Celebrating a Successful
Transplant - Rick Bounds poses with a cigar,
often smoked to celebrate special occasions, in his hospital bed during
his recovery from liver and kidney transplant surgery. (The cigar is
merely a symbol of Bounds’ triumphant return to health; he did not
smoke it.)
Essex Man Makes
Most of Second Chance - by Ben
Boehl -
Rick
Bounds was a
typical man in his mid-50s. He was fit, never smoked and occasionally
drank a beer, but he was diagnosed with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
(NASH) in 2006, which is a liver disease. Bounds, an Essex resident and
owner of Bounds Carpet, was told by his doctors he had an unshaped
liver. This is not to be confused with cirrhosis of the liver, a
disease primary caused by alcohol.
“I don't want to sound like a saint, because I went to many bull roasts
and crab feasts, but there was a time I didn't drink alcohol for about
10 years.
Low Named College Teacher of the Year - by Ben Boehl -
If a student has taken an English class at CCBC-Dundalk
over the past
35 years, there is a possibility that he/she has had Bernadette Flynn
Low, PhD. as an instructor. Low, who started teaching at CCBC when it
was known as Dundalk Community College in 1973, received the Dundalk
Chamber of Commerce Outstanding College Teacher of the Year Award on
April 24 at Martin's Eastwind.
“I didn’t know I was nominated, it was a big surprise to me. It was
nice because the only time I get surprised anymore is if I’m told that
my car needs to be fixed or something like that," Low said with a
laugh. "I was honored to hear that type of news.”
Seven Oaks Elementary Science Fair a
Successful Experiment - Article & photos
by Diane Carliner -
Twenty-two Gifted and Talented Math students were selected
to create and complete a project according to the scientific method.
Surrounded by posters they made atop desks, the students began by
picking a topic and researching it. Next, they developed a question to
investigate, hypothesized about what would happen and listed materials
they would need.
A procedure to be used for the investigation was selected. Following
that was to do the investigation using data, charts or graphs. The data
had to be explained and a conclusion drawn. Results were explained with
implications for the real world. New questions for further
investigation were presented.
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