Funky Winkerbean to appear in paperback form this fall
Elyria creator Tom Batiuk says Funky Winkerbean will join a school book club as a paperback release this fall. The strip, now syndicated nationwide, greets 45 million readers in 300 newspapers with new characters planned while core cast returns. Batiuk is a former art teacher at Eastern Heights Junior High School and Kent State graduate. his wife Cathy teaches elementary.
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Xerox Corp
Tom Batiuk
Chicago Daily News
Batiuk
Eastern Heights Junior High School
Midview High School
Kent State University
Cathy
Cheryl Hewitt
Elyria Catholic High School
Charles Hewitt
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Students push reforms for area high schools goals
Elyria area teens urge rule changes and new courses as they return to class. They seek hall passes for newly legal adults, more lounges for all grades, monitored talk halls, dedicated smoking areas, expanded outside trips, and a wider range of mini courses and arts programs.
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Sue Grapes
Elyria High School
Pete Wagner
Marion L. Steele High School
Amherst
Pete
Walter Wagner
Forest Hill
Cor Kleefeld
Paul Kleefeld
Woodhill
Elyria Courts
Cor
Denise
Guitar Declares Its Reign As Nation’s Top Instrument
Fender vice president Robert P. Bull says the guitar is the nation’s most popular instrument and is seen rising in sales, playing, and listening. He cites its lightness versatility and amplifiability across quiet to loud ranges as driving the surge in youth participation.
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New York
Robert P. Bull
Fender Musical Instruments
America
Bull
Government-Run Colleges Make Up One Fifth of U.S. System
About 20 percent of the nation’s higher education institutions are operated by state and local governments. These schools enroll roughly 5 million students, accounting for about 70 percent of the total.
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Washington
U.S
Top ten list of songs and performers notes
A jumbled excerpt lists songs and artists including You Belong to Me and Monster Mash alongside references to McCartney Wings Gilbert and Reddy. The text mentions Chicago Dawn and Bobby Boris Pickett with fragmented names and unclear assignments.
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Delta Dawn
Marvin
McCartney
Wings Thana Ross Gilbert
Sullivan Helen Reddy
Johnnie Tax
Chicago Dawn
Bobby Boris Pickett
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