Camping at the library
The theme for storytime at the local libraries this month is camping and the great outdoors – Camp Read S’More. Children will also have the opportunity to make crafts to go with that theme, like at the Crestline library, where they made s'mores and campfires after...
Engendering a love of words in students
By Mary-Justine Lanyon On Friday, April 14, four Rotarians – Bill Mellinger, Linda Oswalt, Stanley Oswalt and Brent Leistra (1 – pictured with Acting Principal Tracy Cairns) – delivered dictionaries to third-graders and thesauruses to fifth-graders at Valley of...
Hospital honors its ‘loyal supporters’
By Mary-Justine Lanyon The Summit Circle dinner is held each year as a way for the Mountains Community Hospital Foundation to thank “its most loyal and dedicated supporters. “You help our hospital fulfill its mission of providing exceptional care,” Peter Venturini,...
Seeking truth, fairness and goodwill Students apply the 4-Way Test to a variety of topics
By Mary-Justine Lanyon (Photos by Mary-Justine Lanyon) Each year the mountain Rotary clubs hold a speech contest for high school students based on Rotary’s 4-Way Test. The students are to apply the four principles to a topic of their choosing. Those four principles...
