Arlington resident Carol Patch gave up bicycling and jogging in her late 30s upon protests from her deteriorating knees. Ms. Patch knew knee-replacement surgery might be her only option if the cartilage and bone continued to wear away, so she strapped on a pair of in-line skates and discovered a way to escape surgery.
BLACKSBURG TOWN COUNCIL will hold public hearings on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Roger E. Hedgepeth Chambers of the Blacksburg Municipal Building, 300 South Main Street, Blacksburg, regarding the following items: Ordinance #1615 An Ordinance Amending The Town Code To Establish A New Chapter 15.5, APark Regulations,@ Containing Regulations For The Use Of Town Parks And Recreation Facilities. This will add a new chapter to the Town Code establishing regulations pertaining to park operation, specific prohibitions, vehicles and traffic, parking, bicycles, skateboards/roller-skates/ in-line skates, prohibited uses of parks, use of picnic areas, concessions, dogs and penalties for violation of the regulations.
BLACKSBURG TOWN COUNCIL will hold public hearings on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Roger E. Hedgepeth Chambers of the Blacksburg Municipal Building, 300 South Main Street, Blacksburg, regarding the following items: Ordinance #1615 An Ordinance Amending The Town Code To Establish A New Chapter 15.5, APark Regulations,@ Containing Regulations For The Use Of Town Parks And Recreation Facilities. This will add a new chapter to the Town Code establishing regulations pertaining to park operation, specific prohibitions, vehicles and traffic, parking, bicycles, skateboards/roller-skates/ in-line skates, prohibited uses of parks, use of picnic areas, concessions, dogs and penalties for violation of the regulations.
BANGOR - The Hampden Highlands United Methodist Church Youth Group will hold an "All Christian Music Skate" from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at Great Skates Entertainment Center, 82 Sylvan Road. The event is open to skaters of all ages. The cost is $3.50 per person plus skate rentals of $1.50 regular skates or $3 for in-line skates.
My daughter Tina asked if we wanted to participate in the Manchester Road Race, 4.75 miles long, on Thanksgiving. I said sure, as long as I can ride my bicycle or car. Uh, no, dad. According to the Web site, "For safety and insurance purposes, no wheels of any kind (e.g., in-line skates, baby strollers, bicycles) and no dogs are allowed on the race course. As we talked to Tina on speakerphone, my wife shook her head no, concerned about the flood of people all bursting out at the same time. (I pictured another holiday, when my sister and I would get knocked down during the Easter egg hunt at Fort Hale Park as kids. Some kids carried sacks, we had brown lunch bags.)
Adventure racer spends a week trekking across Sweden Navigating in the dark with only a compass and map, trekking across a glacier, carrying a 90-pound kayak up a mountain, swimming while towing a pair of in-line skates and everything in between.
PARIS -- Paris' Olympic torch relay descended into chaos Monday, with protesters scaling the Eiffel Tower, grabbing for the flame and forcing security officials to repeatedly snuff out the torch and transport it by bus past demonstrators yelling "Free Tibet! The relentless anti-Chinese demonstrations ignited across the capital with unexpected power and ingenuity, foiling 3,000 police officers deployed on motorcycles, in jogging gear and even in-line skates.
Although the majority of toys are safe, toys can become dangerous if misused or if they fall into the hands of children who are too young to play with them. Many toy-related injuries occur when parents overestimate their child's ability to handle a toy designed for an older age group. When a label warns, for instance, that a toy is not appropriate for children under 3, it is not necessarily because the manufacturer thinks a younger child is not smart enough to figure out what to do with the toy, but often because the toy is small (or has small parts) and poses a choking hazard. The Child Safety Protection Act, a federal toy labeling law, requires manufacturers to place warning labels on toys that pose a choking hazard to young children. Avoid toys with small, removable parts. The small ...
...GIFTS THAT GO. Bicycles, scooters, skates and sleds can help a child get around with speed a...
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