We are getting ready to close on our first home for a single mom in Caldwell. She and her son both have a disability and they found this great house.

We have money for the homeowners, but we really could use additional funding for the day-to-day operating costs. Since we opened, a big part of my job has been applying for grants. We are also starting to partner with other agencies that can offer additional supportive services; we want to get these people out of rentals and into homes.

Armed groups that are not part of the government in many cases do not respect the land-mine treaty.

Many of our customers use the Super Bowl as an excuse to upgrade their home entertainment centers, whether they?re watching the game or not. We seem to be doing well enough without the Patriots? help.

We want a home town place where everyone feels comfortable, knows everyone and speaks to each other.

Being away from home gave me the chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye. I learned not to be ashamed of a real hunger for knowledge, something I had always tried to hide, and I came home glad to start in here again with a love for Europe that I am afraid will never leave me.