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Photo by Justin Lafferty/Our Town Scene & Heard: Festivalgoers revel in sunny fall weekend
The fourth annual Mountain House Fall Festival raised money for Bethany and Wicklund schools.
Oct 14, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Keita Moore spells out the winning word, "barrow." Justin Lafferty/Our Town Fifth-grader's spelling success
South/West Park Elementary fifth-grader Keita Moore successfully spelled the word “barrow,” to win his school’s spelling bee on Oct. 1. Merriam-Webster defines “barrow” as a mountain or a mound. M...
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North School Principal Frederick Medina and his shorn locks. Courtesy of Raquel Hiltachk Scene & Heard: Cuts for a cause
On Friday, North School Principal Frederick Medina took a little off the top for his students. After North students raised $9,500 for a fundraiser — exceeding their goal by $2,000 — he agreed to l...
Sep 29, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tracy Muslims gather to pray and celebrate the end of Ramadan. Photo courtesy of Asad Arain Scene & Heard: The faithful celebrate Ramadan
Between 350 and 400 people gathered on Sept. 20 at the Tracy Community Center for the annual celebration of Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of the fast of Ramadan, a Muslim observation. Eid ul-Fitr i...
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Tracy s Lino Giovacchini shows off one of his wooden models and the issue of Farm Collector magazine that feature his craft. Glenn Moore/Our Town Woodworker's miniature replicas are big winners
Lino Giovacchini’s work has won awards and been featured in national publications.
Sep 22, 2009 | 4 4 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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New Jerusalem School Principal Steve Payne hits the water as fourth-grader Cameron Reis presses the button to send him under as students celebrated a rise in their Standardized Testing and Reporting scores. Payne, district Superintendent David Thoming and seventh-grade teacher Denise Huffstuttler took turns in the dunk tank as three students representing each class got to take a turn to dunk them. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press Scene & Heard: Dunk tank all-STARs
New Jerusalem School students celebrated their improvement in standardized testing by dunking a teacher, principal and school district superintendent.
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Helping Our Town: Fundraiser with a splash
by OT staff
Aug 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Eight employees were selected to take turns in the dunk tank, raising more than $800 for the charity.
Helping Our Town: Turning lemons into cancer aid
by Our Town staff
Aug 11, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Emma and Sydney sold lemonade to raise $209.66 for Relay For Life.
Scene & Heard: Poet drama students dazzle theater crowd
by Our Town staff
May 19, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Poet Christian School drama students and teacher Mrs. Tillman proudly presents "Dear Edwina Jr."
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