Hospice Volunteer Reflects On Powerful Experience
Sheila Holmes praises a remarkable project, noting how it made her laugh cry and feel deeply. She describes the work as absolutely amazing and life changing for volunteers and families involved.
26 Sep 2011
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 2011
Page
1
Sheila Holmes praises a remarkable project, noting how it made her laugh cry and feel deeply. She describes the work as absolutely amazing and life changing for volunteers and families involved.
Evan Gooden reports Holmes of Wellington received the Ruth Calta Community Service Award from Mercy Health System for hospice duties and service as a Eucharistic minister at St. Patrick's Wellington and meals for the homeless at St. Joseph Lorain. She was one of three finalists chosen by the Mercy Board of Trustees.
Brittany Bramwell, a 2002 Elyria Catholic graduate, discusses her work aiding troubled children and the impact of her therapy approach in this brief profile.
Lorain considers renaming a street after Airman 1st Class Eric Barnes. The Streets and Sidewalks Committee plans to start the process tonight at 6 p.m. Barnes, 20, from Admiral King High School, died in 2007 when a supply truck hit a bomb in Iraq during his second tour. The idea gained family support after firefighter Dan McBennett contacted Barnes's relatives. Thousands attended Barnes's funeral in June 2007.
In Toledo northwest Ohio ten billboards display opposing church views on homosexuality. Central United Methodist Church posted Being Gay Is a Gift from God while Church on Strayer in Maumee bought nine billboards declaring Being Gay is NOT a Gift from God Forgiveness Love and Eternal Life Are.
King Abdullah ordered that women may vote and run in local elections due by 2015 marking a reform step in a conservative state. Women still cannot drive or travel without male guardian approval and cannot hold Cabinet posts. The move follows ongoing cultural restrictions reflected in public life such as Ardu dances at festivals near Riyadh.
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