Birthday Hugs With all that's been on my mind, I barely noticed.ange from August into September; but for a note on the CaringBridge site for my friend Tom's son I would have completely forgotten this. Happy belated birthday to two of the best guys I know - Pablo and Tom, you two have been so special to me for over half my life, and even though we're geographically scattered right now I feel we're closer in spirit than we've ever been. I love you both. and I'm praying for you as we all go through.

A Climb of Mythical Proportions ? Mt. Olympus A Climb of Mythical Proportions ? Mt. Olympus September 4th, 2008 Guest Blog by Jessica Downing We're almost through with summer, and there hasn't been much snow talk on WildSnow. Here's a brief trip report from a mid-summer glacier expedition, just to get your feet thinking .cold. Mt. Olympus, Day 2 ? July 11, 2008 ?We are camped on the blue glacier tonight. 8:29 and its bedtime for our 2 a.m. summit attempt. We hiked 10.5 miles yesterday and probably about 10 today. The weather. Tickets.

Community Briefs , Community BriefsAspen Daily News Staff Report Thursday, September 4, 2008Night work at Carbondale entrance (Editor?s note: Some incorrect detour information was published yesterday, so we are relaying the following information again.) .

Night work at C?Dale entrance Night work at C?Dale entranceAspen Daily News Staff Report Wednesday, September 3, 2008The Roaring Fork River bridge at the intersection of state highways 133 and 82 at the entrance to Carbondale will be closed Thursday and Friday nights, Sept. 4 and 5, from 8:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. to allow for final asphalt paving and pavement markings, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.  CDOT and contractor Sema Construction have scheduled this work to be performed during a low-volume traf. Ticket.

RALPH E. LUKER: Academic and Political Snark Academic and Political Snark In Christopher Shea.".An academic gossip makes his (or her?) debut.".Brainiac, 27 August, and Shea.".Princeton pushes back against Ambrose Bierce.".ibid. 29 August, Shea scoops the Louella Parsons of the history blogosphere and Princeton's Jeremy Adelman gives her an F. In Ambrose Hofstadter Bierce, III.".Scoop and Spin at Princeton.".The Broad-Gauge Gossip, 2 September, Professor Bierce replies with a well-earned A for Shea and a C+ for Adelman. For the opening.

Dispute Widens Between Southern Illinois U.-Carbondale and Ulysses S. Grant Association A dispute between Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and the Ulysses S. Grant Association has deepened with the filing of a lawsuit over the association's collection of papers of the U.S. president and Civil War general ? which are held at the university's library ? and a welter of contending accounts of the split in the news media. According to reports in The Daily Egyptian, the student newspaper at Carbondale, the association has sued the university to seek the release of the papers. tickets.

How will downstate Illinois vote? One state senator's take ST. PAUL ? Illinois State Sen. David Luechtefeld, a Republican whose district includes Sparta and Carbondale, talks about the conservative Democrats in his district. tickets.

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