Kassidy Foster was a 12-year-old sixth grader just like any other. She was a level 7 gymnast at Virginia Techniques Gymnastics and a member of Faith Fellowship Church. Her favorite color was pink and her favorite flowers were roses. All fairly typical for a 12-year-old american girl.
To the regret of many on Thursday, March 29, [...]
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes degeneration throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is more popularly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease after the famous New York Yankee. It is a pretty nasty disease where you slowly lose the ability to walk, eat, and breathe. ALS has no cure and the [...]
She works in a world where skirts and shorts are part of the uniform, where sleeves are optional, and where it’s nothing to spend six hours in the sun. But it still bothers Kailin Downs to hear her colleagues talking about their tans.”I’m not passing around the bottle,” the Duramed Futures Tour rookie said Tuesday, [...]
A tribune banner for Eric Medlen, the 2005 Northwest Nationals Funny Car champion who died in March from injuries suffered in a testing accident earlier that week, was available all weekend for racing fans to sign.
Drivers for John Force Racing - Force himself, Ashley Force and Robert Hight - have remembered their fallen teammate by [...]
By Laura Pace, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When Cindy Waeltermann got the diagnosis for her son, who was almost 3, “All I heard was ‘autism,’ and I think my ears started ringing. I heard nothing after that.”
Her younger son later received the diagnosis as well.
“That truck didn’t kill me when it ran over me, so it backed up [...]
Maureen Onda’s four years of athletic accolades at Century High have been special to her, but she’s more excited about being able to wear a certain jersey number next year in college.
When Onda takes the field in 2008 with George Mason’s women’s lacrosse team, she’ll be No. 18 in honor of Gretchen Brandt, who wore [...]
Sheriff’s deputies will conduct extra patrols next week and check parties for underage drinking to combat high school graduation-time traffic fatalities.”What we’ve done and continue to do is saturate the streets and make it as safe as we can. I do believe we save lives,” said David Vierra, superintendent of the Antelope Valley Union High [...]
A blue rubber bracelet with block orange lettering on Brandon Marshall’s right wrist has served as a reminder he not only will have to get his body right for the upcoming season, but also his mind.Williams 27. 1982-2007.
It refers to the first of two Broncos players’ deaths this year.
Marshall was at the nightclub before cornerback [...]
The crazy part isn’t that I’m sleeping on the ground in a meadow behind a cheese factory 30 miles north of San Francisco.
No, the crazy part is it’s some of the best sleep I’ve ever had. At least in the top 10 naps of all time. And that’s a tough list to crack.
This year, there [...]
High School Students have many decisions ahead of them as far as life changing experiences go.For her senior project, Michelle Jones decided to address the issue of drunk driving by holding a presentation for students in the Sonora (CA) high school’s auditorium. Speaking at the presentation was Mark Dyken, Director of the Jamestown Family Resource [...]
this is a wonderful reminder of my best friend, who was just diagnosed with AML this past week. i bought 3, one for myself, my mom, and and an extra...i love it" - Sam - Lacey, NJ - October 3, 2008 More Testimonials
