"There’s not a lot of opportunity in Scott County. The poverty‚ lack of education‚ jobs — it all ties together. A lot of people think they’re sort of stuck here. They feel hopeless‚" according to Chris Albertson‚ a Scott County council member. Scottsburg is a city of boredom‚ drugs‚ and trouble. The way to fix most of these problems is to give kids something to do that is not drugs or troublemaking. While there is not enough money in Scottsburg to be able to build entertainment for kids‚ there need
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“You should try cross country.” My mom said to me one day while I was in sixth grade. We had been talking about what I sports I should do during my seventh grade year of school. I was confused so I asked her‚ “What is cross county?” My mom explained to me that it was kind of like track. The only differences are that it’s only running for miles and instead of running on a track‚ you run on golf fields. Of course at that time I thought that I hated running and that I would never like it. I had a million
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across western Florida‚ reaching 22.36 in (568 mm) over 72 hours at the Lake Tarpon Canal in Pinellas County.[57] The outer rainbands of Hermine spawned an EF0 tornado just southwest of Windermere with a width of 450 ft (140 m) and 80 to 85 mph (129 to 137 km/h) winds. On the ground for 1.2 mi (1.9 km)‚ the twister damaged about 100 trees‚ along with several fences and windows.[58] The
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develops the most demanding operating rooms. Operating rooms are delivered throughout Europe‚ over 100 operating rooms to the Western European market‚ the market of Russia. I must stress the excellent cooperation with the local authorities‚ that is the County of Zagreb and the City of Samobor in all matters when we needed help. I would like to especially emphasize that during the construction of these new facilities‚ both times when there was construction‚ we very quickly and expeditiously received everything
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York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. Pigott‚ M.‚ MC Crohan‚ J. (2011) Rural Depopulation Sub Committee Rural England Town & Country Planning Association (2012) Planning and Development Act (2000). The National Spatial Strategy (2002-2020). The Kerry County Development Plan (2009-2015) UK Sustainable Development Strategy (2005) The Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines (2005) The UK Sustainable Development Strategy (2005).
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Cory Graham Wilderness‚ from A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold GEOG 111 Section 004 December 2‚ 2005 In this chapter titled "Wilderness‚" the author is discussing how man has tampered with what was originally created by Mr. Almighty‚ named wilderness. He is also discussing issues surrounding the preservation‚ adversaries‚ exhaustion‚ and the breaking down of wilderness for the transportation and industrialization of today’s society. The author mentioned how some certain values
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American Poverty: Bad Fortune or Consequence? In this essay‚ I will be writing about poverty in the United States. American poverty rates have remained relatively the same for the past few decades. For this reason‚ among many others‚ the topic of American poverty has remained a widely-discussed issue. I will be highlighting the definition of poverty in America as well as poverty rates in the local states of Missouri and Kansas‚ contributing factors‚ and possible remedies. The definition of poverty
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he spent in the United States Army. Birger served in the 13th United States Cavalry from 1901-1904. Birger’s early years in Illinois are not very well documented. It isn’t until 1913 when he moved to Ledford‚ located in southern Illinois’ Saline County. He quickly began selling whiskey to and beer to miners in and around Ledford. Birger was smart in that he bought property near the railway and utilized the railway to transport his alcohol. Birger being a business man opened up his restaurant-saloon
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During an impromptu conference call with the state fire marshal‚ county officials learned all but one of Wayne County’s fire departments received more than $700‚000 in funding to purchase new radios. County commissioners Jim Carmichael‚ Ann Obrecht and Scott Wiggam were meeting Wednesday with Joe Villegas‚ director of the Emergency Management Agency who spearheaded the grant application‚ and he happened to mention fire departments were in the process of being notified about receiving the grant‚ which
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Sumner County Jail: Reflection Paper I learned that jail‚ as it is boring is actually very helpful to the inmates. They are more focused on helping them get rehabilitated and out of jail as quickly as they can‚ without a recidivism rate going up. They can have jobs‚ but only women can work in the kitchens‚ I believe because there are knives‚ and women are less violent than men‚ most of the time. Also‚ the only people able to have jobs are “trustees‚” which wear a different color jumpsuit than the
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