Author: catfish

The show had a first run earlier this year and the second run is scheduled to start in October. Jesse said he asked his ex to allow the kids to come out for 4 days in October and then again in November, December and January. Jesse said Aryn would not agree which led to him running to court. He wrote, “He explained, “I recently agreed to perform in the second run of Take Me Out starting in October 2022 and ending in January 2023. The play is set to start in October 2022 and run through at least January 2023.…

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Contra Costa Health Services officials told the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday it’s adjusting its COVID-19 response, beginning Oct. 1, when it will stop testing at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium, though vaccinations will continue at the site. The county will also close its San Ramon testing site Oct. 1. County health director Anna Roth said that though the public health emergency will likely be lifted in early 2023, her department anticipates new variants of COVID-19 and new vaccines to counter them. She said, at this point, the county health department has federal American Rescue Plan Act funds until June…

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More than 2,000 Montgomery County children could soon benefit from free books from an affiliation between Children’s Books on Wheels and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.Children’s Books on Wheels is a literacy organization with headquarters in the Tamina community but serves all of Montgomery County. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library sends free books to children, from newborn to 5 years old, each month. Together, the organizations are planning on getting children ready for school before they even start.  “We know that literacy is very important to children, to students, to families, and we want to service our diverse communities,” Children’s Books on…

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SULLIVAN, Ill. (WCIA) — This month, Illini football fan Nick Smith will publish a children’s book about the Illinois football game experience. The 24-page book, titled “Football at Illinois,” will explore all of the sights, sounds, and traditions surrounding football games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign with full-color illustrated pages accompanied with text. “The book will take you from the tailgate to the stadium,” said Smith, who resides in Sullivan, Illinois. “You’ll feel like you’re in the middle of the action.” Since 2005, Smith has been a season ticket holder for Illinois football, attending nearly every Illini home game. His…

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Teachers and parents are urged to provide their students with crayons, markers and paper and let the creative juices flow, as the Valley Air District invites submissions for the 2023 Healthy Air Living Kids’ Calendar Contest. All San Joaquin Valley students from kindergarten through 12th grade are encouraged to enter this annual contest, allowing kids the opportunity to create their vision of Healthy Air Living. Entries are due by Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Winners and their artwork will be featured in this bilingual calendar, showing how individuals can help improve air quality and quality of life for all Valley residents.…

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Charleston’s congressional race has now taken the form of a children’s book with Democrat Annie Andrews authoring a collection of snipes aimed at Republican incumbent Nancy Mace.Titled “Nancy Said No!” the picture book questions why Mace, R-Isle of Palms, voted against the creation of the Jan. 6 commission, the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and against codifying Roe v. Wade.It is written from the perspective of a fictional 10-year-old child named Susie who is growing up in the coastal 1st Congressional District that Mace represents.”Sometimes my grandma tells me stories about what it was like for girls…

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September 3rd, 2005. The inaugural game for Ron Zook and my first game as a season ticket holder for Illinois football. I had been to games throughout my life, but this year I was all in. Ron Zook was wrongly fired at Florida. We’ll take him, and when he wins 8 games each season we’ll put a statue up next to Red Grange. The 33-30 OT win over Rutgers cemented it. We were on the right track. Well, 2-9 overall and 0-8 in the Big Ten that season didn’t quite bring us back to prominence, but the Rose Bowl year…

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The largest linguistic group in CDN/NDG is anglophones as per the city of Montreal’s figures. The largest concentration in the district of NDG – more than 50% of its residents. Statistics fail to capture how the important Italian, Filipino and Sri Lankan communities operate primary in English outside their homes. Fifty percent of us work in English. Twenty-four percent of us operate exclusively in English, 12.9 percent only in French. As a political entity, we are the LARGEST anglophone community in Quebec.For reasons I can’t understand, the borough was denied bilingual status.Most importantly, 60 percent of us are bilingual. We…

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Studio 100 Media and Macmillan Children’s Books have joined forces on “an exciting journey” to bring the pre-school television series “Vegesaurs” to books.  Nicole Pearson, publishing director for brands and media at Macmillan Children’s Books, acquired international rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, in all languages from Joachim Knoedler, head of licensing distribution at Studio 100 Media. Two picture books will be published in spring 2023, with two storyboard books in summer 2023 and more to follow after. “Vegesaurs” is produced by independent producer Cheeky Little Media in association with the Australian Broadcasting Company, France TV and Studio 100. It…

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A children’s football league in Northampton has cancelled all games until after the Queen’s funeral, sparking backlash from parents.Bosses at the Northamptonshire District Youth Alliance League (NDYAL), which is a Northamptonshire FA affiliated league, have postponed this weekend’s fixtures across the county (September 17 and 18).NDYAL announced on Friday (September 9) that games would be postponed until after the Queen’s funeral, which is due to take place on Monday (September 19).The NDYAL, which is a Northamptonshire FA affiliated league, has postponed all games until after the Queen’s funeralFollowing the death of the Queen, the Football Association (FA), the sport’s national…

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