20060805 KDDC Vietnam Memorial Visitor Center Approved

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Vietnam Memorial Visitor Center Approved

Jeff Beam, writing in the DCist reports that the long awaited Vietnam Memorial visitor center has been approved:

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund announced yesterday that their proposed Visitor Center received the final go-ahead from the National Capitol Planning Commission, which oversees the approval and design of monuments and memorials in D.C. The privately funded, $100 million complex will supplement Maya Lin’s 1982 Memorial Wall, with exhibits and programs to tell the story of the Vietnam War and commemorate the soldiers who fought it. The Visitor Center will be built just west of the Wall in the area between it and the Lincoln Memorial; however, NCPC requires that it be completely buried and hidden from view, in order to preserve the openness and visual order of the Mall. The Polshek Partnership, architect of the Clinton Library and the Newseum/Freedom Forum, was selected in 2004 to design the Center.

Read the rest of his article here.

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20060805 KDDC Guard dog destroys teddy bears

Top photo: "Security guard Greg West and his Doberman, Barney. A $75,000 teddy bear formerly owned by Elvis Presley was one of the bears destroyed when the guard dog went on the rampage on Tuesday." (I lost the link, but I bellieve this was an AP photograph.Not that it really matters with AP since AP does not recognize bloggers... and does not credit bloggers...)

Second photo down: "Barney the doberman guard dog stands over the remains of the soft toys he mauled." Photograph: Jon Mills/SWNS

The bottom picture is of the victim of this vicious and apparently unprovoked senseless attack.

Bad Dog Bad Dog - In Cold Blood

It is drama played out in many a dog owner's home, but this one has folks all shook up. According to a story filed by the Associated Press and picked up by a number of news outlets:

"LONDON - A guard dog has ripped apart a collection of rare teddy bears, including one once owned by Elvis Presley, during a rampage at a children’s museum.

“He just went berserk,” said Daniel Medley, general manager of the Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, England, where hundreds of bears were chewed up Tuesday night by the 6-year-old Doberman pinscher named Barney."

I found one of the stories here, here and here.

One wonders who the brainiac is that came up with the bright idea of having a dog guard stuffed toys...

Red Mum was very helpful in putting this post together - thanks.

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20060805 KDDC White House briefing room to be renovated

Accompanied by seven White House Press Secretaries, President George W. Bush jokes with reporters Wednesday, August 2, 2006, during the last day of operation of the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room before it undergoes a renovation. On stage with the President are, from left: Joe Lockhart, Dee Dee Myers, Marlin Fitzwater, Tony Snow, Ron Nessen, James Brady and his wife Sarah Brady. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

It's been a busy week with the Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair.

Whatever happened to the lazy days of August?

The photo above is old news - from last Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006... I grabbed the photo from the White House web site.

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