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John Patrick "Mel" Sullivan, 77

Tue,06/20/23-3:23PM, 574 Reads
John Patrick “Mel” Sullivan, 77, born in New Orleans on February 6, 1946 and passed away Thursday afternoon June 15, 2023 at St. Tammany Parish Hospital.
He was a former longtime resident of Dallas and had lived with family in Mount Hermon for the last few years.
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MacKale McGuire closes his eyes while Haley Butkovich, a fellow senior and cast member, applies eye makeup before their school's dress rehearsal of Disney's "High School Musical" on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 in Cadillac, Mich. McGuire, a cancer survivor whose left leg was amputated above the knee in 2018, was one of the lead actors in the musical. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

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Resilience Story: Forget about the leg, just watch him dance

By MARTHA IRVINE MARTHA IRVINE - Associated Press
Mon,03/07/22-11:04PM, 573 Reads
CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) — The high school choir room buzzed with spontaneous song and silliness before the show. Their recent rendition of Disney’s “High School Musical” was the students’ first chance to perform live since the pandemic shut down the world two years ago.
Everyone was thrilled to be together again, but nervous, too.
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The Nation's Weather

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sun,10/09/22-3:30AM, 572 Reads
The Nation's Weather for Monday, October 10, 2022
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
Storms tomorrow will continue to bring a risk for flash
flooding from California to western Texas. Thunderstorms
will also begin to spread northeastward into Oklahoma and
southern Kansas. In the Northeast, a few lake effect
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The Nation's Weather

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,06/29/22-3:30AM, 573 Reads
The Nation's Weather for Thursday, June 30, 2022
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
A tropical rainstorm is expected to bring beneficial
rainfall but also localized flooding to southeastern Texas
tomorrow. Elsewhere, afternoon thunderstorms will develop
over much of the Southeast. In the Southwest, mainly
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93°F

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Chance of Rain: 40%
Max Temp: 96°F
Min Temp: 73°F
Feels Like: 103°F
Dew Point: 70°F
Humidity: 76%
Sunrise: 6:20 AM
Sunset: 7:51 PM

Wind Speed: 0 to 5 mph
Wind Direction: NW
Wind Gust: 5 mph
Sky Cover: 4%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 70°F
Moon Rise: 11:52 PM
Moon Set: 1:09 PM

A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny. High near 96, with temperatures falling to around 92 in the afternoon. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

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