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Coast Guard Auxiliary offers boating course
Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 11-10 will hold a safe boating and seamanship course Jan. 3 through Jan. 31. Classes will be Mondays and Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at 51 Main St., above the fish market. The program costs $40 and includes materials. Call (727) 735-0735, 734-0215 or 736-1191. CLEARWATER Scholarships available from Italy groups Applications for two $1,000 scholarships are available from the Clearwater chapter of the Order Sons of Italy in America. The Daughters of Italy Lodge 2825 is offering two $1,000 scholarships. Applicants must be 2007 Florida high school graduates and of Italian descent. To receive an application or for more information, call Daughters of Italy Lodge 2825 scholarship chairwoman Clara Shaw at (727) 785-6428.
Rep. Leonard Hughes to Highlight Freedom Scholarship Dinner
WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Leonard Hughes will be the keynote speaker at the annual Freedom Scholarship Dinner at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 16 in the UCM Multipurpose Building. The dinner will highlight the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration planned for the UCM campus and surrounding community Jan. 10-24. Hughes is the youngest legislator in the Missouri House of Representatives. Born and raised in Kansas City, Hughes studied American Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and he is the chief executive officer of Abravax, Inc., and the president of Young Freedom and a member of the board of directors of Freedom, Inc. Hughes also serves as vice president of the Young Democrats of Kansas City, chair of the Minority State Caucus of the Young Democrats, and a member of the NAACP. He was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2004, where he currently is a member of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus.
Report: Zook lands recruit_from Quincy Notre Dame
According to a report by WGEM-TV in Quincy, the Illini have received an oral commitment from offensive tackle Jack Cornell of Quincy Notre Dame High School, who had earlier committed to Michigan State. The 6-foot-7, 305-pound Cornell rescinded his commitment to Michigan State after the resignation of coach John L. Smith. Cornell chose the Illini after also considering Nebraska. He is considered one of the top offensive linemen in the Midwest. According to a published report in Maryland, the Illini also have a commitment from linebacker Ian Thomas of DeMatha High School in Washington, D.C. The 6-0, 215-pound Thomas also had scholarship offers from Connecticut and Pittsburgh. It already figured to be a busy week for Illini recruiters, who are expecting an oral commitment Thursday night from Chicago Simeon defensive end Martez Wilson.
Fusion launch new community service program
Fort Wayne Fusion owner/general manager Jeremy Golden isn't afraid of being called crazy. He's announced another program that may leave some scratching their heads. If his dare is accurate, he'll be dying his hair Fusion orange. "If people think I'm nuts, that's fine. We are creating a community-oriented program where our corporate friends purchase season tickets for local charities. Then those charities can re-sell their allotment of tickets; give them away as volunteer incentives or an activity night. Corporations make a tax-deductible gift of tickets to schools, churches, sports leagues and social service agencies. If it's a non-profit organization they are eligible." "How does it work? Let's say you are with St. Joe Little League and you sell 50 season tickets at $65 each, that's more than $3000.
Community Foundation receives historic donation
The Western Colorado Community Foundation has received $1.5 million from a Delta couple, the largest donation in its 10-year history. Harold and Margaret Porter, both 91, last week established three permanent endowment funds, said Anne Wenzel, executive director of the Western Colorado Community Foundation, which will invest and disseminate the money over time. The Porters, both 91, split the $1.5 million evenly among a family foundation; the Delta United Methodist Church; and the Kay Armstrong Memorial Scholarship. Armstrong, the Porters’ only child, died from a brain tumor in 2005. "This is something our daughter Kay would have loved, and it is something meaningful we can do to honor her memory," Margaret Porter said via press release.
Shaving provides scholarship
UT alumnus Ted Smith raised more than $1,000 for his own School of Law scholarship essay contest Saturday by shaving off his 14-inch beard.
The fundraiser, "Save it or Shave it," took place at the Austin Elk Lodge Saturday evening, beginning with a miniature golf tournament and ending when Smith's friend and barber Ronnie Fredericks shaved Smith's beard off. The money raised by Smith will be given to the law-school-bound student who writes the best essay on the subject, "This man shaved his beard to give you money, what would you do with that beard money?"
Smith said he decided to grow out his beard in November 1995 after speaking with two ladies at a UT football tailgate party who told him "your goatee has got to go or got to grow."
The decision to shave his beard off came two weeks ago when he decided to create the event to "create change that will help the community."
"All the money goes to this scholarship," he said.
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