News & Notes
Looking for creepy, kooky and spooky
Come Halloweentime, does it look like the Munsters or the Addams family have moved in down the street? Are ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night populating the yard or peeking from windows? We’re looking for homes that are “dressed to kill” for Halloween, to give readers a guide to must-see haunts for the holiday. If you or a friend or neighbor has quite a fright site, let us know by emailing the address and a brief description to Bee local news editor Deke Farrow at jfarrow@modbee.com. The deadline is Friday. We’ll run a list in The Bee on Sunday.
Denair in step with school homecoming
Denair High’s homecoming parade will have lots of groups marching down Main Street with them Thursday. The parade will start at 1 p.m. at Lester Road and Main Street and will end at the Denair branch of the Stanislaus County Library. Joining the homecoming court and high school floats for the procession will be the Denair High band; the school’s football, soccer and volleyball teams; contingents from Denair Elementary and Denair Academic Avenues; Denair Youth Football; Denair Middle leadership students; and Denair High cheerleaders. Homecoming games against Ripon Christian will start at 5:30 p.m. for JV and 7:30 p.m. for varsity at the school, 3431 Lester Road, Denair.
Raising funds for Beyer High robotics
Beyer High robotics program students are hoping to raise $20,000 online to compete in robotics competitions, said Robotics Club spokeswoman Heather Nunes. Find the fundraiser at www.gofundme.com/beyer-robotics. As of Monday, the team had raised $700. The club has held a spaghetti dinner as well. Beyer is sponsoring two First Technical Challenge teams and one First Robotics Competition team. Each competition is a three-day travel event. The program was profiled by “Good Day Sacramento” in August.
Deadline near to seek study abroad
Applications for scholarships close Oct. 31 for high school students and recent high school graduates interested in summer and yearlong study-abroad programs in countries where Arabic, Mandarin, Hindi, Korean, Persian (Tajiki), Russian and Turkish are spoken. The YES Abroad Program has yearlong scholarships, open until Jan. 7, for study in Muslim countries. Both scholarships are through the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The U.S. Congress and German Bundestag offer students a chance to study in Germany for a year. Central California students are also eligible for semester and yearlong partial scholarshps through the Elita Hawley Fund. Find those and other opportunities for study abroad on the AFS site, www.afsusa.org.
This story was originally published October 21, 2014 at 6:59 PM with the headline "News & Notes."