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Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer makes nearly 11 million dollars per year over an eight year contract. Vasha Hunt/AP Newsroom hide caption toggle caption Vasha Hunt/AP Newsroom Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer makes nearly 11 million dollars per year over an eight year contract. Vasha Hunt/AP Newsroom If you had to guess, would you say […]


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If you had to guess, would you say the president of a university usually makes more money than the football coach? Well, you may be wrong. A college’s football coach is often their highest paid employee. The University of Alabama pays its football coach on average close to $11 million. Today on the show, why are college football coaches paid so much? Do their salaries really make economic sense?
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Grays Harbor Youth Works Welcomes New Executive Director
Since 2018, Cheryl R. Brown has been involved with Grays Harbor Youth Works. As a program coordinator, interim executive director and, from 2020 on, officially as executive director. Currently battling cancer, Brown is stepping back to assist another nonprofit organization and to focus on her treatment. Jessica Eddington, who has served as program assistant for […]

Since 2018, Cheryl R. Brown has been involved with Grays Harbor Youth Works. As a program coordinator, interim executive director and, from 2020 on, officially as executive director. Currently battling cancer, Brown is stepping back to assist another nonprofit organization and to focus on her treatment. Jessica Eddington, who has served as program assistant for the past four years, is stepping into the executive director position. It’s a time of transition and hope for all.
“Serving as executive director of Grays Harbor Youth Works for the past five years has been one of the most meaningful chapters of my life,” shares Brown. “Watching our youth grow in confidence, skill, and purpose through internship opportunities and career experiences has been a daily reminder of the potential that lives within this community. While it’s time for me to step down, I carry with me deep gratitude for the relationships built, lessons learned, and the unwavering hope I have for the future of Grays Harbor’s youth.”

Get to Know Jessica Eddington, Executive Director of Grays Harbor Youth Works
Eddington’s oldest son drew her to Grays Harbor Youth Works. While signing him up, she learned about all the work they do to help local youth towards a career they will thrive in. She decided she wanted to become a part it. “I have a passion for youth,” she says.
Her career highlights that passion. Previously, she was an educator in Mukilteo at The Multiple Intelligences Academy. She served as a board member for the Professional Education Standards Board (PESB) Paraeducator Board and as a regional director for the Washington State PTA.
For the past four years, she served alongside Brown as program assistant. Brown says Eddington contributed many things to Grays Harbor Youth Works including online applications and forms; cool marketing videos; website upgrades; Facebook engagement; created Digital Marketing Internships and Career Preparedness Resume classes; upgraded classroom presentations and more. “I was told I would have to do data entry with the intern hours and applications,” shares Eddington when asked about changes she made as a program assistant. “I learned how to program our CRM and Adobe formats to have the students do it. Saves us so much time!”
All her hard work was driven by her passion to help others. “As program assistant, my goal was always to advocate for and lift as many students as possible, any way that I could, as well as assist my boss and mentor, Cheryl,” she adds.

Career Planning for Grays Harbor Youth
Now, as executive director, Eddington has plans to build on those goals she had as program assistant. “Getting around the students – hear what they have to say,” she says are some of her main goals. “Staying on top of hiring and job market trends and youth employment law. Also, keeping up the network and community that the executive directors of GHYW past have done such a remarkable job of creating.”
Grays Harbor Youth Works provides “career connected learning opportunities to build prosperous and rewarding futures” for teens in Grays Harbor County. High School students ages 15 to 19 can apply for a $200 scholarship for an internship in whatever field they choose, business or nonprofit. Internships are 20% job shadowing and 80% hands-on experience.
“This is the time when they’re making decisions that will shape their entire lives,” says Eddington. “Grays Harbor Youth Works is not here to push college or a certain business, we are here for the youth. We want them to really see the possibilities that are right here in the Harbor. It can be a challenge to look at building a rewarding career locally. GHYW changes that by showing them the opportunities that exist and giving them the skills, confidence and connections to achieve them.”
Their programming fills a hole that cannot easily be duplicated. “We see the benefit of our internships and other programs that we offer,” explains Eddington. “Schools do not have the staffing to personally see to the individual needs of students. Companies do not want the liability. We are a community-based organization that engages the students (of all abilities, and backgrounds) covers the liability for mentors/business owners. And the leaders that we pair students with, they get to train their future workforce. The student finds out if they need further schooling or credentials, and they begin to build their own professional network.”
Between their internships and individual classroom visits, Grays Harbor Youth Works touches hundreds of lives each year. 35% of internships end with a part-time job offer for the youth. Current programs include Veterinary Medicine, Nursing, Culinary, Business Administration, Environmental Health Services, IT, Property Maintenance, and Education.
You can help Grays Harbor Youth Works by volunteering, offering to take interns and donating. “We are at a place where we really must focus on finding sustainable funding resources,” explains Eddington. “We need help to keep the program going. We are working on some things, but Grays Harbor is the most generous community that I have ever lived in, so I figure they can’t help if they don’t know.” Donations can be made on the Grays Harbor Youth Works website.
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Are we sure we want all this gambling in North Dakota?
MINOT — Gambling is quickly becoming a big part of life in North Dakota. The state legislature authorized the use of electronic pull tab machines — effectively slot machines, in practice — and that has proved wildly popular with the public. So much so that e-tab machines are now a multi-billion-dollar industry in our state, […]

MINOT — Gambling is quickly becoming a big part of life in North Dakota.
The state legislature authorized the use of electronic pull tab machines — effectively slot machines, in practice — and that has proved wildly popular with the public. So much so that e-tab machines are now
a multi-billion-dollar industry in our state,
and the charities and gaming interests are constantly lobbying to allow more gambling at more locations.
But it’s not just charitable gaming that is pushing the expansion of gambling here. The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, which operates a gambling enterprise on its reservation,
is trying to build an off-reservation casino near Grand Forks.
Meanwhile, North Dakota voters are currently being polled about a possible ballot measure that
would legalize mobile sports betting
, following similar proposals that were defeated during the legislative session.
Yet there are signs that this rapid expansion of gambling in North Dakota is having a negative impact.
Gambling interests already have a lot of clout in the legislature. Mike Motschenbacher, the executive director of the North Dakota Gaming Alliance, which lobbies on behalf of the charitable gaming industry,
is literally an elected member of the state House of Representatives.
Charitable gaming supposedly funds, well, charities and other public-spirited organizations. One of the groups capitalizing on the windfall from electronic pull tabs in recent years is youth sports organizations, from golf and baseball to wrestling and hockey. Some of these youth sports groups are even
purchasing venues, such as bars,
to safeguard their gaming sites.
Think about that. Youth sports groups are buying bars so they can operate slot machines while parents wonder why it’s not getting any cheaper for their kids to play hockey.
And then there’s the corruption.
In 2023, Attorney General Drew Wrigley
issued an enforcement action
driving a Bismarck-based gambling industry executive out of his own company for using a charity as a front to procure lucrative new sites for gaming operations. In 2024, Wrigley issued a similar action against a Mandan bar
for trying to illegally divert gambling revenues.
There is also a rising tide of incidents demonstrating that charitable gaming groups may not be prepared to handle the influx of cash they’re receiving.
Earlier this year, a gambling employee for the West Fargo Hockey Association
was charged with stealing approximately $68,000.
Back in 2019, another West Fargo Hockey employee
was charged with stealing more than $6,000.
Meanwhile, in Minot, reports from
KMOT
and
KXMC
indicate that law enforcement authorities are investigating the alleged theft of at least $160,000 from the Souris Valley Bowmen. How does an archery club have that kind of cash to steal? It’s notable that their board
includes a gaming manager.
But none of this touches on what may be the most problematic impact of the rise of gambling in North Dakota, which is gambling addiction.
A couple years ago, the owner of a small-town bar in a town of about 1,000 people told me the e-tab machines operating in his business were producing upwards of $45,000 per weekend in revenue.
Are we sure the people wagering that money can afford to lose it?
Are we sure we want all this gambling in North Dakota?
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Groundbreaking set for Cape Girardeau Youth Sports Complex – KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., (KBSI) — The city’s Parks & Recreation Department will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Youth Outdoor Sports Complex on Friday. The ceremony will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Shawnee Park Sports Complex. Speakers will begin at noon, followed by the groundbreaking. The complex, funded by a […]

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., (KBSI) — The city’s Parks & Recreation Department will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Youth Outdoor Sports Complex on Friday.
The ceremony will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Shawnee Park Sports Complex. Speakers will begin at noon, followed by the groundbreaking.
The complex, funded by a 2018 tax approved by voters, will feature five youth-sized softball and baseball fields with infield turf. Two football and soccer fields will also be built adjacent to College Street.
The facility, set to open in 2026, will host recreational and travel leagues, tournaments and field rentals.
For more information, contact Recreation Division Manager Scott Williams at scottwilliams@cityofcape.org or call 573-339-6340.
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Jazz Chisholm calls out ‘ridiculous’ suspension for bat-flipping NJ Little Leaguer
Many across the sports world — including one Yankees star — have now sounded off about the drama surrounding New Jersey Little Leaguer Marco Rocco. After the 12-year-old from Haddonfield Little League hit a two-run homer on July 16, Rocco flipped his bat in the air in jubilation. That crossed the line, according to the […]

Many across the sports world — including one Yankees star — have now sounded off about the drama surrounding New Jersey Little Leaguer Marco Rocco.
After the 12-year-old from Haddonfield Little League hit a two-run homer on July 16, Rocco flipped his bat in the air in jubilation. That crossed the line, according to the game’s umpire, and Rocco was tossed from the game, meaning he was also suspended from the next game his team played in the state tournament.
But after his family took legal action, Rocco was allowed to play his next game on Thursday, where Haddonfield ultimately lost 10-0 to Elmora Little League. His squad did win Friday, 11-3, over Ridgewood.
This incident led some MLB players to speak on the ejection, including Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Chisholm Jr. was on Rocco’s side, saying that the suspension was “ridiculous.”
“I thought that was ridiculous,” Chisholm told reporters Friday, according to the Associated Press. “You’re going suspend a kid for having fun? Crazy.”
Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer was also on Rocco’s side.
“If it’s a game-changing homer, it’s fine. Even when I’m on the mound, it doesn’t irk me. It’s a human reaction, and it’s good for the game, just like a pitcher doing a fist pump after a big strikeout,” Scherzer said.
Little League abided by a judge’s ruling that allowed Rocco to keep playing, but said it was frustrated with the decision.
“While we continue to follow any orders governed by the court of law, Little League is extremely disappointed that time, energy, and attention were diverted away from our volunteers and communities who are creating positive experiences for all players and families throughout the International Tournament. Trusted by parents and communities around the world, Little League holds the integrity of the game, respect for game officials, and sportsmanship of teams as core tenants of our program,” the organization wrote in a statement.
Rocco’s father, Joe, said on Tuesday — before the decision was made to allow his son to play — that the family was upset by the entire situation.
“We’re sick to our stomachs over this,” Rocco told the Cherry Hill Courier Post on Tuesday after the Haddonfield 12-U team’s practice. “My son is distraught. He said, ‘I didn’t know I was breaking a rule, I see bat flips all over TV during the Little League World Series.’
“He doesn’t understand why he was ejected from the game. I told him, ‘Sometimes life isn’t fair, but I’ll go to bat for you.’”
Haddonfield will next play Elmora on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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Kids: Enjoy the Power of Produce | News, Sports, Jobs
SARANAC LAKE – The Power of Produce Club is a free kids’ program that offers hands-on activities and a chance for kids to taste and engage with local produce. Kids learn about farms and food through scavenger hunts, trivia, games, taste tests, and more. After participating in activities, all youth ages 5-12 receive […]

SARANAC LAKE – The Power of Produce Club is a free kids’ program that offers hands-on activities and a chance for kids to taste and engage with local produce.
Kids learn about farms and food through scavenger hunts, trivia, games, taste tests, and more. After participating in activities, all youth ages 5-12 receive $5 to select their own fresh fruit or vegetable at the market. The POP Club will be at the Saranac Lake Farmer’s Market at Riverside Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the following Saturdays this summer: Aug. 2, Aug. 9 and Sept. 6
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