WayNet News
Volume 01, Issue 06-27

WELCOME NEW WAYNET MEMBERS
Please welcome our newest WayNet members:

The Lauramoore Friends Home, Inc.  -  - Offering independent living in a home-like atmosphere. This is the 14-room Victorian home built in 1860, located at the intersection of Richmond Avenue and N.W. 5th St. in Richmond.
  http://www.quaker.org/lauramoore/welcome.htm

Richmond High School Alumni Association - This association maintains a database of more than 33,000 alumni around the world. In addition to assisting with reunions, they provide scholarships to RHS seniors. Currently they are in the process of relocating to a new web host. In the meantime, you may email Karen Chasteen at
  rhsalum@rcs.k12.in.us

INDEPENDENCE DAY - Wednesday, July 4th
Fireworks Celebrations:

• Richmond - Tuesday, July 3, on Roosevelt Hill in Glen Miller Park, rain date, July 4, concessions open at 3:00 p.m., fireworks at dark. Sponsored by the Harry Ray Post #65 of the American Legion.
• Cambridge City - Wednesday, July 4th, Creitz Park, at dark.
• Centerville - Wednesday, July 4th, Centerville High School Athletic Field, Festivities begin at 4:00 p.m., fireworks at dark. Rain date, Saturday, July 7th.
• Hagerstown - Wednesday, July 4th, Hagerstown Airport at 999 South Washington Street, begins at dark.

Plan on celebrating with your own fireworks? Review these safety tips.
  http://www.fireworksafety.com/safety/index.html

Do you know your July 4th history? Take this patriotic quiz!
  http://usacitylink.com/usa/?file=/citylink/usa/week11.html

Looking for a patriotic vacation? How about Mount Rushmore!
  http://www.travelsd.com/parks/rushmore/index.htm

Historical photos, documents, music and more from the Library of Congress.
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul04.html

Read these patriotic essays to stir hearts at your July 4th picnic.
  http://www.icss.com/usflag/toc.writings.html

Get in the patriotic spirit by listening to Stars & Stripes Forever!
  http://www.dws.org/sousa/starsstripes.htm

And more patriotic music....
  http://www2.acc.af.mil/music/patriotic/

HISTORY OF RECENT INVENTIONS
We easily become blasé about products we use on a daily basis. Can you imaging life without these products, invented during the last century?

Velcro
  http://www.velcro.com/about/history.html

Microwave Ovens
  http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/history.html

Cellular Telephones
  http://www.privateline.tv/PCS/history.htm

Compact Discs
  http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsR%2DZ/russell.html

The Internet - which began as ARPAnet
  http://inventors.about.com/science/inventors/library/weekly/aa091598.htm

Interested in more inventions? Try About.com
  http://inventors.about.com/science/inventors/cs/famousinventions/index.htm

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