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Strategies & Market Trends : Groundhog Day -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (1067)	4/15/2002 3:48:21 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6346

LOL...look what I just "googled".....Of course there was no around to "applaud" but it was nonetheless very rewarding....as it should be. :) Talk of the Town: Let's hear it for the turtles! By Joe Gross, The Capital, Aug 2, 2000 Sometimes when traffic is bad, cars travel at about the rate of turtles. I heard of one situation that occurred last week when traffic on East-West Boulevard in Millersville wasn't moving as fast -- make that as slowly -- as a turtle. Many area people have seen box turtles crossing the roads in recent weeks and some have been crushed under the wheels of uncaring drivers. One woman that did care about the well-being of the turtles, which are emigrating to nesting places at this time of the year, demonstrated her convictions by stopping traffic on the busy East-West Boulevard to save a turtle she saw crossing the highway. The woman stopped her vehicle in a traffic lane, got out and bravely held up her hand in the traditional "stop" signal. Oncoming cars did stop. So did the drivers that saw her as she stepped out to signal traffic coming from the other direction. You would think drivers would be raising Cain about being brought to a complete stop on so busy a thoroughfare. But that didn't happen. The woman walked in front of the stopped cars, picked up the orange-splashed box turtle and took it to the side of the road to which it was going. As she walked back to her car, many of the drivers got out of their cars and gave her a rousing ovation. It was an act of kindness that isn't seen very often these days, but one that was obviously appreciated even by those who were imposed upon by her passion. A spokesman at Noah's Ark Wildlife Center on Lake Drive in Pasadena explained that this is the nesting season for the turtles and recommended that anyone wont to rescue the harmless reptiles should simply take them off the roads in the direction they are going. That is best for the turtles. It's great to know that some people are so concerned with the welfare of the animals as the woman that stopped traffic to accomplish her goal. And that her endeavor was so appreciated by so many others that might have gotten angry at "the crazy woman" saving a turtle. ****************************************************************