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LAJOLLAVILLAGENEWS.COM | VOLUME 18, NUMBER 15
University City High senior receives inaugural Princeton Race Relations award The Princeton Prize in Race Relations Committee of San Diego has announced that Pranaya Anshu, a 17-year-old University City High School senior, is the winner of its inaugural award. Two other area students have been recognized with certificates of accomplishment for their efforts. All three will be honored in a ceremony on May 15 at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego. Debbie Scott
Volunteers from La Jolla Rotary and La Jolla High School Interact constructed a house for a family in Tijuana.
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Family receives new home for the holidays La Jolla Rotary and Interact clubs help build house in Tijuana On a cool November morning, just as the sun peeked over the mountains, 15 club members of La Jolla Rotary and La Jolla High School Interact gathered at Mission Bay Visitor’s Center for a day-trip to Tijuana. The group’s mission on Nov. 14 was to to build a home for a Mexican family.
In just seven hours, the simple home, constructed of wood frame and plywood on a cement slab foundation, was completed. This basic residence represented a dramatic and much-appreciated improvement in housing for the family, even though it did not include
heating, electricity or plumbing. The family had been living in a makeshift dwelling with a dirt floor, scrap wood walls and tarp roof. That night, the family moved from the tumble-down shack into the new home before a rain storm hit the area. SEE HOME>> PG. 2
Williams, national chair of the Princeton Prize in Race Relations, will be Pranaya the keynote Anshu speaker. The Princeton Prize in Race Relations is an annual awards program for high school students sponsored by Princeton, N.J., UniSEE STUDENT>> PG. 18
INSIDE: Your guide to the holidays in La Jolla