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Show Schools Page 6 The Gunnison Valley Gazette Courtesy Photo Thomas Armstrong and Drew Holdaway take a turn at emptying the paper this year. They among a crew of others have kept the recycling program going strong. Volunteers instrumental in the project but not pictured: Luis Chavez, Bryan Mendez, Isaias Ruiz, Cristian Avila, and Willy Chavez. Students keep recycling program running Students Offering Service (SOS) at Gunnison Valley High School is continuing the paper recycling program at valley schools. To participate at home, all you need is a box and make it a habit to discard all your unwanted clean paper products—old phonebooks, magazines, junk mail, newspaper, cardboard boxes (flattened). When the box is full, empty it into one of the big green recycling dumpsters at any of the schools. If any businesses are interested in helping the cause by having a bin located at your business, call JoLyn Chappell at GVHS, 528-7256. Our schools earn funds from your paper trash. Do Your Best Do Your Best is sponsored by: Peterson Refrigeration and Mechanical 550 South Main, Gunnison • 528-3365 What’s your favorite Sub? Paul Peterson Buffalo Chicken on Wheat with Pepperjack Cheese and ALL the Peppers BODY BARN 62 South Main Gunnison 435-528-5955 Mon - Sat 5 am - 10 pm Closed Sundays MEMBERSHIP PRICES Single Adult 19 & Older 16 - 18 year old 13 - 15 year old Couples Family (4) 62 & older Adult Day Usage 18 & Younger Day Usage Monthly $25 $15 $10 $40 $50 $15 $4 $2 Yearly $200 $150 $100 $350 $500 $150 Each Friday morning, a dozen or so ladies who refer to themselves as the GH Club, short for ‘gray hair’, come into the middle school to spend 30 minutes reading with students. Many of them have done this for years; some are new to the effort. But they show up without fail, and move to different locations to sit down and read with students who need help. Combining their time comes out to about 6 hours of instruction each Friday. Granted, it’s not a huge number, but to the students who get to sit by one of the ladies and have their undivided attention, it’s probably very significant. It could be the best half hour of their week. Who knows? The students bond with the volunteers, and a relationship is created that may last a lifetime. Again, time will tell. One thing is absolutely certain. These ladies demonstrate what they stand for; performing service is much more effective than simply talking about the topic. Without question, they have set aside things at home or in their personal Thursday, October 22, 2009 Norma Roundy and Afton Lund listen to middle school students as they read. lives to volunteer. And when the seasons change and the weather turns cold, their bones and joints may suggest to them that it would be so much easier to stay home where it’s warm. But that’s what separates those who do from those who don’t. There is a commitment inside each of these ladies, and they prove it each Friday when they walk through the school Mr. Lyons looks on as students listen to the tour guide explain how closely the Adams Memorial Theater in Cedar City (where they are sitting) resembles the Globe theater in London where Shakespeare originally performed his plays; it was the closest in the world to the design of the original Globe until the new London Globe theater opened a few years ago. The lecture was part of “Shakespeareance” hosted at the Cedar City Shakespearean Festival on Tuesday October 13. This year 24 students participated in the theater workshop, the backstage tour and as audience to two festival plays: The Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare Abridged, and Tuesdays With Morrie. doors to spend a little time with a young person who really needs them to be there. They’re all grandmothers, and maybe they are simply doing for others what they privately hope might be done for their own grandchildren, who might be in a similar situation. We may never know what prompts them, but we do know they are appreciated for what they do Courtesy Photo to make life better for some of our youngest neighbors. Thank you ladies, you’re always welcome at the school. The ladies involved with this wonderful service project are Rilla Dee Beck, Barbara Bown, Delma Dyreng, Lucille Hill, Elizabeth Jenkins, Nancy Jensen, Afton Lund, Mary Lois Madsen, Iris Neill, Betty Oliver and Norma Roundy. |
