St. Clair County

grant request: A. Please describe the history and mission of applicant organization: The City of Lake Elsinore is the second oldest city in Riverside County and is located along Interstate 15 in Southwest Riverside County within District 1. The City of Lake Elsinore was incorporated in 1888 and today is one of the fastest growing cities in the County, State and Country. The City’s current population is 61,981. The vision for the City of Lake Elsinore is to become the ultimate lake destination…

Social and Environmental Profile Cultural, Social and Economic Impact Vulnerable Populations Southern Florida has a large migrant farm worker population that could be negatively impacted by food shortages and thus labor shortages across the state and county. These individuals rely on the income made through harvesting in order to provide for their families and are often the most marginalized in society. Low income residents will also be impacted if aerial spraying continues in the region. Food…

Fannie Lou Hamer was born Fannie Lou Townsend in Montgomery County, Mississippi on October 6, 1917. She was born into poverty and grew up in a tar-paper shack with a roof patched up with tin, sleeping on a cotton sack stuffed with dry grass. She was the youngest child of twenty, which included fourteen boys and six girls. Her parents, Lou Ella and Jim Townsend, were sharecroppers. Her family moved to Sunflower County, Mississippi in 1919 from the east of the Mississippi Delta to work on the E. W…

“I don’t believe we were put here with all our differences to conform to a uniform state of mind” (Teclai). Standing up for one’s beliefs is a conflict in Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee’s Inherit the Wind. In Inherit the Wind Bertram Cates must go against the Bible-loving citizens of Hillsboro, and dares to teach the Theory of Evolution. Cates is put on trial for his actions and the famous Henry Drummond must defend Cates and the right to thought. Henry Drummond’s fairness, empathy, and wisdom…

don’t need to go to big cities to experience that wonderful change of scenery or to just have fun. I will never doubt any place ever again- you never know what it will have in store for you. PS- One month later, when we traveled to Czechia, we visited St. Barbara’s Church in Kutna Hora, a small town near Prague. The church windows had many of the same designs as the High Hill Church. We found this coincidence beyond…

On Wednesday, 09/07/2016, at approximately 1030 hours, I, Deputy Stacy Stark #1815 was dispatched to speak with a victim of a domestic battery at the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The victim’s name was Brittany M. Hawthorne (F/W, DOB: 12/27/1984). The domestic battery occurred at 173 Mc Dowell Rd. Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois. Hawthorne reported the domestic battery occurred over a course of 4 days. The incident started on Saturday, 09/03/2016. The suspect, Donald J. Moutria…

Suffolk Men’s Lacrosse Over and Out The Suffolk County Community College Men’s Lacrosse season came to an end this past Saturday. After beating ASA College by a sore of 13-10, Suffolk advanced to the Region 15 Championship. Unfortunately, Suffolk had to face a familiar rival, Nassau County Community College. Nassau has always had a target pinned to their back. According to the NCC website, Nassau has never had a losing season. Since the program’s inception in 1966, Nassau has won 21 NJCAA…

It is 7:23 a.m. on a Thursday morning, the pass allowing tardiness to first hour is tucked away in my tattered blue backpack. I sit in my car gazing at the quiet building. I have seven minutes to make it up the staircase, adorned with two lamp posts. I, along with many others, have visited Morgan Federal, the bank across the street, countless times and never realized just what was in the vicinity. A friend who works next door in the courthouse suggested I profile this place and gave the…

many news reports and the Manitowoc police department. Instead of being the cold-blooded, uneducated monsters, they are aloof and simple men who have their families and their flaws. Although the media and those who are of a higher class in Manitowoc county may regard them as the former, Making a Murderer has given personalities and background into these demonized men and their families that garner sympathy from the viewers that may be more similar to prosecutors than the…

profitable financial status. In the article "Hudson Valley Reels Under Impact," the author revealed that "years ago, builders would put up offices on speculation, knowing that I.B.M. would eventually rent it, ‘said Lucille P. Pattison, the Dutchess County Executive” (newyorktimes.com). IBM is a major consumer in the commercial office market of the Hudson Valley. The company provides benefits extending to those owning properties available for rent, and financial support to the local communities.…