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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Beavercreek dad in running for $30,000 for work inspired by “Extreme Makeover”
Richard Freeman might win $30,000 for being a good guy.
The Beavercreek resident is one of 10 finalist in Sears Blue Tool Crew’s second annual “Unsung Heroes: Dads Making a Difference” contest.
Online voting through July 3 at www.facebook.com/SearsBlueToolCrew will determine the winner.
The contest aims to honor dads who use their “tools and talents for the greater good of the communities in which they live.”
Inspired by “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” Freeman led volunteers in gutting and rehabbing a house for Kathy Atkins of Kettering, a single mom of three autistic teens.
Click here for more on the rehabilitation of the Saranac Circle home.
Forty businesses, seven churches and seven nonprofits collaborated to fix a home with mold, water damage, holes in a wall and electrical and insulation issues, according to an article written by DDN reporter Jeremy P. Kelley.
The Sears Blue Tool Crew and television personality Ty Pennington selected the finalist.
The grand prize winner will receive $30,000 in services and assistance from Sear to further advance his community work.
Each finalists will receive $3,000 worth of tools from the Sears Blue Tool Crew.
Voters can also enter for a chance to win one million Shop Your Way RewardsSM points.
What do you think?
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TweetWill graphic FDA required warning labels stop people from smoking?
Apparently believing the old saying “a picture is worth 1,000 words,” the FDA plans to require decidedly more graphic and prominent warning labels on cigarette packaging and advertisements starting September 2012.
“These warnings mark the first change in cigarette warnings in more than 25 years and are a significant advancement in communicating the dangers of smoking.” the agency says on its website.
There are 10 labels in all. One features smoke around an infant. Another features a dead body. Still others feature body parts damaged by cigarette smoke.
Click here to see other warnings.
What do you think? Will the warnings make people stop smoking?
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