The 21st annual Hungerthon benefitting Ozarks Food Harvest’s weekend backpack program raised a record amount of $156,644. After a weekend of accepting pledges, Ozarks Food Harvest’s Denise Gibson and Bart Brown, first and third from left, pose with iHeartMedia’s Kevin Howard and Sarah Green, second and fourth from left, on Sept. 9. Money raised during the radiothon – hosted by Howard and Liz Delany of “The Kevin and Liz Show” on KGBX-FM – will go toward providing backpacks with food for 522 at-risk children for every weekend of the school year.
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LEST WE FORGET
College of the Ozarks President Jerry Davis, left, visits with guest John Ligato at a Sept. 11 ceremony commemorating the lives lost in the terrorist attacks on the same date 18 years ago. The steel column behind them is a remnant of the World Trade Center and the focal point of the Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial on the Point Lookout campus.
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LEST WE FORGET
College of the Ozarks students shake the hand of Col. Karen Hobson, whose sister Angela Reed Kyte died in the World Trade Center towers.
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NEW DELAWARE
Springfield Public Schools Superintendent John Jungmann speaks at the Aug. 26 groundbreaking ceremony for Delaware Elementary School, 1505 S. Delaware Ave. The 1951-built school was demolished and the $11 million construction project is funded through voter-approved bonds in April. When completed in August 2020, officials say the school will serve up to 350 students and address accessibility and security challenges, as well as providing a safe room.
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