Dunwich school delighted with new playground

THE students of Dunwich State School are all smiles after their long-awaited playground was officially opened this month.

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School Playgrounds Are Perfect for Summer Workouts

School is out for summer, and that means many of your local school playgrounds will be sitting unused for the next couple of months. That's good news for you, because the school playground is a great place to work out. Even buff celebrity, Zac Efron, was recently spotted working out on the playground on the set of “The Paperboy” in Louisiana

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What is suspension training?

Do you remember swinging from a tree branch or pulling up on the monkey bars when you were younger? Those were variations of suspension training, a form of fitness that's becoming more popular.

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Head Start youngsters offer design for new playground

Ideas ranged from castles to a volcano, but there was a clear consensus for slides and monkey bars among youngsters who got the opportunity Thursday to offer design suggestions for a new playground for the Joplin Head Start Center at 1200 N. Main St.

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Mud Mash adventure race this weekend in Santa Margarita

Monkey bars and climbing walls aren't just for kids any more.

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Abilene schools lean on gifts and fundraisers to build playgrounds

Hanging on monkey bars or getting that static buzz from a ride down the slide may seem like a priceless experience for children. However, commercial playgrounds carry a hefty price tag and school administrators responsible for buying them know it.

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Nathan Hale students approve of new playscape

MERIDEN — After five years of fundraising and planning, Nathan Hale School has a brand new playscape for fourth- and fifth-grade students.

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London next stop on journey for Cuban-born gymnast

MIAMI (AP) On her own with a sickly toddler and his 12-year-old sister, Maria Gonzalez was petrified as she prepared to leave her native Cuba nearly 20 years ago.

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Brass Monkey Announces Online Multiplayer and iPad3 Raffle

BOSTON, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Brass Monkey, the company that allows iOS and Android device users to play games in a browser using their device as a controller, announced today that they have implemented their first online multiplayer game, Tank vs. Alien Online. Previously,…

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Long Islander Gives Unprecedented Look at al-Qaida

By the time a wayward kid from Long Island named Bryant Neal Vinas joined al-Qaida in 2008, the sight of trainees swinging from monkey bars…

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