Village People

Background Lorne Avenue Public School has been an important institution in London’s Old East Village for 141 years. After many struggling debates between the parent council of Lorne Avenue and the Thames Valley District School Board, Lorne Avenue will be closing its doors this June. As such, a celebration will be taken place to celebrate Lorne Avenue’s 141 years of educated and shaping young minds. However, Lorne Avenue closing has more societal issues. This story is important because it…

book because it shows that even though people do this they don’t always have a bad reason for doing…

Trade/Communication, and Political/Social. In the first part of the book it shows the system of Hierarchy because it goes through all the different social classes and how each of them work. Also, how the people do their own way of running their village. Plus, in this village they have a leader and the leader tells the people what rules to follow and what to believe in. As the book, it says "And to the Master turned; and he made sign That I should quiet stand, and bow before him. Ah! How…

because she feels that it caters to the wealthier residents by bringing expensive vendors and music acts to the area. Martucci felt that by allowing “Williamsburg Walks” to take place, the city was promoting Williamsburg as being a place for rich people to live and work, while ignoring the industrial past and immigrants that built this neighborhood. Hearing Martucci’s stance against the Williamsburg Walks, inspired me to reach out to Anna Nichole Gorman, who is a program manager with the New…

Tino sat in the livingroom, reading, as he heard Berwald enter from behind the house, through the kitchen door. He gulped and looked up, scared of meeting the Swede’s intimidating gaze. Having stripped of his coat and shoes, Berwald walked into the living room, determined to make Tino smile at him. He had noticed, that the Fin was cold before, thus deciding to make fire. “Tino.” He murmured “I chopped wood.” Tino nodded quickly, lowering his head, as he pretended to be very focused on the book…

Life, it’s funny, how one little thing can have such a large impact on it. In the case of “The Lottery”, the little black box has a profound effect on the towns’ people. In this instance it has a profound impact on one person in particular, Tessie Hutchinson. Tessie Hutchinson finds that in an instant life can change right before your eyes. She proclaims at the end of the story, “It isn’t fair, it isn’t right.” (243) Can you imagine a simple box could carry so much weight? This box that has…

What is Gentrification? Gentrification can have a negative connotation and is often compared to white flight, it also can be seen as a race issue. Whereas, a Caucasian population will take over poverty stricken mixed-race neighborhoods and revitalize them with their newly brought in businesses. Alex Schafran writes in the Berkeley Planning Journal, “residents of gentrifying neighborhoods have been "displaced" from the literature on the subject. [They] are so busy trying to define it, quantify…

lesbian, and transgender. Exactly a year after the rebellion at the Stonewall Inn, June 28, 1969, the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee held a march on the streets of New York to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall riots. LGBT people all across New York gathered outside the Stonewall Inn to celebrate the gay liberation movement. “We propose that a demonstration be held annually on the last Saturday in June in New York City to commemorate the 1969 spontaneous demonstrations…

MILLERSBURG — For her role in removing a change machine from a Millersburg area business, a local woman on Thursday was sentenced to local jail time. Kimberly Foster, 27, of 625 Kenton Alley, Apt. A, Millersburg, previously pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to an amended charge of attempted burglary. In exchange for her guilty plea, a related charge of theft was dismissed. The state also agreed to dismiss an unrelated charge of aggravated trafficking in drugs (meth). She'd faced…

SOS Children’s Villages Brief History SOS children’s villages were founded by Hermann Gmeiner in Tyrol, Australia in 1949.as a child welfare worker; he saw how children were orphaned as a result of World War 2 and their suffering. With the generous support of donors, child sponsors, partners, and friends, Gneimers vision of providing loving, family based care for children without parental care. Today, SOS villages associations are active in 134 countries around the world. In Kenya the SOS…