Hao Pan can't keep her mind off the destruction caused by last month's Chinese earthquake. The Beijing native was searching for a way to help the victims of the disaster, when the idea came to her: Yoga.
Dixie Pettit 05.JUN.08 There is a special room at Hanson Elementary school where imagination breathes life into songs and stories. A rousing chorus of “Great Big Gorilla” fills the room as children with beaming faces sing along with their teacher, Pat Coad.
The last time we saw Jackie Julio, she sat in her wheelchair and reached for a dream. Now the dream has come true, just like in the movies. But even the rosiest movies rarely tackle such long shots and find such sweet endings.
Many people in one Wabash Valley town are spending the day cleaning up after severe storms left several areas in shambles. Bloomfield Resident Bonnie Skinner said, “I went and looked out the back window and saw the trash can just fly across.”
According to the latest estimates, last month’s earthquake in China’s Sichuan province, which measured 8.0 on the Richter scale, left almost 70,000 people dead, 370,000 injured, and five million homeless.
Officials with the Canadian Auto Workers union Local 222 have secured a meeting with General Motors chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner in Detroit on Friday morning.
Archers arriving at Ronaldsway on Sunday morning and hoping for weather conditions similar to Saturday were disappointed, as on setting up the field it was obvious that there was a very strong, gusty, head-on wind travelling down the field.
NORTH BALTIMORE Thanks to last Saturday's storms, which produced tornadoes in Hancock and Putnam counties, North Baltimore Village Council on Tuesday designated a church to be used as a shelter should weather or other public emergencies arise.
Parenting is a paradox. On the one hand there are so much joy and pleasure in seeing our children grow from a helpless little baby to a toddler and then a teenager and finally to a responsible adult. On the other hand, our children can also be a source of pain and heartaches.