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Exemplary citizens.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(public-spirited citizens awards)(Brief Article)
Each year the Ashville, North Carolina, police department holds an annual awards banquet to honor individuals for various achievements. Citizens who have demonstrated exceptional qualities are given the "Exemplary Citizen" award. The department gave the award to four public-spirited citizens at its 15th annual awards ceremony on the evening of February 7.
The first recipient was Kimberly Waters, who was in the parking lot of a local Wal-Mart last December when she was approached by several suspicious-looking people in a vehicle. Though she didn't know it at the time, the occupants had committed several robberies in the area, and they had targeted Waters as their next victim.
When one of the would-be thieves attempted to snatch Waters' purse, she refused to give it up. She instead got into her car and followed the robbers, getting their license plate number and calling the police on her cell phone. She continued to trail the vehicle ...
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...preserving that heritage, she wrote, "My personal responsibility as a citizen of the United States includes my action as an exemplary citizen. I have to base my activities and decisions throughout life, not just on self- interest, but (on) concerns relative...
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...Expo enthusiasm." When Frey says Law is "a terrific guy," he doesn't mean just that Vance, a devout Mormon, is an exemplary citizen. He means this 31-year-old can help steady a club in transition from the over-emphasis on age of two seasons ago...
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- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. August 26, 2009 700+ words
...production. "I have added a few specifically Indian references i 1/2 for example, how Rani of Jhansi strikes me as an exemplary citizen-activist of her time," he said. "I have also modified a few words here and there that have a different meaning in...
Source: HighBeam Research, Exemplary citizens.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(public-spirited citizens...