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Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones is such a larger-than-life, iconic film classic hero that when the actor strode into a hotel meeting room, one half-expected to hear John Williams’ rousing theme song from the movie series.

But Harrison, wearing a simple suit and shirt, is not that kind of guy. He’s not the type who requires blaring trumpets and French horns to herald his entrance. “Life is good,” he said with a smile. “I can’t complain. If I did, nobody would listen to me anyway.” Such wry, self-effacing statements reflect the man who once left acting to work as a carpenter.

When a journalist asked an “intellectual”-angle question about the much-awaited, 1950s-set “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” on behalf of her editor, Harrison cracked, “Well, isn’t that nice? Let’s send him to an intellectual movie. That will make him happy.”

When the same reporter posed another question written by her boss, about Indiana Jones’ “un-modern approach to women,” Harrison smiled and quipped, “It is set in 1957, for Christ’s sake. We reflect the characters in that period of time. But I also want to say that Indiana Jones loves women. There’s a nice way of doing that and a not-so-nice way of doing that. I think Indiana Jones is a guy with a very strong moral core.”

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It%26#39;s a Wednesday night in Otahuhu, South Auckland, and a trickle of Samoan families are arriving at the Home Ownership Company%26#39;s offices armed with big dreams, but no money.
The company%26#39;s general manager, Scott Ball, presents a slick slideshow explaining how they can buy their first home or an investment property with 100% finance, even if they have no savings or bad credit histories.
%26quot;Don%26#39;t the banks have to see a savings history?%26quot; asks a Samoan woman in the front row. %26quot;No,%26quot; says Ball, %26quot;we%26#39;ve never had to show that.%26quot;
Ball explains that the Home Ownership Company does not charge fees, taking its cut from the banks, but lends people the difference to cover other fees and a deposit. %26quot;You end up with two loans you are paying off.%26quot;
The company then goes looking for homes that best suit the family involved, he says. %26quot;All you have to do is focus on going to work, earning money, and we%26#39;ll do it all for you,%26quot; says Ball. %26quot;Are there any questions?%26quot;
Just one, from the woman who spoke earlier: %26quot;Where do we sign up?%26quot;
If only it were that simple.
A Sunday Star-Times investigation has found that not only has the Home Ownership Company and its affiliated offshoots made millions of dollars by adding up to $40,000 to the price of each property, concerns have been expressed about the financial information the company has provided to lending institutions. Even more troubling, there have been cases where families who thought their existing debts had been consolidated as part of a complicated two-tier mortgage structure have found that their other debts have not been cleared at all, and that other finance companies have caveats over their homes.
Some families are spending most of their incomes on their mortgages, including penalty interest payments of 25%, often while working in low-paid jobs. Some are skimping on food and other essentials in a desperate effort to keep afloat.
The BNZ severed ties with the company in 2005. %26quot;The Bank of New Zealand terminated the relationship with the Home Ownership Company following a review of the business which raised multiple concerns about both the quality of the information we were receiving and whether clients were being fully and independently informed about the commitment they were undertaking,%26quot; says Blair Vernon, the bank%26#39;s general manager of strategy and marketing.
Rob Thumath, a South Auckland mortgage manager, says he financed about 60 of Home Ownership%26#39;s clients before breaking ties with the company because it had failed to disclose in many cases that families were paying off a second mortgage with the company%26#39;s lending arm, Ready Finance.
He is concerned it is targeting naive and vulnerable people. He says about a third of those clients have defaulted on repayments and he would not have approved the loans if he had known the full picture. %26quot;We have people in here crying every week,%26quot; he says. %26quot;It%26#39;s sale at all costs and to hell with the consequences. They sure as hell aren%26#39;t doing this on the North Shore it%26#39;s a niche market Samoans in south and west Auckland.%26quot;

THE HOME Ownership Company finds it clients by advertising on Samoan-language radio, going into churches, and running stalls at the Otara markets. It claims to have helped 750 families buy their first home or investment property.
The company was founded by Russell Findlay, who first appeared in these pages in 2003 when we reported how he had gone from being one of Auckland%26#39;s largest residential property developers to bankruptcy. He lost more than $3 million of other people%26#39;s money and was banned from directing or being involved in the management of any company for four years.
The Home Ownership Company was taken over by Grant Collecutt, formerly a partner in law firm Simpson Dowsett. He is also a director and co-owner of Ready Finance. When Thumath emailed Collecutt last year to say one of Home Ownership%26#39;s clients had been on the phone crying because consumer loans which were supposed to have been paid off by the company were not, Collecutt denied that was the case.
He wrote back: %26quot;Hopefully this is a case of the client making an innocent mistake (as opposed to wasting their time using the crying tactic to try and get us to advance them more money crying doesn%26#39;t work with me).%26quot;
In a statement to the Star-Times defending his companies%26#39; practices, Collecutt said: %26quot;Without the assistance of Home Ownership the goal of escaping the rent trap and owning their own home is virtually an impossible dream for these clients. Most lenders simply aren%26#39;t prepared to provide a 100% mortgage plus debt consolidation finance package to people with no material assets.%26quot;
He says a %26quot;vast majority%26quot; of clients have built up equity in their properties. %26quot;Of course in spite of our best endeavours, some clients simply can%26#39;t be helped,%26quot; he added. %26quot;If a client does not pay their mortgage(s) and does not take reasonable steps to sort out their financial problems, then they will ultimately end up losing their homes.%26quot;
Collecutt says the company takes steps to ensure people understand the transactions they are entering into, including having native language-speaking staff, getting independent valuations and ensuring they are represented by independent legal advisers.
But several families the Star-Times spoke to say when they raised the idea of bringing in their own lawyer, Home Ownership strongly advised them to use Bryan Yolland of Auckland Property Legal Service, who signed most of the loan documents we saw. The Star-Times spoke to some of the %26quot;testimonial%26quot; families featured in the Home Ownership Company%26#39;s brochures and while they had not experienced any problems, they were surprised to learn how much profit the company had made on their property when shown land records.

At their three-bedroom house in Otara, which they bought for $272,000 at the end of 2006, Maua and Tala Ah Siu talk about how their experience with the company has left them on the verge of losing their home.
Economists say that if households spend more than 40% of their take-home pay on home loan repayments they are in %26quot;mortgage stress%26quot; this couple pays 80% in a desperate attempt to ward off foreclosure threats, which are coming thick and fast.
Buying their own home was a dream for carpenter Maua, 31, and Tala, 26, who came to New Zealand from Samoa about 10 years ago. They heard about the Home Ownership Company on Samoan radio and were reassured that the company%26#39;s spokeswoman was Samoan. But when they went into the company%26#39;s offices they dealt with %26quot;palagis%26quot;, and things became confusing.
Their first application was declined because of Maua%26#39;s bad credit rating.
Tala claims the Home Ownership consultant told them to get a relative to go in with her on the loan application, so they brought in her brother-in-law. His name is on the mortgage and property title but he has not lived with them and has not contributed to any loan repayments. %26quot;They knew he wasn%26#39;t with us when we got the house,%26quot; Tala says.
Collecutt claims his staff did not know about the situation, and that the family gave the impression the brother-in-law was living there.
Land records show Home Ownership%26#39;s property-buying arm, South West Homes, paid the previous owners $250,000, settling the two deals on the same day, meaning it didn%26#39;t have to outlay any money. This is known as a %26quot;contemporaneous settlement%26quot; and gets around real estate laws for non-registered property sellers but creates doubt around the true value of the home.
Collecutt: %26quot;At the end of the day, we will not buy a property unless we are buying it below market value. Our buyers work hard to hunt out and negotiate bargains for our business.%26quot;
The Ah Sius say a Home Ownership consultant advised Maua to sign a letter %26quot;gifting%26quot; $38,617 to Tala and her brother-in-law %26quot;to assist them in the purchase of their home%26quot;. This is Home Ownership%26#39;s standard practice and was the common factor causing confusion for the families we spoke to. This %26quot;gift%26quot; effectively becomes a second mortgage with Ready Finance. The second mortgage, in Maua%26#39;s name and at an interest rate of 18% and penalty rate of 25%, included Ready Finance%26#39;s fee of $2100, legal fees and refinancing of a $10,000 car loan the couple had with Provincial Finance.
The couple got into arrears paying the two mortgages when Tala stopped working to have her third child. Collecutt accuses her of withholding the fact she was pregnant when she signed Tala says she was never asked. After six months a new, higher second mortgage contract was signed, this time for $49,859 and in Tala and her brother-in-law%26#39;s name.
%26quot;Unfortunately for us, we believed their representations and advanced the funds required to settle the first mortgage arrears, throwing good money after bad,%26quot; Collecutt says. He claims Home Ownership offered to buy the property back at the same price they paid for it Tala says she knows of no offer and lines of communication with the company were virtually non-existent.
She says a car loan that Ready Finance took over as part of the second mortgage was not paid, and the car was repossessed. Collecutt says the family withheld the fact that they were in arrears on the payments.
He confirms his company no longer pays off exisiting debts immediately as part of the debt consolidation agreement but takes over weekly payments to other finance companies to minimise its own risk. This arrangement was described as %26quot;weird%26quot; and %26quot;unusual%26quot; by financial advisers the Star-Times spoke to.
Mortgage manager Thumath, who arranged the first mortgage for the couple and has had to place foreclosure warning notices on their fence, believes they have been badly treated by Home Ownership.
Meanwhile, the Ah Sius are struggling on, desperate to keep their house. Most weeks they pay $780 on the two mortgages out of a total weekly income of $977. When Maua%26#39;s work runs out, they miss payments. They sometimes miss meals.
Senior managers from Ready Finance have come to the home. %26quot;They said if we don%26#39;t pay the mortgage we have to leave the house, they were going to give us seven days. It makes our family argue all the time. I wish we didn%26#39;t buy the house in the first place,%26quot; Tala says.
Collecutt fired a parting shot at the family. %26quot;We have bent over backwards to help the Ah Siu family. Given what we have done for them to date, we are quite frankly astounded that they appear to have turned around and defamed us to the media.
%26quot;If they had any material assets [I] would seriously consider issuing defamation proceedings against them. Given that [I] am a litigator with 15 years%26#39; high court experience it costs [me] a lot less than the average man in the street to take such action.%26quot;
South Auckland mortgage broker and financial adviser Rapi Ieremia has dealt with distressed clients of the Home Ownership Company and says in every case he has seen the family%26#39;s mortgage is greater than the value of their house. %26quot;Some I explain that it%26#39;s too late to help… and that I can%26#39;t refinance them now because there is no equity. It%26#39;s just a nightmare.%26quot;
Confusion is the biggest problem, Ieremia says. %26quot;There is a lack of understanding of the enormity and implications of getting into a… 100% mortgage plus an incorporation of debt, and they end up with three mortgages. They don%26#39;t understand. The emotion of owning a home becomes so great when you are not financially educated… it can lead to a lot of problems.%26quot;
Lawyer Momoe Saseve has dealt with Home Ownership clients wanting advice about investment properties they were looking at buying. She was concerned about a lease agreement Home Ownership%26#39;s property management arm, Auckland Property Leasing, was asking clients to sign.
Copies of rental agreements obtained by the Star-Times restrict the amount of rental income owners can receive and demand a $5000 %26quot;exit fee%26quot; if they sell. %26quot;Essentially, it restricted the client immensely in so far as their asset and what they could do with it, and that was why I was telling everyone that it wasn%26#39;t in their best interests to do this,%26quot; Saseve says.
The Commerce Commission received complaints last year about the Home Ownership Company, but its investigation was whether it was charging an unreasonable full prepayment fee and it found no contravention of the relevant acts.
But the drums are beating for the Home Ownership Company, with warnings about it going out on Samoan radio and the Public Watchdogs website.
Saseve says she once saw an advertisement on a local television station for a Christmas party run by the company. %26quot;I just had to shake my head and think, `Boy, those poor people%26#39;.%26quot;

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Join the peace movement. www.amnesty.org.nz; www.gpja.org.nz
2. Mutated frogs are appearing in alarming numbers around the world and scientists consider the phenomenon a warning. Like canaries in mines, frogs are particularly sensitive to environmental poisons. The most commonly used herbicide in the world, Atrazine, turns frogs into hermaphrodites - even at concentrations as low as 0.1 parts per billion (ppb). The US Environmental Protection Agency allows 3ppb in drinking water. In New Zealand the maximum allowable volume is 2 ppb.
You can reduce levels of toxins in your drinking water by using a filter. In the home replace harsh chemical products with natural alternatives. For tips on going organic, see point 24.
3. Babies need between 5000 and 9000 nappy changes, a gruelling task for any parent. It%26#39;s no wonder disposable nappies are so popular. It%26#39;s estimated in New Zealand alone we throw away 575 million disposables each year, and each one takes up to 500 years to decompose in a landfill. On top of that, most parents don%26#39;t flush the waste first, meaning not only do the nappies hang around forever, they also add to the harmful methane gases that help cause global warming. (A UK study showing cloth nappies to be more environmentally unfriendly than disposables - due to energy use in washing etc - was found to have used flawed methodology).
Buy cloth nappies. This isn%26#39;t the 1920s; you don%26#39;t have to fold mountains of white cloth squares in complicated patterns while using your hand as a pin cushion. There are plenty of great re-usable versions available. And you%26#39;ll save money - the cost of two years%26#39; worth of cloth nappies is about one-eighth the amount you%26#39;d spend on disposables. See www.thenappynetwork.org.nz.
4. No more fish and chips. At the current rate the global fish supply will crash in 2048 to just 10 percent of its natural level - effectively ending the ocean%26#39;s role as a source of food. You%26#39;ll just do without? It%26#39;s not that simple. A third of all fish caught is turned into animal feed, which means 16 percent of the world%26#39;s protein supply comes from the sea. And spare a thought for the one billion people who depend on fish as their primary source of protein.
Visit http://www.forestandbird.org.nz to download a copy of the Best Fish Guide for 2008. This lists all the most environmentally friendly fish to eat right now.
5. In 1997 wealthy adventure yachtsman Charles Moore took a short cut home through seas normally avoided for their lack of wind. To his horror, he found himself sailing through what has since become known as the Eastern Garbage Patch - an area of ocean larger than Texas where vast, circular currents accumulate the floating rubbish of the world. Altogether, it%26#39;s calculated to weigh three million tonnes - six times more than the region%26#39;s plankton biomass. It took Moore a week to pass through. The Laysan albatrosses of Midway Atoll feed in and around the Eastern Garbage Patch. Mistaking the brightly coloured rubbish for food, they consume huge quantities of plastic, including lighters, bottle caps, and clothes pegs, which are in turn regurgitated and fed back to their young. It%26#39;s calculated that each year five tonnes of plastic is fed to the albatross chicks on Midway Atoll; 40 percent of the chicks will die. Most common cause of death: dehydration or starvation due to indigestible stomach contents.
Make sure all your waste goes to the landfill and not down the drain. Also, think twice before buying anything made out of plastic - do you really need it, or is there a better substitute, such as glass?
6. Environmental toxins like mercury exist in very low levels in seawater but become concentrated in the flesh of long-lived, top-of-the-chain predators like swordfish and tuna. Mercury, which affects brain development in babies, has accumulated to such levels in these fish that pregnant women are cautioned against eating too much of them.
For a list of the safest fish to eat in pregnancy, see www.nzfsa.govt.nz/consumers/chemicals-toxins-additives/mercury-in-fish/index.htm. If you are looking for an alternative way of obtaining the crucial Omega-3 (a highly effective anti-depressant, amongst other things) that fish provide, you can take cold-pressed hemp seed oil (it contains more essential fatty acids than flax seed oil).
7. Global warming could wipe out polar bears. In the summer of 2007 the Arctic ice receded by a record 2.61 million sq km - an area equal to 10 New Zealands - and dramatic new evidence suggests the Arctic will be ice-free over summer within five or six years. As the ice reduces, the bears hunt less, feed less, have fewer young - and eventually starve.
Stop adding to global warming. See www.carbonzero.co.nz and www.bethechange.org.nz for easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint.
8 The polar bear is hardly a rare case. The majority of biologists agree that we are experiencing - and causing - a mass extinction on a scale that wiped out the dinosaurs. Plants and animals naturally disappear at a rate of about one species in a million per year. But at the most conservative estimate, the rate of extinction is now 100 times that. That means that today - and every day after - 2.7 species will vanish.
9. When it comes to making animals extinct, we Kiwis sure punch above our weight. We%26#39;ve already vanished about 50 species of birds, a handful each of frogs and snails from the face of the earth. So what%26#39;s next in line? %26quot;Probably an insect that no one%26#39;s discovered yet,%26quot; says Professor Dave Kelly of Canterbury University. %26quot;But in terms of the big, important stuff? The Mohua, or Yellowhead [the bird on our $100 note] is hanging on by a thread. Or the Storm Petrel, or maybe the Magenta Petrel?%26quot;
Says the Green Party: %26quot;New Zealand%26#39;s in line to knock off the next dolphin [the Maui%26#39;s]. And it looks like we%26#39;ll possibly knock off the next frog.%26quot;
Help save the Maui%26#39;s dolphin www.doc.govt.nz
10. This Wednesday is a big day for New Plymouth. That%26#39;s when a major study on dioxin levels in workers at the Paritutu plant is due for release. The Ivon Watkins-Dow (IWD) chemical plant (now Dow AgroSciences NZ Ltd) manufactured the herbicide 245T, which was used extensively in New Zealand to kill gorse. Dioxin is a byproduct of 245T manufacture. It both contaminated the widely used herbicide and, from 1962 to 1987, was released from the plant in an aerial plume that settled over the suburb of Paritutu and its residents. Dioxin can cause mutations, birth defects, and genetic damage which can be passed down through generations. It%26#39;s also one of the most carcinogenic agents known. A 2003 study concluded that dioxin has no known cancer-causing threshold. This doesn%26#39;t mean that it won%26#39;t cause cancer - it means there%26#39;s no known level at which it won%26#39;t.
In 2006 a TV3 documentary looking at the number of deaths, diseases and defects in Paritutu gave voice to the ongoing concerns of its residents, who believe the government%26#39;s attitude is %26quot;delay and deny until they die%26quot;. The Green Party has called for an apology and further action. The ESR, on the other hand, described TV3%26#39;s analysis as lacking in %26quot;any substantive, scientifically rational criticism.%26quot;
11. In New Zealand, stoats and weasels are slaughtering our native birds - all thanks to global warming playing havoc with beech trees.
The trees have a clever trick. Occasionally an entire forest will produce far more beech seed than normal. The native birds and insects that eat them are taken by surprise and can%26#39;t possibly eat them all - so a lot of seed makes it through to grow into mature trees. Biologists call this phenomenon %26lsquo;masting%26#39;. Unfortunately beech masts are a bounty for introduced mice and rats. This means they produce several more litters in the year, so there are more rats eating the eggs and chicks of vulnerable native birds. The extra rats and mice provide a glut of food for their predators - stoats and weasels, which in turn reproduce in record numbers. Eventually all the rodents are eaten and the plague of weasels and stoats decimate our bellbirds, yellowhead, blue ducks, and kiwi.
Mast years are triggered by warm weather in late summer and early autumn; in the past, one would swing around once every seven or so years. This at least gave native birds time to recover. However, since 2000, every year but one has seen a beech mast somewhere in the country - sending our protected birds spiralling towards extinction. %26quot;People think global warming is all about Hurricane Katrina,%26quot; says Kevin Hackwell, at the Forest and Bird society. %26quot;But it%26#39;s happening now, in places that you know, to species that you care about.%26quot;
Donate your time and/or money to those helping our endangered species. Go to www.doc.govt.nz, and look up your local chapter of Forest and Bird at www.forestandbird.org.nz
12. Global warming could spell the end of our snake-free paradise. Notice how once or twice a year there%26#39;s a news story about MAF finding one in a shipping container and no one really worries? It%26#39;s because New Zealand%26#39;s cold winter generally kills them off. Notice all the news about global warming?
13. 200,000 cars are brought into New Zealand every year.
You can make your car last longer by alternating driving with walking, cycling or taking the bus. And if you really want a new car, check out hybrids. The most popular brands sell for about $35,000 to $45,000.
14. It%26#39;s estimated that every 21 months, 2.6 million New Zealanders discard their mobile phone and buy a new one.
You can drop your old mobile phone off at Telecom and Vodafone stores to be recycled.
15. Between four and five trillion plastic bags were made in 2002, of which 0.06 percent are recycled.
We all know this one: bring your own re-usable bags to the supermarket. For your existing plastic bags, most supermarkets have a take-back recycling scheme. Avoid plastic-wrapped fruit and vegetables; most can go straight into your trolley or into one of your re-usable bags. Request your meat paper-wrapped from the butcher.
16. Britons throw out 2.4 million fridges a year, which are dumped in used fridge yards such as this one in Trafford Park, ManchesterFridge seals can be replaced at your local appliance store to make your fridge last longer. See www.sustainability.org for more tips on taking care of appliances.

17. Americans throw away 25 billion styrofoam cups every year. Styrofoam does not biodegrade.
Use a glass rather than the disposable cups at the water cooler. Most New Zealand caf%26eacute;s use paper cups with plastic lids for take-out coffees - bring your own sealable mug.

18. The world is entering a new nuclear era, with scores of reactors planned around the globe. Nuclear power is perceived as a greener option for meeting rising energy needs than coal- or gas-fired plants. But the world may yet regret embracing nuclear power%26#39;s millennia of waste, its terrorism risk - and the spectre of accidents like Chernobyl, which spread radioactive fallout across the east of North America, the UK and Europe.
19. Television is very, very bad for you. Unless it%26#39;s a fancy flatscreen, your TV set and computer monitor have a cathode ray tube (CRT) which contains a cancerous cocktail of barium, beryllium, cadmium, selenium, mercury and arsenic - plus up to 3.4kg of lead.
CRTs are safe sitting in your living room or office, but a danger when disposed of. In California you can%26#39;t dump them because they%26#39;re classed as toxic, but not here. In New Zealand most of our 10 million CRTs - containing a grand total of 19,700 tonnes of lead - will make their way into landfills, where the chemicals eventually break down, leaching into our soil and water.
Recycle your telly (http://www.molten.co.nz) - or give it to someone else who could use it. See www.donatenz.com

20. New Zealand%26#39;s death rate from skin cancer is the highest in the world. If you think the sun feels fiercer than when you were young, you%26#39;re right: summertime ozone levels have dropped 10 percent since 1970.

21. PC, or polycarbonate - a sturdy plastic used in food storage containers, microwaveable dishes and baby bottles - leaches a chemical called Bisphenol A (BPA) - especially when heated. BPA is an endocrine disruptor that mimics the human sex hormones, affecting brain development. Whether heating your baby%26#39;s bottle is dangerous is contentious but, according to David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany, knowingly exposing infants to Bisphenol A is %26quot;absolutely obscene%26quot;.
Keep a glass jug of water on your desk to avoid plastic bottles, and store your dry goods in glass jars at home. For glass baby bottles, see stores such as www.born.co.nz and www.naturebaby.co.nz. Avoid heating your food in a plastic container in the microwave.

22. In 1989 the tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef and spilled 42 million litres of crude oil in the pristine Prince William Sound in Alaska. The oil slick spread over 28,000 sq km, killing thousands of birds, fish, otters - and 22 killer whales. Almost 20 years later, the area is still contaminated.
Since 1990 there have been 507 oil spills where seven tonnes or more were lost into the environment - including 107 of more than 700 tonnes and at least one involving a drunk tanker pilot.

23. In the past 25 years an area of sea floor larger than New Zealand - 28.3 million hectares - has been bottom-trawled. While fishing companies say the practice is sustainable, environmentalists believe that scouring the sea floor destroys all life there.
Join Greenpeace and protest against bottom- trawling: http://www.greenpeace.org.nz/

24. We%26#39;ve all heard of DDT, the chemical discovered by Swiss chemist Paul M%26uuml;ller (who won a Nobel Prize for his discovery). DDT enabled the inexpensive control of pests and thus a huge growth in crop yields. What no one figured out for a long time was this miracle of modern technology also killed not only other wildlife, such as birds and fish, but also built up toxicity in humans, linked to birth defects, cancer, and a host of other health problems.
Although DDT is banned in most Western countries (but widely used in the developing world to kill mosquitoes as a way of controlling malaria), it%26#39;s been replaced by the next generation of pesticides, many of which are up to 10 times as toxic as DDT, but more water-soluble. The idea is they wash away so humans don%26#39;t end up consuming enough to be toxic (although the most common method of ingesting these chemicals is by eating meat, fish and dairy goods that have a build-up of the compounds in their fat deposits from exposure to the environment). More than half of the 3000 insecticides, herbicides and fungicides used in New Zealand each year are known to be toxic to humans.
Go organic. It can cost more, but setting up a co-op with a local grower, starting your own personal or community garden, and bulk-buying are all economical choices. Watch Maori TV show Kiwi Maara for New Zealand-related ways to grow your own, or see http://www.permaculture.org.nz/

25. In the race to become industrial superpowers, developing nations like China and India are set to become super-polluters. This year China overtook the US as the top producer of carbon dioxide. Yet per capita the US is still by far the worst greenhouse polluter. If developing nations eventually match the emission levels of the so-called developed %26lsquo;west%26#39; - 13 percent of the global population, producing 45 percent of emissions - the consequences will be dire.
Buy locally made. http://www.buykiwimade.govt.nz/

26. Gold may be a pure and beautiful element, but extracting it is one of the dirtiest practices there is. In Brazil, illegal miners are poisoning the Amazon by extracting gold with mercury, which is dumped into the water. While in Hungary, the entire length of the Tisza River was killed in February 2000 when an Australian mining company spilled 100 tonnes of cyanide - enough to kill a billion people - into a tributary upstream while mining for gold. By the way, one wedding ring weighs, on average, 10g and causes three tonnes of toxic waste.
Buy second-hand or estate jewellery. You can always have something re-designed to your taste. www.greenkarat.com

27. Lake Hallwil, Switzerland, hides a dark secret. Nutrient run-off into the lake (pictured above) feeds a red algal bloom, the Blood of Burgundy, which sucks the oxygen out of the lake, killing everything in it. Since 1985 the lake has been kept alive with submerged bubble machines that oxygenate it like a giant goldfish bowl. Most nitrate run-off is caused by farm fertiliser. Another reason to support your local organic farmer.

28. The ride from abundance to extinction can be frighteningly swift. The Passenger Pigeon was once the most numerous bird in North America. Its annual migrations were legendary - continuous flocks of birds filled the skies for days on end, blocking the sun. As late as 1850 they were so numerous that people knocked them from branches with sticks, working through the night to collect them - they were stewed, smoked, roasted, fried or baked in a %26lsquo;pigeon pot pie%26#39;. Pigs were fattened on the spare corpses. By 1896, the birds were scarce. In 1914, at 1pm on September 1, the last Passenger Pigeon died in captivity.

29. Scientists searching for ways to tackle global warming have stumbled on the perfect solution for removing CO%26sup2; from the air and locking it away in a non-gaseous state. Crucially - given the scale of the problem - the device is self-replicating, self-powered, and has the added benefit of preventing floods and erosion. They call it %26lsquo;the tree%26#39;. Unfortunately, trees are being cut down at an alarming rate. Ninety percent of West Africa%26#39;s forest has been destroyed since 1900; this has been implicated in several droughts and their resulting famines in Central Africa. According to UN figures, Indonesia cleared more than 28 million hectares of forest between 1990 and 2005. And Brazil cleared more than 27 million hectares in the same period.
Forests are increasingly seen as crucial to the stability of life on earth, yet more than 80 percent of the world%26#39;s forests have been destroyed.
If you%26#39;re buying new wooden outdoor furniture, make sure it%26#39;s certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (www.fsc.org/en). Endangered Indonesian tropical hardwood, kwila, is particularly popular in New Zealand - you can help protect Indonesia%26#39;s rainforest by not buying it. Also avoid old-growth trees from New Zealand such as native beech. And whether in your backyard or as part of a community scheme, there is a simple, effective way to play a part in the fight against global warming: plant a tree.

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Friday Seniors — Mike Warner 569, Bill Doyle 566, Ron Frerichs 550, Keith Korrell 547, Richard McPherson 542, Charles Wills 531, Bill Leonard 526, Dean Sheridan 516, Ben Carpenter 500, Steve Ramsey 495, Bob Sammet 495, Warren Mehmken 481, Bob Wright 480, Bill Pruess 478, Edd West 476, Bill Caryl 475, Peggy Bauer 496, Shirley Wills 494, Joan Gulick 494, Jane Whalen 490, Elaine Thomes 470, Jo Williams 467, Jeanette Hering 457, Jo Gipson 454, Tudy Knauss 402, Ethel Wills 397, Sheila Moser 387, Wanda Lee 382.

Construction — Brian Salek 686, Kevin Henkens 658, Bill Doyle 633, Chuck Brockett 631, George Fry 601, Bill Fuhrer Jr. 588, Ron Brandenburg 579, Eric Schroeder 576, Ronnie Brandenburg 575, David Huston 574, Craig Glasgow 570, Bill Fuhrer Sr. 569, Nick Duttweiler 563, Ben Carpenter 562, Lori Cooley 568.

FunCity Classic — Kyle Kaestner 735, Jeff Stewart 645, Ed Wilkerson 618, Neki Hind 617, Denny Gibson 609, Ray Reyes 609, Damon Callahan 606, Larry Carpenter 600, Steve Mullahy 600, Don Mickey 588, Kevin Kirchner 575, Troy Heater 571, Cheryl Bloom 540, Amanda Arnold 492, Lillian Bloom 490.

Lucky Rollers — Cindy Moser 506, Sara Horn 479, Jeanette Mullahy 473, Sue Miller 464, Carrie Havlik 454, Chris Bennett 429, Candi Allen 428, Christi Wellman 425, Penny Furnald 384, Sarah Ramsey 377.

B.G.C. Ladies — Bev Mason 465, Becky Adams 457, Jan Genochio 447, Kay Kent 416, Jan Green 413, Carolyn Reem 410, Liz Richers 405, Judy Sandercock 395, Sue Geng 379, Linda Baker 374.

Ladies Major — Andie Geren 569, Annette Gustison 539, Karen Steward 521, Nancy Ramsey 509, Becky Adams 491, Lorri Johnson 490, Carolyn Lee 497, Cindy Miller 485, Leann Dickenson 483, Carol Payne 483, Elaine Thomes 473.

Tuesday Early Birds — Nick Duttweiler 652, Andy Thomas 605, Ed Murphy 588, Ron Brandenburg 573, Bob Haley 566, Ben Seibert 563, Mike Lowary 560, Steve Schelich 560, Harold Johnson 543, Eric Murphy 541, Rich Heeter 520, Bill Dickens 518, Jim Wiegard 517, Dave Ohlmutz 513, John Kirby 509, Ryan Murphy 506, Willy Stout 504.

Tuesday Champs — Neki Hind 608, Ansel Shannon 540, Ed Budzyn 526, Dave Dixon 522, Sean Shamp 518, Bill Payne 495.

Hard Up 2007/08 — Dave Pierson 596, Brian Borrison 546, Dan Wirt 543, Kevin Hetrick 534, Brent Melliger 520, Tom Goble 505, Jeff Wirt 491, Steve Mullahy 491, Kory Klenk 489, Fred Bakerink 482, Brian Fuhrer 481, Nathan Jones 475.

Monday Night Mixed — Mike Bush 551, Jeff Pence 521, Bill Foley 517, Cory Logan 513, Don Schnedler 466, Rick Phipps 441, Jim Shullaw 413, John Wiberg 402, Carol Shellmeyer 546, Chris Bush 484, Sara Logan 478, Rose Phipps 451, Christy Hull 403, Betty Foley 387.

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Friday Seniors — John Demuth 552, Ben Carpenter 547, Chester Bowman 526, Ron Frerichs 522, Bill Doyle 521, Bob Wright 519, Mike Warner 518, Bill Leonard 512, Mike Rosenblatt 503, , Steve Ramsey 502, Richard McPherson 502, Bob Sammett 489, Dean Sheridan 477, Shirley Wills 530, Elaine Thomes 513, Peggy Bauer 505, Jane Whalen 445, Tudy Knauss 441, Joan Gulick 437, Charlotte Jones 430, Jeanette Hering 428, Sharon Parrish 419, Wanda Lee 411, Marge Mehmken 407, Jo Gipson 406.

Construction — Brian Salek 688, Ronnie Brandenburg 618, Kevin Henkens 613, Scott Briggs 607, Mike Shinn 605, Gary Davis 603, Dan Kies 596, Tony Congoule 596, Sonny Andrews 590, Eric Schroeder 588, Thomas Rettig 582, Bill Fuhrer Jr. 581, Matt Allen 574, Ben Seibert 571, Scott Creighton 569, Lori Cooley 516.

FunCity Classic — Marty Smith 662, Chuck Brockett 636, Gene Shores 634, Denny Gibson 589, Kevin Henkens 588, Steve Mullahy 567, Buzz Wagner 560, Ray Reyes 554, Gary Wagler 548, Kyle Kaestner 547, Don Meinser 546, Ed Wilkerson 546, Cheryl Bloom 601, Lillian Bloom 441.

Lucky Rollers — Cindy Moser 545, Jeanette Mullahy 511, Sarah Ramsey 479, Sara Horn 461, Christi Wellman 438, Kim Sickels 431, Sue Miller 422, Debby Daly 418, Jenny Haley 417, Jody Holliday 408, Melissa Smith 405.

B.G.C. Ladies — Becky Adams 497, Sherrie Day 450, Jan Genochio 444 Lori Cooley 441, Lee Pilgram 423, Jan Green 407, Liz Richers 397, Melanie Richards 389, Connee Stevens 388, Carolyn Reem 377.

Ladies Major — Kathy Mackie 549, Elaine Thomes 542, Karen Steward 524, Cindy Miller 520, Becky Adams 505, Andie Geren 503, Rosie Lee 500, Jane Whalen 498, Kelly Wills 489, Carolynn Lee 477, Connie Perry 473, Gracie Pennebaker 469.

Tuesday Early Birds — Nick Duttweiler 626, , Ron Brandenburg 619, Steve Schelich 599, Willy Stout 595, Dave Ohlmutz 572, Bill Dickens 570, Harold Johnson 559, Rich Heeter 547, Eric Murphy 539, Bob Haley 534, Kenny Vanorder 533, Andy Thomas 528, Ed Murphy 518, Scott Tisor 513, John Kirby 507.

Senior Swingers — Bob Sammett 548, Jerry Knauss 543, Mike Warner 543, Bill Doyle 535, Dick Wells 522, Norm Roelfs 518, Steve Ramsey 507, Bob Wright 503, Bill Caryl 482, Warren Mehmken 475, Elaine Thomes 527, Marge Mehmken 412, Sheila Moser 389, Joan McPherson 373, Tudy Knauss 364, Millie Lipper 349.

Hard Up 2007/08 — Greg Whiton 553, Jeff Wirt 527, Fred Bakerink 522, Jeanette Mullahy 520, Norm Roelfs 513, Brian Fuhrer 508, Tom Goble 507, Steve Mullahy 495, Brian Borrison 491, Kory Klenk 477, Brent Melliger 474, Mike Thie 458.

Monday Night Mixed — Bill Foley 600, Mike Bush 560, Cory Logan 531, Jeff Pence 521, Rick Phipps 456, Don Schnedler 434, John Wiberg 429, Jim Shullaw 359, Sara Logan 539, Carol Shellmeyer 514, Rose Phipps 477, Chris Bush 461, Christy Hull 374.

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Friday Seniors — Ben Carpenter 596, Mike Rosenblatt 583, Bob Wright 577, Bill Doyle 564, Bob Sammet 559, Ron Frerichs 531, John DeMuth 521, Gene Devol 518, Paul Beckman 506, Bill Pruess 481, Stan Fisher 476, Richard McPherson 473, Bill Caryl 487, Gene Paskiet 458, Charles Wills 451

Joan Gulick 486, Peggy Bauer 481, Elaine Thomes 459, Shirley Wills 422, Jane Whalen 421, Marge Mehmken 416, Jo Gipson 402, Jo Williams 395, Jeanette Hering 381, Sharon Parrish 356, Tudy Knauss 347, Ethel Wills 346

Construction League — Kevin Henkens 649, Chuck Brockett 636, Bill Fuhrer, Jr. 633, Scott Briggs 605, Bill Doyle 603, Dar Cooley 602, Nick Duttweiler 584, George Fry 583, Ronnie Brandenburg 576, Bob Wilkerson 565, Dan McKune 561, Craig Glasgow 560, Eric Schroeder 558, Brian Salek 552, Thomas Retting 552

Lori Cooley 463

FunCity Classic — Brian Haley 705, Kevin Henkens 670, Jeff Stewart 660, Ray Reyes 582, Don Meisner 580, Gary Wagler 575, Dar Cooley 574, Barry Cutbert 573, Marty Smith 572, Brandon Dixon 549, Steve Rotter 547, Mark Arnold 542

Cheryl Bloom 551, Amanda Arnold 479

Tuesday Earlybirds — Dary Cooley 712, Ron Brandenburg 678, Willy Stout 597, Dave Ohlmutz 593, Eric Kelly 592, Tim Gilchrist 556, Scott Tisor 552, Eric Grimes 549, Mike Lowary 543, Eric Murphy 527, Steve Schelich 520, Bob Haley 515, Ed Myers 509, Jim Wiegard 505, Ed Murphy 505

Ladies Major — Maureen Friend 542, Kathy Mackie 537, Leann Dickenson 529, Annette Gustison 503, Nancy Ramsey 502, Carol Dermer 496, Rebecca Trimble 490, Carol Payne 489, Sherry Sharp 477, Becky Adams 475, Andie Geren 460, Gracie Pennebaker 455

Senior Swingers — Ben Carpenter 631, Bill Caryl 601, Mike Rosenblatt 576, Norm Roelfs 575, Dick Wells 556, Chester Bowman 544, John Demuth 538, Bob Wright 533, Mike Warner 517, Bob Sammet 512, Paul Beckman 511

Marge Mehmken 424, Marcia Rosenblatt 424, Sharon Parrish 374, Sheila Moser 372, Joan McPherson 358, Sandy Demuth 336, Tudy Knauss 325, Millie Lipper 286

Tuesday Champs — Dave Dixon 678, Ed Budzyn 619, Neki Hind 499, Bill Payne 483

Hard-Up — Dan Wirt 580, Norm Roelfs 538, Steve Mullahy 530, Tom Goble 519, Bill Hillyard 495, Jeff Wirt 483, Kory Klenk 478, Brian Crow 478, Chris Drain 478, Jim Horn 468, Jeanette Mullahy 468, Ron Fromm 467

Monday Mixed — Jeff Pence 561, Don Schnedler 532, Cory Logan 511, Rick Phipps 461, Jim Shullaw 453, John Wiberg 423, Mike Bush 415

Carol Shellmyer 467, Rose Phipps 458, Sara Logan 455, Chris Bush 349

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Friday Seniors — John Demuth 570, Bill Doyle 543, Bill Pruess 517, Warren Mehmken 510, Steve Ramsey 501, Richard McPherson 499, Bob Sammett 492, Chester Bowman 491, Bob Wright 486, Bill Caryl 463, Jerry Rigdon 456, Mike Warner 454, Edd West 453, Bill Leonard 451

Elaine Thomes 461, Jane Whalen 461, Marge Mehmken 427, Ethel Wills 396, Shirley Wills 393, Sharon Parrish 377, Jo Gipson 374, Jeanette Hering 365, Joan Gulick 347, Charlotte Jones 329, Charlotte Peter 323

Construction League — Brian Salek 652, Chuck Brockett 628, Ronnie Brandenhurg 625, Bill Fuhrer, Jr. 614, Dar Cooley 611, Aaron Luttenegger 610, Tony Congoule 597, Scott Briggs 586, Dave Pierson 586, Bill larkin 581, Jarod Ford 579, Craig Glasgow 547, Gary Davis 574, Bill Doyle 557, Kevin Henkens 550

Lori Cooley 470

Lucky Rollers — Cindy Moser 555, Debby Daly 521, Jeanette Mullahy 508, Christi Wellman 502, Sue Miller 430, Sarah Ramsey 421, Mary Smith 417, Jenny Haley 415, Cathy Borden 394, Sue Klossing 393

FunCity Classic — Kevin Henkens 655, Marty Smith 642, Kyle Kaestner 639, Larry Carpenter 620, Dave Dixon 611, Gene Shore 604, Mike Shannon 596, Barry Cutbert 592, Brandon Dixon 585, Don Meisner 584, Buzz Wagner 579, Ed Wilkerson 577

Amanda Arnold 561, Cheryl Bloom 480

BGC Ladies — Becky Adams 565, Lori Cooley 538, Carolyn Reem 431, Sharon Paskiet 421, Bev Mason 421, Sue Geng 396, Judy Sandercock 387, Lois Fort 386, Jan Genochio 375

Tuesday Earlybirds — Ron Brandenburg 653, Bill Dickens 621, Ed Murphy 601, Steve Schelich 585, Zach Ream 583, Nick Duttweiler 568, Mike Lowary 561, Kenny Van Order 557, Eric Murphy 577, Dave Ohlmutz 550, Willy Stout 545, Scott Tisor 536, Ben Seibert 533, Eric Kelly 522, Jeff Stivers 513, Harold Johnson 513, Bob Haley 513, Ryan Murphy 511, Rich Heeter 510, Eric Grimes 505

Ladies Major — Kelly Wills 586, Leann Dickenson 571, Nancy Ramsey 568, Kathy Mackie 558, Rebecca Trimble 526, Becky Adams 518, Andie Geren 516, Karen Steward 501, Annette Gustison 493, Carol Payne 491, Jane Whalen 459, Chris Weaver 444, Carol Dermer 444

Senior Swingers — Norm Roelfs 651, John Demuth 592, Mike Warner 553, Ben Carpenter 542, Dick Wells 522, Paul Beckman 519, Bill Doyle 496, Bill Caryl 487, Rob Wright 487, Ron Frerichs 484

Sheila Moser 419, Joan McPherson 354, Karen Zang 350, Tudy Knauss 345, Sharon Parrish 344, Sandy Demuth 323, Millie Lipper 314

Hard-Up — Fred Bakerink 569, Kevin Hetrick 567, Mike Thie 566, Ron Fromm 562, Jeanette Mullahy 561, Steve Mullahy 555, Bill Hillyard 533, Chris Drain 521, Chuck Kulow 503, Darren Wirt 484, Tom Goble 481, Steve Krieger 472, Dave Pierson 472

Monday Mixed — Cory Logan 607, Bill Foley 586, Mike Bush 503, Jeff Pence 474, Don Schnedler 465, Rick Phipps 457, Jim Shullaw 449, John Wiberg 422

Sara Logan 493, Carol Shellmyer 443, Betty Foley 441, Rose Phipps 431, Chris Bush 423, Christy Hull 415

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Tuesday Men’s Classic — Joe Sullivan 203–538, John Ray 534, Duke Brown 237–587, Terry Painter 588, Ron Straw 213–585, Sean Brockett 231-209–631, Rick Brockett 212-235–634, Ken LeClere 214–560, Steve Murphy 502, Kevin Luna 526, Chris Hosemann 200–569, Larry Carpenter 559, Don Taylor 523, Wayne Lam 541, Josh Bigger 225–588, Chris Hampton 538, David Clover 210–565, Jack Bundy 500, Jerry Link 215–578, John Pence 515, Chuck Fickenscher 528, Lane Sipes 501, Len Hawkes 222–565, Travis Vancil 519, Scott Larkins 225–559, Jim Nelson 511, Mark Arnold 244 582, Arlin Clover 204–552, Boyd Mueller 548, Ron Mellinger 204–544, Todd Bartlett 214–598, Larry Smith 225–526, Jeff Nixon 200–562, Bryan Pizanowski 201-203–579

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Construction — Brian Salek 658, Ronnie Brandenburg 628, Chuck Brockett 623, Kevin Henkens 615, Bill Larkins 599. Eric Schroeder 583, George Fry 578, Craig Glasgow 577, Bill Doyle 571, Bill Fuhrer Jr. 564, Aaron Luttenegger 558, Matt Trout 554, Dan McKune 547, Bill Caryl 547, Jeff Hofftender 545.

FunCity Classic — Gene Shores 663, Jeff Stewart 653, Marty Smith 642, Kyle Kaestner 627, Kevin Henkens 621, Buzz Wagner 609, Ed Wilkerson 602, Barry Cutbert 589, Ray Reyes 587, Gary Wagler 582, Dave Dixon 577, Sreve Mullahy 576, Amanda Arnold 501.

Lucky Rollers — Cindy Moser 536, Jeanette Mullahy 481, Sarah Ramsey 477, Sara Horn 412, Nina Zaiser 409, Penny Furnald 407, Christi Wellman 399, Kim Batterson 391, Megan Bell 388, Candi Allen 380.

B.G.C. Ladies — Becky Adams 483, Jan Genochio 463, Bev Mason 450, Judy Sandercock 387, Lois Fort 377, Carolyn Reem 373, Connee Stevens 372, Sue Geng 354, Deb Beach 354, Pat Renfro 352.

Tuesday Early Birds — Ed Murphy 648, Mike Lowary 644, Andy Thomas 599, Bill Dickens 591, Eric Murphy 575, Jim Wiegard 562, Ed Myers 554, Willy Stout 544, Ryan Murphy 544, Harold Johnson 542, Rich Heeter 541, Ron Brandenburg 537, Steve Schelich 532, Nick Duttweiler 521, Scott Tisor 513, Jason Hummell 512, Noah Mehaffy 512, Eric Kelly 507.

Ladies Major — Rebecca Trimble 553, Lorri Johnson 540, Carol Payne 539, Leann Dickenson 515, Andie Geren 515, Karen Steward 508, Nancy Ramsey 506, Connie Perry 499, Jane Whalen 497, Kathy Mackie 488, Rosie Lee 486, Annette Gustison 482.

Senior Swingers — John Demuth 612, Jerry Knauss 601, Bill Doyle 537, Bob Wright 530, Dick Wells 526, Ben Carpenter 526, Mike Rosenblatt 525, Dick McPherson 520, Bob Sammet 520, Don Dixon 516, Ron Frerichs 513, Karen Zang 437, Sharon Parrish 436, Marge Mehmken 392, Tudy Knauss 391, Sheila Moser 388, Elaine Thomes 370, Sandy Demuth 350, Marcia Rosenblatt 323, Joan McPherson 317.

Tuesday Champs — Ed Budzyn 574, Dave Dixon 570, Bill Payne 531, Neki Hind 522, Sean Shamp 504.

Monday Mixed — Cory Logan 585, Bill Foley 570, Jeff Pence 560, Rick Phipps 521, Ben Carpenter 518, Mike Bush 478, Don Schnedler 451, John Wiberg 393, Jim Shullaw 377, Sara Logan 499, Carol Shellmeyer 481, Rose Phipps 471, Christy Hull 464, Betty Foley 398.

Hard Up — Kevin Hetrick 680, Steve Mullahy 605, Bill Hillyard 547, Kory Klenk 540, Greg Whiton 538, Chris Drain 532, Brian Borrison 525, Brian Fuhrer 515, Jeff Wirt 514, Jim Horn 508, Steve Krieger 507, Tom Goble 498.

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Friday Seniors –John Demuth 536, Charles Wills 529, Ron Frerichs 529, Bill Doyle 528, Bill Leonard 524, Bob Wright 507, Chester Bowman 491, Bill Caryl 485, Bob Sammet 483, Bill Pruess 478, Steve Ramsey 476, Gene Devol 471, Don Dixon 460, Lyle Hinmen 454, Beulah Perkins 452, Jane Whalen 550, Elaine Thomes 493, Shirley Wills 442, Joan Gulick 418, Ethel Wills 414, Jeanette Hering 413, Peggy Bauer 409, Sharon Parrish 402, Marge Mehmken 397, Wanda Lee 390, Tudy Knauss 385, Jo Williams 385.

Construction — Kevin Henkens 658, Brian Salek 646, Tony Congoule 606, Tony Rich 604, Gary Davis 579, Ronnie Brandenburg 577, Jim Batterson 574, Scott Briggs 572, George Fry 571, Tim Pella 556, Ron Brandenburg 555, Bill Fuhrer Sr 534, Rich Brown 533, Kyle Kaestner 533, Lorne Parks 532.

FunCity Classic — Ray Reyes 660, Barry Cutbert 653, Don Meisner 651, Kevin Henkens 636, Buzz Wagner 633, Kevin Kirchner 631, Jeff Stewart 629, Ansel Shannon 609, Gary Wagler 606, Kyle Kaestner 597, Marty Smith 594, Brian Haley 587, Cheryl Bloom 581, Amanda Arnold 545.

Lucky Rollers — Jeanette Mullahy 565, Debby Daly 482, Deb Rowe 463, Cindy Moser 457, Christi Wellman 456, Julie Canfield 449, Sara Horn 429, Chris Bennett 413, Mary Smith 413, Megan Bell 411, Sarah Ramsey 411.

B.G.C. Ladies — Becky Adams 476, Sherrie Day 442, Sharon Paskiet 433, Jan Genochio 416, Connee Stevens 410, Judy Sandercock 407, Kay Kent 395. Lee Pilgram 389, Pat Renfro 388, Carolyn Reem 385.

Tuesday Early Birds — Dave Ohlmutz 645, Mike Lowary 632, Eric Murphy 621, Ron Brandenburg 588, Nick Duttweiler 558, Harold Johnson 558, Steve Schelich 554, Andy Thomas 549, Ben Seibert 547, Ed Myers 541, Ryan Murphy 537, Bob Haley 532, Bobby Callen 511, Willy Stout 509, Jim Hall 508, Bret Holle 505, Scott Tisor 501.

Ladies Major — Kathy Mackie 586, Annette Gustison 541, Andie Geren 533, Sue Duttweiler 513, Jane Whalen 512, Leann Dickenson 507, Kelly Wills 506. Lorri Johnson 504, Elaine Thomes 478, Karen Steward 477, Fran Bartholomew 476.

Senior Swingers — Bill Doyle 571, Dick McPherson 550, Norm Roelfs 546, Bob Sammet 538, Mick Anderson 534, Mike Rosenblatt 512, John Demuth 504, Mike Warner 495, Bill Caryl 494, Paul Beckman 483, Sharon Parrish 443, Elaine Thomes 411, Joan McPherson 409, Karen Zang 409, Marge Mehmken 400, Marcia Rosenblatt 387, Vera Anderson 386, Tudy Knauss 356, Sandy Demuth 335, Millie Lipper 329.

Hard Up 2007 — Kevin Hetrick 655, Chris Drain 581, Bill Hillyard 576, Chuck Kulow 573, Darren Wirt 550, Steve Krieger 545, Adam Gorham 542, Brian Borrison 536, Brent Mellinger 533, Kory Klenk 522, Norm Roelfs 518, Fred Bakerink 504.

Monday Mixed — Cory Logan 647, Bill Foley 537, Jeff Pence 523, Ben Carpenter 474, Rick Phipps 457, John Wiberg 440, Mike Bush 438, Don Schnedler 423, Carol Shellmyer 483, Chris Bush 457, Sara Logan 455, Christy Hull 384, Betty Foley 379, Rose Phipps 342.

Saturday Youth — Zachery Dreckmeier 340, Sean Bartsch 336, Noah Samuel 268, Mike Putnam 263, Michael Dewey 258, Jake Larkins 247, Graham Clark 247, Samantha Wills 411, Stephanie Wills 220, November Payne 207, Angelica Keever 199, Bailey Hester 176, Alexis Brockway 175.

Saturday Bumper League — Gage Hester 206, Kodie Hester 166, Kody Sargeant 157, Cameron Bowman 154, Travis Wills 134, Tyler Samuel 131, Julia Hester 170, Jeana Hummer 161, Julia Brockway 128.

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Monday Mixed — Jeff Pence 515, John Wiberg 458, Bill Foley 449, Cory Logan 442, Rick Phipps 436, Don Schnedler 434, Jim Shullaw 417, Mike Bush 385, Carol Shellmeyer 508, Sara Logan 439, Rose Phipps 421, Chris Bush 382.

Hard-Up — Steve Mullahy 603, Kevin Hetrick 571, Norm Roelfs 525, Darren Wirt 524, Steve Krieger 493, Tom Goble 492, Adam Gorham 492, Jeff Hedges 474, Chris Drain 463, Kory Klenk 452, Greg Whiton 450,. Jeff Wirt 445.

Ladies Major — Kathy Mackie 545, Andie Geren 527, Becky Adams 501, Lorri Johnson 499, Sue Duttweiler 490, Karen Steward 487, Shirley Cleland 478, Sherry Sharp 474, Jane Whalen 472, Rebecca Trimble 468, O’Kemm Dixon 462, Leann Dickenson 459.

Tuesday Early Birds — Nick Duttweiler 518, Ron Brandenburg 587, Dave Ohlmutz 568, Eric Murphy 564, Jim Wiegard 542, Ed Murphy 542, Willy Stout 538, Rich Heeter 537, Harold Johnson 530, Andy Thomas 528, Bret Holle 526, Mike Lowary 525, Bob Haley 517, Bill Dickens 514, Noah Mehaffy 508, Ed Myers 503, Mark Kendall 503.

B.G.C. Ladies — Becky Adams 508, Jan Green 465, Connee Stevens 467, Bev Mason 444, Carolyn Reem 413, Jan Genochio 413, Lois Fort 411, Sharon Paskiet 398, Lee Pilgrim 384, Sharon Walden 382.

Lucky Rollers — Jody Holloway 568, Christi Wellman 524, Jeanette Mullahy 491, Debby Daly 485, Nina Zaiser 472, Mary Smith 460, Sue Miller 455, Julie Canfield 447, Cindy Moser 438, Megan Bell 424, Cathy Borden 423, Deb Rowe 411, Kim Sickels 405.

FunCity Classic — Kevin Henkens 701, Marty Smith 688, Kyle Kaestner 662, Gene Shores 650, Dar Cooley 642, Ray Reyes 634, Jeff Stewart 624, Gary Wagler 609, Ansel Shannon 306, Dave Dixon 575, Brian Haley 567, Barry Cutbert 564, Lillian Bloom 571, Cheryl Bloom 531, Amanda Arnold 505.

Saturday Youth — Jake Heeter 357, Zachery Dreckmeier 342, Michael Dewey 333, Sean Bartsch 317, Graham Clark 291, Mike Putnam 278, Samantha Wills 373, Katherine Dewey 331, November Payne 217, Angelica Keever 211, Stephanie Wills 208, Sofia Falcone 155.

Saturday Bumper League — Kody Sargeant 164, Preston Dyer 153, Travis Wills 151, Jacolb Hester 146, Kodie Hester 119, Tyler Samuel 80, Julia Hester 134, Maelin Henkens 127.

Tuesday Champs — Ed Budzyn 657, Neki Hind 616, Ansel Shannon 538, Dave Dixon 504, Lyle Ballard 446.

Construction — Tony Congoule 637, Brian Salek 624, Jason Hillary 603, Kyle Kaestner 598, Brian Fuhrer 594, Sonny Andrews 591, Dan Kies 590, Dan McKune 587, Kevin Henkens 583, Ryan Luttenegger 574, Ben Schlachter 563, Bill Fuhrer Sr 563, Dar Cooley 559, David Huston 558, Matt Haas 553, Lori Cooley 454.

Friday Seniors — Bill Leonard 563, John Demuth 538, Bob Sammet 508, Bill Doyle 503, Warren Mehmken 497, Ben Carpenter 491, Richard McPherson 489, Steve Ramsey 488, Dean Sheridan 487, Bill Caryl 487, Gene Devol 477, Mike Warner 477, Charles Wills 476. Jim Klein 473, Bill Pruess 468, Don Dixon 466, Jerry Knauss 461, Joe Hering 455, Gene Paskiet 514, Peggy Bauer 497, Shirley Wills 485, Joan Gulick 477, Wanda Lee 434, Charlotte Jones 411, Jeanette Hering 407, Jo Williams 406, Marge Mehmken 403, Ethel Wills 396, Charlotte Peter 374, Tudy Knauss 372.

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