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How did the Days of ’47 Rodeo get so popular? Leader talks about stadium, prizes

How did the Days of ’47 Rodeo get so popular? Leader talks about stadium, prizes

Tommy Joe Lucia, Days of ’47 Rodeo general manager, poses for a portrait at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 1, 2022.Kristin Murphy, Deseret News If you’re thinking you’re going to find the man running the Days of ’47 Rodeo — Utah’s very own million-dollar rodeo — wearing a fancy sport coat and power tie, assistants trailing behind him, with a Rolex on his wrist, an MBA degree on the wall and a cellphone in his hand, you would be thinking wrong.Well, except for the cellphone.Tommy Joe Lucia has been general manager of the Days...

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Picking Up Free Lithium Cells Off the Street and Making Them Safe for Use

Picking Up Free Lithium Cells Off the Street and Making Them Safe for Use

[ comments ] Blog Logo on 16 Jul 2022 As you wonder around townm, have a look in the gutters (or if you’re feeling brave rummage around in pub ashtrays), you’ll notice a pretty nasty trend. There are now a large number of disposable vape devices that aren’t getting recycled. It’s terrible for the environment, but it’s a great source of free lithium cells for our projects. So far, I’ve only managed to score a couple, but I know of people who can’t seem to stop finding them. I guess it’s the same people who always seem to find pennies...

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L.A. has earned its star turn as a great baseball town

L.A. has earned its star turn as a great baseball town

When the All-Star Game is played at Dodger Stadium for the first time in 42 years Tuesday night, critics of Los Angeles’ baseball culture will again be proven to have it backward. It’s not that L.A. routinely shows up late for baseball, it’s that baseball routinely shows up late for L.A. The National and American leagues took a half-century to discover Southern California in the 1950s and ’60s, and even after the Dodgers and Angels arrived, it took a while for the rest of the country to see Greater L.A.’s potential as a “baseball town.” The seventh-place Dodgers averaged nearly...

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L.A. has earned its star turn as a great baseball town

L.A. has earned its star turn as a great baseball town

When the All-Star Game is played at Dodger Stadium for the first time in 42 years Tuesday night, critics of Los Angeles’ baseball culture will again be proven to have it backward. It’s not that L.A. routinely shows up late for baseball, it’s that baseball routinely shows up late for L.A. The National and American leagues took a half-century to discover Southern California in the 1950s and ’60s, and even after the Dodgers and Angels arrived, it took a while for the rest of the country to see Greater L.A.’s potential as a “baseball town.” The seventh-place Dodgers averaged nearly...

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Second coyote attack in two weeks reported in B.C. community

Second coyote attack in two weeks reported in B.C. community

A second coyote attack on a dog owner and their pet has been reported in Langley. According to a social media post, it happened early Friday morning, July 15 in the Aldergrove community, a few blocks away from Robertson Crescent and 244th Street, the scene of a similar June 29 incident where a pack of three coyotes went after a small dog while it was being walked. This time, a large dog, a German Shepherd, was reportedly the target of a coyote pack. Both dog and owner escaped. If confirmed, it would be the second such incident in that area...

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