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  Herb Washington | BaseballLibrary.com
Washington held world indoor track records in both the 50- and 60-yard dashes (5.0 and 5.8 seconds), but hadn't played baseball since his junior year in high school when A's owner Charlie Finley signed him as the club's designated pinch runner two weeks before the 1974 season.
In the 1974 WS, Washington ran for Joe Rudi in the ninth inning of Game Two after Rudi's single had cut Oakland's deficit to 3-2, and was promptly picked off by Dodgers pitcher Mike Marshall.
Washington, who played in 104 ML games without batting, pitching, or fielding, stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/W/Washington_Herb.stm   (139 words)

  
 DowntownYoungstown.com - 'Hounds owner rejects tourney
Herb Washington, owner of the Youngstown SteelHounds of the Central Hockey League, has declined the request made by Bruce Zoldan, owner of the Mahoning Valley Phantoms of the NAHL, to hold the amateur tournament for 16-20-year-old amateur players at the city-owned Chevrolet Centre from April 24-29.
In the latest press release, Washington's bottom line for his rejection is that he didn't like the way that Zoldan and the NAHL presented their requests to him to stage the junior tournament and the manner in which they handled the entire situation.
Washington also pointed out: "Last week, sources familiar with the tournament informed the local media that this tournament had been lost to Bozeman [Mont.], and that it was my fault because I refused to consent to a plan of which I had too little information upon which to make a more informed decision.
downtownyoungstown.com /article.php?story=20060225154457258   (664 words)

  
 1999 Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame -- Herb Washington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Herb always wanted to be an all around athlete, and his dream was to be a nine letter man. However, because of school boundaries, he was transferred to Central and had to sit out for one semester, missing the chance to play football or basketball that semester.
As a senior at MSU, Herb was drafted in the 12th round by the Baltimore Colts in the 1972 NFL draft.
Herb currently resides in Broadman, Ohio, where he is a successful businessman and active in numerous community service activities.
www.flint.lib.mi.us /hallfame/99/washington99.shtml   (361 words)

  
 Between the Issues News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Herb Washington is renovating his 24 area McDonald's restaurants.
To make his customers feel even better about eating at McDonald's, Herb Washington is spending "north of seven figures" to upgrade the 24 restaurants he owns in the Mahoning Valley and Mercer County, Pa. Two contractors will soon install new and brighter lighting, repaint the restaurants, and do other renovation work.
Washington's route to the area began in Flint, Mich., where he grew up, and took him to Michigan State University where he majored in marketing.
www.business-journal.com /00010/herbwash.html   (874 words)

  
 Hairy Willow-Herb (Epilobium hirsutum) - A Problem Wetland Species in Washington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In Washington, hairy willow-herb is reported from a number of gardens in the Bellingham area, where gardeners consider it a replacement for purple loosestrife, a state-listed noxious weed.
This semi-aquatic, perennial herb is found in a wide range of moist soils, including wetlands, ditch and stream banks, low fields, pastures, and meadows.
The majority of Washington populations are limited to Whatcom County, where this plant is regularly found as a garden ornamental, and as an escapee to natural wetland areas.
www.ecy.wa.gov /programs/wq/plants/weeds/willowherb.html   (1019 words)

  
 Herb Tyson - Singer and Songwriter
Herb's stage presence has been described as a blend of Burl Ives' folksy warmth, Tom Paxton's sharp wit, and Don McLean's smooth vocal tones.
Herb’s songs blend the styles of country, folk, pop and blues, drawing inspiration from his extended family, friends, politics, the news, and travels.
Herb pokes fun at the foibles of all of us — technical and social — while at the same time reminding us that we’re all here for a reason: to help each other.
www.herbtyson.com /bio.htm   (741 words)

  
 HistoryLink Essay: Bridge, Herbert "Herb" Marvin (b. 1925)
But Herb Bridge’s interests ranged beyond downtown and there apparently was no civic or charitable request he wouldn’t undertake.  In addition to heading the Downtown Seattle Association and the Washington Athletic Club, he was a founder of the Better Business Bureau and a Seattle Rotary board member.
Herb’s wife Shirley has amassed her own advocacy credentials, and has done so while battling a succession of cancers since 1955, including surviving an operation to relieve pressure on her brain.
Herb and Shirley Bridge also have been awarded E. Donnall Thomas Medals of Achievement by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute and have been honored by, among others, the National Council of Christians and Jews, the Museum of History and Industry, the YMCA, and Jewish National Fund.
www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=7307   (2153 words)

  
 Mediocre Fred's Mediocre Blog (Ret.): Mourning a Titan
He was a tough urban kid, born in Baltimore and raised in Washington, who graduated witha pharmacy from George Washington University but claimed that none of his classes taught him as much as the bridge game in the student union.
Herb had ceded control of day-to-day operations for the most part, but he was still the primary stockholder.
By the time it was done, Herb and Gloria's 45-year marriage was over, Herb was out of the company with a $50 million buyout, and the company was crippled by the massive bills from the legal wrangle and never recovered.
mediocrefred.mu.nu /archives/044349.php   (2074 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Washington/Cincinatti trade situation has been unfortunate, as the one most "injured" by the events was Herb of Washington (Can we call him Herb) Washington with it morphing into the more abstract "Speedy" or "Sprinter" in a few weeks?).
Herb walked into a situation that he didn't create, and possibly didn't want.
With a profit coming for Washington adding to a bankroll in the $50M range, the Senators can be major players in the free agent game in the off season.
home.centurytel.net /crackerjack/camjune15.htm   (567 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Washington -- a world-class track star and all-around athlete in high school in Flint, Mich., and at Michigan State University -- was drafted as a wide receiver by the Baltimore Colts in the 1973 National Football League draft, but opted to play baseball instead.
Washington is reviewing resumes for a head coach and awaiting a response from his first choice for general manager.
Washington was looking for someone with extensive experience with the CHL -- mostly someone involved with a start-up team -- and was elated when Buckborough accepted the position.
www.youngstownconvocationcenter.com /news_archive3.html   (4439 words)

  
 Herbert B. Jones Foundation
Herb made friends with others in the office machine business, and it was a mark of his friendly personality that he got along well with those who were his competitors.
Herb had a year of college and had taken a correspondence course in accounting but he told me he felt that he could certainly have benefited from further education.
Herb didn't want the Foundation's funds to be considered an annuity--just to say "Here's $50,000 a year, do what you want with it." He wanted a Board that actually monitored the program to make sure it was effective.
www.hbjfoundation.com /biographyfull.html   (5937 words)

  
 Central Hockey League
Herb Washington as owner of the CHL franchise that will begin play in fall of 2005.
Washington, a highly successful businessman in the Youngstown area, has established an office and will begin operations immediately in preparation for the 2005-2006 season.
Washington currently owns and operates 21 McDonald’s franchises, and is a former recipient of the prestigious Gerry Newman Award (presented annually to an individual who demonstrates integrity, loyalty, fairness and compassion) from the restaurant chain.
centralhockeyleague.com /news/?id=6507   (326 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: features@ugusta: Pruning herbs now for more flavor 01/08/99
WASHINGTON -- An herb garden often is precisely designed, tailored to a space and expected to respect the boundaries allotted it.
Thus, when perennial herb plants have been growing for a year or so, it can be vexing for the gardener to be confronted by more luxuriant growth.
Container-grown herbs overflowing their space can be tamed likewise by lifting them out of their pots.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/010899/fea_prune.shtml   (639 words)

  
 The Times-Reporter
Herb was employed in the engineering department at the former Heller Brothers Tool Company at Newcomerstown, where he worked for 36 years.
While in Port Washington, he was a member of the former Port Washington Moravian Church, where he served as Sunday school superintendent and choir member.
Herb is survived by his wife, Ruth F. Johns Gates of Newcomerstown, whom he married on Jan. 18, 1936, and recently celebrated 67 years of marriage.
www.timesreporter.com /left.php?ID=19243&r=3&Category=7   (524 words)

  
 Golden Triangle Media.com - Home - 09/16/2004 - Businessman, community supporter remembered
Herb's wife, Betty, recalled this morning some milestones in her husband's life and some of their shared participation in the life of the Washington community.
Herb's father owned a small factory in Waverly that manufactured pharmaceuticals, so choosing the pharmacy profession was a natural.
Herb opened his own pharmacy in 1947 on the west side of the square, and operated the business until his retirement in 1986.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=12941184&BRD=1142&PAG=461&dept_id=142778&rfi=6   (342 words)

  
 Medieval New York: Cloisters Herb Garden
Herb drinks were mixed, with ale, milk, or vinegar; many of the potions were made with herbs mixed with honey.
In addition, several herbs were associated with love, others used for cooking and seasoning, and still others for artistic purposes.
The herbs in the Bonnefont Cloister Garden are all grouped according to their uses.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/medny/herbgdn1.html   (1124 words)

  
 "Fire!" (Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium, Library of Congress Exhibition)
Herb Block recognized the danger to civil liberties posed by such activities and warned of them in his work.
Some producers, directors and screen writers refused to testify or to play the ‘name game' in which the committee demanded the names of associates, who could then be called on to name others thus providing an ever-expanding list of suspects to be summoned.
Herb Block's 1954 depiction of the emerging campaigner would stick with Nixon throughout his career.
www.loc.gov /rr/print/swann/herblock/fire.html   (1568 words)

  
 Washington Racing Hall of Fame
Herb was born in Harrington on July 27, 1913, the same year as actor Glenn Ford, who would later laud him as Washington’s turfman of the year in 1960 and compliment him as the type of man he wanted to be and often tried to portray on the screen.
Herb graduated from Harrington High in 1932 and went into partnership with his father in wheat farming and cattle raising in 1937.
Herb was known to cover “the wheat raising part of the business with a Piper Club airplane,” and “in the late 40’s and early 50’s an airfield was maintained at the Herb Armstrong ranch.
www.washingtonthoroughbred.com /WaTbStats/HOF_Armstrong.htm   (3070 words)

  
 PeachesandHerb
Herb Fame, born Herbert Feemster on October 1, 1942, in Washington, D.C., began singing in church at seven and continued singing through the years in neighborhood groups.
Herb convinced McCoy to grant him an audition, and a week later the young record store employee was signed to a contract with Date Records.
Despondent over the act's failing chart success, Herb abruptly quit Peaches and Herb and got a job with the Washington, D.C. Police Department in July 1970.
www.discomuseum.com /PeachesandHerb.html   (746 words)

  
 Vindy.com - He's loving it: McDonald's owner serves up hockey
Washington believes the hockey franchise is important to the success of the convocation center, which in turn will be important to downtown revitalization.
Washington said he was impressed by his experience at CHL games he's attended in Texas.
Washington said an average of 4,500 fans per game will be necessary for the franchise to be profitable.
www.vindy.com /print/281944170967085.php   (742 words)

  
 News roundup, September 28 - Fox For Feingold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Washington - Since he proposed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by the end of 2006, US Sen. Russ Feingold has met with two reactions within his own party.
Washington, DC - US Senator Russ Feingold today called on President Bush to use his primetime address to the nation on Thursday, September 15 to join him in...
WASHINGTON - Liberal supporters of Russ Feingold hoped that his vote for John Ashcroft as attorney general in 2001 was an aberration.
foxforfeingold.org /node/236   (1567 words)

  
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Herb is presented with the National Guard's Charles Dick Medal of Merit by Albert H. Wilkening, Major General of the Wisconsin Air National Guard.
Herb was presented with an honorary alumni award at St. Norbert College just before this visit to the College's Center for Adaptive Education and Assistance Technology.
Herb attends an event sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and the French Consulate General to honor Wisconsin Veterans of World War II who participated in the Normandy landing and liberation of France.
www.senate.gov /~kohl/gallery.html   (1257 words)

  
 Herb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Whether it is the proliferation of herb nuclear weaponry and power, the herb war on terrorism,.
The yarrow bay beach cafe herb is purported to be a diaphoretic, astringent, tonic, stimulant.
The stalks of yarrow are dried and used as a randomising agent in I Ching.
yarrow.berh.be /herb.html   (686 words)

  
 Herb Washington Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Herb Washington was born on Friday, November 16, 1951, in Belzoni, Mississippi.
Washington was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 4, 1974, with the Oakland Athletics.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Herb Washington baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=washihe01   (293 words)

  
 With a little help from its Friends"
The Medicinal Herb Garden is a display site of over 600 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees associated with medicinal botany.
It occupies two acres of the UW campus and is thought to be the largest garden of its type in the Western Hemisphere.
The Friends of the Medicinal Herb Garden formed in 1984 "to preserve, maintain, and improve this historical garden for all to visit...." They renovated beds, conducted tours, published a newsletter, and sponsored educational events—leaving them too busy to seek publicity.
home.earthlink.net /~ruthpett/resume/herbgarden.htm   (651 words)

  
 UW Medicinal Herb Garden Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Located on the campus the University of Washington in Seattle, the Medicinal Herb Garden is a resource for herbalists, medics, and botanists of all levels.
Please consult a qualified health-care professional in your area for advice on using medicinal herbs.
Donations to the Friends of the Medicinal Herb Garden can be made through this secure form.
nnlm.gov /pnr/uwmhg   (233 words)

  
 Washington Gardens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Gardens include the Rose Garden, the Knot Garden (culinary herbs), the Scree (an alpine microclimate), the Waterfall (with small bulbs, orchids, rhododendrons, azaleas, bog plants and primulas), the Fern Garden, the Rhododendron Collection (one of the Northwest's largest colections), the Boxwood Parterres (and Topiary), and the Woodland Garden.
This spectacular 2 1/2 acre herb garden featuring medicinal herbs and established in 1911 is arranged in 6 large garden rooms showcasing 600 species of medical herbs and useful plants.
Washington Park Arboretum: Location: 2300 Arboretum Drive (off Lake Washington Boulevard East) Mail: University of Washington, P.O. Box 358010, Seattle, WA 98195-8010 (206)543-8800.
www.ilovegardens.com /Washington_Gardens/washington_gardens.htm   (3273 words)

  
 The Herb Society of America - National Herb Garden
The garden includes hundreds of species and cultivars of herbs used for everything from perfume to cooking to medicine to flower arranging.
Every plant is labeled, and interpretive signage helps the visitor understand the herbs in context with their history and use.
Constructed on a two-and-a-half-acre site at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., the garden was completed in 1980 after fifteen years of planning and fundraising by a group of dedicated Society members.
www.herbsociety.org /nhg.php   (362 words)

  
 AEGiS-WashBlade: Gay photographer Herb Ritts succumbs to AIDS
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