Arkansas-Catholic.org, October 20, 2014 | About eight years ago, St. Edward Church’s business manager Janet Daddato noticed several people at loose ends after they had lost their spouses. She sent out invitations by postcard, and the idea took off from…
Just imagine a post-9/11 veteran who suffers from depression not having to wait for treatment at the Veteran’s Administration clinic. That’s actually a reality through the “Give an Hour” program. And better yet – it’s also free. Founded in 2005…
By JANE BECKERDITE I quit smoking two years ago. As Mark Twain said, “Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it a thousand times.” Well, I, too, have quit many times before. I once quit for six months, but for some…
By JANE BECKERDITE Cathy Smith is a determined woman. She wants the students at Genoa Central High School to have proper sheet music, instruments and dress uniforms like most school bands. “My granddaughter, Leigha, was in the band from 8th…
By JANE BECKERDITE Nothing is for sale and everything is free. These are the basic rules of the Facebook group “Free Stuff Texarkana” and its processing location, “The Warehouse,” whose mission is to simply pay it forward. The Facebook group…
By JANE BECKERDITE His mother was tattooed in Auschwitz with the alpha numeric “A-4813” on her forearm. John Singer’s mother,Marianne (Neumann) Singer, somehow managed to survive being shipped to four Nazi Germany concentration camps over a period of 28 months.…
