AUGUST 2016 Live Music by the FDR Drive Band Sponsored by Senator Jeffry Klein Tuesday, August 9th Owen Dolen Park Starts at 7pm Enjoy a night of your favorite 80s and 90s Pop Tunes. Rain Date: August 12th Salsa Fest Saturday, August […]
placeman Definition: (noun) One who has a political placement in the government Synonyms: placeseeker Usage: They viewed the placeman as a colorless bureaucrat.
The Soulpepper Theater Company will stage new plays and musicals at the Pershing Square Signature Center in the summer of 2017.
On this date in 1893, Denver restaurant owner Henry Perky received a patent for a “Machine for the Preparation of Cereals for Food” (aka shredded wheat).
The Morning Consult reports that Hillary Clinton is once again leading Donald Trump, 43% to 40%, in the presidential race after the recent Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Morning Consult reports that the former secretary of State leads the brash businessman, 43 […]
The below statement is attributable to Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association President Elias Husamudeen: “Whenever there is a national threat to police officers, anywhere in this country, the NY Police Department immediately responds by marshaling every resource available to secure the […]
Peter Benenson (1921) Peter Benenson was an English lawyer who organized a letter-writing campaign in 1961 calling for amnesty for “prisoners of conscience.” His campaign resulted in the establishment of Amnesty International, a human-rights organization that works to combat violations […]
It wouldn’t do for us to have all our dreams fulfilled. We would be as good as dead if we had nothing left to dream about. L.M. Montgomery (1874-1942)
atavism Definition: The reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence Synonyms: reversion Usage: Perhaps some deep-rooted atavism urges the wanderer back to lands which his ancestors left in the dim beginnings of history.
Military Veterans with Disabilities Tee-it-Up at “Secretary’s Cup,” 9-Hole Golf Match Prior to 2016 PGA Championship Week PGA REACH, the charitable foundation of the PGA of America, hosted the inaugural “Secretary’s Cup,” on Sunday, July 24th at Fiddler’s Elbow […]
Booted, Suited And Ready For The Battlefield! Reverend J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. Romans 13:11-14 11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than […]
In July 1963, the postal service introduced the ZIP code to help speed mail service.
The Orphaned American Voter in 2016 Uchenna Ekwo, Center for Media & Peace Initiatives July 29, 2016 With the 2016 conventions of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party over, the stage is set for the full campaign season for […]
Friday night ended in another loss to the Rockies.
Emily Brontë (1818) Sister of writers Charlotte and Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë was an English author who is most famous for her novel Wuthering Heights, a highly imaginative story of passion and hatred set on the Yorkshire moors. Emily’s unusual […]
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