Monthly Archives: February 2012

Health briefs for the Grand Strand

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Health screenings | Tuesdays, mall area, Georgetown Memorial Hospital; Thursdays, front lobby, Waccamaw Community Hospital. Finger-stick lipid profiles with blood sugar test: $20; diabetes screening-hemoglobin A1C: $15; blood sugar levels: $3. Free blood pressure screenings from 7:30 a.m. to noon. 546-0623 Create Your Weight program | Thursdays through March 15. $50. Open to people 18 and older. 520-8288 or 652-1379. Programs offered as follows:• noon to 1 p.m., second-floor training Read more [...]

Ryan’s hope for home sale

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The latest property movements from the world of the rich and famous. THE Wahroonga home of Adrienne Ryan, a former mayor of Ku-ring-gai Council and the ex-wife of the former NSW police commissioner Peter Ryan, is set for February 28 auction through Ian Clarke of Belle Property Wahroonga. Following the couple's divorce, Adrienne and their two daughters moved into the Braeside Street residence in May 2005, Read more [...]

Baby run over by car listed in critical condition

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A Columbus toddler who police say was hit by a car on Saturday is listed in critical condition at Scottish Rite. Police say the 16-month-old was playing in the driveway of a home on 23rd Street when she was run over by a Ford Explorer. According to police reports, her father, 26-year-old Anthony Alvarado told police the SUV accidentally went into gear when he left the child unattended outside. But witnesses claim the father was inside the car at the time. Alvarado was arrested and charged with serious Read more [...]

high-end homes retain assessed values

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DESPITE minor assessment dips in even the upper echelons, West Vancouver has retained its title as home to some of the highest-assessed property in the country.Stratospheric land values put the assessments of the top 10 West Vancouver properties between $14.7 million and $21.8 million, according to the B.C. Assessment Authority.The property with the highest assessed value - at 3330 Radcliffe Ave. - was marginally down over its assessed value the year before, which had pushed it above the $22-million Read more [...]

Girls’ Track: Patriots Find Strength In Numbers

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PROVIDENCE – The Portsmouth High School girls’ track team gained a measure of revenge and then some when it practically lapped the field and ran away with the Division Two-Dwyer Championship Meet title Saturday afternoon at the Providence Career and Technical Academy. No less than 23 Portsmouth athletes put forth scoring efforts as the Patriots earned points in every event and compiled a team score of 165. Second-place East Providence, which handed the Pats their lone dual-meet setback Read more [...]

Strong property sales but prices lower

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Auckland's biggest real estate agency recorded its strongest January in four years but prices were still down on December. Barfoot Thompson's data for last month showed 683 sales, down on December's 714, and prices down from December's $573,071 to $529,768. But managing director Peter Thompson said the month's activity was extremely positive because it was the best January for sales volumes since 2007 and new listings rose 15.1 per cent. "We sold double the number of million-dollar homes than Read more [...]

Jordan- Two therapeutic sites listed among top 12 destinations

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(MENAFN - Jordan Times) Two of the country's natural therapeutic sites have been featured on lists of the world's top 12 destinations in travel news reports.Madaba's Maeen Hot Springs came second in a "12 hot springs worth travelling for" report published on the Fox News website, while the Dead Sea capped a list of 12 top destinations for winter sun, according to a report published at MSN Travel.The Maeen Hot Springs, which came second after Canada's Banff Upper Hot Springs, was the only listed destination Read more [...]

HEC: 135 events, $1.8 million in ticket sales in 2011

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The Heartland Events Center at Fonner Park may be doing better than founders expected back in 2004. That's the year that Mayor Jay Vavricek (during his first term) and Brian Hamilton, serving as president of the Fonner Park Exposition and Events Center Inc., signed an eight-page management contract giving Fonner Park officials the right to run the center and the city the right to eventually own it. As was reported to the Grand Island City Council Jan. 31, Read more [...]