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Mineral FFA Team tops at W.Va. Envirothon From News Reports ROANOKE, W.Va. -- The Mineral County Future Farmers of America (FFA) team won the 2021 West Virginia Envirothon, and were named as this year’s winners during an awards ceremony that was hosted recently at Stonewall Resort and reached teams throughout the state virtually. Mineral’s team of five high school students competed against nine other teams to win this year’s event, which is the state’s premiere conservation competition ...

Geeky Gadgets 12:08 pm Musicians in the market for a hardware MIDI arpeggiator might be interested in a new crowdfunding campaign for the SyncArp, which is now underway on Kickstarter. The SyncArp will break up to 10 simultaneously played notes into an arpeggio. You can hold arpeggiated chords, add notes to them in real time, and transpose them. Backer early bird pledges are now available for the novel project from roughly $198 or £267 (depending on current exchange rates). If the SyncArp cam...

CUSD moves forward in an effort to mitigate bias Sharon Martin © Provided by Chico Enterprise-Record The district office of the Chico Unified School District is seen in this October 2013 file photo. (Enterprise-Record file) CHICO — In an effort to mitigate bias and promote equity among students, the Chico Unified School District presented its data and possible solutions during Wednesday night’s school board meeting. During the special board workshop, the district pointed ...

Iowa Makes it Easier for Landlords to Reject Housing Vouchers The state of Iowas Republican leadership preempted local laws that prevent landlords from rejecting housing vouchers as rent payment. May 4, 2021, 6am PDT | James Brasuell | "Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) on Friday signed into law a new bill condemned by housing advocates and city officials that would allow landlords to turn away tenants who receive Section 8 vouchers to help them pay rent," reports Celine Castronuovo. "The bill...

Support Provided By Note: The following is an op-ed. The opinion expressed here is solely of the author and does not reflect the views of PBS SoCal, KCET or Link TV. It was Freedom Summer 2020, and the frontlines of protests mirrored the front row of concerts. Vibrant mural banners with the names of martyrs and the words "BLACK LIVES MATTER" could be seen everywhere, while dancers moved with the grace of butterflies as they marched through the streets. Despite being a civil rights lawyer, the f...

Park Rapids High School team places fifth in state Envirothon This was their best showing in the event, which scored them on tests in several areas and an oral presentation. 2:00 pm, Apr. 29, 2021 × Park Rapids Area High School placed fifth out of 24 teams in the state Envirothon, earning the schools best-ever showing. Members of this years team were, from left, Kelsey Berghuis, Cara Sunram, Allison Offerdahl, Emma Vrieze and team captain Maeve Bolton. (Robin Fish/Enterp...

April 26, 2021 Right now, school district and charter school leaders, working with parents and the community, are starting to draft their Local Control and Accountability Plans. State law requires new plans every three years and annual updates to show how they plan to use and have used the funds they receive from the state under the Local Control Funding Formula. The Covid-19 outbreak a year ago forced districts to move three-year planning to the back burner as district staff scrambled to keep ...

Texas Senate Bill 987 Could Ban Camping in a Public Space Senate Bill 987 today according to KVUE.com. I saw this article and stopped because I have a couple of camping trips coming up in late April and May. A closer look at this bill shows that this has very little to do with camping at all, and a lot to do with the growing problem of homelessness in our state. Senate Bill 987 was introduced by Sen. Dawn Buckingham of Lakeway, Texas (just outside of Austin). In fact, its almost the same wor...

PASADENA / SAN GABRIEL VALLEY JOURNAL Senator Portantino Affordable Housing Bill Passes Senate Housing Committee  Senate Bill 15, a measure authored Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Canada) which gives incentives to cities that convert abandoned retail sites into affordable and workforce housing, passed the Senate Housing Committee today. “Lack of affordable housing is a major issue for current and potential employers in California counties and negatively impacts our economy,” stat...

The Virginia General Assembly has passed a bill that would allow localities to set speed limits as low as 15 miles per hour.