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Children's Hospital Honors Niswonger With SculptureWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 10:51AMSun Photo by Phil Gentry An emotional Scott Niswonger, right, reacts to the unveiling of a new sculpture that was created to resemble him as a young boy, and his beloved childhood dog, Doc. The sculpture, which was a surprise to him, was placed outside the pediatric hospital, near the main lobby's waiting area.

West Volusia weekend calendarFriday, February 19, 2010 @ 6:38PMSaturday, Feb. 20 Fun Run 7:30 a.m. registration; 9 a.m. 5K run and 1-mile walk begins at DeLand Middle School, 1400 S. Aquarius Ave. Prizes awarded; first 100 registrants will receive a T-shirt for $5. Hosted by Woodward Avenue Elementary School. For elementary-high-schoolers. Call Dorothy Valenti ...

Buyers at toy fair in New York foresee another cutthroat holiday seasonMonday, February 15, 2010 @ 6:16PMWith consumers still expected to be frugal, retailers face the challenge of ordering the right toys at the right prices - months ahead of time. It's Goldilocks time for the nation's toy merchants: Not too pricey, but not too cheap. Innovative, but still fun to play with.

Reporter's Notebook: Send veterans some loveWednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 5:22AMWorld War II veteran George Mixell wants people to have a heart this Valentine’s Day.

Flying highSaturday, January 9, 2010 @ 8:14PMWithout a doubt, they are low-tech. No batteries. Nothing to plug in, no moving parts. No computer chips. They’re lightweight, inexpensive (about $1.50), and they fly. They’re Guillow’s gliders, the balsa-wood airplanes that have entertained generations of kids and adults with simple, old-fashioned fun, and they’re made in Wakefield.

Model-aircraft pilots gather to flySunday, December 13, 2009 @ 12:03AMJamie Robertson of Claremore, Okla., started flying model helicopters when he was 13.

Toy Donations for Kids at Children's HospitalFriday, December 11, 2009 @ 4:03PMArkansas Children's Hospital is turning into Santa's workshop... Volunteers have been busy sorting through boxes of toy donations for the Sixth Annual Festival of Stars.

Technobuddy: Santa techie has fun, useful ideas for gift-givingMonday, December 7, 2009 @ 3:33AMThe ghosts of my Christmases past live in the bottom of a drawer. There is a sweater with an embroidered picture of a dog, a tie so colorful that it should have batteries, and a model airplane kit so complicated that it never got off the ground.

Think outside the box for high-tech giftsSaturday, December 5, 2009 @ 6:46PMThe ghosts of my Christmases past live in the bottom of a drawer. There is a sweater with an embroidered picture of a dog, a tie so colorful it should have batteries and a model airplane kit so complicated it never got off the ground.