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Clinton. rsvp: 301-292-1928. Johnson’s Berry Farm: Thornless blackberries and blueberries call for specific dates and times. 17000 Swanson Rd., Upper Marlboro. rsvp: 301-627-8316. Miller Farms: Strawberries, vegetables; all for specific dates and times. 10140 Piscataway Rd., Clinton. rsvp: 301-297-9370 Mt. Airy U-Pick Farm: Strawberries. May-June, 9am-noon, 3-5pm @ Mt. Airy Farm, off Rt. 424 at 832 Mt. Airy Rd., Davidsonville. rsvp: Tim Hopkins @ 410-798-1862. Pumphrey’s Home Grown Vegetables: Crowder peas, flat italian beans, hot peppers, peppers and pumpkins. July through November @ Pumphrey’s Home Grown Vegetables and Pumpkins, 8220 Veterans Hwy. Millersville: Nat Pumphrey @ 410-987-4290. Rock Hill Orchard Farm: Apples, beans, blackberries, cherries, strawberries, pumpkins and raspberries; there’s something to pick June thru October @ Rock Hill Orchard Farm, 28600 Ridge Rd., Mount Airy.
Brisbane blogger spreads school smut
SHE'S bitchy, biting, sarcastic and spiteful and she has taken cyber bullying to new heights with a website that is terrorising students at Brisbane's elite private schools. She is Gossip Girl Brisbane and her MySpace blog, created this month, already has attracted 470 users keen to use the site to denounce their peers with salacious details about their sexual orientation, drug problems, love lives and health woes. Forget scribbling gossip on the back of the toilet door at school, it's now out there for millions of web users to view. Gossip Girl does not name the girls she says are pregnant or the teens she says have had sex. She uses initials to indicate the person she is talking about. The blog, which is updated daily, mirrors the Fox 8 program Gossip Girl, in which the identity of Gossip Girl remains a secret and everyone relies on her website for the latest scoop.
Teens, tweens find new friend
FORT COLLINS — Lauren Myracle is 38 going on 15, and fluent in the instant-message lingua franca of the tweens and teens who've made her the literary equivalent of a rock star. Her novel "ttyl" — e-shorthand for "talk to you later" — was written in the form of instant messages, composed at the Fort Collins Starbucks that's become Myracle's de facto office. Along with companion volumes "ttfn" ("ta-ta for now") and "L8r, g8r" ("Later, gator"), that book launched a white-hot career arc that's still curving up, trailing Myracle, who seems a little stunned, like a child with a runaway kite. "It's so silly!" she says happily. Wide-eyed, with sassy short hair, Myracle punctuates her sentences with exclamation points in print and aloud, waving pink-glitter fingernails for extra emphasis.
Briefly in Berkeley
Joye Law Firm of North Charleston is sponsoring a charity halftime contest during the Piggly Wiggly Roundball Classic Dec. 26-29 at West Ashley High School on West Wildcat Boulevard in Charleston. Participants can enter a drawing for a chance to play in the halftime contest. The drawing is $1 per entry or $5 for six entries. Participants, who are chosen at random, make two layup shots for a $50 prize. Make both lay-up shots and a free-throw shot, and participants win $200. Any participant who makes at least two shots will be invited back on the final night of the tournament, when one individual will win a grand prize of $1,000. A portion of the proceeds will go toward North Charleston Rotary Club's scholarship program and Communities in Schools. The Piggly Wiggly Roundball Classic hosts nationally ranked high school basketball teams to play against local favorites.
Machete gang attack leaves man with severed hand
ESSEX police are urging parents with children who might have returned home covered in blood last night to contact them after a man's hand was almost severed in a machete attack. The 27-year-old man was attacked by a group of teenagers who chased him and one of them attacked him with the machete. The incident happened late on Friday night on Eastham Estate in Brentwood The teenagers are described as white, in their teens and wearing hoodies. .
Church News
There will be singing, preaching and "lunch on the grounds." Sunday school will be from 10 to 10:30 a.m. with the singing to begin at 10:30 a.m. and preaching will follow. The church will furnish the meat for the lunch, and you are asked to please bring a covered dish. A love offering will be taken. Praise Inc. has become one of the fastest-rising groups in southern gospel music. Praise Inc. members have hearts for the Lord that gives them the musical excellence they strive for. They have been honored to accept invitations all over the country and they make regular guest appearances at the Grapevine Opry. They received the 2005 Horizon Group of the Year and was nominated and voted in the top five in U.S. Gospel News for Quartet of the Year and New Excelling Artist of the Year. Praise Inc. wants audiences to have a great time, but first and foremost group members want to present the gospel through what they call "Motivatin Music." Each member of Praise Inc.
A walk down the Yellow Brick Road of Malaysia's Corridor of the future
We are now three days away from the big day for Malaysia's General Election. I've been watching the electronic press and the blogs this last week to see how much of an influence the "E" factor is going to play in this election as far as disseminating of information, spreading gossip, mobilizing people and, of course, campaigning for votes goes. I've also attended a couple of ceramahs just to see how quickly the news/info gets disseminated onto YouTube, and how much of a part YouTube is playing in terms of getting information or messages across. Dear Prime Minister... One big "E" splash that was made during campaigning last week was the launch of the Prime Minister's feedback Web site called warkahuntukpm.com.my, which was launched March 1 with much press and publicity. The concept behind warkahuntukpm.com.my is this: Write to the PM and tell him your issues, and he'll look into the matter.
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