Celebrating 60 years of spreading sunshine

...School officials later added a medical therapy unit and began serving children with other disabilities.In 1993, the school began focusing on pre-kindergarten children.

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Cool Kids: World-class athlete

...Not only has this chair helped him get to his classes at Riverside High School, it also has helped propel him to national recognition in the sporting arena.

Wheelchair sports have been a large part of the energetic youth's life for only a few years, but in that short time, he has achieved what most athletes only dream of – a national record.Advertisement Watts competed with Team St.

Luke's last summer in Tampa, Fla., and came away with a national record for his class in the pentathlon, a combination of shot put, discus, javelin, 800-meter run and 100-meter sprint.

When asked how he felt about it, Watts smiles shyly and shrugs it off.

"It was pretty cool," he sayswith a downward glance.Watts began wheelchair sports after encouragement by Bill Kemp, chemistry and science teacher and cross country coach at Riverside High School, and Teresa Skinner, a coach for Team St.

Luke's."Kids with disabilities don't grow up thinking they can be athletes; they don't see it in the media.

The worst-attended Para Olympics ever were the last ones hosted in the U.S.

They weren't even televised," Skinner said.

"To break through and get these kids involved is hard."But break through, Kemp and Skinner did.

Watts began playing basketball and then joined the cross country and track teams at RHS.

"Once (kids) become part of a high school team, (they) feel like (they) can do a team situation," Skinner said.This sense of belonging to a team helped ...

4 held in brutal robbery

... Kile used sign language to tell his story Wednesday at a news conference where police announced the arrest of two men and two teens in connection with the home invasion and robbery.

"His wounds have all healed on the outside just fine," said 's sister, Erica Guilliam, patting her brother's hand as his tear-streaked face crumbled.

"But it's going to be a long road for him." A faint shoe impression could still be seen on the left side of Kile's face from where one of his assailants kicked him.

Using his brother as a translator, Kile told the crowd that he is frightened to return to his New York Street apartment.

He may use community donations to install a security system or even move.

He warned people to be careful when on the Internet and not divulge personal information or trust anyone met online.

Police said one of the robbery Advertisementsuspects, identified as Seyyed Hadi Mirlohi, 20, met Kile on an Internet social-networking site.

Kile said Mirlohi had previously been to his apartment.

The other suspected robbers ...

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