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Voyles, Doyle are top grads
(Local News ~ 05/20/14)
By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer Aside from pure hard work, Twin Rivers R-X valedictorian Luke Voyles credits an unlikely source for his success in the classroom and in academic quiz bowl: Asperger syndrome. An autism spectrum disorder, Asperger is often characterized by intense diligence to tasks...
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CNN analyst tells TRC grads, 'Character is a choice'
(Local News ~ 05/20/14)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer In the 22 years since Terri Adams first started college, the Matthews, Mo., resident has raised three children and supported her husband and son as they served separate tours of duty in Iraq. Yet, when the big moment finally arrived, the 61-year-old almost missed her own graduation to be at the bedside of a sick family member...
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Twin Rivers top grad challenges: Work hard, pursue goals
(Local News ~ 05/20/14)
By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer "Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets." With those words from "famed logician and philosopher of Austrian descent" Arnold Schwarzenegger, complete with the Arnold's accent, Twin Rivers High School valedictorian Luke Voyles encouraged his classmates to reach for success Sunday afternoon at graduation...
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Clay Co. primary election Tuesday
(Local News ~ 05/20/14)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Polling places for Tuesday's primary election in Clay County, Ark., will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Five DEMOCRATIC contests include: I indicates incumbent GOVERNOR Mike Ross Lynette Bryant SHERIFF AND COLLECTOR...
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TRC lists top students
(Local News ~ 05/20/14)
Three Rivers College recognized more than 50 of its highest-performing students at its Annual Student Excellence Awards ceremony May 9. Winners were chosen to represent each academic department and career education program, the Three Rivers Centers, honor society students and major student organizations...
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Walter Jones repels a war party attack
(Column ~ 05/20/14)
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN The GOP Beltway establishment is celebrating the victory of Thom Tillis, Speaker of the North Carolina House, over his Tea Party and Evangelical rivals in the primary for the U.S. Senate. But the story ended less happily for the Beltway elite in the Tar Heel State's 3rd Congressional District. There, the planned purge of Rep. Walter Jones was repulsed by his loyal Republican base...
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Flawed Obamacare costing massive amounts of money
(Column ~ 05/20/14)
By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard-Democrat When the Affordable Care Act was first unleashed on the American people last October, the headlines provided a keen insight into the flaws of a huge federal government overreach. Liberals held their collective breath in anticipation of this grand design while conservatives laughed at the Keystone Kops rollout...
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Who created the rape culture?
(Column ~ 05/20/14)
By MONA CHAREN "Two, four, six, eight. Stop the violence. Stop the rape," so chanted a group of Ohio University students calling themselves "f---rapeculture" at a protest a couple of years ago. Rape culture activists have become a fixture on campuses throughout the country, and now, 55 colleges -- including Harvard, Princeton and Berkeley -- are under federal investigation for mishandling sexual assault complaints...