http://aroundanderson.com East Side Forever Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:50:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Candace Janidlo Due to a perfect storm of adjusting to a new sleep/wake schedule (a perpetual night owl takes approximately two months to adjust to early morning waking), shuffling the scheduling of two kids (new school, new responsibilities, still only 24 hours in a day), illness (almost an entire month - ... http://aroundanderson.com/?p=1526 A newly released poll shows nearly 7 out of 10 Ohioans want a public health care option.  So why is that important piece of health care reform dying on the vine?  No surprise - lobbyists and big business mean more to lawmakers than the voice of the people. The Fall 2009 ... http://aroundanderson.com/?p=1523 Did you know the George Washington was deeded 1,000 acres of land in the Northeast corner of Anderson township? How about that Dr. Phillip Turpin was a nephew of Thomas Jefferson? Anderson Township has been on the map since 1793, so we have a rich history. Starting ... http://aroundanderson.com/?p=1520 Having one child at a time is challenging.  Two or more at the same time seems almost unmanageable to me, but there are families all around Anderson living that life and loving it. You can meet some of them and find some great bargains this weekend at the semi-annual Babies and ... http://aroundanderson.com/?p=1515 Due to the rain, work that was supposed to be done yesterday on the bike trail has been postponed until next week. The Five Mile Trail will tentatively be closed on Tuesday, September 29th, to allow for pavement maintenance.  The trail will reopen on Wednesday, September 30th.  This work is weather ... http://aroundanderson.com/?p=1513 Anderson Township's movie theater is on track to open in late spring or early summer of 2010, according to the company managing the project.  Construction has been delayed recently due to a design problem with a ramp, and because of the recent rain.  Jeff Jacobs from The JFP Group says ... http://aroundanderson.com/?p=1510 Food allergies are scary. Wilson Elementary sixth-grader Lake Ille wants to make them less scary and better understood. He's taking that message to Washington on September 30th when he'll join eighty other students in giving a presentation to Congress. Lake has a severe peanut allergy. His personal experiences and ... http://aroundanderson.com/?p=1507 [caption id="attachment_1505" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Dr. Ann Roberts, and Laura Bonsall of the Wilson PTA accept from state PTA representative Rebecka Adams the Phoebe Apperson-Hearst National PTA Family-School Partnership Award of Excellence in the standard of Collaborating with Community."][/caption] Only six schools in the nation received the Phoebe Apperson-Hearst National PTA Family-School ... http://aroundanderson.com/?p=1504 How do you keep an award-winning school district on top, even as enrollment and expenses rise, as buildings crumble and as the anti-tax crowd cries like a bunch of kindergartners at the very idea of spending money on something as wasteful as education? Those are the tough issues facing the Forest ... http://aroundanderson.com/?p=1502 Coney Island has added a laser light show each night of its Fall-O-Ween festival on the next two weekends, 9/26 & 9/27 and 10/3 & 10/4.  The show is produced by Lasertainment and features colorful images on a large laser screen while aerial beams dance above and beyond the audience, all ... http://aroundanderson.com/?p=1498