“Kids Expo marks fifth year” plus 3 more |
- Kids Expo marks fifth year
- Kids get a day of fun at Frontier Field
- Games teach kids gun safety
- Kids' golf school to be in session
| Posted: 24 Jul 2010 09:45 PM PDT    
LAS CRUCES - Food, music, games, arts and crafts and educational activities were enjoyed by children and parents alike Saturday during the annual Kids Expo at the Mesilla Park Community Center, 304 W. Bell Ave. Now in its fifth year, the free event sponsored by the city of Las Cruces, offered families an opportunity to spend quality time together, and even vie for a chance to win a backpack filled with school supplies. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Kids get a day of fun at Frontier Field Posted: 25 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT Brian Kachala epitomized what the first-ever MVP Health Care Kid Power Sports Day intended to accomplish. Standing on the third base-side concourse at Frontier Field, the 12-year-old wore his Red Wings hat, a baseball glove on his left hand and a blue soccer T-shirt while attending a biking seminar to learn safety tips. The event for ages 5 to 15 took area athletes and beginners through a four-sport whirlwind — soccer, baseball, lacrosse and biking — to open their minds to something new. On the center field grass, Red Wings players taught kids to set their feet apart and throw a baseball strongly to a teammate and shared tips on hitting and fielding. Vincenza Puma, 6, put the advice into action and swung hard, hitting a ball over several boys' heads. "I like all the running you do in baseball, and I want to hit a home run every time," said Vincenza, of Rochester. Along the grass, Gary Gait, the coach of Syracuse University's women's lacrosse team, taught kids how to cradle their stick and quizzed them on the difference between boys and girls lacrosse (boys play with 10 members, wear helmets and have deep netted pockets in their stick, while girls play with 12 members and wear goggles but no headgear). And back on the concourse, Scott Hollenbeck and three other competitive bicyclists pushed kids to remember safety first. "We want to reach out to kids because they are never too young to tell them to wear their helmets and protect themselves," said Hollenbeck, who recently won a bronze medal at the Empire State Games. "If a kid doesn't ride safe and hurts themselves at a young age, that might sour them on biking for a long time." After listing to the biking professionals, Brian was raring to experience all four activities. He had researched the event and asked his mother, Debbie, to cut short their Pennsylvania vacation so he could attend. "I just love so much about sports because it keeps you active and is fun," said Brian, of Greece. "My grandfather got me into baseball and my mother got me into soccer, and it's just something that I like a lot. And I'm pretty good at it, too." Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2010 08:07 PM PDT With silver bracelets clamping his wrists together, Robert tried to fling rubber rings around their goals. It was harder than it looked, he said. But after two tries, the Durham youth got the hang of it and was even joking with the officers who held the keys to his liberty. "But they don't really make them very tight," Robert said. The ring toss game was one of many activities for a few hundred residents who came out for the fair, which was put on by the city's Project Safe Neighborhoods campaign. The yearlong project aims to raise awareness of gun safety issues and to communicate with Durham residents about interacting with the police. Launched Jan. 4, Project Safe Neighborhoods has made a positive impact, Police Chief Jose Lopez said. "We continue to address gun violence in a very serious way," Lopez said. "We are only as good as this community can help us be, and that is why this program has been so very positive." At the fair, attendees downed the free Italian ices by the cupful. And many picked up bags for their neighborhoods' coming celebration of the National Night Out, a designated evening when residents of neighborhoods nationwide take to the streets to fight crime and raise awareness. They talked with Durham police officers and took tours of the mobile crime scene unit, command center and an armored, tanklike vehicle used for dangerous situations. There were representatives from the Duke University Police Department and the Durham County Gun Safety Team, a volunteer organization dedicated to encouraging gun safety. At the fair, the gun safety team was asking kids to sign a pledge saying that they will not handle guns without permission, won't play with guns and will alert an adult first if they find a gun somewhere. The pledge and other literature are key to opening dialogues about gun safety, said Gail Neely, assistant director of the North Carolinians Against Gun Violence Education Fund. "A big misconception is that people feel that if they don't have a gun in their house that their kids will be OK," Neely said. "But they don't think about where their children play. ... As public awareness improves, it becomes OK to talk about it." And, toward the end of the fair, N.C. Central University men's basketball coach Levelle Moton and Duke football coach David Cutcliffe spoke. The two are spokesmen for the campaign. "I grew up in Boston, Mass., and my housing project was known as the murder capital of the world," Moton said. "This is our chance to commit ourselves individually to making our community a better place." Cutcliffe called the Durham Police Department "the best team in Durham," and inviting the crowd to come to a Blue Devils game. "If anybody wants to see Ala bama get beat this fall, come on over," Cutcliffe quipped. Neighbors who attended said the fair drew people together and helped them connect. But many said there is still much room for improvement when it comes to crime in Durham. "There are days when you feel yes, the crime is better, and there are days when you feel like no, it isn't," said Edna Hamilton, who brought her two granddaughters to the fair. "It depends on who happens to be in the neighborhood." Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Kids' golf school to be in session Posted: 24 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT Food City will once again sponsor the Golf School for Kids, an event that kicks off Knoxville News Sentinel Open week each year. This will be the 10th year that Food City has sponsored the kids' clinic. Aside from receiving instruction, each child will participate in games and receive snacks and a goody bag. It'll be held 3-5 p.m. Aug. 22, at Fox Den Country Club in Farragut. "This is an event that hundreds of kids have participated in over the years," said Emerson Breeden, community relations director for Food City. " The kids have enjoyed the opportunity to meet and receive golf instruction from professionals with the PGA Tour and local pros. So many of the sponsorships that Food City participates in are related to kids, and we're proud to support the kids in the communities we serve." Help Needed: Volunteers are still needed for the Knoxville News Sentinel Open. To find out more information about possible opportunities to help, visit the tournament website (www.KNSOpen.com) or call the tournament office (865-966-7693). Date Set: The Knox Area Women's Golf Association championship will be Aug. 2-4 at Beaver Brook Country Club.
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