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CU football: Shared history bonds CU's Jered Bell, Utah's Kenneth Scott - The Daily Camera

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 03:05 PM PDT

CU football: Shared history bonds CU's Jered Bell, Utah's Kenneth Scott The Daily Camera "In high school we would compete every day," Bell said. "He was a receiver and I was a ... The Bells are a spiritual family, and Richard and Avis eventually became Scott's godparents when he was baptized in their church. "I was on food stamps and ... and more »

Tiger Woods Masters Irony: Return Guarantees Rory McIlroy Will Earn Career ... - Sports World News

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 10:10 AM PDT

Sports World News

Tiger Woods Masters Irony: Return Guarantees Rory McIlroy Will Earn Career ... Sports World News The Daily Mail cited "the limelight's foreboding glare" over McIlroy that has prompted him to practice in seclusion for the Masters in Southern Florida. The Telegraph concurs about Woods' impact on McIlroy's Masters hopes. "Tell the world No 1, the ... and more »

144-year-old Mirfield church bells ring out for the final time - Huddersfield Examiner

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 09:12 AM PDT

Huddersfield Examiner

144-year-old Mirfield church bells ring out for the final time Huddersfield Examiner Campanologists from the Yorkshire Association of Change Ringers were given the honour of ringing the old bells for the last time. Ian Ackroyd, tower captain at Mirfield Parish, said: “It's quite a sad occasion but also a happy occasion as when they ... and more »

'Refresh traditions, don't condemn' - Times of Malta

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 07:37 AM PDT

Times of Malta

'Refresh traditions, don't condemn' Times of Malta However, these celebratory traditions serve as a balm to lure people back – be they practising Catholics or non-believers. But is the proliferation of crowds down to devotion or has this religious tradition simply become a social outing? ... But once ...

Rangers on the rise - Wimbledon Guardian

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 07:28 AM PDT

Rangers on the rise Wimbledon Guardian ... Nicky Law drive following a Vuckic corner. Hearts were slow to get going but in the 13th minute Rangers right-back Darren McGregor put in a saving tackle on Sow inside the box before Jamie Walker fired in a 25-yard drive which skipped past Cammy ... and more »

Reaching out to less fortunate just one way Gates Elementary Blueberry ... - MLive.com

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 04:32 AM PDT

MLive.com

Reaching out to less fortunate just one way Gates Elementary Blueberry ... MLive.com Gates Elementary School fourth grader Carter Warner couldn't visit one of his friends from church in the hospital who was being treated for cancer because he was sick. Warner said he ..... The bell ringer told me it brought tears to his eyes. My last ...

Plea to save ancient bells - North Yorkshire Advertiser

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 04:12 AM PDT

North Yorkshire Advertiser

Plea to save ancient bells North Yorkshire Advertiser Dr Trewby said: “The oak frame of the bell tower needs replacing – the bells weight three quarters of a tonne so it moves when we ring. “Each generation has done enough to keep it going a little longer but now we really want to safeguard it for the future. and more »

Plea to save ancient bells - The Northern Echo

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 04:11 AM PDT

The Northern Echo

Plea to save ancient bells The Northern Echo A CAMPAIGN is to be launched to raise £160,000 to save a crumbling belfry and protect the ancient bells at a 14th-century church. A group of passionate bell-ringers from St Mary's Church, Richmond, plan to launch the appeal in May and already have a ... and more »

Winchcombe Festival of Arts and Musics announces world premiere as part of ... - Gloucestershire Echo

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 04:08 AM PDT

Gloucestershire Echo

Winchcombe Festival of Arts and Musics announces world premiere as part of ... Gloucestershire Echo Artist HR Wilson's paintings go on show at the church to illustrate the piece and the Saxon Murder Mystery talk tells how a girl hatched a blood-curdling plan to kill her seven-year-old brother, King Kenelm. Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts ...

Search to find Drayton Bassett Great War heroes' descendants - Tamworth Herald

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 04:05 AM PDT

Tamworth Herald

Search to find Drayton Bassett Great War heroes' descendants Tamworth Herald This month the appeal has just been informed that a grant application has been successful and £1,000 has been promised from the funds of the national bellringing body, The Central Council of Church Bellringers. Anyone who has any information about the ...

The Metropolis: Michael and Lauren - Sun.Star

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 03:45 AM PDT

Sun.Star

The Metropolis: Michael and Lauren Sun.Star Wedding bells were ringing for the couple who exchanged wedding vows at the Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod on Saturday, Feb. 7. To complete the ... Nagaki and Gene Noel Gallarde. And the bridesmaids were Tony Pearl Cantonao, Elnie Cantonao, Kristin ...

Queen to lead events marking 70th anniversary of VE Day - Global Times

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 02:52 AM PDT

Queen to lead events marking 70th anniversary of VE Day Global Times Across Great Britain events will take place over three days, starting May 8, including a network of beacon bonfires, ringing of cathedral and church bells and hundreds of community street parties. The announcement from the Palace came as more details ... and more »

Looking back: Fire rips through Shepton Mallet Prison in 1904 - Shepton Mallet Journal

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 02:34 AM PDT

Shepton Mallet Journal

Looking back: Fire rips through Shepton Mallet Prison in 1904 Shepton Mallet Journal This week's Looking Back turns back the clock to 1904, when a fire ripped through Shepton Mallet Prison. The blaze, discovered at about 10.15pm on Saturday, July 2, 1904, was heralded by the ringing of the prison bell, followed by the howl of the Anglo ... and more »

Spring Bonanza re-branded: Bells & Whistles 29835 - Greenwood Index Journal

Posted: 05 Apr 2015 01:18 AM PDT

Spring Bonanza re-branded: Bells & Whistles 29835 Greenwood Index Journal 9 a.m, noon and 3 p.m.: Ringing of Baptist Church bells. 9 a.m. Opening of Gold Mine Park; Cruise-In car show entries, begin from 9-noon on North Main Street. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Tour the Recycled Art Competition at the Dorn Complex; See artist Kevin ...

Church spotlight: Thomas Telford's first church in the heart of market town - shropshirestar.com

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 11:30 PM PDT

shropshirestar.com

Church spotlight: Thomas Telford's first church in the heart of market town shropshirestar.com The church has eight bells, the heaviest weighing 8cwt. ... In 1788 he warned the churchwardens of St Chad's Church that the building was structurally unsound, but they chose to ignore his advice, and shortly after the church collapsed into a heap of ...

Mountain Iron, Minn., church's debuts handbell choir after losing church tower - Grand Forks Herald

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 10:49 PM PDT

Grand Forks Herald

Mountain Iron, Minn., church's debuts handbell choir after losing church tower Grand Forks Herald After lightning struck the bell tower at Messiah Lutheran Church and burned the building to the ground here in 1998, the congregation had to make a sound decision. ... And then they said, 'Can we have a bell choir at our church? ... Strikepoint ... Bell choir inspires teens' dream for Iron Range church Duluth News Tribune all 1 news articles »

SUPPORT GROUPS - Hutchinson News

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 10:07 PM PDT

SUPPORT GROUPS Hutchinson News Wesley Towers Alzheimer's Support Group, 3 to 4 p.m. every third Tuesday in the Sunflower room in the main 5-story Towers Building, 700 Monterey Place. For information, call Kay .... Weight Watchers, every Tuesday, Trinity United Methodist Church, 17th ...

Nation to mark end of Civil War with bell ringing - Fredericksburg.com

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 09:10 PM PDT

Fredericksburg.com

Nation to mark end of Civil War with bell ringing Fredericksburg.com Then, at 3:15 p.m. EDT, all the firehouses in Chicago will ring their bells. The Liberty Bell will be rung at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The historic Bell Tower in Richmond's Capitol Square will chime. The bells at Old North Church in Boston ... and more »

Horry County's church bells keep ringing, thanks to electronics - MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 09:05 PM PDT

MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Horry County's church bells keep ringing, thanks to electronics MyrtleBeachOnline.com The bell recordings also are activated, Fallaw said, to toll “at funerals and solemn occasions, and peal after worship services, weddings and other joyous occasions.” Brown Bradley, director of music and fine arts at First Presbyterian Church in Myrtle ... and more »

Centre Life: Time flies with a bell in hand - Centre Daily Times

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 08:44 PM PDT

Centre Daily Times

Centre Life: Time flies with a bell in hand Centre Daily Times Years ago, when I first mentioned that I had joined a handbell choir at a local church and that I was off to practice or had already had the hour-long rehearsal earlier in the week, my mom would ask the question, punctuated with a dismissive sniff ...

Renaissance hotel salutes French war hero with toast, bell ringing - Montgomery Advertiser

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 06:42 PM PDT

Montgomery Advertiser

Renaissance hotel salutes French war hero with toast, bell ringing Montgomery Advertiser The hotel's outside Exchange Bar displays a replica of the Freeney's Tavern bell which was used to summon the town and warn of a fire. Saturday, it rung in honor of Lafayette and the debut of a new cocktail. "Montgomery is such a historic city, we ...

How Holy Spirit rejected Jonathan –Mbaka - Daily Sun

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 05:02 PM PDT

Daily Sun

How Holy Spirit rejected Jonathan –Mbaka Daily Sun Think about even Christ himself whom after telling Peter that “you are the rock on whom I will build the church,” later told Peter in the scriptures that he is a Satan and should get behind him. ... Because I must tell you that once that message was ... and more »

Harry the Fish hopes to bowl 'em over - Evesham Observer

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 04:21 PM PDT

Evesham Observer

Harry the Fish hopes to bowl 'em over Evesham Observer ... coins marking the 1970 football World Cup donated by the Evesham Hotel. They are hoping for more donations to add to the fund. Last year Harry collected £250 for the Abbots Morton Bell Tower Appeal with his 'Guess the Weight of the Halibut ...

Limerick, Mount S Alphonsus, Lim

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 04:00 PM PDT

Malmesbury, Wilts

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 04:00 PM PDT

St Athan, ValeGlam

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 04:00 PM PDT

Martinez: No issue over Lukaku - Surrey Comet

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 03:05 PM PDT

Surrey Comet

Martinez: No issue over Lukaku Surrey Comet Everton manager Roberto Martinez insists there is no issue with striker Romelu Lukaku's future at the club despite comments from his new agent setting alarm bells ringing among fans. The Belgium international, who was ... Saints boss Ronald Koeman ... and more »

Martinez: No issue over Lukaku - Warrington Guardian

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 03:03 PM PDT

Martinez: No issue over Lukaku Warrington Guardian Everton manager Roberto Martinez insists there is no issue with striker Romelu Lukaku's future at the club despite comments from his new agent setting alarm bells ringing among fans. The Belgium international, who was injured for the Toffees' 1-0 win ... and more »

Classes, technology help Lodi's Dixie Belletto, 99, deal with blindness - Lodi News-Sentinel

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 02:46 PM PDT

Lodi News-Sentinel

Classes, technology help Lodi's Dixie Belletto, 99, deal with blindness Lodi News-Sentinel “I came home from school, heard the phone ringing and didn't know what it was,” she said. “I went ... Her first job out of business school as an 18-year-old was in the accounting department of Pacific Bell, where office windows overlooked the ... and more »

Five myths about pitchers - Chicago Daily Herald

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 02:07 PM PDT

Chicago Daily Herald

Five myths about pitchers Chicago Daily Herald "Baseball is like church," former major league infielder and manager Leo Durocher once said. ... In 2,431 games, not one contest had more than three "clear and convincing" bad calls. ... how he pitched -- though he was darn good at it -- and everything ... and more »

Philip A F Chalk

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 01:15 PM PDT

Street name to honor one of Nashville's greatest players - The Tennessean

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 12:38 PM PDT

The Tennessean

Street name to honor one of Nashville's greatest players The Tennessean It took 37 years for the Sounds to get a new address. It won't take that long before the address changes again. In fact, by the halfway point of the upcoming season, the street name on which the new First Tennessee Park is located probably will be ... Street name to honor Nashville's greatest ballplayer Connecticut Bulletin Standard all 5 news articles »

War and Peace with a lively touch of music hall at the Gathering - Morpeth Herald

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 08:03 AM PDT

Morpeth Herald

War and Peace with a lively touch of music hall at the Gathering Morpeth Herald Storytelling is always a strong element of the Gathering, and one of the best local exponents, Jim Grant, will not only be performing around the town during the day, but will also lead an early evening meeting at the White Swan, of anyone interested in ...

Dr John Armstrong

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 07:55 AM PDT

Death by Breath: What's happening to Delhi air will have you gasping for breath - The Indian Express

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 05:35 AM PDT

The Indian Express

Death by Breath: What's happening to Delhi air will have you gasping for breath The Indian Express An exhaustive investigation by the Indian Express reveals that in spite of numerous studies and alarm bells ringing at repeated intervals, political inaction and the administration's apathy has turned the air of India's capital into poison and set in ... and more »

Patriotism, humor hitting the Holmes - DL-Online

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 04:16 AM PDT

DL-Online

Patriotism, humor hitting the Holmes DL-Online Church Basement Ladies Vivian, Karin, Beverly and Mavis, along with Pastor Gunderson, return to the Historic Holmes Theatre this Thursday, April 9, with “The Last Potluck Supper,” the fifth and final installment in the series. SUBMITTED PHOTO ...

Church Briefs, 4/5/15 - San Angelo Standard Times

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 01:03 AM PDT

San Angelo Standard Times

Church Briefs, 4/5/15 San Angelo Standard Times The Children's Ministry of Belmore Baptist Church, 1214 S. Bell St., will have an Easter egg hunt and children's party at 10 a.m. Saturday in the fellowship hall. The Lord's Supper will be ... The contemporary worship service will begin at 9 a.m. and ... and more »

From Snow White to Cinderella, the story of fairytales on film - The Guardian

Posted: 04 Apr 2015 12:30 AM PDT

The Guardian

From Snow White to Cinderella, the story of fairytales on film The Guardian In 1957's The Singing, Ringing Tree (Das singende, klingende Bäumchen), there is the hedge of thorns that springs up before the princess; in La Belle et la Bête, the living statues in the Beast's forest mansion; in The Thief of Bagdad, the giant Jinn ... and more »

Historic bells in need of £30K restoration - Clacton and Frinton Gazette

Posted: 03 Apr 2015 10:42 PM PDT

Clacton and Frinton Gazette

Historic bells in need of £30K restoration Clacton and Frinton Gazette They are considered to be very rare given that only one of two towers in the country contain a complete ring of Bowell bells, the other being in Marden in Kent. Consequently the entire peal is listed by the Church Buildings Council. Other than routine ... and more »

Doddinghurst bells being refurbished after go-ahead from Natural England - Brentwood Gazette

Posted: 03 Apr 2015 10:18 PM PDT

Brentwood Gazette

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