Summer in the Lehigh Valley doesn't seem like it wants to cool down, but fall is officially here and that does change things a bit when it comes to your driving habits.
We may not often take the time to think about it, but the changing of seasons should also coincide with with a change in how we approach the road. Let's take a look at five tips that can help you as fall arrives.
According to the National Safety Council, while just 25 percent of our driving is at night, 50 percent of traffic deaths occur then. It also gets darker earlier during the fall.
This almost goes without saying, but kids will be walking home from school or the bus during the fall. That's a big change from the summer, so be prepared to look out for them in crosswalks or pretty much anywhere else.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, drivers are 3.5 times more likely to hit an animal, especially a deer, during November than any other month of the year. Stay alert.
Water doesn't evaporate as quickly during the fall. Couple that with fallen leaves and roads, especially bridges, get much more slippery than usual. Be careful when breaking.
The fall is a great time to get your tires rotated, or just looked at in general. You will rely on them much more in the fall and winter months than in the spring and summer.
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Kathy discussing Bat Masterson on American Heroes Channel (AHC).
Like so many other small businesses, Legends of America started out as a hobby. Owner-Editor, Kathy Weiser-Alexander has a deep-seated love for history, travel, writing, and almost anything falling within a creative realm. With this in mind, she started a small personal webpage called High Country Legends in 2002. Quickly, the ideas and opportunities expanded and soon, a small business she started in 1998, called the Rocky Mountain General Store was merged with the new website. This business, which was also more of a hobby, was the sales outlet for her creative endeavors.
Kathy's qualifications include a degree in Business Administration; years of drawing, painting, and other artsy-craftsy stuff; and, when creativity didn't pay the bills — more than 20 years of hands-on corporate experience, encompassing business and people management, customer service, technology, and consulting.
In 2003 Kathy met David Alexander in Kansas City, though both are native Texans. That same year, the hobby website evolved into Legends of America and it was the start of a new career. From the beginning, Dave contributed advice, his technical knowledge, and became a primary travel partner. Dave was involved in the radio broadcasting industry from his mid-teens. In 1999, Dave left the airwaves to join a company that designed, managed, and supported software for radio stations, which was eventually purchased by Google in 2006. His division was sold off in the fall of 2009, at which time, he joined Legends of America full time.
Dave at Bob's Gasoline Alley in Cuba Missouri.
Kathy is a published author, with her first book, Great American Bars and Saloons, published in 2006, followed by major contributions to Greetings from Route 66 in 2010 along with several other noted Route 66 authors. Her work is also published under the "Legends Of America" name with Old West Lawmen (2012), Lynching's, Hanging's & Vigilante Groups (2014), and Frontier Slang, Lingo & Phrases (2015).
Also in 2014, Kathy was featured in the cable network Investigation Discovery (ID) channel's "Evil Kin", episode 202 about the Bloody Benders and both Kathy and Dave took part in Ghost Towns: America's Lost World, a 5+ hour, 2 disc DVD released by Mill Creek Entertainment in April of the same year. In 2015, Kathy appeared on the American Heroes Channel in two episodes of the show "Gunslingers" discussing Bat Masterson, original air date August 2, 2015, and Bill Doolin, original air date August 16, 2015. In 2016, Kathy appeared in the new AHC Series "American Lawmen" in season 1 episode "Dallas Stoudenmire: The Hero of El Paso", original air date March 16, 2016. In the Spring of 2018, Mill Creek Entertainment took portions of unaired footage from our interview in 2014 and created a new documentary, "Ghosts in Ghost Towns: Haunting the Wild West", which is available to stream on Amazon. In March of 2019, Kathy appeared in "True First", Season 1: Episode 6 – "Bass Reeves" on UMC (Urban Movie Channel).
Though we started Legends in the Kansas City area — Dave — in Prairie Village, Kansas, and Kathy in Lenexa, Kansas, the business officially moved to Warsaw, Missouri in May 2010. Warsaw, which sits on the dam splitting Truman Lake and the Lake of the Ozarks, is a small town with about 2,000 full-time folks. That number; however, doubles as people flock to enjoy the lakes in the summer.
Our travel companions, Miss Kaydee and Mr. Riley.
Now, Kathy is in charge of the writing, photography, and website design, while Dave handles all technical aspects, shipping, marketing, & sales. What was once the Rocky Mountain General Store has become Legends General Store and an additional sales outlet was also incorporated — Legends Photo Shop which features not only the many photos taking during Legends' travels but also a large volume of restored vintage images.
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Marr Barbara Cowan Buxton says:
My grandfather John Mitchell Cowan born in 1862 blazed many a trail with his businesses. I am compiling his history at this time. His work has benifitted millions of people in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada with railroad, reservoirs, canals, a smelter in Garfield, made roads, leveled land, and so much else. He did work for Spring City rr and a road in Price plus much much more…all with horses and equipment of the day. He worked in Castle Dale and had the first steam shovel in Utah. I'm excited to get the pictures I ordered
Great family history! Kathy and I appreciate your comments and support of our website 🙂
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I subscribed to your website many weeks ago. and as of today, September 22, 2018, I have received nothing. Did I do something wrong? I really enjoy reading your stories.
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Within each court and at each stage of your matter, your matter will be listed in different ways which can be quite confusing if you're unfamiliar with the legal lingo. This short blog explains the legal mumbo jumbo in plain English to help you understand what stage your matter is up to.
This is a hearing where the defendant makes an application to court to be released on bail. Bail is a signed agreement that a defendant enters into to attend court when required and abide by any conditions the Magistrate or Judge thinks is appropriate. Depending on the nature of the charge, bail conditions may vary in seriousness from no conditions to reporting, curfew and residential conditions.
When deciding whether to release someone from custody, there are many things a Magistrate or Judge must consider including the risk to the community, whether the defendant is a risk of re-offending and whether or not the defendant is a risk of failing to appear in court. The factors a Presiding Judge or Magistrate must consider are contained within legislation.
In Queensland, criminal offences are classed in different ways. Some offences may be able to be finalised in the Magistrates Court and are often referred to as 'summary matters'.
When a matter is referred to a 'summary matter' it means the matter, due to the nature of the charge, is able to be finalised summarily in the Magistrates Court. As such these matters are listed in a summary call-over and referred to as summary mentions.
Is the formal process where the court requires a defendant to place on record whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty. During an arraignment, the court will read out the charges and ask the defendant how they want to plead, guilty or not guilty.
A plea of guilty is a listing where the client has provided their legal representatives with instructions that they accept responsibility for the offences and wish to be sentenced accordingly. A plea finalises matters and the presiding Magistrate or Judge will issue a penalty after hearing from the Prosecution and the defendant's solicitor.
The penalty imposed on someone for an offence depends on a large number of factors including the seriousness of the charges, personal circumstances of the defendant including previous criminal history and the nature of any rehabilitation done by the defendant etc. These factors are contained within legislation.
For a Magistrate to accept a plea of guilty, both the Prosecution and Defence must come to an agreement on the facts. If parties cannot agree about the facts of the offence, the matter will need to be listed for a contested sentence.
Matters are commonly referred to as pleas in the Magistrates Courts and sentences in the higher courts (District or Supreme Courts) but mean the same thing.
This is a sentence or plea of guilty where the defendant accepts responsibility for the overall offence but does not accept the facts of the offending. For example you may accept you assaulted someone by hitting them once but not accept you hit them five times.
In a contested sentence, relevant witnesses, such as the complainant (victim), defendant or other witnesses may be called to give evidence and be cross-examined regarding the facts in dispute.
The Presiding Judge or Magistrate will then make a decision about which version of events they prefer. The sentence or plea will then continue in the usual manner.
It is important to note, that if the Presiding Judge or Magistrate makes a ruling against the defendant, the defendant may lose the benefit of their plea of guilty as they have required witnesses to give evidence.
There is not right to appeal in Queensland. You may apply to a higher court for leave to appeal in certain circumstances.
There are two common types of appeal in Queensland.
Appeal against sentence – the sentence imposed was manifestly too harsh.
Appeal against conviction – where a mistake was made that resulted in a conviction.
An appeal hearing in a higher court begins when you the lodge a notice of appeal against a lower court decision.
You have 28 days from your conviction or sentence date to appeal.


A rail bed. Nothing special, but I like how the shot turned out.
Bicycle and wheelchair access car. The box seen just inside the doors is a wheelchair lift, but it is not used because "not all the crew at all the stations know how to use them, so we don't use them to avoid confusion." … You can't make these up.
This car is designated for bicycles but not wheelchairs. I was put into a couple of these over the week.
Train entering the station. You can sort of see the driver in the front car.
Unfortunately my strength ran out this week, and I didn't get out again for another train trip. Planning on one next week and in the meantime I have more photos.
So there we were, Friday, racing back to Sderot with all due speed. We didn't need to change trains, and everyone one the train wanted to get home, too. At Sderot the lift was waiting for us and they were hurrying us out of the station with all due speed. Very friendly, but firm. Everyone wants to get home Friday afternoon.
I did use the water closet on that last train, and may I say it was a delight? Plenty of room, grab bars, room to roll in the wheelchair to the sink, everything at a good height. Okay, it wasn't exactly clean and fresh smelling, but it was at the end of the journey at the end of the day. The button that opens the door outside doesn't correspond with the buttons on the wall that open, close and lock the door. I didn't lock the door, not even knowing how to close the door, leave alone lock it. TH showed me afterward. I did managed to do it all by myself, a treat for me – for those who might not appreciate it. Why can't they all be built like this?
We had been able to find out that the last train out of Rosh HaAyin would arrive at Ashkelon about forty-five minutes after we reached Sderot. Time for a mad dash. TH drove us all home to our tiny little moshav in the middle of nowhere. He and my oldest son would do all of the last minute shabbot preparations and get the food on while I drove to Ashkelon to pick up S. (Shhh! don't tell, I don't have a license.) Since I can't do any of the cleaning and preparations at home and I *can* drive, it was the best allocation of resources. As a general rule I don't drive since they took my license away. I didn't lose it for any reasons that preclude me driving, the office of licensing (my best attempt at translation) took it after I failed to get several doctors to fill out reports in one month during the chagim (High Holidays) last year. In the process of rectifying that now and generally I don't drive but this was something of a special case.
It was stressful, and manic, and a bit insane, and we drove for a long while before we could turn around, but S and I made it home in time to relax a little bit and change before lighting the candles. The pitot that S had rescued became pita pizzas that night, and the challah was of course for all of shabbot.
More on all that later. Thanks for reading.
Sitting in the train at Sderot – it feels entirely different going for a day trip – not so much excitement, and no fear.
Watching a giggle of girls at the foyer of the car desperately hpoing they go up. It's a double-decker train with the wheelchairs and bicycles downstairs.
9:02 train leaving. The firls are upstairs thank goodness – we can still hear them perfectly clearly. We have the whole lower level to ourselves now.
It is still winter but starting to warm up a touch. Fields in all different shades of green and freshly ploughed fields the colour of terra cotta, or brown. We just passed Yad Mordecai. The scenery cannot compare with the most gorgeous places on earth, or even in Israel, but it is home and it is beautiful.
Slowing down for Ashkelon literally hundreds and possibly thousands of cars parked in rows and reflecting the sun. There is an old house with crumbling roof that is the old station house from British Mandate times. I hope I can go see it properly sometime.
Still between fields but now iwth the occasional factory or warehouse. Heading for kvish (highway) 4. — And there it is on our right.
Just pulled in to Yavne – Maarav (Yavne west) station. Realizing with a huge sense of relief we don't have to change trains! Yeaaa!!! Can't see much from the Yavne station platorm. Maybe another time.
Takana Rishon L'tzion Mosha Dayan appears to be underground but I think it is just the massive amounts of concrete everywhere. Yup, not underground – they built the actual station right over the tracks. I wonder why?
Bat Yam Commiyut likewise appears underground. Holon Wolfson has tall concrete walls but bright sunshine shining down anyway. Very nice looking station.
That's the end of my notes, but the day was filled with fun and excitement. My youngest daughter Simcha joined us on that trip so there were four of us. We got off at the Rosh HaAyin train station, which is nestled in a corner of a meeting of highways. Years ago we lived just down the road, effectively, from Rosh HaAyin, and had been to the station and the shuk there more times than I can count so it wasn't new ground. Still, the wheelchair made a difference as did not having a car. Leaving the station we found a taxi driver and asked for a ride to the shuk, haggling the price down from 38 to 30 shekels. Not any kind of a big deal, except that T(he) H(usband) despite almost ten years in Israel can't haggle to save his life. Really he can't.
The taxi driver turned in to the parking lot by the shuk where the handicapped parking is, thinking he would drop us there and leave, but there was an attendant at the entrance who argued with him – I guess the attendant was afraid the taxi would park there or something? *I* don't know. It was in Hebrew and a typical Israeli interaction which left TH and the kids and I getting out of the taxi at the entrance to the parking lot furthest from the shuk. The taxi driver wasn't happy about it, the attendant wasn't happy about it, but we figured we could walk along the sidewalk and get there so why fuss about it.
Visiting the shuk was wonderful, both for the memories, and because we were there with no constraints, no list of produce we had to buy and get home in time to prepare for shabbot. We just wandered where we could – I took it as a sign if too many people were blocking a 'street' (the aisles between the stalls/shops) that we should go some other way. We listened to music, ate pastry, I found shoes I can slip on without help that fit and don't hurt my injured toe. That is a long story, the injured toe, and not worth the telling. We bought a bunch of fruit and some veg and challah and pita and we found some packages of American bagels (that's what the package says) and bought trays and trays of fried chicken and egg rolls and potato borekes and other things I don't know the name of that contained chopped turkey and onion rings and chicken fingers. I'm sure there were other things but that's a good representative sample.
We bought iced drinks, lemonana and coffee. Lemonana is lemonade with the herb nana, which is a mint. Very tasty.
We walked up towards the entrance to Rosh HaAyin trying to find a taxi back to the train station. Never found a taxi, but we found a bus stop and a bus to the train station was arriving shortly, so there we waited. The bus was more of a very large van. It was 'handicapped accessible' in that there was a piece of the floor which could be lifted on hinges and laid down to form a ramp. The person in the wheelchair has to sit backwards to use the seatbelts. I chose to sit forwards which required some extra maneuvering of the wheelchair but gave me a less unpleasant ride, even though I couldn't face any of my family members who were riding behind me.
At the train station we took our chicken and eggrolls and borekes and, … and found a nice place to sit in the sun and have a picnic. The fried chicken is really excellent and is a reason to go to the shuk all by itself. My taste buds may be a bit effected by living almost ten years in Israel, but I have to tell you that fried chicken is not something that is easy to find here and so finding good fried chicken is no small thing.
We cleaned up after ourselves, entered the train station and boarded the train, heading towards home. We hadn't been more than a few minutes along our way when an extremely upset train conductor came up to us asking if we had left bags behind at the Rosh HaAyin station. Forgetting your bags in Israel is extremely serious. There is too much history here of people finding bombs in wallets, bags, and even bread left lying around in places like busses and train stations. Son E was holding the bags with the picnic and the bread and had forgotten to take them in the dash to get me on the train.
Add to that we were on the last train to Sderot, and it was late enough on a Friday that we couldn't just go to another bakery to buy the challah and pitot (pita, plural), and it was really a bit of a pickle. I thought quickly and asked daughter S if she would get off the train at the next stop, go back up to Rosh HaAyin to get the bags, and take the next (last) train from Rosh HaAyin. We had no idea how far that last train went or how we would pick her up. The train conductor's brow cleared at that. The forgotten bags were no longer a problem, for him.
TH and E and I continued the ride back to Sderot with no further excitement but that of trying to figure out how we would manage with one car and very little time before sundown and my middle son wanting to be picked up from Netivot and TH and the food that we had needing to get home to have some time to prepare for shabbot and somehow having to be able to get S from wherever she was going to end up.
Not very exciting, a toilet on a train.
And here's the sink, oh boy.
The trains that run to and from J'lem all have the cars with the luggage nook/wheelchair seating that I found so offensive. I chose on the ride out from J'lem to sit in regular seats which was easy enough to do as we were early on the train at it's beginning.
It was a quiet enough ride, and I've already blogged about it enough already but I need to add that once again the bathroom was unusable. There were three days in a row in which I spent more than an hour in need of a toilet and unable to find one I could use. One day I was actually able to make use of facilities exactly three times for a whole day. Thank goodness it is winter and I can choose not to drink for long periods of time.
The trip from J'lem to Modi'in was really quite pretty, but not much else to say about it. We arrived at Modi'in to find out that the station was quite in the middle of nowhere. A handful of residential towers at a distance, and nothing else. TH and E and I had brought some food from J'lem, and went outside, found a bench by a pretty flower bed and had a bit of a picnic. It was really extremely pleasant, and even if we saw nothing really of they city of Modi'in, we did not consider the trip a waste. It was fun.
From Modi'in we got on the next train out and, changing trains again at Tel Aviv HaHagganah (the posh, posh, traveling life, the traveling life for me…), we went south via the other southbound line to Be'er Sheva, changing trains at the university station (north) for Dimona. By the time we got to Dimona it was dark, and the station there was completely removed from the city, being at a distance of some kilometers.
One difference on this southbound line is that sitting and watching the miles go by, the land is flat. Almost completely flat and almost completely empty. When it gets dark it is actually dark (okay, always a bit of light pollution, but darker than anywhere else I've been in Israel), and the lights seen in the distance are a handful of lights on a road intersection, not the glare of a city.
The people at the Dimona station are very friendly, and amused by our showing up only to turn around and go back on the next train. We stroll around outside, and I took a handful of photos inside the station using my phone. My photography is nothing special, but I do think seeing things makes it more interesting and real.
And so we rolled in to the Be'er Sheva merkaz station (merkaz means 'center/centre') and off the train where our oldest son was meeting us to drive us home.
I should probably have noted that we live on a tiny little moshav in the middle of nowhere, with no bus service even.
And that was the end of the great train tiyul around Israel for us. But, since we had plans to go to Rosh HaAyin the next day, not the end of our travels.
Loads of photos coming later.
I feel really badly that I didn't get anything written for a couple of days now. I desperately wanted to because I fear that I will forget things, and of course nothing is fresh.
Here's my hand-written notes from Wednesday, the fourth day of our trip.
Very frustrating. I am glad there is no more visiting with people on this trip. Yesterday we only made it to two (2) train stations, I didn't manage to keep track of money spent, no proper blog update and the personal care situation leaves a lot to be desired.
I wanted to visit, but it doesn't work with me having to always choose between my needs and desires and the needs and desires of family and friends. Unfortunately I need more time, care and space than people outside of my immediate family seem to be able to grasp.
On the train from J'lem. I really had a wonderful time but it was too much. We met with a friend at Beit Shemesh and talked rapid fire trying to get the most information out in the shortest possible time.
The track from Beit Shemesh to Jerusalem (and back) is full of curves and ver bumpy. Stunning views out the windows. Just gorgeous.
It is a long trip for Israel – 1/2 hour between stations.
The land is old, worn, but retains a certain majesty. It has seen it all and the hills stand tall.
In J'lem I visited with a friend I haven't seen in a few years and we slept overnight with my brother. He lives outside J'lem on a hilltop yishuv. We took a bus back to the train. It was a fun trip but impossible to write on a bus.
Our next destination is Modi'in Centre. Changing trains at Tel Aviv HaHagganah. I pushed forward into a regular cabin and commandeered a seat. Had to ask a young woman to move because I can only reach the first set of seats. Right now I am just enjoying the scenery.
Coming into Ramla the wifi stops working. *sigh* A wall prevents me from seeing out. It isn't an unattractive wall but still. I believe we change trains soon. Ooh, past the wall and suddenly the sun is blazing in my window, almost blinding me.
We finished Farmer Giles of Ham.
Lod Station. Nothing remarkable except an awful lot of tracks calving and (I can't read what I wrote – heading?) off to what I'm guessing are train yards.
The people at the station in Jerusalem were absolutely marvelous. I am really amazed at the quality of service. I've met with a certain measure of native Israeli grumpiness, and there was one station where the employees were generally unhelpful and charm free, but overall the feeling is one of surprized delight. Surprized because I am delighted. Service is not ordinarily something one gushes about. One complains when it isn't good enough but otherwise one takes it for granted.
The Jerusalem station is below street level, and we had to maneuver around quite a bit to get up to the street and onto the sidewalk. Some more curb cuts would be nice. Still, we managed to get to Malka, the Jerusalem mall (that's what one sign said.) We were met by my old friend who kindly drove TH and E to meet with my brother. They rode home with him to his apartment and my friend showed me some lovely parts of Jerusalem. She loves the city and I hope I can get back so she can show me some more part of it that I haven't seen. My experience in J'lem so far has been really unpleasant between traffic, parking, inaccessibility of just about *everything*… This was a treat.
The bus ride back to the city was such a treat! And the bus ride across J'lem, as we had to get from one end of the city to the other to reach the train station.
At that point my cat Kitten decided to move onto the keyboard. More in another post.


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The Cipher Garden
Martin Edwards
Synopsis of The Cipher Garden
In the peaceful village of Old Sawrey, in the idyllic Lake District, Warren Howe is brutally slaughtered with his own scythe by a mysterious hooded figure.
The police have several suspects, but there is insufficient evidence to make an arrest.
Years later an anonymous tip-off sparks the interest of DCI Hannah Scarlett, who heads the local Cold Case Review Team.
With the help of historian Daniel Kind, Hannah digs deeper in the quest for truth and discovers that, in Old Sawrey, old sins cast long shadows.
Following the killer's trail, Hannah arrives at a shocking conclusion, one that will change lives forever.
Synopsis of The Cipher Garden taken from Amazon
Review of The Cipher Garden
Second in the Lake District Mysteries series, starring Hannah Scarlett, Chief Inspector of the unsolved cases department, and Dan Kind, a historian who retires to live in the area and is the son of the deceased former mentor of the aforementioned Hannah.
As in the first one, it takes a while to get to the point, but once it does, the thing develops smoothly to the end. The plot is good and quite original and keeps the suspense until the end.
Recommended for those who read in English as it hasn't been published in Spanish.
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Publisher: Allison & Busby


Examples of wearable art from sustainable dye techniques. Email jpainedawes@live.com for availability and prices.
Cotton gauze scar dyed in Japanese Indigo and Onion. Shirt is handkerchief linen.
Scarf is Japanese Indigo over dye on eco-printed cotton gauze. Background fabric is sold.
Back of Linen jacket dyed with Arkansas wind fallen leaves. To the right is a silk sweater also dyed with windfall.


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Q: Python getting object has no attribute error but attribute exists in package documentation I am trying to get the lat/lngs from a successful location search using the SearchControl class in ipyleaflet. Code is from the ipyleaflet documentation link. When I run the below example I get the error AttributeError: 'SearchControl' object has no attribute 'on_location_found'. I know the code as is wont get me what I need, but it was a starting point. Can anyone advise how I might be able to get the lat/lngs? New to this.
from ipyleaflet import Map, SearchControl

m = Map(center=[47, 2], zoom=5)

search = SearchControl(
    position="topleft",
    url='https://cartoradon.irsn.fr/commune.py/communes/search/FR/{s}?',
    zoom=5
)
m.add_control(search)

def on_found(**kwargs):
    # Print the result of the search (text, location etc)
    print(kwargs)

search.on_location_found(on_found)

m

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