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Guess who's coming to dinner

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Orion - The Hunter's Institute holds an annual Orion-Winsor dinner for hunters, non-hunters, vegetarians and anti-hunters, named after member John Winsor, who began the concept in his home. Rather than fighting, all diners listen to each other and gained understanding of all sides of the issue.

Dinners and dining, Dining, Hunters, Game and game-birds, Game animals, Game birds

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Postgraduate schooling

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A hunter in N Dakota describes the sad repulsion he feels when passing through ghost towns with all their evidences of broken dreams. He describes a stay in an old schoolhouse, now a hunters' lodge. Even the food served reminds him of schoolhouse fare, brown food without vegetables.

Abandonment of property, Abandonment (Law), Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc., Abandoned settlements

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Spring rites

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An angler recounts his annual spring rites in the mountains of his home state, Colorado. The ritual involved fishing and eating trout with his dead Australian shepherd who barked to signal a bait on the line.

Personal narratives, Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Fishing, Fishing (Recreation), Human-animal relationships, Spring

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