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For children around the world, receiving a shoebox from Operation Christmas Child can be a life-changing experience.

For children around the world, receiving a shoebox from Operation Christmas Child can be a life-changing experience.

Christmas giving underway

Dan Brown
Friday, November 8, 2019
The First Baptist Church - Highlands is slated to be the local drop off point for this year’s Operation Christmas Child. The drop off period will begin on Monday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. and finish a week later on Nov. 25 at noon.
Highlands resident Charlie Ledford posted a 3:09:14 time in the X-Terra Off-Road Triathlon World Championships in Kapalua, Hawaii in October, finishing seventh in his age group.

Highlands resident Charlie Ledford posted a 3:09:14 time in the X-Terra Off-Road Triathlon World Championships in Kapalua, Hawaii in October, finishing seventh in his age group.

Ledford completes strong showing in off-road triathlon

Dan Brown
Friday, November 8, 2019
Local athlete Charlie Ledford made it clear back in June about his intentions when talking about beating his addictions. “I beat this, but I haven’t won anything yet,” he said by phone on Tuesday. “And I’ll never win at this really, I just refuse to lose.