The only son of Bly and A. G. Jonas, Senior, A. G., Junior , owner of Lenoir Mirror Company, avid golfer, and all around gifted athlete has lived a good life. A. G. Jonas Junior, my grandfather on my mom’s side of the family, is a very unique man. This out of the ordinary grandpa was born on April 29th, 1935, in Lenoir, North Carolina where he continues to live and still goes to work every day. Lenoir has always been his home, he attended college at Lenoir Rhyne for his last two years of college after the first two years at the University of North Carolina. A. G. Jonas married Linda Triplett in 1959, has three daughters, five grandchildren, and tons of friends.…
But why Vasily became the undoubted national hero of Soviet Union, while Chris was accused cold blood killer by some of the critics? While, the main reason is that for the case of Chris Kyle, there is a specific record for what he has done—his biography The American Snipper. But for Vasily, there is actually no valid record, not even about the number of the German soldiers he has killed.…
There were at least 1000 people who would say he was their mentor. And 2,000 people would say that he’s their role model. His family has created a Go Fund Me page to raise money for Orange County School AED program. The fund had raised more than $60,000 since being established on February 28,…
The National Hockey League (NHL) was founded in 1917. This league consisted of six teams, called the original six. These teams were the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the New York Rangers. These teams played for twenty five years until the leagues first expansion. Today, there are thirty teams in the NHL.…
If I had the ability to trade places with anyone dead or alive I would trade with Dr. Benjamin Carson. I would trade with him because he had obstacles to overcome to become what he is now. Also he is a very successful person. Lastly, he has my dream job as a astonishingly famous surgeon. These are the reasons why I would like to trade places with Dr. Benjamin Carson.…
In document 9 it shows how generous he was with the money he makes. He gave a lot of money to many different places. The list of places he has donated to was Princeton University, TIAA, Dunfermline Trust, Homestead Relief Fund, Church organs, Carnegie Peace Endowment, Universities of Scotland, Teachers’ Pension Fund, Carnegie Institution, Free public libraries, and Carnegie Corporation. His total giving overall was…
In boundless huge crowd, some are successful, some are trying their best to be succeed. Successful people always inspire people to keep going on. However, to be succeed is always not easy. There are many difficulties and hardships undergo and thousands of failures behind the success. There are two famous successful persons presented in this essay, one is a famous leader from business, one is a famous actor and a government leader.…
As I read the article, “A Gay Referee Tries to Find His Place in Hockey” by Jason Buckland, it became obvious that the sport that I love so much needs to change. I had no idea that there wasn’t a single gay person in or even associated with the NHL. The NBA and the NFL have already welcomed their first gay players so why can’t the NHL? I’ve been playing hockey for the past 12 years and have often ignored the homophobic language because trash talk is so ingrained in hockey’s culture. Go on Youtube and search, “NHL Chirps” and you’ll see what I mean.…
Andrew Carnegie, a first-class American who netted millions of dollars in the late 1800s, encouraged and inspired wealthy citizens, through his essays, to donate money to charities, public service agencies, educational institutions, and more. In his entire lifetime, he accumulated more than 390 million dollars, which would amount to over four billion dollars today. Ninety percent of that was donated to charities and foundations, supporting over 2,500 libraries and hundreds of venues for concerts and meetings. When he wrote The Gospel of Wealth, many other wealthy American citizens joined Carnegie’s endeavors. The Gospel of Wealth influenced many wealthy Americans to donate their excess money to universities and colleges.…
I’ve been playing the incredible sport of Ice Hockey for over 10 years now. Although it has become steadily easier, and more about sharpening skills than developing them, in the beginning it was extremely difficult. The progress I have made since when I first began playing is immeasurable. I have come as far as I have in hockey through all the years of support from my father, because he’s always been happy to watch me play competitively.…
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-born American industrialist who gained great wealth in the steel industry before turning into a major philanthropist. His family moved to America to seek better economic opportunities. He started out working in a cotton factory as a boy and then rose up the latter of command through time. By his early thirties he was already well off and realized he wanted change. In 1901 he sold his company to J.P. Morgan for $480 million dollars and devoted himself to philanthropy.…
“You miss 100% of the shots you never take” is a famous quote of Wayne Gretzky. Wayne Gretzky is one of the greatest players to play hockey. His many hard to reach records like most goals in a season, gave him the name “The Great One” because of his outstanding skills. Wayne Gretzky completely transformed hockey because he changed the style of how hockey was played, he attracted americans who were naive of the rules of hockey, and after retirement he coaches his revolutionary style of hockey.…
INTRODUCTION I. “A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be” -Wayne Gretzky II. Greatness is rare. Greatness, no matter the subject, doesn’t come around all too often.…
Prologue Last summer I have been to Ukraine. I attended additional ice hockey practices there. But it was the most difficult time for me. I made serious mistakes during my practices and games.…
J.K. Rowling Crystal Nop Purpose Statement: The purpose of my speech is to inform my class of the life of J.K Rowling. I. Introduction: Chances are you already know who J.K. Rowling is. Even if you don’t know of her, you probably know of her work. J.K Rowling is the very successful author of the Harry Potter series. But she wasn’t always so successful.…