FLORIST DOESN'T WILT DESPITE SCARE TEENS, WORKERS HAVE NARROW MISS WITH RUNAWAY VAN.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - Surveying the damage one day after a van plowed through a flower shop, employees recalled on Thursday the explosion-like surprise and marveled that no one was injured. With high school students readying for their winter formals, a group of teens had been ordering corsages inside 1-800-Sunflorist.com at the corner of Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling and Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road just minutes before the crash. ``My back was to (the wall). It was so loud, I thought it was a bomb,'' said employee Jay Hosner, who was behind the counter when the plumbing van tore through the building. ``A bunch of kids were in here three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. before. If they were still here, they would have been killed.'' By Thursday, however, the gaping hole was covered with boards and the store featured new display tables filled with Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. bouquets, stuffed animals
A stuffed animal is toy animal stuffed with straw, beans, cotton or other similar materials. Some stuffed animals are very old – home made cloth dolls stuffed with straw go back to at least the and gifts. The shop at 27592 N. Sierra Highway will continue with business as usual as employees ready for the Valentine's Day rush, Mitchener said. Brothers and co-owners Mark and Michael Mitchener were not in the store at the time of the incident, but after seeing the destruction, they also were amazed a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. and relieved that no one was hurt, including the driver. ``The van just took out our entire show floor,'' Michael Mitchener said. ``It took out the double swing doors. It was just horrific.'' The driver of the van, who was not publicly identified, said his brakes failed about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, and that he lost control of the vehicle. The van destroyed a crosswalk sign before coming to rest completely inside the corner shop. Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) A broken crosswalk sign, uprooted by a runaway van that plowed into 1-800-Sunflorist.com on Wednesday, lies on the counter as florist Estella Garcia works on a bouquet. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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