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DECEMBER 13, 1993 • BENNETT BANNER • 6 Children’s House daddies build a playhouse Crystal Simenton Student Reporter The children at Bennett’s Children’s House can soon say, “This is ahouse my Dad built.” Children’s House, located at the campus en trance on Gorrell Street will soon have a new construc tion on its grounds: a play house. This past spring the House’s PTA sponsored a barbecue fund-raiser where food was sold at $5 a plate. After the fund raiser, the question was raised about what to do with the money. The PTA asked the staff to write a wish list and one of the items was a playhouse. This idea caught the eye of one of the fathers, Gary Summers. Having re cently built a house, con structing a small playhouse wouldn’t be a problem for Summers. Poetry contest announced The National Li brary of Poetry has an nounced that $12,000 in prizes will be awarded this year to over 250 poets in the North American Open Po etry Contest. The deadline for the contest is Dec. 31. The contest is open to everyone and entry is free. Any poet whether previously published or not, can be a winner. Every poem entered also has a chance to be published in a deluxe. hardbound anthology. To enter, send ONE original poem, any subject and any style to The Na tional Library of Poetry, 11419 Cronridge Dr., P.O. Box 704-ZT, Owings Mills, MD 21117. The poem should be no more than 20 lines, and the poet’s name and address should appear on the top of the page. Entries must be postmarked by Dec. 31. A new contest opens Jan. 1. smnmrsiiYiNiiFORA NEWnURIIFSIIIEIIKERS. AlloseiAmeticaciiiiarenateliiencl.msof.iolsntciime.TheifarEbemgasauiteo sna e«en nuitoed lor Ihe sjke ol anytnmj rrom a pair ol sneakers lo some loose cnange m tneir pockets . - * ItsaS'tualicnlhatsonlygettifigwQfse Unlessyouflo sorfiein'ig io f gfii back, your ch Id could Decome oie of Vdu can rrake a cJflercnce Start now b^ canmg 1-aOO-W£ PfiEVENT and weilsendyou mformation c successful ways to join wilh others io ofotec! yeof ctiiiflren f'piT. cfine jn your fleigtiDornooo ■ finiiSuilil t-eoo-wE PREVENT yfl|||||y in APubiicSt'vicao' .V| Thi| Bubllcftltcn He sohcited the help of 19 other fathers and they began constructing the play house in early October. The fathers took shifts on Satiu-day mornings and in sets of five, they worked two to three hours. “It is quite an achievement for fathers who work all week long to give up their Saturdays to build this playhouse,” said Juliette Jackson, director of the Children’s House. There are 35 children that attend the Children’s House. The playhouse is small, but according to Jack son, the playhouse is not designed to house all the children. The children will have to take turns to play in it. “We hope to eventu ally get more equipment for the house maybe even some child size furniture,” Jack son said. Jackson stressed that the Children’s House strives on parents being a psirt of the children’s school Hfe. “It is extremely im portant for us to bridge the gap between home and school,” she said. The playhouse is al most complete; it is simply a matter of a coat of paint, and according to the staff at the Children’s House, the kids can’t wait to try it out. is % icns oj liwiisands oj people will need blood diiriiu] the holidays. Slul ivoiideriiu] ivlial lo Ljive^^ American Red Cross ^i\vbloodiiipiii. Qniv inorc will Ivjdl jora lijduiu
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