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Vol. 15, No. 36
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Giving the gift of words The Rotary Club of Brentwood helped third-graders in the Knightsen Elementary School District begin the school year with new dictionaries. Rotary distributed 1,600 dictionaries to all 16 elementary schools in the Knightsen, Brentwood and Oakley school districts as part of a long tradition of promoting literacy. And for over 20 years, the members have kept this tradition going strong. As the dictionaries are distributed, teams of four Rotary members speak to the students about the importance of helping others in the community. Jennifer Fink led the team that distributed the dictionaries this year. “It is a really fun thing to do,” said Fink. “The students get so excited when we present the dictionaries, and then we have them look up a word. I like for the students to look up ‘service,’ because they can connect that word to what the Rotary is all about.” Leanne Sarmento, Knightsen Elementary principal, said she
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Third-grade students from Knightsen Elementary School hold the new dictionaries they received from the Rotary Club on Aug. 30. was grateful for Rotary’s ongoing support to the students and the school. “We appreciate the encouragement and mentoring Rotary provides with their ‘service above self’ motto,” said Sarmento. The goal of the dictionary
program is to assist students in becoming good writers, active readers, creative thinkers and resourceful learners by providing them with a personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home. Educators see third grade
as the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn, according to the Rotary Foundation website. For more information about the Rotary Club of Brentwood, visit http://brentwood.rotary5160. net/.
Future of Great Wolf Lodge uncertain by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer
The ripples of hope that a Great Wolf Lodge might open in Brentwood have turned into waves of uncertainty. The City of Gilroy, long rumored to be in competition with Brentwood for a resort, entered into a 60-day exclusivity agreement with Great Wolf to explore bringing a lodge to the city. The resort company operates 16 parks around the nation and one in Canada. Locations feature an indoor water park, hotel, family-entertainment centers, restaurants, retail stores and meeting rooms for conferences and seminars. “As we look to expand the
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The City of Gilroy, long thought to be in competition with Brentwood to land a Great Wolf Lodge, entered into a 60-day exclusive dealing arrangement to bring a lodge to the city. Great Wolf Lodge experience to new audiences, we explored several potential locations in Northern
California and feel Gilroy could be a great fit for our next resort,” said Bryson Heezen, Great Wolf Lodge
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Roharpo the Bluesman September 16 - noon See page 15a for more information. I'm the Lead man for great Blues band call; Roharpo The Bluesman & The Real Blues Band, we been playing together for 7yrs & we have created a wonderful sound that gravitate one's ears...My name is Roosevelt Lands aka Roharpo The Bluesman, I was born in New Orleans Louisiana & grew up in Baton Rouge Louisiana, I come from a family of musicians, Gospel, R&B & Blues...Music has always been a part of my life, I just had to wait until it was my time to get into it...I'm a self taught harmonica player & I learn to play listening to artist like; Junior Wells, Sonny Boy Williams, Little Waiter & James Cotton, these individuals play a role in my style of playing the harmonica & Blues, music is something that I
director of development, in a recent news release. Jason Lasecki, Great Wolf Lodge director of media communications, declined to elaborate further, since a final decision has not been determined. But a statement also released by the company appears to indicate that no locations have been ruled out. “While we feel Gilroy could be a good fit for a future Great Wolf Lodge, we are still in the due-diligence phase of finding the right location,” the statement read. “Other locations we have been exploring are still in our consideration set.” Brentwood City Manager Gus Vina said the city is still in the running, but admitted the exclusiv-
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Freedom Falcons trounce Windsor High in 49-0 homecoming game. Page 23A
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Mighty Mike Schermer was a fixture on the Bay Area blues scene for over 20 years when he relocated to Austin TX in 2009 and joined the touring band of
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Stretch of Hwy. 4 to be named for Brentwood’s Scott Lunger.