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Herbert Keith, left, and Primus Moore hope to restore the former LâOuverture School building. They both attended LâOuverture and graduated with the class of 1965, prior to LâOuvertureâs integration with McAlester Public Schools.
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The L Ouverture School Auditorium in McAlester.
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The auditorium can be seen through a broken window at the L Ouverture School building in McAlester
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Primus Moore, a retired McAlester educator shown in this file photo, hopes to restore L Ouverture School.
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L Ouverture School in McAlester, which was last used as McAlester High School s Key Academy.
By Sophia Lada
Capital News Service
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced a grant opportunity for regional and value-added food systems that support local farmers, community health and the economy.
Competitors for grants of up to $100,000 to promote regional and value-added food systems have until March 18 to apply.
The grants have been awarded annually since 2016.
They’re intended to “help retain, expand, attract or develop agricultural processing” in the state by investing in equipment and technology, access to healthy food, urban gardens and regional food systems, the department said.
Heather Throne, its Grant and Commodity Program manager, said the phrase “value-added” in the title refers to the process of taking a raw commodity to make a more valuable product for consumers, such as taking locally grown cherries and making them into cherry wine or dried cherries.
Waitangi Day: Three events give something for everyone in Hawke s Bay
3 Feb, 2021 08:11 PM
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Dozens are expected to take part in the hikoi to Clive from Ātea-a-rangi, the celestial compass in Waitangi Park, as part of Waitangi Day commemorations on Saturday. Photo / File
Dozens are expected to take part in the hikoi to Clive from Ātea-a-rangi, the celestial compass in Waitangi Park, as part of Waitangi Day commemorations on Saturday. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
There s an event for everyone in Hawke s Bay this Waitangi Day.
The Waitangi Day Family Celebrations at Mitre 10 Park in Hastings started as a way to celebrate the new millenium, event manager Te Rangi Huata explained.
Lueth told her father that Cournaya repeatedly called her after the breakup, the
Lansing State Journal reports.
On the night Lueth vanished, a sheriff s deputy remembers helping Cournaya when his truck broke down on U.S. 127, the
Lansing State Journal reports. Months later, investigators found Lueth s phone and driver s license near where Cournaya had driven on U.S. 127, court records show.
Now, more than 12 years later, a warrant for Cournaya s arrest in connection with her disappearance and presumed death has been issued, Bill Crino, the Homicide and Major Crimes Unit Chief at the Ingham County Prosecutor s Office in Lansing confirms to PEOPLE.