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Their first time walking and raising money to end multiple sclerosis, Edward “Chine” Course, his wife, Linda, and their Team Chine raised more than $5,000.

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Still fighting MS
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Thu,08/16/18-6:00AM , 243 Reads
Their first time walking and raising money to end multiple sclerosis, Edward “Chine” Course, his wife, Linda, and their Team Chine raised more than $5,000.
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Professor: Work at prison 'fantastic'
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Thu,08/16/18-1:00AM , 243 Reads
A Mississippi Valley State University professor spent her summer vacation teaching history to women in prison, and she says it was one of the best things she’s ever done.
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“I (Still) Have a Dream” is the cover story this month of St. Anthony Messenger, a national magazine, featuring the historic past and the uncertain future of Greenwood’s St. Francis of Assisi School.

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St. Francis School on cover of magazine
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer

Wed,08/15/18-6:01AM , 307 Reads
St. Francis of Assisi School is featured on the cover of this month’s St. Anthony Messenger, the national magazine of Franciscan media in the United States.

Reported by John Feister over the winter during Black History Month, the story paints a picture of a school with an important history and mission, struggling to survive.
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Parker Solar Probe begins its mission to unlock the mysteries of our star on Sunday with a ride atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket at Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Working on the launch was Victor Whitehead, a 1957 graduate of Greenwood High School and brother of Greenwood resident Donny Whitehead.

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GHS grad on team that launched solar probe
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Wed,08/15/18-6:01AM , 175 Reads
School kids out there who want to grow up to be rocket scientists, take note: Victor Whitehead, a member of Greenwood High School’s Class of 1957, was part of the team that recently launched NASA’s Parker Solar Probe on the first ever mission to “touch” the sun.
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