[Texascavers] various irrelevant topics / rants / etc.

[David]

>From David Locklear
hit delete button now

The good news is that after about an hour of surfing the web, I could not
find
any comrades that had recently passed away.  So I thought I would
highlight or draw
attention to one that passed away 4 years ago, but who asked for donations
to
be made in his memory to his favorite caving club.

*ROY EFFORD*

Roy Walker Efford, 76, of Glen Allen, departed this life on March 27, 2015.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John Stafford Efford and Elizabeth
Jenkins Efford.
He is survived by his daughter, Donna Michelle; his adored granddaughter,
Anaka Corrine;
his brothers, John S. Efford (Carrie) and David L. Efford (Carolyn); his
sister, Anna Efford Bryant (Nelson);
and many nieces and nephews. Roy attended Virginia Tech and later served as
a communications specialist
in the Virginia Army National Guard. He began his career with John Stafford
Efford Architect as a draftsman
and finished his career working for McKinney and Company. He was a man of
many interests and
hobbies, including ham radio, camping, golfing, water color painting,
cooking and caving. He loved the
beach and was found most often fishing in the early morning surf. When the
fish were not biting, he enjoyed
flying his kites.


* Contributions in his memory of Roy Efford may be made to Richmond Area
Speleological Society, *
*P.O. Box 2740, Mechanicsville, VA 23116.*



I was also not able to find any new videos on YouTube, so here is one that
is about 9 months old

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq9AULh2ECA


I plan to go on another hiatus.I am now gainfully self-employed or at
least at the moment I am. Today,
I sort of finished the work that I needed to complete in order to attend
the TSA Spring Convention, which I had
to skip.But since then, I have piled on lots of works, some of which I
made some very unhappy customers.

I would like to attend the upcoming events at the TSC, but that seems
unlikely.If anybody in Houston plans
to go to those, or to any upcoming UT Grotto or Bexar Grotto meetings, send
me a email message.


On a more personal note,

My computer that I use for my tiny business is now running Debian Version
10 ( which is still a developmental
operating system, but hopefully to be released in June ).  Just saying,
that my quest in the past 3 years to teach
myself Linux computering is almost at that stage of using Debian, instead
of the more user-friendly options.

I hope to see you all in Tennessee this summer, but it looks like I am
likely to be unable to take off work.

My daughter, a.k.a. Cavepearl, is finishing the 8th grade, and has likely
tested out of high-school Spanish.

I will try to resist the urge to post for the rest of April. But I will
be buying some stuff like the Milwaukee LED
headlamp at Lowe's Hardware Store.So you will have to email me
privately to hear about that.

Here is a video that is not caving related, but might be interesting to
somebody out there.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX2TtN4Y_sk

Cave safely,

David Locklear
dlocklea...@gmail.com
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Re: [Texascavers] Workday at the TSC this Saturday

[Bob Burnett]

Joe, Rune here. Should I bring my string trimmer, blower, vacuum,  mower and 
/or additional tools and equipment?
Thanks,
Rune

From: Joe & Evelynn 
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 9:40 PM
To: Texas Cavers 
Subject: [Texascavers] Workday at the TSC this Saturday

If anyone is available to help, there is a workday at the Texas Speleology 
Center this Saturday starting at 10 am. Tasks include cleaning up the inside 
for next weekend’s memorial event for William, weed-eating/mowing outside, and 
installing a new door. If you need directions, please let me know. 

Thanks,
Joe Mitchell
joemitch...@satx.rr.com
210-859-2105



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[Linda Palit]

Workday at Deep&Punkin Preserve on the weekend of May 18!
Please rsvp to Tom Rogers or Rob Bisset. Work on removing old porch boards
is the main objective.
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Re: [Texascavers] Workday at the TSC this Saturday

[PRESTON FORSYTHE]

 Joe we would be there if we were close to Texas. I am sure this is a great 
project.

Preston forsythe, Browder, KY
On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 9:40:28 PM CDT, Joe & Evelynn 
 wrote:  
 
 If anyone is available to help, there is a workday at the Texas Speleology 
Center this Saturday starting at 10 am. Tasks include cleaning up the inside 
for next weekend’s memorial event for William, weed-eating/mowing outside, and 
installing a new door. If you need directions, please let me know.
Thanks,Joe 
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Re: [Texascavers] Cave diver who helped save Thai soccer team is rescued from Tennessee cave

[Evatt]

Thanks, Lee.

Regards,

Not John

-Original Message- 
From: Lee H. Skinner

Sent: April 18, 2019 8:30 AM
To: New Mexico Cavers ; Texas Cavers
Subject: [Texascavers] Cave diver who helped save Thai soccer team is 
rescued from Tennessee cave


Take your pick:


https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/17/us/cave-diver-rescue-tennessee-trnd/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/josh-bratchley-caver-helped-rescue-thai-soccer-team-rescued-from-tennessee-cave/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/18/british-diver-who-helped-rescue-thai-cave-boys-gets-trapped-in-cave

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rescue-under-way-u-k-cave-diver-tennessee-n995691

https://www.newser.com/story/274067/diver-rescued-from-cave-was-part-of-famed-rescue.html


Lee Skinner

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Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cave diver who helped save Thai soccer team is rescued from Tennessee cave

[John Corcoran III]

Thanks Lee.

Regards,

John

-Original Message-
From: swrcav...@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Lee 
H. Skinner
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 8:31 AM
To: New Mexico Cavers ; Texas Cavers 

Subject: [SWR CAVERS] Cave diver who helped save Thai soccer team is rescued 
from Tennessee cave

Take your pick:


https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/17/us/cave-diver-rescue-tennessee-trnd/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/josh-bratchley-caver-helped-rescue-thai-soccer-team-rescued-from-tennessee-cave/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/18/british-diver-who-helped-rescue-thai-cave-boys-gets-trapped-in-cave

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rescue-under-way-u-k-cave-diver-tennessee-n995691

https://www.newser.com/story/274067/diver-rescued-from-cave-was-part-of-famed-rescue.html


Lee Skinner

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[Texascavers] Cave diver who helped save Thai soccer team is rescued from Tennessee cave

[Lee H. Skinner]

Take your pick:


https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/17/us/cave-diver-rescue-tennessee-trnd/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/josh-bratchley-caver-helped-rescue-thai-soccer-team-rescued-from-tennessee-cave/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/18/british-diver-who-helped-rescue-thai-cave-boys-gets-trapped-in-cave

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rescue-under-way-u-k-cave-diver-tennessee-n995691

https://www.newser.com/story/274067/diver-rescued-from-cave-was-part-of-famed-rescue.html


Lee Skinner

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[Texascavers] Join Us for Wonder Cave; The History & Exploration by Kelly Smallwood

[Geary Schindel]

FYI,

Geary Schindel

Cavers,
Kelly is back to redo here wonderful webinar that was crashed by technical 
issues last month. Please register and plan on attending and learning about the 
history and exploration of this amazing Wonder Cave.

Cave safely
Debbie Spoons
NSS CaveNet Webinar Chair





Wonder Cave; The History & Exploration by Kelly Smallwood (This is a redo of 
last months webinar that cut short due to internet technical issues.)
Join us for a webinar on May 07, 2019 at 8:00 PM CDT, Which is: 9PM EDT/7PM MDT/
6PM PDT Please check your time zone for the correct starting time.
Register now!



Wonder Cave is located in the Pelham Valley in Grundy County, Tennessee and Is 
one of the oldest commercial caves in the state. It was discovered in 1897 by 
three Vanderbilt Students and a few years later, it was commercialized by 
Robert M. Payne. For 17 years the cave was available to affluent guests who 
were visiting the nearby Monteagle Assembly. Water was pumped up the mountain 
from the mouth of the cave to the hotel. Members of the Payne family continued 
to manage the cave until the 1980's when Robert M.'s great grandson, who was 
running the cave, passed away. The cave was then sold to a local Chattanooga 
businessman, who operated the cave until the year 2000 when the cave was closed 
to the public and cavers.
Even though Wonder Cave operated as a commercial cave for nearly 100 years, a 
complete and accurate map of the cave was never completed. In 2014, Jason Hardy 
and Kelly Smallwood began the survey of Wonder Cave and have surveyed nearly 3 
miles of cave passage. Please join us for a journey through the history of one 
of Tennessee’s Past Times, Wonder Cave.

Kelly Smallwood is an accomplished cave photographer and writer. She has earned 
both Merit & Honorable Mention Awards in the NSS Salons for her photography & 
newsletter covers as well as having some of her images featured on the cover of 
the NSS News. Kelly is a Life member of the NSS and has dedicated many years to 
the caving community for which she received her Fellow Award in 2014. She is 
also very involved with conservation and survey work with her husband, Jason 
Hardy. She has participated in more than 75 mapping projects including the 
mapping of 450-foot-deep mult drop and pull down caves such as Solution Rift in 
Tennessee and Doodlebug Hole in Alabama as well as surveying caves for the Jack 
Daniel Distillery. In 2018 she was also the first recipient of the Avis Moni 
Hospitality Award from the Southeastern Regional Association of the NSS. Kelly 
and her husband currently live in the heart of TAG in South Pittsburg TN. This 
and all webinars are recorded and stored on the NSS website,   
http://www.caves.org for future viewing and downloading.


After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information 
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