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The L'Anse Creuse Board of Education approved technology security upgrades for high school level buildings recently as well as a 2018-19 budget including additional projected security expenditures. Currently, four of the district's high school level buildings lack intercoms and cameras. All of the district's elementary and middle school buildings have these features.

Founded: The city was incorporated in 1865; granted city status in 1953Population: 1,200Area: One-square mile"The Thing" Thomas Clegg and his English-born father, John, built "The Thing," the first recorded self-propelled vehicle in Michigan in 1884-85. The Thing, driven by a single cylinder steam engine with a tubular boiler carried in the rear, seated four.

When Javen Dado was a boy, his older brothers drove to Ohio for the kind of fireworks that would light up the sky above their neighborhood in Troy.When they made the trip, their family's show was spectacular.When they couldn't, it was short but sweet.Now that Dado is selling fireworks it's always a big show.

DEAR ABBY >> My husband of 20 years has blindsided me by announcing he's leaving. Come to find out he's "in love" with a co-worker and thinks they are soul mates. Our close friends and family know about the affair (and are dismayed), but our teenaged kids don't. He told them we simply grew apart. His suddenly leaving with no attempt to work on the marriage sends a confusing message.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Someone you help will change your way of thinking or doing things. A meeting or new pursuit will surpass your expectations. A favor that will help you advance will be granted. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Put greater emphasis on how you handle your money. Emotionally motivated spending will not make you feel better, but taking on a physical challenge will help you blow off steam.

JOLIET, Ill. >> Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson raced all over the track during an electric final lap. As Busch began to celebrate his dramatic victory, Larson gave him a thumb's up.It was quite a finish, and they knew it.Busch outdueled Larson down the stretch Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, earning his fifth victory of the season.

MOSCOW >> Stretching every part of his body out into a star shape and diving to his right, Igor Akinfeev flicked out his left foot and kicked the ball high away from danger.Akinfeev's foot kept Russia's party going Sunday night, ended the international career of one of Spain's biggest stars and sealed the biggest upset of the tournament and one of the greatest in World Cup history.

John Tavares needed to post only one picture on his Twitter account to explain the grip the Maple Leafs have had on him since he was a youngster growing up in suburban Toronto.The photo featured a not-yet-10-year-old Tavares in bed, asleep on a pillowcase and under a blanket adorned with Maple Leafs logos, and accompanied by a note that read: "Not everyday you can live a childhood dream.

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia >> Danijel Subasic saved three penalties, and Croatia's World Cup hopes.In the second straight shootout of the tournament, the Croats advanced to the quarterfinals on Sunday with a 3-2 victory over Denmark on penalties following a 1-1 draw.Subasic tipped the first penalty of the shootout from Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen onto the post.

POTOMAC, Md. >> Francesco Molinari was torn between Paris and Washington until the last minute.There was no doubting the decision Sunday afternoon, not with his name on a silver trophy in the shape of the U.S. Capitol, the lowest 72-hole score of his career and a stretch of golf that was close to flawless.