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Huqooq Parchaar "Voice for Rights" October 2008 Planning ahead… ActionAid Pakistan carried out an extensive Plans & Budget exercise this year. The main feature of the process was in depth community participation at the grass roots level, improved coordination and input by the DA partners, and P & B session in progress complete alignment of the P & B process with the organisation's strategic priorities. In this connection, clear guidelines and strategic direction was provided by the CD unit and Finance department so that a smooth, timely and intensive planning and budgeting process could be ensured. 4 As part of the P&B process, programme and unit managers Women speak out conducted detailed discussions with programme staff to Women have traditionally been suppressed develop a common and marginalised in our society, but those understanding of the belonging to minority groups have perhaps organization's strategic faced the worst form of discrimination and priorities. Programme staffs exclusion in their public and private lives. Iftar Dinner-An excellent then shared their understanding ActionAid has taken up this issue by team building exercise with all partners and facilitated organising and mobilising women them in organising belonging to minority groups to fight for Participatory Review and their rights. In this connection, ActionAid Lahore area office Reflection Processes (PRRPs) with the communities, including conducted consultations in ten districts in Punjab and facilitated the women, to ensure realistic and people centred planning. minority women in developing a charter of demands, highlighting their social, economic, cultural and legal rights. Continued on page 4 To share this charter with the policy makers, a provincial consultation was organised in Lahore in which almost eighty five women belonging to minority groups participated. Provincial Minister for Human Rights and Minority Affairs Kamran Michael and Member Punjab Assembly Amina Butter were invited to respond to the women's concerns. While acknowledging ActionAid's role in providing a platform to these women, The Minister assured the participants of his full support and cooperation. He also shared some of the important positive steps taken by his ministry to address the issues of the women and men belonging to the minority groups. Continued on page 4 IT initiative IT department has launched footprint online software in order to keep track of all IT related problems, assess the overall working condition of the IT system, and to identify the training needs of the end users (all non-IT staffs). This software will allow users to report day to day IT problems and queries by logging in with their unique user name and password. The IT department will not only respond to their problems but would also organise unit-wise trainings and orientations to better equip the non-IT staffs with IT skills and know-how. ActionAid Pakistan's IT coordinator Kamran Sarwar has been given the responsibility of supervising and providing technical support for this software all across the Asia country programmes. Huqooq Parchaar 1 Fisher Women Convention The participating women demanded that the right of A convention of fisherwomen was organised by ActionAid's partner two million fisher folk to Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum (PFF) to highlight the problems faced by catch fish in the sweet fisher folk community especially fisher women due to the influence of waters should be restored, big feudal lords over water resources. and the fisherwomen should be extended small Hundreds of fisher women, political representatives and human rights loans and basic facilities. activist were present at the convention which was held at Hyderabad, The joint resolution called Sindh. Participation of hundreds of women from far flung areas for action against the exhibited their collective strength and unshakeable commitment to the influential feudal lords and landlords, who have occupied most of the cause. sweet water resources and demanded framing of a new fisheries policy in consultation with the fisher folk. National Conference of Transgender Community Transgender community is not only identified as a high risk group for HIV and AIDS and other venereal diseases, but is also subject to everyday humiliation, ridicule and harassment at the hands of the society. It is excluded and completely sidelined from the mainstream social processes and decision making procedures. In order to sensitize, unite and empower the transgender community, ActionAid has facilitated a group of dynamic and active transgender people to form a Community Based Organization named SATHI Foundation. In September 2008, a National Conference of Transgender community was organized in Lahore in which transgender community from across the country participated. It was for the first time that these people were able to voice their opinions, concerns and problems, and share experiences with one another. Continued on page 4 United we Stand! ActionAid Pakistan in "Peace for a prosperous Pakistan" collaboration with partner organisations Women This was the key slogan of a Workers Helpline & Labor nationwide peace campaign Education Foundation launched by the peace portfolio of launched the first ever ActionAid Pakistan to mark the Home based Aurat International Day of Peace on 21st workers union. September. The objective of the campaign was to highlight the The union aims to mobilise impact of conflict on the lives of and motivate the Home the common people especially Based Women Workers for claiming their rights as workers, have women and children, and to mobilise conflict affected people, civil access to work related facilities, just wages and social protection. The society and youth to play their role in building a peaceful society. union comprising women workers from all across the country will A number of activities were designed for the week-long campaign in lobby the government to sign and ratify ILO convention C-177 and collaboration with the area offices, partners, volunteers, students and initiate social protection schemes in the informal sector. media. Below are the highlights of the campaign: This initiative is a milestone in the women's movement in Pakistan Our Team in Bagh (AJK) in partnership with 'Press for Peace' held a and a great achievement for ActionAid Pakistan. Women workers peace seminar in which people from different walks of life hailed the initiative with celebration and festivity and termed it "A participated. Continued on page 4 big breakthrough" towards their goal. The union had its first planning meeting at ActionAid Country Office in which members were assigned roles and responsibilities and activities and budget were finalised for the next year. 2 Huqooq Parchaar "Burial of five innocent women alive in Balochistan"- ActionAid response ActionAid Pakistan has condemned the reported brutal killing of five women in Balochistan province in the name of tribal honour. As women's groups held street protests against "honour killings" in several cities in Pakistan, ActionAid, Karachi office in collaboration with Pirbhat Women Development Organization organized a seminar and peaceful protest rally at Hyderabad Press Club to condemn the barbaric act. Dozens of women activists, civil society organizations of Hyderabad and adjacent areas, political workers, writers, and community women from Shikarpur, Jacobabad and Shadadkot participated in the rally. Holding placards in their hands they chanted slogans against the Jirga system that institutionally victimises women, and demanded decisive action to bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to justice. Ashezai- a successful woman farmer Like other parts of Pakistan, women are an integral part of the agriculture sector in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). From land preparation to crop production, women are involved in all steps such as sowing, harvesting and storage of the produce and seed for future usage. Though involved in arduous tasks such as weeding the fields and cleaning the seeds, women are not included in decision making regarding what to sow and how to utilize the money earned from selling the crop. Their work is unrecognized and they are referred to as "women who work on the land" not "farmers" by fellow men. These women possess indigenous knowledge about agriculture particularly seed preservation, sowing and harvesting. In order to capitalize on this knowledge and to help local women get themselves recognized as farmers, ActionAid in partnership with Community Development Organization started the seed bank project. Women were provided with seeds to sow on the condition that they would return 28kg of seed instead of 25 Kg (3 kg more for the seed pool) when the crop is harvested. This has resulted in developing a pool of local seed for sustainability of this programme and has also provided increased and better yield for the women farmers. (100kg per acre increase in productivity after the use of local seed). Continued on page 4 Dialogue on Bonded Labour To commemorate the decision against 'Peshgi' (bonded) labour system by Supreme Court of Pakistan on 18th September 1988, Pakistan Bhatta Mazdoor Union (Brick Kiln Workers Union) and Action Aid Pakistan jointly organized a dialogue on Bonded Labour in Lahore. More than 50 representatives of trade unions and Brick kiln workers' groups from different districts of Punjab and Government officials from the Labour Department participated in the dialogue. The Brick Kiln workers demanded that they should be paid fixed wages so that they do no have to take advance from the owners, Consultations on "Seed Issue" which leads to their perpetual exploitation. Government should regulate their wages and issue them social security cards, Legal Aid Ministry of Food Agriculture & Centre of the labour department should be made accessible and more Livestock (MINFAL) has proposed effective. District management, police, media and trade unions should "Seed Act 2008" and "Plant Breeders work in coordination for protecting the rights of Bhatta workers, and Rights Act 2008" with the aim to regulate equal representation of Brick Kiln workers should be ensured in the the seed business in Pakistan. According District Vigilance Committees. to the proposed acts, multinational corporations (MNCs) would have a greater control over seeds which would likely force the poor farmers to resort to MNCs to buy seeds or pay royalty to them every year. In this background, ActionAid organized a series of consultations in the four provinces to raise awareness among small farmers on seed issues and lobby the government to make pro-farmer amendments in the proposed acts. As a result of the successful consultations, Provincial Ministers for Agriculture and parliamentarians invited ActionAid to submit proposal for the required amendments to the ministry of agriculture. They assured ActionAid of their support and cooperation in this regard. Building up on the recommendations and demands of the small farmers during the consultations, ActionAid Pakistan's Food Rights portfolio is actively working on developing the said proposal. Huqooq Parchaar 3 Planning ahead… Continued from page 1 "Peace for a prosperous Pakistan" Continued from page 2 After thorough planning and budgeting process at the DA and area Jaag Welfare Movement in Rahim Yar Khan organised a Press office level, an exhaustive P & B session was carried out at the Conference and Seminar titled "What are the main hurdles in country office in which the Programme Managers presented world peace". Students' speech Competition was organised on the consolidated budgets of their DAs and area offices, while the policy topic "Role of youth in peace building". and women rights managers shared their thematic plans and budgets. Projected income from project funding and sponsorship for the year Pakistan Welfare Society, our partner in Layyah (Punjab) organized a 2009 was also shared with the participants. This was followed by an seminar at Union council Choubara titled "Between Women's Right interactive learning session to analyze the weaknesses and strengths and Traditions: The dilemma facing women in Pakistan today". of the process and develop a meticulous action plan. In Bhakkar (Punjab), our partner Awam Dost Foundation organized a Speech Competition in Government Boys High School Panjgrai and An account of the engagements at National & International Level, a poster competition in Government Girls High School Kahawar Risk Matrix development and Monitoring to Improve Programme Kalan. Quality and Planning were also part of the P & B exercise. Area office Lahore actively participated in the peace campaign and organized a "Peace Convention" by involving students of Women speak out Continued from page 1 schools and universities. A documentary film (made by a human An important outcome of the consultation was the formation of a 15- rights activist) featuring the plight of internally displaced people member Minority Women Core Group that will further work for of Bajaur as direct victims of conflict and war was screened at achieving the rights of minority women. this occasion. Another important event was a media consultation, "Peace is Another milestone for minorities in Punjab is the formation of possible through youth" organized in collaboration with Chanan Scheduled Caste Rights Movement, supported by ActionAid. This Development Association in which over 150 students belonging to movement is actively working for the rights of the minorities and different religious and social backgrounds participated. fighting exclusion, discrimination and marginalisation. Similarly In Peshawar, Gujranwala, Kasur and Faisalabad, ActionAid organised youth activities in collaboration with Peace Foundation, STANCE, Good Thinkers Association and STAR respectively. During the campaign, students and youth were encouraged to write peace messages on banners which were to be displayed and shared with wider civil society, media and policy makers during the Wrap-up session in Islamabad. However due to tense security situation in the country, the event has been postponed till the end of October 2008. In the meanwhile, Peace portfolio is actively working on developing a short documentary film featuring the impact of conflict on the lives of ordinary people, and citizens' role in peace building. The film is expected to be launched and screened at the culmination session of the peace campaign. National Conference of Transgender Community Continued from page 2 The first ever National Conference served to educate the transgender community about their rights. It also mobilised and motivated them Flood 2008 Continued from page 5 to demand their entitlements as equal citizens, equal human beings. collected data of affected people and prioritised poorest of the poor, women headed households and landless people to receive the relief ActionAid will work closely with SATHI Foundation to further packages, which comprised ration (food), bedding & kitchen utensils. strengthen this network and develop it into an enduring platform for transgender community's awareness raising, education, mobilisation AO team closely monitored the relief activity to ensure accountability and empowerment. and transparency. Case studies and people's feedback was collected to assess the impact and success of the intervention. After responding to people's immediate needs, we also facilitated them in reconstructing Ashezai- a successful woman farmer Continued from page 3 their homes, build boundary walls and adopt precautionary measures against further damage. "Our forefathers used to manage the entire cropping cycle from sowing to harvesting and seed storage for the next season. This By Ziauddin Abro & Shazia Hina practice has diminished over time and now we have to take loan from the landlord to purchase seeds and fertilizers from the market. A large portion of our income from the crop goes in settling this credit and we are left with nothing to support our families". Says Ashezai, mother of 6 , from village Pirtab Banda , Swabi District (NWFP). Ashezai received 25kg of wheat seed from ActionAid, free of cost, on the condition that she would return it upon harvest. She says, "I took seed from ActionAid and motivated 9 other women to grow it on my husband's land. It was a big challenge for us. Our men ridiculed the idea saying that the seed would not grow. We thank God that our produce was more than what my husband and sons got. They were impressed with our knowledge of agriculture and now they consider us farmers". "The first thing I did was to return quality grains back to ActionAid pool to be given to other women. I can use my produce as I desire", says Ashezai looking at her husband Munfat Khan who smiled and said, "Yes, it is her right". By Aqsa Khan 4 Huqooq Parchaar After incidents of Tsunami, and Pakistan Earthquake 2005, the world focus has changed from Flood 2008 Response to Risk Reduction. Pakistan is situated in disaster prone region. Most of its areas are either situated on Earthquake fault line or prone to recurrent droughts. Riverside areas experience severe flooding in monsoon season while coastal belt faces cyclones and thunderstorms. In 2006 Pakistan faced severe floods in lower parts of the Country (Sindh). NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority) and Pakistan Met department declared it the heaviest rainfall in last 42 years. Met department also warned of heavy rainfall in 2007. A lack of disaster preparedness and risk reduction strategies at the community level caused massive damage to people's lives, livelihoods and properties. This year, as the Met department warned of heavy rains, our Karachi office immediately started to work on Disaster Risk Reduction tools. A local Emergency –First Action Support Team (E-FAST) was prepared in Sindh and Balochistan development areas. A detailed emergency list of village informants and volunteers was compiled and people were motivated to adopt precautionary measures such as shifting of livestock to elevated places, stocking of dry food items and responding to early warning system. This was widely practiced in Johi and Zarin survives the flood Shahdadkot areas. "It rained hard last night. Everything As an outcome of disaster risk reduction was washed away with the flood. I am strategy, communities in Sindh and Balochistan only left with this Burka (veil gown) to development areas were able to safeguard themselves against heavy keep myself from getting drenched." rains and flood. Said 70 year-old Zarin Taja, a resident of flood affected village Patwar Payan, However, in Peshawar area unexpectedly severe rains did cause union council Mathra District Peshawar (NWFP). A widow, living in a massive flood, posing a serious challenge to the communities and small shelter with her three daughters-in-law and grandchildren, Zarin emergency workers alike. Taj works alongside her daughters-in-law to run the household. She has no land to cultivate and no source of regular income. Immediately after the flood hit the area, ActionAid Area office Peshawar made quick damage assessment and selected the worst hit She shared her story with ActionAid as she came to collect her relief union council Mathra for the relief work. Concerned government package after the flood hit her village and there was nothing left to officials, Relief Commissioner, and district coordination officer were eat. Her house had been washed away by the heavy flood. She kept in loop to avoid duplication of relief activities. Our received a temporary shelter by an NGO in which her extended family Implementing partner Blue Veins (Peshawar based organization) could barely fit in. Collecting her eatables and blankets from Continued on page 4 ActionAid, she seemed happy and said "at least now we'd be able to fast in the holy month of Ramadan. May Allah bless you". A Burning Issue By Shazia Hina "Balochistan is a burning issue and we must address it as a matter of priority" said one of the participants of a consultation organized by ActionAid on the Crisis of Balochistan. The purpose of the event was to analyse the Balochistan issue from various perspectives, identify the causes and challenges, and suggest possible solution to the problem. To ensure a balanced discussion and equal participation from all stakeholders, government representatives, Baloch political leaders, journalists, students, civil society representatives and concerned citizens were invited to reflect upon the various angles of the issue and exchange suggestions and recommendations. At this occasion a delegation of Baloch political leaders and journalists presented a charter of demands before the house which was formulated through a consensus of various segments of Baloch society. It demanded that the government ensure Baloch people's participation in decision making at all levels, make efforts for an early resolution of the issue of Internally Displaced People and ensure equal opportunities for education and employment for the Baloch people. Huqooq Parchaar 5 Heart-breaking Discrimination society to allow such humiliation and discrimination victimise an innocent young child. It is because of these discriminatory behaviours that most Hindus in Rahim Yar Khan, adults and children, are How important is "rights based approach to development" in a illiterate. situation where poverty and deprivation predominate and preoccupy the minds and spirits of the poor people? I am glad to see that ActionAid is addressing How can one advocate and stand for human rights in an environment this issue on a priority where people are suffering from constant hunger, ill health and lack basis. We have managed of basic necessities such as shelter and clothes? to open very effective literacy classes for adults How can people respond to calls for group mobilisation, organisation, and children. We provide association and networking, while they are abused and exploited by skills and vocational the powerful? training for women; facilitate communities to These and other similar have access to health, thoughts lingered in my mind water and sanitation as I made a visit to Rahim facilities and open up a platform for dialogue and debate on Yar Khan Development Area discrimination, exclusion, peace and inter-faith harmony. (DA) in May 2008. The DA takes pride in its substantial work on minorities' rights Many people I met and interacted with gave a positive feedback especially addressing about ActionAid's work in Rahim Yar Khan. They were pleased to discrimination against local see the little positive developments; however, we now need to focus Hindu communities. I went to on transforming institutional constraints, systems and policies that a village a few kilometres allow undignified and discriminatory social relations to continue. It is away from Rahim Yar Khan important to address gaps in governance and discriminatory attitudes where Hindus are living at the margin of the local communities. They in educational institutions. We should increase our investment in are denied their right to own land or property in the neighbourhood. strengthening poor and vulnerable peoples' groups, associations and networks. ActionAid's good name and credibility in the area must be "Once a Muslim landlord beat up a Hindu boy for talking on the utilised to support and link people's struggle to the political mobile phone while passing in front of him on his bicycle. He thought it leadership and policy makers. Only this way, we can address the long to be disrespectful so he "punished" the boy and took away his mobile standing issues of discrimination and exclusion that have eroded the phone, told the DA coordinator as I listened in utter disbelief. He lives of the poor people for decades. shared that he was once asked by a hotel manager to pay for the cups By Fikre Zewdie and plates used by a Hindu participant during a Training Workshop in Lahore. "Our customers refuse to eat in plates that have been used by Hindus. You should have informed us beforehand that a Hindu would be coming to your training." The hotel manager had said. ActionAid Pakistan in collaboration with partners, alliances of farmers and landless On my way to another village, a Hindu activist, Sukh Dev, invited us peasants' networks on food rights, land rights to show his three square meter office where he collects and writes movement and women's organizations is launching stories about his people and the situation in which they live. As we sat and talked, he sent his colleague, Ramesh Kumar, to bring us tea HungerFREE Women Campaign from a nearby tea stall. Ramesh came back with a thin plastic bag on filled with tea. He was struggling to keep his hands from burning. A th World Rural Women Day, 15 October, 2008. rather risky way to serve tea, I thought, until I was told that the tea stall owner did not want Ramesh to touch the kettle and teacups. "If you touch them, they would need to be thrown away and replaced" ActionAid will facilitate Charter Journeys from had been the warning from the tea stall owner. village to village which will fuse at the provincial level and the final culmination will be in the form We went to two other villages where we met 5 to 14 years old children having literacy classes supported by ActionAid Pakistan. I of a joint National Convention in Islamabad. was amazed by the speed of the teaching and learning going on in these literacy centres, and the neat handwriting and fluent reading Join the thousands of women as they unite to skills these children had acquired in just four months! demand an end to the food crisis Despite having two government primary schools in the vicinity, Hindu children prefer to study in ActionAid's literacy centres due to Join the charter journeys, send a solidarity discriminatory and offensive environment of the government schools. message or share a thought "My teacher let all other children drink water from the glass while I was told to drink from my hands. I felt ashamed. I do not want to go Visit www.actionaid.org/pakistan for details Design & Printing: Media Mind Soft back there", shared a seven-year-old boy who had left government primary school to join ActionAid's literacy centre. 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Non-profit organizations from across the area all part of the United Way's 2013 funding drive.
Representatives from close to 60 organizations met Tuesday morning to receive the final grants from the United Way of Greater Rochester.
The final grants fund a combination of programs designed to meet our community's needs and the drive totaled close to $5.8-million. Programs like Meals on Wheels, which provides food delivery for seniors with limited mobility can use these grants to expand services and provide services to more people.
Phil Shippers of Meals on Wheels said, "This will help us to significantly reduce that waiting list and we'll be able to provide more meals and because of this support we're getting from United Way it does lessen the financial burden of providing meals on a regular basis."
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You knew it was coming. It was just a matter of when. Yes, with all the bonding with bearding that the now World Series Champion Boston Red Sox had, the question was, when would they shave them off?
Yes, the beards have become iconic to the point of having names. Pedroia's beard was named "The Sick Flow", Jonny Gomes has "The Ironsides", and David Ross has "The Wolf". So, who will be some of the first?
On Monday morning in the Gillette Gillette World Shaving Headquarters lobby, World Series MVP David Ortiz, outfielder Shane Victorino, and famed bearded bullpen Officer Steve Horgan who was seen raising his hands when Ortiz smacked his grand-slam in the ALCS as Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter went crashing legs up over the wall, will shave their beards off with one lucky fan. Whether the beards act like Samson's hair and Victorino and Ortiz are rendered powerless will have to be seen in 2014.
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I don't know about Sales Numbers, but I don't remember the Saturn being an also ran. It remained pretty competitive against the N64 and PlayStation for quite a while. I think its shorter lifespan had more to do with Sega wanting to get a jump on the PS2 by releasing the DreamCast first.
If you are going to classify the Saturn as an also ran, than I would say it had the best games of the systems you mentioned. If you want to collect the actually system and games itself, go for it. If you're looking to play Emulated versions, I believe you're out of luck. I've heard that system is a nightmare to emulate.
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The RBSA Gallery has a changing programme of exhibitions on two floors of gallery space. This programme includes four open submission exhibitions: all artists can enter work for selection to these exhibitions. The ground floor has space for solo shows as well as a Craft Gallery, which has established a reputation as the place to find exciting and unique contemporary craft.
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Agusto & Co. (2002 2003 and 2005): "Understanding Banking Business", Training Manuals, IBFC Limited, Lagos
Al-Abed, S.A (2003): Electronic Banking, available at http://www.bankersonline.com/technology/gurus_tech081803d.html
Balachandher, K.G (2001): Electronic Banking in Malaysia: A Note on Evolution of Services and Consumer Reactions, Multimedia University, Malaysia, at http/www.mmu.edu.my
BankAway, A (2001): Electronic Banking: The Ultimate Guide To Business And Technology Of Online Banking, Edited by SCN Education, available at http://www.bankersonline.com/technology_tech081803d.html
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Carse, H.T (1999): "The Effect Of Information Technology On Banking Services", Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Vol. 77(2), pp.16-28.
CBN (2003): Guidelines On Electronic-Banking In Nigeria, available at http/www.cenbank.org
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Citibank (2004): The Benefits Of Information Technology, at http/www.ebusinessforum.com
Fagbuyi, T (2003): "New Security Requirements For E-Banking System", In Business Times, August 25-31, p.36
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RIO GRANDE, Ohio — Mia Persson scored a pair of goals and Laerke Lillelund Michaelsen handed out a pair of assists to lead third-ranked Lindsey Wilson College to a 5-0 win over the University of Rio Grande, Saturday afternoon, in a Mid-South Conference women's soccer match at sun-splashed Evan E. Davis Field.
Katarina Simic, Cecilia Ekstrand and Elisha Fry also had goals for the Blue Raiders, who improved to 7-2-1 overall and 4-0 in the MSC.
Rio Grande, which suffered a third straight loss, dropped to 4-7 overall and 1-4 in league play.
The RedStorm was outshot, 33-2, and threatened to score just once in the contest.
Simic got the scoring underway with an unassisted marker 12-1/2 minutes into the game and Persson scored her first goal just 46 seconds later off a feed from Saeda Sueki to make it 2-0.
The Blue Raiders tacked on a pair of goal within 90 seconds of each other inside the opening five minutes of the second stanza to officially settle the issue.
Ekstrand scored at 47:47 and Persson found the net again at 49:19, with Lilleund Michaelsen assisting on both, to extend the cushion to 4-0.
Lindsey Wilson's final goal came with 4:25 left to play when Fry scored off of a free kick after being fouled just outside of the box.
Rio Grande's lone scoring opportunity came on a breakaway by sophomore forward Allana Shelton with just over 16 minutes left in the first half, but Lindsey Wilson net-minder Josephine Frigge made the save to keep the shutout intact.
Frigge went the first 69:32 in goal before giving way to Loren Cerafice, who also had a save in her 20:28 of action.
Sophomore goal keeper Allison Keeney stopped 11 shots for the RedStorm.
Rio Grande played a fourth straight contest without the services of freshman forward Courtney Young - the team's third-leading scorer - as she continues to nurse a leg injury.
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The Daisy Garden Club recently held its October meeting in the home of Edith Hare.
Potted plants and flowers were displayed throughout the hallway and dining area of the home.
The theme of the meeting was "Pray, Think, Listen, Thankful, Love, Joy and Welcome."
Vivian Bullock led the devotion. The group sang "In the Garden," after which Bullock read the poem, "Be Thankful." A prayer followed the reading.
Barbara Carroll, club president, conducted the business session. Correspondences and committee reports were given.
Edith Carroll presented a program on moving houseplants inside for winter. Topics of the program included inspecting plants for signs of insects and disease, cleaning pots and plants and what to expect after moving a plant indoors.
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Every December for the past three years, Josh's family and my family have been getting together for an elegant dinner in Orlando. Josh and I decided to drive over to Orlando on our own this past December in order to go to Bass Pro Shops beforehand. Josh picked me up late and was on the phone and got out of the car to talk once I got in. Once off the phone, Josh informed me that we had to drive back to his house to get his Bass Pro Rewards points. On the way to Orlando, I asked Josh if he had seen any diamonds lately because a friend had told me that day that he had been looking at rings. Josh got mad and wanted to know who had told me. Ultimately, he explained he didn't want me to get my hopes up for something that wasn't going to happen. I got sad, but I knew he was right.
We went to Bass Pro, but on the way to dinner, we got stuck in traffic and were nervous about being late. Josh had told me he didn't want to be late for such an important night, but I thought nothing of it because our parents only get together once a year. We received phone calls from both of our parents, saying they were running late as well. When Josh and I arrived at the hotel for dinner, they started walking toward the restaurant. Josh pulled me aside and said we should walk out on the balcony. We walked out on the balcony and could see the Orlando skyline all lit up. Josh asked me a question about something towards one side of the balcony, so I turned my head to look.
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2010 Distinguished Scholars, Service and Leadership: Margo Martinez
Falfurrias senior gives back to the community
FALFURRIAS - Her philosophy is simple. Give back to the community, and it will reward you in return. Maybe it will not be today or tomorrow. Maybe it won't come in the form of cash or accolades.
But for Margo Martinez to know her visit helped a senior citizen pass a lonely hour or her time at a neighborhood cleanup made a park a little easier for a child to play is reward enough.
"I find value in that," she said.
For all her hard work in the classroom and in her community, the Falfurrias High School senior has been chosen as a winner for the 2010 Caller-Times/Citgo South Texas Distinguished Scholars in the Service and Leadership category.
Margo, 17, is ranked sixth out of 81 in her graduating class and maintains a 98.9 grade average. She hasn't yet decided where she will attend classes next year but has narrowed it to the Art Institute of Las Vegas or the University of Hawaii where she will study photography.
"I would love to own my own studio," she said. "The perfect way to capture a moment is with a photo."
While Margo's work in the classroom is part of what makes her shine, it is her willingness to lend a hand throughout her community and beyond that prompted National Honor Society sponsor and teacher Rita Ramos to nominate the senior for this year's scholarship. She describes Margo as energetic, enthusiastic and always the first to volunteer.
"She is not afraid of working hard," Ramos said.
It's a trait Ramos believes Margo learned from watching her mother, Dora Martinez, who spent a great deal of time volunteering on campus.
"(Martinez) has really set the example for her and pushed her to do her best," Ramos said.
Martinez said she has tried to instill a strong appreciation of education in her daughter.
"I have always told her that if she wants to amount to anything she has to learn everything," she said.
Martinez is very proud of all her daughter has accomplished and is excited about what the future holds for her.
Margo has changed her mind a few times about where she would like to attend classes in the fall and each time it seems to Martinez her daughter gets farther away. First, it was New York and then Hawaii. Martinez finally asked her youngest daughter to stop telling her until she was sure.
"Where ever she wants to go she is going to take my heart," she said.
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SK High in Battle of the Radio Band
From the turf at South Kitsap High School to the streets of Seattle, the South Kitsap High School marching band has been turning heads.
In November, band members marched in Macy's Holiday Parade across the water and earned Macy's Award for Musical Excellence. Now they've hit the airwaves of KZOK radio as contestants in the classic rock station's "School of Rock — Battle of the Bands" high school band contest. The station is at 102.5 on the FM dial.
The assignment for the contest was to "come up with a classic rock song and make it sound fantastic," said KZOK host Bob Rivers.
Rivers called the Kitsap Sun with kudos for South Kitsap's entry, a "Magical Mystery Tour" medley of Beatles tunes.
"Your band is amazing, and we are honored to have them as participants," Rivers said. "I saw them, and I thought they were
fantastic. They obviously work very hard at their craft."
This first of what could become an annual School of Rock contest is meant to generate badly needed support for high school music programs "and get the community and school spirit going," Rivers said.
The SKHS band is one of 46 high school ensembles entered in the contest, which promises a $10,000 grand prize to the winner.
The contest, sponsored by The Rock Wood Fired Pizza, was to have been judged by online voting through the end of January, but the contest link was quickly hacked.
"Are we smarter than a 10th grader?" KZOK's Web site reads. "The answer is obviously no. We clearly goofed. We're old farts. We don't understand this Internet thing."
Instead, voting will be conducted by the high school band leaders themselves. Each band director will get three votes, only one of which can be cast for their own school.
Eight semifinalists will emerge from the first round of voting. Final winners will be chosen by Brad McDavid, director of the University of Washington Husky Marching Band; Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony's Music Director; and Donn Bennett of Donn Bennett Drum Studios. Winners will be announced Feb. 8.
South Kitsap's band, with 109 members, has more than doubled in size and grown in talent in the six years that director Gary Grams has held the baton. The band has won numerous awards over the past couple of years, including Best Marching Band in the 2006 Macy's Holiday Parade in Seattle and first place among marching bands in the 2007 Bremerton Armed Forces Day Parade.
The band's large and small brass ensembles each earned a second place at the 2007 Washington State Music Educators State Solo and Ensemble Festival in Ellensburg in April.
Three band members were chosen from among students in a five-state region to participate in the All-Northwest Band and Orchestra in Portland last year. Also in 2007, several of the band's ensembles earned recognition and awards at the Heritage Festival Competition in Orlando, Fla.
And who knows where they'll go next? While in Seattle this year, the band was approached by a retired member of the Tournament of Roses committee, who encouraged them to apply to march in the 2010 Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif.
"He saw our performance in the Macy's parade and thought we'd represent the Northwest very well," Grams said.
This story has been corrected. The band participated in the Seattle Macy's Holiday Parade, not the one in New York City.
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