| Marching for the unborn
TRAVERSE CITY Mary Kelly walked quietly through the streets of downtown Traverse City reflecting on the impact of abortion on people in her life. "I've seen the results of abortion, she said. "They're in a lot of pain. Kelly was among more than 110 people who took part Sunday afternoon in an annual pro-life march sponsored by the Grand Traverse Area Right to Life. The marchers stretched for more than a city block in their half-hour demonstration through the streets of downtown following a brief prayer service at the Governmental Center. They carried signs that read "Abortion Hurts Women and "Adoption the loving option. Kathy Plamondon of Traverse City has participated in the local march "ever since it began way back when and said she plans to stay active in the pro-life movement.
This much I know
I think it's the last remaining magic trick we have, and after delivering several hundred babies, it still amazes me every time. There were three of us in this room, no one's come in the through the door, and now there are four. Babies are so tough and resilient. I've seen a baby born in a toilet bowl, in a car park, in the hospital foyer, at the side of the M1. I've delivered over the phone, and shouted instructions down a lift shaft to a student stuck in a lift with the woman. .
At Large in Ballard
When my daughter was young I didn't work on Wednesdays. On that day we would leave the house after breakfast and stroll to downtown Ballard. There didn't seem any reason not to stop at the swings by the Community Center, or the Ballard Baking Company for a brown-eyed Susan cookie - it was story day at the library. Even the bank where the library now stands doubled as an indoor playground with a large collection of interlocking plastic toys and farm animals. It wasn't unusual for us to stay out until mid-afternoon, making our way home as slowly as we had left. Counting cats in the windowsills, bulbs pushing their way through the ground. By late afternoon I was usually carrying the doll stroller, the doll, the backpack and the daughter.It's rare now to leave the house and be away for the entire day on foot.
New trail opens at San Elijo Lagoon
ENCINITAS ---- A new trail opened this week so that the disabled can use a popular location to watch birds and commune with nature.
View A VideoThe trail is part of a miles-long network in the 1,000-acre San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve between Encinitas and Solana Beach. It includes a raised boardwalk that is 500 feet long and that crosses a willow-filled area that often is flooded. The newest section of the network is part of a quarter-mile loop that begins and ends at the nature center parking lot on Manchester Avenue. The entire loop is flat and wide enough to comply with federal accessibility requirements for the handicapped. .
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Participants in “Keeping the Dream Alive!" a celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, channeled the leader's spirit through song, dance and speech last night in the Baker University Center Ballroom. “Through sharing our talents with each other, we improve and increase humanity," Ohio University President Roderick McDavis said to a full ballroom. “We have an opportunity to bring to the forefront the dream of Dr. King." Read More .
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