Owyhee County

Born in New Albany, Mississippi on Sept. 25th, 1897, Faulkner is one of America’s most celebrated novelist, poet, and short story writer. In contrast to the minimalistic style of his contemporaries, Faulkner often employed “stream of consciousness” into his work and wrote highly emotional, complex, and almost grotesque stories. As I Lay Dying, however, was one of Faulkner’s extreme pieces of literature. Through presenting the stories in the voices of fifteen unique characters, Faulkner was able to

Smithville was playing Winnetonka.     “Are you from Winnetonka?” I asked because i thought that would be along drive for a burger.     “No, Platte County”     In that moment I knew it was going to be an interesting game. I went back and sat with my family and I

penurious families with children. In fact, through employment and community resources the program aims to reduce the number of families living in poverty. However, there are several conditions affecting the Cal-works population in the Imperial Valley County, such as the high unemployment rates, the participants’ socioeconomic disadvantages and the absence of vocational/educational programs available for this population. The goal of the Basic Computer Skills and Employment Readiness program is to fill

Wyandotte County is located in the middle of the United States in Kansas. The county contains the cities of Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, and Kansas City. Wyandotte’s neighboring counties are Johnson and Leavenworth counties in Kansas, and Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties in Missouri. The county was actually named after the Wyandot Indians who once inhabited the land (Wyandotte County, 2010). Those who live in the region have coined the area with nicknames such as the Heart of America, KCK, and

If I was given the opportunity to have $10,000,000 to work on any project that I would like I would start an organization that deals with multi-use public lands. I will start by giving some background on why this issue is so important to me, the benefits it has for these towns that are closely located to the area in question, and finally what this would do for generations to come. Since being a young kid till now I’ve spent many of our vacations in Moab, Utah. Moab is notoriously known for its

The reason we chose this topic was because we find it incredulous the amount of people who don't have a home, according to The Orange County Register, an overnight count was made in January of 2015 and it showed that 4,400 people were homeless. Orange County’s number is fairly small compared to LA county, where the number of homeless is huge, with 82,000 homeless (Aguilar). People become homeless for numerous reasons; Foreclosure, decrease in public assistance, high healthcare costs, the lack of

American businessman Clement Stone once uttered, “You are a product of your environment. So, choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective” (Stone). Free will represents an internal battleground constantly testing one’s acceptance of their actions. William Faulkner explores the extent to which deterministic forces sway free will among individuals in his novel Light in August. Joe Christmas faces an array of challenges in his childhood environment, resulting in patterns of

With a little more time-doable in the summer, when everything is wonderful all around-you could have a fantastic journey in a beautiful place. Zion National Park is a great place for a vacation. Zion National Park is located in Springdale, Utah. In Zion National Park you will find many cliffs, canyons, and more. Zion is a beautiful painting full of reds, oranges, browns, blues, and greens. The beauty. Zion is one of the most beautiful places that I have ever visited. I think that more people should

An alarm sounded loudly. It was six am on a Saturday morning. I knew what this meant, time for running and the time of physical death. But I always refused to leave my bed. A fist pounded on my door. This was the usual wakeup call before a run. That day we were going on a journey across the Marin Headlands. Those hills are considered hell by every person who steps a foot on them. The elevation of Marin Headlands is approximately 800 feet with steep slopes and a fun downhill. We left our car in

The Lack of Healthcare in Rural Communities Medical care in rural areas is greatly needed as life in rural areas especially those where farming, mining, and fishing are how people make their living. The median age of rural America is older but the reasons differ across communities (out-migration of youth vs. in-migration of retirees). Medicare/Medicaid has hurt rural hospitals the most because how much Medicare/Medicaid is willing to pay may not even cover the cost of how much the procedure will