On Monday, Sept. 17, Mendocino College celebrates “Constitution Day” with several campus-based activities.

What is Constitution Day? Federal legislation proposed by West Virginian Senator Robert C. Byrd and passed by Congress requires all educational institutions, which receive federal funds from the Department of Education to provide education programs relating to the United States Constitution on

Sept. 17 of each year, which went into effect May 24, 2005.

Constitution Day activities include Mendocino College student volunteers conducting a voter registration drive on campus, video presentations in The Eagle's Nest during the lunch hour of Supreme Court Justices commenting on the Constitution¹s impact on landmark rulings, and membership drives for various political clubs.

For more information, go to www.ConstitutionFacts.com or www.constitutioncenter.org.

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Most of us have, at some point or another, said these words. But not all of us have said them after attending a Yosemite Outdoor Education weekend with Pastor Ryan Van Hook like eighth grader Stephanie Williams did.

A group from Middletown Adventist School went to Yosemite from Aug. 30 to Sept. 3. They were lucky to attend with Pastor Ryan – because he grew up there!

The kids saw lots of deer, some with impressive racks, and even a bear!

They went swimming in Pastor Ryan's swimming hole and did an eight-mile hike.

This trip was educational as well as fun, though.

Sixth grader Stanton Williams learned how tall Glacier Point is and seventh grader Carolyn Benner learned what a terminal moraine is.

What is a terminal moraine anyway? Answer: The debris left behind after a glacier passes through.

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The Kelseyville Kid’s Garden Club just enjoyed their annual campout at Finch Gardens where they rolled out the pizza dough and dressed it with pesto made from basil and garlic grown in their own garden as well as red peppers and squash also grown in their garden.

A group of garden club kids and volunteers sat down to a dinner of pesto pizza, pesto pasta and green salad with herbal vinaigrette before adjoining to the campfire for fresh peach cobbler and the vanilla ice cream that they learned how to prepare before dinner.

It’s amazing the things you learn sitting around the campfire with a lot of fourth and fifth graders. A good time was had by all.

September will bring a new season of gardeners into the club and we are very much looking forward to meeting them.

Our first undertaking is that of our annual fundraiser. The Kelseyville Garden Club Kids will be in front of Bruno’s Shop Smart every Saturday beginning until Sept 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. selling Dutch Garden spring bulbs.

The Kelseyville Kid’s Garden Club kids will return on Oct. 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to deliver all of the bulbs ordered during the sale.

If you, or someone you know, would like to join us on our adventure in the garden, we sure would love to hear from you.

The club meets every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. in the garden at Kelseyville Elementary School, 5065 Konocti Road. For more information call Helen Finch, 279-9400.

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Cobb education and author Alethea Eason. Courtesy photo.

COBB – Cobb resident Alethea Eason will be on the book-signing tour next month for Hungry, her first children’s book published by HarperCollins.

The 208-page hardcover book is a science fiction/fantasy story geared to children 9 to 12 years old.

A teaching guide and lesson plans accompany Hungry according to Eason, a 20-year educator, Minnie Cannon Elementary School teacher and reading specialist.

“As a teacher, I understand the demands of using state-based curriculum and not having time to teach everything expected; therefore, lessons accompany my book,” Eason said. “The lessons are designed around 6th grade curriculum standards and include English-language arts, math, science, social studies, behavior intervention, and healthy eating.

“Teachers of other grades, and in states other than California, should find lessons applicable for their classrooms as well.”

Deborah Jones, the protagonist in Hungry, reflects on, among other things, the necessity of eating, the effects of consuming resources, genetics, and evolution.

A sixth grade girl, Deborah, is also known as “Dbkrrrsh” by her family and the rest of her species. Her family has come to Earth to make preparations for an invasion. She is caught between wanting to be a good citizen of the Home World, living up to her parents expectations, and the values she has learned growing up in America.

The dilemma she faces is a moral one as she has been brought up to believe to survive she must feed on human beings. Her best friend, Willy, who has started sixth grade as a social outcast, becomes the focal point of her problem. She is expected to feed on him to prove her loyalty to her planet.

Local publication parties, author presentations and book-signing events include The Bookkeeper, Cobb Center, Hwy 175, October 4, 7 p.m.; Funtopia Toys & Games, Middletown, October 6, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Copperfield’s Books, Calistoga, October 9, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; Pomo Elementary School, Clearlake, October 18, 12:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Wild About Books, Clearlake, October 21,1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Gallery Bookshop, Mendocino, October 28, 3 p.m.; and Barnes and Nobles, Santa Rosa, November 17, 11 a.m.

For more details about Hungry, see the HarperCollins Web site,

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/BookDetail.aspx?isbn13=9780060825546&BDMode=3. The book may also be purchased at www.amazon.com.

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