Times are tough for many. That's as evident as ever in a notice that Smithfield Foods is closing 35 Missouri hog production sites which will mean 92 jobs will be lost by October.
The performing arts can be incredibly healing, and the tiny town of Newtown, Ct. needs all the help it can get after the tragic events that took place over one year ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which claimed 26 innocent lives.
In an attempt to heal not only the ones directly connected to the tragedy at Newtown, CT, this past Friday, but the entire town, retired special education teacher Michael Cragin has decided to offer out hugs — not from him, but from his beloved bulldog Truman.