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September 16, 2004TC West band parent thanks community for supportByRecord-Eagle staff writer A West Senior High School band parent sent an e-mail to thank Sam's Club, Jen Tees Custom Screen Printing, Oleson's, Moomer's, Munson Food Service, West Senior High Food Service and Little Caesar's for generously donating food or money to the band following the tragic accident that took the lives of band members Adrian Morris and Christan DeWitt. "These businesses and the overwhelming support we've received from the community has been unbelievable," the parent wrote. "What a great community we have! Thanks so much to everyone who has helped the kids cope with their loss." - Roxanne Rahhal, volunteer coordinator at Just Imagine Creative Arts Healing Center, wrote to thank everyone who donated items for the center's new Healing Garden. "We'd like to say thanks to those who came by, maybe in the dark of night, and left beautiful gifts (many of them anonymous)," Rahhal wrote. "A big thank you to our 'Garden Angels' who have helped make our Healing Gardens and Pond so peaceful and welcoming." Just Imagine is at 225 W. 14th St. For details about classes, events or volunteer opportunities, call 932-9808 or visit www.justimaginecahc.com. - Ray and Jana Dell of Traverse City wrote to thank all the fire departments, emergency units and volunteers who responded to the early morning fire on Sept. 4 at their home. "We thank God we are alive and without your quick response we would have lost everything," the couple wrote. "We can't thank you all enough for being here and risking your lives for us." The Dells send special thanks to the fireman who rescued their cat and to their neighbors, Rail and Jackie, for getting there so quickly and risking their lives to help them. "Our heartfelt thanks to all our great neighbors who have opened their homes to us and have been supporting and helping us any way they can. Thank you all," the Dells wrote. - Kristina Singer of Traverse City wrote to thank the two teenage boys whose honesty restored her faith in mankind after an anonymous man tried to profit from her when she lost a camera bag on the Fourth of July. Singer spent Fourth of July at West End Beach enjoying the holiday with her daughter and spent part of the time trying to capture those special moments in a child's life on film and videotape. She decided to head home in the late afternoon and packed up all the beach paraphernalia in a wheeled cart, including her camera bag packed with video, digital and 35 mm cameras, all worth about $1,700. As she crossed Division Street to her vehicle, the camera bag fell out of the cart without her noticing the loss. "I searched for days, at the beach, nearby buildings, garbage cans ... (and) placed an ad in the paper for the return with a reward," Singer wrote. A man responded to her ad stating that he bought the cameras on the street while he was in town and only realized they were stolen when he saw other people's memories on the cameras. He offered to return the equipment by mail, but requested $150 in advance to cover his expenses and another $150 when Singer received the equipment. Wanting to make sure the cameras were hers, Singer asked the man to describe the last image on the digital camera. The man responded that he didn't know how to work the cameras and continued to resist when Singer offered to walk him through the process. At that point she became suspicious and asked him to call her back so she could give him the information he needed to collect the money. She immediately went to the Traverse City police station and explained the situation. "After hearing the story, the officer said that they had received a bag of cameras and had viewed the images and knew they were mine," Singer wrote. "They stated that two teenage boys from the Traverse City area had brought them in and said they found them in the street where I crossed. They rollerbladed all the way to the police station and turned them in, not giving their names or anything (and) expecting nothing in return for their honesty." Singer would like to get a message to these boys thanking them for their unselfish act and to let them know how grateful she is for their efforts and for being honest enough to turn them in to the police. "They also have allowed me to use them as a wonderful example ... of how old-fashioned honesty doesn't cost a thing, but can mean the world," Singer wrote. Items for this column may be sent to Northern Notes, Record-Eagle, P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685-0632; e-mail sbeach@record-eagle.com.
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