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If you were lucky, you grew up with books.  If you were really lucky, you grew up with a mom who read to you. Listen. Hear her voice now.  The soothing voice while you were home sick, or scared of monsters under your bed at night, or worried about school the next day, or thunder that boomed outside, when you were crying over a scraped knee, dropped ice cream, broken toys, goldfish belly-up. If you were lucky, your mom was there with a kiss on the band-aid, a calming distraction, a soothing st...

As Young as You Feel A trip to the local fair takes an unexpected turn I have always appeared younger than my chronological age. At 17, and high school graduation, I still looked 15. It did nothing for my dating life, but my mother consoled me saying I would someday reap the benefits of a youthful appearance. When I worked undercover in the FBI as a college-age student, and I was already a couple years out of law school, no one was the wiser and we had a very successful operation. Point taken, ...

Dr. David Wilson receiving his COVID-19 vaccine BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) — Dr. David Wilson, President of Morgan State University and Kim Dobson Sydnor, Dean of the School of Community Health and Policy at MSU, join Dr. Kaye for WEAA’s COVID-19: All in This Together series.   Kim Sydnor, Dean Dean Sydnor and Dr. Wilson discuss the spike in coronavirus infections in Baltimore, the concept of herd immunity and concerns related to the COVID-19 vaccination.   

The movie “Blazing Saddles” debuted when I was a junior in high school, and the only thing I remember from that time is everyone talking about the campfire scene after all the cowboys had eaten beans. Of course, this satirical Western film is so, so, so much more. According to Hollywood lore, it was one of the few movies of the 1970s to touch on racism. Sheriff Bart is Black and the people of Rock Ridge are aghast when the governor sends him to work in their town. For years I’ve watched �...

What’s on the shelf at Lake Region Library Celeste Ertelt DEVILS LAKE – The Library not charging the $1.00 fee for movies placed in the drop box at this time.  Please feel free to place them in the drop box. For our March Book Club we will be reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Book discussion will be on April 7 at 5:30pm. Please see library staff for books and details. Also new book displays honoring Women’s History Month, Irish-American Heritage month, and Love Gone W...

Earning $33 million in 2020, the children's book author is second only to Michael Jackson among deceased celebrities. Where does the money come from?

Dr. Seuss is now under attack. In Loudon County, Virginia, the school district has decided to nix the child author’s works from Read Across America because they’re not racially sensitive

Six books by the childrens author Dr. Seuss will no longer be published in a move that has prompted outrage from many conservatives.

The Springfield Museums celebrate the birth of the city’s most famous children’s author, Dr. Seuss, with a month of events Updated Feb 17, 2021; Posted Feb 17, 2021 The Springfield Museums celebrated the birthday of beloved childrens author and Springfield native Ted Geisel Saturday with Dr. Seuss-inspired cakes, decorations, activities and visits from The Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2, the Grinch and the Lorax.Steve Smith Special to The Republican Facebook Share In celebration of ...

/PRNewswire/ -- The Springfield Museums present Hats Off to Dr. Seuss! A month-long celebration of Springfield-native Theodor Seuss Geisel, the author who...