Churches conned in fake wedding racket

Friday 23 December 2011 @ 5:12 am

Discovering that she had married a “fake” couple at her Wolverhampton church was an “embarrassment” for Rev Heather Humphrey.

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Family’s sad farewell to young soldier

Friday 23 December 2011 @ 4:12 am

A WHITEFIELD soldier killed in a training exercise was honoured with a full military funeral at the church where he was married five months ago.

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Hanukkah events will light up Marion County

Tuesday 20 December 2011 @ 4:12 am

Area Jews will be celebrating Hanukkah in a variety of ways, beginning with the lighting of the menorah and including a feast of the traditional fried foods. For Adrienne and Ralph Schneeweiss, the holiday sets a festive atmosphere for their upcoming 53rd wedding anniversary on Dec. 28.

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No room at the gym

Tuesday 20 December 2011 @ 4:12 am

A month ago I enjoyed a church dinner in the gymnasium of the grade school I attended 50 years ago. Back then, the gym sparkled with newness because, like the school itself, it was finished just weeks before I reported to the first grade as an equally new student.

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Fond farewells to Nora, after a life of 106 years

Friday 16 December 2011 @ 5:12 am

Family and friends have said goodbye to a golden girl from Sonning who died at the age 106 after a short illness.

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Dan Carter and bride ready for long honeymoon

Tuesday 13 December 2011 @ 6:12 am

Details are emerging of Dan Carter and Honor Dillon’s top-secret Blenheim wedding.

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Carter’s wedding a perfect 10

Tuesday 13 December 2011 @ 5:12 am

Being engaged to Dan Carter may have felt like she was forever destined to be the bridesmaid but, on Friday, former Black Sticks beauty Honor Dillon was very much the star at her and Carter’s idyllic wedding.The bride wore a flowing…

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Obituaries reported in the Dec. 8, 2011, Advocate

Friday 9 December 2011 @ 5:12 am

These obituaries were reported in the Dec. 8, 2011, Advocate: Dolores Brasher, Hazel Hoffman, Velda Jaeger, Esther Schmelzle, Lowell Specht, Kathleen Ware, Betty Brott.

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Warren J. Blumenfeld: That Was Then — We Know Better Today

Friday 9 December 2011 @ 4:12 am

In reality, we still live in a society in which dominant groups continue to have the power and privilege to define and restrict minority “others.” Multiple forms of oppression remain not only alive, but fully functioning.

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Odds are stacked against Hughes making the cut

Tuesday 6 December 2011 @ 4:12 am

My Kiwi friend would bet on Papal Mass. First Cardinal to the altar. High-low on the number of hymns. Total confessions, with a 10-nun spread.

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