| Local Woman Starting Shuttle Service
Yellow because that's the main color on the outside, and green because the car uses electricity instead of gas.The vehicle's owner is Kay Riazzi, who wants to use the small electric car and two others she owns as a shuttle service for shoppers at Pinnacle Promenade in Rogers.Riazzi lives near the 1-million-square-foot shopping center that opened along Interstate 540 in October. She said she began to see the need for a service that would shuttle people between stores and also take them over to Pinnacle Hills to shop.So Riazzi did an Internet search to try and find the appropriate vehicle and came across the electric Litas, which resemble golf carts and are used as taxis in China. She ordered three from Greenland Motors of Shanghai."When we saw the cars, we just fell in love with them," she said.
Desert Ridge complex refocuses on families
Step into the crowd at Desert Ridge Marketplace on a Friday night these days and you're more likely to bump into a father, mother and two children than just the children.
The shopping center, at Loop 101 and Tatum Boulevard, is returning to its family-friendly roots, as adults rather than teenagers are again making up the biggest chunk of its crowds.
In November 2005, Desert Ridge instituted "Six/16," in which those under age 16 could not remain on Fridays and Saturdays after 6 p.m. without an adult. .
Nova Scotia has no way to care for people injured like my wife ...
I HELD the tranquillizers in my hand. Just one or two under the tongue was all I needed to calm down. I wondered if there was some way I need not rely on these little white pills. I wasn’t always this way. What I was so afraid of? I was at the Halifax airport on my way to Hamilton to visit with my wife over the next three days. In my carry-on was a jar of turkey soup, a favourite of hers. Marion and I have been married for 35 years. She lives in Hamilton because the Nova Scotia public medical system has no appropriate long-term care facility for persons with brain injuries. Sixteen years ago, after she was discharged from the short-term rehabilitation hospital following her car accident, I tried giving Marion 24-hour care at home while I raised my children, Gillian 11, and Jonathan 15.
After Virginia shootings, where can we go to feel safe?
Where can we go to feel safe? Twenty-one were killed once eating lunch at McDonalds near San Diego. Columbine showed a high school library, with willing trigger fingers, can be turned into a killing field. Where can we go? To church? March 14, 2006. MILWAUKEE, Wis. (CNN) Police said on Sunday they don't know why Terry Ratzmann, 44, burst into a Wisconsin church service and opened fire, killing seven people, and then himself. Where can we go to feel safe? Shopping? Feb. 13, 2007. SALT LAKE CITY (CBS/AP) An off-duty police officer having an early Valentine's Day dinner with his wife was credited Tuesday with helping stop a rampage in a crowded shopping mall by an 18-year-old gunman who killed five people before he was cut down. Where can we go to feel we will be free from harm? A child's birthday party? March 12, 2006.
Mid City blues
Mid City business owners are upset that plans for a high-profile redevelopment of Westmoreland Shopping Center have failed for the second time in as many years. "We would like to have an answer on why things have fallen through twice," says Tad Speegle, who co-owns Bead It. "They talk about things like rising construction costs, but that hasn't stopped Towne Center or Perkins Rowe." Marion Cangelosi, who owns Westmoreland, says the property is for sale, and he's confident a deal will take place. He referred all questions about attempts to sell the property to Kurz & Hebert Commercial Real Estate, which has the listing. "I don't even know the people they've been dealing with," Cangelosi says. Mark Hebert, who has been handling the sale of the property, declined comment.
Auxiliary's fundraiser features fashions, fun
Whether it's haute couture or casual sportswear, fashion conscious people will see what is in vogue during the 15th annual Springtime Serenade Fashion Show.The show of music, dinner and fashions, sponsored by the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra auxiliary, will begin at 6 p.m. May 1 at Sunnehanna Country Club, 1000 Sunnehanna Drive, Westmont."This is a key fundraiser for the symphony," said Charlotte Aubrey, auxiliary president. "We always have a nice turnout for this event, which is a highly anticipated occasion each spring."Prior to dinner, four members of the Aubrey Singers will perform "The Star-Spangled Banner." Keyboardist David Smith of Johnstown will provide entertainment.Dinner will be served at 6:30, with jazz and pop music provided by vocalist Kathryn Janisko of Johnstown.During the show, door prizes will be given away, and there will be a chance to purchase tickets for a raffle, which includes money trees.Aubrey will conduct the program, while co-chairwoman Mary Borkow of Westmont will serve as mistress of ceremonies and narrate the fashions.Other chairwomen are Mary Battaline of Upper Yoder Township and Barbara Laslo of Richland Township."We have nearly 20 women and eight men doing the modeling for the show," Aubrey said.Some of this year's celebrity models are Angela Berzonski, editor, Johnstown Magazine; Amy Bradley, public affairs director, Conemaugh Health System; and Katie Collett, WJAC-TV.Several of the men agreeing to model are Rich Klindworth and Bill Brown, both of WJAC; Milan Gjurich, Cambria County commissioner; Chris Voccio, publisher of The Tribune-Democrat and Johnstown Magazine; and Jack Michaels, radio personality from WKYE-FM.The models will wear the hottest fashions provided by Karen's Couture, 9 Entrance Drive in the Westmont Shopping Center; Miller's Clothing, 525 Main St., Miller's Tuxedo Rentals and Sales, 517 Main St., and Celestial Brides, 142 Market St., all in Johnstown; The Bon Ton at The Galleria, Richland Township; and Talbots, Westmoreland Mall, Greensburg.
4-H clubs make changes to prevent swine disease spread
(AP) -- Minnesota 4-H clubs are taking a new step to prevent the spread of diseases among swine, hoping to head off a proposal by the Minnesota Pork Producers calling for the slaughter of all swine exhibited at county fairs or shows. The change itself is fairly simple, involving the process for how identification tags are applied to the ears of 4-H hogs. But 4-H and industry officials said it's significant because it reduces the chances of hogs from different farms coming together, as well as the chance of people spreading disease from one farm to another. "We're being proactive," said Jodi Bakke, Kandiyohi County 4-H coordinator. "We don't want to be contributing to any livestock disease." The change requires 4-H families to obtain and attach ear tags and complete identification affidavits, rather than having it done by 4-H staff or trained volunteers who come to their farms or do it at centralized events.
Work to start at convention center site
Unless you're shopping or sightseeing, motorists may want to steer clear of the northeast section of South Lake Tahoe starting next month.
Cedar Avenue and surrounding streets will become the center of a major utility construction job relative to the groundbreaking of the $410 million convention center and hotel condominium complex.
Beginning May 1, the work will proceed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday - with perhaps an occasional Saturday.
The demolition is expected to end in the next few weeks. Then the city will reroute a primary gas line that serves all of South Lake Tahoe and Meyers through the neighborhood and affecting businesses on Cedar, Laurel, Manzanita, Stateline and Park avenues. Poplar Avenue is set to close at that time.
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