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Hilton Head Raffle
The Belmont Chamber is sponsoring a raffle with a grand prize trip to Hilton Head for a seven-night vacation at Spinnaker Resort-Waterside Property for the week of April 11-18, 2009. Accommodations include a 2 bedroom, 2 bath Villa, sleeps 6 with sofa bed Be there for the PGA Verizon Classic at Harbour Town. How about four, one week passes to the Tournament. Also, four rounds of golf everyday at Port Royal Golf Club or the Shipyard Golf Club (cart fee not included). Play Tennis 1 hour each day at Port Royal. $10 donation for one ticket, $25 donation for three tickets. Only 250 tickets will be sold, Sponsored by the Montcross Area Chamber Commerce. 704-825-5307 or www.montcrossareachamber.com.
Tom Sawyer on stage
The East Gaston Theatre Arts III/IV class will present "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" on Thursday night, October 9, at 7:00 p.m. in the school auditorium. The play features Trip Honeycutt as Tom Sawyer, Brandon Miles as Huck Finn, and Kelly Barrett as Aunt Polly. Mark Twain, portrayed by Joseph Egan, narrates the action of the play. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door.
Flu and Pneumonia Shots
The Gaston County Health Department is offering flu and pneumonia shots from 9 a.m. to noon on Oct. 17 at the East Gaston Clinic at 1122 S. Main Street, Mount Holly. Shots are available on a first-come, first serve basis. Costs are $30 for flu and $38 for pneumonia Medicaid, Medicare and some private insurances may cover costs. Please bring insurance cards with you. For more information, contact the 24 hour flu hotline at (704)862-6180 or www.gastonpublichealth.com.
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Robotic project tests several skills
By TARA MANJARRES
- Thu, May 1, 2008
BELMONT—Noah Rollins loves baseball and so does his robot friend which hangs outside his classroom.
Rollins is a first-grade student in veteran teacher Ellen Harris’ room at Page Elementary School.
Earlier this year, the students read a story about robots as part of their reading program. Harris decided to take it a step further.
“I like to do different things,” said Harris who has been teaching for 20 years. I like to think-up creative ideas so I just came up with the idea.”
To give the robots features, she sent a letter to parents asking them for supplies and things to personalize their metalliferous pals.
Rollins made a trip to the dollar store on a discovery mission.
“I bought wiggly eyes,” said the grinning seven-year-old. He also bought pipe cleaners, using the red one as the smile. The various elements of the robots were wrapped in aluminum foil for a metallic sheen.
From his kitchen, Rollins took Styrofoam plates. He used them as the body for “Nate the Great,” his official name for his android amigo. He glued a blue “N” on its chest.
“He’s good at machine pitch baseball,” informed Rollins, “and he can fly.”
But Rollins confided Nate the Great was in a predicament.
“He sat down on my bed one night and he lost all his magic.”
Not only is the robot part art-project but it’s also part creative-writing. Harris had students compose a story about their new friends. They even typed it up and turned it into a Power Point presentation.
“It was a little hard but not too much,” said Margaret Lostetter of using Power Point. This year in Harris’ class, students have already made four Power Point projects thus far.
Lostetter’s robot was birthday themed and consequently named “Birthday Robot.”
“His birthday is February seventh,” said Lostetter who let out a small giggle. “That’s mine too.”
Lostetter unabashedly loves anything birthday. She had her last party at the YMCA pool.
“When I was thinking about my robot’s life overall, I thought about how much I like birthdays and I thought it probably does too.”
Internally, Birthday Robot has superpowers, confided Lostetter.
Externally, he wears a party hat and has a wrapped present for his head, clear plastic cups for arms, and CDs for feet.
His legs are recyclable.
“I used my dad’s seltzer water cans,” said Lostetter. “Sometimes I drink it too.”
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