VALLEY CROSSING II: September 2012

Thursday, September 6, 2012

CONGRATULATIONS BO !!!!!!

As everyone knows, Bo has been one of our Board of Directors for 10 years and has recently retired.

"Bo" is the nickname for Samuel Butler Grimes but he always goes by Bo (a nickname for Butler). He attended and graduated from the Gilman School. After college Bo became a teacher of English in the middle school at Gilman and eventually the chairman of that department. He retired at the end of this school year after 49 years.

Bo is married to Sabra Grimes and lives at 88 Valley Ridge Loop. They have two daughters, Tish and Meg.

Best wishes to Bo and his family from his neighbors in Valley Crossing II.

PAIN STUDY PROMPTS BACKPACK AWARENESS

The concern is prompted in part by a new study that showed more then 60 percent of school-aged children said they had back pain caused by book bags that were too heavy.

Backpack expert Candy Diamond-Krupitsky said there are a slew of problems that you can get from carrying a backpack.

She said backpacks can be too heavy or not have enough strapping and that can cause shoulder pain radiating down into the arm, neck, which causes lower back problems and pain extending down to the hips, knees and ankles.

"You might not think toys and backpacks can cause so many problems," said Claudia Towles of aMuse Toys. "But they really do have an impact."

Experts said start early to get kids into good habits.

The first step is to choose the correct size bag. It should fall between the shoulders and lower back, and not extend any lower. The second step is to pack smart.

"You want to pack heavier things closer to your back and the lighter things further away. You don't want things to be able to move around inside the backpack, so pack it nice and tight.

Another suggestion was to make sure your child wears the backpack on two shoulders with the straps pulled tight and close to the back.

Diamond-Krupitsky also recommended that kids put the backpack down if they are waiting for the bus.

"It gives the back a break," she said.

Parents should also go through book bags every day and take out what they don't need.

"If you have the right back pack for your child, they're going to be able to carry things properly and understand what they put in there and be responsible for their things

WASHINGTON MONUMENT.....BUILT FROM COCKEYSVILLE MARBLE

A quarry, dating back to the 19th century, produces limestone and marble, including some of the marble used in the construction of the Washington Monument. The whiter portion towards the bottom half of the monument originated from this quarry, but since construction was halted when money ran low, the monument had to be finished using a cheaper, different-colored stone. Phase one (1848 to 1858) of construction continued up to the 152-foot (46 m) level, under the direction of Superintendent William Daugherty. The exterior featured white marble from Texas, Maryland, as well as four rows of it from Sheffield, Massachusetts. In phase two (1878 to 1888), with work completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, commanded by Lt. Col. Thomas L. Casey, white marble for the exterior was used from a different Cockeysville quarry. The local marble was also used in 1836 to form the track bed of the Padonia Road section of the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad (which later became part of the Northern Central Railway); the use of marble instead of wood was an experiment that was soon after abandoned

ABOUT OUR TOWN

Cockeysville was named after the Cockey family who helped establish the town. Thomas Cockey (1676–1737) settled in Limestone Valley in 1725 at Taylor's Hall (an area now just north of Padonia Road and east of Interstate 83). Joshua Frederick Cockey (1765–1821) built one of the first homes in the area in 1798 and built the first commercial structure, a hotel, in 1810 in what would become the village of Cockeysville. His son, Judge Joshua F. Cockey (1800–1891), was a lifelong resident in the village and built the train station (what would be part of the Pennsylvania Railroad) and accompanying commercial buildings in the 1830s.

Cockeysville was the scene of some Civil War activity. Confederate soldiers pushed into the Baltimore area, intending to cut off the city and Washington from the north. On July 10, 1864, Confederate cavalry under General Bradley T. Johnson entered Cockeysville, destroying telegraph lines and track along the Northern Central Railway. They also burned the first bridge over the Gunpowder Falls, just beyond nearby Ashland.

After the war, Joshua F. Cockey III (1837–1920) founded the National Bank of Cockeysville (1891) and other commercial ventures in the community, as well as developing dwellings along the York Turnpike (now York Road) that made up the village of Cockeysville.

Stone Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[2] Baltimore County School No. 7 was listed in 2000.^[2]

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

CONGRATULATIONS BO !!!!!!

Majority of school-aged kids report backpack pain