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Liz Mulroney felt like it was 1999 all over again.A gunman had killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde. The North Texas teacher had flashbacks to watching teenagers ju stanley quencher mping out of windows on TV during the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado, where two gunmen killed 13 people.As an English teacher who has taught in Colorado and Texas, Mulroney says her career has been colored by school shootings and violence in schools. Now, one year after the massacre at Uvaldes Robb Elementary School, Mulroney is among North Texas teachers, parents and students who say they feel powerless in the face of mass shootings that have plagued the state.Heated debates on school safety have spread like wildfire. High school students across Texas led one walkout after another to demand action f stanley usa rom lawmakers. State representatives and senators introduced bills tied to billion-dollar proposals that would bolster security. Gov. Greg Abbott introduced a new safety requirement that seeks to prevent intruder access.But for the tens of thousands of Texans who teach, learn and work at public schools every day, some say nothing has really changed. I feel like were still there 鈥?its still happening, Mulroney said.Having a 14-year-old in high school and a husband who works in stanley france school construction and design, Mulroney, who lives in Lucas, says conversations on school safety are a constant at the family dinner table. But the overwhelming feeling that crept up when she first went through lockdown trai Rznf United to add premium seats for high-fare flyers
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. 鈥?Tucked in the pages of a grimy, leather-bound almanac in the archives at New Yorks Union College was a tiny envelope with the han stanley cup d-scrawled words Washingtons hair. A librarian who had been cataloging old books gingerly opened the yellowed envelope to find a lock of silvery hair tied with a thread. It was one of those mind-blowing moments that happen every once in a while in a librarians life, said John Myers, a catalog and metadata stanley usa librarian at the college. I thought, that doesnt mean George Washington, does it It apparently does.While college officials cant say for sure its the real deal, the historical evidence is there. The hair was discovered in a pocket-sized almanac for the year 1793 that belonged to Philip J. Schuyler, son of General Philip Schuyler, who served under Washington during the Revolutionary War and founded Union College in 1795.Susan Holloway Scott, an independent scholar and author, said locks of hair were frequently given as gifts du stanley cupe ring Washingtons day, and its likely Martha Washington gave the snip of her husbands hair to Eliza Schuyler, daughter of the general and wife of Alexander Hamilton.Eliza passed it on to her son, James A. Hamilton, as noted by the handwriting on the envelope: from James A. Hamilton given him by his mother, Aug. 10, 1871. A prominent collector of celebrity hair believes its truly a relic of the nations first president. Theres no doubt in my mind its genuine, said John Reznikoff, founder of University Ar |
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