valentines flowers her - Bakersfield family wants justice, six months after death of daughter and grandkids

It has been six months since a Bakersfield man was accused of murdering his wife and four children in Oregon. Police say 51-year-old Jordan Criado killed his wife Tabasha Criado, and their four children, before setting their house on fire. Her family in Bakersfield says waiting for justice is delaying the healing process.
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Jordan Criado was the only survivor of the mass tragedy in July. But after two delays in the court process, and a not guilty plea, Tabasha Criado's family is still searching for answers.

Flowers and stuffed animals line the front door step of Tabasha Criado's home in Medford, Oregon. It has been six months since Criado and her four children died inside the home. The flowers outside the front door have since wilted.
"She was my daughter and my grand babies and I'll never have them again," said Gwen Crowles, Tabasha Criado's mother.

The tragedy tore apart Criado's Bakersfield family. "For me to be a mother and don't know what to do it's hard. I have to call my momma and ask her, what do I do?" continued Crowles.

The Crowles skipped Thanksgiving and Christmas this year valentines flowers her The Crowles say their world was turned upside down July 18th, when Medford police say their son in law, Jordan Criado, a registered sex offender in California, killed their daughter and four grandchildren and then set their Oregon home on fire.

"Some days I just walk around I just burst out crying and yelling and I don't know why I'm doing it. I know I'm hurting and thank God my husband just let me and then when I'm finished he hold me," said Gwen Crowles.

Crowles and her husband say church and counseling give them what little strength they have. "We walk around with a lid on top of our head and there in counseling, we unscrew the lid, and it comes out. It's a healing process," continued Crowles.

Jordan Criado has been charged with murder, and other charges, including manslaughter and arson. Two weeks ago, a judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf after Criado's attorney said he was unable to enter a plea for the five murders. This comes after Criado's attorney asked for more time to enter his client to enter a plea. A trial date or mental health hearing will be set in March.

"We start getting this scab and it gets better and then something happens and it rips right off. So we're vulnerable again. It's like how much blood do they want?" said Bill Crowles.

The Crowles say once the trial comes to an end, they hope they can begin the healing process, but that may still be a long way off. The Crowles are now working to get their grandchildren's personal belongings sent back to Bakersfield. They say it is the only way they know how to keep the memories alive.

valentines flowers her - Lord Mayor & Sheriff’s Charity Fund raises £28,000

THE Lord Mayor & Sheriff’s Charity Fund has already raised almost £28,000 – with a host of fresh fundraising events set to be staged in York early in 2012.

Recent donations to the fund, which this year benefits York Against Cancer and York and District Mind, include £1,000 from the summer’s Assize of Ale, another £1,000 from Browns of York’s shopping night, £220 from a Clarins’ night – also at Browns – and £1,500 from a bonfire event at Thornton-le-Clay valentines flowers her

One of the first events of 2012 will be a concert by retro covers band Blind Alley, who were a force on the York music scene for almost eight years but who played their last gig two years ago.

They are reforming for a gig at Huntington Working Men’s Club at 7.30pm on Saturday, January 14, when they will be playing timeless classics from bands such as The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Eagles, REM and Coldplay.

Advance tickets can be bought for £5 each, available from the club, York and District Mind, York Against Cancer and the Guildhall, on 01904 551011 during office hours.

Band member Ian Surgenor said he had contacted other members of Blind Alley to see if they could get back together one more time and they all said yes. “I’m delighted and really looking forward to it,” he said.

Meanwhille, an evening with top football referee Howard Webb at Pike Hills Golf Club on Thursday, January 26, has almost sold out, but organiser Graham Bradbury said he was still looking for prizes for the raffle. Anyone willing to donate should phone 01904 708330.

Members of the Civic Party, including Lord Mayor David Horton, are set to pound the city centre streets in early January to promote the Valentine Ball at the Voltigeur Suite, York Racecourse, on Saturday, February 11.

They will be asking shops and other businesses to donate items for auction at the event, or valentines flowers her

Valentines Flowers Her - Indonesia's Aceh Marks 7 Years Since Indian Ocean Tsunami

Banda Aceh, Indonesia - Aliya Humaira scribbled a message on yellow paper in the shape of a petal: 'I love Papa, I love Mama, I love Sister Icha, I love Brother Kiki.' valentines flowers her

The 8-year-old Aliya lost her parents, a brother and a sister in the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that devastated Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island.

She and other children marked the 7th anniversary of the tsunami by planting 5,000 paper flowers containing messages of hope from their Japanese peers on a golf course in Aceh Besar district.

The yellow paper flowers were sent by children in the Japanese city of Kobe, where more than 6,000 people were killed after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck 16 years ago.

'Let's rise up together,' read one message written by a Japanese earthquake survivor.

Aliya is now being raised by her grandmother in Medan, the capital of neighbouring North Sumatra province.

'Every year I take Aliya to Aceh so that she won't forget her family,' said the grandmother, Khamariyah, wiping tears that rolled down her eyes. Like many Indonesians she uses only one name.

Aceh was the region hardest hit by the 2004 tsunami.

The disaster, triggered by a magnitude-9.3 earthquake off Sumatra, killed an estimated 230,000 people in 13 countries along the Indian Ocean, including 170,000 in Aceh and Nias island.

Thousands attended the ceremony marking the anniversary in Aceh Besar attended by Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf and guests from Japan. valentines flowers her

'The paper flowers are called Shinsai Mirai No Hana, which means flowers of the future,' said Ryo Nishikawa, a Japanese social worker who organized the project.

He said Achinese children would also send similar flowers to their Japanese peers in Kobe.

Relatives gathered Monday at mass graves where thousands of Achinese victims of the tsunami were buried to say prayers.

At a mass grave in Siron, Muslims, Christians and Buddhists offered joint prayers while others in the staunchly Islamic province gathered at local mosques.

Days before the anniversary, an Achinese girl who was thought to have died in the tsunami was found and reunited with her parents.

Her grandfather said she was forced to beg by her adopted mother for years before she left her to look for her biological parents.