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Towns near Mississippi still facing more threats of flood devastation

05/31/2011 by Ted Regencia, posted in Community, Environment

Xinhua English
May 02, 2011

Text and photo by Ted Regencia

CAIRO, Ill. — “We’re like a bowl set in a big tub of water. Water is all around us,” former Cairo Mayor James Wilson told Xinhua, as he described the situation in Cairo, which has so far been spared of the flooding while towns all around it are submerged in water.

Wilson warned the threat of a water breach that could sink the entire city remains a reality even as the total floodwater level subsided following the decision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to blast the Birds Point-New Madrid Levee.

As it is now, Cairo is about 16 feet below the flood level and the only thing that prevented it from being completely underwater are the levees.

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New Chicago police chief has ties to New York during 9/11

05/31/2011 by Ted Regencia, posted in Community, Politics

Web Exclusive
May 02, 2011

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CHICAGO — Amidst stepped up security following the death of Osama bin Laden, incoming Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Monday the appointment of a new police chief, who once served in New York during the 9/11 terrorist attack.

Emanuel formally introduced his top choice to become the Chicago police superintendent, the current Newark, N.J. Police Director Garry McCarthy.

“Each leader knows that Chicago’s public safety depends first and foremost on Chicago’s beat officers, firefighters, paramedics and dispatchers – the backbone of their departments and the bedrock of our city,” said Emanuel.

“Though the road ahead will not be easy and the results will not come as quickly as we need them to, I and this team will not rest until all Chicagoans can learn, work, and raise their families in safety and peace.” Continue reading “New Chicago police chief has ties to New York during 9/11” →

Caroline Kennedy launches new book of poems

04/22/201104/28/2011 by Ted Regencia, posted in Community, Politics

AOL Patch.com
April 21, 2011

Text and photo by Ted Regencia

SKOKIE, Ill — Underscoring the importance of poetry in her family, Caroline Kennedy appeared before a large audience in Skokie on Wednesday to launch a new book of poems.

The only surviving child of the late President John F. Kennedy and wife Jacqueline, Caroline greeted an estimated 500 people and signed her book She Walks in Beauty: A Woman’s Journey Through Poems at Barnes and Noble in Old Orchard Mall on Wednesday.

In her new book, which is inpsired by her reflections after turning 50 years old in 2007, Kennedy writes, “When everyday life distracts us, poetry can help us feel centered.”

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