TDV Latin America Editor, Luis Duran-Aparicio Interviews Jeffrey Tucker on Liberty.me – Video

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Liberty North students spread holiday cheer to seniors in need

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LIBERTY, MO (KCTV) -

A group of Northland students are spreading holiday cheer to senior citizens in need.

Liberty North High School senior, Katelynn Downey, choose to donate gifts to a different group this Christmas.

The 17-year-old and the Liberty North student council are involved in a program called Be a Santa to a Senior.

"Some people that are kind of like forgotten around this time of the year, kids get presents from people they don't know," Downey said.

The students bought gifts for seniors at the Liberty Terrace Care Center, and instead of just leaving the gifts at the store, they thought it would be fun to pass out the gifts and spend some time with them.

The students partnered with Home Instead Senior Care to give over 100 blankets, slippers, and sleep wear - all the toys that seniors would enjoy.

"We recognize that there are a lot of great programs out there for families but Home Instead senior care saw that there weren't a lot of programs out there for seniors," said Steve Boos, owner of Home Instead Senior Care.

For 84-year-old Liberty Terrace resident Kay Tamburello, their students' gestures were wonderful.

"They are being very thoughtful of other people," she said.

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Will Climate Change Swamp the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island?

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Photograph courtesy US Library of Congress, National Geographic

On October 29, 2012, superstorm Sandy barreled toward New York City. Liberty and Ellis Islands, two relatively tiny pieces of land huddled together in the city's harbor, were dangerously exposed.

That's the peril of being American icons sitting in New York Harbor. It makes them beacons. It also makes them vulnerable.

The National Park Service team responsible for the joint monument had battened down the hatches and sandbagged the islands against a storm surge predicted to reach 6 to 11 feet. Then they'd boarded up the windows and evacuated both islands.

When Superintendent David Luchsinger and his team arrived on Tuesday morning, October 30, to assess the storm's damage, 75 percent of Liberty Island was under water. The only thing not covered was Liberty and her pedestal.

All of Ellis Island was under waterin some areas as much as eight feet.

"It was total destruction: windows blown out, doors blown out. The walkways were ripped up, all the basements were completely flooded. One dock was completely decimated, and the other one was pretty well destroyed," says Luchsinger.

"But while it was a very sad, sad day for us, we quickly realized it was also an opportunity to make this a more sustainable park. We began that day formulating our plans."

Cleanup started the next day and took about two monthsthe team working at first out of the back of a U-Haul with a couple of space heaters inside. Some structures, like Luchsinger's superintendent's house, weren't rebuilt. "I have the dubious distinction of being the last resident of Liberty Island," he says.

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St. Thomas (US Virgin Islands) – Blackbeard’s Castle and Vistas (Crown Princess Excursion) – Video

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St. Thomas (US Virgin Islands) - Blackbeard #39;s Castle and Vistas (Crown Princess Excursion)
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