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Joy Conference 2007, Cedar Grove Tabernacle of Praise, 612 Norwalk St., Greensboro. Guests: 5 p.m. Sunday, Vickie Winans in concert, $12, adults; $5, youths. 7:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday. Speakers: Monday, Rev. George Bloomer; Tuesday, Rev. Canton Jones; Wednesday, Rev. Debra Morton. 294-2628.Race Unity Day, 2 p.m., Country Park, 3905 Nathanael Green Drive, Shelter #1, Greensboro. Sponsored by the Baha'i Community of Greensboro.Homecoming, 10:30 a.m., Grace Baptist Church, 2008 Fairfax Road, Greensboro. Guests: the Trinity Quartet. Buffet dinner to follow. 299-3740.Women's Day, 2 p.m., St. Thomas Chapel Holiness Church, U.S. 150 West, Greensboro. Speaker: Rev. Helen Kelly. Monday, June 11 Youth Explosion, 7:30 p.m. today-Wednesday, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 306 S. English St., Greensboro.
Levin counters Senate fuel proposal; automakers return to Capitol ...
WASHINGTON -- Michigan Sen. Carl Levin released the text of his 46-page compromise proposal to increase fuel economy mandates, while auto industry officials prepared to mount a grassroots effort to support his proposal. On Tuesday, General Motors Corp. vice president of sales, Mark LaNeve, will be on Capitol Hill with GM dealers. Chrysler Group will muster 14 plant executives, including managers from Warren and Sterling Heights. Ford Motor Co. is bringing in Mark Fields, its president of the Americas. The amendment, if adopted, would raise fuel efficiency standards to a minimum of 36 miles per gallon for passenger cars by 2025 and 30 mpg for light trucks by 2022. It is sponsored by Sens. Levin, Mark Pryor D-Ark. and Kit Bond, R-Mo. Automakers currently must achieve 27.5 mpg for passenger cars and 22 mpg for light trucks.
Catching a moment with dad
Through my own experiences, I have found you don't get to be a good father instinctively. The moment you see your child for the first time doesn't automatically make you a father - it's a study in progress, friends. A new father will feel awe, pride and love the first time he sees that little stranger enter our world. This is a little tyke you're looking at, and you're amazed by the perfect little fingers and toes. After that, wonder turns to concern that your child is put together in a normal, healthy state. You are walking on a cloud, already showing pictures to anybody you can collar. "Here's my kid," you say. "Ever see any baby as cute as this one?" Of course they have - their own. I have two boys, grown men today, and I still show pictures of both to other fathers who in turn take pictures out of the wallets and say, "This is my kid.
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