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Back to School Tax Break Set for August 7 – 16

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5 Aug 2015
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Legislation was passed to create a 10-day sales tax holiday that will begin at 12:01 a.m., Friday, August 7 and end at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, August 16. During this period, no Florida sales tax or local option tax will be collected on sales of clothing, footwear, certain accessories selling for $100 or less per item, on certain school supplies selling for $15 or less per item and on the first $750 of the sales price for computers and certain computer-related accessories when purchased for noncommercial home or personal use. According to the law, “school supplies” means anything necessary to school […]

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The Hundredth Anniversary of a Tragedy

Jerry Newcombe
4 Aug 2015
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  A hundred years ago around this time a terrible massacre was taking place against Christians. It was the Armenian massacre where literally hundreds of thousands of Christians were slaughtered just for being Christian by Muslims in what is now Turkey. It is eerily similar to the crisis of today where ISIS and Boko Haram and other radical Islamic groups are killing Christians just for being Christian. Masterminds of ISIS are scheming of new sadistic ways to kill their enemies, to videotape it and post it on the Internet. The 20th century was the most anti-Christian century on record. It […]

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Creation Studies Institute Team Digs Dinosaur Bones in Montana

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3 Aug 2015
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A team of 15 from Creation Studies Institute (CSI) composed of Executive Director Tom DeRosa and participants of all ages from all over the United States participated in the 2015 Dino Dig, July 15-19 in Montana. The goal was to unearth the remains of dinosaurs that once roamed the earth while making the vital connection to God’s Word. Since 2005 CSI has brought many together to meet at the heart of the Badlands in Glendive, Montana. Dinosaurs like the famous Tyrannosaurs along with Triceratops, Pachycephalasaurs, Hadrosaurids (duck bills) and many others roamed this area, which is identified as the Hell […]

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ReadingPals To Expand Program For Children

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ReadingPals, a program that connects volunteer tutors with students Pre-K through 3rd grade, has received $14,000 from The Community Foundation of Broward and the City of Fort Lauderdale. The donation will go towards the expansion of ReadingPals to Northside Elementary School and North Folk Elementary School, which are both scheduled to start October 2015. United Way of Broward County will purchase books for the students and all necessary supplies for the volunteers. ReadingPals generates a lifetime love of the written word and strives to improve reading and comprehension skills to ensure children are reading at grade level by the end […]

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Family Gives “Little Hugs” to Needy Children in Son’s Name

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After the sudden loss of their son a year ago, the Batchelder Family has given new purpose to their lives by starting a foundation in his memory. The family had been on vacation in Lake Burton, Georgia, when 7-year-old Ryan was tragically killed in a boating accident last summer. “We have been blessed with so much love from the people around us, I wanted to give back,” said Meg Fitzgerald Batchelder, Ryan’s mother and Founder of The Ryan Batchelder Foundation. “My husband came up with the idea to fulfill Ryan’s dreams by comforting children in need with the gift of […]

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Feeding South Florida Appoints New Board of Directors Officers

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Paco Vélez, CEO of Feeding South Florida, is pleased to announce several recent appointments to the organization’s Board of Directors. Previous members of the board, Harris Siskind has been appointed as board chair, Diana Brooks as immediate past board chair, Benny Gonzalez as board treasurer, and Eddie Rivera as board secretary. New members appointed to the board include Michael Block, Carolyn Bolton and Don Hsieh. “We are very pleased,” said Vélez. “All of these individuals are highly respected members of the professional and local community, and are truly passionate about ending hunger in South Florida.” Feeding South Florida’s mission is […]

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Local Woman Fitted with World’s First-of-its-Kind Prosthetic Hand

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Born missing her right arm below the elbow and three fingers on her left hand due to Amniotic Band Syndrome, Lizbeth Uzcategui, a 43-year old resident of Fort Lauderdale, has been wearing a prosthetic since she was three years old. Over the years, Lizbeth has experimented with a variety of prosthetics to maintain her busy and active lifestyle, but prosthetic options that fit her petite size were limited. On July 21, Uzcategui became the first woman amputee to be fitted with the i-limb™ quantum, the newest, smartest and smallest bionic hand. South Florida-based Hanger Clinician Matthew Klein CPO (L) and […]

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Veteran Receives New Home As A Gift

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For USMC Lance Corporal Nick Ellis, July 17’s Building Homes for Heroes Welcome Home ceremony was both heartwarming and bittersweet. Ellis, a South Florida Marine Corps veteran, who was gifted a mortgage-free home in Oakland Park, Florida, just learned the news a few hours prior about his fellow Marine and friend, Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, being killed in a tragic shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee the day before. On the verge of tears, Ellis said, “I believe, and I’m accepting this home on behalf of Thomas as well because he’s a good man.” Sullivan helped Ellis in 2005 during the Battle of […]

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Highlands Christian Academy Celebrates 50 Years

Shelly Pond
2 Aug 2015
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Highlands Christian Academy in Pompano Beach was established in 1965 against the backdrop of an innocent time when moviegoers stood in line to see “The Sound of Music” and the culture was in turmoil over the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement. As they celebrate their 50th anniversary, Highlands Headmaster Ken Lopez said, “We are called to prepare people for a great cultural shift taking place. At first Christianity was embraced, then it was tolerated, and I’m not sure how long it will continue to be tolerated, so we have to prepare our children for this time.” Envisioning a […]

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Competing Claims on Global Warming. What Should We Believe?

Bob Woods
1 Aug 2015
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As we navigate the uncertain waters of the 21st Century, we hear alarming reports of impending disaster as a result of the polar icecaps melting under the onslaught of the global warming phenomenon that some scientists are predicting and, in fact, may already be well underway. Others dismiss this theory out-of-hand and see it as a ploy to expand government control and increase taxes. As world citizens with a healthy concern for the environment and an interest in promoting social justice and a sustainable planet, how then should we react to these competing claims? As in most current issues that […]

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