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MSU offers literacy summer camp for children Rec N’ Read offers opprtunities to children struggling with reading and writing MADISON DIEMERT NEWS EDITOR Minnesota State University, Mankato is offering children kindergar ten through fifth grade a literacy and recreation camp through the month of June. The camp is called Camp Maverick: Rec N’ Read and starts June 4 and goes until June 29. According to their Facebook, the camp is, “designed to enhance literacy outcomes for elementary-aged children who struggle with reading and writing.” The camp costs about 170 dollars weekly and financial assistance is offered, if needed. It will be held from eight in the morning until four in the afternoon. The camp will feature four different themes: “Fun in the Sun,” “Underwater World,” “Let’s Travel,” and “Wacky World
of Science.” To register, the parents of the child can do so online at, https://mnscu. rschooltoday.com/ or visit their Facebook page. According to Rec N’ Reads Facebook page, children attending will have about three hours of literacy activities and about five hours of recreation activities. They will also be given a daily snack and lunch. Their website also states that children will be able to participate in rock climbing, swimming, and theatre. They will also be having activities in the campus Library and art labs. The colleges of Allied Health and Nursing and Education have teamed up to make this opportunity possible and the Mankato Clinic Foundation is also providing support for the camp. Megan Mahowald, an assistant professor in the
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Department of Speech, will also be hosting an event for professionals where they are able to learn about the camp and how children will benefit
from it. Rec N’ Read is a great idea for parents who are taking summer classes at MSU who like their children close. It is
also a great idea for parents who work during the day and want their children to have a more educational alternative to daycare.
Sheriff: Suspect in Florida standoff, gunfire, found dead PANAMA CITY, Fla — A man suspected of trading wild bursts of gunfire with officers during a long standoff in the Florida Panhandle was found dead Tuesday in a gasoline-soaked apartment after an armored vehicle approached, authorities said. “We were just blessed that we didn’t lose multiple officers and citizens today,” Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford said at a news conference in Panama City, a small Gulf Coast city near the state’s famous sugar-sand beaches. He said a robot had to be deployed to check the apartment before officers could enter, finding the man dead. No law enforcement agents were shot or wounded but one person leaving her apartment was injured and in stable condition, he said. “Luckily none of the good guys were hurt,” Ford said at
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a news conference. He described the dangerous situation that unfolded Tuesday in the tourist community as a “nightmare
scenario for us.” Ford said sporadic bursts of heavy gunfire had pinned several officers down at times as the suspected assailant
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fired from an elevated position with a rifle. Several law enforcement agents had surrounded the apartment building.
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The sheriff wouldn’t say whether the suspect, 49-yearold Kevin Robert Holroyd, killed himself during the barrage of bullets or if he was struck by an officer’s bullet, but he said officers did hear a final, muffled shot from inside the apartment before the scene went silent. He also said Holroyd doused the apartment in gasoline and tried to set it on fire. Broadcasters showed televised footage of armed officers kneeling behind police cars and other positions around the building as gunfire continued sporadically and sirens blared. “These units were taking numerous rounds of fire from the subject,” the sheriff said. Witnesses heard rounds of
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