The Searing Family Blog http://blog.searingfamily.com Family - coming together Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:37:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en Jimmie Lee Searing Obit http://blog.searingfamily.com/2012/01/23/jimmie-lee-searing-obit/ http://blog.searingfamily.com/2012/01/23/jimmie-lee-searing-obit/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:37:35 +0000 Dan http://blog.searingfamily.com/2012/01/23/jimmie-lee-searing-obit/ I regret to post the passing of Jimmie Lee Searing, 65, on January 14, 2012 in Kansas City, MO.  His full obit can be read here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?n=jimmie-lee-searing&pid=155516022&fhid=6338&eid=sp_ommatch

]]> http://blog.searingfamily.com/2012/01/23/jimmie-lee-searing-obit/feed/ May 2011 Searing’s on the Internet Entry http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/07/30/may-2011-searings-on-the-internet-entry/ http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/07/30/may-2011-searings-on-the-internet-entry/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:46:09 +0000 Dan http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/07/30/may-2011-searings-on-the-internet-entry/

Finally getting caught up on Searing internet entries:

May was a good month for Searing news.  In early May Head Coach George Searing of the Northport Boys Lacrosse team lead his team to an important victory to qualify them for a better seeding in year end action.  Sachem Patch:  http://sachem.patch.com/articles/northport-boys-lax-topples-sachem-east

George is also quoted in a later Patch (May 19th) as his team scored a big victory in first round of the lax playoffs.
      

Dan Searing, Jr is quoted on the history and strengths of bourbon in the Washington Post Express on May 5.  And on May 9, Dan’s book was published in May,  ”The Punch Bowl.” (Mark A. Gore - Sterling Epicure / Sterling Publishing), and available on Amazon.  Great book for punch lovers….and oh, yeah, my son….:)


A new Searing business also was mentioned:  http://www.heidisearing.com/   This is a web design firm in Seattle WA.

A fascinating story on youth sports injuries appeared May 10, 2011 for the IL paperHarold News. featuring Marianne Searing’s daughter Ashley, and recounting Ashley’s injuries on the field of play and her determination to continue playing sports.  http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/4795103-417/parents-student-athletes-must-weigh-costs-of–sports-injuries.html

On May 16, Nate Searing (Ashley’s brother) gets his own credit for pitching a winning game against a strong opponent.  Details at    http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/sports/5410999-419/baseball-joliet-catholic-takes-down-marian-catholic.html

Nate is also mentioned in a May 28 Southtown Star article.  Way to pitch, Nate

Candace and Dick Searing were instrumental in organizing a Scenic Race4Hope bicycle outing  as a fund raiser to battle cancer, as reported in the Syracuse.com blog on May 19.  This is quite an event with an interesting history, as reported at     http://blog.syracuse.com/neighbors/2011/05/scenic_bicycle_race_above_skaneateles_lake_has_passionate_roots.html

Daniel Searing and Vickie Gann were married on June 11, 2011.  That’s about all I know…their names came up on a google alert for Daniel Searing.  Congrats to the couple!

Daniel Searing, MD also surfaces in my alerts.  He is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and pediatric allergy specialist at National Jewish Health in Denver.  I would like to do a separate piece on him and will seek to talk with him.

Linda Searing also appears from time to time in the alerts, for her excellent medical article summaries that you may see in your local paper.  I know she appears in the Washington Post weekly.

]]> http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/07/30/may-2011-searings-on-the-internet-entry/feed/ Searing Census of Name Variations in the 50 States http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/07/18/searing-census-of-name-variations-in-the-50-states/ http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/07/18/searing-census-of-name-variations-in-the-50-states/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:49:55 +0000 Dan http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/07/18/searing-census-of-name-variations-in-the-50-states/ I have created a spreadsheet in Google Docs listing the states in alphabetical order down the left hand column, and Searing name and variations at the top of  the columns to the right.  The name and viariations are: Searing, Serring, Sering, Seiring, Syring, Siring, Sehring.  I will be happy to add any reasonable variations suggested.When done this should give us an approximation of the numbers of the “Searing” name and variations in all the states.  Of course the information available is only from public records available on the internet through the common ‘people’ search engines.  I make no claim as to their accuracy or reliability.Since this is in Google Docs, I am happy to give you access to this spreadsheet if you want to help with the survey.  Just send me a note thru the blog or on FB (Daniel A. Searing) and I will reply by message.  Let’s see how this works!  Could easily be expanded to other research projects.Any and all suggestions welcome!       Special thanks to Scott Searing from FB for this idea! He has also contributed to this blog.    Also check out the My Name is Searing on Facebook.     Dan

]]> http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/07/18/searing-census-of-name-variations-in-the-50-states/feed/ A Surprise “Cuz” Meeting http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/06/07/a-surprise-cuz-meeting/ http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/06/07/a-surprise-cuz-meeting/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:46:57 +0000 Dan http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/06/07/a-surprise-cuz-meeting/ A delightful surprise ‘cuz’ meeting Monday..Mrs. S & I picked up new glasses in Southern Md, visited a consignment shop nearby a friend had told us about, paid for a purchase and owner asked, ‘is your name Searing?’ Yes. “Our assistant manager is a Searing”….and introduced us to Beth Searing Rodgers! What a surprise to both of us, as our name (as you know) is not that common. We had a great chat, identified some mutual FB friends and agreed to keep in touch. She’s on FB. Go friend her….:)    The shop is Cherry Pickers Consignment in Owings, MD. If you are in that area, please check it out.  We like to support Searing businesses or ones with Searing involvement……  They also have an FB page if you are interested.   

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]]> http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/05/31/may-musings/feed/ A Searing Book - The Punch Bowl http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/05/04/a-searing-book-the-punch-bowl/ http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/05/04/a-searing-book-the-punch-bowl/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 04:26:21 +0000 Dan http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/05/04/a-searing-book-the-punch-bowl/

Daniel A. Searing Jr

My book out today! Buy it at B&N http://bit.ly/jjw481 or Amazonhttp://amzn.to/jRNXrt. Thanks to all my friends and family who contributed recipes and support!Full disclosure, Dan is my son.  We are very proud of him for taking the time to author this seminal work on punch recipes!   Check it out by getting your copy soon!  And if there are other recent Searing authors out there, please let me know!!  Happy to do as many featured Searing artists as we can!!

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A quick summary entry for April!  Been collecting stuff for the blog, but lazy about doing an entry. So here goes the summary:  Adam Searing of the Progressive Pulse in NC has made several posts this month on health care issues in NC.  They are all great reads, applicable to many, if not all of the other states facing the same issues with the new health care plan.  Gary Searing was mentioned in ConnecticutPlus.com, in a feature on fund raising for the MS Society.  Gary is also on Facebook.  Dennis Searing surfaced again in AZBilliards Forum, with some photographs of some of his extraordinary cues. And, a great story on Bill Searing of Brazil, IN, making a wonderful comeback from open heart surgery. I would like to do a feature on him next month. Nothing of import has been showing up on eBay with Searing attached. No paintings, no planes….come on folks, we need some more Searing stuff! In addition, through Legacy.com, I started a search using ObitMessenger for the name “Searing” and several variations.  This is a no cost service of Legacy that searches for obits of the names you specify.  After an initial rush of names, none have shown up.  This is a great service tho, for family obit name searches.  And, I continue to post on Twitter as dansearingSr, so please follow me.  I RT most entries by other Searings, and use the hashtag #searing, so you should be able to search on that for updates.  I have met several great Searing family members through Twitter…although I will have to admit, lots younger than me. :) It’s still a fascinating and evolving service.  And, so is Facebook…I continue to meet and friend fascinating Searings.  Come visit me and the My Name is Searing Group…we need you! And I’m always looking for tips on Searing folks and Searing stories for the blog….send me a story link! And speaking of links..I have links to all the above, but I am sure they can also be found through search engines. If not, send me a comment or an email and I will provide you with the link.

]]> http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/04/30/april-news/feed/ Searing, North Dakota http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/03/19/searing-north-dakota/ http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/03/19/searing-north-dakota/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 04:50:39 +0000 Dan http://blog.searingfamily.com/2011/03/19/searing-north-dakota/ Every now and then our name pops up in unusual places.  Recently a listing appeared on eBay for a Last Day Cover, “Searing ND) (in a group of other such covers, with other place names).  I had never heard of this place before, although I had a couple of great aunts settle in the Dakotas.   Searched around a bit and found the following, courtesy of Roots Web data:  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ndmckenz/S.html

Searing

This was a farm post office established July 25, 1916 with Thomas C. Taylor pm.  It was located in NW 1/4 Sec.10-147-103, Thirty-three miles SW of Watford City, and named for the site owner, Julius Searing Taylor, aftter Taylor had been rejected because of duplication in Stark County.  The post office closed March 15, 1921 with mail to Alexander.  It reopened February 7, 1922 in SE 1/4 Sec. 28-147-103, and seven miles SSE of the original site as Searing, but only after a name change to Dean had been rejected.  In 1928 it moved one mile NW to SE 1/4 Sec. 28-147-103, and operated until pm  Annie Kemna closed the facility September 30, 1952 with mail to  Sidney, MT.  A population of 3 was reported in 1940.

So now I’m really curious.  Anyone heard of this before?  Know who this Searing or Searing family is?  Looks like a nice little research project.

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Just a sampling of the #searing roundup on Twitter during the latter part of February…..join in the fun, make an entry on Twitter..some interesting things being done by Searings!! Dan Searing, Sr

Adam Searing on medical pricing:. I’m posting this a little late, but still very valid and important! 

39 minutes ago 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

Daniel Searing MD on Vit D 

1 hour ago 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

“@: Not dead yet: Auburn’s Toomer Corner oaks given a fighting chance | ” 

27 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

“@: World call to save Sweden’s Änok river delta forest from clear cutting | ” 

27 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: @ yeah I keep forgetting to tweet the stuff that I think. When I tweet I feel like a sophisticarwd lady!

26 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: YUM YUM BUMBLE BEE, BUMBLE BEE TUNA! I LOVE BUMBLE BEE, BUMBLE BEE TUNA! LOVE A SANDWICH MADE WITH BUMBLE BEE! 

26 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: they finally turned the alarms off and a huge cheer went up. been going off for 30 min. . 

26 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: I just finished a 5.48 km run with a time of 25:08 with Nike+ GPS. . 

26 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: tsa becomes way more efficient after a security breach. made it through  

26 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: Canada’s forest product industry charts bio-pathways future |   | .

24 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: Ilkka Halso’s Museum of Nature presentation (pdf 2MB) | . 

24 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: Ilkka Halso’s Museum of Nature challenges our thinking on ephemerality of nature | . 

24 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: Dr. William Carson looks at the Bambi plague in the Eastern US deciduous forest | . 

24 Feb 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

Adam Searing on NC Blue Cross’ hypocritical stand on board conflicts of interest 

 

 Dan Searing, Sr 

RT @: Scientists Find New Way to Estimate Global Rainfall and Track Ocean Pollution . 

23 Feb Favorite Reply Delete

 

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