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Elizabethton, Tenn. (WJHL) — The TLC community center returned with its first in-person Christmas event this year by serving meals and giving Christmas presents to hundreds of people. Jonesborough PD searching for missing 19-year-old with special needs On top of serving 700 people – their largest crowd in 22 years – founder and director Angie Odom said this year she’s noticed more Spanish-speaking clients than ever this year. She started noticing an uptick of clients moving to the area from Spanish-speaking countries in September. “It’s just happened in three months. We started out with a few, and then they told…

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ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Carilion Children’s and the Virginia Tech Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams are joining forces to bring awareness to childhood cancer.Patients at Carilion Children’s got to decorate pairs of sneakers with the players for the upcoming Coaches vs. Cancer games at Virginia Tech in January.It’s a tradition hosted by the NCAA where Virginia Tech coaches and staff will wear the customized shoes to bring awareness to childhood cancer.“Every year the coaches wear a certain pair of shoes, as to bring awareness to cancer, specifically childhood cancer. so to be able to paint shoes for the coaches to…

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From Peppa Pig to fun in the snow, there are a lot of fun things to do this weekend in Northern California. But first here is what you should know about the weekend forecast. Here is a look at what’s happening and interviews with organizers for some of these activities.Stockton Christmas ParadeA Christmas parade takes place Friday at 6 p.m. at Weston Ranch High School in Stockton. Peppa Pig Adventure A Peppa Pig Adventure event is happening at Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento on Saturday. Learn more here. West Sacramento Holiday Toy Distribution The Yolo County Children’s Alliance hosts its annual…

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Welcome to news.com.au’s live coverage from the opening day of the First Test against South Africa in Brisbane.It has been absolute carnage to start the series with four wickets falling inside the first hour of play. South Africa’s top order was completely wiped out on the green Gabba deck to be in a world of hurt. The clash is the first between the two countries since the sandpaper scandal in 2018.The South Africans have won the past three Test series in Australia, but none of those 11 matches were played in Brisbane, where the two teams haven’t clashed since 1963.Watch…

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Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe skies have changed quickly this morning. Blue when I arrived, overcast when Cummins won the toss, now the sun is breaking through again. Things move fast in the tropics. The national anthems round out the formalities. Both teams on the field, as per tradition, with large flags held parallel to the ground behind them. The reserve players and support staff ring the boundary, standing to attention with hands behind their backs as they have done for the duration. The Welcome to Country is performed by Aunty Deb Sandy…

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Reach Out and Read has announced a $215,000 two-year grant from CareSource to improve health, equity, and education outcomes for young children and their families in Georgia.The nonprofit has six local program sites that offer books to children during health visits.BY THE NUMBERSIn the Augusta area, several participating programs have given out thousands of books in the past six months, including:• Children’s Hospital of Georgia/general pediatrics primary care: 1,108• West Wheeler Pediatrics: 605• Fort Gordon/Community Care Center: 688• Christ Community Health Services: 262• Nesbit and McCutcheon Pediatrics: 464• Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine: 458This funding…

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The narrative about lack of exit opportunities can be due to certain managers failing to manage or structure their deals properly, rather than lack of demand in the secondary market 2022 saw a record US$7.4 billion of private capital investment into AfricaSource: African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) You have been a leading player in the private equity sector in Africa for many years now, with key roles in many notable transactions. What attracted you to African PE work? I joined Emerging Capital Partners in 2002, which, at that time, was Emerging Markets Partnership (EMP), where we launched…

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The 2022 World Cup wraps up this weekend in Qatar when Argentina plays France in the final.Nico Cantor is a soccer broadcaster, primarily for CBS Sports. He’s doing Spanish language commentary for Fútbol de Primera at this World Cup.NICO CANTOR: Thank you for having me.MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: Okay. So it’s like a clash of the titans here with Argentina v. France for the World Cup. What do you think?CANTOR: Well, it’s been kind of a crazy World Cup with pretty big names dropping out very early on, Belgium, Germany, Uruguay in the group stage, and then Morocco, all of a sudden…

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In the Kingdom of God, little kids are a big deal. We know that because God made sure to put it in writing. Scripture is full of commands related to the spiritual care of children. We are called to commend the works of the Lord to them (Ps. 145:4), to tell them of God’s covenantal faithfulness (Ps. 48:12-14), to not hinder them in their pursuit of Christ (Matt. 19:14), to raise them up in the way they should go (Prov 22:6), and so much more. But all of the prescriptions in Scripture regarding children fall under the umbrella of the…

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WEATHER Cold weekend forecast A frontal system yesterday brought rain across the nation, with northern and central parts of the country seeing regional showers and southern regions experiencing occasional rainfall, the Central Weather Bureau said. Daytime highs were about 19oC to 20oC in the north, but temperatures were forecast to drop as night fell. Roads in mountainous areas were likely to be frosty, and snow might fall in northern and central regions more than 3,500m above sea level, the bureau said. Meteorologist Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) said the first cold snap of this winter would start driving down temperatures across the nation from…

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