NEW PORT RICHEY A large crowd Thursday helped dedicate a Sensory Center and other additions at the Red Apple Adult Training Center satellite facility.

The Sensory Center at 6527 Jefferson St. features aroma machines, bubble column machines, fiber optic curtains, various textures around the room and a laser projector that can beam a display of stars on the ceiling, among other therapeutic attractions.

Supporters also toured the Jefferson Room addition of some some 2,300 square feet, which was completed last year.

Red Apple School CEO Steve Giammichele thanked the many donors and staff who made the project possible. Giammichele invoked the name of Red Apples late founder, Dave Neal, who started the nonprofit organization in 1995 with a handful of clients.

The nonprofit institution now caters to 143 developmentally disabled adults ages 18 and older at several Adult Training Center facilities,

During the ribbon cutting led by the West Pasco Chamber of Commerce, Giammichele and Red Apple Chief Operating Officer Kerry Rondeau presented a plaque to John Harper, board president of the Florida Medical Clinic Foundation of Caring. The Zephyrhills-based foundation gave $20,000 to the Sensory Center.

Trudy Acevedo, quality assurance coordinator for Red Apple, suggested the concept for a sensory room. She explained how the sensory therapy devices can be adjusted for each individual. One client might appreciate stimulation while another client might suffer from sensory overload at the same setting.

Acevedo read several passages from a book written by Donna Williams, a woman with autism.

People with disabilities, particularly those with a diagnosis of autism, often experience sensory overload or can have the opposite effect tuning out all sensory (input) around them, Rondeau wrote in a Red Apple flyer.

A balance between relaxation and activity can be provided in a safe environment for the person, Rondeau added.

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Colorado State University strength coach Mike Kent works in the weight room with grad assistants during a summer workout. Mike Kent, who has been CSU's strength coach for nearly 35 years, was photographed at the school on Thursday, June 12, 2014. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post)

FORT COLLINS It wasn't that Mike Kent didn't appreciate the new state-of-the-art weight room.

After all, what wasn't to like about the spacious room, part of a $16 million facility, completed in 2009, with towering windows built adjacent to Moby Arena?

It was simply that Kent, upon being hired by Colorado State in 2012 as the football team's strength and conditioning coach, felt a closer connection to a room down a dimly lit hallway 50 yards away.

"The first thing that struck me when I got down here was you look on the walls and see the Mountain West championships," Kent said. "We said: How about we borrow from the past and rekindle that spirit as one of our goals?"

Kent, a 53-year-old with a booming voice befitting a drill sergeant, first saw that spirit as an opposing coach. He was the strength guru for Louisville from 2000 to 2003 when the Cardinals and Rams played three tooth-and-nail games decided by a combined nine points. Jim McElwain, CSU's head coach now, was a Louisville assistant during that stretch.

"Of all the teams we played back then," Kent said, "there is a thing called 'earned respect,' and Colorado State earned it. They played hard, they were precise and they didn't make mistakes."

When he arrived at CSU, Kent moved the football team's strength program into the old Everitt weight room, a modest, windowless space with neat rows of weights and benches.

"I like it because it is secluded and it's just us," tight end Kivon Cartwright said of the room affectionately labeled "the dungeon" by players. "It's not very glamorous, but it's a good place to stay focused and get hard work in."

Kent's work in the dungeon the past three years has paid dividends for a program aiming to take the next step after winning its first bowl game in December since 2008.

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Palmer Schooley learned early in life that he liked to build things.

Before he was an architect, creating restaurant spaces for Azuma, Kata Robata and Benjy's, Schooley worked as a carpenter's assistant in Ohio.

It was that tactile experience of construction that convinced Schooley to take on the roles of builder and contractor to transform the 90-year-old Heights house that he owns with his wife Merry, the owner of events dcor company Art Attack. The small one-bedroom bungalow now serves as just one wing of the 3,000-square-foot house, joined by a modern aluminum and wood structure that expands out from the side of the bungalow and juts backwards to create an L-shaped structure, wrapping around the large lot and its central courtyard.

The original bungalow structure now holds the large kitchen and a purple-hued bedroom suite for the Schooleys' tween daughter, Livia. The kitchen boasts bamboo plywood cabinetry and an impressive custom island that holds keepsakes culled from travel. The house is connected to the addition by a floating window-lined hallway that has become a makeshift dining room, with a table made of Brazilian ipe wood and a base by Houston artist/welder Mike Scranton.

"When we floated this space across, we didn't really know this would turn into the dining space, but it did," said Palmer Schooley. "I grew up in a modern house in Ohio where the dining table was always exposed to the passers-by on the sidewalk. We like to wave at people out walking their dog."

The metal-exterior addition functions as one long, lean space inside, broken only by pocket doors that can close off the guest suite on the front end and the master suite in the rear.

Schooley's other residential projects have used solar panels to create zero-energy structures, but on his home he wasn't sure if he had the space to support solar, especially with a lounge-friendly roof garden complete with synthetic grass taking a large part of the roof real estate.

"We had the option of doing a geothermal heating and cooling system, but the pool cost basically the same as the geothermal. I asked Merry which one she wanted, and she said that was a dumb question," said Palmer Schooley.

With the pool winning an easy victory, the Schooleys found more subtle ways to make their home sustainable and energy efficient. Most strikingly, the living space is filled with all sorts of unexpected windows to create a flowing and airy space full of natural light. There are clerestory windows throughout, a channel glass wall in the living room, sun tunnels that direct natural light into closets and bathrooms and a large skylight added into the bungalow roof over the expanded kitchen space, adding a soft beam of light that creates a halo around whomever is standing at the sink.

"Palmer took a lot of time to think about the angles of all the windows and even the roof overhangs because we wanted to have the light without getting that harsh heat from the sun," said Merry Schooley.

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West London fringe theatre the Print Room is to relocate to former playhouse the Coronet in Notting Hill, in a move the company says secures its long-term future and will enable it to expand its programme of work.

The Print Room has been based at its current location a converted 1950s warehouse since 2010. It has been looking for a new home since its landlord revealed plans to demolish its current building and turn it into luxury accommodation.

Now, the Print Room is to take up permanent residency at the Coronet in Notting Hill, which was originally built as a theatre but has most recently been a two-screen cinema.

The Print Room will launch its inaugural season at the venue this autumn in the buildings smaller cinema space, which will be converted into a 100-seat theatre.

Eventually, the venue will comprise three flexible theatre spaces the largest of which will remain operational as a cinema, under the direction of the Print Rooms team, led by artistic director Anda Winters. There will also be rehearsal and workshop spaces, administration offices and a restaurant and bar. Architects Studio Indigo have been hired to oversee renovation work at the venue.

Winters said: We are thrilled to be moving to such a glorious new home in Notting Hill. The Print Room began its journey five years ago in a derelict printing workshop on Hereford Road, and we have found a permanent home on our doorstep. Its a truly grand space where we can keep delivering our eclectic programme of world-class drama, innovative dance, diverse music, poetry, exhibitions and other performing arts, with the addition of world-class cinema.

She added that the theatres involvement with the local community and its free and discounted ticket offers, as well as its education programme, would increase with the development of the new space.

The possibilities for the Coronet are extraordinary, and we will bring to it the same nurturing spirit we developed in our first life in Hereford Road. The move will secure the companys long-term future in the heart of Notting Hill, she said.

The Coronet first opened as a theatre in 1898, designed by William George Robert Sprague, who also designed Wyndhams Theatre and the Aldwych Theatre. It became a full-time cinema in 1923. A second, 150-seat cinema screen was installed at the venue in 2002.

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The Hilton Madison Monona Terrace and the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center have collaborated to launch the Carbone Ribbon Room.

The Ribbon Room, located at the Hilton Madison, is a reconfigured premium lake-view hotel room redesigned to offer a bright, hopeful and inspirational environment to Carbone center patients as well as those who have personally been touched by cancer.

The Hilton Madison donates $25 to the Carbone center for every Ribbon Room reservation.

The room features customized furniture and literature to include cancer survivor biographies and a journal for guests to share their sentiments.

The rooms artwork was commissioned by Madison artist Angelina Paoli, a cancer survivor.

The Carbone Ribbon Room originated from initiative by Hilton Madison associates, predominately, Andrea Mace, regional sales manager for Marcus Hotels and Resorts, the Hilton Madisons parent company. Marcus Hotels and Resorts, a division of Marcus Corp., is based in Milwaukee and has about 139 employees. Many associates volunteered to complete the room during their time off.

Cancer touches many, and we all have a story to tell. By partnering with UWCCC on the Carbone Ribbon Room, we hope to generate awareness and inspire others to take a creative approach to community involvement, said Mace, who is also a member of the Carbone centers Emerging Leaders Board.

Cancer affected Maces family as well as the lives of many Hilton Madison associates. The goal is to raise $7,500 annually through Ribbon Room reservations, which will be donated to the Carbone center to help fund cancer research.

The Carbone Ribbon Room logo represents multiple cancer awareness ribbons, and the bow shape represents the gift committed to funding cancer research through this project.

The Carbone Cancer Center was established at UW-Madison as one of the first six university-based comprehensive cancer centers of excellence.

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The Children's Room at New Canaan Library is ready to kick off another summer reading program, along with a host of fun and educational activities to enhance the experience.

This summer's theme "Fizz, Boom, Read" will open with a special program, "The Amazing Time Travel Show!" presented by musician Jay Mankita, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26, in the Adrian Lamb Room. The program is designed for children ages 4 to 12 and their parents.

In addition to reading clubs and programs that require advance registration, the Children's Room offers a wide variety of drop-in events:

Drop-in Storytimes run from June 24 to July 24 for babies ages 1 to 23 months, 2-year-olds and ages 3 to 5.

For times and more information, visit http://www.newcanaanlibrary.org/kids/.

Drop-in PJ Storytimes will take place from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Tuesday from July 10 to 31. Children ages 3 to 8 and their parents will enjoy stories, songs and a film.

Summer Theatre of New Canaan presents a special preview performances of "Charlotte's Web" from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, in the gallery.

Preschool Dance Party gets kids moving and shaking from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Monday, June 30, and Monday, Aug. 4, in the gallery.

Game Week @ the Library will take place Aug. 20 to 22 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Children's Program Room. Board games and puzzles of varying difficulties will be available.

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Guests mingle during the dedication party and ribbon-cutting for the new Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Pavilion addition to the Danbury Hosptial in Danbury, Conn. Friday, June 20, 2014. Subway founder and Danbury resident Peter Buck donated $30 million toward the $150 million, 11-story addition to the hospital. The new addition features an expanded lobby entrance, state-of-the-art 30-bed critical care unit, 35-bed floor for surgical patients, expanded parking garage and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Emergency Department, which will double the size of the hospital's old and overcrowded emergency room. Photo: Tyler Sizemore | Buy this photo

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Members of the Osseo City Staff, Osseo City Council and architects throw dirt at a ground breaking ceremony for the new Police Addition to Osseo City Hall June 9. Pictured are: City Planner Riley Grams, EDA President Kevin Rebman, City Council members Mark Schulz and Dan Spanier, Mayor Duane Poppe, Councilor Rick Weber, City Administrator Doug Reeder, Police Chief Tom Hartkopf, former City Administrator Jeffrey Dahl and architects with Buetow 2 Architects Randy Engel and Mod Feders. (Sun staff photo by Alicia Miller)

Back this past February, the Osseo City Council moved forward with plans to build an addition on City Hall that would house the Osseo Police Department.

Monday, June 9, members of city staff, the City Council, the Economic Development Authority and the Osseo Police Department and architects with Buetow 2 Architects attending a ground breaking event on the site of the future addition. People took turns throwing dirt from a pile in the parking lot.

Osseo Mayor Duane Poppe talks at the ground breaking for the new Police Addition to City Hall June 9. (Sun staff photo by Alicia Miller)

Mayor Duane Poppe said this project was something everyone was looking forward to.

The cost of the addition to City Hall for the police department is estimated to be $878,000. These costs include the addition to the City Hall building, removal of the existing police building and reconfiguring the parking lot.

The project will include a 3,463-square-foot addition onto the City Hall building on the west side. The police addition will house a garage for three police cars, a waiting area, booking and photo area, reception area, an open office, police chiefs office, conference room, kitchen and emergency operations center.

Members of the Osseo Economic Development Authority and city staff get their shovels ready. Pictured are: City Planner Riley Grams, Mayor and EDA member Duane Poppe, EDA member Rick Weber, EDA President Kevin Rebman, Police Chief Tom Hartkopf, City Administrator Doug Reeder, and EDA members Mark Schulz, Larry Stelmach and Chris Mercadante. (Sun staff photo by Alicia Miller)

The addition would allow the two current public entrances to not change and remain open as well.

The new addition will also keep the appearance the same at City Hall. The curb cut for one of the drive entrances to the parking area will be then used for the squad garage entrance/exit. The electrical and plumbing infrastructure will be tied into the new addition. The existing bathrooms in City Hall will also serve the new addition.

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