Orange County, Ind., offers plenty of outdoors opportunities, from the refinement of French Lick to the openness of Patoka Lake.
Monthly Archives: June 2008
When you’re missing someone, look to your memories (Lowell Sun)
As I watched the coverage of Tim Russert’s memorial service, I thought back to 11 years ago, almost to the day, when another man died. Dan Nicholaou died of a heart attack on June 12, 1997. He was 45 years old.
Park Notes (Lake County News Sun)
Deerfield
Pole position: Nordic walking (Red Bluff Daily News)
FORT WORTH, Texas – When researchers at the Cooper Institute in Dallas found that Nordic walking burns 20 percent more calories than regular power walking, they expected the new sport to take off among fitness enthusiasts eager to take up lightweight trekking poles and turn low-stress walking into a great weight-loss workout.
Paw Prints (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
Females: Lab/pit bull/boxer mix, white, 4 1/2 months; hound mix, tri-colored, 4 years; Lab/beagle mix, black/white, 7 months; Bernese Mountain mix, black/brown, 6 years.
Where the buffalo (and horses and bears) roam (Carroll County Online)
CODY, Wyo.-The sky was a brilliant shade of blue, dotted with stark white clouds. Crisp, fresh air welcomed us as we made our way from the miniscule airport to the rental car.
News CENTRAL/S. ASIA (Aljazeera)
Polls have closed in Mongolia’s parliamentary elections, with results expected to take at least a day to coalate. Mongolians turned out in droves on Sunday, many riding on camel or horseback and some in traditional dress, to vote in the country’s elections.
News Asia-Pacific (Aljazeera)
Mongolian voters have gone to the polls in parliamentary elections viewed widely as a political re-shuffle. Voters, many riding on camel or horseback and some in traditional dress, headed to more than 1,800 polling stations to cast thier votes on Sunday.
Man, 19, Is Charged in Slaying of Md. Officer (Washington Post)
A 19-year-old man who was recently released from jail was charged with first-degree murder yesterday in the slaying of a Prince George’s County police officer.
Smokey Point office commutes on horseback (Everett Herald)
ARLINGTON — Kari Alskog kept teasing her boss by threatening to ride her horse to work at his Smokey Point dental office. As the price of fuel climbed, the conversation in the office grew to include the idea that everybody on the staff should ride horses to work.