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Around Town: Christmas around the world
Old World Village held the 11th annual International Celebration of Christmas and live Nativity play on Dec. 2. The money raised from proceeds and donations will benefit World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization. Bell choir "Beach City...Tags: Religious Festivals, Hanukkah, Holidays, Entertainment Events, Old Catholic
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Greer's OC: Finding a cure to Type 1 diabetes
Chances are you know someone who has diabetes or your life is affected by it. Thankfully, researchers and scientists are dedicating their lives to finding a cure. From 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 3, join award-winning documentary filmmakers Lisa Hepner and Guy...Tags: Dick Allen, Diabetes, Ice Cream, Ryan Adams, Restaurants
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Greer's OC: Event proceeds go to Africa
The highly anticipated third annual A Harvest of Hope garden event in Newport Beach returns Friday through Sunday in support of providing sustainability and well-being to local and global communities. Shop from one-of-a-kind home and garden items, attend...Tags: Seafood, Laguna Beach, Foods and Beverages, Farms, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California)
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Dr. Paul Jorden, 1927-2013
As a teenager, Paul Jorden cared for his cancer-stricken mother, leading her to suggest he become a doctor because of his bedside manner. He took her advice, going on to medical school and a 24-year career as an orthopedic surgeon in private practice....
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, Broken Bones, Orthopedic Surgery
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Blessing of the Seeds to celebrate Growing Project
On Sunday at 2 p.m., the community is invited to an outdoor Sunday afternoon worship service, Blessing of the Seeds, to celebrate and bless the 2013 Growing Project at the farm near Wolfsville, Md. In its eighth year, the project is supported by nine...Tags: Conservation, Reformed, Middletown, Dominican Republic, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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In Kenya, two Iranians get life in prison for plotting attacks
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan court on Monday sentenced two Iranian nationals convicted of plotting attacks against Western targets to life in prison. Ahmad Abolfathi Mohammad and Sayed Mansour Mousavi were arrested in June 2012 and led officials to a...Tags: Pakistan, Prisons, Lawyers, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Cradle to Career boosts education in Kenya
Jene Meece got involved with Kenya on a whim. In 2006, the Newport Beach resident read a news story about Father Henry Simaro, head of the African Child Foundation, visiting the United States to raise money for Fanaka Primary School, in the Kenyan...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Africa, Middle Schools, Schools
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Roland Park Country School students walk to raise money
Roland Park Country School graduate Jocelyn Young-Hyman, who is now a Peace Corps volunteer, has big plans for the money raised Thursday by her alma mater in its annual All-School Walk. Young-Hyman, a 2007graduate of the all-girls school on Roland...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, Roland Park, Teaching and Learning, Travel, Peace Corps
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Privatization fears, finger-pointing marked troubled home-confinement program
The criminal allegations against Nolan Bernard could put him in prison for life. But on Monday, it was his tenuous link to Orange County's home-confinement program — through its most damning failure, the case of Bessman Okafor — that he was...
Tags: Prosecution, Witnesses, Privatization, Prisons, Politics
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Kenneth J. Mundy, 84
Kenneth J. Mundy, 84, of Greenfield, Mass., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at East Longmeadow Skilled Nursing Center. Born June 3, 1928, in Kijabe, Kenya, he was the only child of missionaries, William and Lily (Pierson) Mundy. He...Tags: Science and Technology, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Mack Trucks, Inc.
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Kenya's new president sworn in amid divisions
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The swearing-in ceremony Tuesday for Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, already one of the country's richest and most powerful men, involved pomp, a 21-gun salute, an old Bible and controversy. A dozen heads of state attended as Kenyatta...
Tags: Nairobi (Kenya), Culture, Politics, Government, Arts and Culture
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Naperville runner Derrick wins team silver at world meet
With a 10th-place finish, Naperville's Chris Derrick helped the United States win a landmark silver medal in the senior men's race Sunday at the World Cross-Country Championships in snowy Bysgoszcz, Poland. It was the first U.S. senior men's medal at...
Tags: Awards and Prizes
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