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Sunday, July 21, 2013
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Saturday, July 20, 2013
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Friday, July 19, 2013
Religion: Church briefs for the week beginning Saturday, July 20
Sunday school picnic
St. Jacob's (Stone) UCC, 5152 Stone Church Road, Glenville, will hold its Sunday school picnic and family style roast beef dinner at 3 p.m. today in the picnic grove.
Gospel concert
The Freemans from Nashville, Tenn., will perform in concert 7 tonight at Calvary Christian Center, 340 Abbottstown Pike, Abbottstown.
For more information, call 717-880-9937.
Candlelight at Christ Church
'Candlelight at Christ Church: Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital' which will continue 8 p.m. each Saturday through Aug. 31 at Christ Lutheran Church on Chambersburg Street in Gettysburg.
Features live music, poetry of Walt Whitman, sing alongs and readings from the diaries of Civil War nurses and Sgt. Stearn. The program will be held in the nave of the air conditioned church.
For more information, call 717-334-4032.
Sonlight Christian Fellowship
Sonlight Christian Fellowship, 563 Brickyard Road, New Oxford, will have a visiting speaker, James Weaver, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Weaver, from Bedford, Pa., currently attends Alleghany Valley Church.
They will also host a hymn sing at 7:30 p.m. Sunday with Titus Wadel of Chambersburg leading the congregational singing.
For more information, call Galen Diller at 717-225-3802.
York Springs United Methodist VBS
Vacation Bible School
will be held 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday at York Springs United Methodist Church, 840 Trolley Road. The theme is "God's Backyard Bible Camp."For more information, call Laurel Karper at 717-253-6461.
Zwingli VBS
Zwingli United Church of Christ, 403 West King St., East Berlin, will hold its Community Vacation Bible School Monday through Thursday. This year's theme is "Kingdom Rock" and will run from 6 to 8:30 each evening.
Pre-registration is encouraged so materials and food can be ordered. Register now at zwingliucc.org or call 717-259-0623. All children ages 3 and up are invited. Supper will be provided Monday through Thursday for all attendees beginning at 5:30. There is no cost.
Christ's American Baptist Church VBS
Kingdom Rock Vacation Bible School will be held 6:15 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday at Christ's American Baptist Church, 730 Menges Mills Road, Spring Grove.
Children ages 4 years (by Sept. 1, 2013) to those who completed sixth grade this past school year are welcome.
Call 717-225-1876 for more information or to register online go to christ-abc.org,
St. Paul's VBS
St. Paul's (Dubs) Union Church, 1958 Dubs Church Road, Hanover, will hold vacation Bible School from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
The theme is "Son West Roundup" for children ages 2 and older.
To register or for more information, call the church office at 717-637-2419.
Chalk artist performing
Chalk artist Janet DeRosa will perform at 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the Orchard Springs Fellowship Church, 21240 Carlisle Road, Aspers. She will give away a chalk drawing each night. For more information, call 717-448-8680.
Grace summer camp
Grace United Methodist Preschool, 55 Albright Drive, Hanover, has openings in its summer preschool camp.
Art Crazy will be held July 22 to 26; Music Mayhem will be held July 29 to Aug. 2; Puppets will be held Aug. 5 to 9; and Dinosaurs will be held Aug. 19 to 23.
Camp runs 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday.
Grace Preschool also has openings in classes for fall. They offer all-day kindergarten, morning and afternoon classes. Teachers are all state certified. Call 717-632-3140 to have registration forms sent or to schedule a visit.
Dutch Festival flea market
St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 30 W. Chestnut St., Hanover, will hold an indoor flea market on Hanover's Dutch Day Festival, Saturday, July 27. Doors open at 7 a.m.
All proceeds will support Lantern Hill Mission in Mexico and the mission team from St. Matthew going there in August. A variety of items including toys, glassware, lamps, books and household items are available. Free bottles of cold water will be available. Enter by the rear door near the parking lot.
Inter-generational summer class
Zwingli United Church of Christ, 403 W. King St., East Berlin, will hold an inter-generational summer class at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, July 28. The Rev. Dr. Margaret Wise will discuss "Scripture Translations - why so many?" Refreshments will be provided. For more information, call 717-259-0623.
Calvary Bible VBS
Calvary Bible Church, 603 Wilson Ave., Hanover, invites children and adults to attend its Vacation Bible School, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, July 28 to Aug. 1.
Through every twist, turn and dive, Colossal Coaster World will challenge kids to face their fears and trust God. Registration begins at 6 each night.
Teens and adults will hear Dave Bogue who has spent more than 30 years in full-time vocational Christian service. He is currently the senior pastor of the Arlington Memorial Baptist Church in Akron, Ohio. Adults and teens meet in the church sanctuary from 7 to 8:30 each evening.
For more information, call the church office at 717-632-3954 or visit the website www.cbc-hanover.org.
Joint VBS
St. Paul's United Church of Christ and St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Stoverstown will hold its annual Vacation Bible School 6:30 to 8 p.m. the week of July 28 to Aug. 1 at the UCC church, 2173 Stoverstown Road in North Codorus Township. Children ages 3 through sixth grade are welcome to join in "Kingdom Rock." To register online go to www.stpaulsstoverstown.org or call 717-225-6357.
PromisedLand Quartet
The PromisedLand Quartet will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 28, at Harvest Time Temple, 700 Black Rock Road, Hanover. For more information, call 717-637-1702.
Summer Camps
Zwingli's "Best Of" Summer Enrichment Series is offered to children ages 4 to 6 this summer at Zwingli Christian School, 403 West King St., East Berlin. "Kids in the Kitchen" will run 9 a.m. to noon July 29-Aug. 1.
Camp is taught by qualified teachers and assistants and supervised by the ZCS Director and will include a daily snack, outdoor recreation (weather permitting), story time, arts and crafts, music and games. Cost is $65 per child per camp. For more information and to register, call 717-259-7449.
Idaville United Brethren VBS
Children ages 3 through grade 6 will step back in time at "Athens: Paul's Dangerous Journey to Share the Truth," Idaville United Brethren Church's Vacation Bible School, 3590 Carlisle Road, Gardners, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 29 to Aug. 2. Children will participate in Bible-times marketplace, sing songs, visit Paul and play arena games for fun-Olympic training.
To pre-register, call the church office at 717-677-8076 or register online at www.idavillechurch.com; however, advance registration is not required.
Bus trip
The resource committee of the Grace United Church of Christ, 100 Fourth St., Hanover, is sponsoring a fall foliage bus trip to the southern coast of Maine from Sept. 10-13.
Reservations with $100 deposit are due Aug. 1.
For more information, call 717-637-1513.
Community yard sale
St. Jacob's (Stone) UCC, 5152 Stone Church Road, Glenville, will hold a community yard sale from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3. Tables can be rented for $5. It will be held indoors and outdoors, rain or shine. For information or to reserve a table, call 717-227-0262.
Church yard sale
The 31st annual Church Yard Sale will be held 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at Paradise Holtzschwamm Evangelical Covenant Church, 6777 Lincoln Highway, Thomasville.
Rain or shine. There are 50 outside vendors and items inside the church for sale. Don't miss the baked goods, chicken corn soup and sandwiches.
The Environment: Good News and Creative Possibilities
Emmanuel United Church of Christ, 124 Broadway, Hanover, is sponsoring a series of speakers and discussions focusing on encouraging news about the environment. Speakers will discuss things the average person living in this area can do to nurture the environment. Some ideas will be familiar, others are new possibilities. These events are scheduled for the first Sunday of each month through the end of the year and are open to the community.
On Aug. 4, at 10:30 a.m. in King Auditorium, Metta Barbour, a food availability task force volunteer, will lead a discussion on "Community Gardens." Her organization is working to improve access to fresh produce in York County.
On Sept. 8, at 9 a.m. in Emmanuel's Bowers Chapel, Sally Smith, who designed an interactive native plant garden for the residents at the Shrewsbury Lutheran Retirement Village, will present: "Going Native: What's Great About Native Plants."
Speakers for October, November and December are being scheduled.
Call Emmanuel's office at 717-632-8281 for more information.
Penn Grove church camp
Penn Grove Retreat, 6419 Pamadeva Road, Hanover, will hold Kids Church Camp Monday through Thursday, Aug. 5-9. Kingdom Rock, for children ages 6 to 13, will feature music, games, crafts, swimming and meals. Cost is $135 per child. Call 717-637-1702 for more information or to register.
Wolfe in concert
John A. Wolfe will present a concert of sacred music commemorating the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 30 Chambersburg St., Gettysburg.
John A. Wolfe is a New York City-based organist, choral conductor and music educator.
The performance will feature congregational hymn singing as well as solo pipe organ compositions by Johann Pachebel, Nicolas de Grigny, Louis Vierne and Johann Sebastian Bach.
A freewill offering will benefit the church's Organ Completion Fund.
Peach festival
St. Johns Lutheran Church, 665 St Johns Rd., Littlestown, will have its 16th annual peach festival 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10.
Yard sale spaces are available for rent.
The church will be serving breakfast and lunch.
For more information, call St. John's at 717-359-4825 or Don Bair at 717-677-6548.
Sunday School Picnic
St. Paul's (Dubs) Union Church, 1958 Dubs Church Road, Hanover, will hold its Sunday School Picnic Saturday, Aug. 17.
The air conditioned dining room opens at 4 p.m. serving hot roast beef sandwiches, fried chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs and desserts. Musical entertainment by the Brodbecks Band and Iron Ridge Band. Take your lawn chairs.
For more information, call the church office at 717-637-2419.
Revelation Part 3: Precept Bible Study
Calvary Bible Church, 603 Wilson Ave., Hanover, invites men, women, couples and teens to attend its "Precept Upon Precept Bible Study, Revelation Part 3: What is the Sign of His Coming and of the End of the Age, (Chapters 5-22)." Explore the relationship of the book of Revelation to the Gospels and realize the prophecies and teachings they contain about the last days.
This Bible study will be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 3. Contact the church office by Aug. 18 for registration information at 717-632-3954 or office@cbc-hanover.org.
Coach and cash bingo
St. Joseph the Worker Church will hold its annual Coach and cash bingo on Sunday, Aug. 25, at St. Vincent DePaul in Hanover. Donation is $20 for 21 games. Door prizes, raffles and food will be available.
Call the parish office at 717-334-2510 for more information, or to purchase tickets call Sandy Keller at 717-334-3512.
Join the journey
Hanover Foursquare Church, 518 Wilson Ave., Hanover, will embark on a journey of "Practicing the Presence of God 24/7." Participants will learn and experience God's presence, find peace, joy, acceptance and freedom.
Adults will watch DVDs and children will learn the same thing.
The free meetings will be held at 7 p.m. every Wednesday through August.
For more information or to RSVP, call 717-632-2924.
Car wash
Boy Scout Troop 501 of Redeemer's UCC will hold a car wash from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, in the Redeemer's United Church of Christ parking lot, 107 East King St., Littlestown. Weather permitting.
Pedals 4 Progress
St. Jacob's (Stone) UCC, 5152 Stone Church Road, Glenville, is gathering used bicycles for distribution to Third World nations.
To help, contact Charlotte Pinette at 717-227-0262.
Family style ham supper
St. Jacob's (Stone) UCC, 5152 Stone Church Road, Glenville, will hold a family style ham supper at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, in the picnic grove.
Gospel Music Concert
Ivan Parker will perform at a Gospel Music Concert 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, at Hanover Seventh-day Adventist Church, 865 Gitts Run Road, Hanover. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Lite refreshments after the concert.
Tickets are $15, call 717-766-3015 or purchase online at iTickets.com.
Mad About Marriage Seminar
A two-session Mad About Marriage Seminar with Mike and Gayle Tucker will be held Friday, Oct. 18, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 19, from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at Hanover Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 865 Gitts Run Road, Hanover.
A lite lunch will be provided.
There is no charge for this event but you must register online at www.madaboutmarriage.com.
For more information, call 717-259-9012.
Food pantry, clothing bank
By His Hands food and clothing bank at Calvary Assembly of God, 95 Pumping Station Road, Hanover, is open 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of each month.
For more information, call 717-698-5580.
Food pantry
Silver Run Community Food Pantry will open for the distribution of non-perishable food items the first and third Wednesday of each month from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the parish house of St. Mary's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3978 Littlestown Pike, Westminster, Md.
Donations of non-perishable food items will also be accepted.
For information and special delivery arrangements, call 443-244-0453.
Clothing bank
The Hanover Area Council of Churches, 136 Carlisle St., Hanover, is open from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays for individuals certified through the Community Progress Council to receive free clothing. It is also open to the general public from 9 a.m. to noon Thursdays. A rummage sale is held from 9 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of each month. Donations are accepted from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
For more information, call the office at 717-633-6353 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays.
THRIFT SHOPS
St. Joseph
St. Joseph Thrift Shop, 244 Baltimore St., Hanover, is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
St. Vincent's
St. Vincent's Thrift Shop, located in the basement level of the former St. Vincent School, 224 Third St., Hanover, is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
The shop will take tax deductible donations from anyone in the community. They sell gently worn clothing and household items in good working condition.
For more information, call Caroline Murren at 717-637-8878 or the thrift shop at 717-633-6198.
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception Thrift Shop, 5 Carlisle St., New Oxford, is currently holding a clothing sale, buy two and get one free. Third item must be equal to or less in value. Excludes school uniforms. Call 717-624-1272 for more information.
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Israel Approaches Chief Rabbinate Elections Amid Flood of Legal Charges and Personal Bitterness
Haaretz today profiles the 6 candidates running for the position of Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi and the 4 running to become the next Sephardi Chief Rabbi in Israel. Elections are scheduled for July 24. The chief rabbis are elected by a 150-person Special Election Committee that includes municipal rabbis, religious court judges, mayors, council heads, the IDF chief rabbi, and several Knesset members. (Jewish Press.) The two Chief Rabbis make up the Chief Rabbinate that has legal authority in the country over many Jewish religious and personal status issues, as well as over Israel's Rabbinical Courts. The Chief Rabbis are elected for 10 year terms. This year's election has been filled with political and legal intrigue, as well as bitter personal campaigning. ?Here are just a few examples:
On the Sephardi slate, Yitzhak Yosef, son of the current Sephardi Chief Rabbi, won his father's endorsement only after his brother (whom his father preferred) was interrogated by police on??suspicion of breach of trust, conflict of interests and inappropriate conduct. The candidacy of?Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu is being challenged before Israel's High Court of Justice because he has made a series of allegedly racist anti-Arab statements and religious rulings over the years. Israel's Attorney General has urged Eliyahu to step down as a candidate.
On the Ashkenazi side, much of the focus is on the candidacy of?David Stav, a moderate religious Zionist rabbi who is supported by the?Habayit Hayehudi party which is an important component of Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government. Currently both Chief Rabbi positions are held by non-Zionist haredi?rabbis who staunchly oppose Stav. ?As reported by Arutz Sheva earlier this week,?Rabbi Shalom Cohen, a senior member of the Council of Sages of the Sephardic Shas party, in a sermon over the weekend delivered in the presence of?Shas party spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, referred to religious Zionist rabbis as "Amalek." ?That reference is a particularly volatile one because of the Biblical command to annihilate the Amalekites. Meanwhile the current Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, Yona Metzger, is under investigation by the police on charges of fraud, money laundering and accepting bribes. (See prior posting.) As reported by JTA, Metzger has suspended himself from the presidency of the ?Chief Rabbinate Council and from his position as a Rabbinical High Court judge while the investigation is under way.
Source: http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2013/07/israel-approaches-chief-rabbinate.html
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WILD WEST BONANZA City Auctions Off Historical Artifacts to Get Out of Debt
An East Coast city that's been sitting on a Wild West gold mine is finally cashing in on the loot.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's state capital, is auctioning off thousands of antique artifacts this week, hoping the sale will help pull the city out of debt. ?
Back in 1980, the citizens of Harrisburg elected Stephen Reed as mayor. He envisioned the city as a tourist destination, filled with museums, including one showcasing Harrisburg's one-time claim to fame as the gateway to the West. ?He spent more than $8 million on roughly 10,000 pieces, including antique guns, old horse-drawn wagons, ?Wyatt Earp?s Days of the Week Shaving Set,? Jesse James and Billy The Kid wanted posters and sheriff's badges. ?The city built one museum, but went broke before it could build three more, as the mayor intended.
"He went about it in ways that were not exactly according to rules," said Arlen Ettinger, President of Guernsey's, the New York City-based auction house the city hired to sell the items.
?"He took city monies to acquire things that he thought would look well in museums, and he was a great fan of the old West."
Harrisburg will take every penny it can get. Unlike most auctions, this one requires no minimum bids.
"If there was ever a sort of every person's auction, this has got to be it," Ettinger said. "There are things that are going to be quite expensive, I suspect, and things that will go for very affordable prices and that makes it open to everyone."
In the first three days, the auction raised approximately $2 million, nearly half of it from antique weapons. Theodore Roosevelt's rare combination rifle and shot gun went for $115,000, 10 to 15 times more than expected. ?
Harrisburg will use the money to pay down loans and bonds, but this auction is not expected to make much of a dent in its mammoth debt, estimated at more than $300 million. That debt was largely caused by the building of a trash incinerator more than 40 years ago.?
The incinerator was designed to collect and burn trash from across the state as a way to make a profit, but it never really worked properly and the city fell deeper and deeper in the red trying to keep up with payments on the money borrowed to build the burner.
Harrisburg's chief operating officer, Robert Philbin, says the auction signifies a turning point from the past into what he calls the ?post-recovery future? for the city.?
"This is the best way to do it I think. It will go to people who respect the collection and institutions that respect the collection rather than molding," Philbin said. "I mean it's not doing any good in a warehouse in the city of Harrisburg.?
The auction started Monday and runs through the weekend. Anyone interested in bidding can do so in person in Harrisburg or online at www.guernseys.com.
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Negotiations on hospital jobs begin
Negotiations are underway to save as many as 25 of the 65 jobs being lost at Danbury and New Milford hospitals.
The negotiations involve possible concessions from the two nursing unions being granted to the Western Connecticut Health Network, the umbrella organization that manages the two hospitals.
Hospital spokeswoman Andrea Rynn said the hospital leaders hope to meet with union leaders next week to see what concessions are possible.
Mary Consoli, the president of the union at Danbury Hospital, which represents about 600 members, was unavailable for comment Wednesday.
But Joanne Chapin, president of the New Milford unit, which represents about 125 nurses, said the union wants to see numbers that show how the network plans to save money and jobs.
The hospital has refused to say where the layoffs will occur, except to say that they are system-wide.
On Wednesday, Rynn shot down one rumor -- that the hospital has laid off all the licensed practical nurses at Danbury Hospital.
"That's not true," she said.
Chapin said that under the layoff plan announced by the hospital last week, four registered nurses could be laid off at New Milford Hospital, while another two would have their hours reduced.
The network maintains the layoffs are the result of a $34 million cut in state funding to the network over two years. Overall, the state budget approved by the General Assembly cuts funding to state hospitals by $550 million.
The state has said this is a reduction in its overall support for state hospitals. Last week Ben Barnes, secretary of the state's Office of Policy and Management, said hospitals could cut executive compensation rather than lay off workers.
Dr. John Murphy, the president and chief executive officer of Western Connecticut Health Network, receives $995,838 in pay and benefits.
In making the announcement last week, the hospital said it will not fill 51 open positions.
Rynn said Wednesday the hospital has also saved $4 million and 50 jobs by reducing non-union employees' wages in a variety of ways.
The network is the region's largest employer, with 4,280 staff members at the two hospitals and several affiliated medical offices and organizations.
"People are sad about this, but also understanding," Rynn said. "We've been warning this might happen since last winter."
The wage changes include reductions in differential pay -- the extra pay staff gets for working night shifts, for example. It also involves cutting the premiums workers get for coming in on weekends and holidays, and also reducing overtime pay.
Rynn said the hospital is asking union members to accept the same cuts already imposed on non-union employees.
One change, Chapin said, would involve paying nurses overtime only when they work more than 40 hours in one week. Under the nurses' contract, they now get overtime when they work extra hours on a daily basis.
Chapin said many nurses now work only part time, so it's very difficult for them to work more than 40 hours a week.
She also said issues like the night differential have been issues the union has fought for over the years to boost union members' wages. Union members now earn an extra $2.60 per hour for working night shifts. The hospital wants to reduce that to $2, Chapin said.
"It took us 20 years to get that night differential," Chapin said. For that reason, she said, the union wants proof of how losing part of it will save jobs.
"We're not saying `No,' " she said. "But we're asking for dollar figures.''
bmiller@newstimes.com; 203-731-3345
Source: http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Negotiations-on-hospital-jobs-begin-4671094.php
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World pays tribute as 'improving' Mandela turns 95
By Peroshni Govender
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa and the world showered tributes on Nelson Mandela on Thursday as the anti-apartheid leader turned 95 in hospital and his doctors reported he was "steadily improving" from a six-week lung infection.
The country has been on edge since the former president and father of the multi-racial 'Rainbow Nation' established at the end of apartheid in 1994 was admitted to hospital on June 8 with recurring lung problems that kept him in a critical condition.
It was his fourth stay in hospital in six months and has reminded South Africans that the man who is globally admired as a moral beacon against injustice and a symbol of racial reconciliation will not be with them for ever.
But the mood was of celebration on Thursday as thousands of South Africans sang "Happy Birthday" and took part in charitable initiatives in a global outpouring of support for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate on U.N.-designated 'Nelson Mandela Day'.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed Mandela as "a giant of our times" and called on people around the world to pay tribute to him through community service.
South Africans young and old commemorated the birthday with 67 minutes of public service to honour the 67 years Mandela served humanity by first fighting against white-minority rule and then consolidating racial harmony when he was president.
Many offered birthday wishes outside the Pretoria hospital where Mandela has been receiving treatment, singing songs and holding up signs wishing him a speedy recovery.
"Thank you for all that you have done for this country," said one well-wisher, Margaret Chechie.
President Jacob Zuma visited Mandela at the hospital and said he was making steady progress. "I was able to say 'Happy Birthday' to him and he was able to smile," he told reporters.
Hours earlier, his office had cited Mandela's doctors saying "his health is steadily improving."
Mandela's victory in the first multiracial elections in 1994 put an end to the apartheid system. Four years earlier, he was released from 27 years spent in prison under white minority rule, 18 of them at the notorious Robben Island penal colony.
His former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela called the 95th birthday "a gift to the nation".
"FATHER OF AFRICA"
Across South Africa, office workers, students, soldiers and ordinary citizens marked Mandela Day by sprucing up orphanages, painting walls at schools and delivering food to the poor.
Ethiopian and Nigerian asylum seekers who had settled in South Africa fleeing persecution and conflict in their own countries cleaned streets in Johannesburg to pay tribute to a figure widely praised as "a father of Africa".
"In this country, Mandela is the reason all of us blacks are free, so that's why we love him as the first citizen," said Kennedy Uzondu, 30, a Nigerian trader who has lived in South Africa for three years.
The United Nations declared July 18 as Nelson Mandela International Day in 2009 and will celebrate with speeches from figures such as former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
The day will also be marked in nearly 20 U.S. cities with ceremonies around Capitol Hill in Washington and by volunteers handing out South African oranges in New York.
"Tata (our father) is making this remarkable progress and we look forward to having him back home soon," Mandela's daughter Zindzi told reporters.
Zindzi said the family planned to give Mandela a collage of family photographs for a present and have lunch together at the hospital where their patriarch is being treated.
Despite the adulation on his birthday, Mandela's post-apartheid 'Rainbow Nation' has not fulfilled all expectations.
Enormous gaps still persist in income, employment and access to education and these inequalities largely follow racial lines, according to the government's own data. White households in 2012 earn on average about six times more than black households.
Nevertheless, quality education and employment opportunities have also been opened up to tens of thousands of blacks.
This has meant the 'Rainbow Nation' becoming a reality at integrated universities and in major city suburbs, where a new professional class of college-educated blacks has been moving into once almost exclusively-white neighbourhoods.
"The middle class is the incubator for a more tolerant and more integrated society. But that middle class is also very small compared to the working class and the underclass," said Georgina Alexander, a researcher at the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/steadily-improving-mandela-celebrates-95th-birthday-065251492.html
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