Major NC high school athletics oversight overhaul proposed
GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press
July 20, 2021
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The North Carolina High School Athletic Association would be replaced by a proposed state commission to oversee interscholastic public school sports in a measure unveiled Tuesday in a legislative committee.
The bill, which received a hearing by a Senate education panel, comes after Republican lawmakers have publicly questioned association leaders this year about the nonprofit s authority and assets of nearly $42 million as of June 2020. It s the wealthiest group of its kind in the country, according to legislative data. Senators say that contrasts with schools struggling to raise money for uniforms and equipment and the fines they can pay the association for eligibility violations.
Kalama council OKs shoreline permit for port cruise dock By Katie Fairbanks, The Daily News
Published: July 19, 2021, 7:05pm
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LONGVIEW The Kalama City Council Thursday approved a shoreline permit for the Port of Kalama’s new small cruise ship dock, moving the project one step closer to construction this fall.
Todd Johnson, consulting city planner, presented the staff report recommending council approve the shoreline substantial development permit with conditions.
The Port of Kalama plans to build a $3.5 million cruise ship dock as part of an agreement with American Cruise Lines. It will be constructed on the riverfront near Marine Park, with work set to start in September and continue through spring 2022.
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Strip s Chicken fundraiser helps youth in foster care purchase car
Olathe fundraiser helps youth in foster care purchase car
and last updated 2021-07-16 23:53:21-04
OLATHE, Kan. â Those who have eaten at Strip s Chicken, likely have been asked to round up spare change for a good cause.
Owner Todd Johnson said about half of his customers say, Yes. Their generosity helps youths who are about to age out of the foster care system buy a car. Some of them are crying, they re all really excited, you know, I remember when I got my first car, it s super exciting, Johnson said.
The United States Air Force is sending more than two dozen F-22 stealth fighters to an exercise in the western Pacific this month, an unusually large deployment of the powerful jets that analysts say sends a strong message to a possible adversary in China.
Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii this week said approximately 25 F-22s Raptors from the Hawaii Air National Guard and from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, will deploy this month to Guam and Tinian islands for Operation Pacific Iron 2021. We have never had this many Raptors deployed together in the Pacific Air Forces area of operations, Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, told CNN.