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West Burlington Graduation Ceremony 2018

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West Burlington’s Savannah Swanson (left) celebrates after the graduation ceremonies in West Burlington Sunday afternoon.
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West Burlington Senior Katherine Conner listens to the senior address at graduation ceremonies in West Burlington Sunday afternoon.
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West Burlington High School Valedictorian, Meghan Ryan (left), and Salutatorian, Jakob Anderson (right), address the Class of 2018 Sunday afternoon in West Burlington.
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West Burlington Seniors and Chorus of 2018 sing “A Million Dreams” at graduation in West Burlington Sunday afternoon.
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West Burlington High School Principal Bruce Snodgrass give the welcome address to the Class of 2018 Sunday afternoon in West Burlington.
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West Burlington’s Chloe Baker is given her diploma by School Board President Andy Crowner at graduation ceremonies in West Burlington Sunday afternoon.
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West Burlington’s Cecilia Crozier is awarded the W.E. Arnold Scholarship by Principal Bruce Snodgrass at graduation ceremonies in West Burlington Sunday afternoon.
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West Burlington Senior Sarah Stockdale gives a flower to a family member after receiving her diploma at graduation ceremonies in West Burlington Sunday afternoon.
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West Burlington’s Katherine Conner receives her diploma from her mother and former school board member Larisa Conner at graduation ceremonies in West Burlington Sunday afternoon.
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West Burlington’s Brice Mennen receives his diploma from his father and current school board member Bruce Thuleen at graduation ceremonies in West Burlington Sunday afternoon.
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West Burlington’s Jakob Anderson receives the Salutatorian Medal from Principal Bruce Snodgrass at graduation ceremonies in West Burlington Sunday afternoon.
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Members of West Burlington’s Graduating Class of 2018 are introduced to the audience and move their tassels after the graduation ceremonies in West Burlington Sunday afternoon.
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West Burlington High School Graduates of 2018 are introduced to audience members at graduation ceremonies in West Burlington Sunday afternoon.
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West Burlington High School Band Instructor Mark Eveleth (right) leads the WBHS Commencement Band after the graduation ceremonies in West Burlington Sunday afternoon.
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Members of the West Burlington Graduating Class of 2018 leave the ceremony after graduation Sunday afternoon in West Burlington.
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West Burlington High School Class of 2018 celebrates after the graduation ceremony Sunday afternoon in West Burlington.
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WBAHS Class of 2018

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West Burlington Arnold High School Class of 2018
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More States Allow Schools to Arm Staff

Click here: School districts in three more states announced that they would arm school staff. The map keeps changing as more and more states allow districts to adopt a policy to allow some of their teachers and staff to go armed.

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25-year-old posed as student to relive basketball glory at High School

Click here: A 25-year-old man who officials say posed as a 17-year-old so he could once again take to the basketball court as a high school athlete attended school for nearly nine months before his arrest.
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Dispelling Claims by Farm Subsidy Proponents

Click here: Agricultural special interests try to make it sound as though touching even one farm subsidy—regardless of how unreasonable the subsidy is—will be the end of agriculture as we know it. Using scare tactics, they will assert wild claims without any support, or they will cherry-pick data to provide a misleading picture. For example, they often point to declines from record or near-record highs. The following provides answers to some common claims made by the special interests.
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The Suicide of Europe

Europe, sadly, is committing suicide. How did this happen? In this week’s short 5-minute video, Douglas Murray, author of The Strange Death of Europe, explains the two major causes of Europe’s impending downfall.

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FBI Acknowledges Life-Saving Abilities of Armed Citizens

Click here: FBI report states, “Armed and unarmed citizens engaged the shooter in 10 [of the 50 active shooter] incidents. They safely and successfully ended the shootings in eight of those incidents. Their selfless actions likely saved many lives. The enhanced threat posed by active shooters and the swiftness with which active shooter incidents unfold support the importance of preparation by law enforcement officers and citizens alike.”
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Media Get Trumped: President’s Polls Improve Despite 90% Negative Coverage

Click here: The liberal media’s war against President Trump was as fierce as ever during the first four months of 2018, but the onslaught appears to be for naught: In the face of massive and hostile coverage from ABC, CBS and NBC, Trump’s overall job approval rating actually rose.
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President Donald Trump speaks to a packed U.S. Cellular Center crowd in Cedar Rapids, Iowa June, 21, 2017
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Walt Disney: American Dreamer

Walt Disney was the twentieth century’s prime example of American ingenuity. How did he do it? In this video, Glenn Beck, best-selling author and host of The Glenn Beck Program, explains in a short 5-minute video how Disney became a household name, and how he proved that in America, the only limit to your ambition is your own imagination.

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There have been 103 Islamist terror plots in the U.S. since 9/11.

Click here: Earlier this week, 17-year-old Matin Azizi-Yarand was arrested for plotting a terrorist attack on a local mall near Dallas. This plot is the 103rd Islamist terror plot in the U.S. since 9/11.