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The Kennedy Center is lit up in rainbow colors in advance of the Kennedy Center Honors.
These lifetime awards celebrate great artists in a variety of media. This year's honorees are:
Operatic bass-baritone Justino Díaz, Motown founder
Songwriter, producer, and director Berry Gordy
Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels
Legendary stage and screen icon Bette Midler
Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.
The Lewis and Clark Community College 33rd Annual Honors Ceremony was held April 30, 2010 in The Commons. Dental Hygiene students receiving honors include from left to right: Jill Traylor, Katy Herbert, Jennifer Rose, Kasey Springman, Brittany Battaglia and Courtney Ringling
The Lewis and Clark Community College 33rd Annual Honors Ceremony was held April 30, 2010 in The Commons. Winners of honors in Dental Hygiene incude from left to right: Jill Traylor, Dental Hygiene Clinical Honors; Courtney Ringling, Dental Hygiene Clincial Honors; Katy Herbert, Dental Hygiene Leadership Honors; Jennifer Rose, Dental Hygiene Academic and Clincal Honors; Dental Hygiene Professor/Coordinator Michelle Singley; Kasey Springman, Dental Hygiene Academic Honors; and Brittany Battaglia, Dental Hygiene Clincial Honors.
Recently CSX painted two GE ES44AH locomotives in commemorative paint schemes. The first, #1776, honors US veterans and features a neat camo-inspired paint job. The second, #911, is painted like a fire truck, honoring firefighters and EMS workers. It's pretty cool to see CSX doing things like this! Here we see 1776 and 911 waiting in CSX's Wyoming, MI yard (under the watchful eye of the yard master in East Tower) to depart on Q328 to Detroit later that evening. The two locomotives came up from Chicago on Q326 trailing the SD40-2 duo they're still coupled to.
Taken on CSX property with permission and proper PPE.
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Vintage card. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (M.G.M.).
Gene Kelly (1912-1996) was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likable characters that he played on screen. He starred in, choreographed, or co-directed some of the most well-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s until they fell out of fashion in the late 1950s. Kelly is best known today for his performances in films such as Anchors Aweigh (1945), On the Town (1949), which was his directorial debut, An American in Paris (1951), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Brigadoon (1954), and It's Always Fair Weather (1955).
Eugene Curran Kelly was born in 1912 in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. He was the third son of James Patrick Joseph Kelly, a phonograph salesman, and his wife, Harriet Catherine Curran. By the time he decided to dance, he was an accomplished sportsman and able to defend himself. He attended St. Raphael Elementary School in the Morningside neighborhood of Pittsburgh and graduated from Peabody High School at age 16. He entered Pennsylvania State College as a journalism major, but after the 1929 crash, he left school and found work in order to help his family financially. He created dance routines with his younger brother Fred to earn prize money in local talent contests. They also performed in local nightclubs. In 1931, Kelly enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh to study economics. His family opened a dance studio in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. In 1932, they renamed it the Gene Kelly Studio of the Dance and opened a second location in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1933. Kelly served as a teacher at the studio during his undergraduate and law-student years at Pitt. Kelly eventually decided to pursue a career as a dance teacher and full-time entertainer, so he dropped out of law school after two months. In 1937, having successfully managed and developed the family's dance-school business, he finally did move to New York City in search of work as a choreographer. His first Broadway assignment, in 1938, was as a dancer in Cole Porter's 'Leave It to Me!' Kelly's first big breakthrough was in the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'The Time of Your Life' (1939), in which, for the first time on Broadway, he danced to his own choreography. In 1940, he got the lead role in Rodgers and Hart's 'Pal Joey', choreographed by Robert Alton. This role propelled him to stardom. Offers from Hollywood began to arrive.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the largest and most powerful studio in Hollywood when Gene Kelly arrived in town in 1941. There he made his film debut with Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal (Busby Berkeley, 1942). The film was a production of the Arthur Freed unit at MGM and it was one of the big hits of the year. The talent pool at MGM was especially large during World War II, when Hollywood was a refuge for many musicians and others in the performing arts of Europe who were forced to flee the Nazis. Kelly's film debut was followed by Cole Porter's Du Barry Was a Lady (Roy Del Ruth, 1943) with Lucille Ball, the morale booster Thousands Cheer (George Sidney, 1943), Cover Girl (Charles Vidor, 1944) opposite Rita Harworth, and Anchors Aweigh (George Sidney, 1945) with Frank Sinatra. MGM gave him a free hand to devise a range of dance routines for the latter, including his duets with Sinatra and the celebrated animated dance with Jerry Mouse—the animation for which was supervised by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Anchors Aweigh became one of the most successful films of 1945 and Kelly was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. In Ziegfeld Follies (1946), Kelly collaborated with Fred Astaire, for whom he had the greatest admiration, in 'The Babbitt and the Bromide' challenge dance routine. He co-starred with Judy Garland in The Pirate (1948) which gave full rein to Kelly's athleticism. It features Kelly's work with the Nicholas Brothers—the leading black dancers of their day—in a virtuoso dance routine. Now regarded as a classic, the film was ahead of its time but flopped at the box office. Kelly made his debut as a director with On the Town (1949), for Arthur Freed. Stanley Donen, brought to Hollywood by Kelly to be his assistant choreographer, received co-director credit for On the Town. A breakthrough in the musical film genre, it has been described as "the most inventive and effervescent musical thus far produced in Hollywood."
Two musicals secured Gene Kelly's reputation as a major figure in the American musical film. First, he directed and starred in An American in Paris (1951) with Leslie Caron. The highlight of the film is the seventeen-minute ballet sequence set to the title song written by George Gershwin and choreographed by Kelly. The sequence cost a half-million dollars (U.S.) to make in 1951 dollars. Kelly's many innovations transformed the Hollywood musical, and he is credited with almost single-handedly making the ballet form commercially acceptable to film audiences. In 1952, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements, the same year An American in Paris won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Probably the most admired of all film musicals is his next film, Singin' in the Rain (1952). As co-director, lead star, and choreographer, Kelly was the central driving force and unforgettable is Kelly's celebrated and much-imitated solo dance routine to the title song. Kelly continued his string of classic Hollywood musicals with Brigadoon (1954) with Cyd Charisse, and It's Always Fair Weather (1955), co-directed with Donen. The latter was a musical satire on television and advertising and includes his roller-skate dance routine to I Like Myself, and a dance trio with Michael Kidd and Dan Dailey that Kelly used to experiment with the widescreen possibilities of Cinemascope. Next followed Kelly's last musical film for MGM, Les Girls (1957), in which he partnered a trio of leading ladies, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, and Taina Elg. It, too, sold few movie tickets. Dale O'Connor at IMDb: "Kelly was in the same league as Fred Astaire, but instead of a top hat and tails Kelly wore work clothes that went with his masculine, athletic dance style." He finally made for MGM The Happy Road (1957), set in his beloved France, his first foray in a new role as producer-director-actor. After leaving MGM, Kelly returned to stage work.
After musicals got out of fashion, Gene Kelly starred in two films outside the musical genre: Inherit the Wind (Stanley Kramer, 1960) with Spencer Tracey and Fredric March, and What a Way to Go! (1964). In 1967, he appeared in French musical comedy Les Demoiselles de Rochefort/The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967) opposite Catherine Deneuve. It was a box-office success in France and nominated for Academy Awards for Best Music and Score of a Musical Picture. Kelly directed films without a collaborator, including the bedroom-farce comedy A Guide for the Married Man (1967) starring Walter Matthau, and the musical Hello, Dolly! (1969) starring Barbra Streisand and Matthau. The latter was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He appeared as one of many special narrators in the surprise hit That's Entertainment! (Jack Haley Jr., 1974). The compilation film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to celebrate the studio's 50th anniversary. The film turned the spotlight on MGM's legacy of musical films from the 1920s through the 1950s. Kelly subsequently directed and co-starred with his friend Fred Astaire in the sequel That's Entertainment, Part II (Gene Kelly, 1976). It was a measure of his powers of persuasion that he managed to coax the 77-year-old Astaire—who had insisted that his contract rule out any dancing, having long since retired—into performing a series of song-and-dance duets, evoking a powerful nostalgia for the glory days of the American musical film. It was later followed by That's Dancing! (Jack Haley Jr., 1985), and That's Entertainment, Part III (Bud Friedgen, Michael J. Sheridan, 1994). Kelly received lifetime achievement awards in the Kennedy Center Honors (1982) and from the Screen Actors Guild and American Film Institute. In 1999, the American Film Institute also ranked him as the 15th greatest male screen legend of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Gene Kelly passed away in 1996 at the age of 83 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. His final film project was the animated film Cats Don't Dance, not released until 1997, on which Kelly acted as an uncredited choreographic consultant. It was dedicated to his memory. Gene Kelly was married three times: yo actress Betsy Blair (1941-1957), Jeanne Coyne (1960- her death in 1973) , and Patricia Ward (1990- his death in 1996).
Sources: Dale O'Connor (IMDb), Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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The Fourragere or Honors Cord, Derived from the French Military decoration for distinguished service. "American Beauty Rose Fourragere" is for four semesters on the Dean's List.
ASU's fully comprehensive honors campus, with dorms, faculty offices, classrooms, recreation and dining facilities, is the first and only of its kind in the nation.
Barrett students benefit from the new residential facilities with comfortable, adjustable furnishings and the ability to personalize their space. First- and second-year honors students (about 1,700) live on campus.
Barrett faculty and administrative offices are located within ASU's honors campus, opened in 2009, making impromptu conversations with students and faculty common.
Lewis and Clark Community College’s Honors College held an exposition, during which HC students showcased their culminating humanities research projects in the form of interactive exhibits and demonstrations.
Guests had the opportunity to meet the students and learn about their experiences one-on-one.
Treasure Shields Redmond, who is a poet, educator and entrepreneur, presented a keynote address about African American civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Redmond infused poetry with southern dialect, spirituals and gospel to tell the story of the oft-forgotten co-founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
L&C Honors College provides an opportunity for students with the outstanding potential to enhance their college experience through honors courses, service and social opportunities, and undergraduate research. Learn more at www.lc.edu/honorscollege.
www.stvincent.edu | On April 26, 2017, Saint Vincent College honored the seniors as a class but more particularly recognized individual students for outstanding academic accomplishments and service to the College community.
USAF Ssgt. Leon Yarzab Born March 1st, 1943 and died December 28th, 2018.
Message shared by my sister's boyfriend after my dad received his Military Honors.
Hello my name is Anthony Lesny, boyfriend of Mary Yarzab. I want to thank you all for coming to celebrate the life of Leon Yarzab also known as Butch to many of you. Though I only knew Leon for a short time I came to realize what a wonderful man he was and how much he achieved in his life. From his countless kind deeds, his commitment to his children and wife, his service to his country, time invested in his community, to bringing the neighborhood together, Leon spent his time and energy into making his corner of the world a better and brighter place. While his determination, ingenuity, humor and generosity carried him through the many trials of his life with a smile as well as some outrageous antics.
As a lad of 17 Leon enlisted into the military. Boy, what an adventure that turned out to be. His eleven year air force career started in 1962 when he walked into Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas for his first day in basic training. His test scores, aptitude to learn and relentless work ethic highlighted his entry into the military. Soon enough he was travelling around America and the world from AFB to AFB working on the many demands of his craft. Never shying from the opportunity to learn Leon jumped at the many training advancements the Air Force had to offer. Some of his adventures include working on the Gemini Space Capsule Landing in Lima, Peru. Setting the Air Force record for keeping the model 4360 engine running for 2279.3 hours while stationed in Bermuda the old record being under 2000. Receiving the honor of NCO of the quarter at John hay Army Base in the Philippines not to mention living in Guam for 3 years. Leon and his family experienced a 9 month separation when he was first stationed in Guam. When the family was reunited I can certainly tell you they learned to love the local cuisine. So competent of a mechanic he oversaw 27 unskilled engine mechanics and clearly led and trained his coworkers. Leon was trusted to be the only qualified piston engine mechanic assigned to the military airlift command in Guam for nearly a 3 year period. Leon was honorably discharged from the United States Air force in 1974 and moved to California.
Leon traveled across our country and experienced so many different cultures and communities. He became apart of those communities and gave back to them. His heart was large and encompassed all living creatures. One of my first memories of Leon is him sitting in his chair with a plate of food. Surrounding him above and below are 5 little feline beggars. One above his head on the top of the chair, two in his lap, one on the armrest, and the last excited little fella hopping from the ground to the other armrest back to the ground you get the idea. Meanwhile Leon takes a bite, pauses breaks off a piece gives it to one of the cats, he quickly retracts his arm and pushes the cats head from the arm rest away from the plate as it scuttle in to try and grab a bite. This scene continues as he tell the cats to "hang on a minute" and protects his plate from his furry friends. Leon didn't have the capacity to let the cats forage for food and fed an entire stray cat colony for many years. He took in all kinds of animals injured or lost and did his best to help those he saw in need.
Leon also gave so much to his community and to his neighborhood. From dressing up in costumes and visiting hospitals and convalescent homes he caroling and bringing joy, laughter, and entertainment to those who could use a boost to planning and hosting neighborhood parties. Much of what Leon did he did with his family and brought them into the community or the community to them. When Mary and I delivered the news and invitation to a neighbor they spoke so highly of Leon and told us about a recent conversation with another neighbor about how welcome Leon made them feel to the neighborhood. The moment was truly touching, the emotion almost tangible during her recounting. PTA president for two years at Beachy Ave., School, helped start the very first PTA in Harmon Loop while stationed in Guam, everybody's helpful mechanic donating his time to his coworkers, friends, and quite a few "strays". I'm not sure how he fit it all in considering how these doings are just the tip of one large iceberg.
Today we honor and grieve for the loss of the wonderful man Leon Yarzab was. A loving Husband of 54 years, father of three, patriot of the community and family man. Leon i wish i could have more time with you to learn from you and learn more about your life from your perspective. You had so many aspects that we could all use a little more of in the world. Lets come together and share our memories of Leon and let him live on with us in spirit and forever try and learn to be more like him.
Note: I want to thank Anthony for reading this message during the memorial service for my father. God bless him.
Military Funeral Honors
Photo Display at Memorial
My dad playing the Accordion
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Girl Scouts Fire Station Thanksgiving
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Easter Bunny At Hospitals 4-3-1994
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Fleet Services Christmas Party 12-22-1989
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All our righteous acts are like filthy rags and it is appointed for man to die once and after that comes judgement. Be ready. www.gracechurch.org/about/gospel
HONORS MSU Student Portraits 2022-08-25 © 2022 Photography by Steve Jessmore, Steve Jessmore Photography
The biannual Honors Convocation was held Jan. 23 to celebrate the WCC students who achieved high academic grades. Addresses were given by WCC President Dr. Rose B. Bellanca, trustee chair Christina Fleming, dean Scott Britten and student David Seaman.
Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Trinity College president and professor of neuroscience. Photo by John Marinelli
North Platte Community College recognized outstanding student achievements at its sixth annual Honors Convocation on Tuesday at the college.
Ryan Purdy, President of Mid-Plains Community College, and Marcus Garstecki, North Platte Community College Vice President, were on hand to give opening and closing remarks, as well as present several of the awards.
The following awards were presented:
Athletic Awards:
Female Academic Athlete of the Year – Jordan Dickerson of Westminster, Colo.
Male Academic Athlete of the Year – Ethan Montalvo of Omaha
Academic Athletic Team of the Year – NPCC Lady Knights Volleyball with a Team GPA of 3.60
Division Awards:
Business and Technology Division – Mike Summers of Hershey
Health Occupations Division – Ronda Haumann of Thedford
Science and Math Division – Jesse Johnston of North Platte
Humanities, Human Services and Social Sciences Division – Amariah Gesinski and Kari Hunt, both of North Platte
Applied Technology Division – Mitchell Hartman of Ogallala
Mid-Plains Education Association Scholarship recipients: Scott Sperber and Amy Callendar-Taft, both of North Platte
All College Awards:
NPCC Knight Scholar Athlete – Soliel Atenza of Lomita, Calif.
Area Dean of Student Life - Student Organization of the Year Award – NSSNA (Nebraska State Student Nurse Association) and the LPNAN (Licensed Practical Nurse Association of Nebraska)
Area Dean of Student Life - Student Leadership Award – Katie Savolt of Yuma, Colo.
NPCC Spirit Awards – Josh Yeutter of Cozad; Tanner Bauer of Culbertson; Siarra Velasquez of Carter Lake, Iowa; Shannon Liewer of Imperial; Johnny Graves of Keystone; Josh Detty of McCook; Jesse Barnes, Jose Estrada, Joseph Godfrey, Amy Callendar-Taft and Kylie Wroot of North Platte; Leslie Mendoza of Ogallala; Ethan Montalvo of Omaha; Senko Pecarevic of Santa Fe, Argentina; Kris Jenks of Sidney; Da’Vontaye Merritt of Plantation, Fla.; Lexi Bryant of Wellington; Travis Landreth of Wilsonville; and the Knights Softball Team.
Vice President of NPCC Student of the Year Award – Rylee Murphy of Ashland
Area Vice President of Instruction Award – Jacee Kershaw of Culbertson
Presidential Award – Ronda Haumann of Thedford
Special Recognition – Three NPCC faculty members were honored for their years of service. English Instructor Diana Krisciunas (11 years) and Information Technology Instructor Dora Zeimens (12 years) are leaving the college to pursue other interests and Diane Hoffmann, Director of Nursing and Health Occupations Division Chair, is retiring after 39 years at the college.
The biannual Honors Convocation was held Jan. 23 to celebrate the WCC students who achieved high academic grades. Addresses were given by WCC President Dr. Rose B. Bellanca, trustee chair Christina Fleming, dean Scott Britten and student David Seaman.
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www.stvincent.edu | On April 25, 2018, Saint Vincent College honored the seniors as a class but more particularly recognized individual students for outstanding academic accomplishments and service to the College community.
Dean's Honored Graduate 2012, Photo by Alex Wang
Shannon Allport is a Dean’s Honored Graduate in the School of Biological Sciences. Shannon is being recognized for her academic excellence—she has a near-perfect GPA of 3.9—as well as her extraordinary service and leadership to the university community.
Shannon has served in numerous leadership positions in the College of Natural Sciences and for The University of Texas at Austin. She was president of the Multicultural Students in the Natural Sciences student organization, president of the Kappa Rho Pre-Medical Honor Society, and chair of the organizing committee for the College of Natural Sciences Aspire Banquet for three years. For two years she helped organize the College of Natural Sciences Texas Relays Alumni Event. She was a mentor in the Biology Scholars Program, helping young students adapt to life in the College. She served on the College of Natural Sciences Student Advisory Council for both Dean Mary Ann Rankin and Interim Dean David Laude.
At the university level Shannon has been called on by President Powers to serve on the President’s Student Advisory Council as the student government representative as well as on the selection committee for the new Dean of the College of Natural Sciences. She served as well on President Powers’ special task force on Undergraduate Graduation Rates, whose report was issued earlier this Spring. She was a member and chair of the Texas Exes’ selection committee for the Jean Holloway Teaching Excellence Award and the Texas Exes’ Edward S. Guleke Student Excellence Award. In addition, she has worked for Vice President Gregory Vincent in the Office of the Vice President for Diversity & Community Engagement.
Writes Interim Dean David Laude, “What really sets Shannon apart is her leadership skills. I am not exaggerating when I say that among the tens of thousands of students I have taught or worked with over the years at the university, she is literally among a handful of the best natural leaders I have met.”
Not surprisingly, she has been called upon to be the student speaker at the College of Natural Sciences Family Day and at the Heman Sweatt Legacy Award Reception. She had been a featured graduate and student on the University of Texas web site. She’s in the Phi Beta Kappa National Honors Society and the Friar Society, and has received numerous academic scholarships and awards. There may only be a few members of the leadership of the university who have not worked with or called on Shannon for advice.
This summer, Shannon plans to be a counselor for Camp Hope, which is run by the AIDS Foundation of Houston. It’s for children from the ages of 7-15 who are HIV/AIDS positive. This fall, she was invited via a full scholarship to attend the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her aspiration is to become involved in clinical research studying HIV/AIDS.
Orientation for incoming honor students entering The S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Stern College for Women part of Yeshiva University.
Soldiers participate in a full honors funeral for retired Air Force Lt. Col. William Hellkamp, a veteran of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Dec. 1, 2017. The soldiers are assigned to the Caisson Platoon of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard.”