High School Bank Opens at Brattleboro Savings & Loan
Brattleboro high school seniors run a real bank inside BUHS Career Center, handling deposits and checks with Amy Kinsman and Jim Fitzgerald just as teachers cash pay. The Brattleboro Savings & Loan backs the project with a $5,000 grant and $20,000 startup, connecting students to real money and future mortgage experience.
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Brattleboro, Vt
Jim Fitzgerald
Brattleboro Savings & Loan Association
Brattleboro Union High School
Amy Kinsman
Fitzgerald
William Dennen
Vermont
Dennen
Bergeron
Main Street
Bank
Kinsman
Career Center
Robert Schrull
Brattleboro Savings & Loan
Schrull
Brattleboro Savings
Brattleboro Area
Schrull’s
Debating art funding and obscenity in public grants
A discussion on NEA funding amid controversy over obscenity and pornography. The article weighs artistic freedom against public morals, noting NEA restrictions, legal actions, and the role of government in judging art. It questions how democracy defines moral well being and artistic merit.
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Florida
Texas
Nevada
Louisiana
2 Live Crew
National Endowment For the Arts
NEA
Andres Serrano
Robert Mapplethorpe
United States
Barstow to Vegas dirt bike race clash ends in arrests
Ten motorcyclists were arrested during a confrontation with federal rangers in the Mojave Desert over the Barstow to Las Vegas dirt bike race. Four bikers sped onto closed land, were chased by a sheriff’s helicopter, and jailed after being cited for violations. Dozens rode on, defending riding rights on public lands amid environmental opposition.
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Los Angeles Times
Barstow
Calif
California
Mojave Desert
Barstow-to-Las Vegas
Los Angeles
San Bernardino County
BLM
Felicia Probert
Louis McKey
Buena Park
Fort Irwin
Jim Smith
Laguna Hills
Racers Under the Sun Christian Motorcycle Club
Barstow-to-Vegas
Flight instructor’s body recovered after Lake Ellsworth crash
Army divers recovered civilian flight instructor Phillip Walker’s body two hours after an Army helicopter raised the wreckage from Lake Ellsworth. Walker, 54, of Sheridan Arkansas, disappeared when the UHV-1 helicopter crashed during a night training mission near Fort Sill. Five reservists from Little Rock were rescued, while investigators continue to determine the crash cause.
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Lawton
Okla
Phillip Walker
Lake Ellsworth
Walker
Sheridan, Ark
Fort Sill
Sheila Samples
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Maribeth Cornell
Cornell
Buhs Career Center
the Savings & Loan
William Carroll
Cornell College
University of Notre Dame
University of Michigan
Gazette
Coe
Mount Mercy
Kirkwood Community College
Feds
al Ost
Maj
Chuck Pope
Little Rock
Ark
Lakeshore
Loras Maloney
Skogman
Realty
Nutri
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Nutri/System, inc
Waterloo
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