Twin Falls County

full name Thomas J. Ward, is the main character, and an apprentice Spook. Spooks fight the dark, which are things like witches, ghosts, ghasts, bogarts, trolls, and all other mythical baddies. The series is their adventures in a country called “The County” somewhere in Europe, near Ireland. While it is complicated to see, and the books use metaphors about good and bad choices through words such

Benjamin Franklin said “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Education opens the door for everyone to excel in life. To become a strong nation, its people, especially children, must have a good education so the nation can continue to excel and become stronger. Nevertheless, America is suffering through an education crisis today. The current statistics show that the United States is falling behind in education compared to other countries. The illiteracy rate is high, and the graduation

doing a double major in Classics with a Latin Concentration and in Music with an interest in Violin and Musicology. I am extremely active in my church, and I spend much of my time volunteering there and at other churches. My mother, older brother, twin sister, and I all live in the same house, still struggling to make

park that we came to and the fresh new powder exalted me. We then rode over to our friend's cabin to say hello and have a Pepsi. We asked our friend, Bob to come along for the ride and he was delighted to join us. From there we cut across flat lined Twin Lake and then across the untracked Eggleston Lake. To my unpleasant surprise, we approached the lodge, and sleds were buzzing around like crows on road kill. Ten miles down the road I expected to, at least, see some other people riding, but we had

school. One might wonder what this girl’s plan is. Will this very large girl drop out of school? Is she still seeing whoever put that in her? If so, is he ready to help provide for the future child? One might even wonder if a belly that big is carrying twins, but we all hope not. Occurrences like these are not odd or rare, but no matter how common they have become, the problem is no less evident. This problem is not unsolvable, in fact, many solutions exist, but no matter how promising a proposal is, nothing

One beautiful Saturday morning, I woke excited about going to Delaware County Fair as if I was the same age as my young daughter. The day was looking beautiful, as the weather was like a typical fall morning. The breeze I could hear through the window; I felt like this was the perfect day to go to the fair. I opened the door of my daughter’s room to wake them up; I turned on the lights and yelled “It’s morning.” My oldest daughter looked at me with one eye half way open and said “It is not morning

On a typical weekday morning, over 15 million adolescents will wake up to attend school in the United States, at an average starting time of 8:00 a.m, which is often considerably earlier than their starting time during primary education (Wheaton 2012). Although social media activity and texting are often blamed for causing sleeplessness in adolescents, these "distractions" are actually not to blame for students inability to get an appropriate amount of sleep or bad grades in school. In fact, the

Water, water everywhere! This is prime time to witness Sierra water on the move. There are, of course, many destinations in Tuolumne County to see the spectacle of snow melt, but one of my favorites is Rainbow Pool and the nearby collision on the South and Middle Forks of the Tuolumne River. The merging of these two streams is mesmerizing, even more dramatic because you are able to stand so close. Drenched with spray and the sound and fury of the rivers blocking out all other sounds, it is an

Barrett (September 11, 1925- February 14, 1994) and Emilie (Diehm) Barrett (June 3, 1936- present) At the time of my birth, my father was 45 and my mother was 33. I was born in Charleston, WV and grew up near my father’s childhood home in Braxton County, WV. Distant Ancestry I am second-generation American on my maternal side but my father’s side can be traced back to Colonial America, specifically Colonial Virginia. My family stayed largely within the same 50-mile geographical area in Western Virginia

such as Willmar, Fergus Falls, Saint Cloud… etc. Alexandria plays sports against most of these other towns, which means every-one in the town has a pretty good mental map of where they are. Alexandria is not huge, but it is pretty powerful. Many of the industries ship goods all around the world. Although most people think that almost all the tourism would come from other states, Alexandria gets a lot of it’s tourists from right here in Minnesota. Many people from the twin cities come down in the