RAY RYAN’S BARN from page 4 thermometer rod – and shove it down into the pile to see what the temperature was. ‘Cause there was a range when it got above this number, and if it got over a certain temperature, you had to get it out because it wasn’t going to reverse, it wasn’t going to cool down once it hit a certain temperature you were going to have to get it out of the barn.”

OUTDOORS from page 16 the Midwest in conservation e_orts. Basically, after a screening process, young adults work their butts o_ all summer, learn a lot and have a very nice addition to their resume. After three days, these kids were like family to everyone and highly respected. Mic Pelech of Wisconsin Rapids was our crew leader on day one, and there were five crews and our group had six people.

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