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From home wednesday in Lantern Ridge area of blacksburg. Body found saturday in surry county north carolina. Justify over the Virginia State line. And two people in custody this morning, David Eisenhower and natalie keepers engineering students at Virginia Tech. Classmates resupset and disgusted by the allegations. Against two students. I felt safe before. But to think about, you know, 13yearold girl hurt by someone my age is mind boggling. They are not representative of the engineers of this school. Engineers here, and all the other students are so much better than that. Anchor Virginia Tech president sands wrote a Community Letter saturday reassuring students and saying the school will have counselors available for anyone than wants to talk. Anchor reaction to the discovery of the body along route 89 in surry county has surprised residents there. You can imagine. Amber roberts reports. Reporter family and friends are devastated about the death of 13yearold nicole the small siri commu
Respiratory illnesses. Theyre cutting back the areas high schools because of the high temperatures. Notices were posted on School Websites and emails were sent to the families. Because of the age of school buildings, more than half of the districts classrooms dont have ac. We became concerned with the wellbeing of our students and staff after numerous complaints, concerns were voiced to us because of the heat. With the extreme heat we decided that we better err on the side of caution. They hope to install ac in the classrooms in a year. The emergency is in effect in all the classrooms, including prospect lee and del mar. A popular South Bay Park could be closed today because of a high fire danger. They closed this park yesterday because of the fears that dry brush could catch fire because of a lit cigarette or barbecue. Its often closed because of high fire danger. They are offering cooling stations to offer people relief from the heat. One is on sonoma boulevard. There is free transit
Pleasure to welcome jerry mondesar. Good evening. Wake up, yall, its early. All right. Thats a little better. Probably was worried because i was running late, but did i come prepared . All right. I would not let you down. Friends select has a conversation about someone as important in black history and American History as Harriet Tubman, i wouldnt miss this opportunity to join the conversation and thats what i hope tonight is. A conversation about Harriet Tubman and the fact that for so long she has been a footnote in American History books and finally we have a serious study, thanks to mrs. Clinton about Harriet Tubman. Im not going to discuss the book because the author is here and there are plenty of books for you to buy and thats why were here for you to participate in the conversation by picking up one of these books. What i would like for you to like to do is discuss the Historical Context in which this book talks about Harriet Tubman. Too often we dont discuss american slavery i
Its early all right, thats a little better. I was running a little late. But did i come prepareed . I would not let you down. School as prestigious as this has a conversation about soon is an important as Harriet Tubman i wouldnt miss this opportunity and and thats what i hope tonight is is a conversation about Harriet Tubman and the fact that shes been a footnote in africanAmerican History and American History books and finally we have a serious historical study thanks to miss clinton about Harriet Tubman. Authors here and theres plenty to buy and you can participate in the conversation by picking up the book eufrplt would like to discuss the Historical Context in which this book talks about Harriet Tubman because too often we dont really discuss american slavery in school or in the Public Schools or the Catholic Schools or any big schools in the big city. Lets talk real numbers because the holocaust took place in this country. Thats a record thats been reserved for a tick event in wo