Friday, March 09, 2007

Motorized-scooter complaints are up



Reminders given about use of motorized scooters in Peoria.

Girl, 8, thwarts abduction attempt
An abduction attempt in Shiremanstown was thwarted by a quick-thinking 8-year-old girl, police said. The girl was riding her motorized scooter alone around 1:20 p.m. Saturday through Strawberry Alley near the police station when a maroon van stopped in front of her, Officer Richard Grove said.

Scooter vandalism often goes unreported



The only thing on Juliana Peters' mind as she walked out of her apartment the morning of Jan. 26 was downing her daily Starbucks before class. But all of the espresso in Gainesville could not have jolted her like the wake-up call she got next: the sight of her scooter on the hood of her car.

Obituaries
Patrick V. Bisceglia TROY - Patrick Vincent Bisceglia, 86, of North Lake Avenue, died Thursday, February, 22, 2007, surrounded by his family at Schuyler Ridge Nursing Home in Clifton Park.

Girl, 8, thwarts abduction attempt
An abduction attempt in Shiremanstown was thwarted by a quick-thinking 8-year-old girl, police said. The girl was riding her motorized scooter alone around 1:20 p.m. Saturday through Strawberry Alley near the police station when a maroon van stopped in front of her, Officer Richard Grove said.

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Holding on to Home: Group Helps Give Seniors a New Sense of Community



By Michael Vitez, The Philadelphia Inquirer Feb. 18--Perhaps nothing symbolizes the challenge of keeping America's elderly in their own homes, where they prefer to grow old, as much as the struggle to get their front walks shoveled after a snow. So many widows. So few shovelers.

A season that cancer couldnt cancel
Don Bechards cell phone rang just as his Gardner Edgerton basketball team was ready to board a bus in December for the Olathe South tournament. He walked back into his coachs office inside the gymnasium to take the call in private.

Motorized-scooter complaints are up
Reminders given about use of motorized scooters in Peoria.

Bells couple has celebrated 79 years of marriage
Bill Cobb paused a moment, reached for his hearing aids and placed them in his ears.

Disabled in Mesa? It's more hardship



Jack Kavanagh has no problem negotiating turns and wheelchair ramps on his motorized scooter. No hassle, at least, as long as such access exists for disabled people. In Mesa, he's had problems. {b} Report a violation

Community on guard
Continuing coverage of the hunt for the man who police say tried to lure a child into his vehicle.

Woman on motorized scooter killed by DOT car
Deputies say a Florida Department of Transportation vehicle struck a woman riding a motorized scooter at Bayshore Road and Hart Road in North Fort Myers shortly before 2 p.m.

Bells couple has celebrated 79 years of marriage
Bill Cobb paused a moment, reached for his hearing aids and placed them in his ears.

Nigerian national sentenced for Medicare fraud
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Bradley J. Schlozman, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of a medical supply business was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of millions of dollars through a program that provides motorized wheelchairs to patients.

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Attempted abduction



Police continue their search for a man who they say tried to abduct a child in Cumberland County.

Community on guard
Continuing coverage of the hunt for the man who police say tried to lure a child into his vehicle.

Bells couple has celebrated 79 years of marriage
Bill Cobb paused a moment, reached for his hearing aids and placed them in his ears.

Monday, March 05, 2007

FDOT vehicle kills pedestrian



A woman was struck and killed by a marked Florida Department of Transportation vehicle in a North Fort Myers cross walk where it has been three...

A season that cancer couldnt cancel
Don Bechards cell phone rang just as his Gardner Edgerton basketball team was ready to board a bus in December for the Olathe South tournament. He walked back into his coachs office inside the gymnasium to take the call in private.

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Owners say perception of Plainfield as unsafe is keeping customers away.



PLAINFIELD -- The city may have its share of crime-related problems, but business owner Robert Bertelli doesn't think Plainfield is unsafe. The problem, Bertelli said, is that there are outsiders who do.

Nigerian national sentenced for Medicare fraud
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Bradley J. Schlozman, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of a medical supply business was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of millions of dollars through a program that provides motorized wheelchairs to patients.

Authorities searching for woman accused of kidnapping, torturing Austin man
Police say Precious Sparkman, also known as Jasmin Anderson, cut the 60-year-old with kitchen knife.

Church lady no longer a back-bencher
Longtime parishioner Patti Kondor knew the church she was a member of for nearly three decades was a special place. It was not the biggest. It did not have a fancy foyer. And it did not house hundreds of the faithful for services on Sundays. But still, Kondor wanted everyone to know St. Joseph Church had not only drastically transformed her spiritually -- but physically as well.

Crawford driven to success
Ebenezer Crawford spent 40 years behind the wheel, beginning as an auto parts deliveryman with a motorized scooter and ending as the owner of his own bus transit company.

Nigerian national sentenced for Medicare fraud

A season that cancer couldnt cancel



Don Bechards cell phone rang just as his Gardner Edgerton basketball team was ready to board a bus in December for the Olathe South tournament. He walked back into his coachs office inside the gymnasium to take the call in private.

Norwood was proud to be a `Morehouse Man'
The Associated Press - AUGUSTA, Ga. Rep. Charlie Norwood's face lit up when his new congressional aide told him where he'd attended college _ Morehouse, a historically black school near downtown Atlanta.

Motorized-scooter complaints are up
Reminders given about use of motorized scooters in Peoria.