Etiquette expert on when to send thank you notes
Loren Schneider reports Cathy Bland of Tea Garden Gifts explains standard etiquette for thank you notes. Notes should be sent for gifts, dinners, or favors, with timing varying by occasion. Birthday and Christmas gifts merit notes to most recipients. immediate family may be excluded. Graduation notes arrive within a month. wedding gifts within two months. Dinner or overnight visits call for notes within a week. Card styles differ by recipient and age, with personalized or monogrammed forms preferred for adults. Tea Garden Gifts offers engraving and in-house stationery services.
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Cathy Bland
Tea Gardens
Laurens Street
Amy Vanderbilt
Crane
Bland
Tea Garden
New Jersey Graduated Licensing Tightens Teen Driving Rules
The new graduated licensing law raises the age for an unrestricted license to 18 and extends the learning period. Teens must pass behind the wheel, vision, and written tests, with permits limited to hours and passengers, while provisional license rules apply after six months of practice.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Boscov's
Moorestown
Sherri Castiglione
Cinnaminson High
Castiglione
Becca Poli
Cinnaminson Middle School
Poli
Poli. 14
Robert W. Singer
Jearner
National Highway Traffic Safety Association
NHTSA
AAA
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Gates Foundation launches $100 million Washington scholarship program
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will fund 500 four year scholarships annually for Washington colleges and universities and assist 10 to 15 public high schools serving low income students. Bob Craves hails it as the state's largest private grant, with initial school selections to be made this spring.
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Seattle
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Washington State
Washington
Bob Craves
Higher Education Coordinating Board
Craves
Theme parks break $50 a ticket barrier
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay raised adult tickets to 51.18 and children to 41.57 with tax included while SeaWorld Orlando set adult prices at 50.88 and children at 41.29 as both parks become the world’s costliest to visit.
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Orlando
Fla
Busch Gardens
Tampa Bay
SeaWorld
SeaWorld Orlando
Fred Jacobs
Busch Entertain
Nicole Popham Aiken Christian Youth Profile
Nicole Popham, student at Aiken Christian, lists Bible and chemistry as favorite classes and History as toughest. Career goals include vocal ministry and ministry dance, or pet care. She names NSYNC song This I Promise You as favorite. enjoys shopping, hanging out with friends, modeling, and photography. Role model is her father, missionary Ray Popham, for his love of God and overseas ministry.
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Ray Popham
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Universal Orlando
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O'Brien
Nicole Popham
Aiken Christian
Ministry Dance
Nsync
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