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The Worthington ALC Insider
Volume 4, Issue 2 September11, 2006
9/11 2001: A moment in history By Raul Avilla It was exactly five years ago today that the 9/11 attacks occurred. Do you remember were you were at the time this was happening? I remember very well. I was in Texas with my mom and we had just finish dropping my brother and sister off at school and had picked up some breakfast on the way. We got home, started flipping through channels and there it was – the second plane hit the tower and within the hour they went down. We talked to a couple people in the ALC and they all remembered where they were at, too. Mr. Knapp said he was donating blood in a blood bank truck. They turned on the TV and he saw the towers fall while blood was draining out of a tube in his arm! Mr. Lowry was in class at Worthington High School when a student returned from a band lesson and announced that two planes hit the twin towers and that one tower had already collapsed. Lowry told him sit down quit spreading rumors. He then gave the class a lecture on how rumors begin and spread. (Continued à)	Where were you on 9/11 2001? Lowry stopped at home on his way to the ALC and he and his wife saw the second tower drop on TV. It was no rumor! Mr. Hyvari said he was at Minnesota West in Economics class when the towers collapsed. Paula said she was working at Community First Bank. Cec was in Minneapolis attending Real Estate Broker’s School. Where were you when the towers fell? 9/11 will always be a defining event in our lives. Most of us will remember precisely where we were forever.

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Paula Ahrens: Superpara… By Audrey Spurgeon Paula likes to watch baseball in her spare time. Her likes are kids that show respect and her dislikes are kids that are disrespectful. Her favorite color is navy blue because it looks good with a lot of different colors and also goes good with almost everything. Paula’s favorite food is Chinese food and seafood. She was born in Sibley, Iowa. Most of her life she lived in Fulda or in Worthington. Paula has had five jobs and they were: waitress, bartender, assistant manager at Godfathers, a bank teller, and here at the ALC. She has two kids and both live at home. Nick is 17 and Joe is 15. She found her job at the ALC job by working as a substitute. When a position opened up here, she took it. Her favorite part of working at the ALC is the wonderful kids. (Continued à)	Paula has five brothers and sisters. Denny lives in the Twin Cities and Barb lives in California. Doug lives in Moose Lake, Minnesota. Pam lives in Redwing, Minnesota. Tom lives nearby in Adrian. Her husband’s name is Mike Ahrens and he works at Bedford Industries. For fun Paula likes to go shopping, watch TV, or go to baseball games or other sporting events involving her kids. On the weekends, she likes to paint and is currently working on updating her house with new carpet and such. She also does laundry, cooks and cleans, and does general mom things. Paula attended Fulda high school and Mankato State University. Paula is a really great person and there are a lot of great things about her!
Batiks from ALC art class…

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What’s up with Turkey Day? By Manuel Garcia Turkey Day, a Worthington tradition, takes place every year in the city of Worthington. It was created in 1939 by Mr. E.O. Olson, owner of a poultry processing plant. This plant eventually became the old Campbell’s Soup building in Worthington. The first Turkey Day was held in 1939. In 1940 Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen attended the festival, and it got reported in Life Magazine and on newsreels. (See this in the video below.) (Continued à)	Worthington was not the only town that celebrated a festival like Turkey Day. In Cuero, Texas, they had a similar festival. In fact, that is where E. O. Olson got the idea for Worthington’s Turkey Day. In 1972, people in Worthington rediscovered existance of Cuero’s Turkey Day. Ever since then, both towns have held turkey races on their respective Turkey Days between Worthington’s turkey “Paycheck” and Cuero’s turkey “Ruby Begonia”. When Turkey Day comes around there all sorts of events. These include a pancake breakfast, a Turkey Day Parade, the Turkey Trot race around the lake, the medallion hunt, and, of course, the race between Paycheck and Ruby Begonia. So be there this Saturday and enjoy Turkey Day #65!
Video: 50 years of Turkey Day…. Click arrow twice to watch video

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What I did on my summer vacation… Summer ended fast. I’m currently working for Dollar General. I started with set-up, meaning I helped open the store. Dollar General kept me on as a permanent employee and offered me a position as a Sales Associate. Adrian Martinez My sister Sharon had a baby boy on June 4, 2006, at the Worthington Regional Hospital. She named her son Dwayne. Right now he is 3 months. He is small and looks like his dad. Amy Syhavong This summer I worked for about 2 months picking rock on farms, which was good because I got eight dollars an hour and worked seven to eight hour days. I also mowed lawns and got ten bucks every time I did that. Cody Henderson I mostly went out and had fun. I hung out with my friends, drove around and enjoyed the weather. I also spent time with my sister Bounmy. Her little boy just turned 2 and she’s pregnant with her second baby. Dee Tonsay (Continued à)

This summer I went to Mexico right away when school was over and I stayed there for two months. It was a lot of fun because my cousins graduated from high school and there were a lot of parties to attend. Joan Vasquez In July I traveled to Guatemala. I came back in August.  My parents are from Guatemala. I visited my family and went to a festival in the town called La Feria de Tacana.  I also went to the Mayan pyramids at Tikal.  Juan Perez The day after school ended I jumped on a plane with my mom and my sister. We flew from Omaha, Nebraska, to Chicago, Illinois. Then from Chicago we flew to Mexico City! David McCloskey Right after school ended I went to visit my cousin in Alexandra. I stayed there for one week. My cousin showed me the lakes and the big houses that they have over there. But my visit was boring, because there were hardly any Asian people there. Sing Phady I worked a lot. I worked at the Long Branch and at Michael’s at the end of the summer. I also got into a car accident. We hit a tree and I hit my head on the windshield. I still have a bump from it! Tyler Dorschner Animations by animationlibrary.com

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Mrs. Moser, our math teacher By Audrey Spurgeon In her spare time, Mrs. Moser likes to read and sew. She also likes to bake and do math puzzles. Her dislikes are spicy foods. Her favorite color is blue because it is a pretty color. Her favorite food is mashed potatoes because they are just good. Mrs. Moser was born in Burlington, Wisconsin, and she went to school at Delavan High. She has lived most of her life in the Midwest. She has had a lot of jobs during her life. Some of them are babysitting, bartending, teaching, working as a bank teller, and volunteering. Her favorite job of all, of course, is teaching. Mrs. Moser has two good kids and they are Kedrin and Nathan. Kedrin is 23 and lives in the cities and is a supervisor of the handicapped. Nathan, 21, is a junior at Luther college in Iowa. (Continued à)

Mrs. Moser is always willing to help out with those extra things that make a school special What brought Mrs. Moser to the ALC was that she worked at the ALC in Austin, Minnesota, then moved here with her husband. Her favorite part of working here is the teachers and the students. Her husband’s name is Chuck and he is a banker. For fun she goes to the movies on occasion. She has three sisters and one brother. Sister Nancy O’Neill and Anita Petkoff live in Wisconsin. Sister Laurie Cribben lives in South Carolina. Brother Ed Cowling lives in Omaha Nebraska. Mrs. Moser is a wonderful teacher. She is a great person and it was a pleasure to interview her for this story. Animation by animationlibrary.com

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By Raul Avila

Aries (March 21-April 19) – Today is not your day. Someone is really going to break your heart!

Taurus (April 20-May 20) – You are in good mood. You will find a big pot of gold.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) – Be yourself –don’t try to be someone else.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) If you listen to what people say about you, you will get depressed. Even if you don’t listen, you will still be depressed.

Leo (July 23-Aug 22) – If get a call from the army, you’re more likely to go and join them.

Virgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) – Be all that you can be., or something like that.

Libra (Sep 23- Oct 22) Be yourself, but don’t act wild like you usually do. That can make the people think poorly of you even though you don’t care.

Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) – People will be looking at you today – but only because you look funny!

Sagittarius (Nov 22- Dec 21) Eat all you can ‘cause the world might end tomorrow and you’ll starve to death. You can’t live without food, right? Admit it.

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) Make people listen to you. Go and play some basketball and you will get an award.

Aquarius (Jan 20- Feb 18) – Dream whatever you want and it will become true after 12 hours.

Pisces (Feb 19-March 20) – Go out and show people how much you love them, ‘cause then they are going to love you the same way or more. Yeah Right!

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