San Xavier priest prays for graffiti attacker

[Ptah]

This morning, when Rev. Edward Sarrazin learned of the black graffiti defacing the exterior of the Mission San Xavier del Bac, his emotions fluctuated between sadness and anger.

"When I saw it, my heart dropped," he said. "I was also outraged that they would desecrate such a historic landmark."

The vandalism, discovered early this morning, is under investigation by the Tohono O'odham Nation Police Department.

Workers were busy this morning removing graffiti from the walls of the mission, south of Tucson in the San Xavier District of the Tohono O'odham Nation.

[Kali]

1. I understand his mixed feelings.

somebody is probably suffering. then again they might just be an asshole with no redeeming value.

[Ptah]

2. This is as off topic as it could be - - > Malta bull fetches $350,000

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/malta-bull-fetches-in-legendary-sale/article_699696dd-0bb3-5977-9ea4-86f13c4641de.html

With a $350,000 sales price Tuesday, the Malta bull known as HA Cowboy Up can fairly be referred to as the Ferrari of the black Angus, though rancher Dave Hinman says the number that originally excited folks is much smaller: 4.25.

The most expensive bull anyone can remember first turned heads as he gained 4.25 pounds a day, a staggering amount of weight for any bull, but particularly for one with a medium frame. It’s a big part of what made Cowboy Up the rancher’s version of the Powerball.

Buyers from as far away as New England gathered Tuesday at Hinman Angus Ranch to bid on Cowboy Up, a bull that had the Hinman family’s phone ringing for 60 days leading up to the sale. There were literally groups of buyers scrambling to pool their resources to come up with enough money to make a serious offer. In the end, the successful offer was assembled by the owners of N Bar Ranch about 35 miles southeast of Lewistown.

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3. WTH? Why the hell would you post this on an OP about an act or desecration of a historic . . .

religious mission?

[Kali]

5. we are just friends talking

rural folks chatting in the middle of the road...

[Kali]

4. yeesh!

I just bought an Angus (and a Hereford), both together barely rate as a single digit percentage of that. LOL

[Ptah]

6. That bull sold for more than my parents' whole farm!

[Kali]

7. and the poor guy will probably never cover a cow

but he will have thousands of calves.