Baby Shower for Jesus

If you give someone a Christmas present who would not get something from Santa for Christmas, it is a very nice thing to do and very Christian-like, Davis said.

Presents could be pacifiers, bottles, baby dolls, blankets or anything else the students could think of.

For the shower, each child was asked to bring a present for a child from zero to 3 years old.

The end result of the shower was more than 400 presents given to the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter in Vaughn for the kids who live there.

Chip Davis, a third-grader at the school, brought a set of Mickey Mouse pajamas for the shelter, but the thing he was most excited about was that he wrapped the present himself, he said as he held up a present covered in red wrapping paper and tape.

Vincent de Paul Catholic School on Wednesday as students threw a baby shower for Jesus.

Melissa Lewis, a first-grade teacher at the school, organized the baby shower to help her students prepare for Advent, the period of time just before Christmas marked with waiting and preparation for the nativity of Jesus.

The students held a baby shower for the Baby Jesus with all the gifts collected going to the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter in Vaughn.

With all of the new babies, the kids often see that one way a mom prepares for a new baby is by having a baby shower, so we are having a shower to honor Jesus, Lewis said.

Groups: CVS treats Detroit unfairly

Read the new text messages between former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Christine Beatty.

We asked readers to point us toward Detroit’s best hamburgers.

The NAACP of Detroit and representatives of health care, labor and religious groups participated in the news briefing.

The group also held news conferences today in New York City, Los Angeles, Boston and Philadelphia.Six videos and scores of photos capture the sorrows and hopes of the boys of Christ Child House.

By PATRICIA ANSTETT FREE PRESS MEDICAL WRITER December 4, 2008CVS Caremark, the nation largest drugstore chain, unfairly serves urban areas, including Detroit, with fewer 24-hour stores, more unsanitary conditions and higher prices than its competitors, a national coalition said today, as it released a 14-month investigation into the company.In a campaign called ure CVS, a coalition of labor groups called Change to Win held a news conference on the sidewalk next to a Detroit CVS store to release a list of concerns about the chain.

Rite Aid pays for outdated product sales

Those additional terms include weekly inspections.Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said while Rite Aid has settled, CVS has not reached a settlement and that investigators from his office have continued to buy expired products such as medicines and baby formula from CVS.This young entrepreneur is well on her way to making her name.Agencies prepare for a tough first quarter in 2009.Lawing’s secret: managing property but not owning it.This solar company’s technology uses a simple idea for maximum results.Corporations taper giving; focus is now on their workers.

stores in more than 40 New York counties were found to have sold items including over-the-counter drugs, baby formula, milk, and eggs beyond the purchase date.Rite Aid will pay a civil penalty of $1 million and an additional penalty of up to $300,000 if it fails to comply with the terms of the agreement over the next three years.

Daily Digest 12/5

Community Action Services in Provo will present free classes for tenants every Saturday at 9 a.m.

The city will be lighting the trees at Robinson Park.

Please call (801) 863-7571 for reservations.

The Mountain Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer the American Red Cross Baby-sitter’s Training class on Saturday at 865 N.

Registration fees are $50 per student and includes lunch.

American Fork City is hosting a Tree Lighting Ceremony at 6:30 p.m.

For information on the event, call Debby Lauret at (801) 756-5110.

For more information call 373-8200 or visit www.communityactionprovo.org.

For more information visit www.RedCrossUT.org or call (801) 373-8580.

Children may bring a homemade or store-bought ornament to help decorate the tree.

This eight-hour course teaches youths ages 11 through 15 the basic skills required of baby sitters including basic first aid, child care, feeding, dressing, early childhood development, injury prevention and more.

During this time, local dressbarn stores, including the Orem location in University Mall, will encourage residents to donate new, unwrapped toys for the cause.

Students completing the course will receive a baby sitter’s first aid kit, student manual, resource CD and a pocket emergency manual.

In an effort to bring holiday magic to disadvantaged children this year, dressbarn is launching its first Toys for Tots Drive from Monday to Dec.

For more information on dressbarn in Orem, or its participation in the Toys for Tots Drive, please call (801) 226-9084.

According to the organization’s Web site, the objectives of the Toys for Tots program are to help disadvantaged children in the United States experience the joy of Christmas, play an active role in the development of children, unite members of the local communities in a common cause during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign, and contribute to better communities overall in the future.

Elderly growing older in comfort of own homes

I want to stay in my home, too.

“And I’m doing everything I can to make that possible.”Though she is still ”perfectly capable” of getting around, Carballo has just finished remodeling one of the bathrooms in her home.

Though many of these services have been around for decades, experts predict continued growth as baby boomers age at home.

For more information on design and other services for seniors who want to age at home, visit these websites: Every time Bill Bonn traveled for his job, which was often, he worried about his 84-year-old mother, Marion, who lives two blocks from his house in Coral Gables.

It also has a seat and a handheld showerhead for easy bathing.Staying home, among familiar surroundings and with longtime friends nearby, is also a lot cheaper — and less traumatic — than going to an institution where fees can run into tens of thousands of dollars a year.Sandra Terman, 73, adapted her Aventura townhome to accommodate her parents’ winter visits 10 years ago.

She removed the tub and glass door from her first-floor bathroom and added a shower, grab bars and a seat.”I had promised my parents that they would not go to a nursing home,” Terman says.

Among services offered:Transportation to and from doctor appointments, grocery stores, hospitals and other places.Visits from nurses and home health aides.Universal design remodeling to make homes more accessible and barrier-free.Concierge-like services that provide a variety of programs, including social and cultural events, by simply dialing one number.”I want to stay right here,” says Josefina Carballo, 78, who has lived in her Miami home for 37 years.

The 10 Silliest Videos We Wasted Time Watching This Year

And yet we watch.): What exactly did we get from all those repeated viewings?

Before you watch, know that the man in the video does not die.

The canine in question is a scrawny lap dog with the strangest bark you’ll ever hear.

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This year, it was the evil-eye baby, who snaps between innocent giggling and I will mess you up glares in a split second.

Best line: The shiny guy always worries.

A Jack Russell terrier viciously attacks a bouquet of 74 party balloons, popping each and every one of them in less than a minute.

As the little bug-eyed animal freaks out, it sounds less like a dog and more like a gremlin being strangled.

Keeping that in mind, here are 10 of the most entertainingly pointless videos that we fed our precious minutes to this year.

(truly, the best five-second clip on the Internet, even if the animal is actually a prairie dog), this is another masterpiece of, well, animal facial expressions.

YouTube can be a great place to see the latest music videos, catch a buzzed-about news item or get a demonstration on how to fold a fitted sheet.

Not only do you get to see a hamster on a piano eating popcorn, but you get to hear the accompanying theme song that somebody wrote and performed, the lyrics of which describe exactly what you’re seeing on screen: a hamster on a piano eating popcorn.

Quest for the perfect post-partum PJs

Designed by Paula Milgrom of West Bloomfield, the robes and bed jackets are made to be worn over hospital gowns.

Pieces like the Breanna Bed Jacket ($50) have zippers and ties strategically placed to preserve dignity and modesty, not easy to do in the maternity ward.They’re available at Zoe’s Lace in West Bloomfield and Lori Karbal in Birmingham.

High-quality American-made Verena PJs and 3/4-sleeve robes are durable through countless washings (so important post-partum).And the new, value-priced Katherine line is coming soon.Inspired by my addiction to the show Mad Men, I dream of getting dolled up in lacy negligees with filmy robes like the show’s glamorous ’60s housewife Betty.

The upscale Mary Green line at Harp’s Lingerie in Birmingham is perfect for upping the bedtime glam factor, but I’m afraid I’ll have to wait until my nursing days are over before investing in chic sets like these, which can run about $100.In the meantime, I must stick with something practical, like RxPJs.

Cozy flannel winter pajama sets feature fun themes like Flamingos on Ice or Snow Bunnies and retail for $24.99.Sunny J’s in Plymouth carries tons of cotton sleep sets, including Scanty drawstring pants, sleepshirts and capris in fun designs.

You can pick up sets in pink, blue or turquoise, in solids ($80) or prints ($82) for yourself, or as a perfect baby shower gift.Target has a wide selection of lingerie and lounge wear at great prices, and I’m partial to the Nick & Nora line with its funky, bold novelty prints.

Man admits to shaking baby who died

Metro Phoenix’s East Valley regionA Phoenix man accused in the death of his baby daughter has been arrested after police said he admitted to shaking the infant.A Phoenix man accused in the death of his baby daughter has been arrested after police said he admitted to shaking the infant.The girl had suffered a skull fracture, brain injury and retinal hemorrhages in both eyes.Arturo Delgado, 23, faces charges of first-degree murder and child abuse, police said.He was arrested Tuesday and his bail was set at $1 million.Police were called to Phoenix Children’s Hospital to investigate the origin of the baby’s injuries after she was treated there.Authorities contacted Delgado and his common-law wife, Bridgette Chee, and both parents agreed to be interviewed by police.Chee told investigators she returned to the couple’s home Nov.

UPDATE 2-Starbucks to cut more costs in tough economy

Company executives, speaking at an analyst day in New York, alsowarned that Starbucks’ results had not hit a bottom in the priorquarter, as previously suggested.

We do not expect to meet current consensus estimates for thisquarter, said Starbucks Chief Financial Officer Troy Alstead.

In the first nine weeks of the fiscal first quarter, which beganin late September, Alstead said sales at U.S.

The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, hedge funds and more * Says company did not hit bottom in Q4 * Sees FY09 savings of over $400 mln, double prior view By Lisa Baertlein), whose salesare slowing as U.S.

The savings are inaddition to a previously announced $205 million in fiscal 2009 costcuts from closing stores and cutting jobs.

Starbucks did notprovide its own forecasts for the quarter or fiscal year.

Starbucks also said it would save another $200 million from costcuts this year by making in-store labor more efficient, streamliningits supply chain and managing waste such as excess steamed milk orbrewed coffee that is not sold after 30 minutes.

consumers buy fewer premium coffee drinks, saidon Thursday it does not expect to meet Wall Street estimates for thecurrent quarter and would double its cost cuts for the full year.

New Russell Stover flagship store has its grand opening today

sugar-free and low-carb candy.Other items include chocolate-covered apples, cookies, fudge, chocolate-dipped strawberries, graham crackers coated in different chocolates, ice cream, truffles, hot drinks, Jelly Belly treats and gift baskets., will have its grand opening at 10 a.m.

They moved to Kansas City in the 1930s.In 1960, Louis Ward, Toms father, purchased the company, and in 1981 the family took the company private.

in Leawood, is having a closing sale with all items 45 percent off.That includes holiday ornaments, jewelry, greeting cards, umbrellas, robes and baby items.

, Kansas Citys homegrown boxed-chocolates company and retail chain, has expanded with a new flagship store just in time for the holidays.

today.This will be a prototype for our flagship stores that we are developing, said Tom Ward, president of Russell Stover Candies.

Items that are unique and made at the store, short-shelf-life items that people enjoy buying.The layout has decorative curves and angles, and dark woods offset the brightly colored candy boxes.Russell and Clara Stover started Russell Stover Candies in their Denver home in 1923 and sold 120 pounds of chocolates the first day, raking in $90.

Along with the companys more than 50 retail stores and kiosks, Russell Stover today sells its products at about 50,000 specialty stores, small drugstores and large discount chains in 20 counties.The Ward family now has six area retail stores and hopes to open another flagship store in the Kansas City area in spring 2009.will close after breakfast Dec.