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'Long'-term farmers
Brooks Long, 23, and his wife, Katie, have a 4 1/2-month-old son, Kaleb - the family's hope, so far, that the farm will be kept alive and running by a Long.
Saturday, to celebrate 175 years, Long DeLite Farm is hosting a large lunch for invited guests, including political dignitaries, followed by an open house for whomever wants to take a tour and pet the animals.
Brooks works with his father, Galen, 54, and his grandfather, Lawrence, who will turn 83 Saturday.
They have about 60 milking cows and 50 to 60 heifers, who won't be milked until they have their first calves, at about 2 years old.
The Longs also grow corn, barley and hay.
"You've got to want to farm," said Lawrence Long, who the family knows as Pap-pa, the clan's Mr.
A Sports View: Connecting, The Eras In Sports
The Bahamas was once the world's premier country in yacht sailing. In 1947 when two young sailors from the eastern area traveled all the way to California and captured the World Star Class Championship, this little country became noted as a sailing power despite its size. .Teekay creates master limited partnership
NASSAU, Bahamas, June 12 (UPI) -- Teekay Shipping Corp, based in the Bahamas, will create a master limited partnership for marine tanker and offshore storage assets.To be called Teekay Offshore Partners LP, the new entity is expected to participate in Teekay's investments in the floating production storage and offloading business, the company said Monday.
Teekay expects to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement for the initial public offering of the common units of the master limited partnership in the second half of this year.
A master limited partnership seeks to combine the tax benefits of a limited partnership with the liquidity of publicly traded securities.
Teekay Shipping, which owns 140 tankers, transports more than 10 percent of the world's seaborne oil.
Monday JUly 10, 2006
The TCRC Sight Center will host its annual open house from 4 to 7 p.m. at 119 E. Washington St., East Peoria, in the Regions Bank building. Enjoy refreshments as you learn about the services the center offers.Bag it up!
Eat lunch in the Peoria Courthouse plaza as you listen to Laurel Jean perform from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. as part of the 2006 Brown Bag It series.
Family flick
The movie "Zathura" will be shown at dusk at Glen Oak Amphitheatre, so bring the family and a blanket. The cost is 25 cents a person. Before the movie, enjoy a performance of children's plays by Camp Onstage for free at 7:30 p.m.
Can you dig it?
Show your friends (ages 18 and older) you're all aces at open volleyball from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Franciscan Recreation Center. The cost is $3.
AP Blog: 'Haboob' Scares Security Council
AP Correspondent Edith M. Lederer covers the United Nations and writes a weekly blog about what goes on behind the scenes.---
Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 9 p.m. local
KINSHASA, Congo
When the U.N. Security Council headed to Africa on a 10-day trip, ambassadors thought their biggest security nightmare could come during a visit to a camp for Sudanese or Chadians caught up in the Darfur conflict and angry at the United Nations. But it turned out their scariest moment came from a "haboob" - a word few had ever heard.
Flying back from Juba, the capital of southern Sudan, and approaching the national capital, Khartoum, on the evening of June 8, the ambassadors were talking about their meetings to promote implementation of a January 2005 peace agreement ending another conflict - the 21-year civil war between the government and southern rebels - when the pilot suddenly revved up the engines.
Culinary team captures 3 regional awards
With fierce competition from 16 Caribbean countries vying for top culinary bragging rights for 2006, the Bahamas team came away with three top awards and now advances to the final round with three other countries.The Taste of the Caribbean competition is taking place at The Caribbean Hotel Association's annual CHIC conference in Miami.
The Bahamas team is sponsored by The Bahamas Hotel Association, with support from the Ministry of Tourism, Kerzner International, The Wyndham, The Radisson, The Lyford Cay Club, Prime Bahamas, Bacardi, Wholesale Wines and Spirits, The Bahamas Hotel & Restaurant Suppliers, Continental Connection Airlines, and The College of The Bahamas Culinary and Hospitality Management Institute. The Bahamas was one of four teams receiving a team Gold and moving into the finals.
‘I do.’ ‘I do, too’: Sisters marry in one ceremony
When Coleman and Mary say "I do," it will be in front of nearly 1,000 invited guests in the church where their grandparents and parents were wed. The couples will be attended by 10 bridesmaids and 10 groomsmen."It's a once-in-a-lifetime event to share with our families and together," said Mary, noting the help the sisters had received from their mother and older sister, Gini. Virginia Stevenson, the sisters' grandmother, hand-addressed more than 500 wedding invitations.
Coleman and Mary said they had tried to laugh often and enjoy everything leading to their big day.
After the ceremony, the Blackwelders will honeymoon in Mexico. The Swearingens will cruise to the Bahamas. It will be the farthest the sisters, who have lived with each other all but two years of their lives, have ever been away from each other.