Global Peace And Justice Auckland Newsletter (Scoop.co.nz) PROTEST: No SAS Troops to Afghanistan - 12 noon Saturday 22nd August outside Papakura Military Camp, Grove Road, Papakura. A car convoy will leave from Unite Union office, 6A Western Springs Road, Morningside. Gather at 11am. [News Source]

A life of living off the land (The Daily Record) CLE ELUM — As one of Kittitas County’s last people to log with horses, Orville Montgomery knows well the combination of brute strength and finesse it takes to skid a 5,000-pound tree without the benefit of a motorized machine. [News Source]

Who Really Speaks For Family Farmers? (Newtown Bee) My family has farmed in Missouri for over a century, and I currently raise livestock and grain on 800 acres in Howard County, Mo. But folks like me always seem to get drowned out in Washington, D.C., by commodity groups purporting to represent my interests. [News Source]

Al Martinez … On Everything Else: Things Get Cleaner With Coke (Topanga Messenger) You say you have a dirty toilet? A rusty bumper? An unwanted T-bone steak? Not to worry. Coke has solutions to your problems. It's not only the drink that refreshes but a beverage that can do anything but double as embalming fluid. [News Source]

For Pete’s sake (The Durango Herald) IRASBURG, Vt. - For the last year, David Lawrence has cared for a young moose named Pete that he nursed back to health after it was attacked by dogs and separated from its mother. [News Source]

Hernando Night Life (St. Petersburg Times) Bar Envy: 11060 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill. DJ Reiter and Starz (Top 40 and hip-hop), Texas Hold 'em poker, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. today. DJ Trauma from Wild 98.7, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday. Teen Night (ages 15-18), 8 p.m.-midnight Sunday. Bike Night and Texas Hold 'em poker, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Monday. Wii bowling league and free pool, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Tuesday. Hip-hop DJ, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Wednesday. Texas Hold ... [News Source]

Ag exports drop significantly (The Wichita Eagle) Because Kansas ranks first among states exporting wheat, Mike Patry understands how much the world market affects the wheat he grows on his Sedgwick County farm. [News Source]