The good guys thread

[kuhio98]

Okay. I look forward to your postings on "good" guys/news.

[mon]

Alright, I nominate me. The kid next door was suppose to be a newspaper delivery boy. He in fact, threw all of the newspapers he was suppose to deliver in my garbage can for months. He is very good kid, I did not rat on him or kick his silly buttocks, nor did I confront the silly bugger. He was eventually busted and has clearly learned his lesson. He is now delivering his papers whilst I minded my own business and allowed him to learn from his own measly mistakes. Bless his wee, lazy heart

[mon]

I have done lotsa kind stuff but none if it counts if ya tell me thinks. Big or little random acts of kindness, they all come back to ya. Called karma baby.

[kuhio98]

Dozens 'pay it backward' at North Myrtle Beach Chick-Fil-A

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – On Monday at the Chick-Fil-A in North Myrtle Beach, one good deed led to dozens more.

The restaurant's manager says 40 different people volunteered to "pay it backward" to the car behind them in the drive-thru. Employees were amazed when people kept volunteering to pay for the meal of the person behind them in line, over and over and over.

"At first it was, hey, the person behind you paid - then after 10, 15, 20 cars - then it was hey the person behind you paid and you're the 21st car!" said Walt Anderson, Director of Guest Services at Chick-Fil-A.

"It's nice to see that we have humanity in each of our guests and each person that comes through," said Chick-Fil-A Team member Amanda Richards.

Chick-Fil-A says customers were happy to chip in after hearing how many others had already done it.

[cassiesmom]

Couple invite lonely homeless man to Thanksgiving dinner

This year, this man has two people to be thankful for.

Neal Shytles of Norfolk, Virginia, spends his holidays by himself as he is homeless with no family living nearby, WTKR reported.

"I am lonely like 365 days a year but Christmas and Thanksgiving are two of the worst days, and I really miss having some kind of family atmosphere around me," Shytles told WTKR.

Wishing for a traditional Thanksgiving with others, Shytles posted an ad on his local news station's Facebook page, asking to spend the holiday with a family, the outlet reported. While the ad attracted several volunteers offering to take him in as a guest, Ashley and Cory LeMore of Newport News, Virginia, contacted Shytles first. The couple plans on hosting him at their Thanksgiving table.

"I was crying when she called me and I had to excuse myself because I was emotional," Shytle told WTKR about the moment he first heard the LeMores' offer.

The LeMores will make a trip to Shytle's town to pick him up and bring him to their home for the holiday, where he'll finally be surrounded by the family atmosphere he was looking for -- something he says he's overjoyed with.

"I love both you and your husband even though I haven't met you," the Virginia man told WTKR of his gratitude toward Ashley and her husband. "Thank you so much. It means a lot to me.”

While Shytle says he's ecstatic about having a family to spend Thanksgiving with, he's not the only one excited about it.

"I just look forward to having him in our house and a part of our family for the day," Ashley told the outlet.

The holidays can really bring out the best in people.

[kuhio98]

Couple invite lonely homeless man to Thanksgiving dinner....

That's very nice to hear. I've been technically homeless before but had some other options so I didn't have to live in a shelter. At one time or another, many of us have been away from our loved ones during the Holidays. It can be very depressing.

This year we're opening our home to 3 young people who are away from their Montana homes. We can't take the place of their family but we can provide some good food, good conversation and a phone line so that they can call their loved ones.

If you have friends and/or co-workers who may spend Thanksgiving alone, I hope you consider inviting them over to share your family. Some day, you may be the one far from home.

[Catty1]

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/brentwo...425k-1.2003753

Brentwood home, site of Calgary's worst mass murder, sells for $425K

CTV Calgary: A home in Brentwood gets a new owner


A home in Brentwood gets a new owner. Amanda Singroy talks to the man who bought the home – the scene of Calgary’s worst mass murder.




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Karolyn Coorsh, CTVNews.ca
Published Friday, September 12, 2014 8:13AM EDT

A Calgary home that was the scene of the city’s worst mass murder has been sold after it was put on the market in July.
Five young people were stabbed to death in the Brentwood home during a university party last April.
The young man who recently purchased the now-notorious house says he bought it for redemption in the community, and that his faith played a role in the decision.
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11 Butler Crescent N.W. in Calgary, the home where the murders of five young people took place, has sold for $425,000.


23-year-old Kadin Osborne says he bought the home as an opportunity to help the community heal.



“I thought maybe it could be not so much a financial opportunity as an opportunity to the neighbours and the families of the victims, and just to be able to spread a little bit of love and a little bit of hope in such a dark neighbourhood,” said new homeowner Kadin Osborne.
The four-bedroom house at 11 Butler Crescent N.W. was listed in July for $489,000. It sold for $425,000.
Osborne, 23, said that he plans to be respectful of the house and its history. An outdoor memorial created in tribute to the victims will remain, he said.
“I know there’s a lot of hurt that has happened there, and mourning that needs to take place, and I would maybe like to make a happy medium of the two,” he said. “Not totally forget it, but welcome people who would want to come and mourn.”
The Brentwood was a rental and once known among university students as the “Butler Mansion.”
Kaiti Perras, Josh Hunter, Zackariah Rathwell, Jordan Segura and Lawrence Hong were stabbed to death at the home during a party there on April 15.
There had been previous calls for the city to buy the property and turn it into a park, an option neighbour Carol Shipp says she would have preferred.
Shipp said she doesn’t know why anyone would want to live there.
“Every time you turn around, occasionally you’d say to yourself, ‘oh my gosh,’” she told CTV Calgary.
Still, other neighbours say they’re glad someone will reside there again.
“It’s just really important that people are aware of what happened and it’s really good to see the memorial that’s there,” said neighbour Patrick Chan. He added that acknowledging the tragedy helps with the healing process.
Osborne said he will live in the house by himself, and that he has no plans to sell.
Matthew de Grood, 22, has been charged in the murders of the Brentwood victims. He is set to appear in court later this month.
With a report by CTV Calgary’s Amanda Singroy