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[ Thursday, May 31, 2007 15:09 PDT ]

Legacy Journal: PenPal Concert 2007

Section:

Education

Summary:

Davis, CA is all about parent expectations, pets and plants.  The following Video Clip streamed from Google Video requires an updated, modern browser with Adobe MacroMedia Flash.  A broadband Internet connection is helpful. 

The seven minute Video is an end of school year presentation by the North Davis Elemementary School second grade Pen Pals of a Davis Senior Center group.  The featured guitarist is the School Principal, MS Davis.







 

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Legacy Journal: DSC Health Fair - Fit for Duty

Section:

Health and Medicine

Summary:

Annual Health Fair and Davis Senior Center walk with the UCDavis Marching Banda

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  Aggie Band and Seniors March Google Video Clip featuring the active walking group.







 

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[ Tuesday, May 29, 2007 15:54 PDT ]

Legacy Journal: The State of the Nation Memorial Day, 2007

Section:

Opinion

Summary:

America is admired by the World’s youth, the country is prosperous, the economy is growing, the citizens are happy, healthy, well educated, well housed and employed, institutions work, the environment good and getting better, lifestyles are taking advantage of leisure time, and there is domestic freedom,  tranquility, justice and tolerance.

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Categories:	Negative View	Positive View
Image	Foreigners hate America and are openly hostile to American’s.	50% of the world’s population, 25 and under, wants to emigrate to the U.S.
Prosperity	The average American is poor.	The median household income of a family of 4 is over $50,000 per year.
Economic Growth	The economy is stagnant.	The rate of economic grow continues to exceed the rate of inflation.
Happy	The majority is dissatisfied with their lives.	The vast majority of American’s are satisfied.
Health	Americans are in poor health.	The state of health of Americans is good.
Housing	The average American can not afford a house	The majority of families live in the own home
Jobs	America is not creating jobs.	The unemployment rate is at a historic low.
Education	Public education is poor, unavailable and expensive.	American public education is the envy of the world.
Environment	Crowding and Global Warming = massive collapse and catastrophe.	Population growth is slowing and climate is complex and has moods that shift with the millenia, at a       geologic glacial pace.
Justice	Racism, sexism, religious intolerance and ethic bigotry are the norm.	Human Rights has been a standard in the written Constitutional Bill of       Rights for more than 200 years. The Civil War and the Civil Right Acts       are now part of history and legislative law.

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[ Monday, May 21, 2007 17:53 PDT ]

Legacy Journal: Community Colleges looking good to 2007 Grads.

Section:

Education

Summary:

Community Colleges:  Looking good to the Class of 2007 Grads.

    According to the Education section of the Sunday edition of the nytimes, Community Colleges will be welcoming nearly half of all of this spring’s H..S. graduates attending institutions of higher learning.  The trends are clear and continuing:

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  *  * Increasingly, entering CC students bodies are growing younger and more female.


  *  *  Health Occupations teaching, training and certification preparation is high need area long serviced by CCs.

  *  *  CCs serve a diverse student population with specialists and curricula for the disabled, the undecided, the displaced, the disadvantage, the determined and the debt adverse.  A felony criminal record,  lack of a H,.S. diploma, and no proof of residency or citizenship are not barriers to enrollment and registration.  Some offer ESL classes and a GED program.

  *  *  Some, like Santa Rosa Junior College,  offer a local students with a B average renewable Doyle Foundation Scholarships that more than cover the cost of tuition and books. That Foundation is the majority stockholder in the county wide Exchange Bank.  MESA and the Learning Center offer one-on -one tutoring.  The new Doyle Library is housed in a state-of-the-ART facility.

  *  *  Others, like Monroe Community College in Rochester NY, have campus housing, 2+2 transfer agreements and first class ice hockey fields.  Check out the recent MCC graduation ceremony at the Blue Cross Auditorium.  Video coverage by is by 13WHAM.com, the local ABC outlet.




  *  *  For athletes, CC offer coaching, competition and facilities. Jackie Robinson attended Pasadena City College for two years before transferring to UCLA.  More than 100 CCs in California continue to attract good athletes.  Great training, practice and playing weather, good competition, high visibility to recruiting networks, travel, good coaching, high class facilities, and a variety of communities are among the attractions.  MCC in Rochester has been awarded the 2007Pepsico Prize at the nations best academic CC sports program.

  *  *  Some CCs in Texas are funded by oil flowing from district wells.  One is a magnet for budding tennis stars on a tight budget.

  *  *  Most adapt quickly to the educational and job needs of the local community.

  *  *  Honors Overseas and Independent Study programs are common.

  *  *  Career Counselling, Veterans Support Offices, Reentry Programs, and small classes are additional attractions.

  *  *  Small classes and labs are personally taught and staffed by professional instructors, not graduate students earning their stipend.

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[ Monday, May 14, 2007 15:48 PDT ]

Legacy Journal:  Purple is the May color of choice in the Heartland of Rochester, NY.

Section:

Arts and Culture

Summary:

The month of May in Rochester NY features the Lilac Festival in Highland Park. Light purple is in the air and even Martha Stewart is attracted.



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The local paper, the D&C, is currently featuring the color and some of the community’s outstanding young women citizens.

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[ Sunday, May 13, 2007 15:47 PDT ]

Legacy Journal: Mother’s Day

Section:

Essays

Summary:

The good cheer of Mother’s Day Sunday is in the air in Davis. Nugget Market, Civic Pool, the local churches, the restaurants and the the bike paths in the Arboretum were all filled with Moms and kids of all ages. 

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Among the more senior Moms, it was striking the number that were solo IE, without an apparent spouse.  The demographics around the country tell the story.

  * Women like longer, healthier lives than men.  The result is that in every age category past 30,  women progressively out number men.

  * One of the contributing factors has been the dramatic improvement in the safety of pregnancy and delivery for American women.
   

 

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