When you discard your shopping cart‚ do you ever think about the people returning it from the parking lot to the store? Well rain or shine‚ one man has been doing it for over a decade and at 81-years-old. "And I love it. I just love coming here and mingling with the young folks and just doing what comes natural to me‚" said Lester Sowell. At 81-years-old‚ Lester Sowell shows no signs of slowing down. The Air Force Veteran and Horseheads native always has a smile on his face as he collects carts
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everything you can think of‚ A nice house‚ a nice car‚ an adorable dog‚ a bunch of nice jewelry‚ etc. One fall afternoon The Robinsons had company over for dinner‚ the couple that lived next door. The young boy tommy was talking to mr.ferro about halloween. “Now tommy what is it you would like to be for halloween” ask Mr.Ferro ‘I was hoping to be a pirate‚ but thats what my friend is gonna be i wish my friend would be something else so i can be a pirate.” said Tommy “If you had 3 wishes would you wish
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Silence fills the room and for a moment you can nearly hear everyone’s heartbeat‚ as constant blood flows into their bodies. Alicia grew impatient and says “ So is no one going to speak?” Alicia looked at everyone‚ then proceeded to look in her bag‚ pulling something out and unwrapped it and asked. “Whose pregnancy test is this?” While the look of confusion fills everyone’s face‚ but Rosey’s. Rosey once filled with color became white as snow. Her face looks as if she had left her own body. Rosey
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himself a full glass once he opened the bottle. As he sat in the recliner with the glass in his hand‚ he took one sip and then another before drinking the entire glass in two gulps thinking he could get a little bit of sleep if he drank just enough to get a buzz and take the edge off the nightmare. Unfortunately‚ it didn’t take a medical degree or one in psychology to know he was suffering from PTSD or that he was extremely depressed. As a result of his honor and duty‚ even though the United States Army
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urge me to kill Elizabeth dwelt inside of me? I have the power. I want the glory of watchin that woman hang so I can dance with John on her grave. Havin her killed is rightful in my eyes. The charm conjured by Tituba will work. The blood I drank will take Elizabeth’s spirit. Mercy will sew a poppet and when she forces the needle in deep‚ witchery will take its course. I will scream with pain and announce I have been struck by the devil‚
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Chatter. Chatter. Chatter. I heard my mom’s teeth chattering from my room. I walked into the living room to see my mom laying on the couch. Her face was as pale as a ghost. My mom was wrapped in a blanket and still shivering. I’ve never experienced anything like this before. My mom is usually the backbone of my family and she is never sick on the couch like this. I had just started kindergarten when this all unfolded. We had just gotten a new house and my mom had just gotten a new job. She was
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the stone that marked the place of the unmark graves of the poor. The students have been reading books on cemeteries and graveyards‚ but the ones that peaked the student’s interests were the graveyard of the unmarked graves. Most students thought it was unkind or disrespectful towards those people to have their graves unmarked. They didn’t believe that the city or richer people could delegate if a person should have their graves marked. The teacher and her proactive thinking need to dispel the
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A Gap of Sky Through your adolescence you really find out who you are and what you want to do in your future. It’s of course different how the individual person achieves this kind of freedom to choose. People are different; some people like going for a run – to get the feeling of freedom. Others choose to take drugs to escape from the reality. This once happened to our main character in the short story “A Gap of Sky” by Anna Hope‚ which was published in 2008. Ellie has an assignment for the next
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nearby forest. As he was walking in the forest‚ he would yell‚ shout and holler hurtful words about himself and how it was his fault that his parents were fighting. Consumed with anger‚ Zack was unaware of the distance he was walking. When he realized he was lost‚ it was too late. When Zack was trying to recall where he came from‚ it started to rain. Zack burst into tears. He was all by himself with no one to comfort him‚ no house to protect him and no fire to warm him. Then Zack got an idea. He thought
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The monotone buzz when a phone call was filling her ear when her mother hangs up. "I’ll see you at 4!" Her mother’s voice echoes in her head. Walking down 48th Street in the suburb of Phoenix known as Ahwatukee‚ Alyson is eager to share her new attained $350 on none other than her mom. Aly has made it to her front door by the time she finished calling the salon. "Your appointment is set for 4:10 this afternoon at our location on Chandler Boulevard." The massage clerk had sent via email to the shiny
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