Monongalia sixth grader raises 6200 for wells abroad
Daphne Tennant 12 in Monongalia County has raised 6200 to fund water wells in Tanzania and South America. She and her mother Tara collected donations via bottle programs at church and senior centers and through a website. Heifer International will receive 5000 for wells in Tanzania and education on water management, with 1200 for South American wells.
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Pentress
Monongalia
Daphne Tennant
Tara Tennant
Olive United Methodist Church
Blacksville Senior Center
Wadestown
Daphne
Tara
Breanna Waggoner
Breanna
Tanzania
Heifer International
Arkansas
South America
Africa
Bluefield couple wins $1,000 sweepstakes
Marie and Henry Beerboom of Bluefield win $1,000 in H&R Block’s Daily Sweepstakes. The 33 year married pair care for Marie who faces a double lung transplant prep while balancing family needs and travel to Lexington for tests. They say the prize helps with essentials and repairs as they navigate medical and daily challenges.
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Luefield
Bluefield
H&r
Marie
Henry “Burger” Beerboom
Henry
Henry Boerboom
Beerboom's
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington
H&r Block
Geri Nauck
Joyce Jones
Maria
Marsha Spease
Guitar raffle aids family of ill Virginia girl
Meredith Farr, a 10 year old fighting an aggressive cancer, inspires community fundraising in Aynesboro. Yvonne Brubacher explains plans to raffle a 2010 Gibson Les Paul guitar at E&Js Deli Pub on Main Street in February to relieve medical costs and support Meredith’s family.
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Aynesboro
Meredith Farr
Meredith
Yvonne Brubacher
Brubacher
E&j
Deli
Main St
Farr
Arctic ice loss accelerates global warming and impacts world
Earth Talk explains why the Arctic is an indicator region for climate with shrinking ice and thinning supports. It notes a 20 percent loss of permanent ice since 1979, thinning up to two thirds in places, albedo feedback, rupturing ice, disrupted migrations, beetle-driven forest damage in Alaska, rising seas, and potential Gulf Stream disruption affecting Europe.
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Arctic
Alaska
Europe
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