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Friday, January 25, 2013 – Daily News Education in Tehama County KEEP ON LEARNING Islas Student of the Month 5A TALC program receives donation The Tehama Adult Learning Center (TALC) received a donation from the Tehama County Employer Advisory Council on Tuesday for use on the continued operation of its school based enterprise, "The Barkery." "We are all very excited about this generous donation," TALC teacher Gary Ulloa said. "The students will now be able to purchase supplies and other necessary materials. The Barkery has really grown since it began more than five years ago and the experience our students get is powerful and rewarding." The Barkery, which sells homemade, all natural dog biscuits, is a way for the students to learn cooking skills as well as budgeting and other life skills while baking biscuits and offering them for sale. When exploring various options for their donation, the Advisory Council talked about giving back to education in some way. "We really appreciate the work of all teachers and we're aware of the good work that they're doing at TALC," Tom Moisey, who presented the donation, said. "Working with students who have special needs and giving them ways to enjoy some independence is a commendable thing. "We wanted to give the TALC students a little boost and make sure they have the supplies and equipment they need." Moisey serves on the Advisory Council and also on the Tehama County Board of Education. Also present during the event was Corning City Council Member Tony Cardenas. "I wasn't aware that programs such as this one existed here locally to serve our special needs population," Cardenas said. "I'm glad to know that there's a place where these students can go to be taught and to have the opportunity to apply that knowledge." The Tehama County Employer Advisory Council is made up of business and industry volunteers who are committed to enhancing communication between EDD and the private sector. The group offers regular monthly workshops on employment related issues at the Job Training Center in Red Bluff. For information on supporting The Barkery or to purchase biscuits visit www.tehamaschools.org. Students celebrate Senior Day Courtesy photo Maywood Middle School student Eva Islas, pictured here, was selected Thursday, Jan. 17, as the Elks Student of the Month for January. Islas is pictured with her former teacher and Maywood Assistant Principal Tiffany Myers. Mercy placement test Eigth grade students interested in attending Mercy High School next year should plan on taking the Mercy High Placement Test which will be administered 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2 at Mercy High School. Mercy High is open to students of all faiths and 100 percent of Mercy High graduates go on to college and financial aid is available. Call 527-8313 for more information. Professor receives grant from Cal Humanities Jesse Dizard, professor of anthropology at California State University, Chico, has been awarded a 2012 Community Stories grant of $9,999 from Cal Humanities for his project titled "California Water Stories." Community Stories is a competitive grant program of Cal Humanities, a nonprofit that promotes the humanities as a way of understanding the human condition. Grants are awarded to projects that give expression to the extraordinary variety of histories and experiences of California's people and places to ensure the stories can be shared widely. These narratives help us find our commonalities, appreciate our differences and learn something new about how to live well together. "California Water Stories" is an ethnographic documentary film based on an environmental oral history of our relationships to water, focusing on recent changes wrought by settlement and the conflicts that now convulse the human terrain, much as earthquakes and volcanoes have transformed the region's geology. "This project's target audiences are local, regional and statewide, because this basic story is common to many other communities throughout the state, not just Chico — and beyond, throughout the West and across this nation," Dizard said. Since 2003, Cal Humanities has supported about 400 story projects and granted more than $2.8 million to enable communities to voice, record and share histories — many previously untold or little known. Through video, photography, murals, magazines, documentary theater, audio projects and more, these collected stories have been shared with broad audiences, both live and virtual. Cal Humanities is an independent nonprofit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information on Cal Humanities, visit www.calhum.org. Courtesy photo Los Molinos SERRF students made cards for their grandparents and guardians, celebrating a day of "Heroes Matter" on Community Senior Day. Each student wrote something special about their grandparent.