Bucket Brigade tutoring program eyed for fall at Ottawa
Ottawa area volunteers wrap up this year’s literacy effort at Ottawa U.S.C. 290 elementary schools. Joyce Green to lead next year, modelled after Michigan’s Bucket Brigade. Coordinators named at five schools. Martha Gage of Ottawa University to supervise training and materials, with plans to expand tutor recruitment and provide resource support for teachers.
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Diane Yeamans
Ottawa
U.S.C
Bev Bennett
Joyce Green
Bucket Brigade
Michigan
Green
Bennett
Hawthorne
Martha Doty
Lincoln
Nancy Barnes
Eisenhower
June Erisman
Eugene Field
Kathleen Mackey
Garfield
Martha Gage
Ottawa University
Gage
OU Education
Navajo nun starts school for handicapped Indians
St Michaels Association for Special Education grew from a chance therapy session with a Navajo boy in 1967 to a campus run entirely by Navajos. The program now serves 85 boarding and 50 commuting students, blends Navajo culture with modern rehab methods, trains parents, and offers a three year demonstration infant program funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
St. Michaels Association For Special Education
St. Michaels
Stephen Stein
Sister Ryan
Los Angeles
Vee Spencer
Ms. Spencer
Navajo Youth Corps
Arizona State University
Spencer
Marijane Ryan
Virginia Bahe
Claustrophobia fears prompt call for therapy explication
A man reports panic with elevators, crowds, rain, and confined spaces, fearing stigma from seeking therapy. Ann Landers counsels professional help, emphasizing trauma roots, exposure, and debunking myths about mental illness.
City Band Gears Up For Summer Concerts
Ottawa City Band rehearsals begin 7 p.m. May 28 at Ottawa High School band room 312 with the first concert 7:30 p.m. June 5 at Ottawa City Park band shell Brent A Wheeler directs the summer series with four June and three July concerts. The volunteer group welcomes new members and all subsequent rehearsals are 7 p.m. Mondays except the first on a Wednesday due to Memorial Day.
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Ottawa City Band
Ottawa High School
Ottawa City Park
Brent A. Wheeler
Pomona High honors seniors at annual awards assembly
About 65 Pomona High School seniors received special awards at last Friday’s awards assembly as 175 parents, students and teachers looked on. Sabrina Parker Tim Leakey Toni Garber Linda Wray Lori Ecord Janet Witham Trudy Eichinger received various scholarships and honors including U S Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Presidential Academic Fitness Award Citizenship Award Pomona Alumni Scholarship Gering Scholarship Helen Winkler Scholarship.
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Pomona
Pomona High School
Sabrina Parker
Tim Leakey
U.S. Army Reserve
Toni Garber
Linda Wray
Lori Ecord
Ecord
Leakey
Janet Witham
Trudy Eichinger
Gering
Garber
Parker
Helen Winkler
Retirement reception for CH math teacher Delta Ikenberry
Central Heights Elementary hosts a 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday library reception honoring Delta Ikenberry, a fifth and sixth grade math teacher retiring after 39 years across RanToul and Central Heights. The school and PTA sponsor the event, inviting Central Heights patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Ikenberry
Central Heights
PTA
Ikenberry
Rantoul
Tenor Ron Johnson to Perform Thursday at Nazarene Church
Ron Johnson, an outstanding gospel tenor soloist with five albums, will give a performance at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Church of the Nazarene located at 234 W 7th. He has appeared across the United States and Canada in churches for concerts crusades and conventions. The public is invited.
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Ron Johnson
Church of the Nazarene
W. 7Th
Johnson
United States
Canada
Love Chain Ottawa's Answer For Needy
Ottawa Christian Singles host Love Chain at Steve Grogan Stadium to raise food for ECKAN. Donors form a human chain around a 440 yard track, each providing a can or staple. The effort aims to gather about 110 cans per lap with a four foot per person estimate. A musical program accompanies the fundraiser, which should last under an hour, inviting more participants over the holiday weekend.
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America
Ecean Food Bank
Doug Durbin
Ottawa Christian Singles
Steve Grogan Stadium
Durbin
Eckan
Lititz Through the Ages A Picture Book Town Emerges
Lititz Pennsylvania survived a rough history from 1700s soldiers to 1950s decline and is now seeking National Register listing. The Moravian settlement spawned mills stores and the country’s first pretzel bakery. Linden Hall and Sturgis Pretzel House remain as main street anchors.
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Lancaster
Lititz
Warwick
Nikolaus Zinzendorf
Warwick Township
John George Klein
Zinzendorf
Linden Hall
Sturgis
Main Street
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Carolyn Newmaster
ST. Michaels, Ariz
Boston
Arizona
N.M
Phoenix
Ann Landers
Conn
Dear Ann Landers
New England
Boston University Medical Center
M.D
Boston University Medical School
Ann
H.H
Long Island
PHS
Love Chain
Pennsylvania
Sewing Machine Sales
Albright
S. Main
Haven
Richmond
Kansas
Mary Sue Cox
Barbara Neal
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