Latin Lives On in School Board Debate Over Enrollment
A wave of 41 students at McKinley junior high and Washington high school protest plans to phase out Latin amid a decade of falling enrollments. They plan to lobby the school board while teachers and administrators debate the language’s value and viability.
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Fractured Ireland lecture to feature Dr Francis OBrien
Coe College hosts visiting political science professor Dr Francis William OBrien who will speak on Fractured Ireland Today The Facts and the Factions Monday in Daehler Kitchin auditorium at 9 and 10 am both free to the public OBrien has chaired Rockford College political science since 1968 and teaches at Coe this spring His book Divided Ireland Roots of the Conflict appeared last fall drawing on field investigations in Northern Ireland.
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Linn Democrats Set to Choose Delegates at Saturday Conventions
Linn county Democrats schedule two county conventions Saturday at the Roosevelt hotel to elect delegates to district conventions. A credentials session at 7 p.m. follows social hour and registration at 6 p.m. Proportional representation will govern all Iowa Democratic conventions through the state level.
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Three named Roberts Named Carmel Police Commissioners
Carmel in Indiana selects three appointees to police board Robert Weedon Robert Jenkins and Robert Speed join as town police commissioners following a town board decision. The appointment aims to oversee local police operations in the northern Indianapolis suburb.
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Teddy Bears Origin From Roosevelt Bear Incident
Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip refused to shoot a small bear. Cartoonist Clifford Berryman popularized the scene leading to toy bears entering the market and the nickname Teddy bears becoming common.
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