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Hardin-Simmons

Honor rolls

The following students were named to academic honors lists at Hardin-Simmons University for the Spring 2011 semester:

Dean’s list: Misti Acosta, Kacie Bailey, Hope Baldwin, Joseph Blake, Lauren Booher, Nolen Bussey-Camacho, Carrie Channer, Courtney Cramer, Jenny Davenport, Emilee Davis, Garrett Dowell, Kari Eudey, Astin Fenner, Marquita Fiddmont, Kalee Fisher, Jacie Frierson, Charles Graham, Joshua Hall, Stephanie Ham, Holly Harrell, Cameron Hartgraves, Chase Hartgraves, Christina Hartsfield, Aislinn Hendrix, Kindel Hernandez, Meagan Herring, Talicia High, Luke Howell, Kristyn Jones, Johnona Jones, Taylor Knowles, Seth Manly, Ashley Mitchell, Meghan Moore, Laura Owen, Lindsi Phipps, Ashley Quick, Madison Reyes, Sterling Riddle, Brittany Robinson, Ashley Rogers, Raleigh Sadler, Breanne Schroeder, Nicole Sierra, Chelsea Sinclair, Venantie Uwishyaka, Brittany Vacca, Baleigh Walker, Kevin Yeakle, Kayla Young.

Honor roll: Neil Biggs, Barbara Blackwood, Rebecca Brady, Sarah Church, Adam Conner, Elizabeth Conyer, Curt Crisp, Melissa Culpepper, Holli Davis, Parker Dugan, Jeffrey Hay, Jessica Johnson, Amanda Lanford, Sarah Leathers, Nathan McBride, Ashley Obosky, Hayley Thaxton, Jonathan Ury, Holly Walker, Spencer Williams, Koy Young.

Honorable mentions list: Jessica Anderson, Caitlin Bartlett, Andy Cariens, Suni Cauthern, Andrew Childers, Cheryl Davis, Jennifer Grose, Garrison Hardin, Jaxon Jordan, Ashley Luecke, Shannon Milliorn, Rebecca Pugsley, Michael Thompson, Jakob Topper, Steven Wegrzynowicz.

President’s list: Jacob Allen, Stephanie Angell, Staci Armstrong, Mallory Ashford, Nathanael Bachert, Kelsey Barbee, Chelsea Barker, Kami Bellah, Jennifer Bender, Candace Bunkley, Raymond Cadjew, Cassidy Cantu, Ashley Chapel, Juan Cordova, Toni Cowan, Caitlin Cramer, Jody Dagel, Jeffrey Davis, Erin Davis, Alexandra Dockter, Jason Donnelly, Caitlyn Ellison, Heather Enriquez, Rebekah Feese, Carla Fowler, Candace Garza, Michael Garza, Brandon Gates, Laci Graham, Adrian Granneman, Sunil Guharajan, Zachary Hall, Juvenal Havyarimana, Sarah Hendrix, Fernando Hernandez, Devon Howard, Emily Hyatt, Bailey Jarvis, Ashley Johnson, Riley Kidd, Laura Langford, Gaela Leatherman, Antoinette Lee, Cathy Lee, Amanda Leger, Lindsey Lester, Emma Lyle, Natalie MacNeil, Daniel Martin, Kaitlyn Martin, Virginia Martinez, Wyatt Martinez, Austen Massey, Chelsie Mathis, Lauren Maurer, Kristina Mayer, Kegan McMullan, Diana Monroe, Danielle Morris, Mallory Moser, Mitchell Moser, Daniel Mowery, Marci Murphy, Ashley Pagano, Brody Powell, Shannon Rector, Stephanie Robinson, Amanda Robinson, Zachary Rose, Aaron Roth, Victor Rubio, Chase Sims, Benjamin Skye, Camille Skye, Leigh-Ann Snow, Michaela Stewart, Haylee Stewart, Lacy Stone, Randy Sullivan, Autumn Taylor, Kayla Thomas, Christopher Tucker, Lauren Turman, Samuel Walker, Kacey Williams, Eric Wyatt, Jamie Zumwalt.

Angelo State

Dean’s list

The following Abilene area residents were named to the Angelo State University dean’s list for spring 2011: Jordan P.

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So, Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, is less than thrilled with the response from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to his request for more information about the department’s plan to give states leeway on parts of the No Child Left Behind Act in exchange for signing onto a package of reforms-to-be-named-later.

Here’s Duncan’s response. To summarize, if you expected the department to provide Kline & Co. with a thorough, detailed explanation of the waiver proposal, you’ll be sorely disappointed.

The letter lays out the rationale for the waiver plan (the law is overdue for reauthorization, states are clamoring for an update, the vast majority of the nation’s schools will be identified as failing).

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Every year in Sacramento County, hundreds of students are expelled from school due to involvement in on-campus violence. Many of these instances of violence involve weapons. In order for students to be readmitted to their schools (particularly in cases that reach the court system) they must successfully complete a sanctioned violence prevention program. Project SAVE (Safe Alternatives and Violence Education) is one such program. It is a program that needs the public’s help and support.

The 9th Annual Project SAVE Golf Tournament is scheduled for Monday, October 3, 2011, at the Catta Verdera Country Club in Lincoln. Check-in will begin at 8:00 a.m. and the “shotgun” start will begin at 9:00 a.m. Read full post…

If Collene Larson has to write one of those “How I spent my summer vacation” essays this fall, she will have quite a story to tell.

The 17-year-old Lewis-Palmer High School student is raising money for life-changing surgery for a girl in the Dominican Republic.  

Collene has raised $2,700,  but needs another $2,000. To get closer to her goal, she and friends will hold a car wash Saturday in Monument.  

Her quest started last Thanksgiving during another school vacation. Collene and her family went to the Dominican Republic with their church, The Gathering, which is partnering with Colorado Springs-based Vision Trust International to help  impoverished children.   

Collene said she was dismayed at seeing children living in tin lean-tos with no running water and little food.

She met eight-year-old Esmailyn Ramirez at the unveiling of a playground.  

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HOUGHTON COUNTY — A new report finds Houghton County has the lowest health risks for infants in the state of Michigan.  The county ranked top 10 in the state for almost all of the indicators in the “Right Start in Michigan” 2011 study.

That means there are fewer premature or low birth weight babies, unmarried mothers, teen births and uneducated mothers in Houghton County than in most of the state.  Health officials say there are possible explanations.

“Houghton has been fairly stable economically in the last few years,” says Western U.P. Medical Director Dr. Terry Frankovich.  ”Our numb

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It’s painful receiving the short, simple advice that paints one pristine illustration which you will never ever be able to remove from your mind. The kind of advice you understand you need to know, but that you sorely wished you’d never heard, read, or seen.

Lynn O’Shaughnessy sums up saving for college versus borrowing with this vomit-inducing blow:

Every $1 you stash away for college will save you from borrowing $3.

Stupid logical math.