Re: [Texascavers] Article on Blowing Sink in Today's Austin American Statesman

My apologies, this is a lengthy response, please indulge me. ✍️ I did shoot the photo and likely every photo taken with William in Blowing. In fact, almost a decade of photos of Blowing and numerous other caves in S Austin and Hays Co. that William and I worked in. I suspect the photo came

Re: [Texascavers] Article on Blowing Sink in Today's Austin American Statesman

Everyone please look at the link below to give you another, more favorable perspective of Ken Herman. He had previously written another story about a mysterious stone sculpture on Whirlpool Cave Preserve. He contacted TCMA President John Brooks, and

Re: [Texascavers] Article on Blowing Sink in Today's Austin American Statesman

Lighten up, people. Inform the public info person for the preserve — SHE got it wrong. And i have no idea where the picture came from (jules, have you donated your pix to TSS with documentation?) k On Oct 21, 2019, at 8:22 PM, mmin...@caver.net wrote: You need to

Re: [Texascavers] Article on Blowing Sink in Today's Austin American Statesman

Not just in journalism, but life in general. Being smart does not mean knowing everything about everything but rather the intelligence to know where to look for answers, and the ability to determine diamonds from manure. Jerry. Sent from my iPhone Jerry Atkinson > On Oct 21, 2019, at 8:21

Re: [Texascavers] Article on Blowing Sink in Today's Austin American Statesman

Totally agree! Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 21, 2019, at 8:22 PM, mmin...@caver.net wrote: > > You need to know that the people you contact actually have the proper > information. That's no doubt not always obvious, but in this case, the UT > Grotto has been around for decades, and William

Re: [Texascavers] Article on Blowing Sink in Today's Austin American Statesman

You need to know that the people you contact actually have the proper information. That's no doubt not always obvious, but in this case, the UT Grotto has been around for decades, and William Russell was a long-term member, so it seems like a no-brainer to contact someone there. Mark Minton

Re: [Texascavers] Article on Blowing Sink in Today's Austin American Statesman

"That’s the cool thing about journalism. You don’t really have to know stuff. You only have to know how to contact people who know stuff." Jeez Virus-free. www.avast.com

Re: [Texascavers] Article on Blowing Sink in Today's Austin American Statesman

It sounds like a letter to the editor is due. Otherwise they will never know these issues. Jon -Original Message- From: Texascavers On Behalf Of Jules Jenkins Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 8:24 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Article on Blowing Sink

Re: [Texascavers] Article on Blowing Sink in Today's Austin American Statesman

...And I saw no credit for the photo that I took. Jules > On Oct 20, 2019, at 5:10 PM, mmin...@caver.net wrote: > Interesting that the author of that piece on Blowing Sink Cave never contacted any cavers. He seems to be confused about the name of the cave versus the name of the preserve.

Re: [Texascavers] Article on Blowing Sink in Today's Austin American Statesman

Interesting that the author of that piece on Blowing Sink Cave never contacted any cavers. He seems to be confused about the name of the cave versus the name of the preserve. The article twice stated that the original name of the cave system was the Blowing Sink Research Management Area. He