Tag: United States
Main Street in Bloom!
by Suzie Stranik
T
he happy new hanging baskets along Main Street went up last Sunday thanks to Jerry Stranik with a little help from a friend, Frankie Kashevaroff. The baskets were donated to the City of Seldovia by Cathy and Dee Calvin of Forget-me-Not nursery of Indian, AK!
Suzie Stranik did the necessary permission requests and the Chamber of Commerce purchased the brackets. Peter Elvsaas with Seldovia Expeditors brought them down the highway at no charge! And best of all, Shad Haller has promised that the Seldovia Fire Dept will keep them watered! Suzie hopes the loosely formed garden club will help with dead heading during the summer to keep them blooming. A big round of thanks to all who lent a hand to make our Main Street blossom!
The Warm Heart of Africa
by Margie McCord
Mzuzu, Malawi, Feb-March 2012
I just returned after spending 2 months with Byron who is working for the UN as an orthopedic surgeon at a government hospital in a city of about 20,000 people. Even though I am a nurse, I volunteered in the physical therapy department where I learned a lot very quickly because there were not enough PT aides. Continue Reading
High School History Class Makes Final Plans for East Coast Trip
Dear Readers,
The high school American history class is taking a trip to Boston, New York, and Pennsylvania, to visit some of the historical places we have studied and learned about. On our trip we want to go to the Philadelphia Zoo, because that’s something that we in Seldovia don’t have. They have a variety of animals that aren’t even present in this state or country from the African lion to the sloth bear, okapi to the blue poison dart frog. It would be a fun and remembered experience to learn and view the animals located in the Philadelphia Zoo. We are hoping that you could sponsor us for our admission to the zoo.
As our high school history class we have had a few fundraisers over this past year, with things like the dinner, rummage sales, and bake sales, etc. As a class we have made over $9,000 in the fundraisers alone already to pay for things like flights and hotels. Now we just have to raise the money to do the things like the Zoo, so we are asking you for help. For each person it’s $18, and for our whole group of nine it’s $162. We are just asking for people to sponsor us either by one person or they whole group. We would appreciate it very much!
Written by Kaitlyn Hecks on behalf of the Susan B. English High School American history class. If you are interested in sponsoring us, please contact the school at 907-234-7616.
Jack Hopkins Memorial Scholarship Available to SBE Students
by Sandy Geagel
Susan B. English School
Jack Hopkins Memorial Scholarship
GUIDELINES
Qualifications: Eligible applicant must be enrolled:
- Susan B. English High School Senior pursuing education @ Voc/Trade School
- Susan B. English High School Graduate pursuing education @ Voc/Trade School
Scholarship Uses: Scholarship applies toward tuition, Voc/Trade School fees, books or campus related/approved room and board only.
Scholarship Decisions: Award selections and amounts of scholarships are made by the Site Base Decision Making /Parent Advisory Committee. Applicants will be officially informed by SBDM/PAC of the selection results at graduation or mail for a post graduate. Continue Reading
Happy Birthday George and Abe!
Presidents’ Day is intended to honor all the American presidents, but most significantly George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
This federal public holiday was originally created to honor George Washington, our first president, who was born on February 22. When Abraham Lincoln became president and helped to reshape our country, many felt that we should honor him and celebrate his birthday as well, and since he was born on February 11th, we then had another February public holiday.
In 1968, the 90th Congress worked to create a system of organizing federal Monday holidays. They moved three existing holidays (including Lincoln and Washington’s Birthday) to Mondays. The law took effect in 1971, and Washington’s Birthday holiday was changed to the third Monday in February, and later became widely known as President’s Day.
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