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Fall Harvest celebration at SES

SHOHLA — On Wednesday, October 31, Mrs. Patouillet’s first grade class held a Fall Harvest celebration in their classroom at Shohola Elementary School.

Students participated in six different activities with the assistance of several parent volunteers.

Some of the activities included: candy corn math count, pumpkin rhyming, scarecrow and bat arts and crafts, apple coring and tasting, fall word search, stories and poetry.

The great debaters

MONTICELLO — The Monticello High School Novice and J.V. Debate Team traveled to Lakeland, New York on Saturday, December 1 and brought six trophies home.

In Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, Warren Wuerther came in seventh overall. In J.V. Lincoln Douglas Debate, Medum Choe and Harrison Siegel placed fourth and fifth respectively.

In J.V. Policy Debate, Daniel Nutters received a second speaker award and the team of Chris Kozak and Lucas Labuda came in tenth overall. The team of Daniel Nutters and Jenna Widmann came in fourth overall.

Grads galore

NEW PALTZ — Florence S Rogers, a resident of Monticello, received a BS in Nursing and Eileen Abrahams, a resident of Narrowsburg, received a MA in English from SUNY New Paltz at the December commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 15.

Sydney Schanberg, the first fellow under the James H. Ottaway Sr. Endowed Visiting Professorship in Journalism at New Paltz, gave the commencement speech.

ACT now, or forever hold your peace!

REGION — College-bound high school students can take the ACT Assessment on February 9, 2002, the next nationwide test date.

The registration postmark deadline is January 4. Late registration postmark deadline is January 18 (an additional fee is required for late registration).

The test fee is $24 ($27 in Florida). Colleges use ACT scores, along with a student’s high school GPA and other information, to help determine admissions and the appropriate course placement for new students.

For more information, contact your high school counselor or register online at www.act.org.

	Contributed Photo Sullivan County first place winner Anthony Mangiameli is congratulated by his English teacher, Mrs. Regina Campbell, as she presents him with the award for the “Voice of Democracy” essay contest. (Click for larger image)

His is the ‘Voice of Democracy’

ELDRED — ECS senior Anthony Mangiameli, won first place in Sullivan County in the “Voice of Democracy” contest sponsored annually by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).

He was awarded a check for $150, and his entry now advances to District competition.

Mangiameli had won first prize, locally, in the contest sponsored by the Tusten-Highland Post 6427 VFW.

He wrote and recorded an original broadcast on the theme, “Reaching Out to America’s Future.”

He was awarded a $200 prize for top place.

Second place winner, Eldred senior Matt Gervais, won $100 and ECS senior Maria Seniw earned $50 for her third place entry.

Eldred English teacher Regina Campbell coordinated the contest for Eldred, and Ken Reuter organized the event for the VFW.

LCCC offers Honesdale courses

HONESDALE — Luzerne County Community College will offer courses for the spring 2002 semester in Honesdale.

Registration for the courses will be held at Honesdale High School on Monday, January 7, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Snow date for registration is Tuesday, January 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Scheduled courses include Advanced Composition, Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, Business Law, Fitness/Wellness, the Internet, CPR, Marketing, Literature, Algebra, Psychology, Sociology, Spanish and others.

Off-campus classes for the spring semester will begin on Tuesday, January 22.

Give peace a chance

LIBERTY — During the week of December 17 through December 21, Liberty Middle School is presenting “Peace Week.”

Students rotated classes so that they have the opportunity to participate in Art, Health, Home and Careers and Music. Throughout the week, the students are involved in the following projects:

“Sounds of Peace” - students learn the song “Let There be Peace on Earth,” and discuss the lyrics of the song and what peace on earth would look like.

“Peace Through Unity of Purpose” - every Home and Careers class is making a large cake in the shape of, and decorated as, the United States flag. In the end, all of the cakes together will make 117 square feet of cake, which will be eaten the afternoon of Friday, December 21.

“A Peace of Warmth” - every student receives a 9 x 12-inch square, on which to design a picture which represents what “Peace in a Relationship” means to them. They will be sewn together to make one very large blanket of “Peace.”

“Birds of Peace” -  students use white paper, which they have colored with designs that represent peace to them, to make either an origami dove or a crane. The birds will be strung together to form a circle that will represent World Peace.

For more information call 845/292-5400 ext. 2300.