LAUREL MOUNTAIN BOROUGH NEWSLETTER
GEORGE D. SHUMAN: Author of Thriller Books Part 2
George D. Shuman, author of the murder mystery “18 Seconds,” had his second book in the mystery series released August 7, 2007, and his third, “Lost Girls,” in August, 2008. Check your bookstores or local library to read these books. In honor of his work, the Beanery Writers Online Literary Magazine is reposting a two-part article on Shuman.
Shuman, a twenty-year veteran of the Washington D. C. Metropolitan Police Force, said he would have been a writer no matter what his career was.
“18 Seconds” is his first published book. He talked with members of the Beanery Writers Group at their first anniversary meeting March 9, 2007, about his books and his writing process.
Today’s post is on Shuman’s book, “18 Seconds.” Click on GEORGE D. SHUMAN: Author of “18 SECONDS” & “LAST BREATH” Part 1 to read Part 1 of this article, written about his Background and his Writing Process.
THE BOOK
He chose the boardwalk in Wildwood, New Jersey, as the “place” for “18 Seconds.”
“I was thinking about the boardwalk. I’ll never forget walking the boardwalk,” he said. “Where you’re beyond the noise, you can hear (more…)
For those persons who wonder why I run about with a camera, I could say I was influenced by my father, a chief Naval photographer. However, since I didn’t know him as I grew up, he didn’t really influence me.
I can say it’s partly the rewards, which I received this year from Ligonier’s Chamber of Commerce. One of the photos I entered in their calendar contest became the cover photo of the 2009 calendar (http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolyncholland/2810322370/).
I am very pleased that the committed picked this picture. i hope you all enjoy it.
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MAY 28, 2007: When Monte and I awoke this Monday morning I discovered I hadn’t taken my bird feeders in last night. Two shepherd’s hooks holding bird feeders were bent to the ground, but fortunately (more…)
Ligonier Mountain Borough solicitor Paul Elias, offered his resignation from this position at the March 21, 2007, borough council meeting. All members of Borough council voted to accept the resignation except for Joe Griffith, who abstained from voting.
“I want to thank everyone for the years I served here,” He said.
Following Paul’s resignation Jeffrey W. Miller, Esq., the current LMB council solicitor introduced himself to council members. (more…)
LMB resident John was working in one of the twin towers in New York City the morning of September 11, 2001. His story will be posted in the LMBoroLMPark Newsletter in three parts. To view photo illustrations taken by John, click on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmborolmpark
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beaneryonlineliterarymagazineOn September 11, 2001, John was in New York City working as a freelance sound recordist/video engineer. He had many clients in downtown New York, where he found most of his jobs. He also worked in Philadelphia and other places, but the New York work was most challenging.This Tuesday he was working at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (Company), a very large financial consultant company similar to J. P. Morgan. He’s worked there a half dozen times. They had a television studio they’d just built, completed in December 2000.They had called me to do audio or video engineering, John said, as usual—at the last minute. (more…) |
Tom and his partner have a radio station that can be heard in Ligonier and at www.Ligonierradio.com The posting below relates his “Nature Meets Civilization” story of events that occurred this past week.Earlier this week Tom Mizikar needed to pick up some boxes that were delivered to the Ligonier Country Inn for him. Because it was during one of the rainy spells (which was most of this week) he remembered to grab several tarps off his woodpile before he took off. As he drove down the road, he looked over. A snake was coiled at the edge of the tarp, ready to strike. It acted, but missed Tom and returned to the tarps. Tom continued on.He looked over again to see it slithering down the top of the tarps to the passenger seat and towards him. He stood up and drove with the snake under him on the driver’s seat. In this position he couldn’t control the brakes or gas pedal. He put the car in neutral and coasted the remainder of the distance to the Ligonier Country Inn parking lot, where an employee became alarmed at the grimace on Tom’s face and perhaps thought Tom was having a heart attack.Tom opened the door and yelled “I have a snake in here!!”The 12-15 inch yellow snake slithered out of he car into the unknown. Tom doesn’t know what type of snake it was—he’s not a snake expert—but the employee said he believed it was a baby copperhead.
Tune in to Tom’s radio station on you computer by clicking on www.Ligonierradio.com Let him know how you enjoy it—comment below!
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In the op-ed article I posted August 19 I wrote about outside intrusions that break into the tranquility of Laurel Mountain Borough.
This morning, Monte and I were sitting on our patio. I was drinking my coffee and taking my meds and both of us were reading the newspaper and sharing some conversation. We were enjoying the cocoon-like nature of the borough when a VERY loud noise, like an explosion, the crack of a rifle or a firecracker, intruded on our tranquility. We looked at each other (more…)
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“I was thrilled to tell everyone I had a bear on the front stoop,” said Ann (13 Hemlock Rd.).
She didn’t see the bear when she stayed up until 2:00 a.m. one night after one attacked her bird feeders, according to Dan, her son-in-law (with whom she lives). It happened last Monday, July 9, while Monte and I were on vacation.
At about 8:45 p.m., when Dan was in his living room, he happened to look out the front door.
“I saw a bear looking in,” he said.
His wife, Amy, said at first he thought it was a dog.
“I yelled for Ann and the girls to go to the window in Ann’s room, because the bear (was now) standing in the driveway,” Dan said.
Amy’s mother, Ann, saw the bear run toward the bird feeder. Emma took note of its black ears sticking up. They were brown in the middle. Molly and Dan watched it as it sauntered up the road toward Phil’s house.
“I guess he was one of the cubs searching for a route he learned from his mother,” said Dan. “I’m guessing it was an adolescent. Both its ears were tagged, so he’d bee trapped before. He didn’t seem the least bit concerned.” |
MAY 25, 2007: Lifted from the LIGONIER ECHO column, Looking Back — Echoes of Yesteryear, page 4.
10 Years Ago
May 28, 1997
A bear has been on the prowl in the Laurel Mountain Boro/Laughlintown area, and residents are being urged to take precautions.So what are these “precautions?” (more…) |
