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It's got a coffee center, gleaming, industrial-sized appliances, and a giant island with a cook top, hands-free faucet and a warming drawer. We must be talking about a restaurant kitchen, right? Or perhaps Rachel Ray's TV studio kitchen? Nope. Just a modern homeowner's kitchen, circa 2007. But the kitchen isn't the only room that has changed. Bathrooms have become more spalike, with deeper soaking tubs and walk-in showers with multiple nozzles — sort of like a carwash for humans. Innovations in kitchen and bath design are featured at the Kitchen and Bath Design Showcase this weekend at the Grand Wayne Center, tonight through Sunday. Not everyone will be able to afford an espresso bar in the kitchen or a stainless steel bathtub, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't remodel.
Igloo will be icy treat for Ashtabula woman's handicapped son
ASHTABULA - - Sand pails and a rectangular block, about the size of two shoeboxes, got new use Friday outside a West 38th Street home.Paula Brinkman pushed, piled, dragged and dumped snow and gathered mo ... Igloo will be icy treat for Ashtabula woman's handicapped son Star Beacon By SHELLEY TERRY .
Cancer survivors discuss treatment, care
MASON CITY — Transportation for long-distance treatments, access to needed medical equipment and a cancer support group would all help people undergoing cancer treatment, area cancer survivors said Thursday.The North Iowa cancer survivors and family members spoke out at a forum, "Iowa Living Beyond Cancer: Thriving Through Survivorship," held via the Iowa Communications Network (ICN) at North Iowa Community College."I’m really impressed with the health care overall," said Robert Knudtson, 73, of Forest City. "I needed immediate health care, and I got it."But one incident did not sit well with him or his family.A radiologist told him, and the family, after X-raying a softball-size tumor on Robert’s kidney that there was no hope."I would sure hate to have that happen to someone else," Knudtson said.
Wednesday, Jan 31, 2007
WASHINGTON - The barricades that quadriplegic Ed Roberts and his comrades stormed 40 years ago were a few inches high. Yet today millions of Americans pass daily through the breaches they created. Curb cuts, the breaches are called. Or curb ramps. Since 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act has required them on new construction, renovations and wherever a city does major street or sidewalk work. All this curb-ramp building has helped the United States lead the world when it comes to providing public access for people with disabilities. "For all this country's many faults, one thing we do better than anybody is architectural-barrier removal," said Mary Lou Breslin, the co-founder and senior policy adviser of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, based in Berkeley, Calif.
The Miraculous Designs of Jeweler Lee Elliot
As a teen, Lee Elliot used to hang out in a jewelry store near his house. Thats where he learned how to do a lost wax process, from there he made the first few pieces of jewelry. One was a sterling silver pendant he made at 14 which he carries in his pocket to this day, and still wears the ring he designed in 1965. By the age of 17 he realized he wanted to be a jewelry designer and set out to exhibit a dozen pieces at a Christmas Craft Show in Greenwich Village. Determined to have a jewelry store, in 1965 at the age of 18 he rented his first store in Greenwich Village and in his first month grossed $250.00 in sales. And after 42 years in the jewelry business and owning his third store, Lee Jewelers in Sag Harbor, he says, I love, love, love what I do. I do earn a living, but I dont make any money, he exclaimed.
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