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Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Lifestyle
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
Ramirez scores victory in Lubbock boxing smoker
Trisha Ramirez competed in a Boxing Smoker recently in Lubbock in the weight
class 120 and defeated her opponent, Christiline of San Angelo.
Ramirez is a 7th grader at Crockett Middle School, lives
in Barstow where she is coached by Roy Juarez.
She is a member of the Pecos-Barstow Warbirds.
Ramirez will be competing in the Silver Gloves Tournament to be held
in Midland on Nov. 18-19.
She is the daughter of Hector and Debbie Ramirez of Barstow.
Make-A-Difference Day celebrated at third grade
In Pecos Elementary, the third graders from Michelle Acosta's and Eva Garcia's
class have gotten hooked to reading. Motivational incentives by participating
in the Book-It Reading Program that is sponsored by Pizza Hut has encouraged
students to want to read and write books.
By reading books, students' spelling, grammar and writing abilities
are improving tremendously. The students have been easily motivated to
write and publish books in English or Spanish in the computer. During art
class, they illustrated their own books.
Both of these classes also took part in the Make-A-Difference Day, Oct.
28, which was also being promoted by Book-It. The students decorated flowerpots
and potted flowering plants for the elderly at the Pecos Nursing Home.
On that Saturday afternoon they took their plant and books to share with
members of the nursing home.
Earlier this week, the student's parents donated refreshments to serve
at book preview of the students' published books in Pecos Elementary. Visitors
were welcomed to view and listen to the books that were read by authors.
The students took pleasure in listening to stories and were also delighted
with the snacks.
The student-published books were also read to kindergarten children
and then they presented their listeners with a treat. The kindergarten
students will receive a copy of the student's book for them to illustrate
and keep.
A copy of each child's book will also be E-mailed to their Pen Pal in
California. Arrangements have been made for their Pen Pals to read and
illustrate a third copy of student's book and place it in the school's
library of others to enjoy reading it.
The students are still sharing of their wonderful experiences they had
in doing nice things for others. They are still sharing of the grand feelings
they had in taking part of the happiness they brought the others. The many
thank you notes they have been receiving will allow them to hold on to
these precious moments they had.
Pecos Enterprise
York M. "Smokey" Briggs, Publisher
Division of Buckner News Alliance, Inc.
324 S. Cedar St., Pecos, TX 79772
Phone 915-445-5475, FAX 915-445-4321
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