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WB Homecoming Parade 2015

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Nearly 1,000 People Move From Blue States to Red States Every Day. Here’s Why.

Click here: “Progressives” love to talk about how their policies will create a worker’s paradise, but then why is it that day after day, month after month, year after year, people are fleeing liberal blue states for conservative red states?

I’ve never met a Democrat who could come up with even a semi-plausible explanation for why families and businesses are hightailing it out of blue states. They are leaving states with high minimum wages, pro-union work rules, high taxes on the rich, generous welfare benefits, expansive regulations to “help” workers, green energy policies, etc. People are voting with their feet against these liberal policies.

The underlying trend is unmistakable: Liberal blue states are economic dinosaurs. Will they change their ways before they go the way of Detroit and become extinct?

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WB Pep Rally 2015

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WB Homecoming Royalty 2015

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington crowns Homecoming King and Queen, Gradin Schroeder and Haley Snyder, Thursday night at Pep Rally in West Burlington.
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West Burlington crowns Homecoming King and Queen, Gradin Schroeder and Haley Snyder, Thursday night at Pep Rally in West Burlington.
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Armed guards protect Senate Democrats as they demand new gun-control laws

Click here: Senate Democrats gathered on the steps of the Capitol Thursday surrounded by a dozen armed guards to announce a new push for tougher gun-control laws.
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Toyota trucks are popular with terrorists — here’s why

Click here: These Toyota trucks are popular with terrorists — here’s why

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Whole Milk is Better for You After All

Click here: Scientists who studied diet and health records for several thousand patients over ten years found people who consumed more milk fat had lower incidence of heart disease.

“What we have learned over the last decade is that certain foods that are high in fat seem to be beneficial.”

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Falcons Sweep Bears, 3-0

Photo by Dan Hockett Danville’s Alexis Hite (left) sends the ball over net as West Burlington’s Shaelyn Thomann (25) tries to block Tuesday night in Danville. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-19, 52-22, 25-21.
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Danville’s Alexis Hite (left) sends the ball over net as West Burlington’s Shaelyn Thomann (25) tries to block Tuesday night in Danville. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-19, 52-22, 25-21.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington’s Shayleigh Abbott (6) taps the ball over the net as Danville’s Emma Jarrett (34) tries to block Tuesday night in Danville. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-19, 52-22, 25-21.
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West Burlington’s Shayleigh Abbott (6) taps the ball over the net as Danville’s Emma Jarrett (34) tries to block Tuesday night in Danville. West Burlington defeated Danville, 25-19, 52-22, 25-21.
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The Tragedy of Gun Free Zones

Click here: “Schools became popular targets for young mass murderers in the mid 1990s, around the time that the Gun Free School Zones act of 1994 was enacted. This law and similar local laws were targeted at gang related violence, but had the unfortunate consequence of making schools a more attractive target for disturbed teens who wanted to end their own lives with a dramatic killing spree. “

In 1999, John Lott and William Landes published an extensive statistical study of multiple shooting incidents. They showed that mass shootings occur less often in areas where responsible citizens are allowed permits to carry weapons discretely.

Have you ever heard of a mass shooting in a police station, at a pistol range, or at a gun show? Suicidal mass murderers may be insane, but they are not necessarily stupid. They always select a soft target for their final acts of violence. This principle also
applies to many other types of crime.

Expecting a deranged, suicidal individual to honor a law prohibiting guns is sheer utopian fantasy. Creating and publicizing a gun free zone will, in fact, increase the chances of the kind of tragedy we seek to prevent.”

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West Burlington Homecoming Court 2015

Photo by Dan Hockett Front (l-r): Aubrey Schmitt, Regan Jones, Haley Snyder, Cailey McClellon. Back (l-r): Gradin Schroeder, Cameron Guihan, Chase Williams, Devon Rouse.
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Front (l-r): Aubrey Schmitt, Regan Jones, Haley Snyder, Cailey McClellon.
Back (l-r): Gradin Schroeder, Cameron Guihan, Chase Williams, Devon Rouse.