Heifer International was founded by Dan West, who had an epiphany while working as a relief worker: people don't need a hand out, but a hand up...they don't need a cup, what they need is a cow! And so the work began for Heifer International over 60 years ago. Today the organization has helped more than 9.2 million families in over 150 countries as it works to care for the earth and eliminate hunger by providing families with various animals: such as cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, and beehives. A cornerstone of Heifer is that the families are to "pass on the gift" to another needy family when their animal has offspring. This has a ripple effect of giving that change the community.
It is in this spirit of "passing on the gift" that the Frostburg United Methodist Church held its annual upscale Yard Sale and Silent Auction to benefit Heifer International was held on December 6th from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Sale generated over $4000, with donations still being counted.
The following three narratives are taken from three different publications. They describe the African-American community of "Brownsville", which was once situated on portions of the present-day Frostburg State University campus. The following is from an article by James Limbaugh appearing in, A Century of Commitment - Frostburg State University, 1898-1998:
Brownsville - Inextricably linked to the history of the founding and growth of Frostburg State University is the story of the community of Brownsville.
written by Catherine Pancake, documentary filmmaker
Reasons to Care About Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
"Mountaintop removal" has become a vernacular catchall phrase for a range of aggressive coal surface mining techniques practiced in Central Appalachia including Southwestern VA, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Coal mining is a complex, diverse industry with a wide range of techniques, employees, and approaches. Presently, over 55% of our electricity comes from coal, and it is critical to keeping communities and industries up and running all over the country.
LESSONS FROM HIS GRANDFATHER (and HIS GRANDMOTHER)
ARUN GANDHI’S TALK AND BOOK
By Tony Crosby
In late March, Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and Kusturba Gandhi, presented a lecture on what he had learned from his grandparents when he visited them in India at the age of 12 in 1946-1947.A native of the Indian community in South Africa, Gandhi has also recorded his “Education in the Path of Nonviolence” in a memoir entitled Legacy of Love.As the lecture drew more people than could squeeze into the University auditorium and copies of his book rapidly sold out, I will try to blend my memories of the talk with the words of the text in this brief report.
Al Feldstein, local author and self-described “amateur” historian, will contribute regular articles from local African American history.The people, places and events that will be profiled are part of a website entitled “Allegany County African American History” that was recently developed by Feldstein in cooperation with theWestern Maryland Historical Library .Feldstein states:“This website is simply an overview of the people, sites, events, and history that I had readily available pertaining to local African American history.”The website has garnered national attention and has offered communities and historical institutions a model in which to document and display their local African American history.
We The People
The following three narratives are taken from three different publications. They describe the African-American community of "Brownsville", which was once situated on portions of the present-day Frostburg State University campus. The following is from an article by James Limbaugh appearing in, A Century of Commitment - Frostburg State University, 1898-1998:
