WORKERS AT BRITISH CONSULATE RETURNING TO BUSINESS AS USUAL.Byline: David Bloom David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39. Early life Daily News Staff Writer The condolence books were closed, the flowers put out at sea, and the cards and stuffed animals put away Monday as the British Consulate in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. returned to some normality following Princess Diana's burial. Workers at the Wilshire Boulevard Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west arterial roads in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was named for H. Gaylord Wilshire (1861-1927), an Ohio native who made and lost fortunes in real estate, farming, and gold mining. high-rise spent the morning boxing and bagging hundreds of bouquets, collages, cards and mementos left in the days after Diana's death in a Paris car crash that also killed two others Aug. 31. About half the bouquets were disposed of en masse en masse adv. In one group or body; all together: The protesters marched en masse to the capitol. [French : en, in + masse, mass. at a ``marine cemetery'' area six miles off the San Pedro harbor, in an area where human ashes are regularly scattered. As the last of the flowers went into the sea, dozens of dolphins frolicked nearby, said Vice Consul vice consul n. Abbr. VC A consular officer who is subordinate to and a deputy of a consul or consul general. vice-con Angus Mackay
Angus James Mackay (born June 13, 1967 in Harare) is the current chief executive of Sussex County Cricket Club and a former Zimbabwean cricketer. . ``We wanted to find an appropriate way to dispose of To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. See also: Dispose them, that was respectful of the fact that these flowers had really come from people's hearts here,'' Mackay said. ``And we wanted to say goodbye to the princess on their behalf, and to say thank you to them.'' Under federal law on ocean dumping, the flowers had to be taken at least three miles offshore, and stripped of all nonorganic materials such as plastic, bows and metal, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Dennis Hall. The remaining bags of flowers and bouquets will be composted. The toys - such as a large stuffed lion signed by ``Sheko'' to ``Diana, Queen of Hearts'' - will be cleaned up and given to local children's hospitals and similar facilities, Mackay said. About 7,500 to 10,000 Southern Californians signed condolence books that will be sent to England along with cards, collages and other written materials, Mackay said. Meanwhile, phone calls from admirers of the dead princess continued to pour in, frazzling some workers while others continued the consulate's normal business, such as issuing visas. Or not, in Etsuko Okamoto's case. Asked to hand-deliver visa requests for friends in Idaho, she waited two hours to find they hadn't sent all the needed documents. ``They (consular workers) were nice, but it took me forever,'' Okamoto said. ``And I got a (parking) ticket. I have nothing to show for the trip.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Angus Mackay of the British Consulate removes rubber bands from flowers for Princess Diana. Associated Press |
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