| Boys will be boys, funny and serious
Say hello to school; say goodbye to summer. Such could be the message of the stories of two very different teenaged boys in funny/serious novels by Vancouver's John Lekich and Cobourg's Richard Scrimger. Raymond J. Dunne, the hero and narrator of Lekich's King of the Lost and Found, identifies himself by his medical conditions: He is a fainter, a sneezer, a bleeder. He's allergic to countless substances; often faints without warning and is subject to random nosebleeds. The happiest time of his life was his summer at "Geek Camp" and his only notoriety in school comes from his authority over the school's mouldering Lost and Found collection. But then Raymond puts into practice some of the advice he's been given about taking risks and exercising leadership. To bolster business at the Lost and Found, he begins his own stealthy "Steal and Return" program.
Houston soldier laid to rest at national cemetery
An American flag draped the coffin of Army Pvt. Alan J. Austin at his funeral today, but family and friends said his smile, honesty and quiet goodness will live their hearts forever. "We're saying farewell to a good man and a good person, " said Reba James. "He was honest. He had a beautiful smile." Austin, 21, died Aug. 12, of injuries suffered in a noncombat-related accident when his Humvee rolled over near a forward operating base in Sharana, Afghanistan, Defense Department officials said. The machine gunner on the truck, Austin was assigned to the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C. About 100 people gathered at the Sunlight Baptist Tabernacle Church, in the 6300 block of Laura Koppe, to say their last goodbyes.
Keiser University Marks a Milestone With $1 Million in Scholarships
The recipients of Keiser University's statewide $1 Million Community Partnership Scholarship program include 20 first-generation college students, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescue swimmer, a sheriff's deputy, a police officer, a nurse intern, single parents and many more deserving students. .
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