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Today, the first Sunday after Labor Day, is Grandparents' Day, 2014. The day was first recognized back in 1978 after several folks, led by Marian McQuade, of West Virginia, first came up with the idea of setting aside a day…

Lately, there have been quite a few feature stories about people who have started investment funds to assist those entrepreneurs, primarily in third world countries, who have no other way to finance their dreams and start small businesses for themselves.…

Each year Janet and I try to figure out what we will do in terms of donations and the non-profit organizations we will support as part of our giving program. While we have a particular heart for helping to support…

Janet and I attended our usual Saturday evening church service last week-end and it was probably one of the finest services that we have ever attended. We are in the midst of a series on examining our faith and whether…

This is the traditional Labor Day week-end, when America celebrates the workers of the nation and there are all kinds of lists like the greatest places to work that generate a buzz and stir competition among companies large and small…