MORNING STAR • JULY 10 - 16, 2008
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Education
Julie Ann Linek
Julie Ann Linek, a 2002 graduate of Seaford Senior High School, received a doctorate in medicine from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia on May 30, 2008. She graduated from Seaford at age 16 to attend Pennsylvania State University through the six-year combined B.S./M.D. premedical-medical program. Linek will begin a three-year residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York on June 23. She plans to pursue a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine following completion of her residency training. Linek resides in New York City and is the daughter of Robert and Kimiko Linek of Seaford.
Area church helps to make sure that children have school supplies With poverty levels at 60 percent and up, there are many children in need of the basics for the start of the school year. St. John’s United Methodist Church, Seaford, started the Sussex County School Supply Campaign in 2001 to address this need. This is the eighth year for this project and donations have more than tripled since its inception. Organizers say that the need is greater this year than ever before. With many communities participating, however, and everyone working together, they feel sure that the need can be met. St. John’s has worked together with seven or more churches the past few years to collect school supplies. In 2007, it collected $3,500 worth of supplies for eight schools in the Seaford School District and the Mission of Hope classes. Supplies were brought to St. John’s by participating churches by the closing date of the campaign, to be divided and boxed for the schools to be served. School personnel then picked up the supplies to be distributed to qualified students by their guidance counselors. This method should work for any community.
This year, school supplies that are needed in the Seaford district include: Crayons (16 to 24 count), markers, ballpoint pens (black, blue and red), rubber erasers, glue sticks, blunt scissors, #2 pencils, colored pencils, highlighters, spiral notebooks (single), composition books, zippered pencil cases and pencil boxes, binders (1 and 1/2-inch in red, blue, black and green), notebook dividers, notebook binder paper, reinforcements for paper repair, three-prong pocket folders with fasteners, 12-inch wooden rulers, inexpensive calculators, tissues (large boxes for classrooms), paper towels, plastic bags (quart, sandwich and snack), protractors, pocket tissues and large bags of cough drops (to go to the school nurse of each school). The method that St. John’s uses to get school supplies to children should work for any community. Supplies that are collected for one community can stay in that community. For help in setting up a School Supply Campaign, call Ruth Rhoades at 6290789, or write to her in care of St. John’s U.M. Church, P.O. Box 299, Seaford, DE 19973.
Courses can keep kids busy this summer Delaware Technical & Community College, Georgetown, is offering camps and courses for children this summer. The All Day All Stars program, for ages 6 to 12, focuses on a different theme each week and features a mixture of academics, activities and a field trip. Sports camps starting on July 14 are: baseball for ages 7 to 12, basketball for girls ages 11 to 14, cheerleading I for ages 7 to 12, tennis for ages 7 to 17, and youth football for ages 7 to 12. Camps starting July 21 are: basketball for boys ages 7 to 10, soccer for ages 7 to 12, and tennis for
ages 7 to 12. Basketball for girls ages 7 to 10, baton II for ages 7 to 15, tennis for ages 7 to 17, and youth football for ages 7 to 12 are offered the week of July 28. Art camp is offered July 14 to 18 for ages 9 to 11. A week-long science camp will begin July 14 and July 28 for ages 9 to 11 and July 21 for ages 6 to 8. In Wonders of Web Design, for ages 9 to 11, students will learn the fundamentals of basic web page design from July 28 to Aug. 1. To find out more about the Kids on Campus program, call 854-6966.
Education Briefs Laurel man on dean’s list
Nathan Mayercsik of Laurel has been named to the University of Delaware’s spring 2008 dean’s list. He is enrolled in the honors program for civil engineering. He will enter his junior year in the fall.
Seaford grad recognized for grades
York College of Pennsylvania has named Jeremy Halter of Seaford to its dean's list for the spring semester 2008. To receive this distinction, students must carry at least 12 academic credit hours and attain a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Halter, a graduate of Seaford High School, is pursuing a degree in finance with a minor in accounting. He is the son of Stephen and Connie Halter.
Area students make SU dean’s list
More than 25 Sussex County area students were named to the dean’s list at Salisbury University for the spring 2008 semester. They include: Bridgeville - Lauren Correll and Sarah Pritchett Delmar - Caitlyn Twilley Frankford - Devin Hudson Georgetown - Jennifer Sweeten Laurel - Christopher Boyce, Kyle
Boyce, Frances Lawrence, Ashley Mocella and Jessica Morgan Lewes - Elizabeth Macintire Lincoln - Hunter Emory and Joshua Morris Milford - Jaime Bahder and Megan Maloney Millsboro - Deziree Hitchens, Jessica Purkey and Zena Tunnell Seaford - Jill Baker, Ashley Harris, Stephanie Hitchens, Miranda O'Neal, Patrick Pinette and Sylvia Shields Selbyville - Jeffrey Collins and Shannon Tylor.
Enrichment courses offered
Delaware Technical & Community College, Georgetown, is offering enrichment courses. A class in tai chi will start July 22. From July 23 to Aug. 13, adults and adolescents age 15 and up can practice horseback riding at an indoor riding ring in Seaford. Courses in yoga and pilates will get underway July 28. The college is also offering special interest courses. On July 19, divorcing parents can take the Divorcing Parent Education Program. An Advanced Defensive Driving course will start July 14. For details, call 854-6966.
St. Paul’s U.M. Church Saturday, July 19 Hot Dogs, Hamburgers Homemade Ice Cream will be on sale. Food served starting at 5 pm.
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MUSIC BEGINS 5:30 PM All proceeds benefit the with Don Murray and St. Paul’s Youth Program. Friends. Also singing : Amanda Jones, St. Paul’s Youth & Junior Church, Sounds of Joy, Don Murray Family and Lights of Home. Bring your appetite and your lawn chair. PROGRAM IS OUTSIDE. RAIN DATE JULY 26. Church Located On Old Stage Rd., Laurel, Del.