| Swimmers left high and dry
Daly City, Calif. - The antique boiler used to heat the Jefferson High School swimming pool — once used to power early 20th-century ships — has finally given up the ghost after a tenure lasting since the Great Depression. Three boilers, all more than 80 years old, heated the entire school until the turn of this century, but recent school improvements removed all but the one needed to heat the school's pool. The failure of that last boiler has left school officials scrambling to replace it. The pool is used not only by school classes and the Jefferson High School swim team, but also by the Daly City Dolphins Aquatics Club and a new after-school aquatics program. “This is of an immediate need and if the kids don't have it, that's a crisis for us," Jefferson Union High School District Superintendent Michael Crilly said.
ANTIQUE COLLECTORS THRILL TO THE HUNT
For antique collectors, the fun is finding it. "It" might be a butter churn, a Maxfield Parrish print or a relic of a long-ago war. "It" could be a 19th-century hand tool, a piece of Blue Willow china or a plastic dispenser for Pez candies. Finding "it" is a treasure hunt. Collectors are on the lookout for a prize. .
Police: Suspects Stole $100000 In Antique Stamps
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland police have arrested three men who are accused of stealing a laptop and more than $100,000 in antique stamps from a car in northeast Portland. Police said the stamps and laptop were stolen last Thursday by car prowlers in the 11500 block of Northeast Glenn Widing Drive. An investigation led detectives to three suspects, who police said were seen attempting another car theft on Monday. .
Art eases chills in New Harmony gallery stroll
It may not seem like an ideal time to be out walking around town, but the New Harmony Winter Art Stroll usually brings a couple hundred people out, says April Vasher-Dean, director for the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art. "Of course, it's all weather- contingent," adds Vasher-Dean. .
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