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“I think if more people talked about it and didn’t look down upon [suicide], it would ease the grieving process a little bit.” - Michele Barickman, who lost her son to suicide.
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Amanda Shumaker, karaoke finalist and bartender at Toot’s, had a cheering section that “got down” while she performed at Toot’s Southern Maryland karaoke competition.
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Many drivers frequently pass by the youth memorial located on Point Lookout Road just south of the intersection with Great Mills Road, but many are unaware of the local significance and history of the memorial.
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The first ever Unify to Unity bus trip with the Elijah International Foundation took children and adults to visit the new Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.