Johnny Depp turns 50 today, June 9 |
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Warner and Hart, both of whom grew up in East Greenbush were murdered victims in their own homes.At 9:30 a.m. the youth mile will be held free of charge. Each child will receive a medal. The 5K race/walk will begin at 10 a.m. On line-sign up/applications may be found at www.active.com or atrememberingliza.org (by clicking on the fundraiser link) and cost $17 in advance. After June 4 or on the day of the race, applications are $20. T-shirts will be given to the first 250 entries. Registration begins at 8 a.m. June 9.
| EAST GREENBUSH — The Family and Friends of Liza Ellen Warner Association, Inc. along with the Nikki Hart Children’s Memorial Fund have scheduled the sixth annual “Run For Help.” The Walk/Race, held to bring attention to the crime of domestic violence, will take place June 9 at the Goff Middle School, Gilligan Road. |
One Walmart's Low Wages Could Cost Taxpayers $900,000 Per Year, House Dems Find"When low wages leave Walmart workers unable to afford the necessities of life, taxpayers pick up the tab," the report says.
STILLWATER — The Maple Hill varsity boys and girls track and field teams captured first place overall in the Section II, Group 4 championships, which began on Saturday and were completed this week at Stillwater High School.
Dr. Joyce Brothers -- once considered the most famous psychologist on the planet -- has died in NYC at the age of 85. "It's a feeling of Incredible disbelief because of the ignorance and the insensitivity ... they were using this for road fill," Awe said. "It's like being punched in the stomach, it's just so horrendous."Read more...
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Being on an American Cancer Society Relay Recess team is an amazing experience, and I hope you'll join me!
Picture yourself surrounded by
your friends and teachers and the air is filled with the sound of
laughter as our school celebrates those who have fought cancer,
remembers the loved ones we've lost, and fights back against a disease
that has taken too much from too many.
It would be an honor to have you
on our team for this year's Relay Recess event. |
-Provocative assignment - I equate it to being a member of a debate team and having to speak in favor of a topic you find distasteful, unsavory or even sickeningly repugnant. I think I want to find out exactly what the teacher's intention was before completely flying off the handle. It has certainly been made clear that teaching according to the "norm" doesn't always spark intelligent, meaningful reflection. Racism needs to be examined up close, dissected and rejected with a deep-rooted clarity. Perhaps (s)he was trying to help them see the brutal ugliness up close - from an unlikely (uncomfortable) perspective to make it more real.
Read the note "Please remember - your life (here in Nazi Germany in the 30's) may depend on it.- Csager
