Newspapers In Education Spotlight by Jim Davidson
Jim Davidson urges community involvement through Newspapers In Education NIE programs linking papers, schools and business. He sponsors Mary Jones 4th grade at Ida Burns School after her Arkansas Teacher Of The Year honor and invites readers to join NIE, share classroom resources, and invest in youth via local papers.
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NIE
Mary Jones
Ida Burns School
Arkansas Newspaper Foundation
Newspapers
Press Register
Mobile
Ala
Mary Anoints Jesus Feet In Fragrant Ointment Verse
A fragment lists staff roles at Baily Telegraph and quotes John chapter twelve verse three describing Mary anointing Jesus feet with costly spikenard and the house filling with its fragrance. The text blends editorial bylines with a biblical verse for devotional emphasis.
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Mary
Jesus
John
Reform Plan for State School Funding Sparks Debate
Lawmakers and Judge Recht clash over inequities in the funding formula as the House Education Committee drafts a plan to raise land taxes while removing the vehicle personal property tax to boost education funding. Critics warn it could deepen the rural urban gap and demand fair replacement revenues. A 2001 tax on lawmakers for extra sessions is proposed as another revenue source.
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House Education Committee
Arthur Recht
Lincoln County
Pauley
Letters propose ideas for Bluefield benefit and growth
A Bluefield letter writer suggests city improvements including more attendance at board meetings, attracting new businesses, more stores and cultural programs, and a safer lighting project for Hales Culvert. The note admires local services and urges cooperation between city and power company for progress. Another letter thanks Good Samaritans after a lost credit card was recovered, praising honest community members during 2001 and attributing it to miracles.
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Bluefield
City and Power Company
Hales Culvert
Donald Haynes Bluefield
W.va
Mercer Mall
Wal-Mart
Vickie D. Alford
Investigation into Sept 11 intelligence lapses faces tough probe
Dan K Thomasson notes that as 2002 begins, a thorough inquiry into the Sept 11 intelligence failures is likely. Proposals for a bipartisan independent commission gain traction versus congressional committees. Public sessions may be limited. accountability for FBI and CIA remains central amid warnings and bioterror preparedness concerns.
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Committee of Congress
Warren Commission
Capital
FBI
CIA
Independent Commission
John McCain
Arizona
Joseph Lieberman
Connecticut
Robert Torricelli
New Jersey
Charles Grassley
Pearl Harbor
Minnesota
Zacarias Moussaoui
Hani Hanjour
Pentagon
Bureau
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Jim Davidson
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Jim
Davidson
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Baily Telegraph
Gary Adkisson
Tammie
Thomas A. Colley
Bill Archer
Teddy Paynter
Bones Jody Neal
Aashington
Congress
Senate Hart
Warren Rudman
Gary Hart
McCain
White House
Dan K. Thomasson
Scripps Howard News Service
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