Burnet selected for IHSA honor
The Telegraph
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BUNKER HILL Sara Burnet, a K-6 PE teacher and high school volleyball coach at Bunker Hill, has been selected to receive the IHSA/Country Financial Teacher Spotlight Award.
The first coach in Macoupin County to be selected for the honor, Burnet was selected for her efforts to “go beyond the call of duty to positively impact the lives of Illinois high school students inside and outside of the classroom.”
Beginning in early elementary school, Burnet helps her student athletes progress into high school and beyond.
“I start coaching my girls in elementary school,” she said. “I love that I get to be with them every step of the way.”
Phase one of autonomous corridor project begins in Md. city
KRISTEN GRIFFITH, Carroll County Times
May 23, 2021
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WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) Drones, robots and self-driving cars were buzzing through downtown Westminster on Thursday for the ribbon-cutting of the first phase of MAGIC’s autonomous corridor project.
MAGIC, which stands for Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory, is a technology nonprofit in Carroll County and it has a plan to improve transportation downtown. MAGIC is working with Dynamic Dimensions Technologies, or DDT, to scan routes so autonomous shuttles can operate on a circuit and transport residents from place to place.
Graham Dodge, the executive director of MAGIC, said in a November interview the vehicles will have sensors that will help avoid obstacles in roads and adjust to formats like traffic circles. Its programming will allow the shuttle to understand the city’s format and it will continuously scan the layout.
For the first time, Itasca County Family YMCA is an official host of The Murph Challenge. Healthy Living Specialist at the YMCA Amber York is leading the planning of the event after being inspired by her friend who was deployed overseas last month.Â
âI learned about the event from some crossfit friends that had done it in the past and thought it could be a great challenge event for our members and community,â said York. âI hope for it to bring attention to our military members as a way to honor them and their sacrifices. We can suck it up and work hard for an hour to honor them since they do it 365 days for years!â