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Photos from 2007 Risk Watch at Chapel Forge Elementary School

We (the Bowie VFD Auxiliary) recently came into possession of photos from the 2007 Risk Watch at Chapel Forge Elementary School in Bowie. I staffed the “Dress a Firefighter” station, with the help of Ms. Mary Locker, and I took … Continue reading

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One Day, Two Bowie House Fires

While ITGuy sorts out the problems with a remote file system I need to use I can report on the goings-on of Friday. On the way home from work about 4:20 PM I saw a column of thick black smoke … Continue reading

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Amarok makes my iPod happy

In populating my new iPod with music I discovered an annoying thing: album art was only being loaded for music ripped and encoded with iTunes. Well, that sort of made sense, okay. But iTunes does not give you a way … Continue reading

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Finally, something in Bowie caught on fire!

Yesterday we spent the afternoon in DC with our friends Marc and Becky. We successfully navigated our way from the DC line to the vicinity of the National Zoo, and Misty pulled off a feat of parallel parking that would … Continue reading

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