Land managers, ranchers working to avert Big Open’s sage grouse from listing

WINNETT — On a bare patch of ground 15 miles northwest of Winnett, more than 20 male sage grouse have gathered in the pre-dawn to get their strut on.Sporting spiked feathers on the backs of their necks and a wide fan of tail feathers, the birds jockey for position and puff out air sacks within their chests like pillows, causing a distinctive drumming sound when air is released."What these guys are trying to do is show off for the girls," whispers Matt Comer, a Lewistown-based wildlife biologist Read more [...]

’40 census fills gaps in house’s story

Did they live there? The house’s history begins long before census enumerator Connie M. Renollet knocked on the door on April 12, 1940. According to property records, the land was first recorded as a 122-acre parcel by David Coles in 1820. It would change hands a few times until Randall bought it June 8, 1853, for $3,000. But the purchase included a mortgage, and in 1860, it was sold at a sheriff’s sale for $2,060 to James G. Reed to satisfy a foreclosure judgment. In 1869, after Reed’s death, Read more [...]

Outdoors Notes: Tuesday Night tourney winners named, more – Longview News

TOURNEY WINNERS LISTED: The team of Bryon Linseisen and Monte Robertson took top honors with a total weight of 14.35 pounds to win the Tuesday Night Open Pot Bass Tournament at Martin Creek. Second place (13.55) and the big bass (5.60) went to Tuff and Randy Huffman. In third was the team of Earnum Rinkle and Jim McCann (9.70), followed by Dana Vincent and Tracy Hunt (9.50), and Ricky Jacks and Joey Pettit (9.15). Tournament director Derek Bartley also Read more [...]

Enquirer Exclusive: Check sales and prices for 96 neighborhoods

<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 11-->Sellers 'get realistic' when pricing homesThe continued glut of distressed and foreclosed homes on the market in recent years has forced sellers to “get more realistic” with their approach to pricing, says Ken Warden, president of the Northern Kentucky Association of Realtors.“There is no price level that is immune from the impact of foreclosures on our market,” Warden says. “People have begun to realize that this is our new normal right now.”In Read more [...]

BestPokerSite.org Reveals the Criteria for Listing Poker Rooms

BestPokerSite.org is one of the most trusted resources on online real money poker. The site recently disclosed some of the key criteria considered while evaluating online poker rooms.NEW YORK, NY, April 29, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- BestPokerSite.org, a leading resource on online real money poker, features a list of the best poker sites along with their up-to-date reviews. The site recently revealed some of the key factors considered while evaluating poker sites. The spokesperson Read more [...]

Obama pokes fun at Romney, dog-eating at correspondents dinner

WASHINGTON -- President Obama didn’t pull any punches during this year’s White House correspondents dinner, poking fun at his past experience in canine cuisine, at the Republican Party and, most persistently, at his presidential rival Mitt Romney. “What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?” Obama asked the audience Saturday night, a reference Read more [...]

Heated email exchange precedes Port Angeles city manager’s exit

PORT ANGELES — City Councilman Max Mania and outgoing Port Angeles City Manager Kent Myers engaged in an email-fueled dispute last week over the listing of Myers’ house as a “short sale.”Myers said Mania told him he had heard from two people who said that because the sale of Myers’ 3215 S. Peabody St. home was a short sale, Myers’ bank would pay the difference between what he owes and the eventual purchase price of his house rather than stick him with the debt, suggesting Myers was getting Read more [...]

Group sets sights on National Register listing for shuttered Pittsfield theater

By DEBORAH GERTZ HUSAR Herald-Whig Staff Writer PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The Zoe Preservation Society is slowly breathing new life — and dollars — into the shuttered Pittsfield movie theater. A $1,500 heritage preservation grant through Landmarks Illinois, more than matched with $3,500 from the city of Pittsfield, clears the way for the preservation society to pursue listing the Zoe Theater on the National Register of Historic Places. The group is seeking $12,000 more in grant funds "to pay for Read more [...]

CHURCH FURY AT ROOF TAX

George Osborne’s move means churches will have to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds more for repairs. The standard rate of VAT, 20 per cent, will be applied to all work carried out on listed buildings instead of the current zero rating for approved alterations. Tory MP Tony Baldry, who is Second Church Estates Commissioner, and the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, met Mr Osborne last week. Mr Baldry said he was confident Read more [...]