| Christmas Wish letters arrive at The Bulletin
Christmas Wish requests are rolling in, and it looks like it's going to be a busy year. The mission of The Baxter BulletinChristmas Wish project is to make sure every child has a nice gift to open Christmas morning (clothing and/or a toy) and food for a holiday meal. Application forms are available at The Bulletin officeat 16 W. Sixth St. The deadline to submit a Wish request is 5 p.m. Nov. 2. Forms may be brought to the office or mailed to P.O. Box 1750, Mountain Home, AR 72654. Wish is unable to accept forms via fax or e-mail. .
Military-themed phone charity makes bold goal - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - ...
NORWELL, Mass. — At the holidays, for a service member at war, there's nothing like a phone call home. Brittany and Robbie Bergquist have provided more than $1.4 million worth of them — 24 million precious minutes. The Bergquists are teenage siblings who didn't even own a cell phone in 2004, when they heard that an Army reservist faced a $7,600 bill for making calls home from Iraq. They founded Cell Phones for Soldiers based on three ideas: Most people have an old, inactive cell phone lying around; they'd probably donate it to the right cause; and they'd probably agree that, as Brittany puts it, "Everyone has a right to call home." In three years, an effort that began with a piggybank raid and a car wash has turned into a booming home front charity — one that has turned its founders' lives upside down and won them devoted friends throughout the military and beyond.
Back In The New York Groove; Vikings Thrash Giants
"New York Groove" is a song performed by legendary Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley on his self-titled 1978 album. It also happens to be the ditty that the New York Giants used to play after they scored a touchdown at Giants Stadium. The Minnesota Vikings defense may just claim the song as their own. Two years ago in North Jersey, Vikings safety Darren Sharper picked off Eli Manning three times, returning one for a touchdown in a 24-21 Minnesota win. And, while it didn't count, the Vikings trashed the New York Jets, 37-20, during a preseason game at the stadium in August, when both Sharper and linebacker Chad Greenway returned interceptions for touchdowns. Fast forward to this past Sunday when Sharper, safety Dwight Smith and Greenway all returned Manning interceptions for touchdowns as Minnesota stunned the New York Giants again, 41-17.
Monday Sports In Brief
COLLEGE FOOTBALL - The same day Texas A&M entrusted its program to one former NFL head coach, Georgia Tech decided to end the tenure of another.Coaches were coming and going around college football as each school searched for a winning formula. Georgia Tech fired Chan Gailey, the ex-Dallas Cowboys coach, while Texas A&M hired Mike Sherman, the ex-Green Bay Packers coach.Indiana gave interim coach Bill Lynch a four-year contract after he led the Hoosiers to their most successful season in 14 years. Duke fired Ted Roof, who went 2-3 as an interim coach in 2003 to earn the full-time job then won just four more games the next four seasons.At Southern Mississippi and Colorado State, two longtime, successful coaches were on their way out after disappointing years. Southern Miss’ Jeff Bower resigned after 14 straight winning seasons and 10 bowl invitations in 11 years.
Lights, music, parades set in south E.V.
�Tis the season to celebrate, and cities and towns in the south East Valley will be doing just that. Here is a list of holiday festivities in Gilbert, Queen Creek and Florence: � Gilbert is celebrating the holidays with Winter Wonderland at the Freestone Park Amphitheater, 1015 E. Juniper Ave. The free event, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 13, will feature a holiday tree lighting, an appearance by Santa and performances by the Dickens� Carolers. For information, call Gilbert Community Services at (480) 503-6200. � Queen Creek is kicking off the holiday season by lighting up Town Hall and the 40-foot holiday tree out front with more than 20,000 lights. The event will feature local group performances, a snow play area and visits with Santa. Several new activities will be added this year, including a fine art market.
Axeman Ward sharpens up Blues
MARK this down as the day Carlisle United's season came back to life. The 360-mile slog to Sussex was worth the effort to discover that the Blues had rid their system of the worm that had burrowed in a couple of weeks ago. A match rich in sub-plots - a swathe of changes to the United team, a fistful of goals and a sending off for Brighton's George O'Callaghan - also threw up an important theme. It was that the business of scooping up important league points hasn't been unduly affected by Carlisle's recent, irritating stumbles against Grimsby and Stockport in cup competitions. On Saturday they earned a decent point from a collision with one of League One's form teams (Brighton had lost once in their last 13 prior to battle), but also plenty of marks for bringing some mental resilience to their work.
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