Friends and colleagues: Field archaeologists spend lots of their down time swapping stories and sharing laughs about events and circumstances on field projects. We're happy to share some of these laughs with you in Shovel Bum Joins the Army, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org). The Shovel Bum saga moves into its third installment, produced by ALI's Guy Prouty and featuring Trent de Boer's drawings and real voice. T-Bone and Betsy have forsaken Arkansas and moved to Washington. T-Bone now runs survey crews on the US Army's Yakima Training Center. Defying unexploded ordnance, flat tires, rattlesnakes, unfriendly MPs, suspicious Canadian soldiers, closed roads, and tank caravans, the crew finds some remarkable prehistoric sites and lost Army gear while enjoying the rugged landscape and winning bowling trophies. This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment. We urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html) and Underwriting (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml) programs. Only with your help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit public-education and visitor-supported programming. We also welcome new content partners as we reach out to the world community. Please forward this message to others who may be interested. Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA President and Executive Director Archaeological Legacy Institute http://www.archaeologychannel.org _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with free Messenger emoticons. Check out freemessengeremoticons.ca