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Chenoa urges state, governor to reconsider
CHENOA - The Chenoa City Council unanimously approved a resolution urging Gov.
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Ghostnotes : music of the unplayed
Brian \"B+\" Cross is one of the most prominent hip-hop/rap photographers working today. He has photographed more than one hundred album covers for artists such as DJ Shadow, J Dilla, Q-Tip, Eazy-E, Flying Lotus, Mos Def, David Axelrod, Madlib, Dilated Peoples, Damian Marley, and Company Flow. B+ was the director of photography for the Academy Award-nominated documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, and he has made music videos for DJ Shadow, Moses Sumney, Thundercat, Quantic, Ondatropica, and Kamasi Washington. His photos have appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and the Wire. Ghostnotes presents a mid-career retrospective of B+'s photography of hip-hop music and its sources. Taking its name from the unplayed sounds that exist between beats in a rhythm, the book creates a visual music, putting photos next to each other to evoke unseen images in the spaces between them. Like a DJ seamlessly overlapping and entangling disparate musics, B+ brings together LA Black Arts poetry and Jamaican dub, Brazilian samba and Ethiopian jazz, Cuban timba and Colombian cumbia. He links vendors of rare vinyl with iconic studio wizards ranging from J Dilla and Brian Wilson to Leon Ware and George Clinton, from David Axelrod to Shuggie Otis, Bill Withers to Ras Kass, Biggie Smalls to Timmy Thomas, DJ Shadow to Eugene McDaniels, DJ Quik to Madlib. In this unique photographic mix tape, an extraordinary web of associations becomes apparent, r
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Job 1 for these students: Prepare for work
\"We've done an excellent job preparing students for college,\" said [Karen Krug], \"but even though not all of the kids are going to college, all of them will be working at some point after graduation. I realized we needed to get them prepared for the real world.\" \"We are going to be their employees someday,\" said [Mattie Fairchild]. \"This program helps us to see things from their perspective and also gives them a chance to interact with us.\" \"I had no idea how much things like utilities cost,\" said Durham. \"Now I understand why my parents talk about how much cable and heat are. This really helped me understand the importance of planning a budget.\"
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Reassessment of El Paso plantto bring lower school tax funds
The company's parcels, on the east edge of El Paso along U.S. 24, dropped in value by 45 percent. Last year, the parcels were assessed at $1,138,630; this year, they're valued at $621,800. \"We (the district) don't have any options,\" said Superintendent Bill James. \"DuPont had their hearing and received the reassessment. We hope the overall assessed values throughout the area will make up for this lost revenue.\"
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El Paso-Gridley superintendent leaving
\"I felt it was time for a change,\" said [Bill James], who was superintendent of the Gridley district before it joined El Paso's. \"I'm looking for something a little different. Smaller school seems to be more of my forte. \"The expected increased revenues didn't materialize, so we had to make some changes,\" James said. \"We are in better shape now and have a good financial footing.\" \"I appreciate the opportunity I've had to work with students and constituents in working to help make the district better,\" said James. \"I wish the district well as they continue to become established and move forward.\"
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Flanagan, Cornell combine names for merged district
\"When the Committee of Ten (the merger steering group) was established, we felt both communities should be represented in the name of the new district,\" Flanagan Superintendent Jerry Farris said. \"At the same time, adults' perspective is sometimes different than the students, so we wanted to get input from the students and community members.\" \"I'll be the first to tell you how proud I am of these students,\" Farris said. \"The athletic and academic success of this school tells the story of expectations, commitment and pride. In order for this to continue, we need these groups to remain in unity.\"
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Civic groups given a passthanks to peddler ordinance
\"Apparently, the resident demanded that the girls show their peddling license,\" said Mayor Herb Arbuckle. \"We have a peddler's ordinance, but it's sad that is has to come to this. It takes away my perspective of small town living.\"
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180 million ethanol plant scrapped
Developing a tax increment financing district was a key condition for the proposal, so the Chenoa City Council created a TIF district last April. Although the plant is not going to be built, [Walt Hetman] believes the TIF and Chenoa's rail link, and connections to U.S. 24 and Interstate 55 will attract other businesses to the industrial park.
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El Paso-Gridley board OKs funds to make schools more accessible
\"We care about all of our students here at El Paso-Gridley,\" said James.-\"Those with handicaps are especially dear to our hearts and we have empathy for the extra efforts they give and the burdens they bear.-Preparing our facilities to accommodate their needs is part of our charge.-It is-a challenge at times, but we bear the responsibility gladly.\"
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