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Company CEO Holds Drawing for His Salary
RX Processing Corp.'s CEO Peter Fiorillo is serious about supporting the passage of the Dorgan-Snowe bill that is currently trying to make its way through Congress. He is so serious that he has implemented a campaign that allows citizens to enter into a lottery to win his first year's salary: 500,000 shares of company stock.
Sep 22, 2005, 22:22
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4-H Club Tracks Tide Flow
Helping to make sure the beaches are safe on St. Simons Island, Georgia, is the Glynn County Senior 4-H Club, the "Sea Monkeys." Routine beach water testing by the Coastal Resource Division's Beach Water Quality Monitoring Program resulted in health officials posting beach advisories banning swimming last summer.
Concerned, the high-school 4-H members began investigating the mystery behind the elevated entrecoccal bacteria levels that threatened their pristine and popular beaches.
Aug 14, 2005, 22:16
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Kentucky 4-H Theater Puts Rural Youth in Spotlight
In an eastern Kentucky town with a population of just 1,000, a community theater company is born, the idea of former 4-H member Stephanie Richards.
After a theater career in New York and Chicago, Richards came home to Appalachia to bring show business to young people in a remote area with few cultural outlets. "People are starving for a theatre company here," she said about her Artists Collaborative Theatre (ACT) project.
Aug 14, 2005, 21:44
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Families Urged To Make Volunteering A Priority
While many people believe that volunteering is a great experience with its own rewards, a new program is actually giving families who volunteer a chance to win a cash prize.
Jennie Garth, star of the WB's "What I Like About You," is championing this new cause-encouraging families to make family volunteering a priority. Garth, a mother of two, is the spokesperson for the Angel Soft® Angels in Action® Program and is leading the Angel Soft Million Family Service Pledge™, an effort asking parents to pledge one hour each month to volunteer with their kids.
Aug 14, 2005, 21:43
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Stories Of Survival
You're lost in the wilderness, a nighttime storm is rolling in and you are out of water. What do you do? While remaining calm may not be the first thing that comes to mind, doing so could actually help save you. Of course, so could building a shelter and finding safe drinking water-but how? Experts say nature generally supplies everything you need to survive. The key is knowing what you need, where to look for it and how to use it. Chances are you'll never find yourself in a situation that calls for extreme survival skills. But if you do, these tips from the experts may help.
Aug 14, 2005, 21:41
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Lawyer Writes "Killer" Film
Following a theatrical release, "A Killer Within," written by screenwriter and Texas attorney Chris Peirson, is now available on DVD. The film is a legal/police procedural whodunit thriller directed by Brad Keller. C. Thomas Howell plays a successful lawyer who teams up with his business partner (Ben Browder) and street-wise ex-cop (Giancarlo Esposito) to solve the brutal murder of Howell's wife, played by Sean Young.
Aug 14, 2005, 00:44
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Actress Neve Campbell Helps Launch National Program For People Living With Epilepsy
A new resource is now available for the approximately 2.5 million adults and children in the United States who have epilepsy, a disorder that causes seizures and is often confusing and frightening to the people who live with the condition and those around them. Growing up, actress Neve Campbell witnessed first hand the impact epilepsy can have as she watched her cousin Coleen struggle with managing the condition.
Aug 14, 2005, 00:16
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Hollywood Lends A Helping Hand
Jennifer Garner, Sean Hayes, Sylvester Stallone and David Schwimmer were among the celebrities who recently gathered for "Hollywood's Helping Hands," a fund-raiser inspired by "Alias" co-star Greg Grunberg's 9-year-old child Jake, who is being treated for epilepsy. Epilepsy is one of the most common disorders of the nervous system, affecting more than 2.5 million Americans of all ages.
Aug 13, 2005, 23:55
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Restoring Tractors Yields Rewards For Texas Teens
In Cotton Center, Texas, restoring tractors is more than a hobby; it's a way of life. It's not uncommon to hear discussions about tractor maintenance while strolling through town. If restoring tractors is a major pastime, then the annual ChevronTexaco Tractor Restoration Competition, held at the Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention, is the Super Bowl.
Aug 13, 2005, 23:44
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Sisters Donate Contest Winnings To Shriners Hospital Patients
Many people think what the Shriners Hospitals for Children do each day for kids with orthopaedic problems, burns and spinal cord injuries is magical. So it seems fitting that 15-year-old Jocelyn Tingley and her 8-year-old sister Logan are using their own kind of magic to help the kids at Shriners Hospitals.
Aug 13, 2005, 21:25
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Young Patients Give Up Gifts To Support Shriners Hospital
For most children, nothing is better than a birthday party filled with presents and cake. For two young Shriners Hospitals patients, however, a birthday party filled with cake and gifts for Shriners Hospitals is much better.
When Justine Riegel turned 16, there was no question in her mind what she wanted for her birthday. Instead of gifts for her, she requested her friends give donations to Shriners Hospitals, where she had been receiving treatment since she was a baby.
Aug 13, 2005, 17:27
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