Froeliche Weihnachten Dec 4, 2008
Those visiting the Christmas Tree Forest will have the chance to purchase tokens for 1 each to vote for their favorite tree. Local charities that will be benefitting from the Christmas Tree Forest include the Gillespie County Child Protective Services, Windcrest Nursing Home, PAWS, the Boys and Girls Club of the Texas Hill Country, SPCA, The Good Samaritan Center, Stonewall Head Start, St. Mary s School, Meals on Wheels and the Golden Hub. (Fredericksburg Standard Radio Post, TX)
Ambling along Route 20: Author Mac Nelson's 20 West: The Great Road across America follows the highway from coast to coast Jul 22, 2008
Other tokens of western-ness: signs that include elevation above sea level as well as population; working windmills; 75-mph speed limits. To which let me add, decreasing availability of tea as you move westward: On my last cross-country trip, by mid-Iowa I had to ask for it; by northern Wyoming (on a 42-below morning) the request was greeted with open suspicion. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
VARIETY: Entertainment Briefs Apr 10, 2008
There will be 30 tables of coins, stamps, currency, gold, silver, tokens, sports cards and collectibles. Free appraisals will be offered. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Back to the Chief - Old Sleepy Eye Collectors Club to meet here Aug. 1-2 Mar 25, 2008
The club, which now numbers over 500 members across the nation, began when fanatical pottery collectors began selling and swapping antique pottery tokens handed out in bags of flour from the old Sleepy Eye mill over a hundred years ago. Yet for years, the club's focus has been more on the ceramic tokens than on the town responsible for them. (Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch, MN)
All the Best Mar 6, 2008
The Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street: Miwa Yanagi: Deutsche Bank Collection, through May 4; Where Clouds Disperse: Ink Paintings by Suh Se-ok, through April 20; Making the Unfamiliar Familiar: A Program for High School Students, through June 29; Passionate Vision: Celebrating the Life and Photographic Work of Beaumont Newhall, through May 4; Nan Goldin: Stories Retold, through March 30; Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection, through March 2.... (Woodlands Villager, TX)
Collecting Magic Tokens Feb 9, 2008
These tokens were made of copper, silver, brass, bronze, nickel, base metal, wood, and later, plastic ... These tokens are affordable and easy to find if you know where to look ... Magic Company Tokens. (Suite101.com)
As Suharto clings to life, Indonesians draw mystical connections Jan 26, 2008
All six presidents of Indonesia - each a devout Muslim - paid respects to the spirit world, visiting sites said to hold mystical power, consulting with seers or collecting tokens of magic like the Indonesian dagger called a kris. Suharto stands out among them for his devotion. (International Herald Tribune)
Those Were the Days, Mill Avenue fixture, closing Jan 25, 2008
An avid historian, researcher and author of antiques books, most the items represent decades of research, while others are tokens from a historical timeline: a book entitled Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's, a water bottle with a logo for the new Mosaic condominiums, and awards and plaques honoring Linoff's community service. By the time they close, the Linoffs would have moved thousands of pounds of books, a large wooden rolltop desk and other bulky items down the creaky narrow staircase. (AZCentral -- Business)
EBT card cuts cost of food in new areas Jan 25, 2008
Families can use EBT cards, the modern debit-card version of food stamps, to buy $1 tokens redeemable for produce at the flea markets. Unused tokens can be returned and credited back to EBT cards. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Farmers markets in Merced take food stamps Jan 21, 2008
Now families can use their EBT cards, the modern debit-card version of food stamps, to buy $1 tokens redeemable for produce at the flea markets. Unused tokens can be returned and credited back to EBT cards. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Tree treasures Dec 23, 2007
The tree holds souvenirs from trips to Missouri, Ireland and Pennsylvania, as well as child-made crafts tokens of Loranger s long career as a teacher. From the lowest branches hang shiny globes, including one on which a ballerina is painted. (Montana Standard, MT)
In online worlds, the thought and the gift are social currency Nov 24, 2007
"Now you can do that on Facebook and collect cards and tokens of appreciation.". Certainly, some virtual goods are worth more than others. (San Francisco Chronicle)
TEMPO: Holly Ball: Holiday ribbons to flutter at symphonys big event Nov 10, 2007
Purchasers wear the beribboned tokens around their necks like royally bestowed accolades until the time for the winner is announced. Our grand prize, informs McCreery, is a particularly attractive U.S. Mint 50 gold Buffalo coin. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Bulletin board: Nov. 1, 2007 Nov 2, 2007
Coins, stamps, currency, jewelry, ball cards, coal company scrip and tokens can be bought or sold. Lakewood Volunteer Fire Department will sponsor a photo shoot fundraiser from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Lakewood Fire Station. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Community : Yesterday, today and tomorrow Oct 4, 2007
He bought a collection a while back of bar tokens and in it were several names of towns he had never heard of ... He is looking for tokens from the Melody Mill bar right now ... If by chance any of you have one of those tokens, let me know. (Forest Republican, WI)
Discovering Provo's Center Street Oct 4, 2007
America Welcomes the World has a massive collection of flags, stickers and other interesting tokens. (801) 356-2727. (The Daily Universe, UT)
South Bulletin Board Sep 6, 2007
Participants can come and touch a trolley gong, control handles, trolley poles, tokens and wires. Registration is required. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
More than amused Local man remembers Rocky Glen Amusement Park with exhibit at Lackawanna Historical Society Aug 31, 2007
" Childhood memoriesIn all, there's about 50 pieces in the exhibit, dating from the early part of the 20th century to the park's twilight years. There's postcards from the 1920s, and a book of postcard reproductions from the late 19th and early 20th century featuring people dressed in period garb enjoying an afternoon picnic in the park's bucolic lakeside setting, when it was a stop on the old Laurel Line. Park brochures and programs from the 50s and 60s share space with T-shirts from the... (Scranton Times, PA)
The Ultimate List: Multi-Boot Games Aug 18, 2007
In this Fight mode, Shrek, Donkey, Princess Fiona, and Lord Farquaad leap around a side-scrolling map trying to collect more tokens than the other players. There's only one map in multi-boot mode. (IGN Game Boy)
Opposites In Life, Men Will Share Period Of Mourning Aug 17, 2007
" Harrison was not wearing a bullet-resistant vest at the time, officials said. Phillips died shortly afterward in his home after firing more than 10 shots at deputies. Two snipers needed just one shot each to kill him. He was hit in the chest. Message Of Sympathy The gunman's house at 1707 Village Court was quiet Thursday morning, a contrast to the noisy nuisance his neighbors described of his loud car stereo and occasional bursts of gunfire in the back yard. "Michael's entire family would like... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Civil War images haunting Jul 14, 2007
Vaughan is interested in the images not just as artifacts and works of art, but as tokens of forgotten lives. He tries to identify the faces in the photos and fills binders with information about them, as if he were a genealogist tracking down blood kin. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Jun 27, 2007
Release date: Out Now. Sometimes, you really just have to say a quiet prayer of non-denominational thanks to the Powers That Be, whoever he/she/it/they may be. (Xbox World Australia)
Glitzy graduation gifts? May 27, 2007
Taxi tokens in their city (for safe nights out with friends)Movie tickets (not just for the Lodi Complex if they won't be staying near home. Think United Artist, Regal Cinemas, Century Theaters)Home furnishing stores: Ikea, Linens 'n' Things, Target or PierGroceries are a must: Find out what their favorite grocery store is and what's nearby. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Hollywood banks on toy sales Apr 27, 2007
No game board, tokens or dice are needed to play this DVD game. Pop it into a DVD player, and two or more players go web-to-web in a battle of "Spider-Man" movie trivia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The cult of Cornell Apr 22, 2007
Whatever else can be said for his enduring cultural significance, the entrancing little boxes he often conceived of as tokens of sublime affection and devotion are best thought of as holy relics, the ragtag material world redeemed. David Barber is the poetry editor of The Atlantic. (Boston Globe)
The Royal Canadian Mint's newest collector coins include Canada's first square-holed coin, new issues of popular gold and silver series, and more Apr 4, 2007
When Chinese immigrants first came to Canada in the 19th Century, square-holed coins continued to be used as trade tokens as tight-knit Chinese communities were established across Canada. With a unique $8 denomination, this 99. (Canada Newswire)
Forensic team prepares to exhume Houdini's body to determine whether he was poisoned Mar 24, 2007
Along with the combination was a yellowed newspaper clipping, believed to be from the 1930s; an anonymously written poem; and four wooden tokens from Missouri that apparently were issued during the Great Depression and commemorated contributions to a fund for the needy and unemployed. Police: Man arrested in beheading of Minn. (North County Times)
Yes, I lied about Joyce. Now Ill face the music Mar 4, 2007
William Barrington-Coupe slips a CD into a modest-looking machine and raises his index finger in the air. he says triumphantly after a minute or so. (Times Online)
Thirty Seconds with Marsha Bemko Mar 2, 2007
For instance, years ago I purchased three vintage printer's trays (they are great places to display small miniatures or tokens that you collect over time): one for myself and one for each of my two daughters. I have spent the last 20 years filling them. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Fulton woman's collection a celebration of love Feb 15, 2007
Binger said she started collecting the sentimental tokens of affection more than 300 cards spanning 100 years' worth of Valentine's Days simply because she loves them. like their bright colors I love red and they're a positive thing they're happy, said the retired teacher. (Fulton Sun, MO)
Nasty Jack's Antiques Jan 30, 2007
Smaller items include brothel tokens, pages from old English Bibles, and for 15 each, vintage English bricks. The couple says Internet antique purchasing hasn t hurt their business. (Skagit Business Pulse, WA)
