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Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Pictures: 11th annual Parkinson Walk at Cranes Roost Park
Hundreds of Central Floridians participated Saturday morning in the 11th annual Parkinson Walk, a charity event for the Parkinson Association of Central Florida. The gathering at Cranes Roost Park in Altamonte Springs raised more than $150,000 to help fund local programs, education and research projects to find a cure for the neurological disease. An estimated 90,000 new cases of Parkinson's disease are diagnosed each year in the U.S. WESH-Channel 2 chief meteorologist Tony Mainolfi was the honorary host for the event, which included speeches by Todd Stewart, president of the Parkinson Association of Central Florida and John Gabriel, Orlando Magic executive and former president of the local Parkinson's group. You can find out more about the Central Florida Parkinson Association here.
Associated Press
07-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Coushatta Tribe to Celebrate Topping Out Ceremony for New Hotel Expansion
'Ultimately, this expansion means more jobs for our people, more reasons for guests to return, and more ways we can continue to share our culture and hospitality.' — Crystal Williams, Interim Chairwoman of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana KINDER, LA, UNITED STATES, April 7, 2025 / / -- The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana will host a Topping Out Ceremony for its new hotel expansion at 11am on Thursday, April 10, at the Coushatta Casino Resort construction site. The ceremony marks a major milestone in the project - the placement of the final steel beam atop the resort's newest hotel. Members of the Coushatta Tribal Council, Coushatta Casino Resort General Manager Todd Stewart, and project partners from TBE Architects, Yates Construction, and the Wenaha Group will be in attendance. Before the beam is lifted, it will be lowered to ground level for signing by construction workers, project leaders, Coushatta associates, dignitaries, and Tribal members. A celebratory cake-cutting will follow. The public is invited to attend. 'This is a meaningful milestone for our Tribe and our resort,' said Crystal Williams, Interim Chairwoman of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. 'The final beam leaves a lasting symbolic mark on the structure, representing the teamwork and commitment of everyone involved. Ultimately, this expansion means more jobs for our people, more reasons for guests to return, and more ways we can continue to share our culture and hospitality.' The new eight-story hotel will feature 204 luxury guest rooms and will be directly connected to the existing resort, located just steps from the casino floor. Once completed, the expansion will bring the total number of guest rooms at Coushatta Casino Resort to more than 1,000, creating new hospitality jobs for the surrounding communities. Coushatta Casino Resort is Louisiana's largest casino resort. The resort features three hotels, thousands of slots and table games, Bingo, a sportsbook, and the #1 golf course in the state. Coushatta is located in Kinder, Louisiana, on US Highway 165 (I-10 Exit 44). For more information, call 1-800-584-7263 or visit Nate Tanner X Instagram YouTube Legal Disclaimer:
CBC
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Todd Stewart reveals the everyday activities that bring him joy and purpose
3 Reflections of a Montreal Winter is an original personal essay by Todd Stewart. It is part of Mirrors, a special series of new, original writing featuring work by the English-language winners of the 2024 Governor General's Literary Awards, presented in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts. "I will write a diary entry-type narrative. Three separate — not necessarily connected — reflections, in which one entry reflects on creative practice, skating outdoors and the infinity room at a museum. "I'm writing less specifically about connecting with the children's book world and more about the activities that have me feeling a more profound connection to myself and the world around me (as noted in the first sentence of my text). So, I bring a little more reflection of how reading children's books is part of this," Stewart told CBC Books. CBC's Radio One will host an episode featuring participants from this original series. Stewart won the 2024 Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature — illustrated books for Skating Wild on an Inland Sea, written by Jean E. Pendziwol and illustrated by Stewart. . 3 Reflections of a Montreal Winter Finding meaning in my life is a dance between connecting with my own self and with the people in the world around me — family, close friends, colleagues, neighbours and strangers. I keep a list of certain activities that, if done regularly, boost my ability to get through life and function properly. When I'm down, I check the list. Am I sleeping enough? Am I exercising enough? Am I engaging with art? Drawing? And am I reading children's books? Skating as ritual In Montreal winters, as soon as the temperature drops below zero, I regularly monitor the ice conditions at my local outdoor rink. My vigilance borders on obsession; our winters are much warmer than in previous years, and good ice days are the exception. I just love to skate. As the years go by, I've realized that it has become a ritual for me, one that brings me joy. If the ice is good, I'm a happier person. I keep a list of certain activities that, if done regularly, boost my ability to get through life and function properly. When I'm down, I check the list. Am I sleeping enough? Am I exercising enough? Am I engaging with art? Drawing? And am I reading children's books? I always skate with a stick and puck. I grew up in the Prairies playing hockey. If there's a net, I'll shoot at it. I like the snapshot. I love backwards crossovers. I always play if I'm asked. "Es-tu game?" You bet. But mostly, I search for the best time when I can be alone on the ice: mid-morning after it has been flooded overnight. I shoot at the net; I am weightless and focused. An hour goes by in a second, my eyelashes are glued together, and clouds of steam rise out of my collar. In these solitary moments, I feel I've done something for, and with, my body, in a moment of reprieve from the world around me. Bodies, multiplied My family steps into an Infinity Room at the Broad Museum. We get one minute, and the three of us go in together. I remember feeling distracted, somehow not present. I grab my phone and take photos of our dark, distorted shapes surrounded by coloured lights. Our bodies are multiplied and reflected into a murky distance that somehow isn't horrifying but instead is comforting. I take this all in through the screen of my phone. Emily breaks my trance by speaking to me, pointing my attention towards the bottom right corner. I forget about taking photos, about the outside world, and stare into infinity, away from my reflection. For just a few seconds, I feel similarly to the moments after I've gone skating, that somehow I've done myself some good. This time, I am conscious of having shared this moment with the two other people in the room, then with the artist herself, and even the rest of the people in the Museum. Shifting streaks of blue Over the last several years, I have cultivated a regular swimming practice. I try to swim regularly because it, too, has become a sacred activity for me, a marker of my happiness. I am one of the neighbourhood artists in Our Lady of Mile End, taking advantage of open swim times at their local Y to use the showers and steam room. And swim. I dip under the water. Shifting streaks of blue blend together; I'm inside the pages of When You Can Swim. It's the best kind of mirror, the kind where you don't look at yourself, but you can still listen. I pay attention to my body and breathing, which parts move differently today, and how I receive and pass through the water. The dark, distorted shapes of other swimmers pass quickly beside me. It's a solitary activity, but I'm acutely aware of the other swimmers; we are all different versions of each other, passing through space and time. It's the best kind of mirror, the kind where you don't look at yourself, but you can still listen. Whether it be moving my body or experiencing a piece of art, in these moments, I'm somehow connecting with the other versions of myself past and future — performing the same activity. In doing things that may seem solitary on the surface — such as reading a good picture book — I'm not only communicating with my other reading selves but with the community of people around me who have made this moment possible. In these moments, I now feel more connected with the book's creators and publishers, those who fund libraries, teach literature in schools and celebrate a good read — and, of course, other children reading the same stories. And this brings me joy. About Todd Stewart Todd Stewart is a Montreal-based illustrator and printmaker. His picture book The Wind in the Trees (Quand le vent souffle), was a nominated for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and the Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature — illustrated books. The English-language books that won the 2024 Governor General's Literary Awards demonstrate how stories help us reflect on our lives, understand ourselves more deeply and see the world in new ways. CBC Books asked the winners to further explore the power of reflection in original works. The special series, themed around the theme of mirrors, challenges how we see ourselves and our society — unearthing hidden truths, exploring alternative identities and blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.
