The HCC held its “50 years y más” event on Saturday night to celebrate its anniversary and set new goals for the coming decades.
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By Katelyn Colley, Interning Correspondent for The Apopka Voice
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12/7/22
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One thing I have noticed in my somewhat eventful life is that animals are very perceptive people. I mean, they live and survive on a very primitive level, and yet, they are often more Christ-like than people.
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By Charles Towne
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12/3/22
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I believe that words of thanks are not enough to express the true sense of gratitude I feel to be a part of Hope. It is a privilege to wake up each day knowing the legacy.
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By Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet, Executive Director of Hope CommUnity Center
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12/1/22
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Those supposedly in the know tell us that at one time, a gigantic snake reached the unbelievable length of 40 feet! These same individuals named this ancestor of the anaconda the TITANABOA.
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Who is Luois Boria Jr.? Well, to fully understand an inspiring story like this, you must go back to its origins - 18th Century America.
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Thank you. Gracias. Mèsi. Obrigada. None of these words are truly enough. Not a single one, or even all of them combined together, can possibly convey my gratitude.
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By Sister Ann Kendrick
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11/22/22
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I can hardly imagine anything more innocuous than the windmills that were so common in the farm country of America back at the turn of the century.
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When the Apopka Voice last spoke to horse ranch owner Angela Jackson, she was just getting started on building her equine therapy program.
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By Katelyn Colley, Interning Correspondent for The Apopka Voice
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11/17/22
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When you’re a social worker in the child welfare system, you’re expected to be “everything to everyone,” and the specific role depends on the case.
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By Carina Espinal
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11/17/22
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There was never a time when I was a little boy kid that I visited the old fishing hole and was disappointed!When I was a runty little boy kid about the size of an undernourished wart on a baby …
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I was sitting at Nanny’s bedside when a nurse blew into the room like a draft of cold air and, with a sour expression, announced that Nanny had been diagnosed with COVID about a week before.
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A kitten knows that anything serpentine is to be avoided even though it has never been exposed to snakes.
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By Charles Towne
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10/22/22
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This year, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is inviting the community into the warehouse for an in-person, behind-the-scenes look at its facilities.
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From Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
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10/19/22
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The large, 400-pound male bear was so angry he was cussing me out. At least, that is what I think he was doing. Then he charged.
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By Charles Towne
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10/15/22
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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth, breadth, and height my soul can reach when feeling out of sight for the ends of being and ideal grace.
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Think about it for a moment. You are a miracle. What do I mean by that? Well, when you consider it, many people are on planet earth.
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By Charles Towne
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10/1/22
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When a cat is located up on the top of a tree, the first reaction is for folks to run to call the fire department.
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I started right at the beginning of Matthew, and read without much thought until I got to Matthew 25:31 - The Sheep and the Goats parable.
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By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor
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9/17/22
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As important as it is to “reprogram the mind,” how much more important is it that we REPROGRAM THE HEART?
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By Charles Towne
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9/17/22
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When I was a little boy kid, and I caught a big fish, it was something to brag about. But not anymore.
Today, fisher-persons use fish finders.
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By Charles Towne
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9/10/22
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I must admit that most of the things I have done were predicated on one deciding factor: is it going to be fun?
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By Charles Towne
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9/3/22
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There were three of them in the gang, two men and a woman. Word was that they had successfully robbed several banks in Illinois.
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“Good Samaritan” is a label often used to describe someone acting selflessly to benefit others, even if a total stranger.
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By Terry Giles, Gannon University
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8/20/22
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What does it take to change a man’s heart? Dave Daniels (not his real name) was what the world would call a man’s man. And it took the power of love to help him step fully into what that meant.
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From Charles Towne
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8/20/22
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This summer, Apopka’s Hope Community Center officially began its LGBTQ+ immigrant rights program to support members of both the queer and immigrant communities.
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