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By Jewell Cardwell
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 07:02 p.m. EDT, Jun 14, 2009
Hats off to Kent's Rick and Maureen Huscroft and their four children, who have really been in the vanguard of raising funds for pediatric cancer research.
This family recently organized yet another series of Alex's Lemonade Stands — 13 of them, in fact, in Northeast Ohio.
The Huscrofts, aided by a small army of extended family and friends, all with their hearts in the right place, raised a mind-boggling $31,995.80 this year alone, with more money coming in.
''This total includes a one-time $10,000 donation,'' said Gillian Kocher, spokeswoman for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.
''The Huscrofts had two main goals this year, the first to raise $15,000 for pediatric cancer research and the mission of Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.''
The second was to raise awareness.
Fund for Amish children
A benevolent fund has been established at Apple Creek Banking Co., P.O. Box 237, Apple Creek, OH 44606, to assist the five Amish children whose 30-year-old mother, Barbara D. Weaver, was found June 2 dead in her bed, the victim of a gunshot.
The children — Wayne, Allen, Emma, Marvin and Marie — who were present but presumably sleeping, were not injured.
Arrested last week were the dead woman's husband, Eli D. Weaver, 29, who is charged with complicity to commit murder; and Barbara Raber, 39, of Millersburg, who is charged with aggravated murder.
Literacy program grads
A huge round of applause for the 163 cap-and-gowned graduates of Akron Public Schools' Adult Basic & Literacy Education (ABLE) program, who made the commitment to improve their lives by earning their GEDs.
The major themes set by each of the student speakers at the recent North High School ceremony were these: Don't listen to the negative, and always think you can do it.
The tributes to families and other supporters were many.
But none was more poignant than the words graduating student and Puerto Rican native Wanda Ortiz reserved for long-time ABLE teacher and mentor Brenda Andrews.
It truly was one of those To Sir With Love moments.
''My introduction to ABLE was during the 2001 school year,'' the 48-year-old Ortiz began. ''Beginning at Guinther, to Akron Institute and lastly the Job Center.
''Some of you may be wondering why I attended three different locations to achieve one goal — to obtain my GED.
''The answer is simply this — Mrs. Brenda Andrews. Mrs. Andrews is a special woman, and I feel she deserves to be acknowledged as an outstanding teacher. She has served as a role model and a second mom in my life. . . .She inspired, motivated me to go forward. She gave me that pat on the back that I needed in order to push myself further to reach my goal. She made my days worth it, exciting andfun. . . .
''Thank you for helping me change my life,'' Ortiz added as she presented Andrews with a bouquet of flowers and a plaque.
Yard-sale fundraiser
A charity yard sale is planned to assist the family of Brendon and Tanner Whitman, two Cuyahoga Falls boys — 11 and 8, respectively — who have been diagnosed with a series of serious medical problems that require treatments not covered by insurance.
Both boys suffer from Common Variable Immune Deficiency disease. Brendon also has lupus and Crohn's disease.
The yard sale is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Young's Screen Printing, 1245 Munroe Falls Ave., Cuyahoga Falls. The store is accepting items for the sale.
A Brendon and Tanner Whitman Fund also has been set up at National City Bank, 421 Portage Trail, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221.
Health ambassadors
Beautiful pink bouquets to the eight local executives who have agreed to be ambassadors for breast health by becoming members of the inaugural class of Pink Tie Guys, sponsored by Susan G. Komen for the Cure Northeast Ohio Affiliate.
The idea is for pink ribbon ties to spark conversations about the importance of early detection — the best protection against breast cancer — and to engage men in the discussion.
The eight Pink Tie guys — who represent the one in eight women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetimes — are Ron Roseman of Office Furniture Warehouse; Cleveland City Councilman Eugene Miller; John Ertz of Northwestern Mutual Northern Ohio Group; Bob McCormick of Diebold Direct; Kurt Nygaard of Downtown 140; Jon Trainor of Akron General Hospital Foundation; Mark Nolan of WKYC-TV Channel 3; and Dr. Stanton Gerson, director of University Hospital's Ireland Cancer Center.
Benefit garage sale
Betty Horner, 70, will host a garage sale July 3-5, with proceeds to benefit Connie (Persinger) Higgins, 54, of Lakemore, who graduated from Green High School with Horner's daughter, Elizabeth Hoffman.
Connie is battling lung cancer and is unable to work.
''I've known her a long time. And she and my daughter were just reacquainted,'' Horner said. ''As Christians, I believe we're supposed to help one another.''
The sale — everything from glass cabinets to fish tanks to clothes to computer stands to toys — will take place at 4426 Massillon Road, Green.
Student honored
Bouquets to Malinda Baer, a seventh-grader at St. Joseph Catholic School in Randolph Township, who achieved 1,000 points in her school's Accelerated Reader program.
When Malinda, daughter of Karri and Mark Baer of Mogadore, reached her goal of reading 117 books during this school year, her classmates threw a party in her honor, noted school spokesperson Dana Whittlesey.
Seventh-grade students were required to earn 16 points per quarter, or 64 for the year.
Upon completion of a story, the student took a quiz through the Accelerated Reader Web site as an indication that the student understood what was read.
Jewell Cardwell can be reached at 330-996-3567 or jcardwell@thebeaconjournal.com.
Hats off to Kent's Rick and Maureen Huscroft and their four children, who have really been in the vanguard of raising funds for pediatric cancer research.
This family recently organized yet another series of Alex's Lemonade Stands — 13 of them, in fact, in Northeast Ohio.
The Huscrofts, aided by a small army of extended family and friends, all with their hearts in the right place, raised a mind-boggling $31,995.80 this year alone, with more money coming in.
''This total includes a one-time $10,000 donation,'' said Gillian Kocher, spokeswoman for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.
''The Huscrofts had two main goals this year, the first to raise $15,000 for pediatric cancer research and the mission of Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.''
The second was to raise awareness.
Fund for Amish children
A benevolent fund has been established at Apple Creek Banking Co., P.O. Box 237, Apple Creek, OH 44606, to assist the five Amish children whose 30-year-old mother, Barbara D. Weaver, was found June 2 dead in her bed, the victim of a gunshot.
The children — Wayne, Allen, Emma, Marvin and Marie — who were present but presumably sleeping, were not injured.
Arrested last week were the dead woman's husband, Eli D. Weaver, 29, who is charged with complicity to commit murder; and Barbara Raber, 39, of Millersburg, who is charged with aggravated murder.
Literacy program grads
A huge round of applause for the 163 cap-and-gowned graduates of Akron Public Schools' Adult Basic & Literacy Education (ABLE) program, who made the commitment to improve their lives by earning their GEDs.
The major themes set by each of the student speakers at the recent North High School ceremony were these: Don't listen to the negative, and always think you can do it.
The tributes to families and other supporters were many.
But none was more poignant than the words graduating student and Puerto Rican native Wanda Ortiz reserved for long-time ABLE teacher and mentor Brenda Andrews.
It truly was one of those To Sir With Love moments.
''My introduction to ABLE was during the 2001 school year,'' the 48-year-old Ortiz began. ''Beginning at Guinther, to Akron Institute and lastly the Job Center.
''Some of you may be wondering why I attended three different locations to achieve one goal — to obtain my GED.
''The answer is simply this — Mrs. Brenda Andrews. Mrs. Andrews is a special woman, and I feel she deserves to be acknowledged as an outstanding teacher. She has served as a role model and a second mom in my life. . . .She inspired, motivated me to go forward. She gave me that pat on the back that I needed in order to push myself further to reach my goal. She made my days worth it, exciting andfun. . . .
''Thank you for helping me change my life,'' Ortiz added as she presented Andrews with a bouquet of flowers and a plaque.
Yard-sale fundraiser
A charity yard sale is planned to assist the family of Brendon and Tanner Whitman, two Cuyahoga Falls boys — 11 and 8, respectively — who have been diagnosed with a series of serious medical problems that require treatments not covered by insurance.
Both boys suffer from Common Variable Immune Deficiency disease. Brendon also has lupus and Crohn's disease.
The yard sale is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Young's Screen Printing, 1245 Munroe Falls Ave., Cuyahoga Falls. The store is accepting items for the sale.
A Brendon and Tanner Whitman Fund also has been set up at National City Bank, 421 Portage Trail, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221.
Health ambassadors
Beautiful pink bouquets to the eight local executives who have agreed to be ambassadors for breast health by becoming members of the inaugural class of Pink Tie Guys, sponsored by Susan G. Komen for the Cure Northeast Ohio Affiliate.
The idea is for pink ribbon ties to spark conversations about the importance of early detection — the best protection against breast cancer — and to engage men in the discussion.
The eight Pink Tie guys — who represent the one in eight women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetimes — are Ron Roseman of Office Furniture Warehouse; Cleveland City Councilman Eugene Miller; John Ertz of Northwestern Mutual Northern Ohio Group; Bob McCormick of Diebold Direct; Kurt Nygaard of Downtown 140; Jon Trainor of Akron General Hospital Foundation; Mark Nolan of WKYC-TV Channel 3; and Dr. Stanton Gerson, director of University Hospital's Ireland Cancer Center.
Benefit garage sale
Betty Horner, 70, will host a garage sale July 3-5, with proceeds to benefit Connie (Persinger) Higgins, 54, of Lakemore, who graduated from Green High School with Horner's daughter, Elizabeth Hoffman.
Connie is battling lung cancer and is unable to work.
''I've known her a long time. And she and my daughter were just reacquainted,'' Horner said. ''As Christians, I believe we're supposed to help one another.''
The sale — everything from glass cabinets to fish tanks to clothes to computer stands to toys — will take place at 4426 Massillon Road, Green.
Student honored
Bouquets to Malinda Baer, a seventh-grader at St. Joseph Catholic School in Randolph Township, who achieved 1,000 points in her school's Accelerated Reader program.
When Malinda, daughter of Karri and Mark Baer of Mogadore, reached her goal of reading 117 books during this school year, her classmates threw a party in her honor, noted school spokesperson Dana Whittlesey.
Seventh-grade students were required to earn 16 points per quarter, or 64 for the year.
Upon completion of a story, the student took a quiz through the Accelerated Reader Web site as an indication that the student understood what was read.
Jewell Cardwell can be reached at 330-996-3567 or jcardwell@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Orrville, Oh
Posted 02:01 PM, 06/15/2009
Volunteers without wages marketing cost of funding pediatric cancer research in the cost of their lemon aid; is defiant of demands of Natural Law: what Mother Nature, God, or Whatever Power decreed to be the reality of the real world, democracy, capitalism, the US Constitution, and free, fair, and affordable commerce?
Demands every corporation, farmer, business, outsourcer sweatshop, and nonprofit, tax-exempt, organization and Church markets the cost in the wholesale and retail price of his or her product and service; Of every workers, consumers, and taxpayers living (including pension and health care). Enabling parents to love, nurse, nurture, discipline, protect, and provide, for every child (job) they conceive and fund schools, infrastructure, national security, government services, and etc.; with money derived from wages or independent business profit.
