Our stoats are two cheerful and easy-going teenagers, energetic, determined and strong-willed, sometimes charmingly irreverent towards adults and eager to assert their role as protagonists in the world to come,
"I feel very proud," said Raymond James, as he prepared to walk on to the pitch at Wembley as a footballer's mascot. Mr James, from Fulham, is one of 22 people living with dementia who will walk out with the England and Wales team. Mr James said he was looking forward to the occasion, adding: "I've never done anything like that. I know what it's like. I've seen the children (mascots) go, so I know what to do."
I live in Santa Rosa, the county seat of Sonoma County, which is 55 miles north of San Francisco and is a reasonably affordable place to live. In observance of A Week Without Driving (Sept. 28-Oct.4) I decided to experience the most controversial proposals in the Marin-Sonoma Coordinated Transit Service Plan, aka MASCOTS, (summary below): the elimination of the Route 101 bus, operated by Golden Gate Transit.
Keggy the Keg emerged as Dartmouth's mascot in 2003, created by a humor magazine after the university dropped its previous nickname and symbol, incorporating a quirky identity that reflects modern culture.
