Grand Mom Carriers Grandchildren Through Surrogacy Plan
A 42 year old South Dakota woman agreed to carry twins for her daughter who cannot bear children. Arlette Schweitzer of Aberdeen is six months pregnant with her own grandchildren, after eggs from her daughter were fertilized with her daughter's husband sperm. Twins due in November. Doctors at the University of Minnesota performed fertilization and implantation. Ethicists debate the moral and social implications of separating motherhood components.
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New York
South Dakota
Arlette Schweitzer
Aberdeen
S.D
William Phipps
University of Minnesota
Schweitzer
Christa Uchytil
Sioux City
Iowa
Chilren
GMH earns near top score from hospital accreditation body
Gaston Memorial Hospital posted an 86 on Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations standards, four points shy of the elite top category. GMH earned top marks in quality assurance with independent surgery reviews and high scores in infection control, patient services, technology and safety as President Wayne Shovelin notes months of prep and ICAHO’s national reach.
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Gastonia
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
GMH
Wayne Shovelin
Shovelin
ICAHO
JCAHO
Brand name fashion hunt for back to school bargains
Teresa Dixon Murray and Nancy Moore report on Gaston County families seeking affordable brand name shoes and school supplies. At Eastridge Mall shoppers find Sam & Libby lookalikes for nine ninety nine, while parents estimate total back to school costs from three hundred to one thousand dollars. Brandy Meadows, a Lincoln Middle School student, embodies the chase for affordable gear as Cre ative Contact Fair ushers in Catawba Heights Elementary's new year.
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Teresa Dixon Murray
Nancy Moore Gazette
Gastonia
Brandy Meadows
Sam & Libby
Catawba Heights Elementary
Marsha Brown
Cherryville
Sara
Captain and crew abandon sinking liner near Coffee Bay
After the captain and crew fled the Greek cruise liner, magicians and entertainers helped passengers escape. All 570 aboard were rescued about 90 minutes before the vessel sank a mile off the Indian Ocean coast near Coffee Bay. Captain Yiannis Avranas defended his actions as he left during the evacuation.
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East London
South Africa
Indian Ocean
Coffee Bay
Kevin Ellis
TFC Tour Company
Robin Boltman
Moss Hill
Yiannis Avranas
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Hastings Center
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N.Y
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Darlene Meadows
Eastridge Mall
Greater Gaston
Chuck Eaton
the Gazette
Sara Brown
Ametica Brown
SCHOC
Pete Eeeenee
Pamela Underwood
Associated Press
Oceanos
Abby
Callas Gastonia
Lincolnton
Charlotte
Fox
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