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Big Brothers hosting showcase of homes
STAFF — Check out a dream home today and help a youngster get the friendship and mentoring they need. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Barrie and District is hosting its 19th annual Showcase of Homes today.[...]

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Brother hoping for Marine’s proper burial
Deno Zazzetti has been waiting 68 years for his big brother to come home — even knowing it would be in a coffin.Deno, a former U.S. Marine, now 81, was 13 years old when he last saw Joseph Zazzetti in their hometown of Chicago Heights.

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Big Brother 12: Brigade Reveals Their Secret
Tonight delivered a special eviction on Big Brother 12, which was actually taped on Tuesday night. Lane and Britney were both nominated for eviction under Hayden’s third reign as Head Of Household. Hayden was working hard to get Britney out of the house next, but Lane was secretly pushing to keep her safe. With different [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Big Brother 12: Brigade Reveals Their …

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This one-of-a-kind resource walks new teachers and their mentors through a full year of exercises addressing everything from lesson planning to behavior management. Mentoring is one of the fastest-growing areas of teacher development. It is essential to teacher retention in an age of teacher shortages and teacher recruitment. It contains a month-by-month guide for both mentors and new teachers.  It includes numerous forms and practical tips for creating effective mentoring meetings for both the new teacher and the student teacher. The book outlines how to identify and discuss difficult issues as mentors and new teachers work together. It also includes essential classroom management and discipline ideas for… More >>

Mentoring in Action: A Month-by-Month Curriculum for Mentors and Their New Teachers

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Every girl tells a story. Every girl wants to be heard. Listen to these stories, look into these pictures, and be dazzled by American girls: “If your heart’s in it, you’ll keep going. Girls can do anything. Girls rule.” “The best thing my parents have done for me is to show me that it’s okay to be myself.” “I’d like to open a clinic for women and children. That has always been my dream.” Working in close collaboration with Girl Scouts of the USA, documentary photographer Carolyn Jones has captured in words and pictures a lasting portrait of eighty-five American girls — the girls who are our future. As First Lady Laura Bush says in her foreword, “My hope for every girl, everywhere, is that she, to… More >>

Every Girl Tells a Story: A Celebration of Girls Speaking Their Minds

Local Cub Scouts win with speed and shine
A pair of Bogalusa Cub Scouts swept the competition at the 2010 Bogue Tuchenna District pinewood derby in Covington recently.

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Informational meeting about joining Cub Scouts May 19 in Gillette
LONG HILL TWP. — All boys interested in joining Cub Scouts should attend a Cub Scout Informational/Sign-up meeting at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, in the All-Purpose Room of grades K-1 Gillette School, Valley Road, Gillette

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Scouts, their dads enjoy Pinewood Derby
The members of Cub Scout Pack 946, their families and leaders gathered at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Casa Grande on Apr. 24 to participate in the annual Pinewood Derby, an event the Scouts look forward to each year. Scouts and their fathers work together on their cars to race at the derby. The Cub Scouts meet Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Toltec Elementary …

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Oldest Boy Scout Troop in the Valley holding fundraiser
Boy Scout Troup 426 and Cub Scout Troop 242 are celebrating 53 years.

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Boy Scout rummage sale today
FLIPPIN — The Boy Scout Troop 165 rummage sale is set 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Flippin City Park.

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MacQueen, Melton receive their Eagle Scout rank
Two area Boy Scouts, Max MacQueen and Geoff Melton, recently achieved their goal of being named Eagle Scouts, the highest rank given in Scouting. MacQueen is a member of Boy Scout Troop 288, chartered by Bostwick Lake Congregational Church.

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