Muara Teweh!

TWO YOUNG performers are getting ready to put on their dancing shoes and perform for their supper, or rather, their tuition.

Shelley-Ann Maxwell and Oneil Pryce join a growing line of performers who attempt to raise funds to go to school by using their talent and that of those they have worked with.

Their attempt comes in the re-incarnation of the show I’ll Send You a Postcard, first staged in 2002. Its goal at inception was the same as when it again takes to the stage of the Little Theatre on Sunday evening for two performances.

In 2002, Neila Ebanks did just that, as she sent herself to school in England to pursue an M.A. in Physical Theatre at the University of Surrey. » Read more after the jump →

Deana Powers of Owens Cross Roads has been chosen as the Freshman Forum 2005-2006 Outstanding Member during Honors Day at the University of NorthAlabama.

She served as secretary of Freshman Forum, a branch of the Student Government Association which addressesfreshman student interests and concerns.

Powers has been inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society and Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society. Both societies recognize students who maintain a 3.5 grade-point average. She also received an invitation to become a member of Gamma Beta Phi, an organization that recognizes the top 20 percent of the freshman class. » Read more after the jump →

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University created a new public service scholarship named in honor of former U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt.

The Richard A. Gephardt Public Service Scholarship is an annual scholarship awarded to a graduate student in social work who “aspires to a career that exemplifies the values, ideals, and leadership of Congressman Gephardt,” according to a release. The scholarship does not have a dollar range, Washington University spokeswoman Jessica Martin told the St. Louis Business Journal. The scholarship is a full ride for the school’s graduate program and the dollar amount depends on how many credit hours the recipients has. » Read more after the jump →

Retiring Sen. James Jeffords will give $2 million in leftover campaign money to causes in Vermont.
“The bulk of the money is going back to Vermont,” said William Kurtz, Jeffords’ chief of staff. “It will highlight the areas where the senator focused much of his good work over his career.”

The money will be used to create five college scholarships. Large donations will be made to a historical site and to the University of Vermont, according to Federal Elections Commission records and the senator’s office.

About $225,000 has been donated to a political cause: the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. » Read more after the jump →

They’re young, ambitious and ready to take on the world.

Their oyster is a stage, a football field, a new country.

Here the Sun profiles some of Edmonton’s most promising high school graduates of 2006.

Their talent, drive and potential have landed them spots in prestigious schools and programs and the opportunity to pursue their dream careers and expand their views.

Among them are John Daniel and Yomi Olufowoshe, two Ross Sheppard high school grads who are taking their love of football to the next level; Patrick Lundeen, an 18-year-old graduate of Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts who’s won a spot at the National Theatre School in Montreal; and 17-year-old Taylor Woolsey, a grad of Old Scona Academic high school who will embark on a 50-day paddling expedition in the Northwest Territories, then transplant herself to Switzerland for a year to learn a new language and culture. » Read more after the jump →

The Australian High Commissioner, Dr Greg French, announced that Australia would provide six masters-level scholarships targeted at the public sector in Sri Lanka for the 2007 academic intake.

‘I am pleased to announce that Australia will continue to support education in Sri Lanka through the newly announced Australia Scholarship program’, the High Commissioner stated other day.

‘In addition to the 23 scholarship holders already in Australia under the Australia Development Scholarship scheme, six scholarships for post-graduate study will be awarded on a competitive basis for public sector employees working in areas such as public finance and environmental management. » Read more after the jump →

Ray Lebel was one of Maine’s best golfers ever. His record was impressive: six Maine Amateur titles, a national record 47 club championships and three New England Senior titles, to name just a few things.

Lebel played exhibition matches with the greats of the game. As a Bowdoin College golfer, where he was the New England collegiate champion, he played with Gene Sarazen. He also played with Sam Snead and Jack Nicklaus at Portland Country Club, his home course.

When it came to golf, there wasn’t much Lebel couldn’t do. Seven years ago the retired dentist, then 76, faced his greatest challenge. He was suffering from heart disease, of which there was a family history, and needed emergency bypass surgery. » Read more after the jump →