12/12/07
Blossburg News & Views
By Cheryl Whitney Boinske
All library fines will be forgiven during the month of December with a donation of can goods for the local food bank. Please all bring all can goods to the library.
Monthly Lupus Support Group meetings that are held every third Monday of the month @ 6:30 p.m. at the Blossburg Memorial Library have been suspended until Spring 2008. If you have any questions fell free to contact Amy Ogden @ 638-2722
A small group of children from Mrs McKeever's 5th grade class are collecting toys for St Aloysius Orphanage in Ohio. Toys, school supplies and winter clothes are needed for children ranging in age from 5 to 15 years old, mostly boys. Favorite items are matchbox cars, art supplies, kelly dolls and puzzles. If you are interested in donating please bring unwrapped items to Mrs McKeever's room at the Blossburg Elementary school no later than December 14th. Thank you in advance for helping us make a difference.
Tioga County Parent Advocates will be meeting December 12th at 7pm in the Blossburg Library Community Room. If you have a child with a learning difference or suspect your child may have a learning differenced or ADHD feel free to join us. All are welcome. To join our yahoo group search "Tioga County Parent Advocates."
Thanks to the efforts of Acorn Market North Penn Junior Senior High School has been awarded a $500 ExxonMobil Education Alliance grant for the literacy program. The money will be used to enhance literacy education for all the students in the high school. Funded by the ExxonMobil Corporation, the ExxonMobil Education Alliance program is designed to provide Exxon retailers like Acorn Markets with an opportunity to invest in the future of their community through educational grants to neighborhood schools.
The 9th/10th grade forensics class has shown great improvement from the first day of class. Students started off the year by creating “personality folders” and presenting them to the class. Most students were terrified to get up in front of the group, but as the nine weeks has progressed, they have definitely grown more comfortable in front of a crowd. So far, the class has given impromptu speeches, extemporaneous current event speeches, partner speeches, demonstration speeches (which involved some delicious visual aids!), short story speeches, and persuasive speeches. The award for most persuasive speech went to Corey Hamel, the best partner speech went to Travis Smith and Nick Seeley, and the best short story speech was given by Travis Smith.
Spring Musical Tryout Dates December 17 – 21 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the auditorium.
REMINDERS:
A food pantry is held the third Monday each month from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Blossburg. For more information, contact Betty Johnson at (570) 638-2805.
T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Monday at the First United Methodist Church of Blossburg. Weigh-in is at 5 p.m.
Blossburg BINGO! Every Monday bingo is held at St. Mary's Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Loretta Frost-Steffen; a Creative Memories Consultant holds scrapbooking classes every Tuesday night from 6pm to 10 pm. Call for more information: 570-404-4336
If you or your organizations have any birthdays, anniversaries, congratulations, sympathies, events, information or any questions for Blossburg News & Views, please contact Cheryl Whitney Boinske, (570) 638-3107 or news@blossburg.org.
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