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Post by chriscank on Feb 8, 2006 17:12:56 GMT -5
Let's not forget the best chinese buffet in centre county!
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Post by chriscank on Feb 8, 2006 11:51:46 GMT -5
Bush House collapses, fire contained By Pete Bosak pbosak@centredaily.com
As the historic Bush House in the heart of downtown Bellefonte burned and collapsed to the ground, Centre County Commissioner Chris Exarchos shook his head.
"The landscape is going to change forever," he said.
Hundreds of onlookers gathered to watch as firefighters from much of Centre County battled the flames that early this morning began consuming the former hotel, now home to Schnitzel's Tavern and other businesses. At 10 a.m., Bellefonte Fire Chief Tim Knisely said the fire was contained.
Built in 1868, the Bush House, in its heyday, was one of several opulent hotels that anchored downtown Bellefonte. More recently, Schnitzel's Tavern, with its patio offering seating to diners on the banks of Spring Creek, was a local gathering place.
Bellefonte Police Chief Shawn Weaver said the fire was reported to 911 at 6:55 a.m., and two police officers were on the scene within about a minute. At that point, he said, smoke could be seen billowing from the eves at the top of the building.
The officers, he said, tried to find out if anyone was inside, banging on doors and trying to sound an alarm. All the doors they tried were locked, he said.
"That's a pretty good indicator no one was in there," Weaver said.
Firefighters soon arrived and went inside the building looking for anyone who might be in there, said Bellefonte Fire Chief Tim Knisely. At that point, smoke was billowing from all sides of the building. Firefighters found flames on the first and second floors that were rapidly spreading to the third and fourth floors, he said.
They conducted a search as best they could until the situation became too hazardous, Knisely said.
"Then we had to back out, because the fire was spreading too quickly," Knisely. "We had to pull our people out before anyone got hurt."
By 8:30 a.m., fire had eaten a hole into the side of the building, and within an hour, most of the structure had collapsed into itself.
Still standing precariously was a corner of the building nearest the intersection of High Street and state Route 150. A portion of West High Street nearest the rubble was closed, and will remain so until the portion of the building still standing collapses or is torn down, said Bellefonte Police Chief Shawn Weaver.
"If that comes down, bricks will fly like shrapnel," Weaver said.
There was concern about the possibility of the portion of the structure that was still standing collapsing into Spring Creek, which runs alongside the building. Firefighters were aiming five streams of water at the structure, hoping that if it collapses, it the rubble would be pushed onto the hotel or onto High Street, rather than falling into Spring Creek.
Representatives of the state Department of Environmental Protection and the state Fish and Boat Commission were on the scene.
The cause of the fire was not known, and officials said that because of the hazard posed by the rubble, it may not be possible to begin their investigation until Thursday.
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Post by chriscank on Feb 8, 2006 11:50:25 GMT -5
Schnitzle's and Daniels' Bar burned down this morning, along with the rest of the complex. I am still aquiring article, Millet just told me and sent this picture.
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Post by chriscank on Feb 8, 2006 17:35:26 GMT -5
Dr. Cank,
When you are right, you are right. I say charter the boat with as many people as possible 100? and have a bar (pay) and get a sound guy and lcd screen and blackjack and roulette. I would love to go for the window blackouts, but we will have to see what our cost per person would be doing that.
If you are serious about this, I feel we could make it happen.
Lets see how others feel about this. If we can't do a timequake there, maybe we could have a fundraiser to save some kind of endangered chicken or something.
One thing I forgot to mention-and I will- is that degicank has always been community based and we must strive to be an active and positive community leader. Thats what the degicank fest is all about anyhow, bringing the community of S.C. together.
Having a fundraiser is great for publicity and will help degicank become a serious and respected entity in the Philadelphia area.
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Post by chriscank on Feb 7, 2006 16:59:37 GMT -5
.............timequake news.......................................................... the VFW will not be able to host the festival until the 25th of March! Do we have any other possible avenues? ...................................................................................................
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Feb 9, 2006 13:15:17 GMT -5
Post by chriscank on Feb 9, 2006 13:15:17 GMT -5
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Post by chriscank on Feb 9, 2006 3:26:25 GMT -5
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Feb 8, 2006 20:25:27 GMT -5
Post by chriscank on Feb 8, 2006 20:25:27 GMT -5
I agree with all my heart Ben, but I fear that these stereotypes that we label throughout our world, from "Bible Thumper" to "Pothead" are growing in number. I fear that more people have lost the ability to think for themselves and find it easier and more comfortable to do what they are told. Fewer people seem to question reality.
I say this only because I work in a place where everyone pretends they are a slave to the TV, that the most exciting thing that will be happening in thier lives that week is Survivor. I work in place where having the same jeans Jessica Simpson has actually means something.
With our entertainment industry to keep telling the consumer what they should or shouldn't be doing in thier lives, I am deeply afraid of humans losing thier creativity and unique abilities.
I have seen a riot first hand from begining to end, (State College-first riot during Arts Fest) and I know that no one actually cares what they are doing while they are doing it. There is a freedom in being so comfortable with what you are doing. A freedom of choice without circumstance because at the time, you can't even imagine the repercussions. I feel that it is this freedom people feel when they do heinous acts, "righteous" acts, acts in the name of a god (any god). They are so comfortable, so selfish, that they do not question thier actions.
It is far easier to be swept down river than it is to swim up it.
And these stereotypes have become so common in our everyday life that we must think THINK about not getting caught up in them.
It is so easy to see the differences in people, so easy to see what you do not understand and to fear these things one sees. It is uncomfortable to become so selfless that you do not care what others think, that you must stand on your own two feet, that you must be aware of self. These are hard things for people to face.
Stereotypes riddle our English language, the words themselves have defined our emotions and thought patterns. Try to describe someone you know and not lump that person into some sort of stereotypical category. It is the filing system of the english language, from styles of music (jazz, punk, rock) to moods, (sad, glad, ok) we generalize everything in our language to make it easier to deal with the world. American's vocabulary is steadily decreasing. Even our proverbs are becoming truncated and provincial like the now infamous cry,"Git R Done". I feel this mimickry of sayings has made it easier for us to feel comfortable in communicating and assimilating, but it has destroyed the true path to creativity and self worth.
Why do so many people find it so hard to love a flower?
I mean to actually LOVE a flower?
=I know this has been a bit of a ramble, and a bit out of focus-- but that is how I feel right now.=
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Feb 7, 2006 16:49:06 GMT -5
Post by chriscank on Feb 7, 2006 16:49:06 GMT -5
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Post by chriscank on Feb 8, 2006 20:51:46 GMT -5
I vote DOTA "loot". Definately my new favorite song!
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Post by chriscank on Feb 2, 2006 19:10:00 GMT -5
Hello Eastern Pennsylvania! The Daily Supplement will be playing at The Brass Lantern on Friday, Feb. 17th!!! Mark your calendars, it is gonna be one heck of a show. We have a great opener, T.E.V.I.S. a new band from Scranton, PA....definately a band with Grande Degicank Style!
We are looking into booking hotel rooms at the Ramada for $50 each, so all you fine friends in Philly, come on up! We could use the support for our endless effort to break into the Eastern Pa music scene! [/size]
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Post by chriscank on Feb 2, 2006 12:15:33 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300] Great news!!!! The first ever live web cast brought to you by DEGICANK can be seen here:
[/glow] It is merely a test of the possibilities of degicank's role in media and the web in the future! Check it out at: www.degivisuals.com/webcam/See the inner workings of the S.C. home office!!!
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Post by chriscank on Feb 2, 2006 11:43:35 GMT -5
Got Trillian up and running. You got a camera Bill?
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Post by chriscank on Jan 30, 2006 20:13:23 GMT -5
I posted this on the flickr site, but if anyone else is paying attention to this thread, I figured I'd post it here too.
Jeff, give me a call or email me. (814) 883-6597 or Kelleher@degicank.com I can tell you many stories and secrets of the attic. Are you still in S.C.? I unfortunately am, 9 years and counting! I'm glad you guys had so much fun up there in that mysterious space.
A few tid bits. The chalk drawing over the one window of the city scape is called desolation row.
The lonely flower to the right of it, is of course the lonely flower.
In the other window alcove, on the right, is the Cathedral.
The green feet on the ceiling were my very good friend Alicia's.
She also painted many other things in that room. She painted the stairwell as well.
The room between the bathroom and the painted room was once a dark room for a very very good photographer named Ilan Sherman who now live in Boulder.
The room with the old water heater in it was Peace's room for awhile, but that was after I moved out. When I lived there Peace slept in the basement and found a giant sack of crystals underneath this old bar that was down there.
I lived there from fall 98-summer 00.
The paintings in basement were painted many years before by this crazy guy that used to work at Uncle Eli's and played in a band called Dogtown Road-- can't remember his name.
The room right before you go up in the attic was once inhabited by Josh from The Blair Witch Project. (Before I lived there)
We also had many jams in the basement until it became too dank to even be down there for ten minutes.
We sat on the roof and to the left of the house- facing the street- was a lamp in a window. This was one of the moments that began the attic.
To the right of the lonely flower on there was once enscribed the poem by Shel Silverstein, "If your a dreamer come in!" first poem in Where The Sidewalk Ends. It was the first thing ever written on the walls.
Many "effective teas" were drank in congruance with that room.
We had only candles in the room, in fact so many candles that it became a humoungus sculpture in the middle of the room! Thats probably why you saw so much wax everywhere. You did see a lot of wax did you not?
Wax, jazz, and poetry were what propelled us in that room.
I learned to play saxophone in that room.
We believed there was a ghost in the room to the right as you went up the steps. That damn wolfmother wallpaper was in my dreams way before I ever stepped foot up there.
I always thought it was a kicker that the cement slab in the defunct bathroom had engraved on it 1927. A year after pot was made illegal.
Well, thats a few tid bits of my life in The Barnyard or Loretta. It was quite a time. Changed my life forever. I am the oil painter and college drop out I am today because of that room. And I wouldn't have done anything differently.
peace
Chris
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Post by chriscank on Jan 30, 2006 20:30:01 GMT -5
good one NOOB. I've got an invisible suit to sell ya too. Jackass.
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