Deer Creek Elementary School fifth-grade students were immersed in science recently at Camp Classen in Davis. From May 12-16, students learned about science throughout the camp. On hikes, the students learned about ecology, erosion, fossils to fuel, and rock, water and nitrogen cycles. Students discussed layers of the forest, decomposition, and plant and animal life, according to a news release …
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Coleen’s secret wedding weapon to banish the bingo wings and saggy bottom (Daily Mail)
Coleen McLoughlin would be the first to admit that, while she used to spend a great deal of time in a tracksuit, it was rarely for an activity more strenuous than running up the balance on her credit cards.
Today Church production (Hollister Free Lance)
The Drama Department of First Presbyterian Church Hollister is presenting “Bingo Spells Murder,” a mystery dinner theater tonight at 6 p.m. and Sunday at noon at 2066 San Benito St. Reserved tickets are on sale at the church office, or call 637-4350.
Residents grapple with gas prices (Granite City Press-Record)
It’s the pinch at the pump, and almost everybody with an engine is feeling it.
Inman: Getting The Best Of America On Horseback (Leesburg Today)
By the time Bill Inman and his wife Brenda get home they will have traveled many thousands of miles on a journey from the Oregon to Washington, DC, on horseback that took them eight-and-a-half months to arrive in time for the Memorial Day Parade.
Georgia Idyll (With Scaffolding) (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
Sea Island, an 80-year-old resort on the Georgia coast, has undergone a five-year renovation. With new swimming pools, riding stables and special events for kids, it’s now an ideal — if pricey — family destination.
Children invited to participate in Haven of Hope Equine Ministry (The Star Press)
Haven of Hope Equine Ministry will take place on Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Forrest Farm, 11900 N. County Road 100-W., Muncie. The event is free and open to all children in grades 1-12. The children will participate in horseback riding, lawn games and cookout.
BLM manages many remote, pristine recreation lands no other agencies wanted (The Sacramento Bee)
If you’re looking for new recreational options this summer, the Bureau of Land Management has opportunities on the public land it shepherds. Like what? Well, hiking, river rafting, fishing, camping, mountain biking, horseback riding, geocaching. Come winter, you can throw in snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
Riding High Farm to hold fundraising fest June 8 (Examiner)
Riding High Farm, a nonprofit that provides adaptive recreational and therapeutic horseback riding for special needs children and adults, is holding its annual friends and family festival from noon to 4 p.m. June 8 at the Riding High Farm, 145 Route 526, Allentown.
Benbrook girl, 9, dies after horse bolts, drags her (Dallas Morning News)
Nine-year-old Juliette Brown and her father were no strangers to horseback riding. Her father, Shane Brown, owned horses, including one that Juliette was on Saturday night when they went riding through Dutch Branch Park off State Highway 377 and Winscott Road in Benbrook.