THE VICKSBURG POST
SCHOOL & YOUTH WE DN E SDAY, Oc tober 6, 2010 • SE C TI O N B w w w.4kids B2 | COMICS B4 Karen Gamble, managing editor | E-mail: newsreleases@vicksburgpost.com | Tel: 601.636.4545 ext 137
BULLETIN BOARD Competitions • Vicksburg High School’s Pride band members received all superior scores in every category at the Copiah Marching Festival. Categories included Color Guard, Percussion, Drum Major and Overall Band. Drum majors Brooke Westcott, Shane Bowser and Jarrick Finkley earned Best Drum Major in the 4A class. The band will compete Saturday at the state competition in Pearl. Band director is Lee Winters. Assistant directors are Terry Steed, Bryant Johnson and Katie Baugher.
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Honor societies • Julianna Logan Jones, a 2009 graduate of Vicksburg High, has been selected to Sigma Alpha Lambda national leadership and honors organization at Mississippi State. A sophoJulianna Logan more, she Jones is majoring in kinesiology. She is the daughter of Philip “Sonny” and Teresa Jones.
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Madison Carson, 7, concentrates while striking a pose. She is the daughter of Larry and Faye Carson.
Carley-Beth White believes “everybody should have the chance to experience dance.” That’s what prompted the Teen Miss Vicksburg title-holder to start Tender Toes, a ballet class for special needs children that meets weekly at River Pointe Dance Academy. Dance is “a way to express yourself and it’s fun, so I want all little girls to be able to do it,” said Carley-Beth, the 15-year-old daughter of Ben and Ginny White. “I wanted to do something that meant something to me and helps other people at the same time.” Plus, “I really enjoy working with kids,” she said.
In attendance • Warren Central High School’s Navy JROTC rifle team competed at the Bogalusa Rifle Meet Sept. 25. The unit fielded two teams.
Scholarships • Karlton Winters and Jasmine Stevens, May graduates of Vicksburg High School, have been awarded scholarships by the Vicksburg High Class of Karlton 1975. KarlWinters ton, a freshman at Hinds Community College, is the son of Jacqueline Cooper and Dwayne Winters. Jasmine Stevens Jasmine, a freshman at Alcorn State, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Stevens.
Carley-Beth congratulates her students with high fives. From left are Shelby Funchess, 7, the daughter of Ashley Gatian; Imanie Hartman, 8, the daughter of David and Marlo Hartman; and Madison Carson.
Carley-Beth helps Shelby Funchess with a ballet move.
Upcoming events • Warren Central Intermediate Parent Night — 5-6 p.m. Tuesday, report cards to be issued; Muffins for Moms, 9 a.m. Oct. 21. • Halloween Fun & Fit Night — 6-9 p.m. Oct. 29, FitZone; $20; 601-638-3778.
In brief Flash vies for title The St. Aloysius mascot, The Flash, is in the running for the second year as Mascot of the Year in a contest sponsored by WJTV. Votes may be cast at gulfcoastsite.com as often as voters wish to enter. Voting for Round 2 ends at midnight Saturday, and the mascot must be in the top four in order to advance to Round 3. The Flash won the challenge last year.
Colleges crank up car-sharing to cut down congestion By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — On a campus where students outnumber parking spaces nearly three to one, Boise State University has finally convinced 23-year-old Wayel Alwayel he no longer needs the car he brought to campus with him as a freshman. The new hybrid car parked near the student union building this fall, available for $8 an hour, sealed the deal. Behind the wheel of the rental, Alwayel realized just how tired he was of paying for his own gas, paying for his own insurance. “Everybody was like, ‘How did you get this car?” said Alwayel, a senior who plans
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Boise State student Wayel Alwayel leans against a Zipcar being used on campus. to sell his nine-year-old Mitsubishi sedan and rent one of the four Zipcars on campus if he needs to go to the mall or
run an errand. “It’s cheaper,” he said. “You don’t have to pay the gas, you don’t have to have insurance,
which is really cool.” Colleges hoping to steer students and faculty away from bringing their vehicles to campus to help relieve parking congestion and promote environmentally friendly transportation are increasingly turning to the concept of car-sharing. Boise State is among more than 30 universities and colleges that have introduced Zipcars to students this fall. The University of Colorado at Boulder works with a local nonprofit, eGO CarShare, to offer a car-sharing service to students and faculty, according to its website. West Virginia University launched an hourly car rental program last year and has since
teamed up with Zipcar Inc. to expand the service. For a generation of college students who grew up downloading music song by song instead of buying entire CDs, the whole borrowing-insteadof-buying concept hasn’t exactly been a hard sell. Throw in the recession, and parents are on board, too. “I think one of the key drivers is Zipcar really helps to save people money, and that’s really important to college students, as well as their parents,” said Greg Winter, a spokesman for the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company. There’s also the bling factor. “It’s a new car, and mine is old,” Alwayel said.