Dear Santa,I am writing to say thanks for my experience this past Saturday at MANA Foods. They hosted your look-alike elf, Roop, for pictures. Everyone brought their own cameras. MANA Foods had a Santa room decorated with lights, wrapped presents, golden reindeer and candy canes hanging from the lights. The backdrop picture was in front […]
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Letters – April 6, 2023
Correction: Antoinette Brasier’s last name was misspelled in the byline for her piece in last week’s paper, “Swatting mocks a very real problem.” Donate Life Month April is the 20th Anniversary of National Donate Life Month (NDLM). This month honors and celebrates current and past organ, eye, tissue donors and welcomes and encourages new ones. This […]
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MANA Foods local market makes moves
The Polynesian-word “mana” evokes “the powers of nature embodied.” In other words, “supernatural” — as proclaimed by the signage welcoming grocery shoppers to MANA Foods’ new location in Carbondale. Independently, the word also has biblical roots meaning “nourishment from God.” The goal of MANA Foods, as stated by store manager Sotantar Anderson, is “to put […]
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Speaking open doorways
Since 2008, Adi Shakti Ashram, the nonprofit umbrella under which Mana Foods operates, has organized a 72-hour Gurmuhk mantra chant in Carbondale. The Guru Granth Sahib, a book of prayers and hymns compiled in the 17th century, is recited as one complete “unbroken sound” with around 18 volunteers taking one hour shifts. Organizer Sotantar Anderson […]