| MATAMOROS — While some schools endeavor to bring meals like mom makes to their students, at Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...
MATAMOROS � While some schools endeavor to bring meals like mom makes to their students, at Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary school in Matamoros, moms are brought to the school to make students meals. �Who better to make them lunch,� reasoned Principal Maria de Los Angeles Galvan Tapia. �They�re cooking for their kids, so obviously they want to feed them well.� Out of necessity more than careful planning, moms at Franklin, as the school is known across the city, take turns cooking lunch for 550 hungry children. Without government funding for a school lunch program, schools in Mexico employ a variety of low cost alternatives, usually on the parents� dime. At Franklin, parents have taken up the cause of organizing meals for their students. Responsibilities for the week rotate among parents, mostly mothers.
The end is near at IMI
MASON CITY — Leah Osborne has worked at IMI Cornelius for almost 19 years.But it all comes to an end on Sept. 30 when the Mason City plant closes."It’s kind of hard, but I guess that’s life," said the 53-year-old Mason City resident.The plant closing was announced to the 174 employees Feb. 1.But it didn’t come as a huge shock, according to Osborne."I think that the majority of the people knew it was coming," she said.IMI has been a major manufacturing presence in Mason City for the past 20 years.The closing is due to relocation of product lines to other plants and downsizing due to decreased sales from the Mason City plant, according to Don Gifford, vice president of operations.The product lines are moving to IMI plants in Chicago and Mexico.IMI, the world’s leading supplier of beverage dispensing and cooling equipment, purchased the Schneider Metal Manufacturing Co., located on 15th Street Southwest in Mason City, in 1987.Gifford said some of the current IMI workers are former Schneider employees who have been working in the building for more than 30 years.Gifford has been in the manufacturing business for 40 years.
Labour must reform and renew if it is to beat SNP - Alexander
WENDY Alexander will deliver a no-nonsense "reform or die" message to the Scottish Labour Party when she launches her leadership bid today. She will tell activists that the party needs to embrace "radical and bold" policies if it is to stand any chance of winning back power from the Nationalists. .
Daily Confusion
12:00—Epsilon Theta—Greek Griller - Are you a down-to-earth person with a good sense of humor? Does the prospect of living with a tightly-knit group of supportive friends appeal to you? Are you awfully fond of baby ducks? If so, make sure to come meet us at the Greek Griller. 12:30—Kappa Sigma—Alley Rally: Come kick off Rush with an old school block party on Amherst Alley. Win prizes, play games, grab some free food, or stop on by for a tour of the house. 12:30—Phi Sigma Kappa—Phi Sig Phest: Meet new people and have fun with card games, ping pong, and pool tournaments, even board games. The phest will escalate to an auction and a raffle. Auction points will be earned with participation and performance in several different tournaments; friends can put their points together for a better chance at the bigger prizes.
|
