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Christmas tree contest helps the needy
Staff WriterFriday may have been rainy and even a gloomy day, but for 11 El Centro Regional Medical Center’s departments it was a day of fun and healthy competition during the Second annual Christmas tree decoration contest. Costco donated the trees that...Tags: Christmas, Hospitals and Clinics, Religious Festivals, Holidays, Health
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Ugandan children perform at Brawley school and raise awareness about different culture
Staff WriterBRAWLEY — Amid the cheery demeanor of her youthful audience, Paula Buzu chanted the Ugandan term of “Afaayo” at J.W. Oakley Elementary School to get them going. “It means ‘Jesus cares,’” Buzu told her audience as...Tags: Concerts, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music, Uganda
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Thousands celebrate the Virgin de Guadalupe
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterCALEXICO – Friends and families packed the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church’s courtyard here as the church hosted its annual Virgin of Guadalupe celebration Sunday. Today is the actual Virgin of Guadalupe feast day, but the church had...Tags: Concerts, Roman Catholicism, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music
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Virgin's feast day draws nightly procession
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterWhile out for her nightly walk around Rockwood Park, Calexico resident Maria Cervantes took something of a detour Thursday and ended up going to church instead. She said she felt it was her religious duty. All week long, many have been drawn to the...Tags: Festive Events, Mexico City, Roman Catholicism, Entertainment Events, Entertainment
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Weekend kicks off holiday season
Thumbs up To the weekend’s kickoffs to a whole host of holiday-related activities. From El Centro’s tree-lighting Friday and annual parade Saturday to the festivities Friday at Naval Air Facility El Centro to Holidays Around the World at...Tags: Festive Events, Holidays, Charity, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief
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Our View: White House sidesteps birth control mandate
Countless Catholics and many others were outraged at a mandate by the Obama administration that they insisted infringed on their religious liberty. They were right. The Health and Human Services Administration’s recent dictate that required...Tags: Health Treatments, White House, Parties and Movements, Roman Catholicism, Republican Party
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Imperial Valley Raiders Nation Booster Club hands out warmth
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterThe season of giving has begun. The Imperial Valley Raiders Nation Booster Club became one of the first groups to give during the post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas time by donating 50 blankets Saturday to homeless residents at the Salvation Army’s...Tags: Religion and Belief, The Salvation Army
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Our View: Escalating Black Friday violence gets thumbs down; Rock the Border, Raider Nation get thumbs up
Thumbs down - To increasing Black Friday shopping violence. Across the country, reports came in Friday of a woman using pepper spray to get 20 customers out of her way so she could get a bargain at a Wal-Mart in Los Angeles, of someone calling El...Tags: Black Friday (shopping), Sleep Deprivation, National Football League, Arts, Best Buy Co., Inc.
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How much is my donation worth?
I dropped off a pretty big item at The Salvation Army over the weekend as a donation. I’d like to get a tax write-off for it, but someone there gave me a receipt with no value placed on it. How does this work? I don’t want to get in trouble...Tags: Personal Income, Marketing, Taxation, Income Tax, Charity
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Local Briefs
CROSS COUNTRY: Brawley runs in 3-way meet BRAWLEY — The Brawley Union High girls’ cross country team opened its nonleague season with a win against Yuma Catholic and Yuma highs here Thursday. The Wildcats boys lost in the three-way meet....Tags: Luis Hernandez, Roman Catholicism
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Riding out the blackout; remembering 9/11
Fortunately last Thursday I was sitting at my computer in San Diego when we lost power, and not stuck in an elevator. One woman in the city was caught between floors for three hours before being rescued by firefighters.
I thought the power would come...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Senate
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Salaam and Shalom to more than those who expect it
During the Mexican War of Independence and the Civil War, descendents of Arabs/Moors had participated. Arabs fought on both sides, while Jews fought mainly on the side of the rebels. Liberal Mason Jews helped draw up both constitutions. In the 1880s my...Tags: The Amistad, Wars and Interventions, Mexico City, Roman Catholicism, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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