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Exploration Days, court
June 19-21 at MSU, nearly 2,500 youth and chaperones from every MI county come stay on campus for 4-H Exploration Days-- a pre-college program to meet new people and experience the life of a Spartan.
Photo credit: Mariah Montenegro
This folder is from an old hotel in my town (built in 1912) that was recently demolished. I was able to wiggle my way inside through one door, a window, and a small hole between some cinder-blocks you see pictured. I had earlier lamented that the beautiful old building would be torn down, but when I finally got inside I realized why. Except for a few rooms in the front, the building is entirely gutted from rot. The remaining wood is so black it looks like there had been a fire (however, upon research I learned that there was no fire, it was just pure rot). Most of the back roof was collapsed and the 3rd floor was in the basement. I myself accidentally visited the basement when part of the first floor gave way. I'm still sad to see the building go, but I now fully understand why it was impossible salvage.
Exploration Days, canoeing & Kayaking
June 19-21 at MSU, nearly 2,500 youth and chaperones from every MI county come stay on campus for 4-H Exploration Days-- a pre-college program to meet new people and experience the life of a Spartan.
Photo credit: Mariah Montenegro
Pattern: Exploration Station by Stephen West
Yarn: Madelinetosh Merino Light & Hedgehog Fibers Sock
Needles: 4mm
This little boy was just so much fun to watch. Evidently it was his first time at the beach and each and every little thing was amazing to him. He took in everything with such contemplation, then joy. It was refreshing for the soul.
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took some time during its winter science campaign to image the surface of Victoria Crater as it drove closer to the Cape Verde cliff face. This false color image, taken a couple sols (martian days) after the Martian solstice (Sol 1570-1571), shows weathered rocks and abundant sand-size sediment on the surface just below the rim of Victoria Crater. Rock fragments on the surface show thin sediment beds indicative of aeolian or possibly aqueous deposition. Small ripples and wind tails on the sandy surface may be evidence of more recent wind-related processes at work.
Since 1927 Setzer Forest Products (formerly the Setzer Box Company) has occupied the area at Broadway and Third Street in Sacramento, California.
Originally Setzer manufactured soft pine shooks ("shook" is the term for pre-sawn material used to make boxes) , trays, picking boxes and nailed boxes. Setzer manufactured boxes for many local and national and international brands such as Del Monte, Hunt's Palmolive, Campbell's and Van Camp's among others.
In 1933, the National Industrial Recovery Act was passed, which hampered the production of boxes as Setzer could only sell the box shooks at the amount it cost the company for the lumber.
In response, in 1934 Setzer purchased land and built sawmills in Greenville, California and Sacramento, California.
In addition to it's boxes, Setzer also began to manufacture Pres-to-Logs and (production ceased in 1992) shade slats (production of which ceased in the late 1970's).
1968 was a busy year for Setzer, due to the construction of Interstate 5, Setzer closed its lumber storage facility and some of it's sawmill operations in Sacramento, in addition, a separate Setzer facility near 65th Street in Sacramento, which housed a planing mill and also produced boxes, closed the same year.
Setzer also changed their name from the "Setzer Box Company" to "Setzer Forest Products" the same year.
Beginning in 1970 Setzer began to produce finger joint mouldings and in 1978 began production of cut stock for window and door manufacturers.
In 1998 Setzer began to produce Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF), which it still produces today.
In 2006, Setzer sold off nearly 31 acres of it's remaining mill property in Sacramento, for the development and construction of a mixed use project with up to 2,000 homes.
Today the MDF and moulding production is still active, although the mill has begun to slowly dismantle some of their facilities, as the housing development encroaches.
In the not too distant future, with the expectation that urban infill projects continue, this entire Setzer operation in Sacramento will cease to exist and the history of this lumber mill will be a memoir of history.
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Nearly 100 teams took part in the 2019 Human Exploration Rover Challenge, held April 12-13 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The competition, hosted by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, challenges high school and college teams to design, build and test human-powered roving vehicles inspired by the Apollo lunar missions and future exploration missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. This year’s competition marked 25 years since the inaugural event.
Image credit: NASA
Rover Challenge awards news release
Exploration Days, canoeing & kayaking
June 19-21 at MSU, nearly 2,500 youth and chaperones from every MI county come stay on campus for 4-H Exploration Days-- a pre-college program to meet new people and experience the life of a Spartan.
Photo credit: Mariah Montenegro
June 19-21 at MSU, nearly 2,500 youth and chaperones from every MI county come stay on campus for 4-H Exploration Days-- a pre-college program to meet new people and experience the life of a Spartan.
2013 Exploration Days, Sailing
Photo credit: Katie Gervasi
Nearly 100 teams took part in the 2019 Human Exploration Rover Challenge, held April 12-13 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The competition, hosted by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, challenges high school and college teams to design, build and test human-powered roving vehicles inspired by the Apollo lunar missions and future exploration missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. This year’s competition marked 25 years since the inaugural event.
Image credit: NASA
Rover Challenge awards news release