Loft Living:16-foot ceilings above Wood Fire restaurant Nov 18, 2008
"We cut that thing loose at the ceiling and floor and took pry bars and pried it over on this angle to give it a little character. I learned a lot doing this," said Seurynck, a school board member whose first reclamation project almost 20 years ago was turning the Hideout bar into Indian Lake House, which now houses Jim Frazier's jewelry store. That decorating business provides the story about the expensive wallpaper. (Dowagiac News, MI)
State crews working to prevent rock slides along Hwy 99 Nov 8, 2008
Crews are up on cranes using pry bars and special air bags to further loosen rocks they believe pose danger. Transportation officials do this every year around this time. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
The effects of wind and wood rot Nov 7, 2008
Shovels are not intended to double as pry bars for boulders. - Check irrigation systems for leaks and be sure spray-head flow and direction are adjusted properly. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Hatchet Marks Scene Of Attempted Wire Theft Oct 10, 2008
Officers spotted a woman in a car with pry bars and bolt cutters, and spoke with a man nearby. The man admitted that the two, along with a second man, had been trying to steal wire, police said in a news release. (KIRO TV, WA)
Local Kiwanis group helps with flood relief in Iowa Sep 24, 2008
Heading west to Cedar Rapids, Iowa on a mission of flood relief, members of the DeKalb Kiwanis Club were loaded with personal and work supplies including, shovels, sledge hammers, pry bars and battery-operated tools. Two teams of four each drove in caravan. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Monday Musings: The old will be new again Sep 16, 2008
"Bring a truck, if you have one, pry bars, multiple putty knives (for pulling trim), maybe a hammer, screwdrivers, or a nail puller," he said in a recent e-mail alert. "We'd be happy to show you how to work stuff loose and pull nails without damaging the items. If you don't have the tools, just come and help!" Smith said the nonprofit is also needs more space to store salvaged materials always a challenge. (Montana Standard, MT)
Fishing: Dam removal project gives native trout free reign on the water (Today) Aug 17, 2008
In a partnership involving the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and American Rivers, about a dozen ecologists used jackhammers, pick axes, pry bars and sheer muscle power to dismantle two dams near the headwaters of Bear Run, designated an Exceptional Value Coldwater Fishery in the Youghiogheny River watershed. The stream wends through a 5,000-acre pine plantation lush with rhododendron, mountain... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Newswatch, Police/Fire Aug 7, 2008
At least six other men allegedly went into the facility and broke into employee lockers using pry bars. An undisclosed amount of cash, credit and debit cards were taken, before the suspects fled, police said. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Bike-theft saga takes a turn toward the strange Jul 25, 2008
Armed with a search warrant, pry bars and rubber gloves, officers uncovered a chaotic mess comprising not only bicycles, but an array of orphaned items including a dead Coke machine, a stack of roofing shingles and a female mannequin sporting an X, made of electrical tape, on each breast. Similar scenes were unfolding at addresses on High Park Boulevard and Palmerston Avenue. (Globe and Mail)
Police offer tips to prevent home break-Ins Jun 11, 2008
Tools used to break in are usually simple; a screwdriver, pliers, pry bars, and small hammers are most common. Police usually only clear 13% of all reported burglaries due to lack of witnesses or physical evidence. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Scientists Remove Thousands Of Aspen Trees To Glimpse Forest's Future May 29, 2008
ScienceDaily (May 28, 2008) Armed with chainsaws and pry bars, University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues recently hastened the end for nearly 7,000 mature aspen and birch trees in a large-scale, long-term experiment to glimpse the Great Lakes region's future forests ... Other workers follow with hammers and steel pry bars, stripping a band of bark from the trees. (Science Daily)
At long last Mar 26, 2008
"I was using a fire ax and the barrel of a carbine rifle as pry bars," Dzwigalski said. "There's not a lot of equipment in the bomb bay. "The bombs have got spinners on them, and I had to stop the spinners from coming off. (The News-Herald)
Spearfish Canyon Road to remain closed after first blast Jan 11, 2008
Occasionally, the agency hires private crews to rappel down from the top of the canyon wall and use pry bars to clear dangerous rocks. The rocks in an unstable area of the wall of the canyon near Bridal Veil Falls were too big, however, for that technique, Palmer said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Time catches up with Charles St. capsule Nov 29, 2007
It took two big men with pry bars a while to wedge away the slab, revealing a lot of damp-looking earth. "I don't see anything," Shecter said, peering into the hole. (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
Construction trade requires thick skin, good reputation Nov 19, 2007
You have to have a five-gallon pail, a skill saw, a battery-powered kit, Sawzall, all kinds of hammers, screwdrivers, crescent wrenches, tape measure, pry bars, carpenter s pencil and a nail apron. You ve got to be good with your hand tools. (Winona Daily News, MN)
OUTDOORS BRIEFS Oct 13, 2007
The work party will meet at 9 a.m. at the "Upper Parking Lot." Dress appropriately for the weather and bring tools including chain saws, shovels, pulaskis, pry bars, loppers, limb saws and weed whackers. Also provide your own lunch and water. (Missoulian, MT)
Get your groom on at Blacktail Oct 13, 2007
They re digging deep into garages and sheds, pulling out the chainsaws and shovels, the pulaskis and pry bars, the loppers and limbers and weed whackers. Because on Sunday, Oct. 14, everyone is invited to brush out a winding course of free cross-country ski trails near Blacktail Mountain. (Missoulian, MT)
Minneapolis searching for clarity in aftermath Aug 3, 2007
Firefighters were wrenching open car doors with pry bars and attacking rubble with circular saws. Ramos reached the car. (Los Angeles Times)
Scandal, Scandal And (Gasp!) Scandal Jul 27, 2007
Stories about electrocuting dogs, slamming them against the ground, rape stands, pry bars and fight pits got pushed to the side by the NBA.. Maybe Goodell and Selig are giving Stern a big chunk of change to take the heat off of them. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
What did Vick really know? Jul 19, 2007
Did he never notice receipts for medicine or vet visits or rape stands or pry bars or, like a million bags of dog food. Did he never once travel to this house of horrors on Moonlight Road and think, Man. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
He keeps an even keel Jun 17, 2007
He uses hammers, pry bars, drills, caulk guns and sanders with a grace and sureness that come from five decades of practice. In the age of fiberglass and aluminum, Speas and other wooden-boat restorers are in danger of extinction. (Orlando Sentinel -- News)
Police blotter: posted 6/12 Jun 13, 2007
According to the report, four drills, three tie-down straps, four snips, three pry bars, three locks, two chisels, various drill bits and a 50-foot air hose were taken. Town of Merton. (Lake Country Reporter, WI)
Full Story » Jun 8, 2007
Clad in wetsuits and hoods, armed with pry bars and weighted with lead belts, free diving, aside from the perils of the open water or potential entanglement in kelp, is probably the most efficient way of filling the three-abalone limit. Rock pickers, most of whom also use wetsuits, are pretty much confined to searching under rocks on low minus tides for the animals. (Sebastopol Sonoma West Publishing, CA)
Help with Washington Park projects May 12 May 10, 2007
Needed are post hole diggers, pry bars, wheel barrows, shovels and work gloves. A second team will cut back invasive growth on Burrows Bay Trail. (Anacortes Weekly, WA)
County OKs new 911 center May 10, 2007
Milbrath said the efforts of Brian Mattke, Timm Punzel, Jim Krause, Curt Pagenkopf and Tim Ball may have helped save the life of an accident victim who was trapped in a car following the crash at county Highways D and Y. The men used pry bars to help extricate a female victim who was trapped in her vehicle following the crash. Comment Blog - Note: All Comments Subject To Approval. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)
Clemens working past prime isn't that uncommon May 9, 2007
The Smithtown resident spent an entire morning this week hand-building a rock staircase into a hillside, wrestling mammoth slabs of weathered blue stone into place with pry bars. "They must have weighed 800 pounds apiece," Maeder said with a satisfied laugh. (Newsday)
Police say pair linked to eight burglaries Apr 20, 2007
22-caliber handguns, ammunition, pry bars, digital cameras, jewelry, cell phones and cash, police said. At the time of his arrest, Mr. Blaine was also carrying two additional handguns, police said. (Scranton Times, PA)
Tusko the elephant survives another surgery Apr 2, 2007
Lots of people on pry bars and drills again just like the first time but, finally, (we) got to the end of it this time. The zoo proudly displayed the two large bits of tusk for several minutes after the surgery. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Theft charges for ex-students Feb 7, 2007
The burglars used pry bars to break locks and open doors to get into the school, he said. The items were then sold through the Internet, prosecutors said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
What suit do you wear to a spacewalk? Jan 27, 2007
These include some powerful pry bars and bolt cutters. However, the tools would work just as well whether the astronauts were wearing U.S. or Russian suits. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Old greenhouse down, larger one on the way Jan 25, 2007
Tuesday, using a tractor, sledgehammers and pry bars, the class made short work of the concrete block foundation. The FFA uses the greenhouse to grow fund-raising tomatoes, and the ag classes use it to learn about propagation, plant cells and all other aspects of vegetable growing. (Harrisburg Daily Register, IL)
