Wise County Toy Run brings bikes and donations for needy children
The Wise County Toy Run Sunday features motorcyclists riding from Decatur to Bridgeport to collect new toys or $10 donations for children aged 3 to 12. Organizer Phillip Pierce notes past turnout above 600 bikes, with 700 possible if weather cooperates. Registration runs 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Decatur High School, bikes head to Harwood Park by 12:30, Biker Santa arrives at 2 p.m. for photo ops and gifts at Bridgeport Care Center and Abundant Life Children's Home.
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Jennifer Haney
Wise County
Decatur
Bridgeport
Phillip Pierce
Pierce
Decatur High School
Renshaw Park
Highway 51
P & H Muffler
Vincent Investment Management
Oilman’s Wild Game Cookout Benefits Wise County Toy Run
The Oilman’s Wild Game Cookout to benefit the Wise County Toy Run starts Friday at The Club at Runaway Bay from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sponsored by DSI Inspection Services Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce The Club and Runaway Bay Chamber of Commerce the event features a wild game menu live music golf and a cash bar. Proceeds plus donations fund gifts for less fortunate Wise County children with check presentation Sunday at the Bridgeport park pavilion.
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Wise County Toy Run
Dorothy Clark
Runaway Bay
DSI Inspection Services
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
Ity
Laurel
Mississippi
Sheffield
Wise County
Jim Raby
Bobby Clanton
Jimmy Ray
Susan Miller
Bridgeport Chamber
Ner
Bridgeport Park Pavilion
Miller
Profiles in Leadership Dennis Elam in Iraq
Dennis Elam, Bridgeport resident and Army Reserve assistant squad leader in Iraq, led seven to 15 men per mission from a former Saddam base. He valued team leadership, expected ideas from all ranks, and emphasized safety with a prewar pact that everyone would return home intact.
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Dennis Elam
Army Reserve
Iraq
Jennifer Haney
Bridgeport
Elam
Army
Saddam Hussein
U.S
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Counterfeit money order scam hits Bridgeport and Chico
Bridgeport and Chico post offices report a counterfeit money order scam spread over the last few months. The fraud centers on online contact using counterfeit instruments resembling postal money orders, usually valued at 800 to 1000 dollars, with scammers posing as students tourists or overseas personnel and sometimes overpaying to cover shipping.
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Bridgeport, Chico
Jennifer Haney
Bridgeport
Chico
Jim Taylor
United States Postal Service
U.S
Taylor
Postal Service
Mona Castillo in rehab at Cook Children’s Center
Mona Castillo, 9, of Bridgeport, survived brain surgery on November 17 at Cook Children’s Medical Center. Her mother Rachel reports post op seizures and ongoing therapy plans including physical, occupational, and speech therapy as well as group activities with hopes to return home before Christmas.
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Mona
Cook Children’s Center
Jennifer Haney
Mona Castillo
Bridgeport
Cook Children’s Medical Center
Rachel Castillo
Rachel
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