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Family tradition has it that my grandfather buried numerous hoards throughout the township, however we have only one set of clues. Whenever I searched for the hoard I usually swept the area with a metal detector in case any other treasures happened to be near. My father, who I believe was in the know, said that the location of the hoard was a clue to finding other buried caches - one of them in a barrow containing my grandfather!

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2005 – The British Royal Marine in charge of coalition operations in southeastern Iraq is optimistic about ongoing efforts there to train Iraqi army and police forces to eventually assume security duties. "We have been able to force ahead with the main effort, which is security sector reform," Maj. Gen. Jim Dutton, commander of Multinational Division Southeast, told Pentagon reporters today via a video link from Basra. Dutton's 13,000-plus-troop multinational command is made up of 7,900 British troops, 3,000 Italians, 640 Australians, 622 Romanians, 562 Japanese, 388 Danes, 97 Czechs, 33 Lithuanians, five Norwegians, and two Portuguese....

Please place your predictions, traditions, comments, jabs, and jokes on this thread for the 2004 Auburn/Alabama game...This is the thread...

Heard radio commercial at Noon today on WGN AM 720, Chicago. Go to http://www.johnkerry.com/burlington and get tickets for the big rally in Burlington, Iowa on Wednesday October 20, 2004. If you go to that site, you see: What: Fresh Start for America Rally with John Edwards in Burlington When: Wednesday, October 20 Gates open at 6:30 p.m. Where: Southeastern Community College Loren Walker Arena West Burlington, IA Asks for your mailing address, phone number, and email. Maybe you(or family, or friends) live in Iowa, Illinois, or Missouri. Or, maybe you can find some new friends that live in Iowa, Illinois,...

AUBURN NY--I heard from my old friend, D.J. Fulton, who came to the Y-field reunion from Atlanta, Ga. D.J. firmly believes, and rightfully so, that Phil Kent, formerly of Auburn, is mostly certainly a legend of Auburn. What about Phil Kent and why is he a legend? Phil was born Nov. 24, 1951, to Wilbur T. and Helen Andrews Kent at Auburn Memorial Hospital. The Kent family lived on North Hoopes Avenue, and Phil recalled one of his favorite activities was ice skating in the winter at Hoopes Park. Phil attended Herman Avenue School, and his favorite teacher at Herman...