Hundreds of Songbirds Across US Are Dying Due to Mysterious Illness natureworldnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from natureworldnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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WEST ALEXANDRIA
Birthdays this week: Mary Lunsford, John Gray, Tara Smith, Scott Perry, Dodie Johnson, Kathleen Evans, Linda Marker, Joe Thompson, Lori Kreitzer, Jerry Cooper, Parker Howard, Ellie Belvo, Shelly Loxley, Jennifer Eck, Joan Snider, Renee Turpin, Ruth Worley, Nolah Baldwin, Becky Rivers, Grant Maxson Ulrich, Ben Bassler, Jacob Spencer, Kenzi Studebaker, Ava Shelton, Mike Fletcher, Curtis Rivers, Maylie Bassler, in memory of Bruce Studebaker, in memory of Tiara Suchland and in memory of Ralph Habekost.
Anniversaries this week: Chris and Jenny Dawson, George and Mary Lehmann.
Quarter Auction
The West Alexandria Celebration Committee is holding a Quarter/ticket Auction on Friday, April 16 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post 322, 1477 OH 503 S. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Over 2,400 people got vaccinated at Howard Community College Saturday. MarylandReporter.com photo
COVID VARIANT FOUND IN MARYLAND: The new, highly transmissible coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa has emerged in Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Saturday, marking the second state to report a confirmed case of the mutated virus, report Derek Hawkins, Miriam Berger and Meryl Kornfield for the Post.
STATE LAUNCHES GoVAX CAMPAIGN: Pointing to a brighter future with fans at Baltimore Orioles games, backyard cookouts and family visits, community and political leaders launched Maryland’s “GoVAX” campaign Friday to convince people to get the coronavirus vaccine, Emily Opilo and Pamela Wood report in the Sun.
Maryland delegate aims to protect Anne Arundel, Prince George s tenants with rental license bill baltimoresun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baltimoresun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year 2020: Melinda Gates
Her work is helping beat COVID-19, eradicating preventable disease, fighting poverty and empowering women.
In the fall of 1980, a young teacher at Ursuline Academy named Susan Bauer attended a math instruction conference in Austin to pick up some new ideas to bring home to Dallas to improve her classes.
It was the sort of thing she did regularly, Bauer being the kind of teacher who wanted to learn exciting, new things to get her students excited too. During this particular conference, one session especially piqued her interest. It focused on the personal computer and how it could be used to enhance math education. Specifically, she learned about the Apple II+ a beige and brown typewriter looking thing with a glowing green monitor and boxy disk-drive set on top.