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MISS AMERICA 2014 STATE TITLE HOLDER PLATFORM Alabama Chandler Champion Chandler's Callenge: Reading is Believing, Don't Stop Believing Alaska Michelle Taylor Youth Involvement in the Political Process Arizona Jennifer Smestad Tourette Syndrom Awareness and Advocacy Arkansas Amy Crain Bullying: Prevention and Recovery California Crystal Lee Women in S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Colorado Meg Kardos Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy Connecticut Kaitlyn Tarpey Our Time to Serve: Housing and Hiring our Veterans Delaware Rebecca Lee Jackson Fostering Music D.C. Bindhu Parmathi Makeup Makeover: Electing Alternatives to Animal Testing Florida Myrrhanda Jones Comfort for Kids Georgia Carly Mathis Heart Health and Heart Safety Hawaii Crystal Lee Promoting the Gift of Life: The Importance of Giving Blood Idaho Sarah Downs Promoting Nutrition: Taking Back our Health Illinois Brittany Smith STEM: Taking the PULSE of American Healthcare Indiana Terrin Thomas Promoting Service-Learning: Connecting Academics and Volunteerism Iowa Nicole Kelly The Power of One Kansas Theresa Vail Empowering Women: Overcoming Stereotypes and Breaking Barriers Kentucky Jenna Day Improving the Lives of Special Needs Children Louisiana Jaden Leach Children at Risk Maine Kristin Korda The Light Within: Self-Esteem and Success Maryland Christina Denny Special Deeds for Special Needs Massachusetts Amanda Narciso Best Buddies: Working with Special Needs Kids Michigan Haley Williams Through a Child's Eyes: Conquering Childhood Grief Minnesota Rebecca Yeh My Voice for Philip Mississippi Chelsea Rick Full Plates, Healthy States Missouri Shelby Ringdahl CASA: Home, Safe, Home Montana Sheridan Pope Possibilities for Disabilities: Inclusion Education Nebraska JaCee Pilkington Operation "Remember Me" (Veterans) Nevada Diana Sweeney Special Olympics: Special Deeds for Special Needs N. Hampshire Samantha Russo Kick Butts: Tobacco Education and Prevention New Jersey Cara McCollum Giving the Gift of Reading New Mexico Alexis Victoria Duprey "The Power of One" Single Parent Families New York Nina Davuluri Celebrating Diversity Through Cultural Competence North Carolina Johna Edmonds Readers to Leaders: Promoting Literacy in America's Youth North Dakota Laura Harmon Energy Kids, Raising Responsible Energy Users Ohio Heather Wells Divorce Recovery for Youth Oklahoma Kelsey Griswold A.R.T. Artists Reaching Together Oregon Allison Cook Watch Your Head: Brain Injury Awareness Pennsylvania Annie Rossellini Heart Disease Awareness and Prevention for Our Future Puerto Rico Shenti Lauren Children's Neglect and Abuse Preventing with Love Rhode Island Jessica Marfeo B.F.F. Be Friends First: Promoting Healthy Relatsionship Education South Carolina Brooke Mosteller Go Higher! College Application Day South Dakota Tessa Dee Project Bookworm Tennessee Shelby Thompson Big Brothers Big Sisters: The Power of Mentoring Texas Ivana Hall HIV/AIDS Education and Resources: Each One, Reach Out to One Utah Ciera Pekarcik Child Sexual Abuse: Recognition and Recovery Vermont Jeanelle Achee Stop the Silence: Advocating for Survivors of Sexual Violence Virgin Islands Ashley Massiah Beaking the Cycle to Violence: Violence in the Community Virginia Desiree Williams Fighting Childhood Obesity: Let's Move Washington Reina Almon Sustainibility: Impacting Tomorrow Today West Virginia Miranda Harrison Never Say Never: Support for Families and Children Coping with Cancer Wisconsin Paula Mae Kuiper Breaking the Age Barrier Wyoming Rebecca Podio Community in the Classroom .

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Division takes 184th IW Guardsman’s part in XCTC ventures out future comes program with combat with strings PlainsPlainsexercise.........2 GuardianGuardiandining in.......9 attached....15 Volume 57 No. 5 Serving the Kansas Army and Air National Guard, Kansas Emergency Management, Kansas Homeland Security and Civil Air Patrol October 2013 Effects of federal shutdown felt at Adjutant General’s Department By Steve Larson Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, the adjutant Public Affairs Office general, assured Kansans that, despite the Although far removed from the political federal shutdown, the Kansas National arena in Washington, where wrangling over Guard would be ready to respond in emer- the federal budget, the debt ceiling, and the gency situations. controversial federal healthcare law re- “If there is a tornado, a flood or other sulted in a partial shutdown of federal of- emergency, we are allowed under the laws fices and programs, the effects of that regulating the federal shutdown to deploy shutdown were felt even in Kansas. For the personnel needed to protect the health more than a thousand employees of the Ad- and safety of the people we serve,” said jutant General’s Department, that meant a Tafanelli. “However, every day that this temporary furlough from their jobs. shutdown continues it diminishes our oper- Seven hundred seventy-two Kansas Na- ational capability and our readiness.” tional Guard Soldiers and Airmen reported On Oct. 4 it was announced that an addi- for work Oct. 1 and were notified they tional 263 state employees who were feder- would be sent home on furlough until the ally-funded would be furloughed.
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Division takes 184th IW Guardsman’s part in XCTC ventures out future comes program with combat with strings PlainsPlainsexercise.........2 GuardianGuardiandining in.......9 attached....15 Volume 57 No. 5 Serving the Kansas Army and Air National Guard, Kansas Emergency Management, Kansas Homeland Security and Civil Air Patrol October 2013 Effects of federal shutdown felt at Adjutant General’s Department By Steve Larson Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, the adjutant Public Affairs Office general, assured Kansans that, despite the Although far removed from the political federal shutdown, the Kansas National arena in Washington, where wrangling over Guard would be ready to respond in emer- the federal budget, the debt ceiling, and the gency situations. controversial federal healthcare law re- “If there is a tornado, a flood or other sulted in a partial shutdown of federal of- emergency, we are allowed under the laws fices and programs, the effects of that regulating the federal shutdown to deploy shutdown were felt even in Kansas. For the personnel needed to protect the health more than a thousand employees of the Ad- and safety of the people we serve,” said jutant General’s Department, that meant a Tafanelli. “However, every day that this temporary furlough from their jobs. shutdown continues it diminishes our oper- Seven hundred seventy-two Kansas Na- ational capability and our readiness.” tional Guard Soldiers and Airmen reported On Oct. 4 it was announced that an addi- for work Oct. 1 and were notified they tional 263 state employees who were feder- would be sent home on furlough until the ally-funded would be furloughed.
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