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Police Log: Elderly Wheelchair User in Middle of Dilla Street
Patch.com
By Mary MacDonald Milford police and firefighters responded to several incidents Thursday into Friday, according to the combined dispatch log, including to a report that an elderly woman was riding her wheelchair in the center of Dilla Street.

Wheelchair curling championship comes to North Grenville
Your Ottawa Region
Curlers from RA Curling Club play during the first day of the Dominion Wheelchair Provincial Curling Championship, which ran from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3 at the North Grenville Curling Club. Photo by JP Antonacci Twenty-four of Ontario's top wheelchair ...
Curling: Small field, strong field for wheelchair playdownwww.kamloopsnews.ca

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Monmouth woman in wheelchair hit, killed by vehicle
Peoria Journal Star
Mabel A. Magnuson, 75, was crossing North Main in the 1000 block in her motorized wheelchair at about 5:30 pm when she was struck by a vehicle. Monmouth Police Department Lt. Joe Switzer confirmed at least one other vehicle had swerved to avoid her ...
Monmouth woman in wheelchair killed after being hitRockford Register Star
Woman in wheelchair dies in car crashGalesburg Register-Mail

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Cheryl Perkins column: Technology helps some regain independence
Appleton Post Crescent
Some with spinal injuries will recover and many others will depend upon wheelchairs for their independence. It isn't easy being confined to a wheelchair. There are obstacles and difficulties almost everywhere that the walking person wouldn't notice.

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Wheeling Intelligencer
Ms. Wheelchair USA Speaks to Students
Wheeling Intelligencer
By ZACH MACORMAC Staff Writer , The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register Our Lady of Peace Catholic School students had a celebrity among them Thursday in Ms. Wheelchair USA Sara Keedy. Keedy, an Our Lady alumna and West Liberty University ...

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The Man In A Wheelchair Who Helped Kick Off A Super Bowl Dynasty
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Cerebral Palsy took that away, so he rides everywhere in a motorized wheelchair. But if it wasn't for Doug, Adam Vinatieri wouldn't exist -- at least the Adam Vinatieri we know. And without Vinatieri, there might not be the kick in the snow against the ...

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Wheelchair donations help with school's mini-Olympics
This is Cornwall
Students and staff at Pool Academy with the special wheelchairs designed for use in the gym. Students at Pool Academy look pleased with their new sporty wheelchairs. for Julian. Ref : TRGH20120123A-002_C The students putting their new wheelchairs to ...

Brashinger: Local family thankful for gift of wheelchair
SouthtownStar
27 to support the Gill family and dozens of volunteers who wanted to help raise $38000 for a new wheelchair for Connor Gill, 18. Jennifer and Jim Gill said they were “speechless.” “I couldn't believe the amount of people who came,” Jennifer said after ...

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Macon Telegraph (blog)
Student accused of rape attends hearing in wheelchair
Macon Telegraph (blog)
19 rape of a girl at Northeast High School has use of his arms and legs, bailiffs helped move him from a wheelchair to another chair to get him into a jail courtroom for a hearing. Court and jail personnel helped 18-year-old Antonio Jackson move back ...

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Rockford man in wheelchair hit by car, ticketed
Rockford Register Star
By Anonymous ROCKFORD — A Rockford man was ticketed after the wheelchair he was riding in near 11th Street and Alton Avenue was struck by a passing car at 6:30 pm Tuesday. Willie Forest, 51, is expected to be released from the hospital today.

Wheelchair Tennis: Norfolk's Australian Open glory
gethampshire.co.uk
1 quad singles ranking after winning both the quad singles and the quad doubles titles at the Australian Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships during the second week of the first Grand Slam of 2012. The brace of titles marks the first time in his ...

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Alexandria couple taking wheelchairs to El Salvador
The Newark Advocate
John Brooks, 78, helps adjust a wheelchair during a recent trip with Wheels for the World. John and his wife, Linda, will travel to El Salvador to fit low-income people with braces, walkers and wheelchairs this month.

Rotary Club seeking wheelchairs
Foster's Daily Democrat
SANFORD — The Sanford-Springvale Rotary Club is working with other clubs in the district to collect wheelchairs to be donated to a Rotary Club in Karachi, Pakistan, for children afflicted with polio. A wheelchair that you no longer need can help ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Wheelchair-bound Mercanti refused bail
Perth Now
Mr Mercanti, who is currently receiving dialysis treatment three times a week, appeared in court via video link in a wheelchair. Magistrate Paul Heaney refused to grant bail for Mr Mercanti. His lawyer Laurie Levy said during the hearing Mr Mercanti ...
Mercanti denied bail amid concerns for partnerThe West Australian

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32nd National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Richmond
WTVR
The first National Veterans Wheelchair Games were held in 1981 in Richmond, Vir. That year, 74 veterans from 14 states competed in sports ranging from table tennis and billiards, to swimming and weightlifting.

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Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Trailer stolen from wheelchair hockey league is recovered
Minneapolis Star Tribune
An equipment trailer for a wheelchair hockey league that was stolen last week in Shakopee has been recovered in Maple Grove, and the man accused of the theft is also suspected in a number of other property crimes, authorities said Wednesday.
Police recover hockey gear trailer stolen from electric wheelchair teamYahoo! Sports (blog)
Stolen Wheelchair Hockey Trailer, Gear FoundFOX 9 News
Stolen wheelchair hockey trailer found in Maple GroveKARE
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The Olympian, otherwise fated to wheelchair
Khaleej Times
Had the 22-year-old listened to his doctors, he might still be in a wheelchair, unable to walk, not training 30 hours a week on the acrobatic routines he'll perform at the London Games. Behan has no illusions: he's not a favorite for gold.

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Daily Mail
Wheelchair-bound pensioner who took potshots at police during 12-hour siege ...
Daily Mail
By Julian Gavaghan A wheelchair-bound pensioner said to fear having his gun licence revoked was found dead last night after a 12-hour-standoff that left one police officer injured. Barry Horspool, who in his 70s, became locked in an armed siege after ...
Gun siege OAP found deadThe Sun

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Sun-Sentinel
Dancing on a dream (and wheels)
Sun-Sentinel
He journeys through life in a wheelchair, talks with an iPhone, and communicated with hand gestures and a smile. "He is as clever as you or I - probably smarter. And he wants to change the world and inspire the world," said Soderman.

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Theater boasts new wheelchair lift
Sandy Post
A fix was well beyond the theater's modest resources until a wheelchair-bound theater buff and Cascadia Village resident, Sally Angelino, moved efforts forward. Sandy Actors Theatre becomes wheelchair accessible at the opening of “Marvin's Room” on ...

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