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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
10:52 am
Tue January 22, 2013

Restaurateur First To Integrate In San Antonio Desegregation Movement

San Antonio's role in the desegregation movement began with a man who stood up and decided his restaurant would no longer treat people differently based on the color of their skin.

In 1963, Dan Anthony bought his father’s Manhattan Café downtown on Houston Street, near the Majestic Theatre. It was that same year when Anthony’s wife, Chrissy, says a priest and activist by the name of Father Sherrill Smith called Dan with an important message.

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Community Health
8:00 am
Tue January 22, 2013

Online ER Check-In Means Faster Wait Times At SW General Hospital

Credit Southwest General Hospital
Screenshot of the ER check-in homesite.

Patients needing emergency room care with conditions that are not life threatening can now check in online at Southwest General Hospital. If the emergency is life-threatening, the patient will still need to rush to a hospital.

Southwest General Marketing Director Elizabeth Luna said a patients with lesser but still urgent needs would likely be placed in line at the hospital, but instead can wait at home instead of in a chair in the hospital waiting room.

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Community
2:11 pm
Fri January 18, 2013

Children's Shelter Renamed To Honor Glenda Woods

Credit San Antonio Children's Shelter

The San Antonio Children’s Shelter is memorializing former leader Glenda Woods by renaming its campus in her honor.

At a dedication ceremony next week, the new Glenda Woods Campus for Children and Families will honor the service and leadership of the board member who molded the shelter into a multi-service facility.

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Keep Downtown Warm
11:41 am
Fri January 18, 2013

‘Keep Downtown Warm’ Donation Drive Unites Businesses

Credit Joey Palacios / Texas Public Radio
Lesa Ammann, Owner of Club Sirius, and Heather Monroe, the Bike Waiter owner, pose infront of several blankets that were dopped off the to the bar on Thursday

During the cold months of January and February, five downtown bars and businesses are trying to keep the homeless of San Antonio warm with a collective donation drive through their shop fronts.

Overnight temperatures in San Antonio have dipped into the 30s in recent days. That concerns Lesa Ammann, the owner of Club Sirius on Losoya Street, who sees the homeless of San Antonio with nowhere to go.

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