Prior to the tornado‚ my experience of Joplin was limited to a dozen family visits over two decades. My lasting impression from those years were of a city that felt more like a small town. However‚ Joplin is the fourteenth-largest city and the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Missouri‚ boasting 49‚000 residents and a daytime population of 270‚000 taken from the metropolitan population of 400‚000 citizens. Of the citizens who self-identified their ethnicity in the 2010 census‚ 85.6 percent were
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Cheerleading is one of my most defining life experiences. The sport allowed me to explore not only my leadership qualities‚ but also my own mentorship abilities. From a newbie to cheerleading in middle school‚ I grew and developed into a role model on my cheerleading team in high school. In freshmen in high school‚ my coach told me that I was taking charge of the team‚ since the captain was absent. At first‚ I was excited that I was able to demonstrate my leadership qualities‚ but then pressure
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August 9th‚ 1998 was the day when my fight and formation as a person began. My mother was rushed to Piedmont Hospital‚ in panic‚ because I was eager to be born exactly two months before my due date. I was born at a whopping four pounds and five ounces‚ which terrified the doctors as well as my parents. After being held by my mother for only 30 seconds‚ I was seized from her arms and taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. I was placed on a ventilator because I was not breathing
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friends did. I started playing piano because my parents thought it a good idea. I did not. My opinion has changed since then‚ I rather enjoy playing now. I sometimes wonder what it would be like not having the ability to play. I have given up a lot: sports‚ free time‚ playing with my friends‚ in change of the gift of music. I like my choice and think it will be good for me in my life. Piano‚ I play with a private teacher‚ who
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Divorce; when I think of it I get the chills. I don’t like thinking about home my once happy full home would split into two very separate houses. If that is you actually live in both houses or is it just a visit. It reminds me of the time where my parents picked my older brother Zander and I from school on a sunny June afternoon and brought us to a park. We sat a picnic table where my mom and dad proceeded to tell us they were “taking a break”. As a six year old I didn’t understand what that meant
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girlfriend Kate and I have lived next door to our rival neighbors for about a year and a half now. Never known why they don’t like us but it has gone back all the way to high school. Now meet our neighbors. First there Steve‚ he was a jock in high school‚ becoming a 2 time all American and being the jerk that always got the girl. Now as for me‚ I was just a normal kid who fit in with just about everyone‚ never really liked sports‚ I was a musician‚ I played guitar in a rock band named hot stovetop
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Narrative- On 7Mar17 at 1317 hrs. I‚ Deputy Halbasch‚ was asked to speak with Shane Wagner‚ who was reporting the theft of fishing equipment from his truck. Shane informed me he contacted his insurance company & they requested a police report. Shane stated on 4Mar17 he arrived at Backwoods Bar & Grill between 1930 – 2000 hrs. for dinner after ice fishing. Shane stated when he departed the bar‚ he found that someone stole all of his ice fishing equipment out of the back of his 2014 Ford Super Duty
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I swallowed gulps of salty water and struggled my way up to the next obstacle. When I come to think of it‚ there seemed to be times when swimming was a famous sport done for fun and pleasure. I moved in to the mirror maze. I bumped my head so many times‚ I lost count. I noticed that the gate into the Wave was a still water shower. Unfortunately the water was so still it looked liked the other mirror. You have
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When I was twelve years old‚ my friends and I went to a place we called: “ The field.” The neighborhood kids and I would play all kinds of sports there. One summer day‚ we were playing baseball. My friend was up to bat my other friend was pitching‚ I was playing the field along with others. My friend pitched the ball. My other friend swung and the ball was called foul‚ but that is where all the houses were. Because it went out of the field and into an area where there were houses. The baseball broke
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my case kinda like an s. I was first diagnosed with scoliosis when I started complaining to my mom and dad that my back was really starting to hurt before a big softball game. If anyone knows my dad he always tells me to suck it up and don’t think about it. Which I did and I stuck with it until the game started. I was the pitcher for my softball team‚ this game was a big game for us
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