Ice park close to securing deal on new homeFriday, June 10, 2011 @ 3:52AMFAIRBANKS — Ice Alaska, host of Fairbanks’ biggest ice sculpting event, could own a new home as soon as today. The nonprofit organization would pay $2.3 million for the site, with most of the cash...
Open houses mark AID’s 50 years of training, counseling and putting disabled people to workFriday, June 10, 2011 @ 3:20AMELGIN — In 1961, the parents of eight mentally disabled children in Aurora were frustrated that the Aurora schools offered no special classes or programs to help their kids. So with one teacher and one classroom, in a since-demolished recreation building at 5 Fox St., they founded a nonprofit educational group called the Aurora Association for the Mentally Retarded.Fifty years later, that ...
Assistance Center of Collin County faces own emergencyFriday, June 10, 2011 @ 3:14AMSubmitted Photo –Clients from Collin County and Plano who use the Assistance Center may be turned away if the center does not receive some emergency donations.
In My Opinion: I never heard one word...Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 4:56AMWatching the Republicans on Capitol Hill blowing about cutting spending makes one a bit ill.
Ashley Fox: 76ers buyer would be paying for potentialWednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 4:30AMMy favorite Ed Snider story is from 2003. The University of North Carolina had just fired Matt Dougherty as its head basketball coach, and Larry Brown was in a dither over the vacancy. Brown desperately wanted to coach at his alma mater, despite the fact that he was under contract with the 76ers through the 2004-05 season for an average salary of $6 million a year.