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The work of a husband and wife team of Valley Springs entrepreneurs has been accepted into the Apps for Healthy Kids competition led by First Lady Michelle Obama and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Created by Phil and Liz Weaver, their online wellness application Break Pal - Fitness at Your Desk will now compete against 30 other applications in its category, most of which were developed by much larger corporate game developers.

Recently the Sheng Chi Foundation has been accepted by Ebay giving works. This gives us a number of fundraising possibilities and also spreads awareness.

Here's how it works:

Ebay sellers can opt to donate a portion of their ebay auction winnings to the Sheng Chi Foundation. Simply look for the donation checkbox when you put a listing up and you'll be able to search for and select the Sheng Chi Foundation.

Please come out today to support the family fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Gavin Brummund.
The motorcade is expected to pass through Valley Springs at 1:30 today.

Here is the story on the Pine Tree

http://thepinetree.net/index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=view&ANN_id...

See you at the corner of 12 and 26

Saturday morning I was here at the quan. Just about to initiate a day of manual labor (or manuel labor as my late stepfather called it but that's another story)

Up walked a kid with that street urchin look. A little dirty, a few tatoos. He introduced himself and asked for some work.

Now I'm a pretty charitable guy but the funny thing is my first reaction was to turn him away. Strangely I think it's the same with most people. So I told him no. No work today.

We have just completed migrating www.valleyspringsca.us to a brand new server. Bigger and better for your viewing pleasure. Everything seems to be working fine and I can see some performance boosts.

Thanks to the folks at http://www.hostgator.com for providing the new service.

I was really moved by a quote in the Valley Springs News by Diane Gray. In response to a question asking whether she thought the move to hold the CoC golf tournament at Trinitas, she was quoted as saying, "Our job is to represent the business community, not the county, and our business members appreciate us supporting Trinitas".

There are so many people in the public sectors screaming about money. We need more for the schools. We need more for the jail. Screaming to have a bigger piece of a finite pie. Of course this would be the gut reaction for most people. Happily not all. (I loved Mark Campbell's quote which basically said he's do his best with what he was given)

But the real question should be "Why are we here and what can we do to fix it?"