At first, people at Cape craft shows don’t even notice Pat Taylor and Bill Witmer. They only have eyes for the couple’s kayak.
They want to touch the gleaming designs and curves created by strips of cedar. They begin dreaming of quiet coves, sunlight dappling the water as paddles break the surface and …
Boom! The deal is done.
Taylor and Witmer have sold another raffle ticket, another step toward raising more than $20,000 this year for Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod’s creation of affordable homes…Â Details
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SurfAid has launched an Emergency Response Appeal to help the people of Padang who were hit by a huge earthquake (7.6 on the Richter scale) on Wednesday 30 September.
Our Program Director, Dr David Lange, narrowly escaped death as he fled the Ambacang Hotel, which then collapsed, killing many and trapping others.
Many buildings have been destroyed with people caught underneath the rubble. There is a report that schoolchildren are still trapped underneath three schools. One hospital is destroyed and another so badly damaged that staff are working in tents outside. Doctors used car headlights and torches to operate on the injured overnight.
Dr David Lange said: “People are trapped and screaming for help but they are below huge slabs which will take heavy equipment to move. I saw dozens of the biggest buildings collapsed in town, most of the damage is concentrated in the commercial centre market, which was fully packed.â€
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Late night star to give it up for charity
Jay Leno will be appearing in Las Vegas on Saturday, October 10. The star of The Jay Leno Show is no stranger to ‘Vegas – he did over 160 stand-up gigs last year. But this time, he’s proving that he’s really a ‘stand-up guy.’
Leno will be at the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction and he’ll be helping the famed auctioneers get the highest bid for his customized Star VMAX motorcycle. The proceeds of the sale will go to Bailey’s Café, a community program that brings art education to some of New York’s toughest neighborhoods.
“Bailey’s Café is an arts program,” says Jay, “but since I didn’t have any Yamaha musical instruments to auction off, I thought I’d sell my Star VMAX, which was made by Yamaha.” … Details
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Exotic cars for kids’ sake
Viva Italia show attracts fans, donations to Children’s Guild
Conspicuous consumption may be down because of the economy, but at the Viva Italia car show in Harbor East Sunday it was far from out. On display were quarter-of-a-million-dollar Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Maseratis and other Italian marquee cars painted in bright yellow and bright red, and in the case of a 1936 Fiat Topolino, flames.
The show was the fifth annual event in support of the Children’s Guild, a nonprofit group that aids kids with …Â Details
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