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COTS Gets New Bedding from Rohnert Park Cotati Chapter of Realtors


STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AT SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE


ANONYMOUS GIFT OF $5 MILLION FOR


Rohnert Park, CA. ~ The Rohnert Park Cotati Chapter of Realtors continued their sup- port of COTS, The Committee On The Shelterless, by donat- ing new bedding to the orga- nization.


The Rohnert Park


Chapter donated 16 sets each of twin and full size bed- ding to be used in transition houses run by COTS.


The


bedding will be available to new residents seeking to tran- sition out of homelessness. This is the third year that the Rohnert Park Cotati Chapter of Realtors has donated to COTS.


The previous years


have seen donations in the form of makeovers and repairs in several of the transition houses. COTS also provides emergency, clean and sober, accommodations for men and women run by the Sonoma County Chapter of Catholic charities. The emergency


housing, run out of the Mary Isaac Center,


includes finan-


cial and personal counseling, and can be utilized for up to six months.


After comple-


tion of the emergency housing program, residents may move on to transitional housing run by COTS.


There are a total


of six houses, containing 23 bedrooms, in Rohnert Park and Petaluma. Residents may remain in transitional housing for up to two years. COTS also works with landlords throughout the community to provide rentals for people coming out of transition. For more infor- mation on the COTS tran- sitional housing program, please contact Warren (the Operations Manager of the Housing and Family Services section) at WTheuret@ COTS-homeless.org or 707- 478-9307.


There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a


cheerful temperament. Henry Van Dyke


Santa Rosa, CA. ~ Santa Rosa Junior College is pleased to announce it has received an extraordinary individual gift of $5 million from an anonymous donor to assist students in achiev- ing their educational goals. The donor hopes this gift will inspire others to support Santa Rosa Junior College and its educa- tional mission.


The $5 million endowment will generate approximately $175,000 annually in scholarship awards and will help hundreds of students each year with their education-related expenses. In announcing the gift, SRJC superintendent/president Frank Chong said, “We are extremely grateful to this visionary donor for


investing in the academic


and professional future of our students. This historic gift will have a profound impact on our dedicated students and faculty. It comes at an important time when many students are moti- vated to get a college education, but lack the financial resources.“ “The entire college community is thankful and will benefit from this generosity,” said Chong. The endowment will offer annual scholarships to students who show potential to become future teachers; to challenge stu- dents to finish their education; and to provide assistance to SRJC students who need financial help. This remarkable donation is


the largest single outright gift to SRJC in its 94-year history, and is one of the largest gifts from an individual within the California Community College system of 112 colleges.


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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb UPBEAT TIMES • May 2012 • 7


Local animals and birds often prepare for sleep or behave confusedly during totality.


Local temperatures often drop 20 degrees or more near totality.


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UPBEAT TIMES • May 2012 • 7


Weird Facts & Fun Trivia - 2 Every eclipse begins at sunrise at some point in its track and ends at sunset about half way around the world from the start point.


Partial solar eclipses can be seen up to 3,000 miles from the track of totality.


Before the advent of modern atomic clocks, studies of ancient records of solar eclipses allowed astronomers to detect a 0.001 second per century slowing down in Earth's rotation.


Total solar eclipses happen because the Sun is near one of the nodes of the lunar orbit, and the Moon is at perigee at this node at the same time.


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