texascavers Digest 4 Mar 2012 15:56:50 -0000 Issue 1509
Topics (messages 19662 through 19666):
Monthly Reminder: SWR 50th Anniversary, !!! IMPORTANT DATES !!
19662 by: Stephen Fleming
WOAI Robber Baron Cave story
19663 by: joe-evelynn.satx.rr.com
nice article on recent exploration in Phantom Springs Cave
19664 by: Jim Kennedy
19665 by: caverarch
19666 by: Mark Minton
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Note: this mailing now adds the Texas and Arizona folks. Please
publicize the event by appropriate means to inform potential
attendees....thanks. Additionally, the event will appear in the next
several NSS News calendars. Please see the SWR website at
http://www.caves.org/region/swr/50th.html for additional information.
You will receive this monthly reminder through the beginning of May.
Current news...
As previously noted, the region will be performing a volunteer project
for the Fort Stanton Monument at the Spring Regional, March 24-25, 2012.
We will be renovating a balcony railing on an historic fort building so
that we may use the on-site cafeteria at no charge for the 50th event.
Please plan on attending so we can accomplish this project quickly and
efficiently.
A preliminary work weekend was accomplished February 24 & 25 to
disassemble the balcony railing and begin initial restoration. The
railing was removed and some fabrication of replacement items occurred.
Much remains to be done, especially the refinishing and installation of
the railing balusters.
Regional members should have received the Spring Regional notice by now.
It contains important information concerning the volunteer work project.
Please review it for necessary personal equipment needed during the
reconstruction work.
Attending the 50th celebration, but don't want to camp out? The Village
of Ruidoso has a large selection of motels/hotels. It is 23 miles from
Ruidoso to Fort Stanton. An internet search will get you fixed up.
Linda Starr reports that the response by grottos for the 50 year
publication has been anemic at best. You are running out of time (see
below). We are not writing any of this for you. If you want your history
and accomplishments to be acknowledged then send it in without further
delay.
Monthly reminder..._*this is the final call for the information below.
You've got 30 days to get your submissions to Linda Starr.*_
*Please note Linda's _NEW_ email address below*
SWR 50th Anniversary
IMPORTANT DATES (note: calls for submissions relate to SWR organizations
only)
Apr 1, 2012, Deadline to submit general grotto information for past 25
years to Linda Starr, lstarr...@gmail.com
Apr 1, 2012, Deadline to submit memorializations for deceased SWR
members (all years) to Linda Starr, lstarr...@gmail.com
Apr 1, 2012, Deadline to submit summaries from past chairmen, project
leaders, Tularosa convention, SWR/NSS awards (personal & group) to Linda
Starr, lstarr...@gmail.com
May 26, 2012, SWR 50th anniversary celebration, Fort Stanton Cave
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The story ended up airing a day late, but they now have the video on their
website here:
http://www.woai.com/content/news/beamer/story/Scientists-study-S-A-cave-for-space-research-Key/rwsFEKQyhUGmCTRVDgQTYw.cspx
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Courtesy of Tom Iliffe. See the next-to-last paragraph for updated long
and deep stats.
http://www.admfoundation.org/projects/phantom/phantomcave.html
-- Jim
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Fine article, indeed!
Roger G. Moore
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From: Jim Kennedy <jkenn...@batcon.org>
To: CaveTex <texascavers@texascavers.com>; Allan Cobb <a...@kihikihi.com>; Andy
Gluesenkamp <a...@gluesenkamp.com>; Ann Scott <mayaca...@mail.utexas.edu>; Bill
Russell <whruss...@gmail.com>; Butch Fralia <cave...@att.net>; Carl Kunath
<carl.kun...@suddenlink.net>; David McKenzie <david...@austin.rr.com>; James
Reddell <jreddell.ca...@mail.utexas.edu>; Jerry Atkinson <jerryat...@aol.com>;
Kevin Stafford <kwstaff...@juno.com>; Logan McNatt (work)
<logan.mcn...@tpwd.state.tx.us>; Marvin Miller <mlmil...@gvtc.com>; Peter
Sprouse <pe...@zaraenvironmental.com>; Ron Ralph <ronra...@austin.rr.com>
Sent: Sun, Mar 4, 2012 8:18 am
Subject: [Texascavers] nice article on recent exploration in Phantom Springs
Cave
Courtesy of Tom Iliffe. See the next-to-last paragraph for updated long and
deep stats.
http://www.admfoundation.org/projects/phantom/phantomcave.html
-- Jim
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Agreed. Nice that the cave moved up in the long and deep
cave lists, although they must have been using an out-of-date deep
list, since at the old depth of 24 m it would have been nowhere near
65th, but rather less than 126th, the limit of the list at
<http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/sponsored_sites/tss/longdeep/tssdeepcaves.htm>.
Or maybe they meant 165th... The new depth of 72 m also puts them at
21st, not 14th as they claim. At least they got the length ranking right.
Mark
At 09:28 AM 3/4/2012, caverarch wrote:
Fine article, indeed!
Roger G. Moore
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From: Jim Kennedy <jkenn...@batcon.org>
To: CaveTex <texascavers@texascavers.com>; Allan Cobb
<a...@kihikihi.com>; Andy Gluesenkamp <a...@gluesenkamp.com>; Ann
Scott <mayaca...@mail.utexas.edu>; Bill Russell
<whruss...@gmail.com>; Butch Fralia <cave...@att.net>; Carl Kunath
<carl.kun...@suddenlink.net>; David McKenzie
<david...@austin.rr.com>; James Reddell
<jreddell.ca...@mail.utexas.edu>; Jerry Atkinson
<jerryat...@aol.com>; Kevin Stafford <kwstaff...@juno.com>; Logan
McNatt (work) <logan.mcn...@tpwd.state.tx.us>; Marvin Miller
<mlmil...@gvtc.com>; Peter Sprouse <pe...@zaraenvironmental.com>;
Ron Ralph <ronra...@austin.rr.com>
Sent: Sun, Mar 4, 2012 8:18 am
Subject: [Texascavers] nice article on recent exploration in Phantom
Springs Cave
Courtesy of Tom Iliffe. See the next-to-last paragraph for updated
long and deep stats.
http://www.admfoundation.org/projects/phantom/phantomcave.html
-- Jim
Please reply to mmin...@caver.net
Permanent email address is mmin...@illinoisalumni.org
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