Customers told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that bank customer service practices need a lot of work, but banks say more regulation would only make matters worse.
Memorial Day observance
To the editor:
Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. This year Memorial Day occurred on Monday, May 31, and our Greater Pine Island Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 4353 held a most memorable ceremony at their post Home on Stringfellow Drive.
Memorial Day, as Decoration Day gradually came to be known, originally honored only those lost while fighting in the Civil War. But during World War I the United States found itself embroiled in another major conflict, and the holiday evolved to commemorate American military personnel who died in all wars, including World War II, The Vietnam War, The Korean War and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sandra Bradley named Shawnee 2021 Teacher of the Year
The Shawnee News-Star
Horace Mann Elementary School educator Sandra Bradley was named the 2021 Shawnee Public Schools Teacher of the Year Monday at the district s 47th annual celebration.
Bradley, who has been a fourth and fifth grade special education teacher for 25 years, said she is honored to be the recipient of the award and she s grateful to her colleagues and SPS. It feels very humbling that they would choose me out of hundreds of our teachers who are just as qualified. It s just an amazing feeling, Bradley said.
The other 2021 Teacher of the Year nominees included Jessica Brown from Shawnee Middle School, Kristi Carter-Heilaman from Sequoyah Elementary School, Lindsay Dennis from Shawnee High School, Hannah Jett from Shawnee Early Childhood Center, Mary McCune from Jefferson Elementary School, Misty Rendleman from Jim Thorpe Academy and Tara Wilson from Will Rogers Elementary School.