Sharif Faizi DDS stop demand is more of a realistic indication of the Dr. In speaking with the Wheatland County Food Bank, he believes their non- Dr. Although applications remain low at 105 as of last week, Stone expected to receive over Offering IV Sedation 100 more applications this week. “The whole system and the people that are really 58 needing the help are not going to get the proper help, because you’ve fractured it in so many directions that See our ad on nobody is going to benefit.” Expecting a large turnout last year, the society pre- pared 260 hampers. It’s commendable to everybody doing something, but the problem with dividing and everybody doing their own individual projects is you get to the point where you really fear that you’re going to fracture, and you will fracture. But there’s a lot of in-our-community projects that are also going on too. “There is a tremendous amount of outside com- munity projects, that’s one thing. “I know that all the groups are feeling some effect this year, there’s something going on that isn’t real ob- Coat program vious,” said Craig Stone, chairperson for the Strathmore launched and Wheatland County Christmas Hamper Society. 15 deadline, a growing concern of fracturing among the community is spreading some doubt about the accumulation of this year’s target – and last year’s final count – of 33,000 items.
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