THE POLK COUNTY
Pulse
Education 25
October 18, 2023
Students learn fire safety Meet Smokey and Sparky
Article and photo by Ethan Nahté
The Mena Fire Department visited pre-K-second grade students at Louise Durham Elementary last Thursday, and also visited the Cossatot River Primary School in Vandervoort this week to talk fire safety. The presentation included a short
interactive participation on how to stop, drop and roll. Then the students got to go out a classroom at a time to see a pumper truck, some of the equipment firefighters use, and to get their class photo taken with Smokey Bear and Sparky the Fire Dog as in the accompanying photo.
film about campfire safety, a question-and-answer session with a fireman, a demonstration of firefighters putting on their firefighting gear and walking about the room to show that they aren’t scary… even if they do sound a bit like Darth Vader, and some
Last week was also National Fire Prevention Week. The schools had acquired educational materials in advance of the department’s arrival. Many of the children did an excellent job knowing the answers to all the questions the firefighters asked.
Congratulations to the following Cossatot River High School senior high choir members for earning a chair in the Region 3 Honors Choir Oct. 7 at Bryant. (Back row, l-r) Anthony Johnson, Jamey Johnson, Ashton Miller, Ulysses Lopez, Clifton Ragan, Hazael Cordova (Front row, l-r) Dafne Avila, Elliana Johnson, Kenya Antunez, Mairany Marrufo Over 800 students competed in this competition. Nineteen students from CRHS auditioned for the prestigious choir and 10 earned chairs. Almost all these students have been in All Region choir multiple years and work hard to compete and do well against schools much larger than Cossatot River. These choir members will be performing in a clinic and concert on November 11, in Bryant, AR. Cossatot River Choirs are under the direction of Susan Brewer.
