A CHARITY who give needy kids a “life-changing” experience at football matches has issued a plea to fans across the board to help them continue their work. The Kano Foundation have warned that they have struggled to raise funds to purchase vital season tickets which they use to take disadvantaged children to see their football heroes. In previous years, the charity have been able to raise around £20k through match bucket collections but with games taking place behind closed doors this year, the foundation have not been able to raise the vital funds.
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WHEN the January transfer window closed last Monday night it brought an end to Peter Lawwell’s involvement in player recruitment at Celtic after over 17 years. Lawwell, who took over from Ian McLeod back in 2003, will retire as their chief executive in June and be replaced by Scottish Rugby chief operating officer Dominic McKay. Last month’s incomings and outgoings were typical of his lengthy spell at the helm of the Parkhead club – the sale of Jeremie Frimpong to German outfit Bayer Leverkusen for £11.5m made a substantial profit. The disastrous campaign that Neil Lennon’s team has made him an unpopular figure with the Celtic supporters and the warm-weather training break to Dubai last month saw him subjected to savage criticism from the public and politcians.
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Sen. Kevin Corbin
Violence and looting by anyone, for any political cause, is wrong and illegal. The riot yesterday as well as the riots that have taken place over the past few months have been well documented by television stations as well as dozens of cell phone recordings. These people should be easily identified and held accountable for damages and charges like breaking and entering.
The time has long passed for the microphone to be passed to those who want civility and honest conversations. In the past few months, including yesterday in Washington, there have been sincere people who truly want their cause heard. In addition to the sincere protesters, there have been instigators or “agitators” that have escalated the events to property damage and injury to persons.
When we rang in 2020 this time last year, who knew it would go down as a dumpster fire?
From murder hornets and street riots to epic natural disasters and working from home in pajamas, 2020 was a year of mishaps and mayhem.
Haywood County had an ample helping of drama and spectacle of its own. Hereâs a look back at the top controversies of 2020.
Homeless showdown
The negative spill-over effects of the homeless population in Waynesville was hands-down one of the top controversies of 2020.
Critics of the homeless population became a regular fixture at the twice-monthly Waynesville town board meetings for much of the year, donning yellow T-shirts that read âSaving Haywood.â