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  • General News Thursday, May 8, 2008 @ 7:58AMElise Dietz, the new market manager for the Clarion Farmers Market, meets with Bill Young of Young’s Farm and Greenhouse. Bill and his wife Pat have been vendors at the Clarion market for nearly 10 years selling vegetables and perennials.
  • FAITH MATTERS Thursday, May 8, 2008 @ 1:33AM Thrift Shop
  • Boy Scout Jambo at Kutztown U. Thursday, May 8, 2008 @ 12:24AMKUTZTOWN, Pa. | Kutztown University, in collaboration with the Boy Scouts of America and Minsi Trails Council, will host Jambo 2008 from May 16 to 18.
  • Street-luge and race for McPolin Elementary School Wednesday, May 7, 2008 @ 3:32PMPark City fathers have the need for speed and this Saturday, they will get it along with beer and live music.
  • Santa Clara Valley Hospice annual Homes & Art Tour Sunday Tuesday, May 6, 2008 @ 7:47PMMagnificent domiciles, gorgeous gardens, unique collections, creative art studios, abundant fine art and the opportunity to purchase plants for spring planting are being presented by the Santa Clara Valley Hospice/Home Support Group at its 25th Annual Homes & Art of Santa Paula Tour. The Tour will be held Sunday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Campus Notes 5/6 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 @ 3:03AM BYU
  • FAITH MATTERS Tuesday, May 6, 2008 @ 12:48AM Prayer Breakfast
  • St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rockwood Monday, May 5, 2008 @ 7:31AMSt. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rockwood, will worship at 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Fellowship begins at 9 a.m. with Sunday school at 10:45 a.m. Shade Creek-Ridge COB The Rev. Roger Forry will be the guest minister for the month of May at the Shade Creek-Ridge Church of the Brethren.
  • Church hosts Pinewood Derby and Scout Show Sunday, May 4, 2008 @ 5:05AM About 250 Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts from around Iredell County gathered Saturday at the Broad Street Methodist Church for the annual running of the Pinewood Derby and Scout Show. “It’s fun. It’s exciting. It’s competition and it’s a way for us to showcase to the community what scouts learn and what we do,” said Charlie Foxx, district executive of the Gem Stone District, which ...
  • FAITH MATTERS Sunday, May 4, 2008 @ 12:48AM SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS
  • Ready, aim, fire! ... three summer shooting camps planned for summer Saturday, May 3, 2008 @ 12:05AMThree shooting camps, one for youths and two for adults, are planned this summer at Camp Tonkawa, next to Lake Abilene State Park on FM 89.
  • Pine Wood Derby Winners Friday, May 2, 2008 @ 12:19PMPicutred are the Dodge City Cub Scout pack 162 pinewood derby winners from the recent competition.
  • Groton Cub Scouts recruiting boys in grades one to five Friday, May 2, 2008 @ 8:49AMBoys! Do you like to hike? Go camping? Build and race model cars? Build and fly model rockets? Are you a Tiger?
  • 10:15 a.m.: Scouts hold Leadership Breakfast Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 10:48AMANDERSON — On his desk, encased in glass, Kris Ockomon still keeps the model car he used to win the Pinewood Derby. His experience as a scout continues to guide Ockomon as mayor of Anderson.
  • Randolph Howell Cub Scouts participate in Pinewood Derby Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 1:34AMRandolph Howell Cub Scouts Pack 114 participated in the Pinewood Derby March 16. Winners in Webelos Design are: Jacob Sacks, first place; Logan Ardry, second; and Austin Ming, third.
  • Ford designer helps Boy Scouts and the Rouge River Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 1:27AMSeveral species of fish find the Rouge River a cleaner place to live, thanks in part to Dave Oakley. Oakley, a product designer for Ford Motor Co., spends hours helping clean up the environment, including the once-toxic Rouge River.
  • Photos: Juneau Scout-O-Rama calls for Army backup Wednesday, April 30, 2008 @ 6:08PMThe Juneau Cub Scout packs and Boy Scout troops opened their Scout-O-Rama event April 26 with the landing of an Army National Guard Jayhawk helicopter at the Nugget Mall. Youths in attendance were given a first-class tour of the chopper and other service vehicles.
  • Ellyce Field: Fun family picks for the week Wednesday, April 30, 2008 @ 10:10AMThis week, Wild Swan Theater concludes its season of children's plays with a new adaptation of "Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island." Saturday, the place to be for Cub Scouts is Detroit Public TV for a day of cars and fun. For toddlers, it's downtown Birmingham for the annual Petting Animals Day.
  • FAITH MATTERS Tuesday, April 29, 2008 @ 12:48AM Confirmation Mass
  • By JANICE R. KIASKI, Staff writer Monday, April 28, 2008 @ 3:05PMMy newsroom mother, Marian Houser, tells me that 50 is the new 38. So I guess that puts me in my late 30s, not necessarily at the half century mark I reached last week.
  • Photo: A day at the races Sunday, April 27, 2008 @ 4:52AMClayton Gilbert, 6, left, Helaina Willis, 8, Athena Zellhuber, 8, and Emma Rice, 5, watch the pinewood Derby race Saturday during the Scout-O-Rama event at the Nugget Mall.
  • Boy Scouts show off skills Sunday, April 27, 2008 @ 2:07AMMore than 2,000 people attended the Boy Scouts of America Expo on Saturday at Cohen Stadium, including about 500 Boy Scouts and Scout leaders.
  • Daybook Saturday, April 26, 2008 @ 4:37AMDemocrat breakfast with the Transylvania County Democrat Men's Club is from 6 to 10 a.m. at the Pisgah Fish Camp. Cost 10, children under 10 eat free.
  • Pinewood Derby suit is on the track Saturday, April 26, 2008 @ 1:17AMWhen his kids were young, Steven Monk of Forest City, Iowa, could build a pretty mean Pinewood Derby racer.
  • New face working with 4-H participants in Jones County Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 11:11PMA new face is helping Jones County 4-H'ers with projects and programs. New to Jones County, that is.
  • Weekend schedule of events Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 7:38PM11th Annual Foothills Merry-Go-Round Festival Saturday at Shelby City Park - 8 a.m., Battleground District Cub Scouts start with the Pinewood Derby in City Park gymnasium and are planning campfire building and cooking demonstrations.
  • It’s spring and there’s plenty to do Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 3:53PMWhat would we do without spring and its annual promise of renewal, rejuvenation and fresh starts? Well, we'd probably stay indoors ruminating on the worries that dogged us through the bleak winter months.
  • Around Town Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 10:23AMToday, April 25
  • '08 Scout Show to be held in Fletcher Park Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 4:39AMFLETCHER The 2008 Scout Show will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Fletcher Park. There will be all types of troop displays, the district Pinewood Derby, and Sheriff's Department displays. Activities include a climbing wall, cooking demonstration, flag retirement ceremony at 2 p.m., and Henderson County K 9 Unit, SWAT and Bomb squad.
  • Foul forecast coincides with busy weekend Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 12:22AMWhat's a little rain when you're a rubber duck? At least that's the attitude of the folks planning the Shorkey Center Rubber Ducky Derby on Saturday.
  • Shelby mayor hands out awards Thursday, April 24, 2008 @ 9:38PMSHELBY - Shelby's mayor and city council bestowed five awards but perhaps countless honors Thursday night with the 11th annual Foothills Merry-Go-Round Festival Honors Awards.
  • Cub Scout Pack 712 carries on tradition of Pinewood Derby Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 8:21PMBranchville Family Life Center opened its doors last month to Cub Scout Pack 712 to hold its annual version of the “Grand Prix” races.
  • Seal Beach Car Show Filled With Classics Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 6:21PMMore than 500 cars will be on display in Old Towne at the 21st Annual Seal Beach Car Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Saturday, April 26. Hosted by the Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce, the event will showcase hot rods, classics, custom cars and racecars.
  • Fairview Scouts race cars, win awards Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 12:24AMCHICOPEE - Fairview Knights of Columbus Cub Scout Pack 4044 staged its annual Pinewood Derby on March 18 in the Knights' meeting hall. Under the supervision of Cubmaster Cherilyn Harrison and Assistant Cubmaster Darlene Desroches, 22 boys participated, with relatives and friends attending.
  • Scouts gather for Scout-a-Rama Monday, April 21, 2008 @ 11:45PMWOONSOCKET — Two Miller brothers, Carter and Jared Kindle, finished first and second in the Pinewood Derby race held Saturday during the Pheasant Council Scout-a-Rama in the Woonsocket National Guard Armory.
  • Eastfield Mall hosts Cub Scout Pinewood Derby District Finals Monday, April 21, 2008 @ 12:27PMSPRINGFIELD Harry Potter flew down the track on his broom racer. A sleek shark-style car sped neck and neck with a competitor painted like the General Lee from the "Dukes of Hazzard."
  • FAITH MATTERS Sunday, April 20, 2008 @ 12:48AM SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS
  • Firms, Scouts roll off in Corporate Pinewood Derby Saturday, April 19, 2008 @ 11:47PMIn the end, the winning car wasn’t even made of wood.
  • Scout-made cars race in Pinewood Derby Saturday, April 19, 2008 @ 11:12PMLocal Cub Scouts competed on Saturday in a race that is about more than whose car crosses the finish line first.
  • Start your derby cars! Saturday, April 19, 2008 @ 12:11PMThis story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press Saturday, April 19, 2008. There's something about boys and cars - the two are inseparable. It's no wonder then, that each year boys across America participate in highly anticipated Boy Scouts of America Pinewood Derby contests.
  • AP Kansas: Saturday, April 19, 2008 @ 8:49AMnBook signing by Norma Linenberger, author of "The Final Floor." 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m., IHOP Restaurant, 535 W. Diamond. n Grand Avenue United Methodist Church annual rummage and bake sale. 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Eighth and West Grand. 823-6272.
  • Community Calendar Saturday, April 19, 2008 @ 4:38AMGovernmentHendersonville Planning Board will meet at 4 p.m. on Monday at the Operations Center, 305 Williams St.
  • Boys compete in district race Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 10:49PMOn Saturday, April 12 Jonny Doray, Noah Peaslee, Ben Masten, Tyler Peaslee and Brian McGrath from Wiscasset's Cub Scout Pack 201 participated in the District Pinewood Derby race held at Warren Middle School in Warren.
  • Around the Valley Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 3:18PMPlenty to do in the Gallatin Valley over the weekend
  • Saturday activities to benefit longtime Scouting volunteer Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 1:30PMA benefit is being held Saturday for a longtime Scouting volunteer battling stomach cancer.
  • 'Edu-tainment' key to Hay House Family Day Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 3:16AMIn what is being billed as a "free family event" - emphasis on the "free" - the folks at Macon's Hay House hope their Hay Day gathering will attract families with children who might never have visited the grand hillside mansion.
  • Local news in brief Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 1:14AMDodge ball teams must register today Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority will host a Dodge 4 Diabetes tournament on Saturday, April 26, at Romney Gym, Montana State University campus. The event will begin at 11:30 a.m.
  • Pinewood memories made at St. Brendan's Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 9:55AMRIVERSIDE — After more than 130 races, the champion of the 2008 Pokanoket District cub scout pinewood derby was crowned on Saturday at St. Brendan's School around 2:30 p.m.
  • Pop Culture meets Ancient Folk Art at Hospice Homes & Art Tour Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @ 7:59PMEveryone has something they collect, from porcelain dolls to Dodger ticket stubs, from rare coins to antique photographs. For Santa Paula Police Lieutenant Carlos Juarez it’s vintage lunchboxes; his wife Heidi collects - and creates - delicate Ukrainian painted eggs.
  • From country to gospel to comedy Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @ 2:54PMThis year's talent at the Foothills Merry-Go-Round Festival isn't just local - it's homegrown.