The James Logan Courier

By Farah Ali, Courier Staff Writer

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden tells the tale of a young Japanese girl named Chiyo Sakamoto. Chiyo lives in a tipsy house on the cliffs of the Japanese sea in a small village in Yoroido. She always had big dreams of leaving Yoroido and becoming successful to make her parents happy, but tragedy had struck when her father found out that Chiyo's mother was diagnosed with a fatal bone disease. The family prayed as much as they could, until the doctor told Chiyo's father that time had run out. Chiyo and her older sister Satsu were told that they would transported to the bigger and wealthier city of Gion. This came as a shock to Chiyo and Satsu, who didn't want to leave their tipsy house and parents. But what Chiyo didn't know was that her future would become more and more bright as the days passed on.

MISCELLANEOUS

Homework – Saturday School is open this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Take advantage of a place to get some tutoring, computers, a place to work with peers, and a welcome atmosphere, too. Enter by carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.

Colt Necessities is selling alumni sweaters, James Logan hoodies, adjustable hats, flat hats and many more on Monday, Wednesday and Friday during both lunches.

Need Driver’s Ed? Your place is at the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday; April 4, 5 & 6, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.

Rick La Plante, Director of Parent & Community Relations, NHUSD

The Board of Education on Tuesday night approved a resolution calling for a May 3 special election asking New Haven voters to approve a parcel tax to offset some of the cuts that continue to be forced on the District because of the ongoing state budget crisis.

The measure would raise approximately $3 million annually to preserve quality instructional time, maintain educational and after-school activities and minimize increases in class sizes and reductions to the school year.

From wikipedia:
Duane L. Jones (February 2, 1936 – July 22, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his role as Ben in the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead. He was director of the Maguire Theater at the State University of New York at Old Westbury. He was the artistic director of the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art in Manhattan.

He was born on February 2, 1936, and he had a sister, Marva Jones Brooks.

A graduate of the Sorbonne, Jones studied acting in New York City.

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