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The 7th annual Big Thunder Draft Horse show has been scheduled Jan. 15-17 at the Ranch-Way Indoor Arena at The Ranch in Loveland. The event is expected to draw competitors from around northern Colorado as well as other states and as far away as Canada. Tickets are $12, $6 for children and are available at the Budweiser Event Center box office or at the day of the event.  

THE cost of flood damage to farms across the country could run into hundreds of millions of euro, the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) warned last night. IFA President Padraig Walshe said the farming community had been substantially hit by fierce weather conditions over the last week. And he insisted the level of destruction to animal feed and silage bales would leave farmers out of pocket for months.

The damage we have seen is unreal. It is impossible to estimate the cost but it could run into hundreds of millions   -Padraig Walshe

 

It's not the kind of thing most people have to deal with, but if you're ever faced with a 1,500-pound horse stuck in a ditch, its legs buried in mud, there's only one way to get it out. Slowly. Oh, and make sure you're not a blubbering mess.  

HOMELESS or stranded after the flood, Cockermouth families have sheltered together in makeshift reception centres. For the last two nights, hundreds of people slept on the floor in centres including Lakeland Sheep and Wool Centre and Cockermouth School. Rescued by the emergency services, they were given warm clothing, blankets and food.

I took the dogs out for a walk at a quarter past one in the morning, and when I got back around two the water was just coming down the street. There were cars floating down the street, windows breaking, helicopters overhead for most of the night.   -Jo Lee

 

HOMELESS or stranded after the flood, Cockermouth families have sheltered together in makeshift reception centres. For the last two nights, hundreds of people slept on the floor in centres including Lakeland Sheep and Wool Centre and Cockermouth School. Rescued by the emergency services, they were given warm clothing, blankets and food.

I took the dogs out for a walk at a quarter past one in the morning, and when I got back around two the water was just coming down the street. There were cars floating down the street, windows breaking, helicopters overhead for most of the night.   -Jo Lee

 

Some of the animals which will be sacrificed for Hari Raya Korban. Bandar Seri Begawan - There will be a sufficient supply of sacrificial animals for the upcoming Hari Raya Korban. This assurance was given by Executive Director of Halaqah Sdn Bhd, Pg Haji Hassan bin PMSLD Pg Haji Damit, during the transfer of the sacrificial animals to abattoirs, at Muara Port yesterday.  

Dartblog has commented in past posts on the striking taste and texture difference between milk straight from the cow and industrial-dairy milk, and the superiority of unpasteurized apple cider over the pasteurized sort. And one day we might voice at length our regret that the Hanover Co-op no longer sells fresh-squeezed OJ — as they did for many years without incident — because of yet another FDA regulation. But today let's look at raw milk cheese ( au lait cru on the cover depicted above of a Camembert  

APPLEBY horse lover Nina Gasgarth is the first person to complete an apprenticeship in animal care at the Newton Rigg university campus near Penrith. The 25-year-old of Sommerwood Close, Long Martin, is the first student at the University of Cumbria to pass the course – and she completed it in half the time. Nina said: "It's a fantastic feeling being the first to get through.  

Brenda McCall's smile as she takes the reins and guides Rambo toward the riding ring is matched by her mother's look of joy as Georgianna McCall watches a dream come true. Brenda, 44, was bent over in her wheelchair when her helmet was fastened on so she could go horseback riding, but as she was lifted onto a horse named Rambo, her back and legs straightened, and she sat tall in the saddle. Brenda has cerebral palsy, and it has taken five years for the muscles and tendons in her legs to stretch and st