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Working on the other side of the world
Like many college graduates, 23-year-old Kevin Schmidt took a trip after he completed his studies at UCLA this summer. But Schmidt, a 2007 La Cañada High School graduate, wasn’t on vacation. He was working to improve education and HIV/AIDS...Tags: Tanzania, Graduation, Cape Town (South Africa), University of California, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities
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24 receive Gold Award
Christie Frandsen teared up in the Lanterman Auditorium on Sunday afternoon as she commenced the 2011 La Cañada Girl Scout awards ceremony. “This ceremony is a bit emotional for me because my baby is here receiving her Gold Award,” Frandsen...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Kelly Gregg, Social Issues, Social Organizations, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California)
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Volunteers spruce up library garden
About a dozen local volunteers turned out Saturday with gardening tools in hand when Form LA landscaping company, in conjunction with La Cañada Valley Beautiful, hosted a garden maintenance day at the La Cañada Library’s demonstration garden.
The...Tags: California, Water Restrictions, Nature
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A whole new world
When Eviane Leidig wanted to step out of her comfort zone, she turned to AFS Intercultural Programs.
Since 1919, AFS Intercultural Programs, formerly known as the American Field Service, has been sending people on journeys they will hopefully remember...Tags: Travel, Ghana, Education, Global Expansion, Family
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California Weekend Getaway: On safari right here at home
There are sounds of the jungle just outside your tent's thin canvas walls — the incessant birds, the occasional shriek by creatures unknown, the rustling of trees. You're frozen in place under your warm blankets, not anxious to stick your head out...Tags: San Francisco, Entertainment, Music, Lion (animal), Animals
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In Theory: An interview with Desmond Tutu
Anglican Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu has announced that, after his 79th birthday in October, he is to resign from nearly all of his official commitments and withdraw from public life, the United Kingdom's Guardian newspaper reported last week. He...Tags: Racism, Justice and Rights, England, St. George, Family
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Washington County middle-school students share 'vodcast' experience
andrews@herald-mail.comWashington County middle-school students captured slices of local history in a series of minifilms that were screened Wednesday at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick, Md. Their films explored aspects of Antietam National Battlefield and the...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Architecture buff takes Chippewa students around the world
TribLocal - Des Plaines » NewsMost Chippewa Middle School students haven't been to Hong Kong or South Africa, but on Tuesday they took a tour of those places and others …... -
South Africa gallery temporarily closes over Zuma portrait
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A South African art gallery that displayed a controversial painting showing the country's president with his genitals exposed announced Tuesday that it was closing its doors temporarily because of threats.
The...Tags: Arts, Jacob Zuma, Arts and Culture, Artists, South Africa
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South African farmworker guilty of murdering white employer
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A 29-year-old farmworker was convicted Tuesday of the murder of South African white supremacist leader Eugene TerreBlanche, but his teenage companion was acquitted in the killing, which had sparked fears of racial...Tags: Murder, Jacob Zuma, Racism, Entertainment, Music
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South African gallery closes after controversial work is defaced
World NowSouth Africa's Goodman Gallery, which displayed a controversial Brett Murray painting, "The Spear," of the country's president with his genitals exposed, announced Tuesday it was closing its doors temporarily because of threats. The decision came after... -
Farmworker convicted of killing South African white supremacist
World NowFarmworker convicted of killing South African white supremacist Eugene TerreBlanche: Chris Mahlangu, 29, was convicted Tuesday of killing his employer, South African white supremacist, Eugene TerreBlanche in April 2010. His companion, Patrick Ndlovu, 18,...
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