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Nikes’ Goalie Lani Mears punches the ball away from a Whitefish Bay, WI player in the Adidas Tournament of Champions at the Burlington RexPlex Thursday afternoon. Whitefish Bay, WI defeated Notre Dame – West Burlington – Danville, 5-1.

Nikes’ McKenzie Speer (9) and Alexis Falci (17) try to take the ball away from Whitefish Bay’s Emma-Kate Stecker (13) in the Adidas Tournament of Champions at the Burlington RecPlex Thursday afternoon. Whitefish Bay, WI defeated Notre Dame – West Burlington – Danville, 5-1.

Front (l-r): Benita Gautam, Shuya Xian, McKenzie Fry, Anna Rheinschmidt, Joleen Kelly
Center (l-r): Mami Nagati, Lydia Becker, Jazmin Oliva, Brittany Rausa, Yuka Takara, Claire Hackenmiller, Olivia Hinojosa, Chewei Gao.
Back (l-r): Coach Jean Schnellbacher, Shinnon Nakachi, Breanna Erickson, Katie Schmidt, Katie Conner, Delaney Williams, Cheyenne Bolding, Laurel Kelly, Kennedy Rheinschmidt.
Three sources; NY Times, Bloomberg, & Marketwatch report the bad news:
U.S. Economy Grew in First Quarter at Slowest Pace in Two Years
Economy grows in first quarter at slowest pace in two years
U.S. Economy Grew 0.5% in First Quarter, the Slowest Pace of Growth in Two Years
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Eric J. Liles, 51, Mediapolis, died Monday, April 25, 2016
Jane Ludemann Edwards, 71, Burlington, died Sunday, April 24, 2016
Edward “Gene” James, 64, Burlington, died Monday, April 25, 2016
Jimmy Allan Higdon, 78, rural Danville died Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Nancy Kay Moyers Gibson, 39, Burlington died Sunday, April 24, 2016
Michael M. Oetken, 74, co-founder of J&M Displays, Inc., died Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Alice Anne Teel, 82, Burlington died Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Janet Eloise Tiemeier, 83, Burlington, died Thursday, April 28, 2016
Patricia A. “Trish” Orton, 76, Burlington, died Friday, April 29, 2016
Janet Eloise Tiemeier, 83, Burlington, died Thursday, April 28, 2016
Ruth Elaine Buehler , 99, formerly Burlington, died Wednesday, April 27, 2016
From transportation to energy, and everything in between, should the government invest money in as many promising projects as possible? Or would that actually doom many of those ventures to failure? Burt Folsom, historian and professor at Hillsdale College, answers those questions by drawing on the fascinating history of the race to build America’s railroads and airplanes.

