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La Grange Fire Departments own Firefighter/Paramedic James Baum was the keynote speaker. James Baum, is a military veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom I & II (2003-2004) and in South Korea as a member of the 8th Army United Nations Command Honor Guard (2005-2006). After completing his service he then studied to become a firefighter Paramedic. James served previously with Sugar Grove and Wheaton Fire Departments before joining the La Grange Fire Department in 2010.…

Whitney Houston was a legendary singer from Newark, New Jersey. The daughter of Cissy Houston, a famous gospel great singer, Whitney Houston shot to stardom in the mid-1980s with her first album titled “Whitney Houston”. Before being discovered by Clive Davis of Arista Records, Whitney was singing and performing with her mother as well as in church in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey. Whitney, with a voice that would make the pages of a telephone book sound like a hit record, was destined…

Who's your favorite best singer and who do you think has the most popularly? Well I know everybody look in billboard or th, artist singer received a Grammy award in and watch them in live performance but I wanted to know if Katy perry and Adele compare Michael Jackson from their album being sold, appeared in tv or movie, and earned a Grammy award and compare them each other so I'll know who's popular or famous artists singer. So I will start searching in Grammy.com to see if one of the artist…

The famous person I have chosen is Christina Aguilera. Christina Aguilera was born on December 12, 1980, from a young age Aguilera knew she wanted to become a singer. Aguilera memorized all of the lyrics to the Sound of Music at age five, she also appeared on Star Search when she was nine years old. From the ages of twelve to fourteen she did the show The New Mickey Mouse Club that was Aguilera big break in her career musically, the executive of a music producer heard her sing on the show and…

One of the scariest parts about attending college directly after high school is the huge shift in responsibility. Now, you’re in charge of making your schedule, paying your bills, handling school assignments, and most importantly making the right choices that will ultimately affect your future’s outcome. Unfortunately, I never received much guidance about the transition into college due to the fact that I am a first-generation college student coming from an extremely financially unstable home.…

sure people like this do not get off because of the privileges they receive in life. I chose Sam Houston State University for receiving my education because it is a highly ranked college in the field of criminal justice. A degree from this accredited university will assist me in reaching the goals I have set for myself.…

Achieving the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Scholarship would benefit my family tremendously since I am planning to go to the University of St. Thomas in Houston which is a private 4-year university meaning it will costly compare to public postsecondary institutions. Additionally, the scholarship provides a 5,000 dollar four-year renewable scholarship and it will be a great financial assistance towards my tuition to strive for Bachelor’s degree. I need this scholarship to help me fund for my…

There are many reasons why I would like to attend the University of Houston: scholarship offer from Moores School of Music, my SAT scores have improved, I put twice as much effort into my academics than I do my music, and I would also like the opportunity to obtain a teaching certificate. I planned on coming to the University of Houston Main Campus to study music at the Moores School of Music. As a matter of fact, three weeks after sending in an application to the Moores School, I received an…

As discussed in “Christian Colleges Doing Diversity Well” by Christine A. Scheller, since Nyack College in Nyack, New York shared the 2001 Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Racial Harmony Award with a different college there have been some problems. The college has became so involved in integration that it can not apply for the honor (Scheller 1). As said by David Turk “We used to submit the stuff all the time, but they decided we should just stop because our communication is on a…

Houston Community College’s motto is ‘start here, go anywhere.’ Tis the season when many students are determining where they will go to school in the fall. With all the excitement and anxiety surrounding transferring schools, one crucial thing is missing: reliable information. Decisions on where to go to college are largely made in the dark. One important factor in deciding on where to transfer is, how will attending and graduating from the university impact my financial future? Unfortunately,…