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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ridgeland honors fallen soldiers with Memorial Day ceremony
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) – With Memorial Day approaching, the City of Ridgeland held a special ceremony on Thursday. City leaders, lawmakers, residents and veterans gathered at Veterans Memory Park to honor those who sacrificed their lives to serve their country. The bell at the park was tolled 21 times. 'So many people think this is the first day of summer. They think about barbecues in the backyard, hot dogs. And for someone, I served 30 years in the military and lost a number of soldiers over the years while I served. And it's a day to reflect back on the sacrifices that they made serving our country. It's a solemn day, but one that we have a responsibility to remember to stop what is going on and remember those that gave their lives, so that we may live in the freedom,' said Ridgeland Alderman At-Large D.I. Smith. State Rep. Rodney Hall was the keynote speaker at the event. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Sydney Morning Herald
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Audacious, enthralling': The Age Book of the Year shortlists announced
Twelve books have made the shortlists for this year's entries in The Age Book of The Year awards. The six books on the fiction shortlist have been described as particularly exciting in 'eclecticism and range' by the judges, author and critic Bram Presser, and The Age and Sydney Morning Herald 's Canberra bureau chief Michelle Griffin. The books on the fiction shortlist are: The Burrow by Melanie Cheng Depth of Field by Kirsty Iltners Vortex by Rodney Hall Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane The Kingdom of Dust by David Dyer Ghost Cities by Siang Lu From a suburban Melbourne home during the COVID lockdowns to the rocky surface of the moon, the books, said Presser and Griffin, 'span time and place, delighting us with dashes of sublime beauty, familiar horror and pointed satire'. The judges described Melanie Cheng's book as 'a restrained work of immense grace and compassion'; David Dyer's Kingdom of Dust as an 'exquisitely balanced psychological thriller'; Fiona McFarlane's short stories as 'audacious in concept and remarkable in execution'; Siang Lu's Ghost Cities as a 'tremendously inventive … bonkers satire'. They praised Rodney Hall's Vortex as 'expansive, generous, intelligent and utterly enthralling' and declared 'few books this year could match the sheer beauty of Kirsty Iltners' Depth of Field'. The judges for the non-fiction section, author, reviewer and mission director of Caritas Australia, Michael McGirr, and author and director Lorin Clake, said the books on the non-fiction shortlist are all written out of deep and passionate engagement with their subject matter.
The Age
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
‘Audacious, enthralling': The Age Book of the Year shortlists announced
Twelve books have made the shortlists for this year's entries in The Age Book of The Year awards. The six books on the fiction shortlist have been described as particularly exciting in 'eclecticism and range' by the judges, author and critic Bram Presser, and The Age and Sydney Morning Herald 's Canberra bureau chief Michelle Griffin. The books on the fiction shortlist are: The Burrow by Melanie Cheng Depth of Field by Kirsty Iltners Vortex by Rodney Hall Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane The Kingdom of Dust by David Dyer Ghost Cities by Siang Lu From a suburban Melbourne home during the COVID lockdowns to the rocky surface of the moon, the books, said Presser and Griffin, 'span time and place, delighting us with dashes of sublime beauty, familiar horror and pointed satire'. The judges described Melanie Cheng's book as 'a restrained work of immense grace and compassion'; David Dyer's Kingdom of Dust as an 'exquisitely balanced psychological thriller'; Fiona McFarlane's short stories as 'audacious in concept and remarkable in execution'; Siang Lu's Ghost Cities as a 'tremendously inventive … bonkers satire'. They praised Rodney Hall's Vortex as 'expansive, generous, intelligent and utterly enthralling' and declared 'few books this year could match the sheer beauty of Kirsty Iltners' Depth of Field'. The judges for the non-fiction section, author, reviewer and mission director of Caritas Australia, Michael McGirr, and author and director Lorin Clake, said the books on the non-fiction shortlist are all written out of deep and passionate engagement with their subject matter.
