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By Ethel Foss
September 15, 2010
I hope you are having a great week. These crisp mornings continue to remind Callie and me that fall is quickly approaching. Have you noticed that the stars and moon seem so much brighter as well? We have to enlist LC’s help to get some more firewood put up. We about ran out last winter and don’t want to go through that again!
We listened to Sonny Sweet on the radio this week speak about the Run for the Red Marathon this coming weekend. The marathon course sounds like a real challenge as the first 6 miles are uphill on Hwy 194 to Matney! Sonny and the Run for the Red committee believe this marathon could become very well become known as one of the hardest running events in the southeast. The half marathon is an out and back, following Watauga River Road and then back to the elementary school. The marathon begins at 7:00 am and the half marathon begins at 7:30 am so please use caution while driving in the valley this Saturday. For more details, call the Red Cross office at 828.264.8226.
Run for the Red is a fundraiser for the Watauga Chapter of the American Red Cross and has potential to grow as Blood Sweat and Gears has grown. Sonny mentioned ASU student Lucy Binning on the radio as she and her sorority sisters from Sigma Kappa will be volunteering on the marathon course. Lucy has been a disaster volunteer for the Watauga Chapter since she was five years old. Her first disaster was helping feed volunteers on Rich Mountain during a search and rescue mission and she has been involved with the Watauga Chapter ever since. It is always wonderful to see our young people devoted to helping others when in need.
The PTSA at Valle Crucis school will meet Tuesday, September 21 at 6:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. All parents are welcome to become involved in the organization! Call Heather at the school for more details of the PTSA.
The middle school volley ball team will be playing at home Wednesday, September 22. The team will play Bethel at 4:00 pm and then play Blowing Rock at 6:00 pm. Come out and support the team!
Valle Crucis School has been awarded a $10,000 School Library Collection Development Grant by the State Library of North Carolina. The grant was awarded to help strengthen the school’s book collection in the media center. The School Library Collection Development Grant for Valle Crucis School was one of 76 such grants awarded this year to public school libraries statewide with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds, but Valle Crucis was the only school in Watauga County to receive the grant.
The single-year grants are only for purchasing books and cannot be used to replace existing funding for the media center. The grants also require that every $4 of grant funds must be matched with at least $1 of local funds. At Valle Crucis, the local grant match was funded through the PTSA.
“This school grant helps us build a strong book collection to support the school’s curriculum,” said Valle Crucis Media Specialist Wendy Nicholson in a press release. “It is a constant struggle to maintain a collection that is current and meets our staff and student needs. We are thankful for the grant and we send out a big thank you to our PTSA for helping make it possible.”
Congratulations, Wendy!
The rain last Saturday kept us home so we listened to the ASU game on the radio even though the weather cleared up. Our reaction time is not what it used to be and it would have taken us until halftime to get to the game and get settled. Looks like the weather forecast is beautiful for this Saturday so we hope to see you all at the stadium cheering on our Mountaineers!
Happy birthday to Diana White September 13, Heidi Tester September 14, Bill Carr September 14, Faye Yates September 15, Kristin Copeland September 16 and Margaret Lehmann September 18. I hope all of your celebrations are great fun!
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