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Racing helps Massachusetts father, disabled son forge bond
HOLLAND, Mass. (AP) — The year was 1992, and Dick Hoyt and his son, Rick, wanted to run and bike across the country to raise funds for a charity for cerebral palsy — a condition 30-year-old Rick developed at birth.
Mild temperatures, wet week ahead
CHAMPAIGN — Warm temperatures will remain through at least Wednesday, but keep an umbrella close as the National Weather Service forecasts showers and thunderstorms through Friday.
Early Monday morning brings the first chance for thunderstorms. The high temperature is expected to reach the mid-60s during the afternoon, but showers are likely throughout the day.
UI student play this weekend
URBANA — University of Illinois students will present the medieval "Play of Antichrist" on Friday and Saturday at the McFarland Memorial Bell Tower on the UI's south quadrangle.
For the retirees April 14, 2013
For information about services available to older adults, contact Karen Bodnar, director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and Helen Mary Stevick Senior Citizens Center, 48 E. Main St., Champaign, IL 61820, phone 359-6500.
RSVP and the Stevick Senior Center are administered by Family Services of Champaign County.
C-U Haiku
The wait in the rain.
Half an hour late; megabus
where the hell are you?
— Jackson Fliss, Urbana
Studio Visit: Leif Olson
Studio Visit appears in Sunday editions of The News-Gazette. Here, a visit with Leif Olson, who created the signature image for this year's Boneyard Arts Festival.
Tom Kacich: Film may hit 'Home Run' for recovery program
All around the country this week, groups of people will be talking about and promoting a new baseball movie.
But not the one about Jackie Robinson, the revered Brooklyn Dodger who broke baseball's color barrier in 1947.
A second baseball-themed movie, opening next Friday, confronts a different social issue: abuse and dependency.
UI researcher starting silver-inks firm in C-U
URBANA — Brett Walker seemingly can't stop creating stuff.
The 27-year-old doctoral student at the University of Illinois started a gun-parts business in high school.
He turned his attention to fuels in college, converting waste grease into biodiesel and "slop oil" into pipeline-grade oil.
Reluctant Townie: When all else fails, write in the third person
The Reluctant Townie sat at his computer, eating a small plate of nachos.
The word processor was open in front of him, its blinking cursor taunting him at approximately 60 bpm, or the equivalent of one blink per second. He had always found it difficult to count to one second exactly. Who had counted the first second? And how could they be sure they got it right?
Environmental Almanac: Ditch the vehicle and start pedaling
Does the warming weather awaken in you the desire to ride a bike — maybe even use one to get to work someday? Then why not do it?
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