| Park Improvements Top Agenda
FAYETTEVILLE -- Those who want to get into the swing of things could have new playground amenities at three local parks in time for fall. Others who want to shoot hoops past dusk could also have expanded options.On Tuesday the Fayetteville City Council will consider matching state dollars to improve playgrounds at Bryce Davis, Gulley and Sweetbriar parks. Separately, the council will vote on whether to install lights on tennis and basketball courts at Walker Park.Fayetteville Parks Director Connie Edmonston said tennis and basketball courts at Walker Park were renovated, but lighting was never installed. The courts have been a popular spot, creating the need for the lighting."People asked for the lights, and a couple of City Council members mentioned it," Edmonston said.She said the lights will be designed not to reflect onto neighboring properties, and also will automatically shut off at 11 p.m.
Federal law includes disabilities from past
Q. I recently ran a marathon to raise money for cancer research as a way to celebrate my second year of being cancer-free. I put up posters in my cubicle and asked for donations from a few co-workers. I told a few people I was running because I feel so lucky to have a second chance at life. I hate to jump to conclusions, but since then I feel like my HR manager and some supervisors have been acting strangely with me. The HR manager asked me (in what he thought was a casual way) how long I was out of work dealing with chemotherapy and its side effects. I'm not even sick now, but I feel like they're treating me like I am going to die within the month. Am I being discriminated against? A. What a great question! Many people believe that the federal Americans with Disabilities Act only applies to individuals with current disabilities, that is, people with current substantial limitations on their major life activities.
Running for a Mission!
IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 19, 2007 -- Free Wheelchair Mission and the Pacific Shoreline Marathon are teaming up for the second year in a row to share the transforming gift of mobility around the world. Scheduled for Super Bowl Sunday, February 4, 2007, the marathon will attract thousands to the shores of Huntington Beach, to run for those who can't. To date, over 105 marathon fundraisers have gathered in excess of $140,000 to purchase wheelchairs for the impoverished disabled living in developing nations, and organizers are expecting this figure to double by race day. A celebratory dinner is planned for the evening of Saturday, February 3, at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort. Evening highlights include guest speakers Mr. Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah of the Oprah-narrated documentary "Emmanuel's Gift," and Don Schoendorfer, president and founder of the Free Wheelchair Mission.
A short-term fix to downtown parking crunch
On one hand, it's a problem that city officials are more than happy to discuss: A downtown parking crunch. That's because complaints about parking mean that there's activity and traffic downtown, something everyone wants."This is good in a way, because a year ago you could have shot a cannon down the street and not hit a single car," Ward Four Council Member Wayne Melbye said at Tuesday evening's Street/Utility Committee meeting.But on the other hand, it's still a problem, at least around JJs Bodyshop, which moved from North Broadway to Main Street in the fall. Its members who come to work out have followed, and so have their vehicles, which now take up many parking spaces on Main between Second and Robert streets. .
Family files $150M lawsuit against school that banned dog
The East Meadow School District Thursday was slapped with a $150 million federal discrimination lawsuit by the family of a deaf Westbury boy whose assistance dog has been barred from school.
John Cave Jr. and his parents, John and Nancy Cave, filed suit in Central Islip federal court after weeks of failing to convince school officials to let the 14-year-old boy bring his dog to class. The district has refused, saying John has access to school resources without the dog, which they believe would pose a health and safety hazard to other students and staff.
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