Competition organiser and Halcombe school teacher Margot Mackie said every year was exciting. “There are 100 questions, each one different every year. it’s great to see so many children loving books, especially with how much technology is available.” She said the quiz was a great way for students who weren t “sporty to shine. This year marked 30 years of the international competition, run by quiz founder and retired Auckland University lecturer Wayne Mills. Usually pupils competed for the chance to be the world Kids’ Lit champion, but since the spread of Covid-19, the furtherest they could go was the national competition in Wellington.
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Mr. Walter Thomas Mills, 80, of Thurmont, Md., passed away Jan. 9, 2021, at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was the husband of Laurie Mills, his wife of 27 years.
Born July 20, 1940, in Middletown, Md., Walter was the son of the late Park and Evelyn Mills.
Mr. Mills served as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army, and was a self-made man; he was a barber extraordinaire, owning and operating W.T. Mills Hair Styling for decades in Frederick, as well as dealing in real estate and other ventures.
He had a passion for politics, and was active in the local Republican party. Mr. Mills was also passionate about animals, and had horses on his farm in Utica and a succession of basset hounds, each of whom he loved.
an altercation happened between the two of those guys which resulted in one person being struck with gunfire and being transported to the hospital for their injuries. the owner of the business is a friend of the person that was injured last night. so he s very torn up about it. and very concerned about his welfare. mills biography calls him, quote, an average country boy steeped in the vernacular of guns, god, and football. he had been touring southern venues. so far, no charges filed against ferrell. italian prosecutors are summarizing their case against amanda knox today in the closing arguments of knox s retrial, they told an appeals court not to make the same mistakes that the court that freed knox in 2011 did. knox was accused of killing her british roommate in 2007, she is
inland areas could pick up more than 8 inches of snow in some of the higher elevations across parts of pennsylvania and up state new york. please be careful out here coming up over the next several days with this storm. a lot of people worried about how it will effect the thanksgiving travel. we will continue to watch you every morning. thank you very much. terrifying moment. have you heard about this after the raider s game a woman jumped from the 3rd deck of the coliseum critically injuring herself and injuring the man who tried to save her. a 61-year-old former marine tried to persuade the woman not to jump but she did anyway. and he lunged to catch her. he was able to break her fall. both were taken to the hospital. the man is in stable condition. wayne mills shot and killed in a nashville bar. this happened at a pit and barrel bar which was featured on the reality show bar rescue.