| EU, Fishermen Struggle As Catch Declines
The catch of the day brings up a squirming pandemonium of creatures from the deep: sea bream and red snapper, miniature lobsters, an electric ray packing 150 volts, a baby octopus watching with one unblinking eye. But skipper Mariano Lopez, gazing at this mound of exuberance on his trawler's deck, is disappointed. Like many patches of the Mediterranean, this overworked fishing ground is not yielding the bounty it once did. "There should be twice as much," Lopez says, shaking his head. Fishermen were long seen as Europe's last true hunters, but the romance that comes with the struggle against nature has dwindled as fast as the once-bountiful fish. The European Union has desperately implemented fishing curbs and other measures to keep Mediterranean and Atlantic waters alive -- policies fishermen complain are destroying their traditions and livelihoods.
Shot of fun in Fair Park
Imagine riding down the Fair Park midway at 60 mph. Imagine doing that in a boat. A speedboat thrill ride is one of the projects on the planning boards at the State Fair of Texas, one of a series of changes that add up to the most extensive reimagining of Fair Park since the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition. The ride would become part of a plan to convert the midway into a summer-long tourist attraction. .
Rescue owed to dog's keen ears
Back in July during a very hot spell, while I ran some errands, my husband, who walks with a quad cane after a stroke eight years ago, decided to walk down the driveway to pick up the mail. Stopping to pull a weed on the way, he lost his balance and fell. Unable to get up, he yelled for help. We have 1 1/2 acre lots, so the houses aren't close and no neighbor heard. Then "Buddy" entered the picture. He's a border collie/Australian shepherd mix adopted from the Newark shelter by our neighbor Kathy Lauletta the month before. Kathy said he kept running to the door barking until she finally opened it to see who was there and heard my husband calling. She couldn't get him up, so she called Watchung PD, who did so. Don't you think Buddy is our hero? He came from the streets of Newark to a lovely home and had excellent training at St.
City plans park for vacant lots
The city Redevelopment Authority has authorized seizing several lots along the eastern approach to Seventh Street Bridge for a gateway park.
The authority is negotiating with three owners and the owner of another pair of lots, in hopes of settling so it wont need to force sale of the ground, authority solicitor Patrick Fanelli said.
The authority has settled with the owner of one parcel.
The city wants to begin developing the nearly 1.5-acre passive park with grass, trees, benches and urban art this spring.
We have to get the project moving, authority member John Forney said.
From the perspective of someone starting over the bridge toward the hospital, the 75-foot wide Parklet Parcel One on the right will run parallel to the bridge for a block and a half, from Seventh Avenue to the alley beyond Eighth Street.
Childcare provider accused of shaking and throwing baby
FISHERS, Ind. -- The operator of an unlicensed day care admitted she threw a 4-month-old infant to the floor and violently shook the boy, Fishers police said.
Melanie D. Ford, 29, was charged Wednesday with two counts of battery resulting in serious bodily injury, Fishers police said. She was in the Hamilton County Jail Thursday morning on $50,000 bond, jail officials said.
The baby, Clark Knight, suffered a skull fracture, bleeding on the brain and bleeding in the eyes, police said.
Fishers Police Sgt. Gerry Hepp said Ford called the family Jan. 17 to report the boy was ill and needed to be picked up from the day care she operated in her home in Fishers, a northeastern suburb of Indianapolis.
The boy's father, Paul Knight, said he was stunned when he arrived and found his youngest boy in Ford's arms.
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