Deacon John B. Calandrella, 87, husband of Claudia Daly Calandrella, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2022. Born in Attleboro, MA, he was the son of the late Bernard and Louise Turinese Calandrella. A life-long Catholic, Deacon John, ordained in 1995, served Sts. Francis and John in Georgetown. He served as Ex-officio Committee member of every committee at Sts. Francis and John Parish, was involved with the Diocesan Deacon Council, Diocesan Stewardship Committee, was active with Deacon Formation with the Diocese and was especially involved in ministering to the Spanish speaking throughout the diocese. He was also a lifetime member of…
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Missoula Children’s Theatre, the largest youth touring theater company in the United States, is coming to Sellwood Community House this January for two production residencies, each lasting a week.Kids in grades K-12 are invited to audition for these professional productions: King Arthur’s Court (4 pm Monday, Jan. 9) and Aladdin (Tuesday, Jan. 17). The productions will rehearse daily, with two performances slated for Saturday, Jan. 14.Hosting Missoula Children’s Theatre will be a significant milestone for Sellwood Community House, a nonprofit community center that hosts a variety of events (everything from art classes to holiday markets to gymnastics to games of…
DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso’s government expelled the top U.N. official in the country on Friday, asking her to leave immediately, officials said.Barbara Manzi, the United Nations’ resident and humanitarian coordinator in the West African nation, was declared persona non grata, the foreign affairs ministry said in a statement. Burkina Faso has been wracked by violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group that has killed thousands and displaced nearly 2 million people — creating a growing humanitarian crisis. Lack of faith in the government’s ability to stem the violence has led to two military coups this year.While no…
An Edinburgh councillor has called for Gaelic signs to be installed at stops along Edinburgh’s tramway. It comes after the council decided against including them on the nearly-completed £207m extension – despite spending £210 on getting place names translated. Councillor Chas Booth, Greens, called it a “major missed opportunity” and accused the council of “ignoring its own policy” on bilingual signage. Labour transport convener, Scott Arthur, did not shut the door on the idea however, telling the Leith ward councillor he is open to discussing funding replacement bilingual signage for the whole route, which will run between the airport and Newhaven when the 2.8-mile extension opens…
Australia will look to stick another beating on visiting South Africa when the annual Boxing Day Test gets underway at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The hosts triumphed over the Proteas during frantic two-day six-wicket victory at the Gabba last week which caused a stir across the cricketing world. A rogue pitch was blamed for the whirlwind encounter with the International Cricket Council grading the wicket at the iconic ground as “below average”, adding it was “not an even contest between bat and ball”. Aussie batter Steve Smith later confessed the pitch was one of the least friendly he’d ever played…
Children lock arms at Lincoln Elementary School as children’s author Dennis Mathew sings to them Tuesday. Photo by Cristina Janney/Hays PostBy CRISTINA JANNEYHays PostHays USD 489 elementary school children were treated Tuesday to the story of a very friendly grizzly bear who lost his way — but managed to find new friends and gratitude.Oklahoma City’s children’s author Dennis Mathew sang to the children and read to them his book “How Grizzly Found Gratitude.”Mathew, 40, works full-time as a speech pathologist but spends his free time writing children’s books and songs.Mathew has written three children’s books also including “Bello the Cello”…
Ahead of the highly anticipated 8th edition of the All-Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) tagged ‘Teranga Edition’ scheduled to hold in Dakar, Senegal on 12-15 January 2023, global entertainment service YouTube, has entered into a partnership with AFRIMA, to help provide artist-focused educational sessions and live streaming support for the awards.AFRIMA, which is the pinnacle of recognition for African music globally is poised to ensure that the annual 4-day festival is broadcasted to music lovers and stakeholders across the globe.Importantly, YouTube will be conducting workshop sessions to African creatives at the Africa Music Business Summit (one of the events at 8th…
A San Luis Obispo group is working to educate local families about the link between toxic chemicals and cancer — and what steps parents can take to protect their kids. End Kids Cancer aims to put an educational guide into the hands of families in San Luis Obispo County and north Santa Barbara County next year. Founded by San Luis Obispo resident Frank Kalman in 2010, the nonprofit organization helps fund research on pediatric cancers and spread information about prevention. The End Kids Cancer Prevention Guide is an abridged version of a book by Harvard physician Dr. Philip Landrigan and…
Destination Cycles set an all time high with toys donated thanks to the help of Daniel Olson and the Hot Wheels he added to their donations. This year, they donated a total of 3,004 toys. Josh Radu, general manager for Destination Cycles, spoke about how helpful Olson’s donation was. “A good part of his collection ended up in our toy drive. So hands down, it was our biggest year because of that, and we ended up donating just over 3000 toys.” Comparing this year to last, excluding the Hot Wheels, the numbers were about the same with Airdronians donating around 700 toys.…
Flutterwave’s CEO, Olugbenga “GB” Agboola, has said, “The three major pillars that can help Africans effectively leverage digital transformation for inclusive and sustainable development are payment, commerce and logistics. These pillars support the cross-border movement of money, people, goods and services without barriers.” Olugbenga GB Agboola said this while participating as a panellist in a discussion titled “How Can the U.S. Support an Inclusive Digital Transformation in Africa?” The session is part of the activities for the US-Africa Leaders Summit 2022 hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC. Mr Agboola, while speaking, acknowledged challenges to the…