PAULDING — “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

Those words from Philippians 4:13, Psalm 121, are helping give strength to a community and family mourning the death of Zachary Arend. Arend died March 9, a week after the fatal Bluffton University bus crash that claimed the lives of six others.

Zachary Arend’s name as well as “Philippians 4:13″ are now inscribed on purple bracelets which were worn by family members and members of the Bluffton University baseball team to honor Arend.

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Prime Minister John Howard and Beaconhills College student Rachel Caulfield with the magenta wristbands the college is using in fundraising for World Vision.

BEACONHIILLS College student Rachel Caulfield achieved the photo of a lifetime when she met Prime Minister John Howard on his recent trip to Pakenham and Berwick.

The year eight student met the Prime Minister at Bryn Mawr Bridge in Berwick last Wednesday 7 March and asked him to wear a wristband in a photo, which the students from Clark House, have been selling as part of a fundraising activity.

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Shaena Behbahany only knew Quinn Truong for about a month, but it was enough time for the two to grow close. When Behbahany, a freshman at Oregon State University, joined Delta Gamma last fall, Truong was her “big sister” in the sorority.

“She was always really helpful. She helped me out a lot with getting used to everything in the house,” said Behbahany, 19, an interior design major from Lake Oswego. Truong died last fall in a car accident, and now it’s Behbahany’s turn to return Truong’s kindness.

Behbahany designed a white rubber bracelet honoring the memory of Truong and boyfriend Jeffrey Schmidt, who also died in the accident.

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Benedictine Hospital officials will investigate the temporary mix-up of two newborn babies in the maternity ward last week, a hospital spokesman said.

The babies were placed with the wrong parents for less than a day before the mistake was realized.

Hospital spokesman Rob Baumstone said he doesn’t know whether it was the parents or nurses who first realized the mistake and he doesn’t know how the mistake happened in the first place.

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This March, University of Nevada students will most likely prepare for spring break by studying for midterms, gassing up their cars for road trips, or buying plane tickets to warmer climates. Before students leave campus for varied adventures, the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention Coalition will launch a “Safe Spring Break” campaign from March 12-15.

Whether students just stay home for the break, or travel across the country, the coalition’s “Safe Spring Break,” campaign hopes to encourage students to make decisions that will not cause harm to themselves or any person around them during their week off from school.

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