It was just a week ago that the Lowry Park Zoo was posting videos on its Facebook page of the orphan manatee calf nicknamed Emoji. He was happily swimming, drinking formula from a bottle and seemed to be making great health strides three months after he had arrived at the zoo emaciated and with a stomach full of trash.
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Lowry Park Zoo calls baby manatee’s death ‘tragic illustration’ of human impact
It was just a week ago that the Lowry Park Zoo was posting videos on its Facebook page of the orphan manatee calf nicknamed Emoji. He was happily swimming, drinking formula from a bottle and seemed to be making great health strides three months after he had arrived at the zoo emaciated and with a stomach full of trash.
Prices up, sales brisk in Trump’s South American tower
In recent weeks, the massive head shot of Donald Trump that greeted visitors to the Trump Tower Punta del Este “ultra exclusive” apartment project in this well-heeled South American beach destination vanished. The photo of Trump and his three adult children behind the marble counter in the vanilla-scented showroom also was taken down.
Blackhawks switch it up, put Patrick Kane on the penalty kill
There are few situations when the NHL ‘s reigning most valuable player isn’t on the ice during a game, but when the Hawks have been shorthanded is generally when Kane is on the bench. Very few instances during Kane’s nine-plus season career has he killed penalties – the winger was averaging 4 seconds of ice time with the Hawks down a man this season – but that’s where he found himself late in Tuesday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning .
A trip of a lifetime: Mary’s Islanders heading to New York
This coming summer, Mary’s Islanders dance troupe, based in Greenwood, is hoping to tour New York City in a trip of a lifetime. Caitlin Gregory-Waldrum, Mary’s Islanders’ owner and artistic director, says it’s important for her dancers to go on the trip as a reward for the hard work they have done.