Timothy is the 4 x g.grandson of James KNIBBS b.1828 at Clifton, Oxfordshire, England. He has two daughters. Sarah Elizabeth who is 4 years old next month, and Leah Michelle who is nearly 2. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jackari2@aol.com> To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:15 AM Subject: [K/NIBB/S] Tim KNIBBS and daughter > Middletown News CT > By PENNY RIORDAN > Staff Writer > > SOUTHINGTON -- It seems the early bird caught the bike Saturday morning at > the Southington police station on Lazy Lane, as nearly 50 bicycles were > unofficially claimed long before the official beginning of the sale at 9 a.m. > > "When we pulled up, there were so many people already out here eyeing the > bikes they wanted," said Sgt. Lowell DePalma. > > The bikes were part of the annual police department tag sale, where officers > clean out a year’s worth of lost or abandoned items found all over town. > > Because a local radio station advertised the start time at 8 a.m., many > people arrived before the official start-time at 9 a.m. and were staking claim on > the bikes and other items such as CDs, backpacks, hand tools and power tools. > > By 10 a.m., all that was left for the latecomers were a few rusty mail boxes, > some lawn ornaments, a water cooler and three textbooks titled "Abnormal > Psychology," "Statistics for Managers" and "Public Speaking." > > Tim Knibbs showed up after 10 a.m., hoping for a bargain bike, but left with > a $1 bargain on a "Barney" video for his daughter. > > "I guess this is all that’s left," he said matter-of-factly as he paid for > his video and walked away. > > A makeshift sign at the gate said "bikes sold out" in large blue letters but > a few people cruised slowly by the back lot of the year-old police station on > Lazy Lane, looking disappointedly at the leftovers. > > The eagerness of Southington residents to reclaim other’s lost bikes was a > success for the police department, who had to clean out two years of inventory > following the department’s move to their new headquarters. > > Officers, taken off guard by the early turnout of parents and children eager > to take $5 bikes of the department’s hands, said they were disappointed no one > showed up to reclaim any of the lost bikes. > > "We hate to disappoint anybody who showed up and didn’t get a bike," DePalma > said while sweeping the parking lot and tidying up around 10:30 a.m. > > "But truly the sale was a success for us," he added, since the proceeds from > the sale every year go towards the department’s pension fun as required by > state statute. DePalma estimated roughly a couple hundred dollars was raised from > Saturday’s sale. > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >