Here are some benefits to shopping local… Personalized Service: A small business owner will go that extra mile to give you excellent service. Locally owned businesses are owned by our friends, family and neighbors, they care about our community’s well-being. One-of-a-Kind Products: Small-locally owned businesses carry more unique products and one-of-a kind items you couldn’t […]
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It’s AMAZING what the mind can do… A man wanted to cheer up his dad, a former music teacher with dementia. And getting him to play the piano usually helps. So he asked for an old party trick the dad used to do. If you give him four notes, he’ll improvise a song around them. The […]
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An Illinois man became a hero by saving his neighbors when their house was on fire. Marshall Helm was able to get in and yell to alert his sleeping neighbors to the early morning blaze. They now call the 70-year-old veteran their “angel.” A Michigan man won a million dollar lottery prize not once, but twice, after accidentally […]
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A British man has raised thousands for the homeless with his unconventional drawings of people’s pets. Phil Heckles started by trying to help his six-year-old son make a thank you card and shared a drawing he did of the dog as a joke on Facebook. Requests for pet portraits started rolling in and for those who insist […]
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A fifth-grader in Texas named Orion Jean has been working hard to help people out this year. He won $500 in a contest run by ThinkKindness.org, and used it to buy toys for kids in the hospital. Now he’s doing a food drive, and wants to give 100,000 free lunches away by Thanksgiving. A food […]
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POINT INCIDENT AND DERSCH FIRE POINT INCIDENT: started this morning at Gas Point Road and Libby Lane. Spread quickly to 150 acres. At last report, 225 acres and 30% containment. Evacuations still in place a a precautionary measure. Cause under investigation. DERSCH FIRE: broke out this afternoon, burning at last report 50 acres. Some mandatory […]
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POINT INCIDENT AND DERSCH FIRE POINT INCIDENT: started this morning at Gas Point Road and Libby Lane. Spread quickly to 150 acres. At last report, 225 acres and 30% containment. Evacuations still in place a a precautionary measure. Cause under investigation. DERSCH FIRE: broke out this afternoon, burning at last report 50 acres. Some […]
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POINT INCIDENT: started this morning at Gas Point Road and Libby Lane. Spread quickly to 150 acres. At last report, 225 acres and 30% containment. Evacuations still in place a a precautionary measure. Cause under investigation. DERSCH FIRE: broke out this afternoon, burning at last report 50 acres. Some mandatory evacuations in place, in Millville […]
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POINT INCIDENT FIRE IN COTTONWOOD: 225 ACRES, 30% CONTAINMENT. SOME RESOURCES BEING PULLED FROM THE INCIDENT. EVACUATIONS STILL IN PLACE AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. NO DAMAGE REPORT AND CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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POINT INCIDENT COTTONWOOD. 225 ACRES, 30% CONTAINED FROM CALFIRE TEHAMA GLENN UNIT: Air Operations are ramping down as resources are being released. Wind driven spot fires to the South of Evergreen Rd will continue to be watched for. Fire is checked with retardant as crews build lines around the fire. EVACUATIONS REMAIN IN PLACE.
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