Audited Atlanta Scouts dispute black participation figures
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition official questions an audit of the Operation First Class program in Atlanta. He cites an audit claiming 5300 black scouts registered but says fewer than 500 are active. He seeks a roll call and plans to challenge the council to identify 1000 inner city scouts. The audit followed earlier claims of over 10,000 minority participants.
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Atlanta
Boy Scouts
Joseph Beasley
The
Rainbow/ PUSH Coalition
Atlanta Area Council
Beasley
Perry signs abortion bill at church school in Texas
Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill tightening late term abortion limits and requiring parental consent for minors at a Calvary Christian Academy ceremony. About 1,000 attended with pastors praising the measures as protesters outside decried church property use and the same day a ceremonial constitutional amendment on banning same sex marriage was also signed.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Rick Perry
Perry
Calvary Christian Academy
Rod Parsley
Center For Moral Clarity
Ohio
God
Karin Cagle
America
Larry White
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Houston
White
Tucker Talks Post Sorg Plans as Opera Draws Vary
Tucker reflects on Sorg era and his own future while noting audiences shift. He cites Stravinsky and classic operas as mid-range to strong draws and says Middletown patrons make up about 40 percent, with Dayton and Cincinnati audiences preferring well known works. He has not announced replacement plans after resigning to pursue original compositions.
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Allhance
Tucker
Sorg
Stravinsky
Middletown
Middletown-area
Apples skins richer in antioxidants than flesh study finds
A study shows apple skins contain substantially higher antioxidant levels than flesh across varieties. Northern Spy leads flesh antioxidant rank, Cortland second, Red Delicious third, with season, geography, and genetics shaping results. Researchers note year-round availability may boost apples as a healthy source.
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Cortland
Tsao
United States
Eagle Scout dreams and Douglass Pool history converge in Middletown
Domineck earned his Life Saving badge in 1940 after learning at Douglass Pool where black youths previously lacked access to training. He later became Scout master of Troop No. 8 and, decades later, Fenwick senior Teddy McClee joined as the third black Eagle in Middletown. The pool lineage marks civil rights progress and community support.
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Domineck
William J. Commodore
Commodore
Middletown
YMCA
Camp Hook
Douglass Pool
Douglass
Boy Scouts
U.S. Army
Scouts
Fenwick
Teddy McClee
McCloe
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Friedman School of Nutrition
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Galionsis Farm
Cincinnati
Germantown Road
Perry Thatcher
William Akers
Barry Levey
Cincinnati Pool Management
Sunset
Itrotter
William
Teatle
Robert R. Osborne
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