From Left: Chuck Reed Commander, Zachary Byron 3rd place VOD, Randall Mills 2nd place VOD, Erinjen Lin 1st place VOD, and Karana Wickens 1st place Patriots Pen, Harry Pendergrass, Chairman Patriots Pen. Patriots Pen 2nd place Nicholas Parros could not attend.
I am pleased to bring you a message from our local VFW Post!
The VFW’s scholarship programs the Voice of Democracy and the Patriots Pen had a BIG Chelsea winners in 2011: Erinjen Lin and Karana Wickens!
The VOD winner here from Chelsea High School is Erinjen Lin. She also placed 2nd in our District out of entries from 27 Post. She will be honored and recognized on February 4th at the VFW District 6 meeting in Brighton, Mi. Congratulations to Erinjen Lin!!
In the Patriots Pen, Karana Wickens 8th grade was our winner here in Chelsea. Karana also placed 1st in the district. Her entry was forwarded for the state competition to compete amongst the 422 VFW Post throughout the State. Karana is in the top 5 in the state and will be a guest of the VFW 6th District in Kalamazoo for the Mid-winter conference the 27th, 28th, and 29th, of January. Here on Saturday night at the formal dinner the winner of the Patriots Pen for the State of Michigan will be announced. Karana has a very good chance of being that winner. She will also be honored and recognied at the VFW meeting in Brighton in February.
Here at the Chelsea Post we have already honored and recognized our winners. If you see them in your class or the hallways please congratulate them! VOD winners, 1st-Erinjen Lin, Chelsea 2nd- Randall Mills, Dexter, 3rd- Zachary Byron, Dexter. Patriots Pen Winners, 1st-Karana Wickens, Chelsea, 2nd- Nicholas Parros, Dexter.
Please keep these programs in mind for next year, more participation is good for everyone involved.
Magic: The Gathering Weekly Gaming Nightis a regularly scheduled card game event organized by teens and overseen by an adult volunteer. Magic is a strategy game that builds social, mathematic, reading, and problem solving skills. The event is open to players ages 12 and older at all levels of experience. Players must own a starter deck of Magic: The Gathering cards, available at any place where collectible card games are sold. Restricted cards will not be allowed in game play.
Check out the Facebook Group for this event to get more information!
Jim Ottaviani has operated a couple of nuclear reactors, among other things. He is a scientist who just happened to fall into writing books about science in an approachable, enjoyable format: comics.
His latest book, Feynman, is a biography of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Everyone from BoingBoing to Oprah has been giving the book rave reviews.
About Feynman: Richard Feynman: physicist . . . Nobel winner . . . bestselling author . . . safe-cracker.
In this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, world-class raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Richard Feynman. Written by nonfiction comics mainstay Jim Ottaviani and brilliantly illustrated by First Second author Leland Myrick, Feynman tells the story of the great man’s life from his childhood in Long Island to his work on the Manhattan Project and the Challenger disaster. Ottaviani tackles the bad with the good, leaving the reader delighted by Feynman’s exuberant life and staggered at the loss humanity suffered with his death.
Anyone who ever wanted to know more about Richard P. Feynman, quantum electrodynamics, the fine art of the bongo drums, the outrageously obscure nation of Tuva, or the development and popularization of the field of physics in the United States need look no further than this rich and joyful work.
Ellen Hopkins in an author that I was particularly excited to meet in person. Her book, Crank, and subsequent titles are extremely popular, both due to Ellen’s unique story-in-poetry style, and for the content: always timely, always controversial.
About Crank: CRANK A New York Times bestseller, is loosely based on my older daughter’s story of addiction to crystal meth.
Released in October 2004, the novel, my first, quickly found a following, due to its timely subject matter, interesting format and honest portrayal of a “good girl’s” fall from grace.
About Ellen’s latest YA book, Perfect: Everyone wants to be perfect, but when perfection loses its meaning, how far will you go? What would you give up to be perfect?
A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling Impulse, Ellen Hopkins’s Perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves.
Coming September 13, 2011.
Jonathan Auxier and I got off to a bit of a rough, if funny start: I called him Peter, the title character from Peter Nimble & His Fantastic Eyes. In this interview we clarify the pronounciation of Jonathan’s last name, discuss how awesomely creepy the introduction to his book is, and why series books are cruel and unusual punishment for parents.
About the Book: Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery. One fateful afternoon, he steals a box from a mysterious traveling haberdasher—a box that contains three pairs of magical eyes. When he tries the first pair, he is instantly transported to a hidden island where he is presented with a special quest: to travel to the dangerous Vanished Kingdom and rescue a people in need. Along with his loyal sidekick—a knight who has been turned into an unfortunate combination of horse and cat—and the magic eyes, he embarks on an unforgettable, swashbuckling adventure to discover his true destiny.
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