Christmas in April volunteers repair 12 Odessa homes
More than 200 volunteers will nail and paint about 12 homes today in Odessa’s Christmas in April annual repair drive. The group expects $26,000 to $27,000 in repairs as volunteers from First Presbyterian Church join a nonprofit program aiding elderly and disabled low income residents to make homes dry and safe.
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Cenia Ulate
Ulate
Rodney Hurt
First Presbyterian Church
Christmas in April volunteers repair roofs in city
Peggy Grandlund, a disabled single mother, welcomes Christmas in April volunteers who plan to fix her roof damaged in spring storms. Volunteers say the effort breaks social barriers and builds lasting community ties as they repair homes on a list of addresses.
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Peggy Grandlund
Grandlund
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Rutgers president calls for apology over Holocaust cartoon
Rutgers University president Richard L. McCormick demanded an immediate apology from the editors of the campus alt weekly for a cartoon depicting a man throwing a ball at an oven while taunting a Jew. The issue drew Jewish editor Ned Berke’s defense as clever satire. The Medium receives about $10,000 from Rutgers College and Livingston College student governments.
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New Brunswick
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Rutgers University
Medium Weekly
Richard L. McCormick
Ned Berke
Berke
Michael Stanley
Rutgers College
Livingston College
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