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The Sun
18 hours ago
- Sport
- The Sun
Putrajaya, NS Can Pay Fine or Face Agong Cup Suspension
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Rugby (KRM) have given the Putrajaya and Negeri Sembilan teams the option of either paying a RM10,000 fine or being suspended from participating in the 2025 Agong Cup, following their withdrawal from last year's edition of the tournament. KRM Secretary-General Fahmy Abd Jalil said both teams were initially handed a one-year suspension from the Agong Cup tournament and a RM10,000 fine for the offence. He said the governing body made the decision yesterday after reviewing appeals from both teams for a reduction in penalties. 'Malaysia Rugby's Annual General Meeting (AGM) received the appeals from the Negeri Sembilan and Putrajaya squads,' he told Bernama yesterday. Fahmy said KRM have already sent out invitation letters to the states to participate in the 2025 Agong Cup, which is expected to begin in mid-August.
The Sun
18 hours ago
- Sport
- The Sun
Agong Cup 2025: Putrajaya, N.Sembilan given option, pay fine or face suspension
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Rugby (KRM) have given the Putrajaya and Negeri Sembilan teams the option of either paying a RM10,000 fine or being suspended from participating in the 2025 Agong Cup, following their withdrawal from last year's edition of the tournament. KRM Secretary-General Fahmy Abd Jalil said both teams were initially handed a one-year suspension from the Agong Cup tournament and a RM10,000 fine for the offence. He said the governing body made the decision yesterday after reviewing appeals from both teams for a reduction in penalties. 'Malaysia Rugby's Annual General Meeting (AGM) received the appeals from the Negeri Sembilan and Putrajaya squads,' he told Bernama yesterday. Fahmy said KRM have already sent out invitation letters to the states to participate in the 2025 Agong Cup, which is expected to begin in mid-August.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Kokomo Rescue Mission's 'Walk a Mile' fundraiser planned for Feb 22
The 24th 'Walk a Mile in my Shoes fundraiser' put on by the Kokomo Rescue Mission is set for Feb. 22. Officials say the one-mile walk — which benefits KRM's two women and childrens shelters Watered Garden and Open Arms — includes a kickoff ceremony at 8:30 a.m. with Taylor High School's jazz band and drum line. There will also be a hot breakfast (freewill offering), tours of the two facilities and a chance to hear stories from some of the women who reside there, according to a KRM media release. Last year, per KRM officials, Watered Garden and Open Arms were used a total of 18,792 times, with an average of 52 women and children staying in one of the two shelters each night. 'The need is great, but the support of our community is even greater,' officials wrote in the release. If you are interested in organizing a team for this year's event, registering as an individual or donating to the cause, visit You can also register or donate by visiting the KRM from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or by calling 765-456-3838. The KRM is located at 321 W. Mulberry St.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
KRM officials provide update on new Engagement Center
According to Kokomo Rescue Mission Executive Director Kevin Smith, the facility's dining room seats about 60 people. On a random evening a few weeks ago, 91 people showed up for dinner. There are roughly 65 beds available for the men who need them. Those beds are pretty much full every night. It's a reminder there is a continued need in this community to assist those in homelessness or near-homeless conditions. But Smith said there is a lot of hope on the horizon too. He sees it every day when he walks into the KRM and glances at the new structure being built on the facility's east side. Officials broke ground on the new building — known as the KRM Engagement Center — last September, and Smith said construction is already running ahead of schedule, adding he believes the center will be fully finished by Easter 2026. 'The floors should be finished by maybe the end of February,' he said. 'The walls are going up and the insulation boards and things of that nature. It's taking shape. Where it once was an idea, now you can actually see it. 'And it just drives home that this is about real people, real lives and real community need,' Smith added. 'We're not the only answer to the problem, but we have a part to play, and that building is evidence of it.' The two-story structure — which will be around 20,000 square feet — will house a larger men's shelter on the second floor that will increase KRM's current bed occupancy from 65 to 130. The downstairs will house a larger dining room area, complete with round tables and a separate eating section for families with children. The first floor will also have several meeting and conference rooms, as well as classroom and office space for community partners to come in and teach classes on everything from legal aid and counseling to job training and housing. But the Engagement Center construction is not only exciting for KRM staff and its community partners, Smith said. The residents have taken notice too. 'We're very transparent with them about the status and what's happening next,' Smith noted. 'But what you watch is, when the weather permits, you watch them. They go outside and just stand there at the fence that is there to protect them and keep the construction site clean. And then they just look and talk amongst themselves.' And because the Engagement Center is going to be a 'cash paid for project with no remaining mortgage or long-term debt,' Smith said he's thankful for the community support behind the project. Discussions have already been underway with several people and organizations throughout the community too, according to Smith and KRM Communications Coordinator Kasey Woolslare, and those conversations will only intensify as the Engagement Center moves into its next phases. 'The word is getting out,' Woolslare told the Tribune. 'This is a community resource hub where we won't even be the ones utilizing those offices. And so I'm just excited to hear the ideas that are generated there. I'm just so excited about the possibilities of how that downstairs space can be used to help people in myriad ways.' Smith agreed with Woolslare. 'I'm so excited for when it will be open and we'll watch people walk in and experience help and find some hope,' he said. '… It takes a community to do something like this. It will take a community to pull this off. Truthfully, it will take God to build it. But God uses people, and it's this community he's going to use.' Because at the end of the day, every person who walks through the KRM doors and finds respite in its programming is special and worthy of the best, Smith noted. 'I love the term 'engagement,'' he said. 'Because judgements and stigmas, you draw those from a distance. You don't have to engage with anybody. I mean, you can just look at somebody from afar and make a determination about a whole group. 'But when you actually engage with people, you have to get close,' Smith added with a smile on his face. 'You have to get to know them and know their story. So my megaphone message would be to come some of these people that you think you know. … Because your vision will get clearer the closer you get, and you'll realize they're just people who need that support and love like anyone else.'
