Students forecast flying cars and new currency in future tech
Alana Rowe 15 Central Junior High says flying cars and new currency. Kristin Skerd 10 Broken Arrow School envisions floating cars and young drivers. Jack Taylor 13 West Junior High notes flying cars. Sarah Rucker 10 Cordley School expects robots to become common and 10 seat cars. Lee Fahnert 14 Oxford Middle School imagines rocket shoes for flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alana Rowe
Central Junior High School
Kristin Skerd
Broken Arrow School
Jack Taylor
West Junior High School “Flying Cars
Sarah Rucker
Cordley School
Lee Fahnert
Oxford Middle School
Oxford
Youth program helps Kansas teens learn newspaper craft
A group of about 250 youths aged 10 to 16, part of the National Youth Sports Program at Kansas University, spent June learning journalism from Jan Biles of the Journal-World. The program uses sports to build discipline and self-esteem as teens gain reporting skills for the 18 and Under page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Jan Biles
Journal-World
Counselor Jennifer Timmons balances camp work and teaching
Jennifer Timmons, 24, works as a National Youth Sports Program camp counselor for a second year while teaching English at Gardner High School. She aims to inspire education and family bonds, plans to become a local school counselor, and schedules a summer wedding to Trent Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennifer Timmons
Timmons
Gardner High School
Jennifer
Adam ‘Tong
Trent Henderson
Teen Values Sports Program Lessons At NYSP Camp
Cindy Su a 16 year old Free State High School student attends the National Youth Sports Program camp. She praises the camp for teaching sports rules and life lessons and says she plans to join next summer. She comments on high gas prices in summer and hopes prices drop after. She envisions future tech enabling powered flight and unrestricted travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cindy Su
NYSP
Mike Yoder
Journal-World Photo
Kansas University
Small World Moments at Sichuan Nursery Cubs
A week of odd coincidences unfolds at a Sichuan nursery. TV hosts and crew arrive to film cubs causing delays and reshoots, a misplaced clean shirt links to Lawrence residents, and a door lapse endangers three cubs before they are finally secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sichuan
China
Cheng Gong
Cheng Ji
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LeAnn Besser
Crystina Gance
Woodlawn School
Adam Tong
South Junior High School
Matt Kuhn
John Hathaway
Janelly Baltazar
Ian Jones
Mike Ryu
Katie Steele
Renee Wilson
Tony Anderson
Jermaine Howard
Ms Ifs
Carl Richardson
National
Jan Jones
World Photo
Gardner
John Grisham
William Faulkner
Fimmons
Teen Values
Ann
Thomas
Karen Erb
Lawrence
FSHS
Journal
Wort
Tom
Karen Ere
Beijing
Karen
Lynn
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