| Wardle’s bicycle shop closes after 74 years
With $300 in savings, Bob and Lois Wardle changed the lives of hundreds of children. Since 1933, parents have been taking their kids to Wardle's Bike Shop and many children's eyes were brightened on Christmas morning by the sight of a Schwinn bicycle from the store under the tree. Wardle's bicycle shop closes after 74 years By Carol Ann Gregg Allied News With $300 in savings, Bob and Lois Wardle changed the lives of hundreds of children. Since 1933, parents have been taking their kids to Wardle's Bike Shop and many children's eyes were brightened on Christmas morning by the sight of a Schwinn bicycle from the store under the tree. "I never realized that everyone came here," Gay Griffin said of her family's shop on South Center Street in Grove City. For several weeks she has heard all the stories about what her father's bike shop and her mom's toys meant to local people.
Tour of California notebook: Riders hit Sausalito early for ...
All that was missing at the Tour of California team presentation and gala in Sausalito on Friday was an "Entertainment Tonight" crew to interview the stars and Joan Rivers to critique what they were wearing. The 136 riders from 17 professional cycling teams were given the Hollywood-like red-carpet treatment, literally, when they arrived for the gala beneath a giant tent erected off Spinnaker Drive. After competing in a prologue in Palo Alto on Sunday, the world-class cyclists will kick off on Monday morning in downtown Sausalito to begin the first stage of the seven-stage, 650-mile race. The Friday night "black tie and spandex" gala included a hanging bicycle museum above the crowd. It featured a bicycle built for five, an English Ordinary and a 1941 Schwinn Excelsior used in the first series of mountain bike races in Marin.
February 2007
Police say those items were subsequently inventoried at the police station and inside of the pocketbook Ptl. Daniels found a small quantity of packaged Cocaine, Marijuana and several prescription pills. In addition to the A&B charge the suspect 47-year old Gina M Champ of West Dennis was also charged with Possession of a Class B Controlled Substance-Cocaine, Possession of a Class B Controlled Substance-Percocet, Possession of a Class D Controlled Substance-Marijuana and Possession of a Class E Controlled Substance-Klonopin. Ms. Champ was later bailed on personal recognizance and was due to be arraigned in Orleans District Court on Wednesday. Two arrested for burglary, third for assaulting officer in DennisDENNIS - Dennis Police arrest two people for alleged burglary and a third person for allegedly assaulting an officer. Police say approximately 6:30 PM on Tuesday evening they responded to a 9-1-1 call regarding a disturbance at 28 Maple Terrace.
HOW NANTICOKE GENERATES POWER
NANTICOKE, Ont.–How power is generated hasn't changed much since Thomas Edison invented the coal-fired electricity plant more than a century ago. "We release the heat from coal to boil water to spin a turbine to generate electricity," says Nanticoke plant manager Frank Chiarotto, who's spent his entire 33-year career tinkering in coal plants. But understanding the concept and seeing it in action are two different things. (View a .pdf graphic of the fossil plant process.) This cold morning, a 200-metre-long ship arrives at Nanticoke, weighed down with a "small" 30,000-tonne cargo of coal that will take eight hours to unload. A "large" shipment is double that. During peak season, when the weather is hot and air conditioners across southern Ontario are humming, Nanticoke sucks back one shipment a day.
Marvel puts old comics online
Comics will be proffered online Nov. 13, viewed through a web browser. They will not be downloadable. Marvel is hoping fans will get hooked and be willing to shell out $9.99 US a month, or $4.99 US a month with an annual membership, for the privilege of viewing old issues online. About 2,500 issues will be available at first with 20 more released each week. Fans will be treated to the first 100 issues of Stan Lee's 1963 Amazing Spider-Man series and other titles such as House of M and Young Avengers. The move comes after Marvel's two competitors began showcasing their products online. Dark Horse comics puts monthly anthologies for free viewing on its MySpace site. DC Comics offers weekly peeks at the first few pages of upcoming issues.
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