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COURTESYPHOTO MercyHighSchoolstudentsNicoLeal,TravisGorden,BrandonHebert,GavinParker, Teddy Ranberg, Noe Espinoza, Kayden Swarts and Selena Dobson fulfilled commu- nity service hours Oct. 24 by working in the third grade classroom at Sacred Heart School. The students helped with many classroom jobs, such as grading papers, helping students with vocabulary words, hanging artwork and moving desks. The classroom teacher, Mrs. Dobson, said, "My third-graders were focused and engaged, as the Mercy students helped to make lessons exciting. At recess, a soccer game broke out between the third-graders and the Mercy students. My students loved it. I could not have planned a better activity." MERCYHIGHSCHOOL STUDENTSHELP COURTESY PHOTO SERRF students at Jackson Heights Elementary enjoyed a drumming class spon- sored by Tehama Health Services Agency Mental Health Division. The students learned the history and types of drums. There were many drums in different shapes and sizes and the students got an opportunity to try them all. They took turns drumming out the sound of their names or words in syllables. A er some practice they were working together as a team to make some great drumming sounds. SERRF KIDS ENJOY DRUMS COURTESY PHOTO Elementary students from the Lassen View SERRF a er school program learned about pet care from Mark Winning DVM of Mill Creek Veterinary Clinic. Winning explained the importance of pets receiving heart worm medicine. He concluded his visit by giving each of the students a pet care book and a pet leash. SERRF LESSONS ON PETS COURTESY PHOTO Lassen View students in SERRF a er-school program collected 23 backpacks and filled them with school supplies donated by Lassen View School parents. The backpacks were given to the Red Cross for families in Weed who lost their homes in the recent fire. DONATIONS GIVEN High school students of Red Bluff, Los Moli- nos and Cottonwood are being invited by Mount Lassen Post 167 of the American Legion to com- pete in the annual Amer- ican Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program. T he inv itation to enter the competition was extended by Post Commander Clark Sill- man. The contest for high school students has been arranged with the full co- operation of local high school officials of Red Bluff, Mercy, Salisbury, Los Molinos and Cotton- wood faculty's who will assist with the contest ar- rangements. The contest will consist of two segments; the first will be a speech 8-10 min- utes in length concerning some phase of the United States Constitution. The second segment consists of a speech on an assigned topic. The topic will be one of the four amendments identified in this years rule. This speech will be 4-6 minutes in length. The first place winner of the local contest will receive a $150 scholar- ship, second place will re- ceive $100 and third place will receive $50 scholar- ship award. In addition to the awards by winners of the various elimina- tion rounds of competi- tion, college scholarships of $18,000, $16,000 and $14,000 will be awarded to the first through third places in the national fi- nals. Any high school stu- dent or home schooled student interested in en- tering the contest should contact the school coun- selor's office or call the American Legion before Nov. 4 at 528-1026 or Commander Clark Sill- man at 863-0576. COMPETITION American Legion to hold Oratorical Scholarship contest The Chico State Career Center will host its Career and Internship Job Fair 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5 in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium. A wide array of recruit- ers including ADP, CE- MEX, California High- way Patrol, Duarte, E & J Gallo Winery, Foster Farms, Insight Global, the Peace Corps, Sher- win Williams, the Social Security Administration, SolarCity, Topcon Po- sitioning Systems, Tri Counties Bank, Jack Mor- ton Worldwide and Wan- derful Media are coming to the fair. Recruiters will offer both internships and full-time career posi- tions. About 700 students and more than 90 com- panies are expected to attend. For registration infor- mation or questions about the career fair, call the Chico State Career Center at 898-5253. CHICO STATE Career, internship fair set Nov. 5 PLEASERECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. By Kimberly Hefling TheAssociatedPress WASHINGTON For-profit colleges with graduates un- able to pay back their stu- dent loans could soon face scrutiny by the federal gov- ernment. Schools with career-ori- ented programs that fail to comply with the new rule announced Thurs- day by the Obama admin- istration stand to lose ac- cess to federal student-aid programs. To meet these "gainful employment" standards, a program will have to show that the estimated annual loan payment of a typical graduate does not exceed 20 percent of his or her dis- cretionary income or 8 per- cent of total earnings. The Education Depart- ment estimates that about 1,400 programs serving 840,000 students won't pass. Ninety-nine percent of these programs are of- fered by for-profit schools, although affected career training programs can come from certificate pro- grams elsewhere in higher education. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says the de- partment wants to make sure that programs that prey on students don't con- tinue abusive practices. However, Steve Gunder- son, president and CEO of the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Univer- sities, calls the effort "noth- ing more than a bad-faith attempt to cut off access to education for millions of students who have been historically underserved by higher education." For-profit colleges at- tract students seeking training in areas such as nursing, truck driving, cu- linary arts and auto re- pair. Such fields attract many nontraditional stu- dents, including veterans and workers laid off dur- ing the economic down- turn. About two-thirds are over the age of 24. Half have dependents and almost 40 percent work full time while enrolled, ac- cording to the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities. Students at for-profit schools are more likely to live at or be- low the federal poverty level and receive food stamp ben- efits than students in other sectors of higher education. 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