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Summer Hunger, Baltimore's Deaf Heritage, and How 'Bout Them O's?


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Many children go hungry in the summer due to an absence of school food programs, Kathleen Brockway's new book "Baltimore's Deaf Heritage", and the Orioles hope to hang on to first place in the A.L. East.

Once school lets out, many kids find themselves without three meals a day. There are programs to serve them, but many children are still hungry. The head of a summer meals program in Baltimore and the director of the Johns Hopkins' Center for a Livable Future discuss fighting summer hunger and its effects.

From schools, to churches to bowling leagues, we learn about the influence of Baltimore's deaf community from Kathleen Brockway, the author of a new book, “Baltimore's Deaf Heritage”.

Also, the Orioles are in first place in their division, the American League East. But, can they stay there? Tom Hall talks Orioles baseball with sportswriter Mark Hyman.

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