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Clark Intermediate Celebrates 2012 Most Inspirational Teacher

Clark Intermediate Celebrates 2012 Most Inspirational Teacher

May 8 was National Teacher Appreciation Day. While CUSD believes ALL of its teachers are special, we were inspired, in the spirit of the day, to share a story given to us by Clark Intermediate students Elyssia Arreguin, Skylar Lopez and Ajay Patel who wrote about Clark’s annual Most Inspirational Teacher event:

Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day. While CUSD believes ALL of its teachers are special, we were inspired, in the spirit of the day, to share a story given to us by Clark Intermediate students Elyssia Arreguin, Skylar Lopez and Ajay Patel who wrote about Clark’s annual Most Inspirational Teacher event:

Yodigity to Give 20% of Profits to Woods Elementary Student Today, May 10

Yodigity to Give 20% of Profits to Woods Elementary Student Today, May 10

Yodigity Yogurt, 2950 E. Nees Ave. in Fresno (at the northwest corner of Willow and Nees avenues) is giving Woods Elementary School student Bridget Hughes 20 percent of all profits it brings in today to help Bridget raise funds for her educational People to People trip this summer.

Bridget was selected to join the People to People Ambassador Program to travel to Austria, Italy, Switzerland and France June 29-July 17. She was selected for this program after having been nominated then had to get three letters of reference, submit an application and do an interview.

Clovis Mayor's Breakfast May 10th

Clovis Mayor's Breakfast May 10th

 

The Clovis Mayor’s Breakfast is tomorrow, Thursday, May 10th 7am-8:30am at the Clovis Veterans Memorial Building in Clovis.

$30 Per Person.

$240 Per Table.

To get your ticket or reserve a table – call 298-9261

The money goes to Clovis Community Foundation

Clovis West High Senior Receives National DAR Scholarship

Clovis West High Senior Receives National DAR Scholarship

Clovis West High School senior Elizabeth Lanier was notified Monday by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) that she was the national winner of the DAR Good Citizens scholarship contest which encourages and rewards the qualities of good citizenship. She will receive $5,000 a year for four years of college.

As part of the scholarship application process, Elizabeth was asked to explain how she demonstrated, to an outstanding degree, the qualities of a good citizen including dependability, service, leadership and patriotism.

Girl Scouts of Central California South Celebrate Cookie Season Success

Girl Scouts of Central California South Celebrate Cookie Season Success

Plain and simple: Girl Scouts of Central California South Troops rocked their cookie sale this year!

“Our goal was one million boxes for our 100th Anniversary year, and our girls were very close to reaching that goal. They sold more than 987,000 boxes! We could not be more proud,” CEO Cathy Ferguson stated happily.

For six weeks, the girls were out in force, rain or shine.

The dedication paid off.

More than 80 Girl Scouts achieved their goal of selling 1,000+ boxes of cookies, and they are now part of the Super Sellers Secret Society Honors (S.S.S.S.H) club.

For the third year in a row, Kelsie Anne from Troop 638 in Porterville was the top cookie seller.

She sold a whopping 3,504 boxes!

Other top cookie sellers in the local Girl Scout council during the 2012 Cookie Sale were:

Embezzlement Charge Against Former Clovis Firefighter

Embezzlement Charge Against Former Clovis Firefighter

A former Clovis firefighter was arrested and charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a firefighters' union, the Fresno County District Attorney's Office announced Friday.

37-year-old John Morton Watson is charged with embezzling as much as $150,000 from the Clovis Firefighters Association between 2004 and 2011 when he served as the association's treasurer, the DA said.

Watson surrendered to police. He was booked and later released on his own recognizance.

According to the DA, Watson pleaded not guilty to all charges on March 27. His next hearing is scheduled for May 1.

Watson served as a Clovis firefighter for 12 years.

Stay with KMPH News and KMPH.com as we continue to follow this story.

Clovis Students Shine at Miss Fresno County Pageant

Clovis Students Shine at Miss Fresno County Pageant

 

Miss Fresno County 2012 is Morgan Edwards! She won $2000 in Scholarship money at this weekend’s event. Her talent was dance. She's 19 years old, and a student at Fresno State.

1st runner up is Jordan Lee who won $1000 in Scholarship money. Her talent was ballet.  She's 22 years old and a student at Fresno state.

2nd runner up is Molley Mullaney, who won $800 in scholarship money. Her talent was Hawaiian Hula dance. She's a 20 year oldFresno State student.

Miss Congeniality is Nicole Watson. She's a student @ Fresno State, she's 19 years old and her talent was Lyrical dance.

People's Choice Award went to Kalina Venugopal who’s talent was vocal.  She's a 16 year old student at Clovis North High School.