Mark and Brian Sutcliffe, a Westlake High School junior and freshman, respectively, started Operation Hope – Soccer Retread for Africa last month in an effort to collect used soccer equipment to ship to African refugee camps in Ghana and Liberia. The idea came to Brian and his family after a teammate on Brian’s Premier soccer team, Challenger Crew Juniors Black, told his story of coming to .. more …
The Hotel Intercontinental Hanoi Westlake boast a total of 359 meticulously designed and well appointed guestrooms. An exquisite blend of contemporary Vietnamese decoration, impressive interiors and vivacious color brings a mesmerizing effect in each room. The rooms in the hotel are classified as Deluxe Room, Atelier Room, Club Inter-Continental, Lotus Suite, Westlake Suite and The Presidential .. more …
A PACKED Riverside Suite at the Vauxhall Recreation Centre celebrated the town’s brightest and best sports men and women at the 2011 Luton Sports Awards on Thursday night.Over 300 packed into the venue, with many more unable to attend due to the maximum capacity, as the deputy mayor and local MPs were also in attendance.Inspirational captain of the England Blind Football Team David Clarke handed .. more …
Rivers and streams : Rivers and streams will be the best bet for success for later this weekend if rains on Thursday don’t give the rivers too much of a boost. River levels have been good in recent days and mostly clearing, with the Grand River still a bit muddy. Good numbers of steelhead trout are in the rivers and more should be moving in from Lake Erie very soon. The early spring season is .. more …
By PAUL BARNEY pbarney@MorningJournal.com @PaulBarney18 WESTLAKE – With each race came a sense of reality for the Westlake girls swim team.Not this year, Demons.What was a certainty over the last seven years came to an abrupt end Saturday at the Southwestern Conference championships at the Westlake Recreation Center, as Brecksville finally stepped out of Westlake’s shadow to win the title .. more …
Friday, 10 February 2012 12:11 Two therapeutic recreation programs for children with special needs will be offered by Monroe Parks and Recreation at the Chalk Hill Building on Fan Hill Road.Yoga for the Special Child, with sessions for ages 3-6, 7-11, and 12-and-older, begins Saturday, Feb. 11, and meets for 45 minutes once or twice a week for eight weeks. The fee is $170 for once a week, $250 .. more …
WESTLAKE ” The Amherst boys proved once again they were equal to the task, capturing their second straight Southwestern Conference swim championship Saturday at the Westlake Recreation Center.On the strength of five first- and two second-place finishes, Amherst amassed 268 points. Westlake was second with 230.Avon Lake finished sixth with 144, but still managed to finish third overall in the final .. more …
ROCKFORD (RPD) — The Rockford Park District announced that Community Recreation Manager Danielle Potter was selected as the Rockford Park District 2011 Employee of the Year. Laurie Anderson, Matt Bunk, Barb Neville, Brenda Parrish, and Judy Roby were selected as 2011 Team of the Year by all staff members through an online voting system.Throughout the year, 24 employees and seven teams were .. more …
Officials in Henry County’s Parks and Recreation Department hope to expand the agency’s Therapeutic Recreation Division, by launching a Special Olympic Kayaking Team. The kayaking team would be part of many offerings the agency provides to Henry County residents with special needs, according to county spokesperson, Julie Hoover-Ernst.She said county commissioners recently accepted a generous .. more …
After 10 years of planning and preparing, there is now a certified therapeutic recreation specialist on staff at the Brookline Recreation Department. His name is Brandon Fitts , and he is gearing up to provide the families and people of Brookline who have disabilities with new opportunities for recreation and wellness in the community.Fitts is a recent graduate of the University of New Hampshire .. more …
In an effort to keep Menifee’s recreational trails from lookinglike a mishmash of lines on a map, a group of Menifee residents isasking the City Council to discuss the formation of a trails andparks commission.And that discussion could take place as soon as next month.”When you travel some of our trails now, you are very likely toend up with somebody’s house in front of you or at the end of .. more …
For her 55th birthday in April 2008, Colleen Ackerman asked fordonations to the Menifee ValleyCommunity Cupboard in lieu of presents. The request went overwell —- very well.The many donations were piled into guests’ cars and taken to thenonprofit, and thus a tradition was born.Twice a year, once in the spring and again in the fall, ColleenAckerman and her husband, Bill, host a barn dance at the .. more …
A grass-roots effort that produced a remarkably successfulChristmas dinner and toy drive in Menifee a year ago will be at it again this holiday season—- only this time with a few changes.With just two weeks of preparation, a small group of volunteersheaded by Menifee resident Jimmy Canales fed about 150 people atWheatfield Park’s community center last year and made sure that nochild left without .. more …
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