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Beloit balloon artist delivers flowers to brighten spirits - WREX-TV

BELOIT (WREX) — Many events like birthday parties, anniversaries and showers are all postponed or cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. But a small business in Beloit is hoping to bring a little bit of celebration to your yard. Dayton Bennett became a balloon artist for one key reason."That's still the heart of it. It's all about bringing joy and smiles and laughter to people," said Owner of Dabadooya and Company Dayton Bennett.That reason is what led Bennett's entertainment business in Beloit to join a nationwide initiative."Beloit needs this. Rockford needs this. The stateline area needs something like this," said Bennett.Using his skills, Dayton creates flowers out of balloons and places them in the yards of those who purchase them."You know, they open that door and it's like 'oh my goodness' and you see that bright shining smile. I think that is what I miss the most about balloon twisting right now during this time," said Bennett.Dabadooya and Company has lost more than $3,000... https://wrex.com/2020/04/02/beloit-balloon-artist-delivers-flowers-to-brighten-spirits/

Rose M. Barraco - Beloit Daily News

Rose M. Barraco, 99, formerly of Beloit, WI, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 in Nazareth Health and Rehabilitation, Stoughton, WI.  Rose was born on September 14, 1916 in Beloit Hospital to Dominick and Minnie (Pizzaloto) DiGirolamo. She attended South Beloit School until she moved to Beloit in 1931. Rose was married to Joseph Barraco on June 5, 1937 in St. Thomas Church. He predeceased her on August 4, 1976. Rose was a kind and gentle women who loved her home and family. She loved to entertain and “drop-ins” were always welcome from friends, relatives and student friends of her children and grandchildren. Holidays were a special time spent in the preparation and enjoying many of the traditions of her Sicilian heritage. For many years Rose hosted a Christmas party with a surprise Santa visit who distributed gifts to all the ladies and toys to all the children present. Joe and Rose enjoyed traveling to many National Beer Conventions, to Europe and especially to Marsala, Sicily where many relatives remain. Alth... http://www.beloitdailynews.com/announcements/rose-m-barraco/article_145ccc38-c5d3-11e5-ab4c-4b157eb43a34.html

Obituary for Jack Thomas Lewis, Little Rock, AR - Arkansas Online

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, October 29, 2020, at Spring Valley Cemetery, Spring Valley Cemetery Rd. We are complying with the Arkansas Department of Health guidelines; all attendees must provide and wear their own masks. In lieu of flowers please send memorials in Jack's name to the Jack Lewis Memorial Fund, #5 Allied Drive, Suite 51110, Little Rock, Ark., 72202 or arcf.org/jack. Please share memories of Jack at www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/chenalPublished October 28, 2020... https://www.arkansasonline.com/obituaries/2020/oct/28/jack-lewis-2020-10-28/

Josh Bilicki, Rich Mar Florist and Lemons of Love Bring Cancer Awareness to the Roval - Kickin' the Tires

Custom Fiberglass Molding, Insurance King, and Fort Worth Screen Printing on board.In 18 NCS starts this season, Bilicki has a best finish of 25th twice coming at both Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Kansas Speedway.The Bank of America Roval 400 NASCAR Cup Series race will take place on Sunday, October 11th at 2:30PM ET.  It will be televised on NBC.?????? pic.twitter.com/6JAfZs8YFQ— Josh Bilicki (@joshbilicki) October 7, 2020Photo Credit: Josh Bilicki Racing... https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/josh-bilicki-rich-mar-florist-and-lemons-of-love-bring-cancer-awareness-to-the-roval/

Contactless flower delivery ensuring Mother's Day smiles despite outbreak - The Courier

Geneva Curren. Curren has a past with flower shops in Washington D.C., New York City, and operating three shops across Arkansas and Chicago. Her knowledge of flowers stems from her childhood in visiting her family in the South where she would spend hours and hours picking wildflowers.While the company’s main objective of creating designs that inspire and bring joy to the recipients, the employees are trained to help with selecting the best flowers for you. Under this circumstance, Curren said, “Working as a florist has been wonderful, challenging, exhausting, inspiring, hectic, fun, maddening, and fantastic!” Orders as of right now are piling in for Curren and her staff, causing everyone to feel overwhelmed. As it is described as part of the job as a florist, understanding customers mean well and only want to stay local. With a minimum of $75 for fresh arrangements and $40 for plant deliveries, Halsted Flowers plans to make multiple rounds a day for their customers. Even though hours of operation are limited each day, the employees are finding themselves working around the clock in order to finish their customer’s requests. Delivery drivers are out until late in the night and up early in the morning to make their rounds and to clear out the shop to make room for more orders. Saville Flowers: https://savilleflowers.com/ Phone: (847)864-0632Halsted Flowers: https://halstedflowers.com/ Phone: (773)883-8600... https://codcourier.org/13169/features/contactless-flower-delivery-ensuring-smiles/

Pandemic impacts flower supplies ahead of Mother's Day - KSHB

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This Sunday marks Mother's Day, and it's not too late to order flowers for the moms in your life. However, you may not get exactly what you want.Like many things these days, it stems from the COVID-19 pandemic.Cheryl White, owner of The Fiddly Fig on Holmes, explained the impact on her supply chain."A lot of flowers come from all over the world, usually flown in. There's no flights or very few flights, and the flowers can't get here," she said.The Fiddly Fig just reopened after a four-week closure. The business has a limited crew working staggered shifts to get orders ready for Mother's Day. White posted a disclaimer on her site to let customers know flower choices are limited this year."We'll do our very best to make sure it looks like the picture," she said.Most major online services have existing substitution policies allowing florists to change colors or flower varieties in arrangements. Teleflora's website currently says that "due to flower supply challenges, ou... https://www.kshb.com/news/coronavirus/pandemic-impacts-flower-supplies-ahead-of-mothers-day