Bush began to settled down 1976, when he met Laura Welch, a public school librarian, at a barbecue in Midland: They were married three months later, and their twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna, were born in 1981.

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Bush grew up in Midland, but like his father, he attended prep school at Andover and college at Yale.

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Children and teachers were trying to get back to normal, though some children who were on the bus where Dykes killed the driver on Jan. 29 have not yet returned to school, said Donny Bynum, superintendent of Midland City schools.

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According to the American Chemical Society, nearly 100% of past winners in the prestigious Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science, and Technology (for high School students) play one or more musical instruments (The Midland Chemist (American Chemical Society) Vol. 42, No.1, Feb. 2005).

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More than 1, 000 parents, teachers and school governors attended the first Rallies for Education at Manchester's Midland Hotel and Liverpool's Holiday Inn.

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