Yuma Sun, The (Newspaper) - April 23, 2007, Yuma, Arizona COMMUNITY CELEBRATE 75TH ANNIVERSARY IN APRIL 23,2007 4 R o N High expected to hit 82 T A I I S A age 80-plus and as spry as Verda 93 will be honored for their service to Yuma Regional Medical Health Specialists opens more comfortable accommodations for its author will give readings Wednesday of Back to this year's 740th home run carries the San Francisco Giants past the Arizona sparkle to any room with chandelier fixtures at illuminating prices ranging from to Delivery 539-6900 UFE NOTICES of the Year SARAH STAFF Rotary Clubs of Yuma and the Yuma Education Foundation have compiled their 2007 nominees for Yuma County Teacher of the officials nominated the candidates and a community committee has selected the who will be announced at a banquet Tuesday Here is a look at this year's candidates for the top LUCILLE kindergarten through third Lucille a kindergarten teacher at has more than 15 years as a primary working with the school's youngest was nominated by Principal Pat who wrote that she not only makes an impact in the classroom but on projects for Yuma Elementary School District 1. wrote that Haile has embraced classroom strategies that teach her students to write and She is frequently looked at as a master kindergarten by her Noriega now teaches third grade at Ronald Reagan Elementary School and has taught primary grades kindergarten through third in her nine years in the assistant principal of said Noriega's love of teaching and desire to become the best that she can are evident in her daily expects each student to give their personal best in every endeavor and she expects no less of She is humorous and presents a feeling tone in her classroom conducive to Debra Weigel has spent a total of 20 years as a teacher and now instructs first grade at Gary A. Knox Elementary Knox assistant describes her as a true master all situations in dealing with her Deb goes the extra Throughout her students are actively engaged and enthusiastic about is on Knox's Writing a member of the National Education Association and in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Safety Lynne Teeter teaches fourth grade at Knox Elementary and has been a teacher for the past eight Laurie Doering called Teeter true team She works well with everyone and has been instrumental in assisting the intermediate wing to become a caring Implementing a variety of engaging lessons is a strength of is a member of the Crane Elementary School District Science Committee and is involved in the Yuma Elementary Educators Association and the Crane Elementary Educators LYNNE kindergarten through sixth a reading interventionist teacher to kindergarten through students at Knox has 15 years of teaching experience and a master's degree in bilingual and multicultural education from Northern Arizona Knox's assistant said McBride puts in additional hours and tutors children in reading in the literacy Nelson has spent the past two of her 22 years as a teacher working as a reading coach at Arizona Desert Elementary Rafael Sanchez describes Nelson as an energetic and charismatic educator who provides leadership to 200 students and 20 staff members in her work as coordinator for the 21st also is on the National Staff Development a member of the Arizona and the National Reading a reading intervention specialist at Gwyneth Ham works on literacy with students in grades kindergarten through She ha been an educator for nine the past seven of which she's spent at Gwyneth has helped countless students over the years from being struggling readers to successful wrote Principal Rebecca it's a gift that is She truly understands the SHIRLEY RUTLEDGE teaching She gives 100 percent of herself every day to her students and her Rutledge is active on the Leadership Team and Reading Team at her school and participates in professional development for the fourth through sixth Anaya is a teacher at Tierra del Sol Elementary School in where she has spent all of her five years of Veronic Lopez said has the ability and the desire to make an impact on her and raised in the Somerton Gema attained her elementary education in the Somerton School Lopez wrote in her nomination graduating from Arizona State University Somerton's daughter returned back to her hometown with a goal to give back to the children of the community what the community had once given to a teacher at Elementary has worked in education for 15 quality instruction and accountability are hallmarks of her wrote Principal Michael Taylor in his nomination is a role model and models for our new and experienced She does more before school than most of us do all coaches cheerleading for Yuma High School and works with students through Akins has taught seventh grade literature and composition at Crane for the past seven has a clear focus on instruction and is committed to every student in his classroom not only achieving the standards but excelling in wrote Principal Linda Huff in her nomination is the chair of the English a member of the Reading Intervention Committee and coaches boys flag football and the Chess a social studies teacher at Centennial Middle has been teaching at the middle school level for almost seven Marquette wears many hats in his work with Crane Kari assistant principal at wrote in his his encompasses the academic and emotional needs of every is the social studies department a team coach of the wresting and track teams and member of the Crane District's uniform a math teacher at Woodard Junior High is now in her sixth year as a professionalism and positive work ethic Principal Alan Sullivan wrote in his nomination dedication and devotion to teaching and the betterment of Woodard students make her an and in our the best Werley coaches soccer and is student council is on School District l's Math Curriculum Committee and Algebra Project Cadre and a member of the National Association of School THE NOMINEES IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ANb COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CATEGORIES TURN TO Katrina contracts given to companies with poor credit FEMA exposed taxpayers to significant waste and possibly violated federal law by awarding billion worth of Hurricane Katrina contracts to companies with poor credit histories and bad investigators new report by the Homeland Security Department's office of inspector set to be released later this propriety of 36 trailer contracts designated for small and local businesses in Gulf Coast region following the 2005 found a haphazard competitive bidding process in which the winning contract prices were both unreasonably low and FEMA did not take adequate legal steps to ensure that companies were small and locally resulting in a questionable contract award to a large firm with ties to the Republican on our we concluded that FEMA contracting officials exposed the agency to an unacceptable level of according to the report by bids as loW as and as high as to completely refurbish used travel FEMA estimated should cost per bids from companies with weak financial incomplete and missing financial and negative The Defense Contract Audit Agency determined that at least three bidders presented high financial but FEMA allowed to go of inspector general Richard audit was requested by Sen. Byron chairman of the Democratic Policy following complaints last year by some small business owners that they were unfairly shut out of Pay gap between sexes begins a year after YORK Women make only 80 percent of the salaries their male peers do one year after after 10 years in the work the gap between their pay widens according to a study released by the American Association of University Women Educational found that 10 years after women earn only 69 percent of what men after controlling for and other factors known to affect the study found that of the pay gap remains The group said that portion of the gap due to sex the unexplained portion of the pay gap the group said in a news the organization's director of of the wage difference is a result of people's another part is employer's assumptions of what people's choices will Employers assume that young women are going to leave the work force when they have don't promote organization found that women's scholastic performance was not reflected in their Women have slightly higher averages than men in every including science and i
