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Disc jockey Robert Kinzel stands smiling in his study, a home workshop lined with walls of vinyl, tape and compact disc recordings. He barely has space to move, but the extensive archive offers plenty of delights to play for his longrunning classical music show on the University of Rhode Island's campus radio station, WRIU. More ... A group of 21 volunteers from Emmanuel Church in Newport will return to New Orleans during the week of April 12 to work for Hands On New Orleans to help provide relief to those still struggling following Hurricane Katrina. A spaghetti dinner fund-raiser to benefit the trip will be held on Sunday, Feb. 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Sardella's Restaurant, 30 Memorial Blvd. More ... Anthony Will, above, was the 13-year-old winner of the 2008 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. Other winners who will compete at the district level in Westerly on Saturday, Feb, 17, include; Rachel Warner, 10-year-old girls' champion; Antonio Varrecchione, 11-year-old boys' division; Rebecca Heavey, girls' champion; and Kevin McDermott, boys' champion. The 13-year-old girls' division was won by Brooke Doherty Fourteen-year-old champions were Madeline Doherty in the girls' bracket and Benjamin Thompson in the boys. Each contestant was allowed 15 free throw attempts in the contests. Photo by Jordan Segal More ... Michele DeLuca-Verley, founder and owner of La Maison De Coco, will be the guest at the next meeting of Newport's Child and Family Ophelia Sessions to be held on Sunday, Jan. 27, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Castle Hill Inn & Resort in Newport. More ... Island residents Chris Clark and Cem Kurt have had great success this season helping the North Kingstown High Schol boys' wrestling team in its drive for the state championship. The team is currently 9-0 and is dominating the competition. More ... FOUND: Extremely friendly dark orange neutered male cat. Has been in the area of the dump for 2 to 3 months. He appears to be 4 to 6 years old. LOST: "HEMMINGWAY" aka "GEO," a solid white cat with small grey patch on its forehead. He escaped in the West Ferry/lower Narragansett Avenue area on Jan. 18. More ... The undefeated North Kingstown High School girls' indoor track team beat South Kingstown, 56-44, in an exciting meet last week at CCRI in Lincoln. "Before the meet, I told the kids to keep their game faces on for the next two meets. They did and they were healthy and running strong," head coach Jen Chabot said. More ... The North Kingstown High School boys' track team won their sixth consecutive Southern Division championship on Friday. The boys have not been defeated in a regular season dual meet for six straight years and they kept their streak alive when they pulled off a one-point win over the rival South Kingstown Rebels at CCRI Lincoln. More ... CNN host Lou Dobbs will visit Roger Williams University as part of its Civil Discourse lecture series on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 5:30 p.m. The lecture will be held in the university's Recreation Center Gymnasium at One Old Ferry Rd. in Bristol. The event is free and open to the public as space allows. More ... I'm having a dinner party. But this one has a bit of a twist. The menu is so bizarre that I'm guessing no one will want to come. I've been reading old cookbooks- mostly for laughs- and came across some recipes that are astonishing, if for no other reason than the simple fact that they are revolting. More ... Young jazz musicians from high schools around Rhode Island, performing in 17 ensembles, will gather at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston on Saturday, Feb. 2, for the annual Rhode Island Music Educators High School Jazz Festival. More ... The Brown University Library is looking for people who have a set of Gorham flatware, are collectors of silver hollowware, or are interested in the history of industrial design. In an effort to more effectively meet the needs of patrons interested in using the Gorham Company Archive, the library will be conducting a brief online survey. More ... Last Wednesday, Jan. 16, seven teens and 25 adults attended the first meeting of 2008, to build an animal shelter for Jamestown. With an additional 11 people e-mailing their interest, the animals have 50 solid workers ready to finally bring a muchneeded and much-discussed project to fruition. More ... The grand opening of a new art gallery in Jamestown is set for Thursday, Jan. 31, with a reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The first show is aptly named "Art in the Heart of Jamestown," because it is, in fact, at the heart of the community - in Town Hall. More ... The young audience of third and fourth graders at Melrose Avenue School sat in rapt attention as they awaited a performance from cellist Pricilla Lee and her husband, violist Burchard Tang, who visited Jan. 17 as part of the Kingston Chamber Music Festival's annual Schools Outreach Program. More ... |
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