Junior Dispatch is thrilled to announce that we’ll be appearing on Kid’s Cookie Break at 9 a.m. on Saturday, January 19. You can hear the show on WJTL 90.3 FM or 24/7 on the Kid’s Cookie Break website.
Junior Dispatch will visit with Kid’s Cookie Break host Lisa Landis on its Saturday, January 19 show.
As an enticement for you to listen, come back here Saturday for a special gift to all the KCB listeners!
We’ll be there (starting around 10 a.m.) to talk with host Lisa Landis about what Junior Dispatch does and how kids and classes can contribute to the site. Aside from getting kids to contribute more, we’ll also take a whirlwind tour of the site so we can show off our videos, comics, reading projects, activity-and-event listings and reports from kids just like you.
Just in case you weren’t sure how you can contribute, have your parents, teachers, scout leaders and coaches check out this link for more information.
So tune to 90.3 FM on Saturday at 9 a.m. to catch all the Kid’s Cookie Break fun!
President Barack Obama waves as he walks on stage with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The cover of the Nov. 7 edition of the York Dispatch marks President Obama’s historic re-election.
U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected yesterday for a second term in the White House, meaning that he, his wife Michelle, and children Sasha and Malia get to stay in Washington, D.C. for another four years.
The president earned 303 Electoral College votes, beating his challenger Mitt Romney, who was able to score 206. Another 29 Electoral College votes will be awarded when Florida determines its winner, but Obama already has enough to claim the win.
As the vote totals stand now, the President got 59,721,271 individual votes to Romney’s 57,095,396.
Some of the top issues of the campaign were the status of the President’s health-care plan, the economy, taxes and the War in Afghanistan.
In acknowledging Obama’s win, Romney urged his supporters to work with the president, saying: “This is a time of great challenges for America, and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation. … Our leaders have to work across the aisle to do the people’s work”
Obama repeated his campaign slogan of moving “forward” repeatedly in a victory speech early Wednesday in his hometown of Chicago.
“We will disagree, sometimes fiercely, about how to get there,” he said. “As it has for more than two centuries, progress will come in fits and starts. It’s not always a straight line. It’s not always a smooth path. By itself, the recognition that we have common hopes and dreams won’t end all the gridlock, or solve all our problems, or substitute for the painstaking work of building consensus, and making the difficult compromises needed to move this country forward. But that common bond is where we must begin.”
The Electoral College is a strange way to resolve an election, and only the United States uses such a system. You can learn more about it in this video. http://youtu.be/OUS9mM8Xbbw
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden celebrate on stage at the election night party at McCormick Place, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Reported by THE JUNIOR DISPATCH STAFF & THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Junior Dispatch is pleased to announce a new addition to our stable of online comics — Big Nate.
The comic is written and drawn by Lincoln Pierce and stars Nate Wright, a sixth grader who is always getting in trouble. Learn more about the strip here.
You can now enjoy Nate’s adventures every day at JuniorDispatch.com’s comic page (and in the print addition of The York Dispatch, too!).
Aside from Big Nate, we have a few other comics for you to enjoy:
Belvedere – The crazy comic about a dog who does his own thing. (New comics posted Monday through Saturday on JD’s Comics Page)
Tundra – A look at wildlife (and a few snowmen too) that can act a little too human. (New comics posted Monday through Saturday on JD’s Comics page)
Phil Hardy – This special 100-episode comic is about an adventure at sea. See it here.
Learn to Cartoon – A multi-part course on learning how to cartoon. See it here!
Click on this picture for a printer-friendly image. When the image appears against a black background, click it again for a full-size version. Finally, when you print it, click on the “scale image to fit paper” in your printer settings.
Sure vampires are always pale looking, but this guy is a little too pale. Why don’t you get in the Halloween spirit and color the image?
If you color it, have your parents take a picture of it or make a scan and send it back to us so we can post it for the whole world to see!
Click on the image for a printer friendly version of this drawing, color it and then mail it back to us so we can post it here. Get even more coloring pages at the Junior Dispatch’s COLORING PAGE section!
The vampire coloring page was created by Junior Dispatch editor John Simcoe. You can have him visit your classroom, youth group or scout meeting. Just contact us at juniordispatch@yorkdispatch.com to set up an event.
You can congratulate the winners at our special awards ceremony set for Friday, Oct. 5 at the York Emporium. The festivities begin at 7 p.m. and will include a special “Your First Comic” class, coloring pages and snacks.
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