Young Fremantle Docker Matt de Boer is as tough as they come on the football field but when it comes to his dog Charlie, he is a big softie.And the 22-year-old will show how much he loves him as one of thousands of West Australians taking part in the annual RSPCA Million Paws Walk on the South Perth foreshore tomorrow.”We play on Saturday so Sunday will be a nice recovery walk with Charlie, and .. more …
With the school year winding down, there’s one lesser-heard story from Texas AM-SA’s “tower fight” that still deserves an airing. And it hinges on the experience of adjunct criminology professor Sissy Bradford, who challenged the constitutionality of placing crosses on the Tower of Hope at the entrance to Texas AM-SA. While the short-lived conflict was well-covered in the press, what was not .. more …
memorial service and luncheon at Mission San Miguel. Ohles, born November 1938, passed away on Monday, April 30, 2012.Several hundred high school students, children and community members took part in “Wally’s Last Walk,” which followed Ohles’ carriage-drawn casket through downtown Paso Robles from Rabo Bank to Flamson Middle School. Ohles was an enthusiastic supporter of Paso Robles High School, .. more …
A man has set himself on fire outside the court where Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik is on trial over the deaths of 77 people.Sky’s Trygve Sorvaag , reporting from the Oslo court complex, said the incident occurred near the security examination point.”I have just spoken to the police and they said a man tried to go through security control, as we all do,” Sorvaag said.”The .. more …
Jan Kozel’s love for drawing and painting started when she was in third grade. She drew a manger scene on the blackboard that became the Christmas card for the school, and the drawing remained on the blackboard for the entire year.As an adult, Kozel started in the early 1970s finding her own personal style of painting. She has worked in many mediums: watercolor, pastels and acrylics, painting .. more …
NEW YORK (WHDH) — The Massachusetts state trooper once featured in an iconic painting was honored over the weekend.A funeral for staff sergeant Richard Clemens was held in New York. Massachusetts state police led the procession and troopers later carried his flag-draped coffin.Clemens died last Sunday following a brief illness. He was 83-years-old.Clemens served as the model for Norman .. more …
Christina Aguilera won’t be getting a Christmas card from “Voice” contestant Tony Lucca — or his coach, Adam Levine.Now that season two of the singing competition is officially over, Lucca revealed that he doesn’t believe he and his fellow former Mousketeer could ever be friends again.”But I think we could move forward being courteous and respectful of one another,” he told .. more …
A few years ago, my wife received a Christmas card from a college roommate she hadn’t seen in 45 years. The card contained this handwritten message: “If you haven’t already taken Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, do so right now!!”Well. This sounded a little like a threat with an implied “or else.” Or else what? Read on.People like this former college roommate are worrisome. I have .. more …
When I was a kid, I used to watch WCW all the time, with Tony Schiavone commentating. OK, the guy isn’t on everyone’s Christmas card list, but one thing he always did was try to make jobbers and low-carders look like a credible threat. The point of this wasn’t to get them over, but rather to validate the inevitable victory of the mid/top carder who was squashing them, thereby enhancing the victor. .. more …
Much of what Yvette Winsor knows about her birth, her family, and her earliest years comes from a worn purple scrapbook.Years ago, a volunteer carefully pieced together the story of Yvette’s first years in foster care, pressing photos and stickers and tender words into her “Life Book.” She has carried it with her from foster homes to shelters to group homes.She has no one who can tell her about .. more …
