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Search Committee’s Reference checks We do not have a happy report to give. We have not been able to find a suitable candidate for this church, though we have one promising prospect. Thank you for your suggestions. We have followed up on each one with interviews or by calling at least three references.…

5/2/2004 A 70-year-old grandfather was asked by his young grandson how things have changed since he was a kid. His reply is worth reading. "Well, let me think a minute. I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the pill. There weren't things…

The man who waits until he shall find it easier to bear the yoke of obedience is like the woodman who found his bundle of wood too heavy for his idle shoulder. Placing it upon the ground, he gathered more wood and added to the bundle, then tried it. But finding it still an unpleasant load, he repeated…

You shall go into a wood when you please, but if you are very quiet you will not know whether there is a partridge or a pheasant or a rabbit in it. But when you begin to move about or make a noise, you very soon see the living creatures. They rise or they run. So when affliction comes into the soul and…

Tiger Woods returned to pro golf in 2018. After his fourth back surgery, his most recent one in February of 2017, many wondered if it would even be possible to walk let alone play golf again. Woods was thought to be the greatest golfer in history but because of injuries and personal issues his career…

Officials in the state of Louisiana reported that a moon rock given to the state in 1972 was returned by a Florida man who purchased the plaque to use the wood to repair guns. The man said he frequently buys old plaques at garage sales to use the wood to repair the stocks of guns. He said he was looking…

Bob Bement has enjoyed working with wood for a long time. He has made toys, shelves, and more. During the coronavirus pandemic, Bement focused on chairs, especially small chairs that could be used by children. He learned about the need when he decided to donate a couple of small chairs to a nearby women’s…

Canadian police said a moose they tried to lead back to the safety of the woods, helped them find a stolen vehicle. Authorities received several calls about a moose headed south in the St. John’s area. Police attempted to direct the animal back to a wooded area, but it kept slipping away from them. Authorities…

To help celebrate the 95th anniversary of A. A. Milne’s fictional character Winnie the Pooh, a partnership is offering guests an opportunity to rent a representation of the character’s home. Visitors to the English cottage will have an opportunity to tour the Hundred Acre Wood and play Poohsticks by…

A 1,400 square-foot home in New York state is billed as the first 3D printed home in the United States. The three-bedroom, 2 bath home with detached garage is listed at just under $300,000. It was built by a company called SQ4D and used a massive 3D printer on site to create each piece of the home using…

Authorities in eastern Tennessee spent time searching for a tiger in the vicinity of Knoxville. A sheriff’s office spokesperson they received unconfirmed tiger sightings one evening in the eastern part of Knox County, and a deputy dispatched to the area also spotted the animal. They said it quickly disappeared…

A study published in the journal PLOS One reports that married people have better physical health at older ages than unmarried people. One of the biggest differences is married people tend to walk fasten ad have a stronger grip. The researchers studied English adults over age 50, and a group of American…

Napoleon is a struggling teenager in the now classic namesake film, “Napoleon Dynamite.” In an interaction which has since become the source of many internet memes, when he finds out his new friend Pedro is asking a girl out on a date, Napoleon laments his own lack of the “skills” that a girlfriend might…

A municipal road crew in Brazil are convinced they have discovered a manifestation of Jesus Christ inside a willow tree. When the crew sawed through the trunk of the tree a stain in the wood was shaped like a man in a loose-flowing gown. They, and many who have viewed the image say that it looks like…

“The life and career of the world’s greatest golfer fell apart with the swing of a club, and it wasn’t even his swing.” Tiger Woods was on top of the world. He was the wealthiest athlete in America, a household name, and a hero to many aspiring golfers. In April of 2009, Woods was photographed in the…

Krista Madden, a mother in Asheville, North Carolina has done the unthinkable. She wrapped her 7-week-old daughter in a thin blanket and pitched her down a steep ravine in a hard-to-access wooded area. Authorities say the young woman had a troubled background. Still, it is hard to believe a mother could…

Residents of the Kenyan island of Lamu are known for their shipbuilding abilities. Recently, wood has become scarce, but residents have discovered a new way to use the resources available to them. Each day the tide brings in a new assortment of plastic trash, and residents collected 33 tons of trash…

A study by researchers at the University of California—Riverside found that people spend almost an hour a day gossiping. They also discovered that most of what is said is not necessarily negative. Researchers had 467 people wear portable recorders that picked up parts of their conversations over a period…

When psychotherapist Andrey Zhelvetro has a troubled patient, he has an unusual cure. He buries them alive. He puts them in coffins and buries them in shallow graves in the woods. They have a rubber pipe that runs to the surface so they can breathe. After two hours, he digs them up. Patients come out…

The Camp Fire reduced Paradise, CA to ashes. Jeff McClenahan, a 53-year-old college professor, returned to his home in Paradise and “found it destroyed, burned to the foundation.” As he stared in disbelief, he dropped to his knees and sobbed, “Its stuff. But it’s a lot of history. Everything, our whole…

It was his last round of golf. Bob Bender, after playing golf for 65 years got his first hole-in-one. He didn’t get to finish the round because his hip starting hurting him. When a newspaper reporter asked him about the 152-yard perfect shot off of his 5-wood, he replied, “’the Lord knew’ this was his…

Boerne, Texas may hold the easiest race there is to enter and complete. The race, run in May, is a 0.5k very mini-marathon. The 546-yard race features a rest stop at the halfway point where runners can refill on coffee and doughnuts. Upon completing the race, all runners received a T-shirt and an oval…

For years a priceless vase sat in a French family’s attic, hidden in a shoebox. The family had received the heirloom as part of an inheritance, but stashed the boxes in the attic planning to deal with them later. When the owner opened the box, they were stunned by the shades of green, blue, yellow, and…

The spruce tree that served at the U.S. Capitol tree during Christmas 2017 was carefully selected from a Montana forest and hauled across the country to keep it fresh. After the holiday season, some Montana companies want to keep the tree from becoming mulch for the grass in Washington. They want to…