Beau Lark/Corbis/Getty Images If you’re a grandparent, you probably know the joy of reading aloud to your grandchildren. But don’t let the connection to the book lapse when they start reading on their own: Start your own book club. Book discussions with grandkids are a great way to maintain regular connection and have interesting conversations …
German Santanilla, who worked for decades as a court interpreter in Las Vegas, has died at the age of 70. “Throughout his career he remained one of the best,” Jeff Hanks, the court interpreter supervisor for Clark County, said Tuesday. Santanilla spent his career in various courtrooms throughout the Las Vegas Valley, making sure that …
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If there’s a silver lining to the two-year, pandemic-forced hiatus from normal life, it’s that more people are reading actual books. Not only are we able to enrich our lives with stories that both strike a chord and help us to escape, but we also can adorn our homes with the intellectual wallpaper provided by …
Fr. Mike Schmitz had seen the format tried before, but he hadn’t yet found an approach he considered easily accessible. So he and others got to work on developing their own version of reading the Bible in a year. The result was the “Bible in a Year” podcast in which Schmitz – a 1997 Saint …
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Edinburgh author Alastair Chisholm Let us know what you think and join the conversation at the bottom of this article Inch and Grub, written by Alastair Chisholm and illustrated by David Roberts, has been hailed the winner of the Bookbug Picture Book Prize, which celebrates the very best picture books by authors or illustrators living …
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Published: 01/25/2022 14:59:07 Modified: 01/25/2022 14:57:51 The Jaffrey Public Library, 38 Main St., is kicking off winter learning with a big building extravaganza as Legos will be available daily and Lego Challenge boxes will be available to check out. The Start Your Own Fiber Arts Club will meet Monday through Friday from 2-5 pm beginning …
As global scientists continue to warn about the urgent need to keep fossil fuels in the ground, a quartet of European and US experts set out on Tuesday why nuclear power should not be seen as a solution to the climate crisis. “The core message, repeated over and over again, that a new generation of …
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The Orangeburg County School District received a six-month School Resource Officer Grant from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Under the $568,692 grant, six school resource officers will be funded through June 30. The grant will bring SRO to Holly Hill-Roberts Middle School, Elloree K-8, Marshall Elementary School, Cope Area Career Center, Orangeburg Technology …
ATLANTA – Mercer University’s College of Professional Advancement on May 16-19 will serve as host of the 10th Narrative Matters Conference, a biennial interdisciplinary conference being held in the US for the first time. Scholars and practitioners from around the world will gather on Mercer’s Cecil B. Day Campus in Atlanta to explore themes related …
The 90’s era of the X Men led to increasing levels of popularity for Marvel’s mutants as some of the best creators in comics came together to carry the team through a number of epic crossovers and status-quo changing events. The X-Men welcomed new members and milestones, though they also encountered a few new villains …
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