June 21 Community News

Today

Host families needed

Terre des Langues/?Terra Lingua is seeking host families this summer in the Greenville area for three high school school students from Spain. Dates are from June 25 to July 23. The exchange students are fully insured, have a minimum of two years of English and will be matched individually with their host families after a personal interview. They all come from the Bilbao area of northern Spain. For more information and an application contact Frédéric Fladenmuller at Fladenmullerf@ecu.edu, website tltlhost.com or call 754-2136.

Community Crossroads

Mellow Mushroom, 2020 Charles Blvd., will donate a portion of its proceeds to the Community Crossroads Center from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tell your server you are there to support the center and submit your itemized receipt at the end of the meal. For more information or to make a monetary donation visit www.communitycrossroadscenter.org.

Adult College Expo

Pitt Community College will sponsor an Adult College Expo from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Goess Student Center/?Davenport Multipurpose Room, 1986 Pitt Tech Road, Winterville. Participants will learn how PCC’s academic pathways lead to employment by meeting with local employers who will be on site representing a variety of careers. For more information visit www.pittcc.edu/?connect/?adultcollegeexpo.html or contact John Carrere at 493-7380.

Coming up

Radio Club Field Day

The Brightleaf Amateur Radio Club/?Amateur Radio Relay League will celebrate Nationwide Field Day from 2 p.m. Saturday through Sunday at The Oakwood School, 4000 MacGregor Downs Road. The event is free and open to the public and will be among more than 40,000 throughout North America to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and public service.

Kickball for a Cause

The Humane Society of Eastern Carolina will sponsor “Kickball for a Cause” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Fit for Life 24, 3851 Dunhagan Road. The soap will be flowing and the ball rolling for Slip-n-Slide Kickball. Register to play by stopping at Fit for Life 24 prior to the event. Bring a bottle of water and a beach towel. Donation: $10 minimum.

Gun Awareness Program

A retired police captain and former drug dealer and user will team up again for the second annual Gun Awareness Program at 10 a.m., Saturday at Mills Farm near the intersection of Leary-Mills Road and Gaskins Road near VOA Site B. Led by Capt. C.J. Hardy of the Greenville Police Department and president of Citizens United Against Violence and Darron Carmon, pastor of Rebuild Christian Center Church in Winterville, the program will discourage children and young adults from gun violence and gang activity and promote positive gun use. For more information call Hardy at 531-9071 or Liz Johnson at 917-945-6001.

Rose Class of ’92

The J.H. Rose class of 1992 will celebrate its 25th reunion from 7-10 p.m. on Aug. 5 at the ECU Heart Center,115 Heart Drive. Food and beverages will be provided. The cost is $30 per person or $50 per couple. Payment is due by July 28. Contact Tressa Teel at Tre2574@yahoo.com or 443-418-4327; Chris Tutino at Chris.tutino@att.net; or Ty Walston at walston.tyrone@gmail.com or  412-7351.

We were wrong

A story in Tuesday’s paper about an exception that has allowed students in the South Central High School attendance area to attend D.H. Conley High School incorrectly attributed part of a quote from school board member Betsy Flanagan. Here is what Flanagan said: “At the time this was implemented, there was not an open enrollment process. There is an open enrollment process in Pitt County right now, so if you want to attend a school that you’re not districted, to, then you go through the open enrollment process, and I feel like that’s the best way to move forward. If you’re declined, you can do a student transfer hearing. We need to make it clear, staying with your friends is not an option. If we get bogged down, we just have to say no a lot of times, and I am not afraid to do that.”