GREETINGS FROM HEART, HOME MORE MAIL POURS IN FOR TEENAGER WHO GAVE TROOPS A MILLION THANKS.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Few people are willing to hold down 40-hour-a-week jobs that don't include paychecks, and the challenge is especially big for a teenager Teenager See also Adolescence. Ah, Wilderness! high-school senior has problems with girls and his father. [Am. Drama: O’Neill Ah, Wilderness! in Sobel, 15] Aldrich, Henry teenaged film character of the 1940s. [Am. in the 10th grade. But Shauna Fleming, who collected 1 million letters of thanks for U.S. military personnel last year, is working full time again to help the troops. She aims to get 100,000 signed Valentine's cards to send to them overseas, and she loves the job. ``Just yesterday, I got a box in the mail from a U.S. Marine in Iraq,'' Fleming said Thursday at Mountasia in Santa Clarita, where she was collecting thousands of Valentine's cards. ``It was a flag that had been flying over a Marine base in Iraq. ``A Marine sent it with a letter thanking me for all my work. He got his whole unit to sign it. ``Just to know that a few weeks ago it was flying (at a Marine base) in Iraq, it's an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. feeling.'' The Orange County 15-year-old is hoping to collect 100,000 Valentine's cards by Feb. 1 so they will reach the troops by Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. . She said she expected to pick up 5,000 to 10,000 at Mountasia - one of a few designated collection points for cards from across the country - to add to the 55,000 she has already gathered. Through her Web site, www.aMillionThanks.org, Fleming began spreading the word last year about her campaign to gather the 1 million letters of thanks to be forwarded to the troops. In November, she personally presented the millionth letter to President George W. Bush in the Oval Office. Fleming is scheduled to return to Washington, D.C., on Saturday to attend an inaugural event and speak at a youth rally. She will also attend the presidential inauguration INAUGURATION. This word was applied by the Romans to the ceremony of dedicating some temple, or raising some man to the priesthood, after the augurs had been consulted. It was afterwards applied to the installation (q.v. with her family Jan. 20. ``Meeting the president, it really was like a dream come true,'' Fleming said. ``And getting the flag, I had no idea it was coming. I'm going to hang it on our school's flagpole for a while, and then I'll put it in my room.'' Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Visiting the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. on Thursday, Orange County teenager Shauna Fleming happily gathers thousands more Valentine's cards to send to U.S. troops serving overseas. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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