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MI property on Bois Blanc Island available at auction
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is offering more than 100 parcels of state-owned land on Bois Blanc Island, Mackinac County, for sale by sealed-bid auction. The auction began Oct. 23, and will run through Nov. 20, 2013. This is the first time the state has offered these island properties. Details about each property are available by visiting www.michigan.gov/landforsale and clicking on Fall Land Auction. See minimum bid amount, photos, map, property descriptions and conditions of sale. Instructions to submit a bid can be found on the printable bid form. Read more
Garmin Introduces tactix GPS Navigator and ABC Watch
OLATHE, Kan./ October 22, 2013-Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced tactix, a rugged high-sensitivity GPS navigator and ABC watch inspired by the requirements of Law Enforcement and Police Special Operations.
Built for training, exploring, and more, this field-ready wristwatch boasts an altimeter, barometer, 3-axis compass, and extensive tracking capabilities for precise navigation in the field. tactix is waterproof to 50 meters, and can run up to 50 hours in GPS mode on one charge. It comes preloaded with tide data (U.S. units only) and Jumpmaster software, which could prove invaluable for amphibious and airborne operations. It has a stealth, matte black design with a curved lens and green backlight, so it won’t flare out with night vision devices or compromise the user’s position. tactix can withstand even the most extreme elements and situations, but is sleek enough to be worn as an everyday timepiece. Read more
New Powerful Headlamp From Alpha-TAC’s ExtremeBeam Outshines the Competition
The precision engineering found in ExtremeBeam’s tactical lights has set them far and above other flashlights on the market. Now, the company has used the same lighting technology of its exceptionally crafted handheld flashlights to create one of the world’s brightest and farthest reaching 3.5 ounce quick-focusable headlamps. The OSR-800, attached to a fully adjustable elastic headband, is fitted with a 180-lumen LED bulb and masterfully engineered lighting amplifier that work together to throw light to distances beyond 550 feet. Read more
The Best Hunter Safety Training
If experience is the best teacher, there’s probably nowhere in the world where it’d be better to take hunter safety training than Michigan.
Veteran hunter safety instructor Larry Martin shows his granddaughter Tracie how to sight a firearm.
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Among Michigan’s coterie of volunteer hunter safety instructors, more than 130 of them have 30 years or more of experience. And that translates into many thousands of safe hunters. Read more
TerraLUX® Colorado Delivers 500 lumens from AA Batteries
LONGMONT, Colo. – TerraLUX®, a leader in LED light technology, has raised the bar for light output and runtime from the AA alkaline battery with the introduction of the new Colorado flashlight. Using common, easy-to-find AA batteries, the Colorado offers outdoors enthusiasts 500 ANSI-rated lumens for 90 minutes, performance normally reserved for CR123A-powered lights. TerraLUX’s cutting edge circuitry maximizes the life and lumens of the CREE XM-L LED. Read more
Suit in Oklahoma could knock out ObamaCare
Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of Oklahoma has brought a new lawsuit, on behalf of the state, against ObamaCare.
Read more: http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/dick-morris/327337-suit-in-oklahoma-could-knock-out-obamacare#ixzz2hPPufhoh
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Larry and Brenda Potterfield Donate $1 Million to Support Baldrige in Missouri Schools
COLUMBIA, MO – In an unprecedented move to promote excellence in Missouri schools, Larry and Brenda Potterfield announced on October 5 that they have made a restricted gift to the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the amount of $1 Million. The gift is to be awarded to the first Missouri K-12 public school to apply for and receive the Baldrige National Quality Award. Read more
Federal Land Closures: Political Theatre at its Worst
USSA Calls on President Obama to Take Action
(Columbus) – As Washington D.C. faces another government shutdown, hunters, anglers and trappers across the country are facing a shutdown of their own. From Alaska to Florida, sportsmen and women are finding that the budgetary standoff in Congress is having a direct impact on their hunting or fishing season. Read more
Government Spending to Stand the Test of Time
GW: The inescapable reality of the debt crisis looms: Spend more now, pile on the debt, print more money, and let some future generations struggle even more to fund government, as it spirals into oblivion. Or, face the music now.
” For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children’s future for the temporary convenience of the present. To continue this long trend is to guarantee tremendous social, cultural, political, and economic upheavals. You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then, should we think that collectively, as a nation, we are not bound by that same limitation? ” Ronald Reagan