Category Archive: bugle

Feb 18

Tatters must pay £1,000 over noisy bugle music

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Two scrap metal merchants have been ordered to pay £1,000 each for blaring out bugle music from their vans in Staffordshire after a court heard they disturbed shift workers. The pair were convicted in separate cases of operating a loudspeaker to advertise for business in Stafford, even though one claimed he was actually playing a …

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Feb 18

Honor Guard pays tribute to veterans

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my grandfather, Jack Harvey Garrison Sr., died Jan. 10, at the age of 92. A proud World War II veteran who served his country from 1939 to 1945, my “Pawpaw” instilled a love of travel in me with his tall tales of seeing North Africa, India, Burma, China, Sicily and Italy as an airplane mechanic …

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Feb 13

2008 Cedar Cliff graduate has honor of playing trumpet at Joe Paterno memorial

Grief was at a climax when Jay Paterno left the stage at the memorial for his father, Joe Paterno. He had just brought mourners in the packed Bryce Jordan Center to their feet to recite The Lord’s Prayer, then told them the last, private words he had whispered into his dying father’s ear. JOE HERMITT, …

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Feb 09

While times change for Reveille and Retreat, paying proper respect stays the same

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By Air Force News Contributors Posted: 03:01 PM Friday, July 30, 2010 Starting Aug. 1, Tinker Air Force Base will change the schedule for Reveille and Retreat. Reveille is played when the flag is raised at the beginning of the day. it currently is played at 7:30 a.m., but beginning Aug. 1, Reveille will play …

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Jan 29

The Entire NFL Challenge System Needs To Be Destroyed

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. buy Drew’s book, the Postmortal, through here. find more of his stuff at his Twitter feed. The playoffs are here! HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY. every year, the playoffs arrive, and every year, I pray for something …

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Jan 29

Paul Dacre, Stephen Lawrence and why hell hath no fury like an editor engaged

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Sometimes the byline itself tells the story. “A glorious day for justice, By The Editor [in big type], Paul Dacre [much smaller type]“. thus pages 20 and 21 of the Daily Mail’s monumental Stephen Lawrence memorial issue, reflecting the accepted order of newspaper life. Reporters report and win their share of glory. Editors edit and …

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Jan 27

Best Bets: Pulp and periodicals

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Syracuse — if periodicals and pulp fiction float your boat, you’ll want to check out the Super Snow Magazine and Paperback Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Liverpool Public Library, 310 Tulip St., in the village of Liverpool. Lightly used magazines and paperback fiction books will be available …

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Jan 24

Serpent, ophicleide, bombardon: the tuba’s forerunners

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The tuba is the youngest regular member of the orchestra. Quite a bit of orchestral music is older, and it had to depend on one of three other instruments to provide a bass voice for the brass section. the serpent, ophicleide, and bombardon long ago disappeared from public view, but with the rise of historically …

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Jan 24

‘What a spectacle’

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The audience will be blown away by the entertainment during an upcoming arts center show. Blast! a synchronized blend of marching band, drum corps and indoor color guard, will raise the roof at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Richland Township. The award-winning ensemble sold out when it performed at the arts …

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Jan 22

‘Air Boss’ Dick Cutshall called the shots at MacDill AirFest – Tampa Bay Times

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TAMPA — Dick Cutshall had flown planes since age 16. he loved everything about them, spent his life around airplanes, helicopters and pilots, in control rooms and on airstrips. He served in the Air Force as an air traffic controller, then as a civilian operations director at Avon Park Air Force Range. Starting in 1987, …

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