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Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 • Volume #47, Issue #6
‘Tree of Lights’ to illuminate campus
News in Brief
Class registration continues until January 13 By Matthew Wilson Online Editor
Information compiled by Cassandra Sellers Photo from the Collegian file
Class registration for the spring 2011 semester began Wednesday, Nov. 10 and continues through Wednesday, Nov. 24. Students can register on or after their assigned registration dates. Students can apply for a registration date until Nov. 24. Open online registration begins on Monday, Nov. 29 and runs until Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. The spring semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 18.
WHAT: Hospice of San Joaquin has again teamed up with a PG&E to present the annual “Hospice Tree of Lights” at the mouth of the San Joaquin Delta College campus. For 22 years this festive ceremony has brought people of all ages together for an event that remembers and honors loved ones. The event includes the lighting of the 80-foot tree, holiday music as well as free snacks and beverages.
To contact this reporter, E-mail at: Matthew.dl.Wilson@gmail.com
Upper Danner hosts health fair today
WHY: Adding more magnificence to the already remarkable evening, these ceremonies bring in the holiday season serving an overall admirable cause and very important foundation: To remember and honor loved ones. Family and friends dedicate a light on the very tree to remember love ones lost. The dedications include honorees
By Sean Reilly Staff Writer A health fair will be held today in Upper Danner Hall beginning at 10 a.m. and running until 1:30 p.m. The fair features representatives from 25 different companies, in addition to depression and diabetes screening, body fat analysis and massage therapy. There will also be a raffle with prizes for distribution.
and donor names placed on exhibition at the base of the tree on campus. The setup will run through Dec. 31. WHEN: The lighting ceremony at Delta College will be held 6 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Pacific Avenue entrance to the campus. The campus tree will be the first of six lit throughout San Joaquin County. HOW: To donate a light or dedicate one in memory of a loved one, call the Hospice of San Joaquin at (209) 9220242. Proceeds from the light dedications go to the Hospice of San Joaquin. This local not-for-profit, located at 3888 Pacific Ave., provides medical and compassionate care, counseling and support to terminally ill patients and their families, regardless of ability to pay.
To contact this reporter, E-mail at: DJsean2009@gmail.com
Lisa Turner joins Delta Board of Trustees after election victory By Alexandria Sanchez Staff Writer
Lisa Turner
The San Joaquin Delta College Board of Trustees welcomed a new addition following the Nov. 2 general election. Lisa Turner will represent Area 7 MantecaEscalon beginning Tuesday, Dec. 7 when Turner is sworn in a trustee at her first official board meeting. Turner and her husband Steven Turner, a retired Army veteran, have spent their lives working in service to others. As a Lathrop resident, Turner has worked as a mortgage loan officer for the last nine years. Turner and her husband are actively involved
at their family church, where Turner is a Deacon and the pair together teaches Sunday school. In addition, they are business owners to a sober living facility, Alternative Solutions, where they assist with the recovery of those suffering with drug and alcohol abuse. “My husband and I have built a life of service. We serve in whatever capacity we are needed,” said Turner. So what would make this grandmother of four leap into the campaign arena? Now fellow trustee, Jennet Stebbins. Besides Turner’s experience with those who have chosen to take the troubled path, Stebbins accounts Turners ability to relate as a major factor
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in both why she pushed her to run, as well as what attracted the voters to be in favor. “She’s not way upstairs, she’s right at your level,” Stebbins said. Having married and started a family at a young age Turner has yet to obtain a college degree. That commonality between herself and much of the diverse campus at Delta College and within the community paid off. With a recorded 65,627 votes, Turner achieved victory over the Area 7 Trustee position with a 54 percent majority. Turner embodies the meaning of hard work and dedication to service; however, it is evident
See Turner, Page 2
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