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FREE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2019
VOLUME 22, NO. 1
YOUR TOWN
Increased entertainment planned at mall Movie theater, bowling center among concepts considered for UTC East District. PAGE 3A
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Excellent food and swine
TRIATHLON, WITH A TWIST
No one needed to hog the food during Christ Presbyterian Church’s second annual pig roast Nov. 2. More than 100 church members and their guests enjoyed fellowship and food, including plenty of meat from two 60-pound pigs prepared by David Monceaux (above). The event was a way for the church to reach out to the community through its members. “A pig roast is a different way to connect with people,” said Heather Monceaux, the children’s ministry director.
Jay Heater
Boston’s Trish Hart, an expert in stress management, meditation and therapeutic yoga, led the meditation segment of the Mindful Triathlon.
Mindful Triathlon draws 250 participants to Waterside. SEE PAGE 10A Pam Eubanks
Reading adventure Four-year-old Piper Burden and 8-year-old Trinity Burden (above) went fishing for words and hunted for letters before bouncing on a trampoline while being asked to say the alphabet … backward. The literacy-inspired obstacle course was just one of the fun activities they tried along with their 10-year-old brother, Zander, during Braden River Elementary School’s Literacy Night on Nov. 14. Trinity Burden said she was learning the importance of reading at school. “You can learn so many words just by reading one page,” she said.
Renovation worry grows due to mold at Gene Witt Liz Ramos
Fabian Coons is a first grader at Gene Witt Elementary, which will go through a renovation.
School board votes to renovate, not rebuild, the East County school. SEE PAGE 8A
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