February 17, 2009
20090217 CB Takeout art
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Tobacco use among Carroll youths on the rise
By Erica Kritt, Carroll County Times Staff Writer
Friday, May 30, 2008
The use of smokeless tobacco in
According to statistics from the Maryland Adult Tobacco Surveys and Maryland Youth Tobacco Surveys conducted by the state’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Carroll saw an 18.7 percent increase in tobacco use among underage youths between 2000 and 2006.
Barbara White, coordinator for the Carroll County Health Department’s Cigarette Restitution Fund Program, said the program is working to address the problem.
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White and her co-workers presented the latest statistics at a meeting Thursday in
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Hegg had Caroline
The nontobacco products were meant to be used as a way to satisfy the habit of chewing without the dangers of tobacco for people attempting to quit,
“On an average night, 100 to 140 people saw the display,” she said. “I think we at least planted the seed and gave people a tool [to quit].”
White said she hopes to have more programs like
Reach staff writer Erica Kritt at 410-857-7876 or erica.kritt@carrollcountytimes.com.
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2008/05/30/news/local_news/newsstory3.txt
20080530 Tobacco use among Carroll youths on the rise by Erica Kritt
Maryland General Assembly: HB134 Transporting Pets (and wives) in trucks
Hat Tip: Mrs. Owl
Earlier today Mrs. Owl emailed me a PDF copy of “News and Views You can Use,” distributed by Equiery. I cannot find the newsletter on the Equiery web site…
Mrs. Owl wrote “One of several silly aspects of legislation I'm sure,” as she called to my attention commentary on HB134…
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Upon reading the newsletter I found the column of which Mrs. Owl was referring on page one: “Maryland General Assembly Session: Opened like a lamb, now roaring like a lion,” by Nancy Hill. She calls to our attention “HB134 - Vehicle laws, Transporting pets in trucks or trailers.”
Ms. Hill writes, “What is quirky about this bill is that ‘people’ over the age of sixteen are allowed by state law to ride in the back of an open truck. As one Senator said, ‘If this bill passes, I'd have to put the dog in the front with me and my wife in the back of the truck.’ […]”
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I looked up HOUSE BILL 134 (File Code: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 132/97 – CGM) and sure enough the synopsis of the bill reads:
“Prohibiting a person from transporting pets in or on a truck or trailer on a highway unless the truck or trailer is enclosed on the sides and the top in a manner that safely prevents the pet from falling, jumping, or otherwise exiting the truck or trailer or unless the pet is confined by a device designed to safely prevent the pet from falling, jumping, or otherwise exiting the truck or trailer; providing that a violation of the Act is not considered a moving violation for specified purposes; defining "pet"; etc.”
The bill was introduced by: Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B; Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15; Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B; Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B; and Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
And by the way – it passed the House on third reader on March 20, 2008 (127-7)
To sure, a quick search on the internet indicates that a number of state and local governments throughout the nation have such dog tethering laws on the books…
Hey, I’m just as sappy about pets, animals, and dogs as the next person…
Nevertheless, considering the economy; the dynamic that Maryland is currently engaged in driving folks and businesses out of the state with a new and improved version of tax-hell; and last, but not least, are the recent statistics that Maryland is one of the most dangerous states in the union - - is protecting dogs while they ride in a truck what we really need our legislators to be doing these days.
I’m just asking?
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April 18, 2007
By
Posted March 23, 2008
I had all but finished the video below, about the April 18th, 2007 Main Street Mile, some time ago… In the video please notice the quintessential Dave Herlocker moving the race finishers along at the finish line…
Other posts which mention Dr. David Herlocker may be found here: Westminster Road Runners Club or westminster road runners club
His obituary can be found here: 19401030 20080321 David Webb Herlocker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16U48TUjSB8
Video Storyboard:
Dave Herlocker and Caroline
Carroll County Times photographer, Kyle Nosal, runs to get a photo…
Her article: “Road runners” appeared in the Thursday, April 19, 2007 edition of the Carroll County Times…
Westminster Police officer Tony Ott (gray shirt - center) kept everything moving smoothly throughout the event…
Kenny Carlisle (L) and Tony Ott
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Stacy Westfall and Roxy on the Ellen Degeneres show!
Added: March 17, 2008
Hat Tip: Mrs. Owl
Stacy Westfall and Roxy on the Ellen Degeneres show!
Stacy Westfall and Roxy on the Ellen Degeneres show with Roxy (Whizards Baby Doll), March 14, 2008. Visit the show's website at http://ellen.warnerbros.com. Stacy's website is http://westfallhorsemanship.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMrtJWC7Bvk
Related: 20080317 Stacy Westfall’s 2006 Championship Run
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Related: For posts about the 4-H Therapeutic Riding Prog. of Carroll Co. on “Soundtrack.”
Stacy Westfall’s 2006 Championship Run
Added: March 17, 2008
Hat Tip: Mrs. Owl
Anyone who has spent anytime around horses – this video is for you. Ms. Stacy Westfall performs complicated horseback riding and western reining bareback without any bridle – at the 2006 “All American Quarter Horse Congress.”
Simply amazing. Please enjoy.
Stacy Westfall 2006
http://youtube.com/watch?v=a-7v8Ck1crg
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Related: For posts about the 4-H Therapeutic Riding Prog. of Carroll Co. on “Soundtrack.”
“Quintessential
February 11, 2008
Photo by Mrs. Owl
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20080211 “Quintessential
The Tour de France begins this Saturday
July 3rd, 2007
Le Tour dans ta ville - A chacun son Tour
Le Tour de France, en partenariat avec le Ministère de l'éducation nationale, le Ministère des Sports, de la Jeunesse et de la Vie associative et la Fédération Française de Cyclisme, se tourne vers les enfants avec une vaste campagne d'information et d'animation axée sur la découverte du sport cycliste et de son épreuve phare.
http://www.youtube.com/letourdefrance
Running from Saturday July 7th to Sunday July 29th 2007, the 94th Tour de France will be made up of a prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,550 kilometres.
These 20 stages have the following profiles:
11 flat stages
6 mountain stages
1 medium mountain stage
2 individual time-trial stages
Distinctive aspects of the race
3 mountain finishes
2 rest days
117 kilometres of individual time-trials (including the prologue)
21 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed
12 new stop-over towns
Du samedi 7 au dimanche 29 juillet 2007, le 94e Tour de France comprendra un prologue et 20 étapes pour une distance d’environ 3 570 kilomètres.
Ces 20 étapes se décomposent comme suit:
11 étapes de plaine
6 étapes de haute montagne
1 étape accidentée
2 étapes contre-la-montre individuel
Les particularités de l'épreuve
3 arrivée en altitude
2 journées de repos
117 kilomètres contre la montre individuel (prologue inclus)
21 cols de 2e, 1re et hors catégorie seront escaladés
12 villes étapes inédites
Londres,
Welcome by Christian Prudhomme
Directeur du Tour de France
All of us can sense it: in early July, the Tour de France will open up a new chapter in its history. The departure will be unlike anything that has ever been seen before-extraordinary in the literal meaning of the word.
The desire of Mr Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, to welcome the world’s greatest cycling race with all the honors due its rank, his goal of encouraging more people to ride bicycles in his city, and the British capital’s power and prestige will make the 2007 Tour stand out from all those that have preceded it.
London is offering us its heart, most beautiful landmarks and emblematic sights as the set piece for a departure that is already arousing unprecedented excitement. The city won over everybody who took part in our scouting and study trips. The Londoners’ enthusiasm has convinced us that this event must not be missed under any circumstances! From
Nous le ressentons tous : le Tour de
Le désir du maire de Londres, Ken Livingstone, d’accueillir la plus grande course cycliste du monde avec les honneurs dus à son rang, sa volonté de développer la pratique du vélo dans sa ville, ainsi que le prestige et la puissance de la capitale britannique confèrent à la Grande Boucle 2007 une dimension exceptionnelle.
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June 14th, 2007
I’m looking forward to June 19th, 2007 when the Model Ts visit
One of our spring projects has been to get the family’s 1929/1930 Model A out for a drive and get some maintenance accomplished.
As you can see from the picture above – I help my wife take care of work on the car
Anyway – writing for the Westminster Eagle last Wednesday, June 13th, 2007, Kym Byrnes says:
On June 19, the streets of
Vernon Keeler of Keymar is a member of the Blue and Grey Chapter, and expects to be on hand with his family's 1926 Model T Roadster pickup.
According to Keeler, the chapter is based in
For the summer tour, though, Model T owners come from as far as Colorado, Arizona, Maine and Florida, and spend the week, June 17-22, traveling to different locales in Maryland.
On Tuesday, June 19, members will travel to
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… Keeler, who said Model Ts move at about 35 miles per hour…
(Editor’s note: Which seems a bit slow but many folks are unaware that 35 mph was the national speed limit during World War II…)
For more information on the club, visit www.clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/mdbluegrey
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Photo caption: “Fired spiders and gum” from the web site, “Photography by Ewen Bell.” Neat site – check it out.
March 21, 2007
This post is for my wife. Read it quickly before it is prevailed upon me to amend it or take the post down.
Me: spiders gotta live somewhere. I just Zen them. As long as they don’t change the settings on my computer or eat my ice cream – I’m good. Whatever.
My wife: Spiders seem to make my normally unfazed, calm, and sedate wife go from zero to animated in a nanosecond. I know of nothing else that bothers my wife (except liberals… fortunately she doesn’t feel the need to squish them… .)
It is somewhat the source of amusement with me. Trust me, my amusement is not shared by my wife, and I have long since learned to adjust my approach. [Soccer Dad doesn’t wear paisley (My goodness that was an ugly tie.) - - I take spiders seriously – when they are the source of my wife’s undivided attention…]
Me to wife: Wife, I just saw on Nancy Grace that Anna Nicole Smith is still dead and the world is going to come to an end. Could ya please help me grab my computer before we go to the bomb shelter?
Wife: I don’t care - - There’s a spider in the house! Get it.
Over the years we have come to a sorta agreement. Found spiders in the house are not to be killed. They are to be invited to go outside… This seems to work as long as the spider is cooperative.
For the safety of spiders, I have posted a sign at the back door that our house is not safe for spiders. It seems to have worked.
Sooo, it was with some amusement that I saw that “Spiders Love to Snuggle.”
Perhaps Jeremy Bruno up at Voltage Gate (Besides, Mr. Bruno has not one article about spiders on his blog. What gives”) may have to interpret some of this for us, but according to Jeanna Bryner LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Wed Mar 21, 8:45 AM ET :
While not usually considered paragons of tender, familial love, some spiders do have a touchy-feely side. Scientists have discovered two arachnids that caress their young and snuggle together.
Social behavior is extremely rare in arachnids, a group of critters typically defined by their aggression, clever hunting methods and even predatory cannibalism.
"This was the best example I had ever seen of friendly behavior in an arachnid," said lead study author Linda Rayor, a
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For (Phrynus) marginemaculatus, the stroking was mutual, with the three-week-olds also whip-caressing their moms and one another.
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Video: Spiders' Psychedelic Courtship Dance
Original Story: Creepy: Spiders Love to Snuggle
Since this is a family blog – we may wanna have Attila pick up the story here and here… . He goes places I can’t.
Read the rest of the article here: “Spiders Love to Snuggle.”
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Mar 19, 2007
by Kelsey Volkmann, The Examiner
Photo credit: (Kristine Buls/Baltimore Examiner) Nicky Berego, 13, of Namibia, Africa, rides Bucky next to volunteer Caroline Babylon at Petticoat’s Advance, a farm in Hampstead in Carroll County. Nicky is part of a group of orphans touring Md.
Bel Air,
Maryland, after all, is far away from the girls’ home in Namibia, Africa the Children of Mount Zion Village, an orphanage established by Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Bel Air and still operating thanks to donations and volunteers from churches throughout the state.
“It’s a lot for them to take in,” said Sarah Dorrance, a seminary student and missionary advocate at
But the girls appeared at ease recently while riding horses at Petticoat’s Advance, a farm in Hampstead in
Mary Shunk, an instructor with the 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County, praised the teenagers for their riding skills.
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Dorrance volunteered at the orphanage last summer and plans to go back in July.
In
kvolkmann@baltimoreexaminer.com
Read the entire article here: African orphans make special visit
Mar 19, 2007 3:00 AM
by Kelsey Volkmann , The Examiner
Bel Air,
Maryland, after all, is far away from the girls’ home in Namibia, Africa the Children of Mount Zion Village, an orphanage established by Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Bel Air and still operating thanks to donations and volunteers from churches throughout the state.
“It’s a lot for them to take in,” said Sarah Dorrance, a seminary student and missionary advocate at
Read the rest of the article here.
Disclosure: I volunteer with the 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County and I kinda know the volunteer whose image appears in the photograph…
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I never drink coffee at lunch
(Well, make that I hardly ever drink coffee at lunch – I’d hate to spoil my afternoon nap…)
February 22, 2007
Whatever.
My suggestion for a caption is:
"I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.”
If I understood it correctly, “Answers.com” attributes this quote to former President Ronal Reagan. If he didn’t say – he should’ve - - or I would’ve said it…
The picture above was e-mailed to me by Mrs. Owl. I don’t know who owns the picture – but I sure wish I had taken it.
Meanwhile, if you have another idea for a caption. Let us hear from you. And remember this is a “No Foul Language” web site.
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