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#10895 From: Carli Moua <carlimoua@...>
Date: Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:16 pm
Subject: Bowling for Pauls birthday
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Monday is Paul Davey's birthday, so we are going to celebrate with some bowling at Leisure Lanes and some quesadillas at El Serrano afterwards. Anyone who knows Paul or wants to know Paul is invited. We're meeting at the bowling alley  at 6:30.
Carli

#10896 From: sil simpson <csilrun@...>
Date: Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:03 pm
Subject: Philadelphia Race in April
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From: robin@...
To: csilrun@...
Subject: race information
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:54:46 -0500

 

Hi Sil,

 

Can you get this information out to your club?

 

Sandy Sprint 5K Run/Walk & Sandy's Canine Sprint

Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 8:30 AM

Please Touch Museum

4231 Avenue of the Republic

Philadelphia, PA 19131

http://sandysprint.kintera.org

Join as a team or individual for this inspirational fundraising walk/run to support ovarian cancer research. This event includes: 5K Run/Walk, Timing, Canine Sprint, Kids Tent, Survivor Tent, Raffle prizes, Food & Beverage, Awards to top finishers.

 

Thank you,

 

Robin

 

Robin Cohen (Co-Founder)

Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation, Inc.

(610) 446-2272 (P)

(610) 446-2281 (F)

robin@...

www.sandyovarian.org

 

rsz_race_logo_2012

Join us on Saturday, April 28 for the Sandy Sprint 5k Run/Walk & Sandy's Canine Sprint. Register online here.

 


#10897 From: sil simpson <csilrun@...>
Date: Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:46 pm
Subject: The Ville XC - Let Dr. Aminta H. Breaux Know How We Feel
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From: simporsump@...
To: pbarber@...; jtkirchn@...; csilrun@...
Subject: RE: (Important!) Let Dr. Aminta H. Breaux Know How We Feel
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:26:24 -0500

Excellent!


From: pbarber@...
To: simporsump@...; jtkirchn@...; csilrun@...
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:15:42 -0800
Subject: RE: (Important!) Let Dr. Aminta H. Breaux Know How We Feel

The Tuesday night crew is already on this.  Two of the guys that run that night are MU XC alum, so they are pretty invested in the situation.

 

Thanks for pushing this. 

 

Peter Barber

pbarber@...
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750 poplar street
lancaster pa 17603
p: 717.396.1207
f: 717.396.1010
c: 717.203.4470

PAOAGHIC:000553

www.twodudes.com

 

From: Thomas Simpson [mailto:simporsump@...]
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:14 AM
To: Peter Barber; Kirchner DO, Jeffrey T; sid simpson
Subject: FW: (Important!) Let Dr. Aminta H. Breaux Know How We Feel

 

Hi All,

See below for a message I sent to the LL XC coaches. I have called and written. Feel free to pass it along. (Road Runners? Tuesday night intervallers?)

Tom

 

Dear Fellow LL XC Coaches,

As you probably know, Millersville University has proposed the elimination of the men's track and xc programs. I think this is a miserable idea. If you feel similarly you might want to contact the administrator cited below. I have.

By the way, what is happening at the 'Ville could be coming soon to a school near you, especially if they get away with it.

Good luck with this and the upcoming track season!

Thanks,

Tom Simpson
Lancaster Catholic XC


Subject: (Important!) Let Dr. Aminta H. Breaux Know How We Feel
To: Simporsump@...
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:10:12 -0800
From: noreply@...

Petitioners,

The time to hand the petition in is drawing near. I want to wait until we hit our next goal (7,500) before I officially hand it in, but that doesn't mean we can't start putting the pressure on Dr. Breaux now:

Email Address - Aminta.Breaux@...
Phone Number - (717) 872-3594

Email and call her; let her know how you feel. Something tells me that a 6000+ calls/emails will have this administrator, who is terrified of negative backlash/publicity, reconsidering her decision.

You guys have been so great, and we, as a program, thank you to the fullest extent!

Thanks again,

Thomas Wexler




 



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#10898 From: "Steve Farrah" <farrahjs@...>
Date: Thu Mar 1, 2012 3:41 am
Subject: LRRC Dinner
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LRRC visit to JurassChick Park @ Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
 
 
 
In the past many from the club have attended the annual Kick Off Show for the Sertoma Club's World's Largest Chicken Barbecue.  This year we're doing it again.  Our own Bill Hager has been writing these shows for 24 years and this year we're presenting a take-off on the movie Jurassic Park which we are calling "JurassChick Park."  Show date is Monday, April 16, 2012 at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster. 
 
We have reserved the best seats in the house, but we need a head count, before they become extinct.  
Please email Bill Hager - WMHH4@... with your desire to attend, then send your check for $18.50 to:
Bill Hager
79 Fulton St.
Akron, PA 17501
 
Please respond before Tuesday April 10th, after which the price goes up, and seating goes down.
We have a limited number of seats available, could be going fast.
 
One particular point of interest is that Bill's friend and former Imaginer for the Walt Disney Company, Kelly Mann, is creating a very life-like baby dinosaur for the production.  You'll be able to meet this little guy "up close and personal" before you leave the theater.
 
Doors open   --  5:30
Dinner   ---------- 6:00
Show  ------------- 7:30
 
Hope to see you there!
 

#10899 From: "Steve Farrah" <farrahjs@...>
Date: Thu Mar 1, 2012 10:15 pm
Subject: LRRC Dinner 4/23/12
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LRRC visit to JurassChick Park @ Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
 
 
 
In the past many from the club have attended the annual Kick Off Show for the Sertoma Club's World's Largest Chicken Barbecue.  This year we're doing it again.  Our own Bill Hager has been writing these shows for 24 years and this year we're presenting a take-off on the movie Jurassic Park which we are calling "JurassChick Park." 
Show date is Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster. 
 
We have reserved the best seats in the house, but we need a head count, before they become extinct.  
Please email Bill Hager - WMHH4@... with your desire to attend, then send your check for $18.50 to:
Bill Hager
79 Fulton St.
Akron, PA 17501
 
Please respond before Tuesday April 17th, after which the price goes up, and seating goes down.
We have a limited number of seats available, could be going fast.
 
One particular point of interest is that Bill's friend and former Imaginer for the Walt Disney Company, Kelly Mann, is creating a very life-like baby dinosaur for the production.  You'll be able to meet this little guy "up close and personal" before you leave the theater.
 
Doors open   --  5:30
Dinner   ---------- 6:00
Show  ------------- 7:30
 
Hope to see you there!
 

#10900 From: sil simpson <csilrun@...>
Date: Fri Mar 2, 2012 5:12 pm
Subject: Anybody doing this race?
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#10901 From: "Christine Geiselman" <cgeiselm@...>
Date: Fri Mar 2, 2012 5:18 pm
Subject: Re: Anybody doing this race?
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I might be...my sister was talking about wanting to do it...
 
Christine

<-----Original Message----->
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Sent: 3/2/2012 12:12:52 PM
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Subject: [LRRClub] Anybody doing this race? 


 

#10902 From: sil simpson <csilrun@...>
Date: Fri Mar 2, 2012 5:27 pm
Subject: RE: Anybody doing this race?
csilrun
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Be sure to take clean clothes. 







To: LRRClub@yahoogroups.com
From: cgeiselm@...
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 09:18:39 -0800
Subject: Re: [LRRClub] Anybody doing this race?

 

I might be...my sister was talking about wanting to do it...
 
Christine

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Sent: 3/2/2012 12:12:52 PM
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Subject: [LRRClub] Anybody doing this race? 


 


#10903 From: "Travis R. Hess" <thess17@...>
Date: Fri Mar 2, 2012 6:58 pm
Subject: Re: Anybody doing this race?
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This race looks like a spinoff of the Warrior Dash. 

 

Travis.

 


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#10904 From: "lionoctopusgorilla@..." <lionoctopusgorilla@...>
Date: Fri Mar 2, 2012 11:44 pm
Subject: Re: Anybody doing this race?
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I would definitely do it, i've played zombie games all my life, and i'm ready to see if I can survive.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone


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Subject:
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#10905 From: Trailbuzzard@...
Date: Sat Mar 3, 2012 12:19 am
Subject: Sad news for the Buzzards
trailbuzzardus
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I hate to do this, but the Buzzards Marathon will not take place on March 11th. Seriously and sadly, due to reports of heightened enforcement of the regulations by the Pa Game Commission, there will be no ribbons hung, no turn sheets distributed and no aid out on the trail. I'm sorry to have to end a great grass roots event like the Buzzards but I can't put myself and all of you at the risk of having a hefty fine imposed for violating game commission regulations concerning organized events. I'm sure some of you will run the course anyhow and I hope you do. Just try to look really unorganized, shouldn't be too much of a problem.  Be really careful in the parking lot afterwards, remember, if the warden shows up, there is only one way out.
Please let your friends know that are planning on support and might not see this email that there will be no support out there.


I know I've joked about the Buzzards not happening before but this time it's for real. We've had a great time doing it, had some epic days and a lot of good times but I'm afraid we've become too visible. A big thanks to all of you who have had so much fun up there. I really enjoyed putting on our little event for the last few years and am sad to see it end.

I won't see you all on the 11th but I'm sure I'll catch up with a lot of you on the trails.



Harry




#10906 From: "marystpeople" <peterbbelanger@...>
Date: Sun Mar 4, 2012 3:47 pm
Subject: Trail training run
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Saturday March 10th 9:00AM
16 and 26 mile distances - already interest at both distances.
State Game Land #211 parking lot on Fishing Creek Valley Road (RT 443).

Peter

#10907 From: sil simpson <csilrun@...>
Date: Wed Mar 7, 2012 2:06 pm
Subject: FW: JOSHUA'S JOURNEY 5K Run
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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 19:09:17 -0800
From: kelly83899@...
Subject: JOSHUA'S JOURNEY 5K Run
To: csilrun@...

Hello Mr. Sil Simpson,
 
I am assisting with organizing "Joshua's Journey 5K Run/ 1 Mile Walk" and have attached the related Registration Form for your review.  I would greatly appreciate if this event information can be included in an upcoming newletter, as well as any additional marketing tools that may be available.

The specific event information is as follows:

Event Name:   Joshua's Journey 5K /1 Mile Walk (USATF Sanctioned)
Date:   May 26, 2012
Distances and Start Times:   Registration- 8:00am
                                           5K Run/Walk- 9:00am
                                           1 Mile Walk - 9:05am/ following 5K start 
                                           Kids Fun Dashes- 9:45am
Location:   Ridley Creek State Park, Pavilion 17
City/State:   Media, PA
Contact:    Kelly Simpson; kelly83899@...; 267-408-8187
 
I thank you in advance for your assistance. Please let me know if you need additional information. Please respond with confirmation as to whether or not this event information will be included in an upcoming newsletter.
 
With Gratitude,
 
Kelly Simpson

1 of 1 File(s)


#10908 From: Christian Taylor <asdtaylor@...>
Date: Wed Mar 7, 2012 4:25 pm
Subject: 2012 Brave the Race 10k/5k - 4/7/12 Atglen, PA
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Hi everybody,

Not sure how many people remember me at this point since I haven't been running much of late.  I am definitely hoping to get it going again soon though.  I am writing to invite you to a race I direct each year on behalf of the Octorara Area Senior High School Cross Country/Track & Field Booster Club (I am the head coach of both programs).  All proceeds from the race go directly to fund the cross country and track & field programs - equipment, transportation costs, etc.  The race is called Brave the Race (our mascot is the Brave) and it is on April 7th, 2012.

We offer both a 10k and a 5k, as well as the option of doing BOTH races at no additional cost.  Up until 3/15/12, the cost is only $25 for one race, or both.  It will go up to $30 after that, right up until the day of the race.  Your entry fee also includes a t-shirt and post-race food and refreshments.

What makes our race unique is that the entire track & field team is spread out throughout both courses cheering and providing direction/aid.  We get all sorts of compliments on this each year, with runners saying they were motivated by all the cheering.

Please consider joining us this year.  More info through this link:

http://www.active.com/running/atglen-pa/brave-the-race-10k-5k-2012

Hope to see many familiar faces again this year!

Thanks!

-Christian Taylor

#10909 From: Hunt Bartine <hbartine@...>
Date: Wed Mar 7, 2012 7:40 pm
Subject: Re: DAWGIES 2012 Brave the Race 10k/5k - 4/7/12 Atglen, PA
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Christian, great small town type run. Congrats on keeping it going! TrailDawgs Phil, Jim and I had good time at it last year.
Thanks for remind and hope to see you running.
 
 
 
From: Christian Taylor <asdtaylor@...>
To: LRRC <lrrclub@yahoogroups.com>; TrailDawgs <traildawgs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 11:25 AM
Subject: DAWGIES 2012 Brave the Race 10k/5k - 4/7/12 Atglen, PA
 
Hi everybody,

Not sure how many people remember me at this point since I haven't been running much of late.  I am definitely hoping to get it going again soon though.  I am writing to invite you to a race I direct each year on behalf of the Octorara Area Senior High School Cross Country/Track & Field Booster Club (I am the head coach of both programs).  All proceeds from the race go directly to fund the cross country and track & field programs - equipment, transportation costs, etc.  The race is called Brave the Race (our mascot is the Brave) and it is on April 7th, 2012.

We offer both a 10k and a 5k, as well as the option of doing BOTH races at no additional cost.  Up until 3/15/12, the cost is only $25 for one race, or both.  It will go up to $30 after that, right up until the day of the race.  Your entry fee also includes a t-shirt and post-race food and refreshments.

What makes our race unique is that the entire track & field team is spread out throughout both courses cheering and providing direction/aid.  We get all sorts of compliments on this each year, with runners saying they were motivated by all the cheering.

Please consider joining us this year.  More info through this link:

http://www.active.com/running/atglen-pa/brave-the-race-10k-5k-2012

Hope to see many familiar faces again this year!

Thanks!

-Christian Taylor

#10910 From: "pilotparks" <parks@...>
Date: Thu Mar 8, 2012 2:44 pm
Subject: After Party
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The Movie Madness Half Marathon after party will be at the Royal Manchester Golf
Links Rose and Crown Pub April 7, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.  The cost for
the after party is $10.00 at the door.  This includes fried fish, vegetables, 2
pastas with 2 different meats and sauces.  The location is 5700 Board Road,
Mount Wolf, PA.  All family members are welcome.  There will also be a cash bar.
See you at the great party!

www.royalmanchestergolflinks.com

www.USRoadRunning.com

#10911 From: sil simpson <csilrun@...>
Date: Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:53 am
Subject: Congrats, Steve Farrah
csilrun
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Awesome run in York yesterday - 40:09 for a 10K: http://usroadrunning.com/doc/20120311093149.pdf


#10912 From: sil simpson <csilrun@...>
Date: Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:59 pm
Subject: Weekend Race Report
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Two of our three regional winter series wrapped up over the weekend. The York series concluded with the Indian Rock Dam 10K, and a big LRRC contingent was on hand. President Christine Geiselman ran brilliantly and was the second woman overall. Diana Griffiths took second in her age group, and Rose ward won hers.

On Sunday, the Shiver By The River in Reading wound up its 4-month run. I went up with good intentions of doing back-to-back 10Ks, but wimped out and did only the 5K. Oh, well..

This coming Saturday, it's the Run4Luck 4-miler at Lancaster Country Day School. On Sunday, E-Town's Frozen Foot will hold its final race of the series. 

Looks like a great week for running, so be sure to come to the Salunga Trail for our Tuesday Fun Run...

Sil 

#10913 From: "Travis R. Hess" <thess17@...>
Date: Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:36 pm
Subject: Re: Congrats, Steve Farrah
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WOW!  What got into you?  Nice run.

 

Travis.

 


On Sunday, March 11, 2012 9:53 PM, sil simpson <csilrun@...> wrote:
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> Awesome run in York yesterday - 40:09 for a 10K: http://usroadrunning.com/doc/20120311093149.pdf
>
>



#10914 From: esandt@...
Date: Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:57 pm
Subject: Lower Potomac River Marathon
esandt@...
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Dee Miller, Karen Sandt Diana Widdowsin ran the 2012 Lower Potomac River Marathon in Piney Pt MD, finishing 3rd, 4th 5th respectively. They did go ( went) great guns without having to pack any heat in doing so. The 3 are Conestoga (township, not valley or in the shadow of the creek they call a river or from a subdivision that ripped off the word) residents and this is something like their 9th collective marathon-or longer-finish this year.

Pictures to follow later today.

#10915 From: "Steve Farrah" <farrahjs@...>
Date: Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:38 pm
Subject: Barefoot running
mr26_2
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Anyone want to try the barefoot running thing? 
I have a pair of fivefingers Size 44  M358  Bikila LS  Black/Gray.
Too small for me.
 
Let me know off line.
Steve Farrah
393-4144
 
 

#10916 From: "dhrnsn" <dhrnsn@...>
Date: Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:03 pm
Subject: for sale - trek road bike, 1992, model 1000
dhrnsn
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i am selling my older trek road bike, size 54, asking $150 (to
strangers, but will give a $20 club discount!)

obviously, it's an older bike with downtube shifters, but it is in
great condition, shifts great, brakes work, decent tires. within the
last year, i've ridden this bike on club rides and did several
triathlons.

it's perfectly suitable for:

-  doing club rides, and would be a great bike for someone to try road bike
riding without a hugh investment

-  or as a rainy day bike

-  or as a city beater bike that's not a huge loss if stolen.

i've posted info and pictures on craigslist:

http://lancaster.craigslist.org/bik/2895468543.html

please email me directly if interested, or know someone who might be
(dhrnsn@...).  i hope to find it a nice home really soon.

dave h.

#10917 From: Roxanne Strine <riverdawgmd@...>
Date: Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:38 pm
Subject: Re: Lower Potomac River Marathon
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Congrats ladies you are all animals!

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:57 AM, esandt@... wrote:

 

Dee Miller, Karen Sandt Diana Widdowsin ran the 2012 Lower Potomac River Marathon in Piney Pt MD, finishing 3rd, 4th 5th respectively. They did go ( went) great guns without having to pack any heat in doing so. The 3 are Conestoga (township, not valley or in the shadow of the creek they call a river or from a subdivision that ripped off the word) residents and this is something like their 9th collective marathon-or longer-finish this year.

Pictures to follow later today.

=

#10918 From: Evan Sandt <esandt@...>
Date: Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:21 pm
Subject: Re: Lower Potomac River Marathon
esandt@...
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10: https://picasaweb.google.com/110144792404849776072/LowerPotomacRiverMarathon2012 

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Roxanne Strine <riverdawgmd@...> wrote:
 

Congrats ladies you are all animals!

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:57 AM, esandt@... wrote:

 

Dee Miller, Karen Sandt Diana Widdowsin ran the 2012 Lower Potomac River Marathon in Piney Pt MD, finishing 3rd, 4th 5th respectively. They did go ( went) great guns without having to pack any heat in doing so. The 3 are Conestoga (township, not valley or in the shadow of the creek they call a river or from a subdivision that ripped off the word) residents and this is something like their 9th collective marathon-or longer-finish this year.


Pictures to follow later today.

=



#10919 From: jonishirk@...
Date: Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:14 am
Subject: Re: Lower Potomac River Marathon
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You ladies are my heros ~ way to go!  Joni


From: "Evan Sandt" <esandt@...>
To: LRRClub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 6:21:47 PM
Subject: Re: [LRRClub] Lower Potomac River Marathon

 

10: https://picasaweb.google.com/110144792404849776072/LowerPotomacRiverMarathon2012 

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Roxanne Strine <riverdawgmd@...> wrote:
 

Congrats ladies you are all animals!

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:57 AM, esandt@... wrote:

 

Dee Miller, Karen Sandt Diana Widdowsin ran the 2012 Lower Potomac River Marathon in Piney Pt MD, finishing 3rd, 4th 5th respectively. They did go ( went) great guns without having to pack any heat in doing so. The 3 are Conestoga (township, not valley or in the shadow of the creek they call a river or from a subdivision that ripped off the word) residents and this is something like their 9th collective marathon-or longer-finish this year.


Pictures to follow later today.

=



#10920 From: "marystpeople" <peterbbelanger@...>
Date: Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:18 am
Subject: Is it real meat?
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OPINION & CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES
'The Lunch Tray' Responds to Beef Industry Defenses of 'Pink Slime'
BY BETTINA ELIAS SIEGEL | MAR 13, 2012
Opinion
Lunch Tray readers following the astonishing progress of the Change.org petition
launched here last week to get "Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings" (BLBT) out of
school food (175,000  at present count) will hardly be surprised that the beef
industry has started to come out swinging.  PR reps of the American Meat
Institute, employees of Beef Products Inc. (the inventor of BLBT) and others
with ties to the beef industry are now all over Twitter defending so-called
"pink slime" with the hashtag #pinkslimeisamyth.

Well, in point of fact, the undisclosed presence of ammonia-hydroxide-treated
bovine connective tissues in 70% of the nation's ground beef  is hardly a
"myth."  But rather than responding under Twitter's 140 character constraint,
I'd like to address here a few of the main arguments currently being advanced by
industry in defense of BLBT.

BLBT Is Nothing But Lean, Nutritious Beef


Meat industry lobbyists maintain that BLBT is nothing more than "lean,
nutritious" beef, but it's well worth noting that two former microbiologists at
USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service - now federal whistleblowers - have
vociferously protested the agency's controversial decision to classify BLBT as
"meat."  In a 2002 email to colleagues, one of these scientists wrote: "I do not
consider the stuff to be ground beef, and I consider allowing it in ground beef
to be a form of fraudulent labeling."  That revelation ought to be at least some
cause for consumer concern.

BLBT Is Perfectly Safe to Eat

Even BPI acknowledges that the types of slaughterhouse waste used to make BLBT-
fatty scraps and bits of connective tissue left over from beef processing - is
more susceptible to foodborne pathogens than regular cuts of meat.  These bits
and pieces tend to come from the outermost part of the animal and thus are more
likely to be contaminated with excrement smeared on the animal's hide. 
According to a Pulitzer Prize-winning 2009 New York Times exposé, federal
testing between 2005-2009 found that ground beef containing BLBT was four times
more likely to contain salmonella than regular ground meat.

In fairness, BPI has improved its safety protocols and now leads the industry in
testing for not just one but the so-called "Big Six" strains of E. coli, and it
also vows to hold back any batch testing positive for these pathogens.  But it's
important to remember that there are other deadly foodborne pathogens besides
the Big Six.  Last year's E. coli outbreak in Germany, which left 45 dead and
3,785 sickened, was caused by a previously unknown strain of the bacteria,
demonstrating that microbiologists often identify new pathogens only after a
deadly outbreak.  And should an outbreak occur, children are more vulnerable
than adults to suffering serious harm, or even death.

Using Every Bit of the Cow is "Sustainable"

The meat industry argues that we ought to love pink slime because it "absolutely
is the right thing" to use every available scrap on a cow carcass. But we were
already honoring the noble ideal of "nose-to-tail" butchering by putting these
scraps to use in the past for pet food or rendering into cooking oil.  Was there
any reason to shift their use to human consumption, beyond profit motive? 
(According to ABC News, BPI has made "hundreds of millions of dollars" on the
sale of pink slime; a source quoted in the Times article says BPI's founder and
owner has "amassed a tidy fortune" from it.)

BLBT Helps Feed a Hungry World

BPI and the meat industry answer that last question by arguing that BLBT helps
"feed America and the world" by stretching the available supply of beef
products.  But if our country is undertaking a wholesale "stretching" of the
food supply with ammonia-treated bovine connective tissue, shouldn't individual
consumers have the right to opt out?  Just as some people relish the idea of a
beef tongue sandwich and others are repelled at the notion, many consumers want
to avoid pink slime for reasons both rational and irrational.  Yet the federal
government's decisions -- at BPI's behest - to classify BLBT as "beef" so that
it need not be labeled, and to treat ammonia hydroxide as an undisclosed
processing agent, has utterly stripped consumers of the right to know exactly
what they are eating and feeding their families.

BLBT Actually Helps America's School Children

In a new post published on The Daily this morning, BPI spokesman Rich Jochum
asserts that the presence of BLBT in school beef actually helps our children
because it "1) improves the nutritional profile, 2) increases the safety of the
products and 3) meets the budget parameters that allow the school lunch program
to feed kids nationwide every day."

Let me address these notions in a slightly different order.  When BPI argues
that use of BLBT "increases the safety of products" it seems to be coming
dangerously close to making the claim that by mixing the
ammonia-hydroxide-treated substance into regular ground beef, its mere presence
reduces pathogens in the rest of the product.  This is precisely how BPI first
marketed BLBT when it was introduced in 2001, but, as well detailed in the
aforementioned Times exposé, this food safety claim has been thoroughly
discredited.

Second, when BPI says use of BLBT increases the nutritional profile of school
food, I can only assume that the company is referring to the lower fat content
of ground beef mixed with BLBT.  But of course another way of achieving the same
result would be to add higher quality lean beef to the mixture, rather than pink
slime.  This would of course be more costly, however, which leads to the third
defense of pink slime, which is that it reduces school districts' food costs.

On this point, BPI and I are in complete agreement.  Use of BLBT shaves three
cents a pound off the ground beef that contains it.  But as writer Tom Philpott
wryly noted back in 2010:

Three cents off the cost of making a pound of ground beef. Under the severe
fiscal austerity that school cafeteria administrators operate under, pinching
those three pennies is a rational decision, even if it means subjecting children
to ammonia-ridden slime that may contain pathogens.

The bottom line for me is this:  three leading fast food giants - McDonald's,
Burger King and Taco Bell - all recently discontinued their use of BLBT.  Though
they haven't said so explicitly, it's likely that growing consumer concern over
pink slime led to their change in practice.  But while fast food customers can
vote with their dollars, our nation's school children, particularly those whose
lower economic status forces them to rely on federal school meals, lack any
voice in the matter.  They must passively consume whatever the federal
government sees fit to feed them.

I simply do not  believe that use of BLBT is doing our best by our nation's
children.

And, so far, apparently, over 175,000 people agree with me.

--------------------------
"My Response to Beef Industry Defenses of 'Pink Slime' " was originally posted
March 12, 2012 on Bettina Elias Siegel's "The Lunch Tray: kids and food, in
school and out" website. Reposted with permission.
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#10921 From: "erie_tomj" <erie_tomj@...>
Date: Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:14 am
Subject: Re: Oil Creek 100 Trail Runs - NW PA - 50K, 100K, 100 miles - Sat. 3/17 reg.
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Just a reminder that registration opens this Saturday 3/17 at noon Eastern / 11 AM Central time on RunRace.net.

100 course records - Glen Redpath - NYC - 17:25, Jill Perry - Manilius NY  - 22:09

100K course records - Jeff Nelson - Titusville PA - 10:15, Lee Conner - Cleveland OH - 12:33

50K  course records - Brent Henderson - Titusville PA - 4:18, Kate Martini Freeman - Los Angeles CA - 5:28

50K will sell out in less than an hour and perhaps in 15 to 30 minutes, 100K in less than 10 hours.  100 miler is RRCA's national Ultra Championship race and sells out by July.

Registration tip for 50K and 100K:  be sitting on the registration page for the distance of interest before noon Eastern, and around noon start clicking the refresh / reload button every 15 seconds on your browser until the message at the top changes about 3/17 registration and the bottom  CONTINUE button becomes active.  Then fill out the form  as quickly and accurately as possible.

Tom  Jennings, Race Director

OilCreek100.org  / oc100.org 


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>
> Oil Creek 100 Trail Runs - concurrent 50K, 100K, 100 mile trail races.
> Oil Creek State Park's rugged Gerard Hiking Trail (primarily single
> track) - Titusville PA - birthplace of the oil industry in 1859 and
> boyhood home to college football legend Coach John Heisman (of Heisman
> Trophy fame).
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> Race date - Oct 13, 2012.
>
> Registration will open Saturday March 17th at noon eastern. Be ready to
> register quickly for the 50K and 100K as they will sell out extremely
> fast. The 100 miler usually sells out during the summer - but may be a
> bit quicker this year since it is the Road Runners Club of America's 100
> mile 2012 natiional Ultra Championship race. Reminder - no refunds, no
> transferring of entry to other runners (drivers license / photo ID
> required for packet pickup), no deferring to another year, no mailing of
> race bags, no changing of distances.
>
> "Strike oil or move on!"
>
> Details on the race website: http://www.oc100.org/
> <http://www.oc100.org/>
>
> Tom Jennings, Race Director
>


#10922 From: "Mark Oles" <markoles@...>
Date: Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:31 pm
Subject: Run 4 Luck
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Any of you doing the Run 4 Luck this weekend?

#10923 From: kaye mede <aklmmede@...>
Date: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:10 pm
Subject: Re: Run 4 Luck
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I'm in.
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Any of you doing the Run 4 Luck this weekend?


#10924 From: "Christine Geiselman" <cgeiselm@...>
Date: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:11 pm
Subject: Re: Run 4 Luck
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Me too.
 
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I'm in.
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Any of you doing the Run 4 Luck this weekend?

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