| Ice cream chain falls behind on rent
Low sales and a failure to pay more than $11,000 in rent and fees resulted in the closure of Cold Stone Creamery at Arrowhead Parkway, owners say.
A civil lawsuit was filed July 20 against Cold Stone, which was located at Arrowhead Parkway for about 18 months, said Samuel Assam, lawyer for Arrowhead Ridge I.
Cold Stone closed in February and paid rent until June 1, Assam said. No money after June 1 has been paid, and Arrowhead has been trying to regain control of the property before reletting it.
Owner Ed Reesman declined to comment, except to say the store has been closed and they have dealt with lawyers. They also operate a Cold Stone Creamery on Shirley Avenue. "We have no plans to close other stores," he said.
The ice cream chain has removed supplies from the property but has not returned keys, Assam said.
Human rights activists arrested in Egypt
Egypt, which appears to be intensifying its crackdown on Christianity in recent months, now has arrested and detained two Egyptian Christian human rights activists who are connected to a Canadian ministry. According to Christian Solidarity International, members of Egypt's State Security Investigations took Adel Fawzy Faltas and Peter Ezzat Mounir into custody, and confiscated computers and documents from their homes. The prisoners were being held incommunicado at the Lazoghly Square headquarters of the federal agency, and while no formal charges were announced, security statements accuse the two of insulting Islam, preaching Christianity and maintaining an unlawful association with a foreign organization. Faltas heads the Egyptian branch of the Canadian-based Middle East Christians Association, a religious liberty group, and Mounir is believed to be an associate with the group.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS: MAPCO Parent Co. Buys 860 Gas Stations In Europe
The $471-million acquisition, Delek's first in Europe, was led by Elad Tshuva, deputy chairman of the board of Delek Group and son of owner Yitzhak Tshuva. In addition to the 860 gas stations operating under the Texaco name, the deal also includes 406 convenience stores, 95 car-wash facilities and the Baker Street franchise, which operates 72 diners located in the gas stations, Israel Money reported. The company plans to fund 37 percent of the deal in equity capital and the rest through a loan orchestrated by the Lehman Brothers financing company, the report said. SAVE | EMAIL | PRINT | MOST POPULAR | RSS | REPRINTS .
Granada LLC gets offensive; sues city
The already tenuous situation existing between the City of Coral Gables and Granada LLC – managers of the city's Country Club – went from slippery to practically unmanageable last week with the revelation that the company is in the process of suing the city to get monies it feels owed as a result of cost overruns in the renovation of the club and lost profits. In total, Granada is asking for $1.2 million that is paid for capital improvements and at least an additional $900,000 due as a result of deferred operator fees. City officials received a summons for court on the last day of July which spelled out Granada LLC's case. The complaint was filed in the 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Miami-Dade County, and makes a series of allegations and delineates how Granada LLC thinks the city can make things right – principally by paying up.
Thursday's sports roundup
BOSTON Celtics hope to lure Miller out of retirement The Boston Celtics have spoken with future Hall of Famer Reggie Miller about coming out of retirement to help the once-proud franchise in its push for an unprecedented 17th NBA title. "I'm always flattered when my name is mentioned as someone who can still help an NBA team win a championship," Miller said Wednesday in a statement relayed to the Associated Press by the TNT network. "I've had limited discussions with Celtics management about their roster and a potential role for me. At this time, I'm enjoying my role as an analyst with TNT." ESPN.com was the first to report the talks. But both sides confirmed the possibility that Miller, who will turn 42 this month, would consider returning for the chance at a championship he never won during an 18-year career, all with the Indiana Pacers.
Sports in brief
U.S. women win Pan Am title
Rutgers' Mattee Ajavon scored 24 second-half points to help the United States defeat host Brazil 79-66 in Rio de Janeiro and win its first Pan American Games women's basketball title since 1987.
Ajavon finished with a game-high 27 points, and Angel McCoughtry of Louisville added 17 points for the U.S.
Tennis
Roddick advances in Indianapolis
Top-seeded Andy Roddick and defending champion James Blake took different paths to the second round of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships.
Roddick needed just 63 minutes to oust Alex Kuznetsov, 6-4, 6-0.
Nearly VND1.2bil raised for Agent Orange victims
Close to 1.2 billion VND were raised at a musical programme held for Vietnamese Agent Orange victims in Hanoi on August 11.
The programme was also attended by newly-elected Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan who contributed 10 million VND to the charitable fund.
She also made a call to all Party organisations, administrative agencies, Vietnamese people in and outside the country, foreign friends and benefactors to further their material and spiritual support to help AO victims' lawsuit for justice.
The participants met with Mai Thanh Hai, who was one of four AO victims to take part in the June debate at the US appeal court; Charles Choi, an Korean-American volunteer of the US AO War Invalids' Association operating in Vietnam, and John Berlow, who brought from the US an organic vegetable growing project to the AO victims living in the Huu Nghi village.
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