{"id":201,"date":"2003-05-30T12:33:43","date_gmt":"2003-05-30T17:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=201"},"modified":"2003-05-30T12:33:43","modified_gmt":"2003-05-30T17:33:43","slug":"because_you_nev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/05\/30\/because_you_nev.html","title":{"rendered":"Because you never can tell about those Girl Scouts &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A long-standing Bay Area Girl Scout tradition had to be cancelled because of <a title=\"Girl Scout's bridge walk cancelled amid terrorism fears\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/news\/archive\/2003\/05\/30\/state0404EDT0027.DTL\">security concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">The nation&#8217;s code orange terrorism alert bears the blame for the cancellation of the Girl Scouts annual walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. <br \/>\nMore than 4,000 Girl Scouts were to have taken part in the trek over the famous span on Saturday. 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