Times Leader Staff Writer
ST. CLAIRSVILLE The Community Action Commission of Belmont County put out a call for Secret Santas to provide Christmas gifts for youths in need of holiday cheer.
Because the community responded, close to 40 students will receive a Christmas gift this year.
“We get recommendations out of local area schools, from the guidance counselors and principals of kids who could really use assistance during Christmas, and then we shop for them. It’s children ages 13-18,” CAC Executive Director Alaire Mancz said. “We do it specifically for teenagers because a lot of the time, those are the kids that get left out of Christmas donation programs.”
militants are just going to use his death as an excuse for more violence. how do you read it? well, i think there is a little bit of both, actually. this is the local group, the . ttp, the pakistani taliban. normally they have raids against the pakistani, the corps. the ttp has been associated with a broader strategic objective of al qaeda. faisal had relations with the ttp. you see a merging of the groups around pakistan with the al qaeda agenda, something we have to be very aware of and it can be troubling for the future. okay. michael shaheen, always good to have you. thanks so much. for more on bin laden s final days as well as the closer look at the evidence gathered in that navy s.e.a.l. raid, logon to msnbc.com. so any high school guy can tell you asking a girl to the prom can be tough. this week, when a connecticut teenager decides to make a big splash with his invitation, it back fired big time. some found it romantic, the
this cat. a kitten falls seven stories and survives. look at those kitty cats there. good morning, everyone. i m alex witt. we begin with developing news on the swelling mississippi river as army engineers in louisiana are right now preparing to open the gates of an emergency spillway to divert floodwaters to save baton rouge and new orleans. the morganza spillway is set to be open for first time in 38 years sending raging floodwater on a collision course with some 25,000 people and 11,000 homes and farms in louisiana s cajun country. residents started fleeing to higher ground. others are scrambling to try to protect their homes. nbc s anne thompson has more. reporter: these are desperate hours. residents wait in long lines for supplies to defend their homes. from the mississippi river water that will flood their neighborhoods when the morganza spillway is open to save baton rouge and new orleans. cold comfort to leroy mays trying to protect his house. we re poor people.