Scott:

     Correct me if I'm wrong.......but as I sit in my living room @ 4am...  The drillers are working on property across from our home!!!!   I can't sleep with the loud noises through the entire neighborhood.   I don't know if they are drilling or if it's a pump running an unsupervised fracking pump, but I can tell you this, IT IS LOUD, AND IT'S PISSING ME OFF!!!!   It's insane that some type of operation can run 24/7 in a residential neighborhood. 
     Don't get me wrong, I'm all for using our local natural rescourses, just not @ 4 in the morning.   For Christ's sake ...

     Just want to let everyone know that the United Church of Christ in
Chesterland at the corner of Wilson Mills and Caves Rd. will be having an
informational meeting about Fracking on Sunday May 20th 2012 at 11:15 AM. 

          Speakers include Rev. Jim Deming (who spoke at our rally)and some folks
who have experienced problems with Conventional wells that were Fracked in
the Bedford,OH area. Light refreshments will be served.

       Thank you to Catherine Whitright for the invitation. 

     Have ...

Come on now... Are you a gun addict? Really?

Please take a moment to answer Dr. Gunrunner's simple 11-question test to find out if you're addicted:

1.  Do you bring gun magazines/books to work and sneak looks at them throughout the day? Do you bid on online gun auctions on your office computer?

2.  Have you ever uttered this phrase before to your wife: "But Honey, this gun only cost $250 and it was such a deal I couldn't pass it up..." and have you ever been known to say: "But Honey, no gun in my extensive collection ever cost more than $300..."

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     I just can't wait for County Recorder Sharon Gingerich's "Evening Garden Party Fundraiser" tomorrow (Thursday) at Patterson's Fruit Farm - Orchard Hills Center - 11414 Caves Road from 6 pm - 9 pm. 

     Looks like lots of fun!  Dinner, drinks, music and door prizes.  Suggested donation is $40, but OF COURSE we will be putting more than that in the till for our dear Sharon! 

     If you want to go, call Host Committee chair person Judy Gallowan at:  (216) 538-5839 to secure a reservation. 

     See you all there! 

     Yes it's that time again for the latest Gunrunner Online Auction and we REALLY have some great "snake" guns for you!  Pythons, Anacondas, Vipers, Diamondbacks - all the great Colts including a "C" factory engraved SAA with Mother-Of-Pearl birdshead grips that is to die for!  Wow!  Several very nice U.S. Colt 1911's from World War I and II - all of these start at $20 without reserve!  Out they go!

     Also in this May 6-16 auction there are some super rare small frame 20 ga. side by side shotguns - a delightful Winchester 21 Tournament Skeet (pre-war) and an A.H. Fox CE Grade with wonderful ...

Blog-Readers:  The letter below is in response to a letter written by a Lee Stafford in one of the weekly Geauga County newspapers last week concerning the writer below.  I must say I agree with her wholeheartedly.  Why give a man a fish when you can teach him to fish and keep him fishing?  I believe it is time to stop enabling people to fail.  Enabling a person to fail by giving them "free stuff" is not the American way!

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Dear Editor,

     Non-Contributors should be concerned, the free ride is over. 

      My ...

Quick Burton News Bites:

Historical Demos:   Never forget our town's motto: "Burton, Where History Lives". Yeah... sure... If you are still onboard with this motto (and you surely should given the amount of structures in Burton Village that are on the National Register of Historical Places notwithstanding the Century Village with dozens of rescued historical homes/schools/sawmills/sheriff offices/libraries, etc.), then your historical antennas should be not only up in the air, but twittering like thunderation... 
     Why? The Ford Mansion's old horse barn/later garage went down to splinters ...

Morning Scott, 

     I just read your article about the A8, I am in sales for Audi of Bedford and LOVE selling the A8, what an unbelievable car.  You will not be disappointed at all with the capabilities of this car. Completely unreal, the night vision, the cruise guard and just the sheer power.   Wow. 
     I have the best job in the world.  These Audis rock and I get to talk about cars all day.   Did you get a chance to see the R8?  You want to talk about one badass all-wheel drive beast, that is the car. All of the Audis rock. The space frame is an unbelievable ...

Mr. Weber, love the Blog - lets me know what's going on back home in Burton while I am away.    Couple corrections for you on the Standing Orders.   The corrections are highlighted.   They seem like minor changes, but if I was asked at Ranger School what the fourth rule was and got Ranger and Officer reversed my squad wouldn't be eating or sleeping that night - not that we did much of that anyways. Thanks for keeping us up to date with everything going on back home.

RANGERS LEAD THE WAY!

- Jayson Szorady

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Jayson:  Thanks so much!  ...