Pembroke teenager holds baby sitting night to teach kids about Australia (The Patriot Ledger)
“A Night Down Under” for kids in grades kindergarten through 6 will be held on Saturday at the Pembroke Historical Society Building, 116 Center St., Pembroke, from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Admission is $20 per child, with food, drinks and snacks included.
Kan. reservist returns for birth of 8th child - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - ... (Army Times)
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Eight is enough. It’s enough children for Travis and Stacy Cecil. And, for Travis, eight months was long enough — maybe too long — to be in Iraq while his wife was pregnant.
Four accused in clothes-theft ring targeting Valley stores (KTAR 92.3 Phoenix)
Three women and a 15-year-old child have been busted on charges of running a retail theft ring. The arrests came after a search Thursday of four locations in Phoenix turned up an estimated $100,000 in stolen clothes, all with the store tags and sensors still on them.
Safety of magnetic toys being checked (The West Australian)
The safety of magnetic toys will be examined following reports one child died and others were injured after swallowing them over the past two years, the NSW government says.
Lost generation (BBC News)
Tragedy of China's one-child families hit by earthquake
Valley camps making sure your child's safe this summer (WAFF 48 News Huntsville)
While kids are turning in their books, parents are studying up on summer camp, making sure their child's in good hands when away from home.
The following were essays we received in honor of teacher appreciation day:SHERMAN, TX- They may not attend a traditional high school, but they were able to have a traditional graduation ceremony Friday night.City educators can rest assured their jobs will be waiting for them in September, district officials declared yesterday.NATCHEZ — The charges for a man who was arrested Sunday morning for possession of a stolen vehicle have been dropped.Two-thirds of the city's aldermen say they are willing to consider a modest tax increase to protect city jobs and maintain services that would be cut under Mayor Frank Guinta's $276 million budget proposal. How the publisher Louise Hay unified psychics, mindhealers, angel therapists and positive thinkers of all varieties into a self-help spirituality empire. Thirteen teachers were told on Friday that, come next school year, their services will not be needed.Tuesday's obituaries recognize: Wayne Addison Sr., Alice Denney, Helen Dixon, Giacomo Ferrari, Mary Hupfl, Dianne Infanti, Joseph Jenkins, Louis Maas, Freddie Myers, Albert Toft and William Wallace Sr.A Weston School PTO letter endorsing lobbying for school funding was sent home with kids in violation of school policy.
