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[calhound]

hi you guys its 59 here 42 in ice 69 in kviv 62 in the barn lots of tornado out in kansas one person died. we got some rain but not all night long so big help suppose to rain today so forth rain every day but at this stage just hoping not all the time. im waiting for winter.

hi joho god bless mary and her baby.  weekly driving would be nice to do at animal place help out but will you get time off when you want it or need it maybe do it part time to start with i know animals need a ride. i am done with poop buckets now i plan to buy more buckets down the road so i will not have to do that again if i had fallen i would went over that edge and way down below and i did not have my phone and jim gone all my other animals needing care.

hi paulie i cant keep up with all that i was so worn out last night jim left a message on my phone are you okay i texted back yes tired finishing up my stuff going to bed and i did that.  when jim gets back he will have barn duties for the weekend. i need to do my laundry and clean some  your zeus dog big and smart    good name for him i got that little house tree looking good sat it on the kitchen table pulled drapes back so sun when we got sun can get to it. so far my kitchen coyotes have not messed with it. if they do i tried i cant do everything. they are not known for getting stuff off that table. known for everything else but not that

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[johoward]

6:01 Pretty close to average.  I thought it was a giant tomato worm while I was doing it.  Never did look at the real picture before I got done. LOL It was a turtle.
Mary not good again today.  Could not work.  Debbie at Mary's house to help her through the day.
Had a nice day with Karen yesterday.  She made some special healthy dishes for our dinner. Two out of three were good.  One, not so much.  Healthy and attractive.  Looked like a nice omelet, but did not have eggs and flavor was missing.  She did not give me take out. Made some nice warm Pillsbury biscuits.  Which I love, and some delicious corn on the cob with salt and soft serve butter replacement from olives.
Ok now I am drowsy.  I know it is well past nap time, but I can't fight it an more.  Bye EV1 GBU. Thanks for your being here and for your prayers.  I am really scarred. this is going on too long.

[calhound]

Missing Bill Rice - UPDATE May 1, 2024

Bill and Shirley Rice
Lynn Donna Shirley Bill Rice 20180722
Lynn and Donna Rogers, Shirley and Bill Rice in 2018

I can’t help but think about what a good friend Bill was and how much he helped bears by being a material part of making the North American Bear Center. I relied on him for advice. He is the one who found the ideal location for the Bear Center. And he and Shirley were major donors, along with Lily Fans, to make it what it is—what made Popular Science Magazine name it ‘The number one science center to visit in Minnesota.’ We talked a lot. He and Shirley and their friends visited the bears many times, and they appreciated the bears around their backwoods summer home. But if I am missing him so much, I can only imagine how Shirley, his wife of 71 years, is feeling losing a life partner like Bill.

Ribbon cutting 2015
Ribbon cutting in 2015

A picture I like is of the ribbon cutting for the opening of the Northwoods Ecology Hall and the Hope Learning Center. From left to right are Judy Thon representing volunteers, Lori Shulze representing the Ely Chamber of Commerce, Shirley Rice representing the Bear Center board, Mayor Chuck Novak representing Ely, me, Donna, Missy Heitala representing the Bear Center staff, Jen McCron representing the LilyPad Picnic Committee, and Bill Rice representing donors, advisors, and the WRI board. Jackie Runions took the picture. Behind her was a big crowd of well-wishers and volunteers that made me proud to be part of Ely.

So many people remember Bill and Shirley from the Lily Pad Picnics they attended. I liked reading comments below his obituary from Lily Fans who remember how much they liked sitting and talking with Bill and Shirley at the picnics. One person described him as a “gentle kind soul that always found the good in all.”

Bill was liked wherever he went. Many of the comments under his obituary are from his former employees who appreciated how he was always checking to see that everything was okay for them. The story of his business is one in itself. He and Shirley started it as an idea and a basement operation. The thought behind it was so ‘right on’ that the Ritron Corporation soon became an international corporation. Seeing his perseverance and success gave me even more confidence in him.

The link to his obituary is E.W. Rice Obituary - Indianapolis, IN. He was a wonderful God-loving and family loving man.

As we now go forward, expanding our educational outreach and making the Bear Center ever more engaging, we’ll remember what Bill and Shirley did to bring us this far. Thank you Bill and Shirley!!

And thank you all for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center

[calhound]

it did not rain yesterday i got the barn alot better but had to haul water jugs which is cat litter jugs all the way from kitchen to the barn jim has not fixed the spigot yet but when he gets home i will tell him you do not get to leave anymore till that is fixed!!! you cant do it pay someone. i had to drop jugs and use my walker to get up to it and then move like poop buckets used cat litter stacked up on front porch and huge storm tons of rain sob almost here rain all day and night maybe not all day friday but back sat sun mon tues well jim will get it on that. makes me think of not having indy anymore dont understand all this rain ra sent me an email last night i just saw it so i gotta go i want to write her back

hi joho my turtle was gone i checked it moved on barn swallows sitting in nest on front porch

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[calihoula]

hi paulie i forgot to tell you i was wrong on how long me and jim married not 46 will be 36 yay got ten years back!

[johoward]

5:28 Not too shabby for me.
Hu Ev1.  Spent the day shopping with Karen.  Mostly my errands.  Marc's, Tractor Supply, Lagrange Hardware, Columbia post Office, and Four Keys for lunch.  We started it all by cruising North Eaton where Joan used to work and live when I met her.
 Wound up at Marc's, and then home to put away cold stuff. Karen had blueberries.  So she had to go home to put them in cold.
This gave me a chance to come here for the puzzle, and to look in on all my cams.  Baby eagles are soaked from all day rain.  They look unhappy to me.  I am missing the vultures.  Even the geese do not have babies near the cams.  Bears are active.  Both Tasha and Lucky seem to have destroyed two logs.  I gues they had some grubs in them.
Need to rest a while so CUL EV1 GBU and all who are sufferring.  Especially little Mary. 

[calhound]

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[johoward]

6:01 Thanks Cal for posting.
Not doing anything today.  Debbie is at Mary's house.  Caring for her and Bash.  Mary can't work, but doctor told her not to come to hospital until things get worse.  I do not see how they could be worse.  She cannot do anything.
  I think she goes to The Cleveland Clinic in Fairview.  I am not sure why, since she works for Mercy Health. Which I think is a superior health organization.  She did have some serious surgery for her scoliosis at the Clinic as a teenager.  Maybe she just stuck with them. I have lost my respect for The Clinic.
Bye for now.  Hope things are not too bad today for you Cal.  Glad Jim will be home with you today.
GBU and all who are sufferring.

[johoward]

Bear on the Pond Cam finally.

[calihoula]

hi joho jim texted,me oh eleven this morning i think said his flight delayed two hours he was upset he knows how hard this is for me so i dont know when he will be home i been hauling water out to indy it rained last. night more flooding in barn i had to take trash down to end of driveway and drive over to jims shop open that gate first friday of the month trash also emptied his dumpster where he puts used cat litter and other trash and that gate so heavy wet everywhere muddy i had to lift it big long gate took me a long time finally got it i wanted a gate that freely swung he needs to cut bottom rung of it then it will but if it stays like this i will not be opening it anymore. dogs yard out of control you could bale it. jim said he will get it i just cant do everything worn out dentist office called my appt is tuesday get upper new tooth after over two years. still had pearl my pearly girlie pearl my world so i told them i do not no suppose to rain sat sun mon if road floods again then no cant come she said if you cant call i will change your appt really i want this tooth but not like i use too. im tired of teeth work tired of all that driving getting behind on my chores. do you not like the clinic cause of joan or your brother?

[calhound]

hi you guys jim got home last night i fed everyone did barn big huge storms heading here now we are hitting walmart as soon as i get off here internet will be out i am sure

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[johoward]

5:32. Love that smart piggy.
Yes Cal,  my brother and Joan suffered a lot more than necessary due to slow and wrong diagnosis, and they both died anyway.  The Clinic was not all bad.  Each department was different.  Pain management was awful.  Primary care was terrible.    They did not find and treat her RA quickly enough. They treated her for a year for knee pain, when she really had whole body inflammation pain from RA.  Also, her second generation of RA pills stopped her heart after one month.
 Oncology was great, and did cure Joan's cancer.
I hope Jim is finally home to help you out.  I hope you are spared the flooding you fear is coming.  I thank you all for prayers for Mary, wish you all the best. Bye now GBU all.

[calihoula]

hi joho pretty sad clinic on treating joan and your brother hard to trust health field i think mistakes are costly they are safe now jim and i went to walmart cart full heavy i could not turn it hardly push it jim up front pulling turning it i got very out of breath had to rest jim worried said i need to see a doctor but there is that mistrust for me. we came out light rain hit mcdonalds jim got big breakfast with hot cakes ice tea i got biscuit strawberry jelly got home rain quit heavy rain little above us  jim let indy out boy was happy to get out tootin away rollin jim mowed i cleaned out all hay in indys area still has water in there but no new water not tons of it but more rain coming they say i worked on jims dad well his mom money from her job or something divided by 3 jim wanted full pay out his sister took that 11 pages long i called cathy she got her paper work out she got her check too she was really nice helped me thru all of it she called them they walked her thru it so monday mail it certified jim was so happy i did that he just had to sign it date it when it was time to get indy back in barn jim said gator by barn i said okay got his grain went out jim in indys pasture i yelled indy here he came jim got him i went in said what a good boy you came back in and came to him indy talking to me  i hugged his neck combed his pretty hair course treats fresh hay sure wish i could just walk. how is mary today?

[johoward]

Hi EV1,  Mary had pizza, rotisserie chicken salad, cake, and ice cream for all of us at 3 this afternoon.  Bash opened  quite a few presents.  I got him a stuffed Frenchy puppy and a John Deere tractor that made three different sounds like music if he pushed a button.  He did, and he liked them both.
 Debbie made it all happen Mary said. Mary could not move around very much for pain.  She does take some Tylenol, but it is not very effective.  She wants to rest tomorrow and try to go back to work on Monday.
Did not see Karen today.  We did talk a little on the phone.  Maybe I will see her tomorrow afternoon.
I took some PM cough syrup a while ago and am getting drowsy. So CUL EV1 GBU and all who are sufferring.

[calhound]

hi you guys its 45 here and not raining our local weather lady tomorrow storm alert day again huge storms be here but maybe i hope so be wrong at this stage any rainfall is not good around here but heavy rain a killer. so hoping course tues wed chance of rain just say every day rain till winter gets here. still water in the barn where indy is but on other side and down the middle. jim been shoveling it out put in bucket haul it out. so not dry at all there  i got to mow the dogs yard today if i can its so tall. if i cant then jim can. my cousin janice lives by houston lake in tx pretty bad for her lots of flooding there lots of us sick of the rain

hi joho sounds like a very nice party for bash your gifts sound perfect you did good.hope mary gets some rest today. hope your cough is better oh i take cough syrup knock me out i saw the derby just in time really got to see riders up and talk about a close race.

hi paulie hi alice well there goes my kitchen coyotes howling jim yelling from his bathtub shut up gotta go feed the hounds

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