Archive for December, 2008

Long Distance Football Praise.. »

Trisha Moussa wrote:
I am so proud of Dracut high school football player Anthony Morin, all the way from Texas.  He will do great things, I hope he chooses University of Texas in Austin.  We would love to have him!
Fan? Family? College? Either way, good for him

Canney Farm Recreation Park meeting »

I got a note from Brian Bond asking for us to all come to a meeting on January 5th about the Canney Farm project.. there seems to be an issue about lighting. It would be good to get this settled prior to the project going forward..

An informational meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 5, 2009 [...]

We did it.. over $77,000.00 raised »

I don’t think any of us really believed that we would make it.
Two weeks, two storms.. power out, phone lines out… yet ultimately the tally shows about $77,000 raised during the Salvation Army Radiothon. Other funds will still come in from remote kettle locations and further donations.
It was a real team effort.. everyone was welcome [...]

RADIO THON AUCTION ITEMS »

Will be back here again later today or tomorrow…
For now, see the list as of last week at http://www.980wcapradiothon.com
 

Power outage sparks thoughts of homeless »

The Lowell Sun
With Friday morning came the ice storm. Like many others in town, my power was knocked out. It didn’t really bother me. I was a scout; I’ve been out camping in worse… so I toughed it out.

OK, the fact is, I called a few hotels. No room at the inn, but I just [...]

SALVATION ARMY RADIOTHON »

Giving charity another try
By Christopher Scott, cscott@lowellsun.com
LOWELL — The good guys who ran Saturday’s Salvation Army Radiothon on WCAP couldn’t be happier, even though their fundraising efforts fell short by about $40,000.
“Considering most folks were either worrying about getting their electricity back or were cleaning up tree limbs, we were very excited about raising about [...]

Storm musings… »

Well, the reverse 911 communication system worked very well. I got calls on my cell phone, and emails at both my home and work addresses keeping me up to date on important information. Kudos to Dennis Piendak and his team for keeping us all up to date.
The town website tells us that we can get [...]

Warren’s Top 10 – Salvation Army Radiothon »

Repeats this Saturday morning, the 20th, at 6am and goes until noon and maybe longer.

It’s the 12th edition of my annual Salvation Army radiothon on 980 WCAP and it couldn’t be more important. Three hundred new families have found it necessary to reach out to the army for help and overall, demand for services has [...]

Conflicting Rights bring Rat-nests to Court »

The First Amendment to the Constitution:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The issue at hand, as discussed [...]

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