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Mattoon High School (Wisconsin)
Mattoon High School is located in Coles County, Mattoon, Illinois, United States. History The original Mattoon High School, famous for its fish-shaped fountain, was relocated in 1956; the fish fountain, which symbolizes the past and future of the district's students, was moved to the new high school in 2005 during renovations. The school mascot is the Mattoon Greenwave. There are two stories behind the Greenwave nickname: The first being that the nickname comes from the surrounding corn fields blowing in the wind. The school colors are also based on the same farming tradition within the community with the green and "vegas" or "old" gold coming from the stalk and tassel from the corn fields." The second story for why they are the "Greenwave" is because supposedly the Tulane Green Wave (New Orleans) stopped in Mattoon at the train station on their way to play a football game in Chicago back in the mid 1930s. As the story goes, the MHS football team met them and in honor of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coles County, Illinois
Coles County is a county in Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,863. Its county seat is Charleston, which is also the home of Eastern Illinois University. Coles County is part of the Charleston– Mattoon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Coles County was organized by on December 25, 1830, from Clark and Edgar counties. It was named after Edward Coles, the second governor of Illinois, from 1822 to 1826. The majority of the American settlers who founded Coles County were either from the six New England states, or were born in upstate New York to parents who had moved to that region from New England shortly after the American Revolution. They were part of a wave of farmers who headed west into the frontier of the Northwest Territory during the early 1800s. The completion of the Erie Canal led to an increase in such migrants heading west. When these settlers originally reached what is today Coles County, they found dense virgin forest and prairie. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis F
Otis may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Otis'' (film), a direct-to-DVD 2008 American comedy horror film * "Otis" (''The Jeffersons''), a television episode * "Otis" (''Prison Break''), a television episode Music * ''Otis'' (Brian McFadden album), 2019 * ''Otis'' (Mojo Nixon album), 1990 * "Otis" (song), by Jay-Z and Kanye West, 2011 * "Otis", a song by Magma from '' Merci'', 1985 * "Otis", a song by Medeski Martin & Wood from '' Notes from the Underground'', 1992 * "Otis", a song by The Durutti Column from ''24 Hour Party People'' (soundtrack), 2002 * "Otis", a song by John Medeski from '' A Different Time'', 2013 People and fictional characters * Otis (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Otis (surname), a list of people * Otis (wrestler), a ring name of American professional wrestler Nikola Bogojević (born 1991) * Otis family, an American political family * Otis, American rapper in the duo Axe Murder Boyz Places United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Florida Flight 90
Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated from Washington National Airport (now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International Airport. On January 13, 1982, the Boeing 737-200 that executed the flight, registered as N62AF, crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River just after takeoff from Washington National Airport. Striking the bridge, which carries Interstate 395 between Washington, D.C., and Arlington County, Virginia, it hit seven occupied vehicles and destroyed of guard rail before plunging through the ice into the Potomac River. The aircraft was carrying 74 passengers and five crew members. Only four passengers and one crew member (flight attendant Kelly Duncan) were rescued from the crash and survived. Another passenger, Arland D. Williams Jr., assisted in the rescue of the survivors, but drowned before he could be r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Arland may refer to: People *Arland (name) Games * Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland * Atelier Totori: Alchemist of Arland 2 * Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland 3 Places ;Norway * Årland, a village ;United States * Arland, Wisconsin, a town ** Arland (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community See also *Aurland *Ayreland (other) *Harland (other) *Hærland Eidsberg was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the town of Mysen. In 2020, Eidsberg was absorbed into the Indre Østfold municipality. Eidsberg was established as a municipality on 1 Jan ... * Waarland {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Titley
Craig Titley is an American screenwriter. His work includes ''Cheaper by the Dozen'', ''Scooby-Doo'', and '' Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief''. He graduated from Mattoon High School, Eastern Illinois University, and University of Southern California with a master's degree. He got his Doctorate at Pacifica Graduate Institute Pacifica Graduate Institute is a private for-profit graduate school with two campuses near Santa Barbara, California. The institute offers masters and doctoral degrees in the fields of clinical psychology, counseling, mythological studies, dept ....West, Nathaniel"EIU Alumnus Titley: Adapting 'Percy Jackson' for Big Screen was Best Experience Ever", ', Published February 7, 2010. Retrieved on 2010-05-11. Filmography Film Television References External links * Living people American male screenwriters People from Mattoon, Illinois Eastern Illinois University alumni University of Southern California alumni Screenwri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Tate (American Football)
William L. Tate (born September 9, 1931) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1964 to 1968, compiling a record of 17–32–1. Tate is a graduate of Mattoon High School in Mattoon, Illinois. Tate played college football as a fullback at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1950 to 1952. He was the MVP of the 1952 Rose Bowl, rushing for 150 yards on 20 carries with two touchdowns as Illinois defeated Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth governor of and th ..., 40–7. Head coaching record References 1931 births Living people American football fullbacks Illinois Fighting Illini football coaches Illinois Fighting Illini football players Wake Forest Demon Deacons fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Righter
Dale Righter (born August 23, 1966) is an American politician and former Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 55th district from 2003 to 2021. The 55th district included Clay, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, Wayne and White counties in the southeastern corner of the state. He was previously a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1997 through 2003. Righter now is the owner and operator of the Law Offices of Dale A. Righter, LLC in his hometown of Mattoon. Early life, education and career Righter was born and raised in Mattoon, Illinois. He attended Mattoon High School and in 1988 graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science in accounting. In 1991, Righter earned his J.D. degree from the Saint Louis University School of Law. After law school, he took a job as a drug crimes prosecutor with the State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor's Office. Illi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Leitch
William F. Leitch is an American writer and the founding editor of the Gawker Media sports blog '' Deadspin''. Leitch is a national correspondent for MLB.com, a contributing editor at '' New York'', film critic at ''Grierson & Leitch'', contributor to ''The New York Times'', '' GQ'', ''The Washington Post,'' and ''NBC News.'' Leitch is the author of six published books. His fifth book, ''How Lucky,''(2021) was nominated for an Edgar Award, and received an endorsement from author Stephen King. His seventh book, ''Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride,'' will be published by Harper in May 2025. Background Leitch was born and raised in Mattoon, Illinois, which is also the setting of ''Catch''. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He was an editor at the university's paper, the ''Daily Illini''. He now lives in Athens, Georgia. One of Leitch's first brushes with fame came when he appeared on an early episode of '' Win Ben Stein's Money''. In his memoir, ''Life as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Knollenberg
Joseph Kastl Knollenberg (November 28, 1933 – February 6, 2018) was an American politician from Michigan. From 1993 to 2009, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing and . In his congressional term, Knollenberg was known as a staunch supporter of the North American Free Trade Agreement, President George W. Bush's stance on protecting manufactured goods and for voting against expanding SCHIP in the later years of his career. He was defeated by Gary Peters in the 2008 election by a margin of 52% to 43%. Early life Knollenberg was born in Mattoon, Illinois, the son of Helen E. (née Kastl; 1903–1990), a teacher and William Herman Knollenberg Jr. (1902–1975), a farmer. He was raised a Catholic and grew up on a farm along with 12 siblings. He graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 1955, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. After graduation, he served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957 as a corporal in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Hudson
Kyle Jordan Hudson (born January 7, 1987) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles in 2011. He is the third base coach for the Boston Red Sox. Playing career Amateur career Hudson played college baseball and college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He started at wide receiver for the Fighting Illini from 2005–2007. Baltimore Orioles Hudson was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the fourth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. Hudson was called up to the majors for the first time on September 1, 2011. Hudson was released by the Orioles as of January 17, 2012. Later career On January 28, 2012, he signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers. He also received an invitation to spring training. On March 31, 2012, Hudson was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays for future considerations. In May 2012, Hudson was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rich T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Hatfill
Steven Jay Hatfill (born October 24, 1953) is an American pathologist and biological weapons expert. He is a special advisor to the second Trump administration on the subject of pandemic preparedness. In 2020, he became a coronavirus advisor to the first Trump White House, where he strongly promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat the virus despite FDA objections to the drug. After the 2020 election he became part of Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the election results. Hatfill became the subject of extensive media coverage beginning in mid-2002, when he was a suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks.Lichtblau, Eric.Scientist Officially Exonerated in Anthrax Attacks. ''The New York Times''. August 8, 2008. His home was repeatedly raided by the FBI, his phone was tapped, and he was extensively surveilled for more than two years; he was also terminated from his job at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).David FreedThe Wrong Man ''The Atlantic'', May 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Foreign Recipients Of The Légion D'Honneur
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
