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Lifestyle Center Offers Tulare Co. Teens Free Membership

Submitted by Ashley Ritchie, KMPH News Anchor
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013, 4:41pm
Lifestyle Center Offers Tulare Co. Teens Free Membership

The Lifestyle Center is giving Tulare County teens a chance to work out for free this summer through Teen Fitness Connection.

Teens that are eligible will be able to work out from Monday, June 10, through Saturday, Aug. 10 at The Lifestyle Center.

To be eligible, teens must:

-Be 16-19 years of age

-Live in Tulare County

-Have a parent/guardian present at the time of enrollment

-Have a photo ID at the time of enrollment

-Not have been a previous member or guest.

Applications for the Teen Fitness Program are available at The Lifestyle Center or online at www.TheLifestyleCenter.org. Applications must be submitted to The Lifestyle Center membership department by Friday, May 31.

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AgVenture Day May 31st!

Submitted by Ashley Ritchie, KMPH News Anchor
Monday, May 20th, 2013, 3:06pm
AgVenture Day May 31st!

International Agri-Center’s AgVentures! Learning Center, the Tulare County Farm Bureau and UC Cooperative Extension are partnering to bring AgVenture Day! an education enrichment program for 4th graders from Tulare and Visalia city schools to explore farming, food and fun.

 

The first AgVenture Day! will take place on Friday, May 31, from 9:30am to 1:30pm at the International Agri-Center at 4500 S. Laspina Street in Tulare.

 

This event will educate students on our abundant agricultural industry, teach them to make healthy food choices and open students’ eyes to how their food is produced in Tulare County.

 

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Slick Rock Student Film Festival This Saturday

Submitted by Ashley Ritchie, KMPH News Anchor
Friday, May 17th, 2013, 3:14pm
Slick Rock Student Film Festival This Saturday
The 10th annual Slick Rock Student Film Festival – Central California’s largest student film competition – is scheduled for Saturday, May 18 at the Fox Theatre in downtown Visalia. This year, the festival received 192 films, representing the work of over 380 students. The high school films receiving a “Premiere Cut” designation will be screened at the theater beginning at 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning. A screening schedule will available at www.SlickRockFestival.org on Thursday, May 16. At 5:30 p.m., students who played a central role in producing "Premiere Cut" films (along with their advisors) are eligible to participate in the Limo/Red Carpet Walk. The awards ceremony will begin at 7:00 p.m.
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"Battle of the Books" Under Way in Tulare County

Submitted by Liz Gonzalez on Wednesday, May 15th, 6:59 am
"Battle of the Books" Under Way in Tulare County

Tulare and Kings County middle and elementary school teams are scheduled to compete in the annual Battle of the Books event Today and May 22.

The middle school competition (open to students in grades 6-8) is scheduled for today. Together, Earlimart Middle School, Wilson Middle School (Exeter), Pixley Middle School, Waukena School (Tulare), Reagan Elementary School (Lindsay), Lakeside School (Hanford), Valley Life Charter School (Visalia), Alpaugh Middle School, George McCann Memorial Catholic School (Visalia) and Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center (Visalia) are sending 20 teams and 116 students to the competition.

The upper elementary school competition (open to students in grades 4-6) is scheduled for Wednesday, May 22.

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University Prep High School Wins Step-Up Youth Challenge

Submitted by Liz Gonzalez on Tuesday, May 7th, 8:08 am
University Prep High School Wins Step-Up Youth Challenge

A team of students from University Preparatory High School (UPHS) won the “Best Overall” award in the high school portion of the annual Step Up Youth Challenge, which concluded April 25 with a red carpet awards ceremony at the Visalia Fox Theater. The UPHS students, along with teams from five other high schools and 13 middle schools, worked October through April to identify a community need and create a program to address that need.

UPHS students developed a multimedia teen pregnancy prevention program. The program, which was designed for middle school audiences, is performed on stage with a mix of video interviews with teen parents and short play vignettes. UPHS Language Arts teacher and project advisor Dr. Tara Williams said, “From my point of view, the students took a lot of initiative in putting the project together.

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Tulare County Native to Share Book, Immigrant Story in Porterville

Submitted by Liz Gonzalez on Thursday, May 2nd, 8:56 am
Tulare County Native to Share Book, Immigrant Story in Porterville

Porterville College’s Cultural Historical Awareness Program (C.H.A.P.) will host it's final event of the school year featuring professor and author, Anthony Barcellos from 7-8 p.m. May 3 in the Porterville College Theater.

The talk is titled "Land of Milk and Money" and details the story of the Francisco family, Portuguese immigrants from the Azores who settled on a Central Valley Dairy Farm.

Barcellos teaches math at American River College in Sacramento and lives in Davis, California. He is a native of the Central Valley in California, having grown up on his grandfather's dairy farm in Porterville, Tulare County.

His first language is Portuguese. 'Land of Milk and Money' is his first novel about his Portuguese American family in Tulare County.

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Who Says it Doesn't Pay Off to Read?!?!?

Submitted by Liz Gonzalez on Wednesday, May 1st, 6:27 am
Who Says it Doesn't Pay Off to Read?!?!?
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