconds as in an 8 second ride! Harrr!
Colt
OneBgg...?????????????? You posting in code these days? LOL Colt
ROFLMFAO, JB. Too funny! e/
Ksquared, not if she don't see it! LOL Sledgehammer to computer!
Colt
Spurs Speedy Claxton going to Golden State
7/22/2003 2:59:48 PM
CyberBob
The Ticket 760 Sport’s Don Harris has confirmed that Speedy Claxton has agreed to terms with the Golden State Warriors.
Speedy’s agent Bill Duffy has confirmed that his client and Golden State have agreed on the terms – but have not released that information yet.
Claxton, whose stock rose substantially in the NBA Finals, will reportedly make in the neighborhood of ten million dollars over three years.
The Warriors were in need of a quality point guard after the Washington Wizards signed Gilbert Arenas, one of the most sought-after free agents in the NBA. Arenas will leave the Warriors to sign a six-year offer for more than $60 million.
Arenas, 21, is a restricted free agent, meaning the Warriors have 15 days to match the offer. But the Warriors are over the salary cap and only have their mid-level exception of approximately $4.9 million to offer as a starting salary.
WORKING....
Stay tuned to Ticket 760 for the latest details and watch Ticket 760 Sports on News 4 WOAI at 5, 6, and 10pm for the complete story.
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Ex-Spur/Blazer, Kersey tries hand at coaching
7/22/2003 2:40:48 PM
Spurs News Editor
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. - Just like when he was a rookie nearly two decades ago, Jerome Kersey is proving himself to the Portland Trail Blazers. Only this time, it's as a coach.
Kersey, a 17-year NBA veteran who spent his first 11 seasons with the Blazers, is getting a coaching tryout of sorts as an assistant with Portland's summer league team.
"It's not something that I'm doing like an internship just to do it. I'm very serious about wanting to be a coach," Kersey said. "I have vast knowledge and experience from being around the game and I think I can lend myself to the game and help this team out."
Adding the affable Kersey, a longtime fan favorite who lives in the Portland area, seems a logical way to help improve the public image of a team tarnished by trouble on and off the court.
"He's a big part of this community and a big part of this team for a long time, so it may be a plus for us," Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks said, without revealing whether Kersey's summer job was an audition.
The Blazers do have an opening: They did not renew the contract of assistant Herb Brown.
"I think on the court, there are situations that I know and fundamentals that I know that go a lot deeper than just speaking to it," Kersey said. "I've done it on the court."
Kersey was drafted by the Blazers with the 46th overall pick in 1984. He came out of Longwood University in Virginia, where he averaged 19.6 points and a Division II- leading 14.2 rebounds a game his senior year.
During his time with the Blazers, Kersey had seven straight seasons of scoring averages in the double figures, and twice he accompanied Portland to the NBA Finals. His best season was 1987-88, when he averaged 19.2 points and 8.3 rebounds.
But he was left unprotected by the Blazers in 1995, and was picked up by the Toronto Raptors in the expansion draft. Instead he signed with the Golden State Warriors as a veteran free agent and in the years that followed played with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Seattle SuperSonics and the San Antonio Spurs.
He finally got an NBA championship ring with the Spurs in 1999.
Over the course of his career, Kersey averaged 10.4 points and 5.6 rebounds in 1,059 career games.
Kersey talked to Cheeks about the possibility of being a coach about a year ago, but there were no positions open. Then this summer, Cheeks gave him a call.
Current Blazers assistant Dan Panaggio is the head coach of the Blazers' summer league team, playing in the Rocky Mountain Revue in Salt Lake City.
The team features some of the younger Blazers, including Zach Randolph and Qyntel Woods, as well as the team's top draft pick, Travis Outlaw.
Outlaw, the 23rd overall pick in the draft, is coming to the NBA straight out of high school in Starkville, Miss.
"Travis is young, very young," Kersey said with a laugh. "We're trying to see how quickly he can pick up on things. ... Coming out, he's got a lot of raw talent. He does some things well - he loves shooting the ball. But we just have to kind of bring him along, and not fill his head up with too much stuff at one time."
Kersey is trying to crack the Blazers' coaching staff at a time when the team is going through some big changes.
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Spurs capture Championship at Reebok Pro Summer League
7/20/2003 4:27:51 AM
Spurs News Editor
Nate Johnson and Devin Brown combined for 35 points as the San Antonio Spurs remained undefeated and clinched the championship of the 2003 Reebok Pro Summer League, with an 80-67 win over the Washington Wizards (2-3). The Spurs had to overcome a 27-point effort by Washington’s Juan Dixon to pick up their fifth straight win.
The Spurs have hardly been challenged this week. They have averaged almost 80 points per game and have allowed an average of only 65, and have won by at least 11 points in four of their five games.
After taking a 59-49 after three quarters, the Spurs put the game away with an 18-3 run to start the fourth quarter. Leading 69-56, the Spurs turned to Johnson to put the game away. He converted a Gill pass for a fast-break alley oop dunk, stole a Steve Blake pass and scored on a fast break lay-up. On the next possession, made a reverse lay-up and then stole the ball from Evans and fed Kaspers Kambala, who was fouled and made a pair of free throws. Suddenly, the Spurs led by 21, 77-56. A pair of baskets by Dixon, including a three-pointer at the buzzer made it look close, as the Spurs walked off with another easy win.
It took the Spurs a while to get going in this game. After a Maurice Evans basket brought the Wizards to within 2 points, 34-32 with 5:41 left in the first half, the Spurs called a timeout. Whatever they discussed on the sidelines worked as they went on a 12-4 run to close out the half ahead by 10 points. Eddie Gill stole a Dixon pass and fed Johnson for a fast break lay-up. Johnson then hit a 19-footer and, after a Washington turnover, Ernest Brown hit a jumper to make it 40-34. A couple of minutes later, Ernest Brown hit a pair of free throws to make it an 8-point game. Washington had a chance to cut into the Spurs’ lead before halftime but Dixon committed a pair of turnovers, the second one leading to a slam dunk by Devin Brown with 31.4 seconds left in the half, to allow the Spurs to take a 46-36 lead into the locker room.
Dixon’s offensive output was not nearly enough as he got little support from his teammates. No other Wizards player scored in double figures, while four Spurs had at least 10 points, led by Johnson (18), Devin Brown (17), Damone Brown and Ernest Brown (10 points each). Guyton added 9 points off the bench for the Spurs.
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Spurs summer team goes undefeated in Boston
7/21/2003 2:21:56 AM
Spurs News Editor
For the San Antonio Spurs, this may not carry the same prestige as winning the 2003 NBA Championship, but they completed the double, going undefeated and winning the 2003 Reebok Pro Summer League.
Damone Brown led a late game rally, including converting an Eddie Gill steal into a 19-foot jumper from the right baseline with 51.2 seconds left in the game, to break an 85-85 tie and made a free-throw with 5.5 seconds left. The Hawks Travis Hansen then missed a desperation three-point attempt at the buzzer, as the Spurs(6-0) finished their week as the only undefeated team, beating the Atlanta Hawks (3-3) today, 88-85.
The Spurs saw their chance at going undefeated going down the drain as they trailed 85-78, with 3:34 left in the game. Evidently, though, losing even one game this week was not in the plans of Damone Brown or Udonis Haslem, as they led the Spurs on a 10-0 run to close out the game. Brown made a fast-break lay-up off a pass from Nate Johnson, hit a free-throw, Haslem got fouled twice and hit all four of this free-throws to tie the game and Brown hit the game winner to keep the Spurs record perfect.
Atlanta looked poised to pull off the upset. They took a 70-64 lead into the fourth quarter and held that lead throughout most of the quarter. A pair of free throws by Corey Benjamin gave the Hawks what looked to be a safe 7-point lead, with 3:34 left. But those would prove to be Atlanta’s last points of the game, as the Hawks just imploded. From that point on, the Hawks shot 0-5 from the field, committed 4 turnovers, 5 fouls and were out-rebounded 7-2.
As was the case yesterday, Atlanta’s bench was its strong point. Charles Smith led the team with 15 points, Tommy Adams had 13 points and Benjamin had 10. Ernest Brown who had 22 points and 7 rebounds paced the Spurs. Johnson added 16 and Damone Brown, the hero for the Spurs, had 14 points off the bench.
The Spurs were led during the week by Devin Brown who averaged 15.8 points per game. Haslem was one of the league’s top rebounders, averaging 7.7 boards per game. Smith led Atlanta in scoring this week with 11.5 points per game.
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Horry reaches agreement with Spurs
July 22, 2003
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Free agent forward Robert Horry has agreed to a contract with the San Antonio Spurs, according to a broadcast report.
Horry, who spent the last 6 1/2 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and helped them to win three straight NBA championships, agreed to a one-year contract with a club option for a second year, Houston television station KRIV reported Tuesday night.
Neither Spurs spokesman Tom James nor Horry's agent, Carl Poston, returned messages left by The Associated Press on Tuesday night.
Horry struggled last season, when he averaged 6.5 points and missed 36 of 38 3-pointers during the playoffs.
His last 3-point miss, at the end of Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals against San Antonio, would have given the Lakers a victory and a lead in the series. Instead, the Lakers lost and the Spurs went on to win the NBA title.
During Horry's 11-year NBA career, he has been on five NBA championship teams, including two with the Houston Rockets.