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May 24, 2004
Quotes
I updated Paya's quotes with one I just received from her Spanish 4 class. I also came across a nice page of quotes from Ralph Noble, a professor at RPI, that is a very nice supplement to the few I have on my page. They can be found here.
While updating the quotes page, I found an old newspaper article that I saved on my computer. It continues below.
From the Bangor Daily News, Saturday/Sunday July 27-28, 2002, A1
Bay State senior center clamps down on unruly bingo players
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STOUGHTON, Mass. –
Senior citizens unhappy with new rules on weekly bingo games are getting out of control, the town’s council-on-aging director says.
A police officer was stationed at the town’s senior center for last Tuesday’s game after director Christine Quinn told Stoughton selectmen that the situation is “potentially unsafe.”
Quinn said she’s been poked and pushed twice by seniors who are angry with the new regulations that prohibit seat saving, moving furniture and aggressive behavior.
Before the new regulations, seniors would claim tables at 8:30 a.m. for the 1 p.m. game, and many would rush the dining room at 11:30 a.m. while others were eating, Quinn said.
“The crowd was so unruly, I couldn’t even control them,” Quinn told the Patriot-Ledger of Quincy. “I was trying to control a group of 90 irate elders.”
New rules announced this month restricted entry before 12:30 p.m. and the number of players would be limited to 75. Seniors also must show identification to keep nonresidents from taking up seats.
Players were angry.
“Bingo is a very social thing,” Florence Stearns told the newspaper. “People come early. They like to sit in the same seats. They like to sit with the same people.”
Quinn wrote to the Board of Selectmen, calling the scene “potentially unsafe” and saying the crowd has become “increasingly unmanageable and intimidating.” She said she was poked and pushed at two games this month in protest of the rules, but did not see which players did it.
Quinn requested the police officer for last week’s game. There were no incidents.
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May 20, 2004
Holy Link, Batman!
Apparently the dynamic duo was discovered fighting crime in Whitley England.
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Transfer complete
I finished copying all of the news from my old site into the new one. With any luck I'll get around to integrating the old site into this one within the next few weeks.
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May 05, 2004
What in the world?
If you came here looking for my quotes or any of the other tidbits from my old site, it's is still available for perusal here. Gone are the days of Tripod and the lovely popups, for now I'm using an actual host.
I decided to finally get back to work on my site, and after a few thoughts, I decided the best way to set this up would be through Movable Type. With only a browser or an application such as this, I can toss together an update.
I'm planning on posting all of my old entries to my main page on this site, which should make it much easier for everyone to go through my archives. I still have to go through and change all of my other old pages to go with this new scheme, so with any luck these should be up in the coming weeks.
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