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U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess recently announced 24 students from the 26th District of Texas who have been selected as nominees for the class of 2012 at U.S. service academies. The students were nominated to attend the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy. If appointed, the nominees will enter this summer. Many of the students were nominated to more that one service academy. If they receive appointment offers from more that one academy, the student will have to choose one to attend. The students include Liberty Christian School student Corbin Anderson of Westlake, nominated to the Military Academy, Naval Academy and Merchant Marine Academy; Aubrey High School student Colton Bartek, nominated to the Naval Academy; Argyle High School student Billy-Bruce Carroll, nominated to the Merchant Marine Academy; Ponder High School student Keegan Farley, nominated to the Merchant Marine Academy; Coram Deo Academy student Daniel Gregory of Argyle, nominated to the Naval Academy and Air Force Academy; Texas Academy of Math and Science student Zach Hadel of Gainesville, nominated to the Military Academy, Merchant Marine Academy and Air Force Academy; Northwest High School student Travis Hardy of Roanoke, nominated to the Naval Academy and Merchant Marine Academy; Cistercian Preparatory School student Colin Jackson of Corinth, nominated to the Military Academy; Coram Deo Academy student Sam McKinnon of Argyle, nominated to the Naval Academy; Josh Moore of Denton, who attends Northwestern Preparatory School in Santa Barbara, Calif., nominated to the Air Force Academy; Texas Academy of Math and Science student Brandon Roberts of Denton, nominated to the Air Force Academy; and Denton High School student Adam Wilde, nominated to the Military Academy and the Naval Academy.
New book celebrates the sweet fruits of a bitter time
American Beach, on Amelia Island just north of Jacksonville, was an oceanfront playground during the first, segregated half of the last century where African Americans could frolic at the shore, eat at fine restaurants and, most important, own a bit of paradise. But it was so much more. ''Mecca,'' says Marsha Dean Phelts. ``It was a Mecca in the earlier days. People traveled hundreds of miles to get there. It was a pilgrimage.'' Affluent blacks from around the South and up and down the East Coast owned vacation homes on American Beach; working-class folks stayed at motels. They socialized, building an enduring community of friendship. Phelts, 64, tells the story in The American Beach Cookbook, a new book that's much more than its title suggests. It's also a lovingly assembled history book, scrapbook and photo album with tons of black-and-white pictures of smiling bathing beauties, cozy cottages and laughing children back in the day.
NECI Graduate and New York Executive Chef Manuel Trevino One of 16 Hot New Chefs to Be Featured On Bravo's ''Top ...
New England Culinary Institute (NECI) graduate Manuel Trevino's star is rising and he is making a name for himself in the highly competitive world of culinary arts. Trevino - an executive chef at Dos Caminos in New York City - was chosen from thousands of other U.S. chefs to be one of 16 "chef'testants" in Bravo's "Top Chef: Chicago" show that will premier March 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. .
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