Month: December 2021

By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Richard Rogers, the British architect who helped change the look of modern cities by putting features like elevators and air ducts on the outside of his buildings, has died at 88. Rogers burst into public view in 1972 when work began on the Pompidou Centre in Paris, a futuristic block of scaffolding-like metal pipes and glass walls that he designed with another young architect, Renzo Piano. Other major designs included London’s Millenium Dome and the Lloyd’s of London building. But Rogers also wanted his designs to be part Cadysneaker  of revitalized urban landscapes, arguing that parks and public spaces should be developed alongside office buildings and that mass transit and improved communications should replace p...

I don’t remember exactly what Christmas it was, but I know I was a little girl. Probably no more than 6 or 7, and oh, how I loved not just Christmas, but the run-up to all the holidays. It was a time of decking the halls with decorations we made and hung in our classroom at school to the more elaborate ones we bought and had at home. Each year, Mom would take us to the store as soon as the new tree ornaments came out for the season and let us each pick out a new ornament for our tree. When I was very young we had a fake tree. Mom always corrected us by saying, “Don’t say fake. Nothing about Christmas is fake. It’s an artificial tree New 2021 Jordans  because getting a live tree is just too much work right now.” So every year we’d grouse and moan a bit, but by the time the lights and ...

For the fourth consecutive year, local plastic surgeon Dr. Rouzbeh Kordestani held his annual “Christmas after Christmas” event to help foster families get their children new shoes on a cold Saturday morning at Shoe Carnival in Amarillo. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, last Christmas the event had to be done with families driving up to and receiving shoes in their vehicle, but this year, all families gathered at Shoe Carnival and were able to have the store to themselves as they picked out shoes. Kordestani, who said he had a history of doing medical missions in places such as Africa, said he became aware that there were many in need of help locally and throughout Sneakers2090 the country. Since then, he has been involved with the Greater Amarillo Foster Parent Association to help provide ...