| Teen shares robbery experience | | Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 3:00:24 PM by Blog57 Team | | SPRINGDALE -- Ryan Chaney got to work early Sunday at Eureka Pizza, took out the trash and as he came back inside, there was a man with a bandana over his face pointing a 9 mm handgun at his co-worker. The man then put the gun to Chaney's head, prodding him and the other boy onto the kitchen floor."He pulled a fast one on us. He came into the back of the building when I went out to pick up trash. He was a short black guy with a black hoodie and black clothes and had a black bandana over his face," Chaney said. The pizzeria is located 693 White Road in Springdale.Chaney, 18, said he couldn't believe what was going on. He first thought it was a joke but it "quickly got real.""He was acting really irate, you know, worked up. He was trying to justify it to me saying 'I'm not a bad person.' I was just trying to act calm.... | |
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| | | The clock’s ticking for Chichester families | | Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:59:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | The clock is ticking for Chichester house hunters looking to secure a family home at Persimmon's Richmond Gate as just five properties remain for sale. Sales at the development have soared since its launch in September, and now the last of the houses are being marketed for sale with just four Spruce designs and one detached Hawthorn house type available. Rob Allen, sales director for Persimmon Homes South Coast, comments: “This really is the last chance for Chichester citizens to secure a Persimmon house. The next and final phase at Richmond Gate will comprise of 18 apartments, catering for an entirely different demographic so interested parties really must act quickly or face disappointment. “The demand for our traditional family homes has left us astounded and shows no sign of slowing down, and we are confident these five properties will not be on the market for long." Four, three bedroom, three storey Spruce designs remain for sale, comprising a kitchen and breakfast area on the ground floor, which is also home to a cloakroom and integrated garage.... | |
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| | | Fir floors in Victorian's kitchen old, dangerous | | Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:06:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | Q: I need help with a wooden kitchen floor in an Alameda Victorian. The interior of the house hasn't seen too many improvements -- most of the original woodwork is intact, including the floors. Throughout the main level, there's 3-inch-wide Douglas fir flooring. It's OK in most of the rooms, but the kitchen is showing signs of abuse. We have four children and an elderly Labrador, and the kitchen opens directly onto the back deck. There are soft spots in some places, which we know how to shore up, but the edges of the planks are splitting. There is also evidence of repair in the form of putty, but sometimes big chunks or strips come up. Water from general use in the kitchen is spilled frequently. Needless to say, the finish, in the kitchen especially, is more or less nonexistent.... | |
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| | | Teenager jailed for stabbing friend during alcohol and cannabis binge | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:23:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | A 15-year-old schoolboy was jailed for life yesterday for stabbing his teenage friend through the heart with a kitchen knife while high on drink and cannabis. Luke Rychter was said to have a "fascination" with knives, and it was this obsession which triggered the unprovoked attack on Grant Douglass, 16. The teenagers were among a group of friends who spent the evening drinking together and Rychter was described as being "in a mood" and argumentative. He plunged a knife with a 20cm blade he was using to make a cheese sandwich into Douglass's chest and then ran off leaving him for dead. Earlier he had slashed another youth across the stomach, causing superficial injuries, Leeds Crown Court was told. Douglass was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.... | |
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| | | Miami inmate's death prompts concerns over jail kitchen | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:18:12 AM by Blog57 Team | | MIAMI Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at a Miami jail. Officials say 22-year-old complained of stomach pains before his death Tuesday. A number of other inmates at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center have also complained of stomach pains. That has led jail officials to call on health department authorities to review the jail kitchen's sanitary conditions. In June, dozens of inmates and three staffers at the jail fell ill and the kitchen was forced to temporarily shutter. And in February, investigators found raw sewage was seeping through the cracked kitchen floor. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. .... | |
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| | | St. Louis contractor again faces consumer fraud charges | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 1:28:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | Home repair contractor Thomas Mark Hogan has been arrested on an eight-count felony indictment charging him with criminally defrauding one of his customers, according to Attorney General Jay Nixon's office. Hogan also faced consumer fraud charges earlier this year. Hogan, 56, the owner of home repair business All-Phase Construction, was ordered in May to repay $64,133 in restitution to 11 consumers he defrauded. The Clayton, Mo.-based company's owner was given a suspended execution of sentence and placed on probation for five years. To date, Hogan has paid $800 of the restitution ordered by the court, according to a release Tuesday. .... | |
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| | | Top-floor condo in Double Diamond | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:07:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | Quiet, private and in tip-top shape, this 1,228-square-foot condo in Triana in Double Diamond has two balconies, a fireplace, a formal dining room and a loft. It sits on the top floor and spreads over three ground-level garages, so there is no one below or above, making it one of the quietest floor plans available. "This condo is like new. It's in the back of the complex away from any street noise and it has loads of luxury features," said listing agent Sally Baldecchi of Coldwell Banker Village Reatly. The price: $275,000, or about $224 per square foot. This one-bedroom home has a one-car finished garage with an automatic opener and extra storage areas on the ground floor. The home's front door opens to a private entry area with a carpeted stairway leading to the living area, where the formal dining room has an upgraded chandelier.... | |
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| | | Beware of fine print, omissions in kitchen-remodeling packages | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:09:22 AM by Blog57 Team | | We recently came across an ad for an "unbelievable" kitchen-remodeling package for just under $10,000. The photo showed a lovely kitchen, and offered a free sink with presentation of the ad. Upon closer examination, we noticed a small asterisk next to the price. The fine print so referenced said the base package included removal and disposal of existing cabinets and countertops; installation of up to 12 cabinets; two 8-foot slab granite countertops with a bullnose edge and 4-inch backsplash (choice of three colors); cutouts in the slab for a sink and faucet; and installation of sink and faucet. Sounds pretty good, right? But there's no way to end up with a completely remodeled kitchen for that price. Here are some details the ad failed to include - new appliances, for example.... | |
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| | | Floor & Decor Opens Two Stores on the Same Day in the Same City | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 11:29:12 AM by Blog57 Team | | Floor & Decor Outlets of America, the new flooring concept based out of Kennesaw, achieved an unprecedented company milestone over the weekend by opening two stores, on the same day in the same city -- while battling the difficulties of nature. The company, that sources it's inventory directly from the manufacturers which enables them to deliver prices up to 50% lower than the competition, opened it's two new stores in Denver on Saturday -- one in Highlands Ranch and one in Arvada, despite difficulties resulting from a surprise snowstorm that had most of Denver at a standstill on Friday. "I am incredibly proud of everyone who worked so hard to make these openings a success," said Danny Biebricher, vice president of stores. "Like the Postal Service, we can truly say that neither rain, sleet, snow nor a blizzard can prevent us from servicing our customers!" In turn, the Floor & Decor customers showed great support of the new flooring outlets with heavy traffic and good sales reported at both locations.... | |
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| | | Woman faints seeing her house on fire | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:04:23 AM by Blog57 Team | | KUALA TERENGGANU: A woman who left her kitchen stove on to visit a neighbour for about half-an-hour, fainted on seeing her house on fire yesterday. Tengku Zaleha Abd Rani, 53, had forgotten that she was boiling water on the stove before going to the neighbours house at 11am. The fire, which broke out about half-an-hour later, almost trapped her husband, Syed Anuar Syed Jaafar, 48, who was asleep in the house on Jalan Tekukor. Awakened by thick smoke, he jumped out through the first floor window to escape. The couples three children were at school at the time of the incident, but the fire left the family with only the clothes on their back. Firemen took about 10 minutes to control the fire. Losses were estimated at RM180,000. Tengku Zaleha said she returned home as soon as she was informed that her house was on fire and fainted at the sight of the burning house.... | |
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