Hometown Hero - Page 6

Hometown Heroes are people who serve other people, their community, and take pride in honoring, restoring, preserving, or celebrating an aspect of American hometown life, be it their work, passion, or pastime.

Keeping the Faeth

by Lori Erickson

In a typical year, the Faeths harvest about 15,000 bushels of more than 50 different varieties of apples grown on 20 acres.

first appeared: 7/23/2006

Preserving Appalachian Treasures

by Jackie Sheckler Finch

first appeared: 7/9/2006

Cruising for Charity

by Amy Houts

first appeared: 6/11/2006

PetFinder.com

by Marti Attoun

Betsy and Jared Saul have helped match over 7 million pets with loving owners

first appeared: 6/11/2006

A Gift to the Nation

by Marti Attoun

first appeared: 6/4/2006

A Sunset Beach Salute

by Warren Hynes

first appeared: 5/28/2006

Keeping Dreams Alive

by Vicki Cox

first appeared: 5/21/2006

Cartoonist Combats Illiteracy

by M.B. Roberts

first appeared: 5/7/2006

Inspired by Irises

by Polly Campbell

On a spring day, Ray Schreiner stands amid a rainbow of millions of yellow, pink, purple and blue irises coloring the landscape at Schreiner's Iris Gardens near Keizer, Ore.

first appeared: 4/23/2006

A Band of Brothers

by Polly Campbell

first appeared: 4/16/2006

Stitching Bears that Heal

by Carol Beck-Round

first appeared: 4/2/2006

Generating "Hope" for Breast Cancer

by Susan Palmquist

first appeared: 3/26/2006

Master of Manteca's Murals

by Debi Drake

first appeared: 3/19/2006

Wearing O' the Greenes

by Marti Attoun

Every day's St. Patrick's Day for this Florida family

first appeared: 3/12/2006

Sharing the Hometown News

by Vivian Wagner

first appeared: 2/19/2006

7 Girls in the Reel World

by j. poet

At an age when most girls use their free time to go to the movies, seven young women in Petaluma, Calif., worked tirelessly to bring the movies to their community.

first appeared: 2/12/2006

Restoring Stoves - and a Town

by Marti Attoun

first appeared: 1/29/2006

Soaring Among the Clouds

by Jackie Sheckler Finch

first appeared: 1/8/2006

Fostering Family Ties

by Debbie Geiger

first appeared: 1/1/2006

For Old Time's Sake

by Virginia Wright

first appeared: 12/25/2005

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