“The Queen’s Gambit” is playing out in real life in Maine, where a custodian is coaching his schools’ chess teams to national acclaim.
Source: Real-life ‘The Queen’s Gambit’: Custodian leads school chess teams in Maine
Very cool.
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by Leo
“The Queen’s Gambit” is playing out in real life in Maine, where a custodian is coaching his schools’ chess teams to national acclaim.
Source: Real-life ‘The Queen’s Gambit’: Custodian leads school chess teams in Maine
Very cool.
by Leo
These three men didn’t finish first, but they won that day.
Source: Struggling Marathoner Gets Help From Fellow Runners
Inspiring.
by Leo
Bus stops in Boston are beginning to double as digital libraries under a new pilot program being rolled out across the city.
Source: Boston Rolls Out Free Digital Libraries at Some Bus Stops
Cool idea!
by Leo
On Thursday afternoons, dozens of people form a long line outside a drive-thru window in the quiet town of Hudson Bay, Sask. The customers swing by to snag some fast food, but what they’re after isn’t deep fried. It’s fresh and green and grown right in the building — the community’s old elementary school.
Source: Family turns small-town Sask. school into indoor farm — and runs a drive-thru for veggies
Neat idea.
by Leo
Ron Nessman was leaving a job interview at a California Applebee’s when he spotted a baby stroller hurtling towards a busy road
Source: US man leaves job interview, rescues baby in runaway stroller, then lands job
Well done!
by Leo
The storms that hit California in the past months provided glimpses of hope as the severe draught up and down the state dropped water levels to shocking all-time lows.
Some amazing photos.
by Leo
Fredric Taylor, 101, missed his 1943 graduation at Cornell College for military training. Eighty years later, the Iowa school is inviting him back.
Source: He missed graduation during WWII. Now 101, he’ll walk with Class of ’23.
What an inspiration.
by Leo
Diane and David Rowsell were looking forward to spending more time with the grandchildren. Then they discovered how many of their neighbours in York were going hungry
Source: A new start after 60: we planned a quiet retirement – but ended up fighting food poverty
Making a difference.
by Leo
Izabelle Major 12-Year-old battling Leukemia has one wish, to receive a puppy who will be by her side on good days and bad. Steven Barbato, a former coworker o
Source: Family friend, community gift puppy to Cranston girl battling leukemia
Nice.
by Leo
An 84-year-old woman is proving it is never too late to learn.
Source: 84-year-old woman working toward GED after husband passed away
Never. Too. Late.
Never.