| Quick-thinking curling fan saves life
Curling fan Cecil Galloway owes his life to a nurse's last-minute decision to catch a little curling. Galloway, 85, spoke to media yesterday from his Royal Alexandra hospital bed about the quick-thinking nurse and paramedic who revived him after his Sunday heart attack at the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championships at Rexall Place. "I appreciate that. I wasn't ready to go," said Galloway, in good spirits yesterday after his narrow brush with death. When he collapsed, nurse Glenda Corrigal, who happened to be sitting in the Edmonton Sun box, jumped into action. The coronary and critical- care nurse at Sturgeon hospital in St. Albert said it was a last-minute decision to accept tickets from her brother to attend. She said she knew something was wrong by the panicked expression on the face of a woman sitting next to Galloway.
Nursing-home chain files for bankruptcy
The state's second-largest nursing home chain has filed for bankruptcy, but its facilities, including those in Riverside, Corona and Perris, will remain open. Emmanuel Bernabe, owner of Pleasant Care Corp., based in La Canada, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Los Angeles County on March 22, according to court records. Bernabe reported he has assets between $1 million to $100 million but also owes between $1 million and $100 million, records show. Neither Bernabe nor his attorney, Ron Bender, could be reached Friday. Bernabe's company owns Pleasant Care Convalescent of Riverside on Lakeview Avenue, Riverside Convalescent on Circle City Drive in Corona and Ember Care Health Center on Perris Boulevard in Perris. The bankruptcy filing will allow Pleasant Care Corp.
Thumbs up/down: Delaying tax credits for filmmakers, Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
To delaying tax credits for filmmakers. Last May, Gov. Jim Doyle signed a bill offering incentives to filmmakers. But an amendment pushed the start date to next January. Meanwhile, a Milwaukee public relations company has fielded many calls from filmmakers interested in working in Wisconsin. The calls represented more than $75 million in production money. Once the filmmakers learned the incentives aren't yet in place, they chose other locations. Likewise, a film about renowned poker player Phil Hellmuth, a Madison native, likely will be shot in Canada without the incentives here. New legislation would advance the start date. It breezed through a committee last month but has met resistance over concerns of "corporate welfare." However, this is about incubating a new industry for the state and bringing jobs and new revenue.
Health officials need money for smoking program
WEST PLAINS (AP) - Health officials in southern Missouri are looking for money to extend a program aimed at getting parents to stop smoking around their children. The ABCs of Secondhand Smoke program is currently paid for by a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health. That money runs out at the end of April. The program, managed by the Community Partnership of the Ozarks, is free to families served by Head Start in Douglas, Oregon, Wright, Shannon and Howell counties. "This is a good cause," said Michael Carter, a community policy specialist with the states Bureau of Health Promotion. "Rural counties tend not to have the same level of prevention resources we have in Greene County or in more urban areas." It would take about $125,000 to run the program for another year, program director Sylvia Persky said, but state funding for tobacco education is harder to come by.
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