| Black Mold Found In Fort Worth Elementary School
Class starts next week at Bryson Elementary School in Fort Worth, but the entire third grade class, including teachers and students, won't be there.Stachybotrys chartarum, a black-green fungus known as black mold, was found in a wing of the school earlier this month. Stachybotrys is suspected in rare cases of causing serious conditions, including pulmonary hemorrhaging.The mold was found in a wing that was added to the school in 1991.Officials with the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw school district say the mold isn't affecting the entire school, so only a limited amount of Bryson students will attend the new Comanche Springs Elementary School for the school year.Tuesday morning workers put up a temporary wall to block the mold-infested wing from the rest of the school.Alicia Lytle, whose 8-year-old daughter will have to attend classes at Comanche Springs, told CBS 11 News, "It's a scary thought with the mold you know.
Now they're cookin'
At some point, while staring at your slate-gray cubicle walls, you've dreamed about leaving it all behind to follow your real passion: cooking. Too scared? Not sure where to begin? As back-to-school season gets in full swing, take pointers--and inspiration--from folks who went from the cube to the kitchen.
Name: Gina Howie
Age: 29
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Devastated New Orleans mourns Katrina dead
Hurricane victims attend a candlelight vigil marking the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina at Jackson Square in New Orleans. AFP NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - New Orleans Wednesday mourned the huge losses inflicted by Hurricane Katrina two years ago, as US President George W. Bush sought to dispel lingering anger, vowing better days lay ahead. Scores of tiny blue hand bells tinkled, as Mayor Ray Nagin led a poignant memorial service to the 1,500 dead across the Gulf Coast and remembered the devastation which laid waste whole communities. Two years on, much of the city famed for its jazz and Creole cooking still lies abandoned after surging seas whipped up by the hurricane breached its levees on August 29, 2005. Bush, who was sharply criticized for failing to respond swiftly to the enormous tragedy unfolding before the nation's eyes, on Wednesday paid his 15th visit to the city since the storm hit.
Local spa to offer free haircuts in exchange for food bank donations
On Sunday Romeo & Juliet Salon Spa will sponsor a food drive to help keep area families from going hungry. To encourage participation in the food drive, salon and spa owner Julie Katz and her team of hairdressers plan to provide area school age children (kindergarten through 12th grade) with complimentary back-to-school haircuts in exchange for a donation of four or more items for the Frisco Family Services Center and Little Elm food pantries."The food drive will be a great way to gather food for families in need and a rewarding way for us to thank those who participate," Katz said. "We wanted to do something to pay back the community who has been so wonderful to us."Romeo & Juliet Salon Spa, which opened in December, is committed to supporting the community and insuring that no one goes hungry.
Armstrong's glory years recalled
Decades ago, advertisements in Better Homes & Gardens glowed with warmly lit scenes like the one gracing the cover of a new history of Armstrong World Industries just published by the Lancaster County Historical Society.
A cozy eat-in kitchen has pots cooking on a sleek black stove. A child's school books and ball rest on the floor beside an oak chair, which is pulled up to a trestle table. There, a homey soup bowl (spoon inserted) shares space with $100 worth of fresh tulips in a crockery vase.
The main focus on this stage for domestic bliss is the vinyl flooring in the foreground, in all its imitation Colonial cobblestone splendor.
Today, Armstrong's golden era is past. And for the word picture that is "How Armstrong Floored America: The People Who Made It Happen, 1945-1995," focus has shifted from the foreground to the background.
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