HILLSBOROUGH LITERACY COUNCIL

Visions2017

Stories by New Adult Readers and English Language Learners Welcome

From HLC’s From the President Library The United States of America is Director a country made up of immigrants and their descendants. Florida Literacy is one of the most and the Tampa Bay area have important gifts that anyone can histories full of cultural, ethnic receive. I would like to thank the and linguistic diversity. The ability Hillsborough Literacy Council to read and the ability to speak English are two skills tutors for their dedication and giving spirit. I want to necessary for adults raised in our communities as well celebrate the bold steps that all of the literacy students as new arrivals from abroad. have taken to improve their lives!

The Hillsborough Literacy Council (HLC), with the The ability to read and write at a basic level can be support of the Tampa-Hillsborough Public Libraries, the determining factor in personal success. Today, in has a long and storied history of aiding adults who the United States one in six adults cannot read or has are motivated to improve their reading and/or English less than basic reading skills. 63% of these adults are speaking skills. In order to integrate and take full unemployed. Without basic literacy skills, adults find advance of their communities’ or new country’s many it harder to get a job, take much longer to find a job, benefits, our students and volunteer tutors spend many and often are forced to take jobs with lower pay. Talent long hours working together talking, studying and managers for many of America’s largest companies now improving their skills. say that low literacy skills are the greatest impediment to developing a successful workforce - even greater Each year our board of directors and library staff labor than low technology skills. to provide as many quality learning opportunities as possible for as many students and tutors as possible. Improving basic literacy broadens employment Through such activities, we all grow and are better able potential and opens up a world of education and career to contribute to Tampa Bay’s welfare. development that will lead to personal growth and success, and will contribute to the overall success At our Annual Appreciation Assembly, our board of of the community. I admire the courage shown by directors wishes to demonstrate our gratitude to all our adult students and new Americans in recognizing the volunteer tutors, students, donors and sponsors for all importance of literacy to their lives and in seeking help they do to make our journey more enjoyable and fruitful. with basic written and spoken English. Their efforts Thank you for another great year! are remarkable and their stories here in the pages of Visions are truly inspiring.

Paul V. Suppicich Andrew Breidenbaugh President, Hillsborough Literacy Council Director of Library Services Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative

1 Hillsborough Literacy Council (813) 273-3650 hillsboroughliteracy.org The Hillsborough Literacy Council The Hillsborough Literacy Council (HLC) is a nonprofit affiliate of Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library teaching functionally and marginally illiterate adults to read and write through its Adult Basic Literacy program. In its English for Speakers of Other Languages program, participants learn to read, write and communicate in basic English.

HLC accepts adults 18 and over. Depending upon the student’s level, learning to read can take a year or more.

HLC needs volunteer tutors and will provide them training and materials. We ask our tutors to commit to one year’s work with their student(s).

HLC seeks funding partners and donations which will directly support the program by providing student materials and supplies for tutor trainings.

For more information, visit hillsboroughliteracy.org or call (813) 273-3650.

HLC Student Stories - Table of Content

The Wailing from My Heart by Yuslinda Nehe 3 Marc Anthony Musicians by Wilnelia Badillo Hernandez 3 The Young Symphony Venezuelan Orquestra by Leonel Mendez 3 Getting Older by Maria Cristina Corona Ortega 4 One’s the Best Time by Roxana Beauregard 4 People from a Rainforest by Priscilla Silva 4 How to Tell Them? by Lina Carvajal 5 The English and I by Juan Cano 5 My First Trip to USA by Herminia Morales 6 Helping People by Rupert Thorpe 6 It May Happens to You? by Roberto Mallea 6 My Family by Neomarys Duran de Chavez 7 My Reason for Learning English by Jose Patino 7 The Imaginary Friends by Tatiane Meirelles Corpas 7 Exercise by Mark Spyke 8 Touching Lives by Luz Stella Calvo 8 My Reflections on Life by Nelly Vinokurov 9 For You by Ernesto Millan-Zuñiga 9 Tatyana Memories by Tatyana Cherepenko 9

2 Stories 2017

The Wailing From My Marc Anthony Musicians Heart Submitted by Wilnelia Badillo Submitted by Yuslinda Nehe Hernandez Tutor: Janis Smith Tutor: Greg Kiel

A spring appears after waiting in the Marc Anthony is an American singer, long winter. A sprout of happiness grew songwriter, actor, record producer and inside my body, television producer. Also, he is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. But only a moment then became He is best known for his latin salsa withered. Please, Hope, would you stay numbers and ballads. He has won in me? numerous awards. For example: Latin The Young Symphony Grammy, Billboards and “Premios lo Venezuelan Orquestra My precious one, you had come a trice! Nuestro”. He was born in New York but the parents are from Puerto Rico. I waited so long for you. Submitted by Leonel Mendez He has albums in English and Spanish Tutor: Janet Daggs Oh, my heart, do not enter the dark music. He was married with Dayanara Torres, she was Miss Puerto Rico night! Keep the light inside Forty two years ago it was created, Universe in 1997. They have two kids, in Venezuela, the Young Symphony but they divorced. Also, he was married While spring goes away, tears will never Orchestra, by Jose Antonio Abreu with Jennifer Lopez is an American dry. Miracle, why did you betray me? (a Venezuelan composer, conductor singer. And they have twins. and pianist). The principal purpose of Why are you silent and let the doubts this creation was to offer the young After seven years they divorced. But linger over me? Please, Hope, would Venezuelan musicians the opportunity together works in the album in Spanish you stay in me? to participate in a symphony orchestra. for Jennifer Lopez. Having a great success in the song in which they My precious one, have peace there. The musicians were from different cities sing together. They are actually on a I’ll keep you in my heart with love that and they had to meet at Caracas (the concert tour in different countries. They never ends. Let’s be patient for the Country’s capital) every weekend. I was began in Puerto Rico and also comes time, till we meet there Keep the light a founder member in representation to Orlando, Florida in November of this inside of my native city (Trujillo) along with year. other musicians. I had the big honor to Go away, go away, go away bitterness! be the first Principal Clarinet. The first I will faithfully wait for the new spring to concert was in April 30, 1975. In July of come again. Please, Hope, would you the same year we played concerts in stay in me? different cities of Mexico.

And keep the light inside.

3 Hillsborough Literacy Council (813) 273-3650 hillsboroughliteracy.org Getting Older in Science. My son, Leon, has his PHD from UCLA and they are very good Submitted by Maria Cristina Corona parents. I have three grandchildren and Ortega I love them very much. Tutor: Lisa Clementi I had very difficult times, but God gave Stories 2017 me strength and took my hand. A few days ago, I was on the phone making calls to inquire about a new apartament. A man I spoke with asked PRESENT. me what age I was. I felt annoyed and We don’t have the present without our One’s the Best Time told him, “I don’t want to say my age “. past. We have memories and all of He told me that he was 62 years old, these make us different people. We can Submitted by Roxana Beauregard and he was so happy for that and not see life in a better way because we can Tutor: Christine Buzzeo all people make it to that age. This learn from our mistakes. conversation left me thinking. I never For my one’s the best time in my life thought of life this way. The present is really the moment, just was when I was a child. Clambing the this moment when we are better than trees, looking for the best fruit, In the A couple of days later my son, Leon, the past and we have the opportunity winter after raining we were ready to told me a close friend of his died. He to build on the future. How? Working, fish, our children can’t do that anymore was young and a very good person, so I learning all we can learn, reading, because now is dangerous. took a second moment to carefully think writing, having good friends, walking about aging. every day, thinking of God and all his My mom can’t buy a tv, so we walked wonderful gifts that he has given us: the about 20 minutes for watch tv through I am 67 years old. I don’t know how sun, the moon, the sky, the trees and so the window, we paid for it, depend how much longer I will live. I have some much more. much money we had, ten minutes or reflections. Life is a line with three parts 30 minutes. But watch tv was the best, - Past, Present and Future. Today, we can keep and care for our sometimes we fight for the window. health. It is our responsibility. Many PAST. people love me but I don’t want to be a I like to think of the past because it burden on them in the future. Another has given me experience and learning thing in the present and very important opportunities. I have thought often about is to be happy. We don’t know if there my past mistakes because I always will be another tomorrow. want to do my best. Now I want to think positive things about my past. FUTURE. Finally we don’t know anything about I have two wonderful children. They are our future. The future can bring perhaps my pride, they are good people and good moments. I hope when I get older are good professionals. My daughter, to have a very good mind and health Cristina, is a Medical Doctor of and I am working everyday on that. I Dermatology and has her Masters have to say thank you God for letting me make it through today. People from a Rainforest

Submitted by Priscilla Silva Tutor: Christine Buzzeo

Isolated native people emerged from the Amazon rainforest and made contact with the outside world. Someone filmed the moment on camera. The people wore loincloths and carried bows and arrows they communited with local villages who gave them some bananas.

The people took them, but they stepped We have memories and all of back quickly, they were affraid of the strangers Braziliom experts said that these make us different people people from rainforest more from Peru because of deforestation. 4 because I had not told her about it. I could read better and I learned My dad instead, understood easier grammar too, but my skills for the other that my mom, even though she finally subjects were few. I am from Columbia accepted some days later. My real pain and one of the main problem when you in the neck was my boyfriend; He and are studying English is daily contact I were in a relationship for a long time with the language, because you can already, so he was (to be honest) my stay into the English language for one only reason to waver, He was always or two hours, but then you come back a supporting guy, really kind and sweet to reality, it is your native language with me, but I never told him my plans around. before, it would be hard for him, I know, but when it happened, he surprisingly Two years ago my family and I supported me, and he accepted all my have moved to Tampa. This was a decision entail. hard decision, but finally We took it because it is the best for our family. First, he would be alone for around a The idea has been study English and How to Tell Them? year or more, secondly, he obviously validate my career (it was done, I would change what he had to do, got a bachelor degree in Mechanical Submitted by Lina Carvajal because almost all his free time he was Engineering) but I must wait about Tutor: Tutors: Mohan Rao and Janet with me, and thirdly, he would have to 9 months more to get the work Daggs respect all my decisions here. It would permission. be hard for either of us, be without your When you take a decision about mate for a long time is not easy at all. As for the English I have learned a lot. something that will change your life Anyway, he understood, and I felt a I can run some errands and diligence forever, you realize that you should little more head over heels in love. I and always try to communication with start to talk about it with the people was so happy that immediately later, I others, sometime is difficult but I do it! you love. The first thought that comes started the preparations. My main problem is always thinking in to your mind is how to tell them in a Spanish and to translate in my mind form that they could easily understand. I spent almost six months in it, I came before talking. I just feel like words do That is why I decided not cut corners, and now I am happy and I am already not come to me. When I am listening so I called my parents, my brother, getting used to living here. But when I to someone, I can understand part of my boyfriend an my close relatives think in that days, I cannot avoid feeling what He or She is saying, but there and I told them about my plan (not my a little gloomy because from now are some parts that I just feel lost, idea because I have already took the on, I know that it is easy to tell them and although all this can be normal decision) to come to United States for about your risky plans to the future, sometimes it is a little bit frustrating for my own. but what about tell them goodbye?, me. that is the hardest thing to deal, and They were clearly concern, it was to think it will be the last moment in a I know that with the passing of the natural, I think so, they firstly thought lot of time is heartbreaking, but you days I will learn more vocabulary was a nice potluck to celebrate my know what they say, all the decisions and I will have more listening skills. I birthday, but instead, I told them I was have consequences, and I am not an actually dream about having a normal planning to be in an unknown country, exception. conversation and understanding with strangers in their house, working everything naturally, that day will come for them, under their rules, and without and will be very important for me. any family or friend living close to me. They were scared for many reasons; I did not know the language, the culture or the real life here. To be honest, The English and I we already knew a lot of about this nation, Probably people from South Submitted by Juan Cano America knows better this country Tutor: Dave Bostain that other one, it is famous for their movies, series, and in general for their I am Mechanical Engineer since 13 eccentricity, but one thing is watch it on years ago, when I was studying and TV and other is reality. working I had to read in English, however the writing, listening and The first reaction that I remember speaking were minimal. is from my mom, she completely Several times I started some English freaked out; she was very disappointed courses and never finished some.

5 Hillsborough Literacy Council (813) 273-3650 hillsboroughliteracy.org lovely ermita exactly as I showed in the program of TV.

I searched the form to enter but only have a big saloon with de wood bench. I don’t saw any people. In there, I was 30 minutes prayed. Then heard vocerias and movement of the people into church and entered for decorate temple with flowers and the Helping People benches with ribbons white and lilacs. Next, arrived the bridesmaid beautiful Submitted by Rupert Thorpe dressed, after everybody guest, and Tutor: Andrew Smith My First Trip to USA next the bridegroom that arrived on a Submitted by Herminia Morales wheelbarrow for fourt horses. The other I think the leaders of the world should Tutor: Carol Bockenek person were dressed into church. The do more to help the people to have ceremony was simple and exciting. a better life. They should try to help It was in the year 1984 in the month of the people in poor countries to have July when I flew from Cali, Colombia, Finally, the bridegrooms left happiness a better way of living like a good for first travel to the United States of and I huge amorous to bride. education. America of America with destination Los Into church had a toast with Angeles , California. champagne. After they putting a They should stop the people from That time, the Olympic Games were beautiful flowers orchid bouquets on starving from hunger and a lack of basic inaugurated on the Los Angeles chest everyone of the guest, included things like good drinking water. They Memorial Coliseum Olympic stadium me. Also, their gave a patrons noticed could buy good housing for them to live and was my first travel outside my place were of bridal reception, class of instead of spending so much money on country and I was well frightened and menu and dancing. As I don’t had a car, useless wars. very excited because I turned away my not speaking English and not known niece Adelaide who living there since the city, I only can seen the parade and The amount of money the world spends ten years ago. She lived on shantytown many luxuries cars. on war could take care of millions of Hollywood, California, where on de hill people who don’t have anywhere to live, have de advertisement HOLLYWOOD. Thus, I had my first day in Los Angeles have no food to eat, and no good water during my first travel to United Estates. system. We as people need to be more During the flight I talked with a journalist I never can’t forgot this beautiful caring to each other like the good Bible that came to covered the inaugural experiences. teaches us to do. We would have a event, and so he gave to me a ticket better world. I pray to God that one day for entrance to Coliseum and I had a we will see people as people and stop beautiful opportunity witness my niece the war and killing. this beautiful spectacle of the Olympic Games. I’d never forget it. A next day, my niece and your spouse ----It May Happens to You? leaved to respective jobs. And I was alone in home. But I decided leaved Submitted by Roberto Mallea for knows the city of Los Angeles and de house’s my niece were near a big Tutor: Janet Daggs avenue. Twenty years ago as a therapist I was working at a I remembered the I watch on TV one nursing home with a male patient, when I got through on program called The Family Ingalls. I that treatment I asked to my patient: do you want me to showing the simple life of the people to live during the recession of year 1940. shut your room door? and he answered: not just leave Specially I liked saw the little ermita it cracked; that answer made me surprised to myself, to church when all neighborhood had meet await twenty years to learn the meaning of the cracked each Sunday for attending dominical door, that was on 1997 I came to USA on 1976. service. Then I decided to walk for send to my daughters a postal cards and I went to Postal Office. Y asked Thanks for allow me to share with you and the group. an walked near important avenue, and encountered from my own eyes one

6 The Imaginary Friends We have little time, just three years in United States. I want to learn English Submitted by Tatiane Meirelles Corpas to have communication with people Tutor: Stella Bayley here. Thank you for helping. Thank you teacher Wendy Jennings. Last week, my daughter who is 11 years old, told me very happy that she has 300 friends in only 2 days in Facebook. I’m 36 years old and I don’t have 300 friends in all my life. My Reason for Learning I Believe that one real friends, don’t My Family English only know your dreams, your fears, your crazy, but she lives in by your Submitted by Neomarys Duran de Submitted by Jose Patino side all this. Chavez Tutor: Janet Daggs Tutor: Wendy Jennings A few years ago when a person has Is very important to learn English for an imaginary friend, Often this fact led My name is Neomarys Duran de many reasons: as families asked for help for medical Chavez. I’m from Dominican Republic. First of all when somebody arrives to psychic and psychological to to help My parents: Jose Alberto Duran USA is necessary to learn English, their friends or family get through it. and Ana Lucia Rodriguez de Duran. because in any city of the USA, Their address is 330 Duarte, Mao everybody speaks English and just the Currently is very different , if you don’t Dominican Republic. My father still way to alternate with American people have a lot of friends you aren’t normal works harvesting bananas. My mother is talking English. But to talk not only ,be it imaginary or not. works in her home cooking, cleaning, is necessary also writing and read. washing clothes. They share good The relationship between peoples are times in the church. They share good Any time if we need to fill out an modifying next future generations , times with their friends. application, is indispensable to know making them the most alone, reducing how to write English. the capacity to live among people and I was to visit in December for Merry But not only talk and write is important. accept the differences of personality Christmas. We share in family one Also we need to read in order to and opinions. lunch with my sisters Virginia and understand the news paper, books, Margarita. After, we visit my two some documents, etc. Really, however what she calls the brothers, Alberto Jose and Jose “Friends”, it not is same that I think Alberto. One brother lives in new At the same time if we watch TV, about or I consider “Friends”. Jersey. One sister lives in North shows, moves, etc. Definitely we need Carolina. There are seven children. to understand English. What I can speak for my daughter is I was born in Mao Valverde Dominican that she needs to pay more attention Republic. I got married at twenty-two If for any reason we need to go to the in agree or accept one new imaginary with Rafael E. Chavez Munoz. We University, is indispensable to know friends because he can hurt her. have two daughters and one son. English (Talk, Write, Read). The daughters are Grethel and Likewise, when we are looking for Angelica. They are dentist graduates a job, is very important to dominate in Dominican Republic. Both sisters English to talk to the interviewer to get states. They speak Spanish and the position that we were looking for English. Grethal and Angelica visit me various months. in December. Therefore, always I am learning My son Jose Rafael Chavez have English to get my goal. seventeen years. He will finish high school. He graduates school May 19, 2017.

The Sundays we go to church my husband, my son and I. My husband and I we were Republic. Here I just Accept the differences of work. I do housekeeping and take care of old woman. personality and opinions

7 Hillsborough Literacy Council (813) 273-3650 hillsboroughliteracy.org Touching Lives

Submitted by Luz Stella Calvo Tutor: Lisa Clementi

My name is Luz Stella and I was born and raised in Coumbia. I’m the youngest of five brothers and sisters. I have been living in the United States for fifteen years. I first lived in New Jersey Exercise for three years. Then, I moved to Tampa in 2004. I’ve been married for the last eleven years to a wonderful man, Submitted by Mark Spyke Raymond. Tutor: Carol Godwin I have two degrees from Colombia, Within this group of children there was I exercise to keep in shape and I one in Business Administration and the a girl with extremely long hair. It was love exercise. If I didn’t work out, my other in Industrial Technology. My first straight and medium brown in color. body would get soft. I don’t want my job in the United States was as a nanny She simply paid close attention to the stomach to stick out. Exercise builds for a family of four children in Wayne, video. I saw in her face that she was my testosterone and exercise builds my New Jersey. I worked for them for touched by the video, but she didn’t say mind. When your body feels weak, your three years. In that time I understood anything. In that moment and later, she mind feels foggy. that I wanted to work with children and approached me with a smile on her face started my study in Early Childhood and asked me if I was going to donate I exercise at L.A. Fitness. I tried other Education. After I moved to Tampa, I my hair. I explained that I could not gyms in the past, but L.A. Fitness is started to work for a Monsessori School donate because my hair has been dyed the best for me. It is for both men and in a Prekindergarten Class. before. women. I have many friends there, so it is also a good place to relax and talk I had always studied English on my A few days later, the school year was with my friends. We talk about our jobs own until one year ago. I started with over and this girl went on Summer and our families. my tutor, Lisa Clementi. She is a great vacation. I didn’t see her again. Two teacher and always willing to help me. months later, she went to visit me at the When I exercise, I lift heavy weights I want to share with everyone a story school. I was very suprised when I saw because that makes me feel strong. I that happened to me very recently and her with short hair, as her hair was so work my back, chest, arms, legs and touched my heart. long in the past. It was past her lower stomach. For my chest, back and legs, back and now it was shoulder legnth. I start out at 225 pounds and work up One day, I was in the classroom with She mentioned to me that she donated to 315 pounds. My stomach and arm my group of children and I started telling her hair to a charity over the Summer. weights vary by how I am feeling each them a story about the importance day. of helping others. To complete the My heart was filled with great joy to explanation, I showed them a video know that the experience had impacted When I am finished with all those about a five year old girl who donated the life of such a small child. weights, I feel relaxed. I get cardio her hair. When we finished watching the exercise at my job where I walk a video, some children asked questions great deal. Exercise helps me deal and I answered them. with tension and stress. I recommend exercise for everyone. Give it a try!

8 My Reflections on Life

Submitted by Nelly Vinokurov Tutor: Janet Daggs

In my childhood my parents were Tatyana Memories the best example for me how people should live a decent life without Submitted by Tatyana Cherepenko cunning, deception, lies and hate. Tutor: Teodora “Teddy” Phillips When I was in High School one of my For You My name is Tatyana, I come from teachers became my mentor not only Ukraine to Italy on 6-th July 2004. on her subject. She talked to the class Submitted by Ernesto Millan Zuñiga I remember very good this day...it of girls (it was girl’s school) about the Tutor: Carol Bockenek change my life. best paths in life and how to live. I was student and I studed italian Laugh, Relax, Forgive, Do a Favor. language. In that time I visited many ...All my life I was trying to avoid the Request Help, Delegate Tasks. interesting places in beautiful Italy, wrong decisions. Break a habit, Do a Long Walk, like Rome, Venice, Florence, Milan, Express your ideas. Genoa. It is very different country with And now, at my golden age, when Learn something that always you its own dialects, traditions, architecture people should be wise, it’s not always desired, Do a Favor and food with infinity variety of pasta, clear, which way is the best. People are Go to Run, Paint a Picture different sweets, gelato and the best mortal, they don’t know, what is above Smile to your son, Watch old photos wines in the world. In Italy is a lot their understanding. The logic helps, Allow yourself to shine of churches and cathedrals, best but not always. Read a good book museums. Everybody know Leonardo Sing in the shower Listen to a Friend da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli. I think ...The only part of life I am sure in is my Accept a compliment italian people have best of everything. compassion towards others, trying to Assist to an elderly They are very friendly and ospitality help by word and deal. I wish all people Comply with your promises people. would feel the same. End your desired project Remember your childhood, Be a boy One day, I was for my job in Nord another time of Italy and I met my husband, he is Hear the nature military and we are moved to Tampa Express your happiness, Write in your in 2013 for 6 months. It was my first diary, time in USA! Our son started walking Permit yourself to make a mistake here, on the beautifuls beaches of Gulf Make a family album, Take a long bath of Mexico. We are back to Italy and in Today don’t worry 2016 back to Tampa again. Allow that someone help you Look a flower with attention Waste a Now our son is 4 years old and he little time started speak English here. For us it is Turn off the T.V. and speak very important. Listen to your prefered music Call up your friends by phone I am very happy to bee here. It is very The only part of Do a little change in your life beautiful experience, we meat differend Do a listing of things well done people and have good friends from life I am sure in Go to the library, Hear the silent different country and culturals. I studing Close the eyes and imagine the waves English on library and I like it very is my compassion Make somebody feel good much. We visited different places in Say to the lovers persons how much Florida and USA. towards others love them Give a name to a star This is a short experience but it is a You know that you won’t be alone very intence experience. One day I Think in how much you have hope my son come to Tampa for job Give yourself a gift Prepare a travel like his father and I can see again all Breath deep, Cultivate the love. my friends. My friends and life in USA will be always on my heart. 9 Hillsborough Literacy Council (813) 273-3650 hillsboroughliteracy.org Special Thanks to...

Tutors Who Served Over 100 Hours Cheryl Caltagirone Katherine Lewis William Miller Bernadette Cook Debby Loudin Frank Shideler Stephen Drumm Catherine Luthin Julie Tollen Adam Knaggs Mary Malmquist Lark Underwood

2017 Conversation Corner Organizers Steve Drumm Janet Daggs Alicia Ellison Carol Bockenek Tiffany Marshall Sylvia Covington Lisa Clementi Norma Rodriguez James Hargrett Deb Haynes Hilary Roach Silvia Morgan

Tutor Trainers/Mentors Diane Grey Lark Underwood

Hillsborough Literacy Council Library Support Board of Directors Andrew Breidenbaugh, Director of Library Services Lori Tonti, Manager of Library Learning Experiences Paul Suppicich, President Allie Brazis, Principal Librarian Frank Shideler, Vice-President Lucie Chaumont, Adult Literacy Liaison Bill Hunter, Secretary Ashley Nelson, Senior Library Assistant Drew Pfeifer, Treasurer Carol Bockenek Alexandra Greacen, Library Assistant LaQuinda Brewington Janet Daggs Aldina Dzebo

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