Adventist town in Texas runs on college firms
Keene, Texas, a 3400 resident town near Dallas, centers on Southwestern Adventist College built in 1893. The college owns most local businesses and employs 90 percent of residents, driving a $15 million annual economy. Tuition is high and student work funds education, with 85 percent of students working about 15 hours weekly.
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Don McAdams
Loma Linda
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Southwestern Adventist
Anna Astalas
Keene
Texas
Adventists Run Community Labors and Local Life in Keene
The Adventist town supports student labor through college owned and outside businesses under Southwestern Diversified Industries. The university sponsors job-creating ventures, aids troubled operations, and relies on student workers. Community programs include a Law Enforcement Explorer Post and hospital fund drives led by Park View High School students. The town emphasizes vegetarianism, Friday instead of Sunday worship, curfews, modest dress, and a council of active student publishers.
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Loudoun Memorial Hospital
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Student Cooperative Association
Kent Stevens
Kline
Loudoun Memorial
Sugarland Run
Jaycee
McAdams
Southwestern Diversified Industries
James Weingardner
Jelf Bromme
Keene Chronicle
Bromme
Kinkling Day Returns to Middletown Schools
Middletown Senior High and local kindergartners savor traditional kinklings on lunch trays in a Frederick old custom tied to Shrove Tuesday. Mrs Shafer and staff prepared nine dough batches overnight while workers rose dough at 4 a.m. and began rolling and frying at 6 30 a.m. Grace Blumenauer recalls the scene as the best day of the year. Today over 1200 students partake in another generation enjoying the treat.
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Middletown
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Assessment and Tax Talk on Property Revaluation Appeals
James Burley explains Maryland property tax rules noting only one revaluation every three years and a single assessment notice in that period. He outlines owner options to request assessor review, use the petition process before finality, and rights for new owners to appeal upon transfer within specified windows.
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