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March 26, 2009 - Gearing Up For Combat No, it wasn't a tough day at school for Dr. Michael Gorman - the superintendent took part in a National Guard training patrol. Pemberton Township Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael R. Gorman recently spent an afternoon on a windswept piece of Oklahoma prairie experiencing what it feels like to go to war. Wearing a body -armor vest and Kevlar helmet, Gorman climbed into a Hume for a training patrol at Fort Sill with members of the 1 -150th Assault Helicopter Battalion of the New Jersey Army National Guard. The veteran educator was in the thick of things when a mock roadside bomb explosion forced the soldiers to shoot their way out of an ambush before linking up with a medical evacuation helicopter."The whole training exercise makes it very graphic - and very easy for me to understand how these soldiers get ready," Gorman said. Allowing Gorman to reach that understanding is the reason an organization known as the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve brought him and nearly two dozen other government and business officials from New Jersey to Fort Sill on March 12 and 13 to watch the 1 -150th train for its deployment to Iraq next month. The group included school officials, police commanders, a power company executive and the owner of an excavation company. The one thing every member of the group had in common was that one or more of their employees are part of the assault helicopter battalion. Full Article +

March 25, 2009 - Military Child Award Operation Homefront and Lockheed Martin Corp. are partnering to recognize the service and sacrifice of the nation's youngest heroes. Children ages 8 to 18 are eligible. The winner and a guardian will be flown to Washington, D.C., for the $5,000 award and ceremony April 29. The nominated child must be enrolled in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility System. Nominate a child of an active duty or reserve family by Monday at www.homefrontonline.com. For information, e -mail tranette@ operationhomefront.net, or call (210) 659 -7756.

March 24, 2009 - Texas Measure Would Pay for Full -Day Preschool By APRIL CASTRO Associated Press Writer � 2009 The Associated Press, AUSTIN, Texas The Texas Legislature is considering a measure that would make it easier for schools to offer full -day pre -kindergarten programs to economically disadvantaged four -year -olds. Texas currently pays for half -day preschool, widely thought to boost student performance in later years, for qualifying children. But under a bill winding through the Legislature, the state would pay for schools to offer full -day programs. Full Article +

March 24, 2009 - Obama lays out initiatives in roundtable talk By Andrew Barksdale Staff writer, Fayetteville Observer NC Newspaper reporters, including The Fayetteville Observer's Andrew Barksdale, front left, meet with President Obama in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Monday. Obama spoke for about 45 minutes.

WASHINGTON - President Obama says the financial bailouts and the stimulus package are part of a �series of short -term emergency steps� to the nation's long -term recovery. Obama invited a half -dozen newspapers - including The Fayetteville Observer - to send reporters to a roundtable discussion in the White House. The president discussed his $3.6 trillon budget proposal and other administration initiatives. Full Article +