In a Grove

Each year in January, near my home within my small rural community, Oak Grove A.M.E. Church hosts an annual “MLK Walk” in remembrance of Dr. King who led a march on Mississippi Highway 16, which runs through a portion of this community, to aid desegregation and assist African-Americans in receiving voting rights. He slumbered at Oak Grove while in our community and it brings honor and joy to commemorate both the man and his selfless actions. With that realization, I recognize that a portion of…

Bonnie Nadzam’s newly released novel, Lions (Grove/Black Cat, $16), is a ghost story–a ghost story about the spirit of a dying Colorado town called Lions, so named “to stand in for disappointment with the wild invention and unreasonable hope by which it had been first imagined, then sought and spuriously claimed.” It is also a story about the ghosts that haunt the town’s few remaining inhabitants: the ghosts of their ancestors, the ghosts of their hopes and ambitions, the ghosts of an uncertain…

Hi! I’m Leah Vollrath and I am from Pilot Grove school. I have been here since 1st but I used to attend a school in Boonville. I like Pilot Grove because it is a small school and I know everyone here. Another reason I like Pilot Grove is because all of the teachers are nice and most of the students. I have many strengths and weaknesses. My strengths are sports and I am pretty smart. Some of my weaknesses are cooking and I am not very good at cutting or taping. I am very excited to be a middle…

started to wonder “ who lived in this house before?” She went to the history center and she found a book about her house. Her house address was printed so bold that she can see through the thick black dust. the bold print was, “ADDRESS: 18357 Garden Grove C.A. Adden circle. When she flipped to the…

The Lemon Grove incident which occurred from 1930-1931 in California started out with a small groups of the school’s local board committee attempting to build a separate school for the Mexican children. In the video, I could see certain board members arguing and some were disagreeing with the policy, but because Claire the secretary of the Lemon Grove’s Parent Teacher Association was trying really hard to get away with the situation and forcing the committee members to agree with her. I think…

Grove Medical Case Study Javan Wilkins Davenport University November 10, 2015 Summary Grove Medical Association (GMA) serves central Massachusetts with their medical care needs. GMA submitted their case study for consideration in the HIMSS Nicolas E. Davies Award of Excellence for outstanding achievements of organizations that use health IT to improve patient care. The leadership at GMA identified a need to improve patient care by improving patient follow-up and attendance, along with this…

June and 3 short months later here i am again, this was the sweet, sweet smell of high school. It was different this time though, before I had stepped foot inside I scrutinized the outside of the building, the towering brick rotunda read “Cottage Grove High School”. This was not familiar to me, not one bit. A plethora of windows were arranged…

It couldn’t have been past 10 a.m. when the alarm went off. We all knew what it meant- we were firefighters, it’s what we do. The fire chief told us that an apartment complex in downtown Boston had gone ablaze, and that it was really bad. We quickly got into our uniforms and hopped on as the fire truck left the station. We were a few miles away before I saw the smoke, a dark giant against the bright blue sky. As we neared the complex, I could see the huge crowd of people gathered around…

Pleasant Grove Animal Hospital (PGAH), owned by Dr. Stacey Herndershott, is a full service animal hospital that opened their doors in 2010. They are located at 4307 McKnight Road in Texarkana, Texas, and they just closed on a satellite clinic in New Boston, Texas. They provide routine preventative care, early detection and treatment of diseases, as well as complete medical and surgical care (Interview). Environmental Analysis Social Trends One social trend which has had an impact on society is…

Francis Petty grove was born in Calais, Maine, in 1812. While being educated in his home town. He grew up to enter into a number of independent business activities in New England. He paid fifty dollars for the land that is which known as Portland. He owned a lot of warehouses that made money off of grain, lumber, and salted fish. Later at the age of 75 he died, he was buried at Port Townshed.…