Spain Community: EDUCATION NOTES
Start immunizations now Sarasota County public health officials say it's not too early to begin immunizations for the next school year, which begins Aug. 12. New immunization requirements for 2002-2003 school year are: nHepatitis B series, for pre-kindergarten through fourth grades, and seventh through 12th grades. (This includes those repeating 12th grade or completing any 12th-grade credits in fall 2002.) * Tetanus diphtheria booster, seventh through 12th grades.*...
Spain Community: TRAVEL NOTES
THE LOWDOWN IN TOKYO You're in Tokyo and you want to do something different - maybe attend a tea ceremony or take a lesson in Japanese cooking. Solution? Call Tokyo's new "Teleguide in English," a free computerized tourist information system. A chain of 143 video terminals set up at major hotels and shopping centers in Tokyo provides information on such activities as Japanese cuisine, the martial arts, ikebana (flower arrangement), the tea...
Spain Community: Glendale
Big Band Going to Spain
The Verdugo Swing Society, a Glendale-based 18-piece big band, has been chosen to represent the United States at the U.S. Pavilion of UniversalExpo '91, in Seville, Spain, next June.The society was founded in 1987 to promote swing as the mainstream American music from the 1930s through the 1990s.It has staged over 300 performances in Los Angeles and Orange counties....
Spain Community: MCC Venice holds Honors Convocation
SOUTH COUNTY -- Bright sunny skies shined above the Venice branch of Manatee Community College's Life Fitness Center Friday, while inside, the future shined even brighter for the attendees of the 2003 honors convocation.MCC Venice students were awarded a total of $13,150 in scholarships and cash awards. Twenty-one of the students received scholarships while the remaining nine were awarded with accommodations from specific departments.Though all were considered winners, the...
Spain Community: GRADUATES AWARDED AT MCC HONORS BREAKFAST
Graduating Manatee Community College sophomore Amy Marie Houts was named as the recipient of the college's Joe Fant Memorial Award at the school's Honors Breakfast Thursday.The memorial award is named for a deceased Kiwanis Club member and is presented for outstanding achievement by a sophomore. Houts was among six nominees for the award. Other nominees included John Baker, Karen Lynn Chester, Teresa Renee Dannels, Brett Mulock and Terry Rehfeldt.Houts is an...