Adam Hardie and Lisa Patrican arrived at Dan and Eve Brown's dock on the Eastern shore. "I'm going to need a nap today!" exclaimed an exuberant Mr. Hardie. They reported that the water was calm, and they didn't think they were affected by the current.

The 2005 National Boy Scout JamboreeThe drive was a long one, about 9 hours. The countryside was beautiful. But I had arrived, at Fort A.P. Hill, in Caroline County, Virginia. I had arrived at the place where the National Boy Scout Jamboree was being held. It was Friday July 22, 2005 and it was about 3 PM and it was HOT! I waited in line with a large group of Scouting volunteers who came to help make the Jamboree an event that would be long remembered.

Susan Rosenkoetter reminds everyone that the Lansing Library summer reading program ending celebration will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 20 in the new Town Hall.  The entertainment will feature Tom Knight Puppets.

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In Parts 1 and 2 of our interview with Lansing Athletic Director Ed Redmond he discussed the athletics program, the philosophy behind it, and how the program fits within the district and the community at large.

In this final installment he talks about the school's sports facilities, his family and coaching.

Pyramid Mall Bike PatrolBrian Gladu, Director of Security for the Pyramid Mall, is excited about the bike patrol program. He instituted the program this summer to increase his peoples' visibility and effectiveness in the areas outside the mall. He sent two of the mall's nine security officers, Lieutenant Josh Aumick, who is head of the bike patrol, and Patrol Officer Pete Wright, to the Ithaca College Police Mountain Bike Training School, an extensive training course. Josh Aumick, who is a licensed EMT, was very excited about the program. He recruited Mr. Wright to take the course with him, and oversees the program.

Rt. 90 Yard SaleFor the 18th time hoards of people flocked to the annual NYS Route 90 50 Mile Long Yard Sale. The brainchild of bed & breakfast owner Barb Noden and book store owner Connie Tallcot, both of Union Springs, the sale stretches from Montezuma to Homer. Shoppers were out in large numbers, according to merchants along the route. Many seemed surprised at the traffic on Friday, since the sale is officially on Saturday and Sunday.

Donald and Marjorie Sharpsteen have had a booth in King Ferry for four years. Mr. Sharpsteen started simply selling his jade trees from his pickup truck, but it went so well that they invested in a tent and began selling dishware, old vinyl records, and dishware, among many other things. "We've had people from up and down Route 90 all day," said Mrs. Sharpsteen, who noted they couldn't get set up fast enough on Friday with all the shoppers that came. The Sharpsteens were also selling jade trees as well as luscious looking fresh beets.

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Dear IMO,

My husband and I love to mulch our gardens.  Every spring we get one large truckload of the shredded variety and spread it about 3 inches thick in our beds and around the trees.  I prefer the dark brown color since it gives the property a finished look.  It costs more than the "plain variety" but I think it's worthy every cent.

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By Saber S. Poder

 

STRAIGHT-LACED:  Mrs. Shirley Markem Lowe, of the D.B. Wesson High School English Department here in Underbelly, Texas, tells me I shouldn't use the error as my title.  "That's what they'll remember, young lady."  As with straitjacket, many dictionaries allow misspellings of strait-laced.  But strait means narrow and restricted, or such a water passage, as in the Straits of Magellan. Straitened circumstances is a circumlocution for having severely restricted finances.  So strait-laced is not only correct, it makes more sense: strict; morally hidebound.

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