Friday, December 05, 2008 Report Documents Work of Nonprofits By Polly Summar Journal Staff Writer       No one doubts the results when they see a charity hand a winter coat to a poor child or a hot meal to a homeless man.        But a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy ...
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Friday, December 05, 2008 Recycle By Polly Summar Journal Staff Writer       Remember your first bike? Mike Chapman sure does. “To most kids, a bike represents freedom and independence,” said Chapman, who opened The Broken Spoke bicycle repair and resale shop on Second Street last month ...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008 World War II Photo Album's Origins a Mystery By Polly Summar Journal Northern Bureau        SANTA FE - A 66-year-old photo album kept by an American soldier during the Bataan Death March has found its way from the private safe of a former Imperial Japanese soldier to ...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008 WWII Album's Origin a Mystery By Polly Summar Journal Staff Writer       A 66-year-old photo album kept by an American soldier during the Bataan Death March has found its way from the private safe of a former Imperial Japanese soldier to a spot closer to home: the Bataan ...
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Monday, December 01, 2008 Center Opens in Santa Fe To Help Young People in Need By Polly Summar Journal Staff Writer           There's good news for homeless teens in Santa Fe with the opening of a new daytime resource center just for them.         At the new location of First Contact Street Outreach ...
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Monday, December 01, 2008 2 Victims of Fiery Crash ID'd By Polly Summar Journal Staff Writer           Robert Benavidez, 58, of Taos, and his 3-year-old grandson, Angelo Benavidez, were killed in a fiery six-car crash on Highway 68 near Taos on Saturday afternoon, according to Taos County Undersheriff ...
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Monday, December 01, 2008 Victims of Taos Crash Identified By Polly Summar Journal Northern Bureau           SANTA FE — Robert Benavidez, 58, of Taos, and his 3-year-old grandson, Angelo Benavidez, were killed in a fiery six-car crash on Highway 68 near Taos on Saturday afternoon, according to ...
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Sunday, November 30, 2008 One-Person Shows Gain in Popularity By Polly Summar Journal Staff Writer           What would compel a complete novice to get up on stage before a hundred or so strangers and tell a very revealing story about her life?         For Lela Dawkins, it was a small flame inside ...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Some Shoppers Planning a Big Thanksgiving Feast By Polly Summar Journal Staff Writer       Well, the economy may be going to hell in a handbasket, but the baskets and carts at grocery stores in Santa Fe were packed to the brim during pre-Thanksgiving shopping hours Tuesday ...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Group Gives Out More Food Boxes By Polly Summar Journal Staff Writer       Elizabeth Hernandez stood in line Monday morning with her daughter, Priscilla, 4, at Bienvenidos Outreach on Fifth Street, waiting for the food box she picks up every two weeks.        “It' ...
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