Festival of Trees announces truck and transport prizes
The 18th annual Festival of Trees at Scottish Rite Cathedral named Helen Toscano winner of a 1997 GMC cinema truck donated by Preston Motors. Other prizes went to Jane Mollenkopf and Sharon Benegass of New Castle for a tricycle and inline skates, Dennis Rees for a wagon, Connie Likovich of Bessemer for a mountain bicycle, and five New Castle residents won $100 in gasoline. Winners were revealed at the Nov 30 closing ceremonies.
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Hospice of
St. Francis
Scottish Rite
Helen Toscano
Preston Motors
Jane Mollenkopf
New Castle
Sharon Benegass
Dennis Rees
Connie Likovich
Bessemer
Joe Mangino
Bill Henry
Andrea DeLuca
Diane Forkey
Wendy Zunk
St. Jude's Ranch seeks used greeting cards for fundraising
St. Jude's Ranch for Children in Boulder City Nevada requests used greeting cards of all occasions plus Campbell's product labels for its annual fundraiser. Send fronts only to 100 St. Jude St Dept EMIB Boulder City 89005. For more information call 702 293 3131. St. Jude's is a licensed nonprofit, nonsectarian supervised facility aiding abused and neglected children and teens.
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St. Jude’s Ranch
Boulder City
Nev
St. Jude
Campbell’s
St. Jude St
Dept. Emib
St. Jude’s
Infertility Support Resolve to Meet at Shadyside Hospital
Resolve, a national infertility counseling and support group, will meet at 7:30 p.m. January 12 in the west wing conference room C at Shadyside Hospital. Jean Fairley will speak on secondary infertility. For more information, call Resolve at 921 3501.
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Resolve
West Wing
Shadyside Hospital
Jean Fairley
Call Resolve
Tomorrow in Education Wilmington Students Create Books
Wilmington students plan a charity project to craft schoolbooks for poor children in foreign villages. The effort aims to supply reading material to underserved communities, reflecting a civic education initiative and cross cultural support.
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Wilmington
Poverty's toll on young families in poverty rise study
The Children’s Defense Fund reports that median income for parents under 30 fell 33 percent from 1973 to 1994, while child poverty among young families doubled to 41 percent in 1994. College educated parents gained, but less educated groups lost significant buying power. Single parents and low skilled workers share in the decline.
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Washington
Children’s Defense Fund
Arlee Sherman
Sherman
Alan Thacker
Geneva
Corina
Alan Jr
Booneville
Preschool Day Care Abuse Sparks Wisconsin Worries
In Wisconsin a SunBurst day care teacher used a shocking punishment on a 7-year-old, letting classmates hit him as the mother fights to remove her son. State welfare work requirements drive more providers into the system amid rising complaints about licensed and unlicensed centers. The AP review shows hundreds of complaints and gaps in monitoring as welfare reform expands child care needs.
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Wausau
Wis
Adrian McCord
SunBurst Day Care Center
McCord
Wisconsin
Associated Press
Patty Hammes
Monona
Michelle Steltzer
Stephanie
Franklin
Steltzer
Cost and quality drive child care debate in White House forum
Deborah Loving faces tough choices after subsidy removal as costs rise to 650 dollars monthly. The report surveys nationwide access, wages for workers, and the balance between affordability and quality, noting limited federal action and varied state standards. It highlights studies showing low proportion of centers delivering good care, and underscores calls for more education, funding, and workplace involvement ahead of Clinton's policy pushes.
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Washington
Deborah Loving
Loving
Yibo
Alameda
Calif
White House
New 400 Dollar Child Tax Credit Adds to Paychecks
Washington AP The IRS said taxpayers can add the new 400 dollar child tax credit to paychecks by filing a new Form W-4. The credit applies to each child under 17 with income limits of 75000 for singles and 110000 for couples, then phases out. The credit rises to 500 dollars in 1999 and beyond.
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Washington
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
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Wisconsin Early Childhood Association
Repre
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Nichole
Brendon
Kwasny
Marlene
Clinton
Families and Work Institute
Florida
University of Colorado
Marian Wright Edelman
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