The historical walking tour will highlight the history and architecture of Lake Wales and is scheduled to open this fall.

The tour will cover the “historic period” of the town between 1911 and 1930.

The grant money covers a sound engineer, studio space, voice talent, application development, and marketing.

Ray Brown, owner of the Dixie Walesbilt Hotel, a proposed stop on the tour, also donated $2,500 to the project.

“I’m a history buff and I believe in historical integrity and education,” Brown said.

The Lake Wales Depot Museum and the Rhodesbilt Archade are also on the list of 12 proposed tour stops.

St. Augustine tour, the free app plays more than an hour of historical information

Lake Wales is one of the first cities to take part in the program, said Jennifer Nanek, assistant to the city manager.

Monica Drake Peirce, director of the Depot Museum, will oversee the tour that she said she hopes exposes more people to the historical downtown district in Lake Wales.

“It will really highlight the historic nature of the city and the historical architectural,” she said.

Pierce said Lake Wales is not as old as St. “You don’t even have to be in the city, you can just download the app.”

Another historical walking tour, Lake Wales Ghosts Tours, was established in 2013. Lake Wales awarded grant for community walking tourMarch 18, 2016 12:29 AM

LAKE WALES The city of Lake Wales has been awarded $5,000 grant from the Florida Humanities Council for a community audio walking tour.

The historical walking tour will highlight the history and architecture of Lake Wales and is scheduled to open this fall.

The tour will cover the “historic period” of the town between 1911 and 1930.

The grant money covers a sound engineer, studio space, voice talent, application development, and marketing.

Ray Brown, owner of the Dixie Walesbilt Hotel, a proposed stop on the tour, also donated $2,500 to the project.

“I’m a history buff and I believe in historical integrity and education,” Brown said.

The Lake Wales Depot Museum and the Rhodesbilt Archade are also on the list of 12 proposed tour stops.

St. Augustine tour, the free app plays more than an hour of historical information

Lake Wales is one of the first cities to take part in the program, said Jennifer Nanek, assistant to the city manager.

Monica Drake Peirce, director of the Depot Museum, will oversee the tour that she said she hopes exposes more people to the historical downtown district in Lake Wales.

“It will really highlight the historic nature of the city and the historical architectural,” she said.

Pierce said Lake Wales is not as old as St. “You don’t even have to be in the city, you can just download the app.”

Another historical walking tour, Lake Wales Ghosts Tours, was established in 2013.

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Iris Tanner, 6, of Williamstown finished her homework Wednesday during her time at the Ely Chapman after-school program. The foundation, which has an after-school program for grades K-8, plans to open a preschool May 31.

“They said our reputation is to have quality programs with high expectations for the kids, which they respond to well, so we decided to do something about it.”

After researching the need for a summer program for parents that can provide before and after school day care, founder and chair Alice Chapman said she also found that children ages 3 to 5 could be better prepared to enter kindergarten with the preschool in place.

“Many children are not adequately prepared for kindergarten,” Chapman said. preschool program, which opens May 31 for the summer session then continues with a full fall class Aug. Before and after school care services will also be provided as well as breakfast, lunch and snack options.

Pam Parr, retired nurse and Ely Chapman board member, said this program will be unique to the area.

“What makes these programs unique is the emphasis on academics and offering high expectations in terms of what we expect from students,” said Parr, in a press release. Cost for the academic program weekly is $100, with child care before (from 6:45 to 9 a.m.) and after (3 to 5:30 p.m.) totaling $130 per week.

The Ely Chapman Education Foundation, in addition to the preschool, offers a Sensational Summer Camp for grades K-8 as well as academic year after school programs like the S.U.N.S.H.I.N.E.

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NASHUA – Students and principals spoke at a sparsely attended education budget meeting Wednesday, advocating for the recently reduced grant writer position and continued membership to the principals association.

“I know everybody on the school board; you ran for the school board because you care about the schools and you care about the students,” said Mike Harrington, principal of Fairgrounds Elementary School.

NASHUA – Students and principals spoke at a sparsely attended education budget meeting Wednesday, advocating for the recently reduced grant writer position and continued membership to the principals association.

“I know everybody on the school board; you ran for the school board because you care about the schools and you care about the students,” said Mike Harrington, principal of Fairgrounds Elementary School. It’s not a large figure, and the benefits are significant, he said.

The motion was to reduce $32,740 from “dues and membership” for principals, and add it to “wages per diem” to increase the daily rate for substitutes.

Kyle Langille, principal of Bicentennial Elementary School, also advocated for the association, emphasizing the value of membership to principals and the district.

“More and more professional development is happening at the school level, which means it is my responsibility. “This has opened some doors to us that we normally would not have had,” she said.

The association also presents recognition to outstanding principals, who in turn generates publicity and helps the reputation of the district, she said.

Two students spoke on behalf of the director of grants and community development position, currently held by Stacy Hynes, which was reduced by 50 percent for a savings of $40,674.

“I understand the Board of Education has to work with the budget they’re given but you have a multimillion dollar budget and you’re micromanaging to the extreme,” said Ben Telerski, a freshman at Nashua High School South.

Noah Telerski, a senior at Nashua South, said he has taken advantage of every opportunity during his time in the school system.

“The way the budget has gone over the past several years, it seems we have to take a little more off, and a little more off,” he said, adding they should be expanding instead. “We’re still not meeting the full potential of what the schools should be offering our students.”

Defending the grant writer position, he said Hynes more than justified her salary with the money she brings to the district.

“Although you won’t need a grant writer if you don’t accept grant money,” he said, referring to a $20,000 Verizon grant that was initially rejected, but then accepted by the board this month.

The board has been working to reduce the 2017 budget to meet the city spending cap, with the tentative budget approval dates set for March 23, or March 30 if necessary.

The baseline 2016 education budget is $102.4 million. Based on Mayor Jim Donchess’ 2 percent spending cap increase, the board is cleared to raise the 2017 budget by about $2 million.

Superintendent Mark Conrad proposed a 2017 budget of $105.2 million – a 2.7 percent increase, or $790,640 – over the spending cap. His budget included critical need resources driving budget increases such as increasing transportation costs, restoring funds to the technology budget, adding an English-language learner teacher and supporting special education programs.

To meet the cap, so far the board has proposed cutting about $60,000 in costs, but added $150,000 to hire 10 paraeducators, putting the draft budget at $94,334 over the superintendent’s proposed budget, or a 2.9 percent over the mayor’s spending cap.

Tina Forbes can be reached at 594-6402, tforbes@nashuatelegraph.

Trigg County Public Schools recently received a $2,500 grant from Americaas Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, to help preschool students plant a apizza garden,a growing various pizza ingredients.

Trigg County Public Schools recently received a $2,500 grant from Americaas Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, to help preschool students plant a apizza garden,a growing various pizza ingredients.

Trigg County Public Schools recently received a $2,500 donation to help preschool students install a raised-bed garden they will tend every year, TCPS said Monday in a news release.

The money is a donation from Americaas Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund and directed by Seven Springs Farms in Trigg County.

During the first year, students will plant and tend a apizza garden,a in which bell peppers, oregano, basil and cherry tomatoes will be grown to help the children understand where the ingredients come from to make a pizza, according to the release.

aEverybody thinks about preschool as planting the seeds of learning,a Ashley Nichols, a preschool teacher, said in the release. aWith Monsantoas help, we can literally plant seeds to help children learn about agriculture.a

Americaas Farmers Grow Communities has collaborated with farmers for six years, during which over $22 million have been donated to more than 8,000 community organizations across the country,A according to the release.

Winning farmers direct donations to nonprofits to help fight rural hunger, purchase lifesaving fire and emergency service equipment, support agricultural youth leadership programs and buy classroom equipment.

The organization partners with farmers in support of local nonprofit causes that positively impact farming communities in rural America, according to the release.

Grow Communities is one program in the Americaas Farmers community outreach effort, along with Americaas Farmeras Grow Ag Leaders, which encourages rural youth to remain in agriculture, the release stated.

Another program by Americaas Farmers is Grow Rural Education, which works with farmers to nominate rural school districts to compete for $10,000 and $25,000 math and science grants.

The Monsanto Fund is the philanthropic arm of the Monsanto Company and a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the communities where farmers and Monsanto Company employees live and work, according to the release.

To learn more about Americaas Farmers programs, visit www.AmericasFarmers.com.

Reach Jacob Thomas at 270-887-3240 or jthomas@kentuckynewera.com.

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Lamia Kirkwood, 16, of Cody Academy of Public Leadership, chats with Doreen Odom of Western Michigan University in February.(Photo: David Guralnick / The Detroit News)Buy Photo

Inside the Don Bosco Hall Community Resource Center on Detroitas west side, representatives from Michigan State University, Henry Ford College and other higher education institutions sat behind tables, poised to sell their colleges to city high school students.

They passed out brochures, gave admissions tips and talked about how to finance higher education a among the biggest barriers for students.

Many talked about working during the summer or winning scholarships, but an effort is also underway to increase state support for low-income students to help mitigate college costs.

The first concerted campaign to boost state grant funding in years, it comes as college tuition continues to increase, student loan debt has reached historic levels and states like Michigan have ramped up efforts to build highly educated and skilled workforces.

Coming up with a way to pay for an education is the first step for many students to enroll in college, and stay there.

aSome kids donat have enough money to go to school,a said Makayla Williams, a student at WAY Academy, a charter school on Detroitas west side. aThere are a lot of kids who want to go to college but canat afford it.a

Thatas why the Michigan Association of State Universities has spearheaded the effort to boost state funding for need-based grants, which was slashed during the Great Recession and is slowly rebounding.

Advocates say increasing grants will help lower-income students by making college affordable for them and boost Michiganas economy by giving the state a bigger pool of highly skilled workers.

aWe need to facilitate college access for populations not entering and succeeding in college, and that includes individuals from low-income backgrounds,a said Dan Hurley, executive director of the Michigan Association of State Universities.

Erin’s House gets $15K Community Impact Grant | 21Alive: News, Sports, Weather, Fort Wayne WPTA-TV, WISE-TV, and CW | Local (21Alive) – Erin’s House for Grieving Children was handed a $15,000 Community Impact Grant Thursday evening from New York Life Insurance Company.

Thursday’s grant was the third one Erin’s House has received from New York Life.

“It’s an opportunity for us and New York Life to give back to the community and what greater fit than it is for us in our industry where we provide life insurance for those who lose a loved one,” said Dan Doehrmann with New York Life Insurance.

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DILLER a The Diller Community Foundation/Fund Advisory Committee, or FAC, held a surprise dinner Thursday night at the Opera House in DillerA to honor former chairperson, BethA Roelfs, for her many years of contributions.

Many attended the event, including current and former FAC members as well as family and friends of Roelfs.

Newly appointed FAC Chairman, Dennis Schmidt, saysA RoelfsA has been chairperson since the organization’s inception in 1999 and will remain an active and valued member.

“BethA Roelfs, she’s on the Diller Picnic Committee. PeopleA enjoy sports or people enjoy movies or they enjoy the theatre and I enjoy many of those things but I like to volunteer.”

RoelfsA says she was humbled by the gathering.

Local View: ‘Free speech is not without responsibility’
Local View: ‘Free speech is not without responsibility’
How we approach those differences with the words we choose either can mire us in hurtful language choices or put us on the path to understanding.

Civility is how we build community and function better in community.

This spring, Speak Your Peace: The Civility Project of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation will offer three hands-on workshops to help us put more civility into our conversations. And they will teach good listening practices in difficult conversations so that you learn to listen in order to understand rather than listen so that you can defensively respond and pounce.

As for dealing with people who don’t choose to operate in a civil manner, the workshops will help you cope, inviting all parties to speak with more civility and finding a strategy to keep yourself sane if the process takes a little more time and effort than expected.

Civility really does start with all of us. I invite you to join us at these workshops as we all learn what that means for each of us.

Anita Stech is a volunteer organizer for Speak Your Peace: The Civility Project of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation.

Learn to be civil

“Civility Starts with Us” is the name of a series of free workshops on ensuring civility in our community and understanding how each of us can make a difference.