Education briefs

Youth Educating on Tobacco Issues (YETI) groups from both Lyon and Storey counties will meet at the Dayton Round Table Pizza, at 6:30 p.m. today. New members are welcome. Please bring $5 for pizza. Silver City youth who are interested can call their local leader, Sylvia Thomas, for further details at 884-4671 or they can call Healthy Communities Coalition at 246-7550.

Silver City library receives donations

Silver City's Freemasons recently made a cash donation to the Silver City volunteer library to be used for any need. Renate Victor also donated several books, including: "The Kalahari Typing School For Men" and "The No. 1 Ladies Detective," both by Alexander McCall Smith, "South Beach Diet," by Arthur Agatston, "Slaughterhouse Five," by Kurt Vonnegut, "The Old Ace in the Hole," by Annie Proulx, "Peace like a River," by Leif Enger and several others.

Theo McCormick maintains and repairs the computers in the Internet Café at the library and set up the printer, according to library coordinator Quest Lakes. The library also has 15 stories about Curious George, a character which has been brought back to popularity by the movie. For more information, call 847-0742.

Phi Theta Kappa members inducted

Western Nevada Community College's Carson City chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the national honor society for two-year colleges, inducted its new members on March 10. Phi Theta Kappa emphasizes leadership, scholarship, fellowship and community service and encourages its members to be actively involved in their college.

To be eligible for membership, a student must complete a minimum of 12 hours of associate degree course work and earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher throughout enrollment in the two-year college.

The inducted students were: Shawn Anders, Heather Beck, William Bisbee, Glenda Fialkowski, Jacqueline Griffin, Joshua Hartman, Herbert Horner, Tanaya Kawakami, Leslie Laberee, Katherine Lauder, Kari Lockett, Scott McDuffie, Mark McLellan, Brittney Monroe, Cynthia Nurenberg, Rebecca Ray, Rachel Rosete-Gantner, Sarah Skaggs, Jessica Smith, Susan Spotts, Kathern Sterchak and Meaghan Wass.

Family learning night at Dayton Elementary School planned Tuesday

A learning night is scheduled from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dayton Elementary School, 285 Old Dayton Valley Road. The Silver City Task Force will host a booth featuring fun activities and handouts listing where to discover more about the lives of the Chinese on the Comstock in the 1800s.

The town of Silver City will focus on the subject during many events and programs during the summer of 2006, including a presentation by renowned UNLV scholar Sue Fawn Chung (funded by Nevada Humanities). Call Quest Lakes at 847-0742 if you'd like to be added to the mailing list for announcements. Call Dayton Elementary at 246-6262 for more information on family night.

Students take the reading challenge

Twenty-one students at Jacks Valley Elementary School in the Douglas County School District "took the challenge" and read for 30 minutes a day for 10 days. During this time, they collected pledges from sponsors. The children chose free books equal to 50 percent of what they raised in pledges. The remaining 50 percent was given to the school in free books. Students participating logged 10,372 minutes reading and collected $1,236.

Makaela Bigley, a first-grader in Tracie Moultrup's and Brandi Torres' class, raised $175 in pledges. Brayden Campbell, a sixth grader in Susan Hoffman's class, logged 1,885 minutes of reading.

Contributions to the program were made by Usborne Books, Wallace Theaters, Baskin Robbins Ice Cream and Round Table Pizza.

Carson High School student finalist in Prudential awards

Natalie Bergstrom, a senior at Carson High School, is one of four runners-up in Nevada in the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards competition. She was selected for her volunteer work. The awards are sponsored by Prudential Financial and the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Bergstrom will receive an engraved bronze distinguished finalist medallion.