Today, the Chicago Cubs announced their minor league managers, coaching staffs, and coordinators for the 2021 season. The official team releases are included below.
What’s most notable is the manager announcement, which appears to confirm that the Cubs are indeed contracting down to just one rookie league team in each of Arizona and the Dominican Republic. Previously, the Cubs had two of each. With the draft shrinking (dramatically last year, and less dramatically – but still shrinking permanently to something like 10 to 20 rounds), you can see why a second stateside rookie league club might not be necessary or fill-able in the current setup. Nevertheless, I’d hoped the Cubs would still see it as a possible edge, especially in the Dominican Republic where signings are not necessarily as limited internationally. Maybe all teams are doing this? What was going to happen at the rookie level was never as clear as what was happening in the full-season leagues (every organization now
Augustana University announces 3 area students on fall 2020 Dean s List
Dean s List recognizes full-time students who have a minimum of 12 credit hours with grade-point averages at 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale). Written By: PineandLakes Echo Journal | 2:00 pm, Jan. 25, 2021 ×
SIOUX FALLS, SD - Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, announced the students named to the Dean s List for the fall semester of the 2020-21 academic year.
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Sue Klaksvik Ebert tells Boomer Grandpa she s grateful for her experience at the Scramstad School.
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A couple weeks ago, I wrote a column about the one-room country schoolhouse I attended. I was contacted by a number of individuals with tales of their own country school days.
Sue Klaksvik Ebert wanted to tell her story. It s a story of gratitude and a time in our country when schools, churches and communities were bound together.
Raised on a dairy farm in Otter Tail County, Minn., a fifth generation in Sue’s family is farming the land. She recalls her father telling her, “You’ll always know where you are going if you know where you come from.”
Editorâs note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series.
The COVID-19 pandemic has further lowered the ability of low-income and minority students in South Dakota, including Native Americans, to enroll in college, obtain a degree and gain the lifelong financial and upward mobility benefits that come with higher education.
Education experts in South Dakota and around the country are increasingly worried that the COVID-19 pandemic has further expanded the long-standing educational achievement gap in which higher-income and white students do significantly better on standardized tests and in gaining access to higher education than students from lower-income and minority families.
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