Greenbacks for Greensburg
Midlothian Middle students help Kansas school district ravaged by massive tornado
By Sande Snead CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      When Midlothian Middle School teacher Manuel Rios learned that an F-5 tornado had ripped through a town near where he used to teach in Liberal, Kansas, he was naturally drawn into the story. Then, while watching CBS News, Rios heard Darrin Headrick being interviewed, and his heart stopped cold.
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American Cancer Society's Relay for Life
      Teams of walkers (top left) took to the track at L.C. Bird High School on June 2 and 3 for the Relay for Life, an annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Just for fun, several men dressed in drag (top right) and collected donations in their handbags. Other special activities took place throughout the two-day event including live music, face-painting and a Ms.
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Tabs for Tammy
Reams Elementary School students collect aluminum tabs in honor of burned classmate
By Joan Tupponce CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      When students in Joanna Hoyt's third-grade class at Reams Elementary School learned their classmate, 8-year-old Tammy Nguyen, had been burned on 80 percent of her body during a house fire, they rallied for her recovery in a most unusual way: by drinking more sodas.
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Task force offers domestic violence training
      The Chesterfield County Domestic Violence Task Force will sponsor a free minitraining on June 25 from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Chesterfield County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Building, 7000 Lucy Corr Blvd.
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Playing the market
Students win big during the Stock Market Game
By Sande Snead CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      Imagine if you could take $100,000 and turn it into $174,000 in just 10 weeks. It sounds like one of those get-rich-quick schemes, but in this case it is an actual scenario for Jennifer Costello's sixth-grade math class at Bailey Bridge Middle School.
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Steve Bassett rolls into Pocahontas State Park on June 30 for tour
      Steve Bassett's Blowin' the Dust Off Tour rolls into Pocahontas State Park on Sat., June 30 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $4, and children 12 and younger are free. The Pocahontas Premieres season pass does not apply to the Steve Bassett show.
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Father still knows best
Holiday is a reminder of a dad's big shoes
By Chuck Hansen CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      Father's Day is one of those holidays that you just don't get until you're a father. Yes, you understand the concept - thank Dad for being Dad - but you just don't realize what it means to Dad until you are a dad. And even then, Father's Day - and for that matter, fatherhood itself - doesn't seem to be the same experience as you'd thought it was for your own father.
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