| Falcons Host Diaper Drive/Light the Night Celebration Saturday
Your playoff bound Fresno Falcons will have raised almost $ 200,000 for community organizations by this seasons end. On Saturday the Falcons will host the final regular season jersey auction to benefit the Lions Eye Bank. Saturday's game will feature the Falcons wearing their black Eye Q Shooter Jerseys during the actual game to be auctioned off on the concourse immediately after the game. Flint Epps, the Voice of the Valley will be the auctioneer. The Falcons have also announced the launching of the Second Annual Fresno Falcons Saint Agnes Diaper Drive to benefit the Holy Cross Center for Women. All fans attending the two games this weekend are encouraged to donate disposable diapers. The Falcons are helping Saint Agnes with their goal to raise more than $ 30,000 and 30,000 diapers in 30 days.
Two brothers giving back to their homeland
Thomas Ongwela and his brother George came to Michigan more than 30 years ago to attend college and escape political persecution in Kenya. They worked their way through school by painting houses and fences. Both eventually earned Ph.Ds; Thomas in political science from Western Michigan University and George in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin. Eventually, Thomas Ongwela settled in Kalamazoo and his brother in Wisconsin. ``But we never lost sight of our dream that we would put back into Kenya the knowledge and resources to make Africa a better place than when we left it,'' George Ongwela said. Two years ago, the brothers founded Healthy Globe as a nonprofit group with a mission ``to heal the sick and empower the poor.'' The group's emphasis is on health education; teaching East Africans how to grow crops more productively and prepare them in more nutritious ways; protect water from contamination; and have access to good, affordable preventative medical care, George Ongwela said.
Sheikh Maktoum and Sheikh Ahmed open Medcare Hospital
The 60-bed, multi-discipline Medcare Hospital in Jumeirah was officially inaugurated today by HH Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone, with HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. .
Pacific University Announces Tenured Faculty
Pacific University's Board of Trustees approved the granting of indefinite tenure to several faculty members at their meeting on March 24. Tenure and promotion decisions will become effective fall semester 2007. Faculty receiving tenure and promotions include:Genevieve L.Y. Arnaut, Psy.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Professional Psychology, College of Health Professions (with promotion to Associate Professor) Pauline Beard, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, College of Arts & Sciences (with promotion to full Professor) James J. Butler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics, Colleges of Arts & Sciences and Optometry Nancy Cicirello, Ed.D., Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions Jon E.
Jacksonville Journal
A state legislator and three county judges are among the 12 applicants seeking to succeed Circuit Judge A.C. Soud, who is retiring after 26 years on the bench in Jacksonville. State Rep. Mark Mahon, R-Jacksonville, had been contemplating a run for state attorney next year but is seeking appointment to Soud's judgeship instead. He is term-limited in 2008. Duval County Judges Roberto Arias and Brent Shore also have applied, as has Clay County Judge Richard Townsend. The position will serve the 4th Judicial Circuit, made up of Duval, Clay and Nassau counties. The other applicants are attorneys Thomas M. Beverly, Harold Catlin, Blane G. McCarthy, Thereasa McCaulie, Jefferson Morrow, Kevin S. Sanders, Leatrice Williams Walton and Wesley F. White. Interviews are scheduled April 24 before the 4th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, which will recommend three to six names to the governor for appointment, said Chairman David Wells.
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