Calendar of Events (Waller County News Citizen)
Blood Drive Hempstead Masonic Lodge is holding a blood drive on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the meeting room in the Hempstead Masonic Lodge building. To schedule an appointment, visit www.giveglood.org and login to Digital Donor and enter sponsor code L375 or contact Kenneth Harvey at (979) 826-9951
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Around the Pac-10 Conference (USA Today)
Around the Pac-10 Conference
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More News (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
Today Mount Carmel HOPEWELL — The Missionary Circle of Mount Carmel Baptist Church will have a musical at 3 p.m. today. Many groups from the area will be featured on the program including Pleasant Grove Gospel Choir, Harvest International Full Gospel, soloist Charlotte King Raves and the Judge Brown Memorial Choir. For more information, contact Sister Rosemary Cooke at 541-4941 or 943-7440.
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Organization helps generate interest in American Revolution (The Enid News & Eagle)
His colleagues and friends might know him as a senior drafter at Continental Resources and a devoted father and grandfather. But on some weekends and special occasions, Glenn Fast gets all dressed up and takes a step back into history as a color guard commander in the Revolutionary War.
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Community: 11.28.08 (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
commpage for Friday, Nov. 28
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Background Note: Afghanistan (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 647,500 sq. km. (249,935 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than Texas. Cities: Capital-- Kabul (1,780,000; 1999/2000 UN est.). Other cities (1988 UN est.; current figures are probably significantly higher)--Kandahar (226,000); Herat (177,000); Mazar-e-Sharif (131,000); Jalalabad (58,000); Konduz (57,000).
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Seniors celebrate Christmas with their own personal Santas (Beaumont Journal)
A little extra holiday spirit will be given to seniors in the Hardin, Jefferson and Orange areas, thanks to local senior organizations and area retailers partnerships with Yule-tide-promoting Home Instead Senior Care of Beaumont.
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Jack Dillard: It's time to count our blessings (The Shreveport Times)
With Thanksgiving arriving Thursday, may we all take time to count our many blessings. Don't just think about it, do it. It will mean more if you write them down for your own use, leaving some lines for additions and read over the list from time to time. Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea, and think back over all the good times that went along with the blessings. Call a friend even if it's early in ...
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Peek at the Week (Norridge-Harwood Heights News)
Submissions for Peek at the Week are required 10 days preceding the date of publication. Send to: Anne Lunde, Managing Editor, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026. Information may be faxed to (847) 486-7495 or e-mailed to alunde@pioneerlocal.com.
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Elderly Cancer Survivors' Ability To Function Improved By Home-Based Interventions (Medical News Today)
Climbing stairs, carrying groceries, taking a shower - these are activities that we take for granted; however, after a cancer diagnosis, many survivors are unable to function as they used to.
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