The Desert Sun December 21, 2008The Smile Factory, a mobile dental clinic that provides free dental treatment to children throughout the Coachella Valley, has changed its name to Smile Factory Foundation.With Eve Fromberg as its new executive director, and a relocated office in Palm Desert, the nonprofit entity also has ...
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To transfer into Wylie, a student must either be a Wylie ISD employee's child, a senior student who completed his or her junior year at Wylie or a child of a parent required to live at Dyess Air Force Base or the French Robertson Unit.Abilene ISD accepts students as long ...
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This year, they plan on providing new toys for over 900 children in the community.Due to the current economic situation, we have seen an abundant increase in people seeking assistance, said Major Willldonna Rich, Corps Officer of the Salvation Army in Fairfield.We want to help everyone who comes to us ...
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-- A Kitsap County man accused of driving an all-terrain vehicle that collided with a 10-year-old boy on a sled has been charged with vehicular assault and hit and run.Fifty-three-year-old Peter Michael Ohman was charged Friday in Kitsap County Superior Court.Kitsap County sheriff's deputies say they think Ohman was traveling ...
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BY JOCELYN FANIEL-HEARD FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER December 21, 2008In an effort to help those who help others, the Free Press is listing the needs of local charitable organizations and how you can help.Wish list includes men's gloves, new toys, nonperishable food items, volunteers and monetary donations.Contact Julie ...
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 12/18/08 -- Health Canada is advising consumers of the outcome of its review of cough and cold medicines for children under the age of 12.Health Canada is requiring manufacturers to relabel over-the-counter cough and cold medicines that have dosing information for children to indicate ...
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Black, malodorous, toxic.This place is condemned, says Johnny Henderson, a gap-toothed member of the Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw Nation.No one should be living in here.But someone is, we discover: a local man.The Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw have homeless members who take shelter where they can, even where it's dangerous.This is hardly new, says Mr.His band has ...
Many of the letters that Globe Santa receives each year show a slice of life of someone who has hit a rough patch.But others, like a recent one written by a single mother of two, reflect a storm of tragedies that cripples some families.This year has been the worst year ...
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Year after year, my mother has been saddled with hosting a large Christmas gathering, and other holiday celebrations as well.Mom constantly complains to me that she seldom receives thanks for her effort.I'd host, but I live seven hours away.My brothers' families all have large homes near my parents.None of their ...
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Any good idea, says Danny Givens, is worth stealing.Obviously, Givens didnt pull this out of thin air, but he might as well have.Yet while the mysterious source didnt include hide and go seek, Givens knows all about that, anyway. Weve done that here with our own kids, he said. Well cover the ...