by Stefanie Thomas, In Motion Staff in Features
In early January, members of The Journey at First Baptist Church in Orange City began to feel a need to venture out of their comfortable daily life to lend a caring hand to the poor and hurting of the world. After months of preparation, a team of 14 missionaries - ranging in age from late teens to early 60s - boarded a plane headed for the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti.
Go green for the holidays
by Richard X. Thripp, InMotion Staffe Writer in Features
With the holidays fast approaching, remember to balance consumerism with respect for the environment. For your gifts, consider skipping expensive, bleached wrapping paper. Use newspaper instead. The comics section of The News-Journal or Orlando Sentinel can add a lovely flair to your gift and is environmentally conscious if you receive the newspaper anyway.
by Jonathan A Wootken, InMotion Staff Writer in Features
That time of the semester has finally come again. The looming cloud of anxiety floats above the heads of students here and abroad as they pace the floors of study halls with one question resonating in their minds: "Am I ready?" The time for finals has come and students are readying their scholastic arsenal with calculators, pencils, erasers and protractors.
by Monique C. McClam, In Motion Staff Writer in Features
Daytona State College's athletic teams come together to provide a better Christmas for those less fortunate. The students on the various sports teams for Daytona State have joined WESH and the CW 18 to help collect food and toys for the needy this holiday season.
by Monique C. McClam, In Motion Staff Writer in Features
This fall an assembly of dance enthusiasts gathered in the Davidson Theater at the News-Journal Center in Daytona Beach to support dance students from across Central Florida. During the late October event, the Florida Dance Honors Concert was held, along with Volusia County Dances.
by Bobbie Jo Stuff, InMotion Staff Writer in Features
Right now, in a society full of mean girls, bullies and bag-kickers, little wheels are pouring out of classrooms and into hallways all over the world. This is to those who refuse to let heavy books and a little humiliation give them back pain: the rolly backpack users.
