Mike Fitzpatrick, born on June 28, 1963 in Bucks County, PA, has been leading a successful life ever since his high school graduation. With an academic scholarship in tow, Fitzpatrick graduated from Bishop Egan High School, now Conwell-Egan Catholic High School, and headed for the sunny state of Florida to attend college there. After receiving his bachelor’s degree, he returned to Pennsylvania to attend law school at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law. During his time in law school, Mike demonstrated his leadership abilities by acting as the Business Manager of the Dickinson Journal of International Law.
Somehow, Fitzpatrick balances being a successful Representative and a family man. He’s been married to his wife, Kathleen, for 24 years. Together they have six children: three boys and three girls, along with one grandchild. Along with being a family man, Mike has remained active in the Eagle Scouts since his childhood, and because of this Boy Scouts of America has honored him with the Silver Beaver Award in recognition of his service to Scouting. In the past he even served as president of the Bucks County Council of Boy Scouts of America.
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During this position, which lasted from 1995-2004, he worked in areas such as county social service programs, job creation and efficient government administration. His passionate fight for the preservation of farms, parks and critical natural areas earned him recognition from Greenspace Alliance of Southeastern PA, which promotes and advocates preservation and enhancement of recreational, natural, and agricultural open spaces to preserve the quality of life. Fitzpatrick also led the fight to establish Buck County’s first Enterprise Zone, which ultimately led to the creation of over 4,000 private sector
Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick is represents the 8th district of Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives of the 114th Congress of the United States. Mike Fitzpatrick serves as a member of the Republican Party. He was first elected to Congress in 2004 and held the position until 2006, being defeated by Democrat Patrick Murphy. He ran again in 2010 against his democratic opponent Murphy. He recovered his seat from Murphy and is currently serving however he has announced he will be retiring in 2016.
Matthew Henson was the first African-American to reach the North Pole. Matthew Alexander Henson was born on August 8, 1868. When he was a child, his parents passed away. In his young life he worked as a cabin boy, clerk and a personal assistant. Through the trial of his life he still achieved greatness.
When the question of deciding if Steven Hayes possessed a personality disorder when committing the Cheshire crime, it seems unlikely. In an article by Marc Wortman that was published in The Daily Beast, Steven Hayes openly admitted to the reporter he was a crack addict and "used drugs to kill the pain...” (Wortman). Hayes went into full explanation claiming he had suffered abuse during childhood with no contact of his father and ended up dropping out of high school. However, if Hayes suffered from an abusive childhood which resulted him to turn to drugs, why didn't Hayes seek counseling?
constitution, by making it unconstitutional to own another slave and making it a number one priority to see to the freedoms of slaves, even in the south was followed through, and making it a punishable crime would have the ones pushing for slavery responsible for their actions when caught violating the law of constitution, even by hanging would have been more appropriate to the crime in which the violated. I think that slavery would have been see as in human, and the fight for the rights of American Blacks would of not takes over three century’s.
The moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois was issued by a lying politician, but it is still in place today. This politician’s name is George Ryan, he married Lura Lowe, with her he had 6 children. Ryan was Governor from January 11, 1999 to January 13, 2003, but served in various office seats since January of 1981. Ryan was not only removed from office but convicted of fraud and racketeering; which is participating in illegal activities. George Ryan had done the actions he did because of money; The constant requests as well as the monetary pressures that are placed on politicians every day will weaken even the toughest morally sound individual thus making them corrupt.
An American journalist is driving towards the Syrian border. Suddenly his car is attacked and he is forced out of his car and held at gunpoint. 635 long, torturous days go by as he is held captive by the most dangerous terrorist group imaginable. He knows that his fate is almost sealed, and he is living in a state of constant fear. One day, he is forced into an orange prisoner suit, taken out into the desert with a knife held to his throat, and forced onto his knees. He is shaking violently. He hears a language that has sadly become much too familiar to him, speaking violently towards a camera. He realizes that he is being recorded and then he is beheaded. This was the last moment of James Foley’s life, and sadly, three other innocent people experienced the exact same fate. Innocent lives are taken every day by the most dangerous terrorist threat in today’s world. Religious minorities walk around with targets on their backs, and thousands of Americans, US military troops, Shia, Yazidis, and Christian civilizations are being targeted every day by the horrifying terrorist group that is ISIS. Anyone who dares stand in the way of The Islamic State is at risk of losing their lives. As a social studies
Jim Mclean is a famous top 100 golf instructor that owns any different golf schools and academies around the country, with the best known at Trump Doral. He is also the creator of 8 step swing which has been voted the number one golf dvd of all time and ranked one of the best golf instruction books of all time. He has also played in many big time tournaments like the US Amateur, The US Open and the Masters. He started his golf career by being a Director of Golf at four top golf clubs in the northeast before really getting into teaching. He also became a master PGA Profesional in 1990 and has since made a big name for himself as a golf instructor.
When Bill Donovan was born his name was chosen to be William Joseph O’ Donovan. But as years went on he started to go by Bill Donovan, his family had also decided to take the “O” off their last name. Bill Donovan was born on January 1, 1883, in Buffalo New York, where he descended from an Irish family. His mom was Anna Letitia and his dad was Timothy P. Donovan, he was also the only child. Bill Donovan was even able to pick his own middle name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Donovan & Wild Bill Donovan the book.
BEAVER DAMS (WENY) - Last fall, WENY News told you about a local church working to build a new parsonage for the pastor and his family at the Full Gospel Church Caitlin. Well, nine months later, the house is finished and the Neyman family now has a place to call home.
Tara Stanielle Fox, a canadian hero who ran across the country on an artificial leg to raise money for cancer. Sadly, she had passed away before she could finish her run. Tara Fox will always be remembered for her determination, bravery, and perseverance. Did the previous sentences sound familiar? If they did, that's probably because they were about the famous canadian hero, Terry Fox, except they were about a woman, not a man. Terry Fox’s life would be very different if he was a woman because of gender inequality, feminism, and double standards.
Mike Fink was born with Spina Bifida which is incomplete closure of the spinal column during the first month of fetal development. He runs wheelchair basketball and is involved with Coastal Adoptive Sports. His parents taught him, he can do whatever he want to do. He has been doing jiu jitsu for 2 years and is a double white belt and has been competing in both able body and disability matches his record is 3-3. He can’t feel right leg and sometimes it gets in his way when he is competing. His coach has never coached someone with a disability. Mike was the first disable person he has coached.
Imagine playing basketball with friends everyday. Well Tommy Moore, age 17, is at the rec center daily. Tommy enjoy’s playing basketball with friends everyday and rides motocross on the weekends. Tommy was born in Greensburg and has lived in Greensburg and Irwin. While interviewing Tommy, I learned many interesting things about his family life, school activities, and personality traits and hobbies.
Mickey Spillane had a difficult time finding the right career path, but finally discovered his true place in writing. Mickey was born on March 9, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York. His original name, Frank Morrison Spillane, was later changed. After his birth, Mickey and his family moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey, and grew up in a rough neighborhood. Since the environment was not in the best conditions, there were not a number of activities to participate in. Therefore, he soon developed a strong passion for reading. Mickey desired to continue reading each day that by the time he was eleven years old, he had already completed the works of Herman Melville and Alexandre Dumas Pere. But as soon as became older, his exposure to the world began to extend
WOOSTER — Brady Long did what the Golden State Warriors could not — bag back-to-back titles and join the conversation of best ever.
Mickey Spillane, the inventor of a hard-boiled private eye known as Mike Hammer, forever impacted the style and content of detective stories. Mickey Spillane has sold many of his books due to his ability to advertise to a majority audience: Men who recently recovered from a violent war. He was born March 9th, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York. Mr. Spillane was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey by his scottish mother and irish bartender father. He was married three times and barely raised his four children, due to his devotion to writing and maintaining his wealthy lifestyle. When asked about his interests other than writing, Mickey Spillane simply stated that it was money. Due to his success, he resided in his many shore houses scattered around the country. Despite the somewhat fatal content of his stories, he