Positive News ~ Feb. 5

This series is to spotlight the Light and Love inside humanity, and the wonder and miracles that can be found around us. Please click on the headline to read the full article. ~ESA
HEROES:
- Vandalia kindergartner hailed hero A Vandalia kindergartner is being hailed a hero, after coming to the rescue of his grandmother.
- Teen hero uses text message to save family Once he saw the text had been sent, Nathen pressed delete. His words disappeared from the screen, but they had set in motion the eventual release of the waitress and the family from a chilling ordeal that could have been much worse.
- Stranger on thin ice saved by faculty ‘hero’ “Every doctor at that hospital that we spoke with made it very clear that the person that had resuscitated my husband and provided the CPR chest compressions was the person that saved his life,” said Stephanie Harrelson, Jeff’s wife.
- Woman who helped man on fire: 'God placed me there' A woman who saw a man on fire at a gas station on Christmas Day is being credited with helping to save his life.
- Good Samaritan describes trying to rescue woman on fire Melissa Settles said she saw Mary Ann Gill burning in a brush fire at Colcord Avenue and Arlington Expressway and didn't think twice about going in to help her.
- Hero firefighter talks about pulling man from the flames He radioed dispatch to call in the fire and then his training took over.
- People of Timbuktu save manuscripts from invaders The illiterate old man, who walks with a cane and looks like a character from the Bible, was the perfect foil for the Islamists. They wrongly assumed that the city's European-educated elite would be the ones trying to save the manuscripts.
- Hundreds turn out to remember hero bus driver Hundreds remembered a school bus driver who tried to save as many kids as he could when a kidnapper boarded his bus in Alabama last week.
- Young Community Hero to be Honored by Walton County BOC Tuesday At the Walton County Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday a young girl will be recognized for alerting her family to a fire in the family home.

HELPING HANDS:
- Good Samarian pays rent for armed robbery victim A First Coast Good Samaritan donates $2,000 to a local man robbed at gunpoint Friday.
- Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Hero, Lindsay Schmidt Lindsay Schmidt is anything but a typical 10 year old. She has compassion for others and worries about other kids that CMN is helping.
- Hometown Hero: Officer Don Koerner In 1988, Officer Don Koerner thought that getting kids involved in basketball games with a police officer would be a win-win for the community.
- Hero Next Door: Janet Dygan For the last five years, Janet has made it her civic duty to not only get Jeremy ready for work but drive him there as well.
- Group restores victims' photos But volunteers scattered around the world are about to start digitally mending Catania's personal photos and others battered by Sandy, banding together online to restore items that can't be rebought.
- Friends donate blood after Bath woman's fight for life while in labour A group of women have now donated a pint of blood each to more than replace the amount used by their friend while she was in labour.
- Thanks to those who donate blood I would die without the kindness of these people who donate blood.
- Student "Takes Action" to pay it forward A UI student is teaching people in the community to pay it forward.
- Utahns donate 2.8 million pounds of holiday food "With roughly 472,000 Utahns at risk for missing one meal every day, we are so appreciative of the efforts that families, businesses and communities make to fight hunger in Utah."
- Northern Lebanon students donate 6K items to Jonestown pantry In the end, the students donated more than 6,000 items, and the total weight of the food was 4,822 pounds.
- Faribault Masons donate blankets to PD Members of Faribault Masonic Lodge #9 recently donated a stack of blankets crafted by members of the Lodge’s families to the Faribault Police Department so that they could carry them in their squad cars.
- Local Students Donate Pillows To Cancer Patients A group of local students did their part to make patients more comfortable as they undergo cancer treatment at a local hospital.
- Spokane church holds Super Bowl party for homeless As millions of people watched the Super Bowl at home, one Spokane church helped to make the game extra special for those in the community who don't have place to watch the game.
- Grieving Newtown couple raise money for autism In her memory, Michele and Bob Gay have set up "Joey's Fund" through the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism to help other families raising children with autism.
- Yard sale benefits Miracle Playground The Garage Sale to benefit the Miracle League Playground Project earned more than $700 toward the remaining $80,000 needed to complete the project.
- AU Dance Marathon raises over $100,000 for Children’s Miracle Network Saturday’s 12-hour event raised $124,739.89 for Children’s Miracle Network at The Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia.
- Buffett gave $21.6M to charities, people in 2012 Buffett has said he plans to eventually donate all of his 350,000 Class A and 3.5 million Class B shares of Berkshire stock worth more than $51 billion to charities.
- Penn gets $25M for politics, economics departments Revlon chairman gives $25M to Penn for new home for political science, economics departments.

MIRACLES/WONDERS:
- Woman impaled by tree limb makes miracle recovery They expect 50-year-old Sylvia Ennis to make a full recovery after a 4-foot long tree branch impaled her.
- Attack victim thanks God as he recovers from brain injury Tyler Burton has always been a believer. But now that his own life is looking more and more like a miracle, he has no doubt as to why he's alive today.
- Parents see child’s survival as miracle While the surgeon put her daughter back together — carefully placing tiny intestines back inside a tiny body — Vicki Frank prayed.
- Doctors say “accidental miracle” helped Cypress teen beat cancer Nolan Conaway, 14, will gladly live with the “accidental miracle” he’s been given so far.
- Alabama hostage standoff ends with child safe The child was being treated at a local hospital but appeared physically unharmed. "He's laughing, joking, playing, eating," Richardson said. "He's very brave. He's very lucky."
- Mom Has Two Miracle Preemies Just 8 Months Apart One mom defied the odds and had two of her babies just 8 months apart.
- Pakistani girl shot by Taliban doing well after surgery A Pakistani schoolgirl who underwent reconstructive surgery in Britain after being shot in the head by the Taliban said on Monday she felt much better and was focused on her mission to help others.
- Arkansas Couple Twice Win Lottery on Fishing Trip An Arkansas couple who set out for a day of fishing came home with quite the fish story: Two winning lottery tickets, including a $1 million prize.

HOPE/PEACE:
- 10 Reasons to Hope (When All Seems Hopeless) When discouraging and depressing news threatens to flood the nation, the church, and the soul, we need God’s help to lift up our heads, hearts, and hands.
- Malala Yousafzai Is Grateful for Her 'Second Life,' Creates Malala Fund for Girls' Education Malala Yousafzi, the 15-year-old schoolgirl from Pakistan shot by the Taliban in October because she believed girls should have the right to go to school, released her first video statement following the attempt on her life.
- Navin Gulia gives pep talk to B-school students Navin Gulia encouraged students to challenge themselves, aim for the extra-ordinary as opposed to the average. He reinforced the importance of making repeated attempts, to strengthen resolve with every failure you’re faced with, until you emerge a winner.
- Heart Disease Socially Isolates Teens Struggling to Be Normal Allison is a voracious reader and a teen fiction writer who is speaking openly for the first time before her middle-school peers to shatter myths and raise awareness about heart disease.
- Medical miracle gives young woman who battled cancer new life A young woman in Waterford sure does after modern medicine and treatment breakthroughs have given her a chance to live the type of life that may have been impossible just 10 years ago.
- Local 'superheroes' receive hero capes "It is our belief that the real superheroes in this world are the children who are battling a life threatening illness and it is through their courage and superhuman strength that we are inspired to help support them in their fight by presenting them with their official superhero cape," said founder Barbara Casados.
- Cancer survivor celebrates 10 years of hope It was 2003 when the doctor’s words, “You have breast cancer,” sent my heart racing. And from that moment on I began to spend my days in hope.
- Gov proposes that NY buys homes wrecked by Sandy Governor proposes that NY buy and demolishes homes wrecked by Sandy, permanently preserve land.
- Union Beach residents choose blue to symbolize hope over post-Sandy despair But three months after the storm, through word of mouth and social media, an organization called UB Hope is co-opting the color blue. For them, blue is the color of solidarity as Union Beach struggles to recover and not be forgotten.
- Women put on a colourful show for their hero Hollande The thousands who gathered to meet Mr Hollande had swapped the dark, oppressive clothes they had been forced to wear and put on their most colourful dresses.
- Pakistan ready for peace talks with militants Pakistan's interior minister said Monday that the government was ready to hold peace talks with domestic Taliban militants who have been waging a bloody insurgency that has killed thousands of people in the country.

FURRY FRIENDS:
- The Clydesdales: "Brotherhood" Budweiser's 2013 Super Bowl ad featuring our famous Clydesdales horses — and introducing our newest foal, who was just 7 days old during the shoot.
- Folks around country seek to adopt ‘hero’ dog As the weeks passed and little Sophie — a 2-year-old Maltese poodle — healed from her coyote-inflicted neck wounds last month, the calls began pouring in from around the country.
- Miracle recovery for kittens found dumped near Carlisle Two kittens left dumped by the roadside so ill that they both lost an eye have made a miracle recovery and are now in need of new homes.
- Cat Jumps in the Deep End to Lose Weight The 13-year-old cat is not afraid to jump in the water as she tries to shed the nearly eight pounds from her 18-pound frame that experts have advised her owners she needs to lose.
- Puppy Bowl IX Highlights In case you missed the puppy-bowl game, here are some highlights.

BUSINESS:
- East Bay developer building a better Haiti Noting the country's widespread unemployment, Balch was compelled to not only supply Haitians with permanent homes, but to hire them and train them to do the building themselves.
- Business center to help Vt. vets make or grow jobs The Vermont Tech Enterprise Center Business Incubator provides the office space and equipment veterans need to do office work, have business meetings, or just think and share ideas with other business owners.
- Views of RAM's Paul Harvey Commercial to Benefit FFA Foundation "The bulk of the new funding will be dedicated to supporting the FFA hunger initiative: Feeding the World - Starting at Home.
- WoW Players Donate $2.3 Million to Superstorm Sandy Victims WoW players rallied last December after Blizzard, the company behind the eight-year-old fantasy role-playing game, announced that it would donate all adoption fees of an online pet to the American Red Cross for Sandy relief efforts.
- O.C. Tanner donates $1 million to Utah’s Hope Lodge for cancer patients The Hope Lodge in Utah is meant to help adult cancer patients and their caregivers find a home away from home while getting treatment.
- Wellspan to donate $600,000 for York police training center Wellspan Health will donate $600,000 for the Wellspan Police Training Center, a facility that will enhance the skills and competencies of area police officers and the secure storage of evidence for crime investigations.
- TMN customers donate loyalty points to charities Portugal Telecom announced that its mobile unit TMN has delivered EUR 154,000 to changes, resulting from TMN points exchanged by customers in 2012.
- Organizations donate gift cards to Staten Island Sandy victims Staten Island Rotary Foundation and Staten Island Mental Health Society presented $20,000 in gift cards to families affected by Hurricane Sandy.
- Brockworth charity 'hero' does 48 press-ups in 30 seconds The event raised £200 and was part of a national fundraiser by the supermarket chain.
- Sodura Introduces New Program to Donate Kids Furniture to Underprivileged Children Sodura, the manufacturer and designer of modern children's furniture based out of Louisville, KY announced that they will start a charitable program called Rest Haven to provide beds to underprivileged children in the Louisville area.
- CAP, thanks to contribution of smallchanges by departing passengers, donate nafl 4.500,- to charity Curaçao Airport Partners (CAP), recently made a donation to three entities who do charity work in our community.
- Donate your copper coins to kids' charity via RBC The Royal Bank, the largest financial institution in Canada, is having a "loose penny drop-off" event at all of its branches across the country in support of Free the Children.
- Canadian Tire Jumpstart is asking Canadians to donate their pennies to help kids 'get in the game' Money raised through the campaign will help financially disadvantaged kids in communities across Canada participate in organized sport and recreation by removing the financial barriers that prevent children from participating.
- Singapore to donate library to Nalanda university Singapore has decided to donate a library to the upcoming Nalanda International University in Bihar.
- National Auto Body Council to Donate Five Refurbished Vehicles The National Auto Body Council will donate five refurbished vehicles to families in need this month through its Recycled Rides program.
- School Bus Contractor Krapf Partners with Department Store to Donate Cell Phones to Charity School bus contractor Krapf Bus Companies made good out of some of its older assets by donating more than 200 cell phones to the 911 Cell Phone Bank, a group that provides cell phones to seniors and victims of abuse.
- Grenadians and Friends donate to Learning Centre The association has given the school two air conditioning units, purchased with thousands of dollars raised from a walk-a-thon staged several months ago.
- People-to-People visitors donate communication equipment to the Beacon School Visiting People-to-People participants Mr and Mrs Bowes of British Columbia, Canada, stopped by the Beacon School Sunday for a special donation of communication equipment.
- 'Joni and Friends' Bring Hope to Disabled Ugandans U.S.-based ministry Joni and Friends is sending its interns to Uganda so they will become better advocates for people with disabilities.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY:
- Can Sunshine Light Skyscrapers Instead of Bulbs? compared with other buildings in New York City, the Times Building has reduced its energy use by 24 percent.
- NASA's Curiosity Rover Hammers Into 1st Mars Rock NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has pounded into a Red Planet rock with its drill for the first time, bringing the 1-ton robot a big step closer to initiating its first full-bore drilling operations.
- Ahmadinejad wants to be Iran's first astronaut President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that he's ready to take the risk of being the first Iranian astronaut sent into space as part of Iran's goal of a manned space flight.
- Tiny Japanese Satellite Beams Morse Code Messages from Space An ultra-small Japanese satellite is being spotted from the ground, thanks to a set of lights that flash brightly in Morse code.
- New Antarctica research station sets up shop Known as the Halley VI Research Station, it is the sixth such base built by the United Kingdom and will provide a home to scientists doing research on the coldest continent, according to a BAS statement.
- Chewing gum can help you think faster Researchers have found scientific evidence to confirm that chewing gum can speed up thinking and make you more alert.
- Neanderthals Died Out Earlier Than Thought These findings hint that Neanderthals did not coexist with modern humans as long as previously suggested.
- Eerie Rock Towers Are Earthquake Sensors Strange rock formations in the California desert provide clues to the strength of past earthquakes.
- Oldest Spider Crabs Discovered in Fossil Reef The remains of eight new species of crustaceans, including the oldest known spider crabs that lived 100 million years ago, have been uncovered in a fossil reef in northern Spain.
- Balloon-Borne Telescope Seeks Out Elusive Big Bang Signal A balloon-borne telescope soared over Antarctica recently in an ambitious mission to spot a never-before-seen signal in the leftover light from the Big Bang.
- Alien Moons May Be Easier to Photograph Than Planets A moon heated by the pull of its parent planet could be visible even when the planet is hidden from view.

SPORTS:
- Paralympic hero turns to coaching local folk If all goes according to plan, it could be the start of something big for would-be wheelchair athletes from Wigan Borough and beyond.
- Super Bowl QB Colin Kaepernick Says Being Adopted a “Blessing” In an interview leading up to the game, the team’s quarterback said he had already received the biggest blessing of his life. Because he was adopted.
- Brunswick's Tim Garner, putting sports in perspective If you walk into Bowdoin College’s Morrell Gymnasium during a home basketball game, you will immediately spot the most enthusiastic presence on the floor: ball boy Tim Garner, a 58-year-old, never-say-die, bundle of energy who loves his Bowdoin Polar Bears.

ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT:
- 'So God made a farmer' Super Bowl ad inspires The late Paul Harvey's tribute "So God Made a Farmer" was given new life during Super Bowl XLVII, propelling a simple and somber Dodge Ram ad to the top of the popularity chart
- Coca-Cola: 'Security Camera' Super Bowl Ad Security cameras can capture heart-warming moments, as seen in this Coca-Cola Super Bowl ad.
- Magician adds anti-bullying message to show He has customized it to cover a variety of age groups, and made it entertaining and engaging.
- Skydiver fell faster than thought Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner was faster than he or anyone else thought when he jumped from 24 miles up.
- French daredevil climbs Havana hotel without net A French daredevil who has scaled some of the world's tallest buildings conquered Cuba's famous Habana Libre hotel on Monday without ropes or a safety net.
- Justin Timberlake To Donate $3 Million Super Bowl Fee To Charity According to New York Post, Justin was paid $3 million to perform and he will reportedly give that sum away to charity.
- Postal service issues special Rosa Parks stamp The U.S. Postal Service has issued a Rosa Parks stamp on what would have been the late civil rights icon's 100th birthday.
- Sites let you see Super Bowl ads you missed Websites offer chance to see Super Bowl ads you missed or want to watch again.

LIFESTYLE:
- Farmers Tribute: So God Made A Farmer Paul Harvey gave this speech at the National FFA Convention in 1978.
- New ways to trick your tummy to feel full on less Researchers are uncovering new ways to trick your tummy so you eat less at meals.
- 7 Tips for Keeping Your Home Mess-free with Kids I swear, my girls can turn a clean home into a messy one in record time.
- 6 Quick Heart-Healthy Habits Many heart-healthy habits are surprisingly easy to adopt.
- More seniors stepping forward to donate kidneys For the Browns’ physicians, what counted was the couple’s physiological age – how healthy and strong both of them were – rather than their chronological age.
- Living in a converted gas station Robert Guthrie turned an old gas station just outside the French Quarter in New Orleans into a modern living space.

RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY:
- AG missionaries help transform rodeo circuit Paul and Linda Scholtz had to chart their own course when they began ministering among cowboys.