MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014 - JULY 6, 2014
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Free lunch programs for youth 18 and under kick-off in Riverside by Vickie Vértiz Last Wednesday the City of Riverside celebrated Summerfest to kick off the Picnics in the Park at Don Lorenzi Park. The Summer Food Service Program offers free meals and activities for young people at Riverside parks and community centers weekdays through August 22, excluding July 4th. According to a city press release, the Riverside Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department is offering different kinds of physical activities and games for kids at some sites. At another site, the UC Cooperative Extension is providing nutrition education classes and physical activities for caregivers and parents. Picnics in the Park features the Riverside and Alvord Unified School Districts’ Summer Food Service Program and is paid for by the California Department of Education Nutrition Services Grant. The program began on June 16 at Summerfest, which featured games and activities like face painting, an obstacle course, and a farmers’ market with fresh produce. Also present were local vendors, nutrition and wellness booths, and cooking demonstrations.
the Outstanding in State award: Senior Individual Documentary Category: “Waters in the Wilderness: The Right to Utilize or the Responsibility to Protect?” – Rachel Priebe– Martin Luther King High School, Riverside USD Junior Individual DocumenPlease see page 4
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meals were served, 2,061 for kids and 764 for adults. In 2013, the National School Lunch Program served 30,667,024 children, serving 5,097,361,304 lunches. According to First Lady Michelle Obama and her project Please see page 2
Three Riverside County students earn awards at National History Day At the 2014 Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest, seven students from Riverside County competed with nearly 3,000 students from across the United States this week with three students from the county being named as award recipients. Vista Heights Middle School (Moreno Valley Unified School
District) student, Maddison Zipper, placed second overall in the Junior Individual Exhibit Category with her entry titled “Rights Affirmed, Responsibilities Articulated in Tinker v. Des Moines”. Two entries from Riverside County narrowly missed out in the top three of their specific category and were recognized with
British solo rower rescued but puts urgent call out to marine traffic for safe return of vessel British solo rower, Daryl Farmer, who was taking part in the Great Pacific Race rowing from California to Hawaii, was forced to call for assistance four days after beginning the race, having become dangerously dehydrated from sea sickness. Support boat OPA located him and took Daryl and his boat ‘Bojangles’ (Bo) under tow on Saturday 21 June approximately 20nm off the coast of California. Heavy seas and high winds unfortunately snapped both ropes, leading to a dramatic man overboard situation for one of OPA’s crew. This situation left them no choice but to transfer Daryl from his boat to OPA and return him to Monterey safely, but leaving Bo adrift. 39-year-old Daryl, who took on the challenge of rowing 2,400 miles single-handed from California to Hawaii to raise awareness of the need for ocean conservation, is now refusing to return to the UK until he is reunited with his boat. The race is now on to find her again and bring her back in - hopefully in one piece. Bojangles – last known position/description: Marine traffic around Bo’s last known position of 35 43’ 38.40”N, 121 59’ 23.4”W as of 00:01 PDT 23 June is being asked to keep a look out for the vessel and report any sighting immediately, using degrees, minutes, sec-
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The event was a celebration of children kids having places throughout Riverside to eat healthy food and be active throughout the summer. Summerfest was hosted by the City of Riverside and the Riverside and Alvord Unified School Districts. That day, nearly 3,000 healthy
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