| 2 bids to build hospital withdrawn
Two down; two to duke it out. Earlier this year, four bids were thrown in the ring to build a hospital in Wesley Chapel. On Wednesday, the deadline for applications to the state's review process, two of those bids were withdrawn. University Community Health and Adventist Health System abandoned its individual bids, opting to combine forces in a joint bid. Its rival is BayCare Health System, backed by USF Health. All want to raise acute-care facilities of about 100 beds each to serve central Pasco's growing population. The state reviews bids twice a year to regulate health care supply and determine how and where facilities get built. The decision is due in June. LUTZ Animal hospital break-in nets $8 Police are looking for burglars who broke into the Cypress Creek Animal Hospital, busting out a window and then rummaging the reception area before stealing $8 in change.
U2's instruments to help Katrina victims
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The beloved Gibson Les Paul guitar of U2's The Edge fetched $240,000 (120,000 pounds) and Bono's sunglasses pulled in $20,000 at an auction on Saturday to benefit musicians who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. The auction at New York's Hard Rock Cafe by Julien's Auctions raised $2,436,900, including a 20 percent buyer's fee, for Music Rising, a charity set up by The Edge and other musicians after the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricane. It marked the first time such a wide selection of U2 memorabilia was available to collectors, organisers said. Among the more than 200 items sold were Jimi Hendrix's 1966 Red Fender Mustang guitar, which fetched $400,000, former President Bill Clinton's saxophone ($54,000) and a pair of John Lennon's round, blue-tinted sunglasses ($30,000).
Shop donates quilts for breast cancer awareness
DES MOINES - On Saturday, Sept. 30 all across the country more than 1,000 quilt shops held Quilt Pink events attracting many thousands of quilters and their friends. American Patchwork & Quilting magazine is pleased to report that the passion of our local quilting enthusiasts has culminated in thousands of Quilt Pink quilts, with many more yet to come. These quilts are to be auctioned starting April 5. The auctions will run through mid-October. Following the auction, proceeds will benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure.For more details on the auction, visit www.ebay.com/quiltpink.In order to coordinate such a large-scale auction of these quilts, American Patchwork & Quilting has partnered with Kompolt, a company that has coordinated such illustrious charitable auctions as the Grammy Awards benefiting the MusiCares Foundation, The Jay Leno Tonight Show, Harley-Davidson auction to benefit American Red Cross Tsunami and Hurricane Relief Funds and many more.The initial expectation was that each of the 1,000 participating quilt shops would contribute one quilt.
YOUNGSTOWN: Hanson bids for her 14th term
When the village polls open next month, voters will see one candidate's name on the ballot for the 14th time.Trustee Margaret Ann Hanson has served 13 terms — 26 years — in the village government.As a Republican who received her party's endorsement, Hanson is vying for one of two seats in the three-candidate race."When there comes a time when I feel like it's a time to stop, I'm going to say it's time to stop," Hanson said.A former teacher, Hanson is a Niagara Falls native and grew up on Long Island. She taught remedial reading in junior and senior high schools in Michigan and Indiana after graduating from Adrian College in Michigan.She plans on retiring next month from her position as clerk for the Porter Justice Court, a job she's held since she moved back to the area 29 years ago to raise her three children.Hanson never went back to teaching, even though she took the court clerk job thinking she'd eventually make the jump back to the classroom."It was more important to parent," said Hanson, 63.If re-elected, she said she plans to continue working to draw a development of senior housing into the village.Hanson has been involved in the annual community project of creating Christmas baskets for less fortunate families in the area.She is also active in the Youngstown Presbyterian Church and the Youngstown Women's Club.After more than two decades of public office on the local level, she's never had an inkling to run for a higher political office."I think you can be the most effective there, you're closest to the people there," she said.Political newcomer Bill Oddy has received the Democratic Party endorsement in the race.
Strange, Green Earn Hall of Fame Bids
West Palm Beach, FL (AHN) - Curtis Strange and Hubert Green are among the inductees that will be honored at the 2007 World Golf Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place Nov. 12 at the World Golf Village. "The 2007 induction ceremony will provide an appropriate opportunity to shine the light on the careers of these two successful players," said Jack Peter, senior VP and COO of the Hall of Fame, according to Golf World. Strange captured 17 PGA Tour victories, including consecutive U.S. Open titles in 1988-89. The 52-year-old was listed on 70 percent of the voters' ballots. Green, 60, claimed 19 tour titles, including the 1977 U.S. Open and 1985 PGA Championship. He's also won four Champions Tour events and continued playing following bouts of tongue and throat cancer in 2003.
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