DRY FORK – Seven-year-old Addison Stanfield put a strangerequest on her birthday invitations. No presents, no toys, just dog and cat food. Stanfield, a first-grader at Twin Springs Elementary School, askedfriends and family to bring pet food to donate to Danville HumaneSociety. “I asked them to bring dog and cat food,” Stanfield said. “I wantedthem [...]
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Businessperson Profile: Lori Burton, of Serendipity in Hudson
Name: Lori Burton Age: 43 Years in business: 6 Hometown: Marlborough Family: Husband, mark; daughter, Amelia, 12 Hobbies: Jewelry-making, travel, movies, dogs (we have 3) Name of business: Serendipity Address of business: 63B Main St., Hudson Phone number of business: 978-562-7756 Website: serendipityinhudson.com In three sentences, tell us how you ended up in this line [...]
A New Type of Gift Card Helps Local Business
Font Size: A gift card program by the Downtown Development Association is giving Downtown Staunton’s business quite the boost. The cards are easy to use both for both shoppers and sellers. The program launched in 2007, and anyone can buy a card. they come in ten, twenty, and fifty dollar increments. You can use these [...]
Politi: Jets’ Curtis Martin has shown greatness beyond football, including forgiving his father
What would you do if your biological father deserted your family? What would you do if he left you and your mother behind when you were just a toddler, forcing her to work two jobs to support you while he wasted his life on drugs and alcohol? This is what Curtis Martin did: he showed [...]
VirtueOnline – News – As Eye See It – HOUSTON, TX: The three distinct phases of my life with God
HOUSTON, TX: the three distinct phases of my life with GodThe following is a sermon preached at the 12th Annual Winter conference of the Anglican Missions in the Americas (AMIA) Morning WorshipBy the Rev. Dr. Jack Deere January 13, 2012I have come this morning to speak to those of you who have left their buildings [...]
Compassion International gives kids a hand up
The refrigerator door is where parents often show off their children’s artwork and other achievements.But it looks different in the apartment of Sarah and Eric Fox-Linton.theirs is filled with photos and letters from children in Uganda and Mexico, children the Atchison, Kan., couple sponsor through Compassion International.Compassion is one of several organizations, such as World [...]
Kate Middleton given sleeping bag, goggles and Vegemite among bizarre royal tour gifts
Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wave to the crowds in Calgary (Pic: Getty Images) A sleeping bag, snow goggles, a papier-mâché doll and a jar of Vegemite were just some of the unusual gifts given to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last year. Advertisement >> The bizarre items [...]
Aftermath of an accident:Many lives shattered in an instant
When he heard the truck, “vrrrrooooom,” Brian Nettles knew the driver would never make the curve. He told his girlfriend so. a second later, they heard the crash. they jumped in his truck and headed out to Bells Ferry Road, a narrow two-lane in rural Harrison County. the truck was flattened. It had flipped over [...]
Are gift cards the Next Big Thing for ATMs?
In 2011, consumers loaded about $460 billion onto prepaid cards. According to research from the Mercator Advisory Group this figure will balloon 50 percent over the next two years, reaching $685 billion by 2014. Prepaid cards have come a long way since Blockbuster and K-Mart introduced the first non-phone cards in the mid-90s. Currently when [...]
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Trying to find unique presents for men of all ages? something exclusive and meaningful to signify how a great deal you good care? look no beyond photos with canvas regarding his romantic gifts photos regarding his loved ones or friends allow him such a thoughtful, sincere gift. Dads who seem to love most of the [...]
