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Recycling Company Exceeds Fundraising Goal For Katrina Victims

By Terri Rimmer Gachman Metals and Recycling Company in Fort Worth, TX has raised $10,000, over half of what they strived to collect from employees and the general public for Hurricane Katrina victims. The family owned business started a donation drive for food, clothes, and monetary contributions to the Tarrant Area Food Bank for victims of the hurricane on Sept. 3rd. Since 1913 Gachman has built a reputation of reliability and service, meeting customers’ needs. Adding to the company’s slogan of “conserving resources through recycling” the company has been a leader in addressing environmental safety issues including air and water pollution. The company is one of the largest scrap metal recycling companies in the city conserving natural resources and a leader in the metroplex. Based on a 14-acre site Gachman processes all types of scrap metals from low-grade to space age titanium. Most small suppliers deliver their materials to Gachman’s processing facility where the purchased scrap is...

To My Daughter On Her 4th Birthday

August 2004 Dear McKenna: I've been debating what to write for your annual birthday letter wanting to give you bright, happy thoughts. I can't believe you're going to be four years old on the 15th. It seems like only a blink away I saw you swaddled in white in the hospital. I'm so glad you have such a great family inVicki and Larry. Vicki loves you so much and sends me emails all the time about how you're doing. Larry taped your first dance recital recently which I can't wait to see. They tell me you're having your party at the water park that you love. I know you'll have a blast. In my usual tradition I'll be releasing the balloons at the park where we had Placement - four of them this year. I'll watch them float up to the sky and again wish you a happy birthday as the balloons climb higher and higher into the clouds. My once deep sorrow has now turned into heartfelt happiness knowing that you enjoy a new, good life each day with your adoptive p...