A shift in the wind Saturday afternoon apparently sent embers from a nearby fire into an old one-room schoolhouse in New Liberty, destroying the structure.

No one was hurt in the midday fire, but the loss of the stone building surely will be noticed by people who live in the area and often used it as a local landmark.

New Liberty firefighters said a member of the family that owns the building was burning debris in a nearby ditch when the wind evidently shifted and ignited the building.

By the time firefighters arrived, the roof had collapsed, and because the building was not insured, they allowed it to burn rather than risk injury trying to fight it. A large part of one of the walls had already collapsed long before the fire even started, they said.

A handful of rural Scott County fire departments responded to the blaze.

As firefighters kept watch over the building to make sure the fire didn't spread, people watched from across New Liberty Road, some of them taking photos.

Among those gathered was Beverly Meyer. She was in the last eighth-grade class to attend school in the building during 1952. She lived just across the road, Meyer recalled, so it was easy to get to school in the morning and go home for lunch.

Meyer also recalled that the school housed kids from kindergarten through eighth grade, all in one room. She said that while one class was taking instruction, the rest would move to the back of the room and quietly do their studying.

Like a lot of old schoolhouses, this one had been used as a barn.

Lynn Sievers, the owner, who lives across the road, said she had chickens in it. But because of its condition, she had been thinking of tearing it down.

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MANHATTAN Bill Snyder has a nostalgic side.

So do I.

We were walking off the field after Kansas State concluded its football media day one fall, and I wondered about the Big Eight Room in the Vanier Complex. Usually, thats where Snyder conducts his weekly media sessions.

Not that day, however. So I had to ask whether the room, with ornate carvings depicting logos of all the Big Eight members, was being removed or remodeled.

Oh no, he said. As long as Im here well have the Big Eight Room.

Now, however, it's in jeopardy. And thats a good thing.

Plans and drawings were released Saturday detailing a complete makeover of K-States football complex. It will be gutted Big Eight Room and all to provide facilities more suitable for competing in the big time, beginning with the Big 12.

The project, priced at $65 million, is ambitious, aggressive and appealing. Necessary, too.

The arms race in college athletics requires teams particularly in football to compete between white lines, while hoping to keep budgets from curdling in red ink. K-State athletic director John Currie is confident this overhaul can be managed after the namesake of the complex the Vanier family provided $20 million in seed money.

Five months ago no funds had been raised for the do-over on the north side. Now, roughly $38 million has been donated, a nice chunk of the $50 million K-State wants to raise with private funds. The final $15 million will come from athletic department revenues.

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Dubai: A unique edible chocolate room is showcased as part of the first Home and Garden Festival hosted by the Dubai Festival City Mall which will run until May 3.

The chocolate room is especially crafted for the occasion by celebrated international artist Sid Chidiac.

We are very delighted that many of our key retailers at Dubai Festival City Mall are joining us to make the first Home and Garden Festival a major success. In addition to having international artists showcasing exquisite room set designs by using the latest global trends in home furnishings and accessories, we are also introducing a room made entirely out of chocolate, said Murray Bell, Managing Director, Retail, Dubai Festival City Mall.

A bespoke Home Trend Guide from Dubai Festival City Mall offers design enthusiasts advice by experts to help create highly efficient and exquisitely designed rooms and kitchens. Gardening lovers are also provided a host of tips by acclaimed horticulturist and gardening expert Jemuel del Rosario.

The guide also features many exclusive offers from selected retailers that are valid until May 17.

Shoppers who spend over Dh150 at any Dubai Festival City Mall store will enter into a draw for a chance to win one of two home make-overs worth up to Dh200,000. Those who shop at home, garden and electronics stores will double their chances of winning.

The mall also introduced a competition on Instagram for gardening enthusiasts, inviting them to post a picture of their unique and outdoor settings.

This festival is not only for the adults but also for our little ones to join in daily Arts and Crafts available in the Toys R Us Court. Children will have the opportunity to design flowers resulting in a beautiful garden that will come to life during the course of the event.

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Sara Giza/Special to Treasure Coast Newspapers The Cotswold cucumber and cream cheese was crisp and cool.

Located on Sixth Avenue in Vero Beach, near the Miracle Mile shopping district, the Penny Poppins British Bakery & Tea Room is an interesting addition to our area, as I discovered when I visited recently for lunch with my mother.

Whether in the mood for the bakerys various takes on the puff pastry, a traditional tea time of your favorite tea served in a decorative pot with scones ($9.95), British-inspired sandwiches or hearty entrees, many treats wait to be tasted.

The interior is simple, with cherry wood tables. Walls and a bookshelf play homage to England without being cluttered. You can even grab the chance for a photo op with the Queen herself or Englands famous red phone booths, via cardboard cutouts. The sole television plays British sitcoms, while the proprietors accent tells you the place is authentic and if youre like me makes you dream of visiting faraway places.

I opted for the Cotswold cucumber and cream cheese sandwich ($4.25), while my mother chose the Tower Bridge turkey ($6.49). Each was served with potato chips and arrived having been cut into charming triangles. The Cotswold cucumber and cream cheese was crisp and cool. The Tower Bridge turkey was layered nicely with thick slices of shredded cheese, tomato and lettuce. Both left us feeling refreshed, without being overly full.

Sara Giza/Special to Treasure Coast Newspapers The English trifle was served in a chilled glass topped with Cool Whip and grated chocolate.

And that left us just enough room to happily partake in some British desserts. The English trifle ($5.25) arrived in a chilled glass topped with Cool Whip and grated chocolate. The second layer was a generous portion of English custard, which led the way to strawberries and sponge cake on the bottom. Texturally, this was an interesting treat with several different elements in play. Overall, it was a subtle note to end on and not overly sweet.

Im looking forward to a return visit, when I plan on testing out some of the evening menu options including bangers and mash ($9.95) and shepherds pie ($10.50).

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April 22, 2014 Updated Apr 22, 2014 at 6:52 PM EDT

Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) A disabled young Binghamton boy now has a new room to play, sleep, and heal.

Connor Ford, 10, got his first look at his completed brand new bedroom Tuesday morning.

Connor has Treacher Collins Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy, and has lived in the family's living room for the past nine years.

After the family built an addition to the home, A Room to Heal came in and created a space for both Connor and his nurses.

"Someone is awake with him 24 hours a day and sits next to him and now he has his own room here and across the hallway a separate room for whoever, whether it's a nurse or myself or my husband, he has space, he has his own room," said Connor's mom Kelly Ford.

Included in his room is a mural of all of Connor's favorite sports teams, cabinets full of games, movies and toys and lots of the Boston Red Sox.

There is also a lift from Connor's bed into the shower, which is only one of the many ways this room helps heal Connor and his family.

"It's functional, you can stand on either side and whatever I need, the nurse needs, its there for him. And then it's fun! I mean, he's got his mural, he's got his TV," Ford said.

Connor communicates with his eyes, so the interior designer included pictures on the outside of each cabinet so he knows what's inside.

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GREENSBURG, Pa., April 22 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania patient will likely be facing drug charges after police allegedly confiscated more than 350 stamp bags of heroin that she was in the process of selling from her hospital room.

Greensburg City police are expected to charge a woman was being treated at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital with delivery and possession of a controlled substance as soon as Tuesday.

In addition to selling heroin from the ICU unit as well as her hospital room, the woman also allegedly injected heroin into her IV system.

The Intensive Care Unit at Excela Westmoreland Hospital cares for the sickest of sick patients, which is another reason our staff is keenly aware of what is happening in and around a patient's room as they monitor for sudden changes in health status, Excela spokeswoman Jennifer Miele said in an emailed statement. Last week, they noticed an inordinate amount of foot traffic to one room. Rather than visitors who stayed for an hour or more, they saw people coming and going in a matter of minutes.

After watching what was happening on surveillance cameras, hospital security staffers contacted the Greensburg police.

When the heroin was seized, police also took two syringes, several cellphones, and $1,420 from the woman's hospital room.

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A ribbon cutting and a first for 10-year-old Connor Ford. For the first time Ford, who suffers from Treacher Collins Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy, has his own room.

"It's been amazing, just amazing for all of us," said Kelly Ford, Connor's mom.

It's made possible by a Room to Heal, a charity dedicated to creating healing environments for children.

"Connor communicates with his eyes, very much so. So with the pictures now on the doors of the cabinets, that's when he can say, 'I want to watch a video,'" said Kelly Ford.

Since he was eight months old Ford's room has been the dining room, to allow easy access to his medication and space for a parent or nurse to always be by his side.

Thanks to an addition to the Ford's home, there is a separate space for a nurse across from Connor's room, which has now has space for his medical equipment and all of the fun things a 10-year-old boy wants.

"He's got his mural, he's got his TV, his window bench. It will allow us to sit and read books," said Kelly Ford.

Connor was involved in the design of his room while befriending designers, painters, and the creator of his mural.

"He sat with her and giggled the whole time as she joked that she wanted to paint Yankee gear on the wall instead of the Red Sox," said Kelly Ford.

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"The Butterfly Room" is one of those movies that is really coming in under the radar. It just debuted at the Laemmle NoHo 7 without much in the way of publicity, and that's a shame because this thriller directed by Jonathan Zarantonello proves to be a real treat for horror fans as it features several actors we all remember from various horror and cult classics. Among them are Barbara Steele who is best known for her work in a number of Italian gothic horror films like "Black Sunday," Ray Wise who left an indelible impression on us with his performances in "Robocop" and "Twin Peaks," Erica Leerhsen who survived a few ill-fated horror movies like "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" and the remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," Camille Keaton who suffered such unforgivable brutality in "I Spit on Your Grave," Adrienne King who memorably decapitated Jason Voorhees' mother in "Friday the 13th," and P.J. Soles who showed us things we really did like in John Carpenter's "Halloween." Looking at this cast, you'd think that this was another version of "The Expendables" but with horror icons.

Another big horror favorite in "The Butterfly Room" is Heather Langenkamp who is still best remembered for her role as Nancy Thompson in "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Here she plays Dorothy, a single mother who has her own reasons for keeping her son away from butterfly collector Ann (Barbara Steele). As the movie goes on, you find out exactly why Dorothy has such a bone to pick with Ann, and it is not worth spoiling here.

Langenkamp dropped by the Laemmle NoHo 7 for "The Butterfly Room's" opening night, and she did a Q&A with the movie's second assistant director Brian McQuery. When asked how she became involved with this production, Langenkamp explained that it started with a journalist friend of Zarantonello's who introduced the director to her while at a horror convention she was attending.

"This journalist friend was my introduction, and I noticed that Jonathan was lurking in the background (laughs) for several hours," Langenkamp said. "Finally we struck up a conversation and he gave me the script later. I have to say that when I read it, I felt that the part of Dorothy was one of the better parts that I've read in many, many years. I think, from what you see on the screen, she's a very strong woman and she's a very fierce mother and I really enjoyed playing such a part. I remember we got together at this restaurant in Santa Monica, and I think I shocked Jonathan a great deal by telling them how much I liked it and how I really loved this idea that this horror movie focuses on an elderly woman which is something that is really rare."

In addition to all the horror icons, there are also several child actors in the cast who play kids that become way too friendly with Ann. Now there's a saying that the things to avoid while making a movie are working with animals and children, but Langenkamp found working with child actors like Ellery Sprayberry and Julia Putnam very informative and fascinating.

"It's kind of a lesson every day in how to be so natural and so in the moment, and I always get a lot of inspiration from children like Miko Hughes (who appeared opposite Langenkamp in "Wes Craven's New Nightmare") who was like that for me," Langenkamp said about working with child actors. "You just zone in with them as they really experience the movie in a different way I think, and it is really refreshing. Ellery was really fun to work with, and I remember this one day when she had to go too long hair to short hair too long hair and everybody was panicked. But Ellery was just smiling and taking it all in stride, and we had a lot of fun on the set as I remember."

Ever since her days battling Freddy Krueger, we haven't seen as much of Langenkamp as we would like. For her acting has become a part time job, and she spends most of her days running AFX Studio, a Special F/X Make-Up Studio in Los Angeles, with her husband David LeRoy Anderson. One of her more recent acting roles was as a character named Moto in "Star Trek Into Darkness," but her role as Dorothy in "The Butterfly Room" is the biggest one she has had in some time. This led one audience member to ask her if coming back to acting was like getting back on a bicycle where everything comes back to you.

"I would have to say not at all like riding a bike," Langenkamp said. "I think that you're much more self-conscious about how you're doing as you get older especially if you've taken time off. I was really worried a lot of the time about whether I was going to be able to get my chops back up to speed, and I'm happy with the way the movie looks on the screen. I'm much happier than I actually thought I was at about 6:45 tonight (the movie started at 7:40 pm) because I get a lot more critical of myself too as I get older. Both of those things combine actually, making for a very uncomfortable day today, but now I can relax. I don't think it's like riding a bike. I wish it was more like that."

But even after being away from acting for a long time, Langenkamp still has a great love for it. She explained why that is the case and also talked about what it was like working with Steele who is probably the biggest horror icon in the cast of "The Butterfly Room."

"It's probably my favorite thing to do," Langenkamp said of acting. "I think one the most creative things that a person can do is bring a script to life and think of the character and think of how you're going to interact with someone like Claudia. Those scenes were a lot of fun and especially all the scenes with Barbara Steele. She is one of my personal heroes and someone that I greatly admire, so I often watched her. She's a very elegant woman and she's very powerful, so sometimes I would just watch her and try to learn from her in the thing she did to be kind of a majestic creature in the film. I learn a lot from the people that I work with and I always and see what their techniques are and how they get prepared, and I take whatever I can from people like that."

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