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ROBERTSDALE, Alabama The Robertsdale Alumni Association handed out 20 scholarships during a special ceremony held Tuesday, April 27 at the Honeybee Park pavilion in Robertsdale.

The Alumni Association hosts two annual fundraisers for scholarships, the annual Forks and Spoons Tasting Spree is held annually in October at the PZK Hall, and the Annual Tea Party, which celebrated its 12th year in March at the Baldwin County Coliseum.

While both the Forks and Spoons fundraiser was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic, the Annual Tea Party was held virtually in February and money was raised through a Centennial quilt raffle.

Each of the recipients at the ceremony received a $500 scholarship to the school of their choice.

Tuesdays awards were handed out by Alumni Association Vice President Rita Turner, Secretary Diane Foster and Membership chairman Stephanie Kroll with help from the Young Miss Honeybee Georgia Carrino and Little Miss Honeybee Breanna Schiemer.

Scholarship recipients for 2021 included:

Joey Steele Memorial Scholarship, donated by Joy and Dr. Joseph Steele and presented by Tricia, JP and Tucker Steele: Hunter Theodoro and Eli Godfrey.

Emma Campbell Nichols Memorial Scholarship, presented by Ruthie Campbell: Lilly Glassford.

Carolyn Sellars Memorial Scholarship, presented by Julie Sellars Grant (pictured), Andrea Sellars Robinson and Stephanie Sellars Doggett (not pictured): Saxon Sommer.

Mrs. Mertis Teel Childress Memorial Scholarship, presented by Evelyn Lowery: Emily Kalifa.

Little Miss Honeybee scholarships, presented by Stephanie Kroll, Young Miss Honeybee Georgia Carrino and Little Miss Honeybee Breanna Schiemer: Madison Cooper and Jack Kyte.

Additional scholarships were presented to Kyla Carpenter, Chloe Giardina, Cali Hess, Carleen Horace, Madison Cooper, Baylee Lueck-West, Cole Bedrick Cheney, Thomas Eli Roberson Jr., Kierra Earls, Gillian Langham, Peyton Barnes, Morgan Barnhill, Emily Crandall and Grant Driver.

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Fur babies enjoying a tea party. (Ari Lee)

With strict COVID-19 restrictions, most university students are unable to fulfill their dreams of throwing and/or attending wild parties. Coming up with a solution for everyone, including the extroverts, introverts, and everything in-between-troverts has been a challenging journey. With extensive brainstorming and research on the COVID-19 guidelines in British Columbia, I present to you: a tea party with your animals.

This party alone should be enough to fulfil the extroverts because who doesnt like hanging out with their fur-babies? This is not your regular booze-filled, forced to socialize with others type of party, it only includes those who care and love you back. Having a tea party is calm, relaxing, and a time to vibe with your pets. Pet treats are somewhat cheaper than human foods and animals are much easier to please. Your fur-companions will not judge you or your party but show appreciation instead. Just make sure the party snacks and tea are safe for your fur-baby!

If the tea party with your pets is not enough, there is another option for the extroverts. With social gatherings up to 10 people being allowed outdoors, you can potentially throw a mini party in your backyard or at a nearby park. For individuals who absolutely need the human interactions and socialization experience, this option is well suited for you. Just remember, the 10 people gathering should not change stick with the same 10 people every time you do a gathering.

Lastly, for the introverts who miss social interactions but do not want to leave their residence, having an online party is totally acceptable. Using any application or even social media to connect with your friends in real time is more accessible than ever! You also have the option to turn on or off your camera and to mute or unmute your mic. Depending on the application you use, you can set a cool background theme which can help protect the privacy of your room or serve as an exciting feature when video calling your friends. As an added bonus, you can eavesdrop into conversations without being part of it and obtain the rare dosage of human interaction through this way.

COVID-19 has put a temporary halt to our normal way of life, but by being creative and finding innovative ways to throw a party without breaking COVID-19 restrictions is possible. When meeting friends and extended family outdoors, please wear a mask at all times, sanitize your hands, and maintain a safe distance. Good luck and have fun!

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Amar starts his narrative slightly earlier than most histories of the American Revolution, in 1760, when a merchant ship arrived with the news that elderly King George II had died. From there, he surveys high points of the era that are staples of American history class like the Boston Tea Party and others that are less so, like Paxtons Case, a dispute over the arcane issue of writs of assistance, which helped colonial authorities prevent smuggling.

Amar emphasizes the conversations surrounding these critical moments. The Colonies break with Britain was a result not merely of acts of resistance and military battles, but also of a steadily building, verbally expressed consensus among the people in speeches, pamphlets, newspapers, even cartoons in favor of independence. The building blocks of this conversation ranged from the tendentious, like Thomas Paines Common Sense, to the merely logistical, like the letter of the Virginia House of Burgesses proposing the formation of a network of correspondence among all the colonial assemblies.

Amar presents his cast of characters, who range from the iconic to the obscure, not only as soldiers, convention delegates and elected officials, but also as communicators. He notes that five of the six main founders Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were newspaper scribblers. And George Washington, he says, was one of the great letter writers of his age and an outstanding listener. Indeed, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Washington was the listener in chief.

If willingness to converse is one of the greatest virtues in Amars telling, refusing to is among the worst sins and blunders. He notes that King George III fueled the Revolutionary fires by his unwillingness to listen to his American subjects. The king did not try to talk with Franklin, who lived in London for many years, or other American leaders, to seek common ground. When colonists wrote him a polite petition, he would not let it be read to him.

For all of his insightful, and at times surprising, reflections on the founders, Amar is no exponent of the great man theory of history, at least when it comes to the key documents of early America. He strongly suggests that America as a whole through its great national conversation did more to draft the Declaration of Independence than Jefferson, and more to write the Constitution than Madison. Most of the Constitution, he says, simply followed from the logic of the American constitutional conversation from 1764 to 1787.

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The Constitution Is More Than a Document Its a Conversation - The New York Times

May 3, 2021: Fifty percent (50%) of voters now believe that the worst of the pandemic is behind us. Thats up nine points from two weeks ago and reflects the highest level of confidence yet measured. The previous high was 42% in March.[1]

A Ballotpedia national survey found that 24% of voters currently disagree and believe the worst is yet to come. Twenty-six percent (26%) are not sure.[1]

Those figures highlight a significant improvement over the past two weeks. In mid-April, just 41% thought the worst was behind us, and 32% held the opposite view.[2]

Public confidence about the pandemic has resembled a roller-coaster ride.

Throughout the pandemic, there has been a vast partisan perception gap. That remains the case today. By a 60% to 18% margin, Republicans believe the worst is behind us. A solid plurality (46% to 24%) of independents agree. Democrats are somewhat less convinced. Forty-three percent (43%) of those in President Bidens party believe the worst is behind us, while 31% believe it is yet to come.[1]

Each weekday, Scott Rasmussens Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics and technology. Columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author. Scott Rasmussens Number of the Day is published by Ballotpedia weekdays at 9 a.m. Eastern. Columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author. Scott Rasmussen is founder and president of the Rasmussen Media Group. He is the author of Mad as Hell: How the Tea Party Movement Is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System, In Search of Self-Governance, and The Peoples Money: How Voters Will Balance the Budget and Eliminate the Federal Debt. Read Scott Rasmussens Reports More Here.?

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Voters in Grapevine and Colleyville overwhelmingly chose to keep previously elected officials in office in Saturdays municipal and school board elections.

In Colleyville, two city council seats were determined. For the Place 5 seat, incumbent Chuck Kelley defeated challenger Amyn Gilani. Kelley garnered 59% of the vote while Gilani got 41%.

The controversial race featured allegations that a business operated by the husband of council member Callie Rigney was domain-squatting websites in Gilanis name. Gilani, who was the only person of color in the race, also reported that a tea party supporter twice yelled White Power at him, according to a Fort Worth-Star Telegram report.

Meanwhile, Rigney will return to her Place 6 seat, taking 60% of votes in the race against Kurt Meyer, who secured 40%, according to the Tarrant County elections website.

In Grapevine, Mayor William D. Tate will return for another term. Tate, who has been the citys mayor since 1988, earned 81% of votes to defeat challenger Nick Kaufman, a local business owner who brought in 19% of votes.

In city council seats there, Paul Slechta ran unopposed for his Place 1 seat, while Sharron Rogers will return to her Place 2 seat, winning 72% of votes over Breann Burke (17%) and Theresa Lopez Strayer (10%).

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD board member Mindy McClure will face Shannon Braun in a June 5 runoff after neither candidate secured 50% of the vote. Becky St. John narrowly kept her seat over a challenge from Stetson Clark, 53% to 48%.

CORRECTION, May 4, 2021, 3:30 p.m.: An earlier version of this story said Braun defeated McClure.

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Incumbents win nearly every seat in Grapevine, Colleyville elections - The Dallas Morning News