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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Southwest’s Winning Readers
Congratulations to the students participating in Southwest Elementary School’s Battle of the Books team, who recently won their regional competition and are bound for the state showdown! Here’s a quote from Anna Quindlen in How Reading Changed My Life: “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the…
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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Tobacco Trail Hero
Here’s a bit of appreciation for Harriet Green Sansone, who was out on the American Tobacco Trail from Solite Park to Juliette Drive cleaning up litter this morning. A quote from Aesop: “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Got your own messages to share? Click here to find out how subscribers can…
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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Environment
To all our neighbors in South Durham who love the environment, consider this quote by Rachel Carson from The Sense of Wonder: “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” Got your own messages to share? Click here to find out how subscribers can submit…
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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Tolerance
As we await the arrival of the April 8 solar eclipse, a message for our neighbors in South Durham from the pen of Montesquieu: “Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance…the spread of which can only be regarded as the total…
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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Challenges
To all our neighbors in South Durham who might be fans of Duke or N.C. State, consider the following words of encouragement that came from Robert F. Kennedy: “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” Got your own messages to share? Click here to find out how subscribers can submit their own community…
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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Growth
To all our neighbors in South Durham, consider the following words of encouragement that came from Frederick Douglass: “A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.” Got your own messages to share? Click here to find out…
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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Basketball
To all our neighbors in South Durham, consider the following words of encouragement that originated with basketball legend Charles Barkley: “The only difference between a good shot or a bad shot is if it goes in or not.” Got your own messages to share? Click here to find out how subscribers can submit their own…
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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Spring
To all our neighbors in South Durham, consider the following words of encouragement that originated with the late Chilean poet Pablo Neruda: “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” Got your own messages to share? Click here to find out how subscribers can submit their own community messages!
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[Subscriber Benefit] Community Messages
I appreciate the support shown by subscribers to Southpoint Access during its early months. Now, I want to provide support to subscribers by sharing their messages about births, birthdays, graduations, engagements, weddings, anniversaries, new jobs, promotions, retirements, or just words of encouragement to the South Durham community at large. It’s one thing to share the…
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