Go balloons.(Exhortation)(Democratic National Convention)(Brief Article)

Harper's Magazine;  November 1, 2004 ;     186 words ......unaware that his outburst was being broadcast live by CNN, which had microphones in the control room. Go balloons, go balloons! Go balloons! I don't see anything happening. Go balloons! Go balloons! Go balloons! Standby confetti. Keep coming...

Republican Balloon Man Has No Fears

AP Online;  September 1, 2004 ;     354 words ......heard a producer shout "Go balloons," followed by: "I don't see anything happening." Treb Heining said his balloon nets always...string to release the latex balloons. In 20 more seconds, the balloons will be on the ground or...the United States," said Heining, who has handled ...

BALDWINSVILLE BAND BLOWS BALLOONS FOR BUSH.(News)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  August 28, 2004 ;     547 words ......inflate 120,000 balloons in exchange for...help inflate the balloons that will fall...Thursday. Treb Heining, owner of the Los...hands to fill the balloons. Dan Magowan, owner...is working with Heining on the show. Heining, who says he was...also release the balloons at the ...

For balloon choreographer, Republican convention inflates expectations.

Newsday (Melville, NY);  September 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ......blueness of all those balloons and confetti...convention was Treb Heining, the balloon and...inflate 120,000 balloons? Just four hours...reverse, says Heining, 50, of Newport...eventually adding balloons to the mix. Heining, also expecting...

BALLOONS EXHILARATING JOB FOR MOKENA WOMAN

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  December 19, 2000 ;     700+ words ......guide dog puppies for a new career in balloons. The Mokena woman raises puppies to be...something new. "She said, `Why don't you try balloons? People love them. I'm always busy...the different things you can do with balloons," she said. The sisters decided to make...

Of whales and balloons.(research balloons launched in Antarctica may be...

Discover;  November 1, 1997 ;     571 words ......stations in Antarctica launch more than 9,000 balloons, ranging in size from small weather balloons six feet in diameter to enormous, telescope-lofti...contain three jumbo jets nose to tail. As the balloons rise, the helium inside them expands and...

Self-sealing balloons launched. (includes sidebars)

European Rubber Journal;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...LONDON - Tying knots in balloons will soon become a thing of the past...squeeze the neck. In future, all latex balloons will be made using this process, says...partygivers spend hours fiddling with balloons with tiny necks which refuse to be...

JIM STINGL; IN MY OPINION; Balloons inspire and then pollute

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Hansen has been finding spent helium balloons and their strings on the Lake Michigan...long-distance littering. She sent two balloons to my newspaper, along with a note. These particular balloons trace back to the POW-MIA organization...

`Mystery' balloons drifted from Tapah

The Malay Mail;  June 22, 2004 ;     297 words ...KUANTAN: The mystery surrounding the balloons filled with flammable substance, which...Pahang, on Saturday has been solved. The balloons drifted over a distance of some 100km...Superintendent Ibrahim Mohd Aris confirmed the balloons were released at the launch of a Rukun...

Windy Weather Threatens Macy's Balloons

AP Online;  November 23, 2006 ;     400 words ......YORK - As the giant Snoopy and Big Bird balloons began to inflate Wednesday, forecasts...whether conditions are safe enough for the balloons to fly. "We are able to check every location...to adjust how high or low to fly the balloons," said Jarrod Bernstein, a spokesman...

Gusty Wind Threatens Macy's Balloons

AP Online;  November 23, 2006 ;     400 words ......YORK - As the giant Snoopy and Big Bird balloons began to inflate Wednesday, forecasts...whether conditions are safe enough for the balloons to fly. "We are able to check every location...to adjust how high or low to fly the balloons," said Jarrod Bernstein, a spokesman...

Artists make balloons into works of art.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  March 10, 2001 ;     400 words ......art. Artists from 38 countries shaped balloons into spectacular, whimsical sculptures...wrought-iron gates from those skinny black balloons clowns use to make animals for her Sleeping...She estimates she used about 1 million balloons. There is one chance for the public to...

BALLOONS; Creatures Floating Over Parades Hail From Glen Burnie

The Washington Post;  November 26, 1987 ;     700+ words ......Woody Woodpecker and Yogi Bear float balloons that glide down parade routes and in...and in 1971, they commissioned 10 balloons from him for their parade. "I didn't know anything about making balloons," Kemp remembered with a laugh, "but...

'We have balloons for everything': Lawson family designs and sells...

New Pittsburgh Courier;  July 12, 2000 ;     508 words ...`We have balloons for everything': Lawson family designs and sells balloons for all occasions The Lawson's Rankin home is filled with balloons. They're on the sofa. They're in front of the doors. Everywhere! It might make one wonder just what are...

Wind may deflate Macy's N.Y. parade: Forecast says gust could hit limit...

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 23, 2006 ;     315 words ......YORK -- As the giant Snoopy and Big Bird balloons began to inflate Wednesday, forecasts...whether conditions are safe enough for the balloons to fly. "We are able to check every location...to adjust how high or low to fly the balloons," said Jarrod Bernstein, a spokesman...