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Corinne Schild was awarded a scholarship grant from the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI Inc. Schild of Valley Cottage is the granddaughter of former special agent Charles O. Davis. She is a recent graduate of Nyack High School and will attend Hope College in Holland, Mich. History scholar
Marc Spencer Appel was named a finalist in the Gilder Lehrman History Scholars program. Appel from West Nyack was one of 45 finalists who was chosen to meet with history scholars during a one-week program in New York City. Appel is a student at Yale University. Alston graduates
Daniel J. Alston has received a degree in Culinary Arts from the Art Institute of New York City. He is from Valley Cottage. Fouda graduates
Rana Fouda graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a degree in marketing communications.
11th annual Taste of Carlsbad slated
CARLSBAD ---- Organizers of the Taste of Carlsbad, a fundraiser to benefit art programs in Carlsbad schools, are now selling tickets to the Sept. 22 event.The 11th annual event, organized by the Carlsbad Educational Foundation, offers culinary treats from 20 local restaurants including Fresco Trattoria & Bar, King's Fish House and Dario's. Tri-City Medical Center will also offer tastes from its menu. The event is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and will be held on Armada Drive near the Museum of Making Music. Amateur and professional artists will be creating chalk art on the sidewalks as part of ArtSplash. .
Armstrong's glory years recalled
Decades ago, advertisements in Better Homes & Gardens glowed with warmly lit scenes like the one gracing the cover of a new history of Armstrong World Industries just published by the Lancaster County Historical Society.
A cozy eat-in kitchen has pots cooking on a sleek black stove. A child's school books and ball rest on the floor beside an oak chair, which is pulled up to a trestle table. There, a homey soup bowl (spoon inserted) shares space with $100 worth of fresh tulips in a crockery vase.
The main focus on this stage for domestic bliss is the vinyl flooring in the foreground, in all its imitation Colonial cobblestone splendor.
Today, Armstrong's golden era is past. And for the word picture that is "How Armstrong Floored America: The People Who Made It Happen, 1945-1995," focus has shifted from the foreground to the background.
Wine Center Proposed for Geneva
The idea of wine centers in the Finger Lakes is catching on. After a little more than a year, more than 80,000 people have visited the New York Wine and Culinary Center in Canandaigua. Ithaca and Watkins Glen are working on concepts for centers in the southern Finger Lakes. And in Geneva, city and college leaders presented their plan to city council this week. The committee wants to renovate the Geneva chamber of commerce and house the wine and education center inside. The president of the Fingers Visitors Connection Tourism Bureau says there's still plenty of opportunity for growth. "We have 23 million visitors come to the area and 74-percent of those go to the wineries. So there's a lot of people to spread around and just having them decide which one to come to is the important thing.
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