Tag Archives: Kent State

06.26.15
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Iowa Baseball Camp for the Deaf…

Katy told me she was going to be working all week with hearing impaired kids at a baseball camp for the deaf.  My initial reaction was that emotional swelling of admiration and pride!  She is one of those kids who followed her passion right out the door when she was 18 – to University of Northern Iowa to be an english major – and then she found the deaf education program which sent her to Kent State University in Ohio.  Then on to Kent’s masters program and teaching in the public schools in Cleveland and Akron….and now she is in Des Moines making a difference in the lives of children who are hearing impaired.

Last night she told me that there was a Facebook page for Iowa Baseball Camp for the Deaf.  I was not prepared for the joy on the faces of the kids as I went thru the photos.  It brought tears to my eyes.  It made me want to be there and be a part of it!

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They signed the National Anthem at the Iowa Cubs game

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That’s my girl

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…and thanks Iowa Cubs!!!!

Until next time….

07.02.10
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May 4th 1970

  April 30, 1970 President Nixon announces the invasion of Cambodia.  Students feel Nixon is breaking his promise to end the Viet Nam war.

May 1, 1970 In protest, students of Kent State University symbolically bury a copy of the US Constitution saying Nixon has murdered it.  They call for another rally on May 4th.  Also May 1, members of Black United Students rally to discuss harsh treatment elsewhere and warn black students to avoid campus gatherings over the weekend.

May 2nd, 1970  Ohio National Guard troops, requested by the mayor of Kent, enter campus with city firefighters who were called to put out a fire in the ROTC building.

May 3rd, 1970 Ohio Governor, James Rhodes labels demonstrators as worse than Nazis and vows to eradicate the problem.  10pm Guardsmen disperse a sit in at Lincoln and Main with tear gas and bayonettes.

11:45 May 4th, 1970 Guardsmen prepare to disperse the noon rally on the Commons.  They are ordered to load their M1 rifles.

Guardsmen line up 50 feet away from the ralley at the Victory Bell on the commons.

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12:05pm The Guard issues an order to disperse, fires tear gas, then advances on the rally.  Members of G troup and Company A advance past Taylor Hall to the practice field.  Troops aim at vocal demonstrators in the Prentice Hall parking lot.  Marching back up Blanket Hill, members of Troop G cluster and look toward the Prentice Hall parking lot. 

During 13 seconds, 28 of the 76 Guardsmen on the hill fire 67 shots.  Students are running away and dive for cover, some unsuccesfully.  Nine Kent State students are wounded and four are killed.

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Here lies Jeffery Miller.  His wound is fatal.

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In no particular order liesAllison Krause, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder.

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I visited the memorial today – 40 years later.  One of the plaques  states that students would have had to have the arm of Micky Mantle to even come close to the guards with rocks.  Visiting this memorial today, I was overwhelmed with anger…I was shocked to find out what really happened and sickened by the thought of the murder of 4 college students taken out by lethal force for exercising their First Amendment right.

 

09.30.08
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Visiting Kate in Ohio…..

It’s raining tonight in this part of Ohio.  Just a nice soothing rain.  He and I got up late – okay – nearly afternoon – Katy came home from work and spent about an hour with us before she had to head to Kent…We turned on Carmen the Garmin and headed for Cleveland – saw the Indians, Cavaliers and Brown’s stadiums…ate at Hard Rock and then we went on a hunt for a wii.  We hit most of the Game Stops in and around Cleveland and Akron – will hit a couple tomorrow in Cuyahoga Falls.  Apparently several places had wiis this weekend but sold out…I guess most of those were Best Buys grrrrrrr

I finally won a fantasy football game = finally!!!  We were talking about going to Pittsburg tomorrow to check out the Steeler’s stadium and just hang out but Kate wants us to come to the Montisorri preschool where she teaches at 1600…so will probably just shop tomorrow – I know there has to be a craft shop yelling my name.

That’s it for tonight…

Until next time….