Each summer morning like clockwork Howard Mears loads his 1947 Ford 8N tractor on to the back of a flatbed trailer, he hits the road and gets ready to mow down weeds all in the name of the Toys for Tots cause.
Mears became the Helena-area coordinator for the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots fundraiser roughly 7 years ago. |
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The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) Military Government of Ghana led by Flt. Lft. Jerry John Rawlings (Chairman Rawlings) ruled Ghana from 31 st December 1981 until the midnight of 6 th January 1993. J.J. Rawlings became the President-elect after the November 03, 1992 presidential elections. |
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An unlucky Liveline listener's hands went on fire after he used alcohol wipes before going into mass. Tim Hendricken, from Palmerstown in Dublin, told Joe Duffy on RTE Radio 1 that he had wiped his hands and then went to light a candle. He was shocked when his hands went on fire, but thankfully was able to extinguish the flames quickly. |
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SEAN BIRD, St. John’s Rural East. Born into the “First Family of Politics,” Sean Bird’s earlier leanings were toward the law, as can be determined by his tertiary education: • City Law School, Inns of Court, London, U.K. – LPC, 2009 • University of Miami, Miami, FL – LLM, 2001 • University of.... |
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When members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe started a prayer camp at the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers back in April, they did not expect an international movement to spring up. By early fall, Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault stood on a hill overlooking the camp, made up of.... |
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P ity the poor culture warrior, their mental gymnastics burning far more calories than pre-corona gym sessions ever could. A statue was torn down, and they demanded people follow the proper channels. Statues were taken down via the “proper channels”, and they decried the panicked response. |
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Mayo has been the best-represented county at Cabinet, excluding Dublin and Cork, since independence, an analysis by a Fianna Fáil Senator has concluded. Malcolm Byrne examined the line-up of every Cabinet since 1922 and the constituencies represented by the;
One of Europe's oldest horse fairs has.... |
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(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Courtesy NARA) The stories of those murdered prisoners of war might never have been told, but 50 Americans played dead or overcame their wounds and later recounted the fate of their executed compatriots. Once the fighting was done, the Americans tracked down.... |
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It’s the Missa Papae Francisci, performed for the first time on 10 June 2015 at the Chiesa del Gesù in Rome, dedicated to Pope Francis and to the legendary composer’s wife, Maria, to whom, as he never ceased to say, he owed everything. We are all familiar with the music of Morricone, the soul and.... |
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BELFAST CITY COUNCIL has apologised to a number of families after it emerged that funeral arrangements for their loved ones were treated differently to those of veteran republican Bobby Storey last week. An investigation by BBC Radio Northern Ireland’s The Nolan Show revealed that eight families.... |
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The £1.57bn relief package is welcome. It should be followed up with ticket vouchers to make sure there are bums on seats.
‘The arts now offer a vivid opportunity for vouchers in practice: theatres and concert halls need audiences desperately. A free ticket and a night out for all is the kind of boost Britain needs. |
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