| Donald could be Bell's trump card
Yet the difficult days need not necessarily linger indefinitely. Both of their sagging fortunes might quickly be reversed, if only they recognize how desperately they need each other. Trump is a multimillionaire developer, casino operator and TV personality. Bell is a former Robinson nursing home administrator and convicted criminal. Making a case for their interdependence appears to be a tall order, but let's see if we can't work a little column magic and make it happen. .
Pets bring smiles to elderly
NORTH CANTON They watch from the window, people confined by age or illness to a chair or a nursing home bed. But on the days Nancy Ruble of Lake Township brings her cat and three greyhounds by for a visit, they get excited, she said. Ruble, a member of the board for the Coalition for Animal Concerns, regularly goes to nursing homes, senior care centers and assisted living centers with her pets to visit people who enjoy but can no longer care for pets. She also visits schools upon request, presenting educational programs. Even people with the dementia and borderline illnesses, even though they dont speak to you, they watch the animals, Ruble said. Others tell me about the pets they had when they were younger or when they were home. Many ask questions (about the animals), the same questions every time we go.
UPDATE: CAUSE OF FIRE AT RICHMOND SENIOR COMPLEX UNDER INVESTIGATION
Richmond firefighters are mopping up after a two-alarm fire that broke out earlier this morning at a Richmond senior citizen's housing complex, completely destroying one apartment and sending two residents to the hospital for smoke inhalation, Richmond Fire Chief Michael Banks said. The fire began at 8:03 a.m. in a sixth floor apartment of Hacienda Apartments, located at 1300 Roosevelt Ave., Banks said. The fire was contained by about 8:20 a.m. Residents on the first five floors were instructed to shelter-in-place while firefighters got the blaze under control because many of them have trouble walking, Banks said. Of the 150 units in the building, 140 were occupied. The apartment where the fire started suffered heavy fire damage and other apartments on the sixth floor may have suffered smoke damage.
10 years later: It's all about the ring
CATHEDRAL CITY - One was lost and found, a second could be located somewhere near the White House, while another is long gone. Those shiny blue rings that were awarded to the Cathedral City High School boys' basketball team back in 1997 could tell some stories. They've traveled to college, been tucked away in storage or stuck in the back seat of a car, but the majority of the players from the CIF title team still don them proudly long after that storybook victory at The Pond a decade ago. Marquise Strange had his for only three days, then it disappeared. He and a group of buddies went to play a pickup up game at Palm Springs High and from there, it was gone. "That was the last time I saw it," said Strange, who was honored with his teammates Thursday at halftime ceremonies at his alma mater to celebrate that 10th anniversary title.
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