By Lou Mumford 1 EAU CLAIRE Apparently, spitting tart cherry pits, an
activity that began at Eau Claire's Tree-Mendus Fruit
Farm as a neighborhood get-together and evolved into
an international competition, is a difficult habit to
break.
2 Don't believe it? The orchard at 9351 E. Eureka Road
on Saturday will host its 40th annual pit spit.
3 With every such event, it seems, there has been
suspense and even shock as contestants let the pits fly
across the 100-foot asphalt court. Usually, it's Rick
"Pellet Gun" Krause, a 15-time tournament champion,
or members of his pit-spitting family who are
responsible for the shock and awe.
4 Take, for example, Brian "Young Gun" Krause's spit in
2003 that traveled, with the roll-yes, rolls count-an
incredible 93 feet, 6 1/2 inches. Spits like that are the
reason a Krause usually walks off as tournament

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Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.

Start writing a narrative by summarizing thebeginning, middle, and end in the spacesprovided. for this step, tell the events in the orderthey actually happened. use past tense. i get really bad writer's block,