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August 1, 2008

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Anonymous Pharos-Tribune Fri Aug 01, 2008, 02:48 PM EDT

Thorns & Roses is a weekly feature highlighting the best and worst of the

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• To the folks who teamed up to raise $10,000 last week for the Emmaus Mission Center's food pantry. The Cass County Community Foundation organized the event in cooperation with radio stations WHZR, WLHM and WSAL, and the foundation matched, dollar for dollar, the first $2,500 in pledges. This is the second year in a row the foundation has come to the rescue of the food pantry with a radio-thon. This year’s event far outdistanced last year’s, which raised $6,000. Deanna Crispen, executive director of the community foundation, predicted the donations would be adequate to carry the pantry through the end of the year.

• To the board members and residents at Emmaus Mission Center who joined to grow a garden at the center. Residents have planted strawberries, beans, cucumbers, squash, broccoli, zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, garlic, basil, sweet potatoes and pumpkins, and they’ve been partaking of the results. The garden has helped the center to get through the normally lean months of summer, and it has provided the center’s residents with a healthier diet. It has also helped the residents move toward self-sufficiency.

• To the youth group DV8 at First Baptist Church of Galveston, which recently took a mission trip to neighboring Miami County. Maple Lawn Trailer Court had nearly 100 young children and nowhere for them to play. The youth group raised $3,000 and spent three days upgrading the mobile home court’s playground. And now, thanks to the efforts of 15 youth group members and three adults, the children at the trailer park have a safe place to play. It's great when young people have a chance to help the less fortunate. The youth at First Baptist Church found a way to do that without straying far from home.

• To Ivy Tech Community College, which has teamed up with a foreclosure prevention network to conduct free workshops this weekend for struggling homeowners across the state. The workshops in Evansville, Indianapolis and South Bend will give homeowners a chance to meet face-to-face with housing counselors or their lenders. Ivy Tech and the Indiana Foreclosure Prevention Network, which is made up of more than 40 banks, community organizations and housing agencies, are planning several other workshops. The programs are clearly needed. For the first quarter of this year, 3.72 percent of all outstanding loans in Indiana were in foreclosure, while 7.05 percent of loans were delinquent, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Those figures put Indiana fourth in the nation for foreclosures, behind only Florida, Nevada and Ohio. Last fall, the state launched a help line — (877) GET-HOPE — offering free mortgage foreclosure counseling.

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An outstanding community effort
United Way of Cass County announced this week that it had raised more than $600,000 in its most recent campaign. The campaign’s success is a testament to the generosity of local residents and to the great work of the United Way and its member agencies.

February 9, 2012
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February 9, 2012
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February 8, 2012
Another step forward for local trails
Local officials broke ground this week on the planned Eel River Run from downtown to Riverside Park. The project will expand a trail system of which the community can be proud.

February 8, 2012
White should not return to office
The conviction of Indiana’s secretary of state on charges of voter fraud has left Republicans and Democrats fighting over who will hold the office. No matter how the fight comes out, Charlie White’s ouster from office should be permanent.

February 7, 2012
Even in names, Eli beats Peyton
Columnist Dave Kitchell looks at the names of Cass County's babies in 2011 - and the effect they may have had on the Super Bowl.

February 7, 2012
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February 7, 2012
A grand success for Indianapolis
The just-ended Super Bowl was the result of decades of preparation. Indianapolis left a great impression on the thousands of visitors who descended on the city.

February 6, 2012
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February 6, 2012
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February 4, 2012
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