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Notes from the 2010 Detroit auto show

17.01.10

A roundup of word and notes out of the Detroit auto show last week:

Toyota unveils pint-sized composite concept car

DETROIT (AP) —Toyota unveiled a new half-breed concept car that is smaller than the Prius and geared toward younger buyers, part of the Japanese automaker's game to expand its lineup of hybrid and substitute-fuel vehicles.

Toyota showed off the FT-CH pithy car at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

No legitimate timetable has been set for sale of the vehicle to the business, but Toyota plans to sell more than 1 million hybrids per year globally by the end of the decade. It also plans close up-in hybrids and electric cars starting in the 2012 epitome year and hydrogen fuel-chamber vehicles in 2015.

The plan to broaden the Prius mark is a sign of its success and loyalty among buyers. The Prius, which launched in the U.S. in 2000, has eat one's heart out been the nation's top-selling hybrid and was the most excellently-selling vehicle overall in Japan last year.

Source: Eagle Tribune

Thieves take more than a truck from an Augusta family

07.01.10

Holder Steve Moody describes the value of his dealings as immeasurable.

Inside he says it contains memories of a war actor.

"It meant more than a lot of things mean to other people," said his son Justin Sad.

Justin shared pictures of his grandfather's F-100 that he and his architect Steve helped restore over the gone seven years.

"It was my grand daddy's period when he had it. He made it the way he wanted. As my father came along, he bought parts for the traffic and helped him and then I got the truck when I was fourteen years old," said Justin Sullen.

Monday morning around 4 a.m. Steve Brooding woke up after hearing what he describes as a rumble.

"I walked case and I saw the garage door open so I knew at that emphasize what had taken place," said Steve Curt.

Moody's family truck and jeep were stolen.

The other cars in the driveway were contravened into and ransacked.

But Moody's F-100 is what he says can't be replaced.

Source: NBC Augusta

News from the YMCA: Jan. 29 online edition

30.01.10

Batty and tumble in the state-of-the-art gymnastics complex b conveniences. Instruction is given on all the apparatus including the in-organize trampoline. Game time and unencumbered gym are also included. Vacation club runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 15-19. Two-, three- and five-day options are on tap. For more information, contact Danielle Walker at 781-990-7011 or walkerd@northshoreymca.org .

 

Shaughnessy-Kaplan Rehab Medico Therapy

Shaughnessy-Kaplan Rehabilitation Convalescent home is getting ready to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its clinic rent at the Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA in February.

It offers solid therapy and aquatic therapy for a collection of conditions, including orthopedic and sports-tied up injuries, back and neck pain, arthritis, tendonitis/bursitis, and plantar fasciitis. The center works closely with trainers at the YMCA to smooth a safe transition to a gym program.

The program recently expanded its aquatic remedial programme hours to four days per week: Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Source: Swampscott Reporter