Merriam-Webster Word of the Day - Querulous

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WORD OF THE DAY April 27, 2018

Definition 1 : habitually complaining 2 : fretful, whining Scroll down for more about querulous  TRENDING NOW: pansexual symbiote charlatan lowlife SEE ALL  PEOPLE ARE READING 'Rather Than': Is It a Conjunction or Preposition? ‘Magnate’ and ‘Magnet’: Poles Apart All the Hits The Fossil Encased in "Case In Point" WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE April 2018 Words of the Day Quiz The rhyming verb edition.   PLAY NOW   Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE   Did You Know? English speakers have tagged fearful whiners querulous since late medieval times. The Middle English form of the word, querelose, was an adaptation of the Latin adjective, querulus, which in turn evolved from the Latin verb queri,

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APRIL 2018 Gun instructor stops knife attack with an AR-15 By Hannah Leone, Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) A gun instructor heard a woman scream in his apartment building took a peek out his front door to see blood in the hallway. The instructor retrieved his AR-15 and confronted a man who was stabbing another man in the building. The man with the knife ran off after the instructor threatened to shoot him… Bull terrier shot by armed citizen after attacking two people By Matt Chittum, Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA) An English bull terrier escaped from its home and attacked a woman with a baby before biting down on a man's arm after he intervened. An armed bystander waited until people were clear of the dog before he shot the dog twice… Woman shoots shotgun-wielding home intruder By Dal Kalsi, Fox Carolina (Greenville, SC) An armed Cherokee County, South Carolina woman shot a home invader after he forced his way into the woman's home. The intruder began to fight with a male occupant of the home and during the fight the armed woman shot the intruder in the head… Armed elderly woman with gun chases burglary suspect from home

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FBI 2017 Director’s Community Leadership Awards

Recipients of the 2017 Director’s Community Leadership Awards,
 pictured with Director Christopher Wray, were honored in a
ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2018

Local Leaders Honored at FBI Headquarters 

Sally Hazelgrove has a simple, yet lofty, goal—putting Chicago’s violent gangs out of business by taking away their access to the city’s youth.

“I deliberately replicated the gang model,” said Hazelgrove. “Gangs are my competition. Gangs offer a sense of belonging, a daily purpose, a sense of power—I want to do what they do but do it better.”

Hazelgrove is one of 57 remarkable individuals and organizations honored today during the Director’s Community Leadership Awards (DCLA) ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Nominated in 2017 by the each of the FBI’s 56 field offices and the Criminal Justice Information Services Division, the recipients were formally recognized by Director Christopher Wray for extraordinary service to their communities.

Since 1990, the annual awards have been the principal means for the FBI to publicly acknowledge the achievements of those working to make a difference in their communities through the promotion of education and the prevention of crime and violence.
In his remarks to the group this morning, Director Christopher Wray thanked the honorees for their efforts to make the country safer and noted the similarities between community leaders and the FBI’s own workforce—both are dedicated to public service and “doing the right thing in the right way,” he said.

“We need the support, the understanding, and the trust of our community partners and the public. You’re out in your neighborhoods and your communities every day building that support and that trust and that understanding,” Wray added.

The DCLA recipients honored today have made a variety of meaningful contributions to their communities, such as improving relationships between law enforcement and those they serve, providing housing to human trafficking survivors, combating the opioid crisis, and encouraging young people to make positive choices.

Hazelgrove, for example—through her organization, Crushers Club—works in the violent Chicago neighborhood of Englewood. After school each day and during the summer, at-risk boys visit her club, where they box, dance, create music, and take field trips instead of engaging with gangs.

Merriam-Webster Word of the Day - Slew

WORD OF THE DAY April 25, 2018

slew    noun | SLOO     Definition   : a large number   Scroll down for more about slew

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Slew appeared as an American colloquialism in the early 19th century. Its origins are unclear, but it is perhaps taken from the Irish slua, a descendant of Old Irish slúag, meaning "army," "host," or "throng." Slew has several homographs (words that are spelled alike but different in meaning, derivation, or pronunciation) in English. These

Agenda - WCH City Council Meeting, Tonight: State to Usurp City Tax Authority

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AGENDA REGULAR MEETING OF WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE CITY COUNCIL

April 25, 2018 7:30 PM

Numbers for Legislation introduced this date begin with:

Ordinance No. 4-2018             Resolution No. R10-2018

A. CALL TO ORDER

1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

2. Roll call

3. Approval of  Minutes: Regular Council Meeting – April 11, 2018

B. BUSINESS SESSION

1. Communications

2. Report of Council Committees

3. Reports of City Officials

            (a) City Manager

            (b) Director of Finance

            (c) City Attorney

4. Local Residents and Taxpayers

C. LEGISLATION

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