DANVILLE, Va. â From age 5 to age 20, Edward Ed Hairston lived through the Civil Rights Movement in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Now a small business owner on Riverside Drive, Hairston reflects on a life of entrepreneurship and forestalling prejudice in the hopes of accomplishing one immutable goal: to better the lives of those around him. Hairston was born Nov. 21, 1948, as the seventh child of eight to the late C.P. and Mary L. Hairston. The spark of entrepreneurship was ignited during his early days in Pittsylvania County Schools, when Hairston would ride the bread truck to schoolâbuying bread for a nickel and reselling it for a dime.
Foundation is doing, they re going to support kerrie s causes give people an opportunity to give back. that s what the family wants, is for kerrie s legacy of service to carry on. that s what we all want. i think that s what gives me peace and is helping me deal is that her legacy will live on through service and giving back to the community and to the police department. right. as my colleague and one of our contributors michael daly was saying, what we owe that little girl is to do something to hon orr her mother and to do something to help the community just like she did. vernetta i know you guys are working with people in the community to try to raise money to help the girls, right? right. tell me about the effort and for people who are watching if they want to help how they can do that. they can give back through the omaha police department. there s a facebook page that has all the direct links. i believe there s two
Victims thachlt see them as people. i think we do a pretty good job here in omaha. we still have work to do. the hope is to carry on that legacy of service and build those bonds. detective marcus taylor vernetta cossack ka thank you for helping us and everyone remember her. thank you. as we mention, this fund has been set up to help support kerrie s various causes especially for her little girl olivia ruth who was just born. if you want to help visit firstrespond firstresponders omaha.org/kerries-causes. vo: today s the day. more and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about long-acting levemir®. as my diabetes changed it got harder to control my blood sugar. today, i m asking about levemir®.