2 • March 2016 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. ®
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John Follansbee Don Emerson
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Narayan & Janet Baltzo Matt Scuteri
Paul Quistgard Harrison Saal (standing at right)
Santa Rosa CA. ~ Rincon Val- ley Middle School in Santa Rosa was the benefi ciary of a Boy Scout Troop’s eff orts to improve an area in the school’s quad where most of the stu- dents hang out during break from a former student, Har- rison Saal, as his choice of an Eagle Scout project. As a requirement for advance-
Think Green! SIGMOND
You may think us plants just sit around...but there’s a whole lot
more to us than meets the eye! Sigmond will grow on you!
2 • March 2016 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.” ~ Isaac Asimov
FIRST UP!
GOOD NEWS! Rincon Valley Middle School Beneficiary of an Eagle Scout Project!
ment to the prestigious
and coveted rank of Eagle Scout, a scout needs to do something
for his com- munity that will impact the commu- nity in a posi- tive way.
met with both
Harrison Mr.
Shawn Han- na, Scout Master for Santa Rosa based Troop 125 and Mr. Matt Mar- shall, Princi- pal of Rincon Valley Mid- dle School, to share his idea and vision. T e plan was
to take a large empty rectan- gular space in the quad area of the campus and add more seating space for the students by building 7 metal and Trek Deck benches, installing them securely, add new landscape including two new fl owering trees and plants along with a walkway and mulch to give it
IT’S JUST A PLANT! WHY DO YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR PLANT A NAME?
BECAUSE...
a completely new look for the students. With the help from his adult
assistant scoutmasters and nearly the entire troop of Boy Scouts from Troop 125 this past Saturday; they completed the job much to the satisfac- tion of the school’s Principal, Mr. Matt Marshall as stated “On behalf of the staff , students and community of Rincon Val- ley Middle School I would like
www.upbeattimes.com First Fun Facts
The oldest ears of popping corn were discovered in a bat cave in New Mexico; they are over 5,500 years old.
In 1989 the Bizcochito was adopted as the Offi cial State Cookie. This made New Mexico the fi rst state with an offi cial cookie.
In the 1930s, Admiral Byrd took 2 1/2 tons of NECCO
Wafers to the South Pole. It was almost a pound a week for each of his men during their two-year stay in the Antarctic.
The Punitentiary #1
When I bought some fruit trees the nursery owner gave me some insects to help with pol- lination. They were free bees.
Matt Marshall
to thank you for the wonder- ful benches and new landscap- ing. Please know that the seven lovely benches will provide thousands of students over the next twenty years a very pleas- ant place to rest and relax. T e quality of the material and professional manner in which
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Mr. Mushroom could never understand why he wasn’t looked on as a real fun guy.
The research assistant couldn’t experiment with plants because he hadn’t botany.
I’ve planted part of a riding whip. I’m hoping for a nice crop.
Edited , colorized & re-written cartoon from 1998 in one of the very fi rst Upbeat Times! JUST
GREAT...THE FATE OF
MY NAME IS IN THE HANDS OF TWO HUMAN BEINGS
by Paul Andrew Doyle
...IT’S ALIVE! IT DESERVES A NAME!
WOW! VERY CREATIVE!
HOW ABOUT... BOB?
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