"President, family to spend weekend vacation in Maine"
"Bar Harbor, Maine abuzz over news of Obamas’ visit
The Down East town of Bar Harbor, Maine, is buzzing over the news that President Obama and the first family this weekend will visit Mount Desert Island, where the picturesque seaside town is located just outside Acadia National Park.
“It is the chatter on all the buses,’’ said Holly Anderson, editor of the weekly Bar Harbor Times. “The big questions are: Where will they stay? Where are they going? And where are they going to eat?’’
Who cares?
The White House is not answering those questions yet. White House spokeswoman Moira Mack yesterday would confirm only that the Obamas will arrive on the island Friday and return to Washington Sunday.
The trip is a family vacation, and no public events are planned....
--more--"Maybe they could have a barbecue:
"2 wildfires rage in southern Nevada" by Associated Press | July 3, 2010
LAS VEGAS — Workers clearing brush sparked a desert wildfire that destroyed 15 buildings in the southern Nevada desert ranching hamlet of Moapa, while an illegal campfire is to blame for a pine forest blaze that forced people to leave their homes on Mount Charleston, authorities said yesterday....
Hillerie Patton, Moapa fire spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Land Management, dramatically cut estimates of the size of the blaze to 100 acres. No serious injuries have been reported in the blazes that started Thursday, although a Nevada prison inmate suffered heat exhaustion Thursday while fighting the Moapa fire.
Patton said a spark from a wood chipper ignited the fire Thursday morning off state Route 168 about 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas....
--more--""Obama stumps for Reid, defends economic policies
LAS VEGAS — President Obama wrapped up a two-day campaign swing yesterday with a full-throated defense of his economic policies and a warm-hearted embrace for the Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, a one-time boxer who is counting on the president to help him fight his way through a tough reelection race....
On Thursday night, Obama delivered a fiery endorsement for Reid at a packed fund-raiser that drew 3,000 people and raised $800,000....
Just doing his job, folks.
--more--"
And what do you do after dinner?
Why, go out, of course!
Nightclub under fire following stabbing
Galluccio wins parole, must undergo testing
And you know how drunks are always full of drinking stories:
The Great "Gooch": A Drunk-Driving Hero
Grounded "Gooch"
My New Year's Eve Party
"Gooch" Going to the Big House
Globe Gives It Up For the Great Gooch
