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SITTING ON A BALE OF BARLEY destined for his cattle, Dick Carver gets just a little misty eyed as he recalls the moment that propelled him to leadership of a rebellion now sweeping the West. Usually mild mannered and affable, the Nevada rancher and Nye County commissioner reached a point last year when he had had enough. To him, federal intrusion into the daily life of his county had simply grown too great, so on July 4, 1994--Independence Day--he took the law into his own hands. His weapon of choice: a rusting, yellow D-7 Caterpillar bulldozer...
...Carver sat astride the 22-ton machine, his dust-caked face streaked with the paths of recent tears. He remembers being frightened and tense as he guided the Cat toward an armed U.S. Forest Service agent holding a hand-lettered sign ordering Carver to stop. The agent stumbled and wound up briefly crawling on hands and knees. But Carver kept coming. He pulled out a pocket-size copy of the U.S. Constitution, which he keeps with him always, and waved it defiantly at the agent as a crowd of about 200 people, a quarter of them armed, cheered him forward...
Captain Tim Carver and senior Rich Beukema also joined Younger at the NCAA 7Tournament. Carver competed in the 100 and 200 backstroke while Beukema competed in the diving competition...
...discussions are an attempt to introduce reflection into the often hectic summer programs, according to Coles. The books, by authors such as Raymond Carver and Tillie Olsen, will serve as a jumping-off point for discussing the students' public service experiences...
...placed very well nonetheless, as did Younger and Carver...