| Men of McPherson
Some may call him a miracle worker; others, a matchmaker. Whether it's actually a miracle or just finding the right click in personalities, one thing is for sure: Donovan Graber changes lives.When he's not developing ideas and fund-raisers; doing public relations work; conducting interviews with potential clients for intake; writing grants; organizing the office and fixing its computers; or giving public presentations, Graber gets time to focus on the real passion of his job: the children - especially those in need of a positive role model. For the past five years, Graber has served as affiliate director of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of McPherson County. In this time, he has paired 60 Little Brothers and Sisters - simply known as "Littles" - between the ages of five to 17 who are considered "at risk" youth, with an older adult role model, known as a "Big." Once a couple is paired, each Big and Little will interact at least one hour each week either in the classroom or within the community.
Food as fun: Students at Calusa Park Elementary learn about the ...
Where Food and Fitness are Fun," an education outreach program to combat childhood obesity and the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, kicked off in Calusa Park Elementary School in East Naples on Wednesday morning with two health-education assemblies. The 45-minute program was to be presented at Lake Trafford Elementary School on Friday and Osceola Elementary School on Tuesday. The five-month program is scheduled to visit multiple schools and present the program to about 6,000 students in Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties from January through May, according to Subway restaurants officials. Standing on the stage, six students divided into two groups and played a game titled “Let's Make a Meal." After singing the alphabet song while washing their hands, six students began to construct four sandwiches as Sidoran read clues to the ingredients of a Subway sandwich.
Fight Over TV Debates Outlasts Kucinich
NBC News took its fight to sideline Kucinich to the Nevada Supreme Court, after a lower court ordered the candidate be included in the Jan. 15 debate there. NBC said the order was a "brazen violation of a news organization's First Amendment rights," and the higher court overturned it hours before airtime. Getting blocked from the Nevada debate influenced his decision to withdraw from the race. "I understood that when I was locked out of that Las Vegas debate — we fought hard to get into it — I knew then that it was going to be really tough to be able to continue, because if people can't see you, how are they going to be able to understand that you're running (and) what you stand for?" he said. Kucinich got nowhere with FCC complaints filed before ABC's Jan.
NRIs hop on airport buses for a ride home and back
Back from a 45-day stint in Holland to train for short and penalty corners, he is devoting at least an hour solely to perfect his penalty attack. The PHL is power play as no team can be written off and that is the charm of the tournament, feels Kanwal. Last year the Orissa team outplayed to prove how the best team on the day wins, remembers Kanwal. On his game Kanwal feels the rough patches are well behind him, the police games and the PHL are beginning of a new innings in his career. Wishing his fans to pray for him, Kanwals heart warms up at the thought of his greatest fan in his daughter Rehmat who will be cheering her dad heading the Sher-e-Jalandhar squad in the PHL. Josh with hosh is Tejbirs mantra Tejbir Singh has a penchant for coming back stronger than ever defeating every hurdle that he has had to face.
June 2007
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Super Bowl: Gearing up for The Game
So, without further delay, here's our annual 10 Super Bowl questions, homeboy. 10. Will Coughlin derail Beli-fection? Belichick is the leading genius in this game. But let's not overlook Coughlin. In 12 seasons as an NFL head coach, Coughlin has faced 68 different head coaches and beaten 55 of them. He's 5-3 against Joe Gibbs, 5-3 against Parcells and 2-1 against Belichick. In 1995, Coughlin led the expansion Jaguars to a pair of AFC Central Division victories over Belichick's Browns. Their third meeting didn't come until Week 17 this season. The Giants had nothing tangible to play for but still used their starters until the final whistle. New York led 28-16 midway through the third quarter before losing 38-35. Thanks to Coughlin, the effort became a springboard to upsetting three higher-seeded home teams during the NFC playoffs.
Coastal Post Online
The company's "Health and Wellness" website pictures a smiling family in tennis shoes and workout clothes enjoying a brisk walk. All are consuming Pepsi products. Dad is drinking a can of Pepsi. Grandma is toting a bag of Lay's potato chips. Aside from the questionable workout, we're left to wonder: When did Pepsi become an advocate for health?
Marsha Holmberg, a food editor at the Oregonianwho flew in from Portland, says too many Americans have become culinary illiterates, convinced by television commercials that processed food is nutritious. "Nobody thinks they have the time to cook," Holmberg says. "They think it's complicated. In reality, it takes as much time to make from a mix as it does to make from scratch. It's an illusion that food preparation takes time."
At the convention's bookstore, neat rows of dietitian guidebooks -- with covers of colorful fruit and vegetables, alongside the occasional whole grain cereal or wheat stalk -- lined the booths.
Masonry downtown needs massive upgrades
Most of the downtown buildings have to be torn down because of earthquake compliance," said Buck Kamphausen, who owns several buildings downtown. "They're a disaster waiting to happen. I've been through the retrofit process with four buildings downtown and there's no economic return. You're just kidding yourself with those buildings." The buildings that have not been retrofitted are likely to rain debris or come down entirely in an earthquake, he said. West's characterization differs some from Kamphausen's. "Some of the buildings probably should come down, but others are historically or architecturally significant and worth saving," West said. "Most downtown buildings are safer than they were. All are either reinforced or that work is under way. The rest are unoccupied.
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