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Effect that, in fact, it was so hot that it was badly burning people or sweeping them away in a literally burning river of mud and ash and rock and volcanic gas. that is nightmarish enough. then you get back to these villages. at least 11 villages, many of them buried under the ash which is in some cases as high as the houses. it's covering vehicles, covering houses. you don't know if there are people trapped. you don't know if there are bodies down there. but as the rain falls and then it dries, this ash then becomes so hard that people are walking on it, it's almost like mixing concrete. you...

It is called the Burning River because the Cuyahoga River was once so polluted it caught fire. The river is restored so much that it is now the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The Burning River Trail 50 Mile Race finishes just a few miles from my boyhood home. I taught middle school students for four decades, so I figured that I had the endurance to complete the course. There is also a 100-mile race. I have a gut, but I don’t have guts. I am more a wishbone than a backbone kind of guy. I parked the car at the finish line and caught the 4:15 a.m. school bus shuttle to the starting line. I ...

Rotary Foundation Awards $68,427 In Local Grants by Lynn Donaldson Grants totaling $68,427 from the Lakewood-Rocky River Rotary Foundation will be used to provide scholarships, encourage student achievement, fight hunger, and foster programs for community health and wellness. The Rotary Club of Lakewood and Rocky River will award $15,000 in scholarships to high school seniors and will present $7,000 to student winners in the club’s annual speech, music, and art competition. A $5,000 award goes to Elle's Enchanted Forest for an Inclusive Avalanche Slide and a $5,000 grant to Lakewood Chari...

The Burning River when it first came out late in 2019. A year later, I’m brave enough to contribute to a public conversation about Pākehā writing, so that Māori don’t always have to do the work of responding, and so that Pākehā have access to an alternative perspective. Critiquing the fundamental decisions of a novel about identity makes a review pretty personal. I’ve held off commenting for so long because of this, but it begins to feel something like cowardice. As a white writer trying to challenge colonisation, in poetry and fiction, I’m also fair game for criticism. This is ...

Snake Bytes: 12/14 - Cancel Culture Share this story Jackson Generals boss Marcus Sabata had a surprising reaction when he learned his Double-A Southern League franchise had been officially booted from the affiliated minor leagues: He felt relieved. “We are expecting professional baseball back in Jackson in 2021,” Sabata said. “What makes a night special at the ballpark isn’t the affiliation. It was professional baseball and the experience, so that’s what we’re looking forward to providing the city of Jackson.” [Twitter] Around the MLB Spiders, Naps, Fellers, Rockers, Crows, B...