| VOLUME XXX No. 24 | Narrowsburg, NY | June 10 - 16, 2004 |
I was a stand-in, but my tears were as salty as a real mother’s, my heart as full of pride and love, when the name “Janina Sofia Rodriguez” was called out to receive a degree from City University in the Theater at Madison Square Garden last week. Janina’s real mom, and her dad and sister and brother, are living from day to day, at home in Venezuela. Here in New York, Janina supports herself and sends them enough to make ends meet, most of the time. Without her help, they might be homeless. In the U.S., Janina has become an entrepreneur, as well as an honor student. When I retired in 2002, she took over the pre-school enrichment program that I had built over 12 years. With determination and a gifted ability to relate to young children, her program has flourished. She thinks I gave her something valuable, but she doesn’t realize that she gave me a little bit of immortality when she adopted my “Treehouse” and made it her own. Sonorous serenade NARROWSBURG, NY—High school choruses are filled with many kids who love to sing. While a number of them have fine voices, precious few view singing as more than a school activity. Only a small number of the most talented singers pursue their singing when they go on to college. Four young Sullivan County singers brought their resonant voices to the Gloria Krause Recital Hall and serenaded parents and friends on June 6. Christian Bowers and Jacklyn Clarke-Rodriguez graduated from Delaware Valley at Sullivan West last spring. Ilene Pabon graduated from Fallsburg in 2003 and her sister Christina is graduating this year. The Pabons studied at Manhattan School of Music with Lynne Vardaman and have extensive performance experience. We are Wal-Mart “Wal-Mart Endangers Vermont,” a recent headline of an Associated Press story by Jennifer C. Kerr read. “Entire state makes list of threatened places,” declared the subtitle. “Because of plans for several new Wal-Mart Super-centers across the state, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has placed the entire state of Vermont on its 2004 list of the most endangered historic places in the United States,” according to the article. |
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