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·The Lumberjack Features Page 5 Traditional Thanksgiving far Cry from Modern Celebration KELLY POTTER Staff Writer Thanksgiving is a time when families join together to share in a holiday meal and show their love and · respect for each other. Family and tradition, isn't that what the holiday's are really about? The holidays are the one time of the year that families come together and create memories that will stay with them throughout a lifetime. The tradition of the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving is steeped in myth and legend. We all have learned about the , Pilgrims search for the New World on the Mayflower, and ,_ the coming together of the Pilgrims and Native Americans back in ·· Elementaryschool. Onlyfew people realize that the Pilgrims did not celebrate Thanksgiving the next year, or any other year after. In 1827, Sarah Josepha Hale began lobbying several Presidents for the instatement of Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Her lobbying was unsuccessful until 1863 when Abraham Lincoln finally made it a national holiday with his Thanksgiving Proclamation. Our · modern Thanksgiving feast is centered on the turkey, but that defiantly was not the case at the 1621 harvest feast. grains, fruits, nuts, and (As the colonists called it) vegetables. The only two items that The colonists historians know for sure that believed that the harvest was wereonthemenuarevenison certainly not a "day of and wildfowl. Manyvarieties Thanksgiving." To t_hem, a of food were available, such Thanksgiving was a religious as: seafood, bird, venison, holiday in which they would go to church and thank God for a specific event. On such a religious day, the types of recreational activities that the Pilgrims and Native Americans participated in during the 1621 harvest feast, dancing, singing, playing games would long way from the Pilgrims not have been allowed. The harvest festival in 1621. It is feast was a secular celebrations, so it never would have been considered a Thanksgiving in the Pilgrims minds. The original, feast in 1621, occurred sometime between September 21 and November 11. Unlike our modem holiday, it was three days long. President Roosevelt set that date for Thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday of November in 1939. AbrahamLincolnhad previously designated it as the last Thursday in November, which may have been correlated with the November 21, 1621, anchoring of the "Mayflower," at Cape Cod. Thanksgiving, as we know it today, has come a an event that seems, as ec:!ch year goes by, to reinvent itself and to expand it's meaning to larger vistas. Maybe this is the real significance of the occasion; for as we continue to change and grow as a person, tli.'ere are an increasing number of things for which we can be thankful. Just about everyone has some sort of special tradition surrounding his or her celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Traditions are a big part of the upcoming holidays, and every family has their own way of celebrating. What special tradition does your family share at Thanksgiving? Alpena Homeless Now Have Place to Stay Gen-Ar's Restaurant PAULINE FIALKOWSKI Staff Writer years of planning into the ex- pansion, adding 12 to 25 beds, and two rooms for the The homeless shelter, families. Currently there is one at 622 W. Chisholm lacks shower downstairs. More suitable space for the com- beds are bein$ available upon · munity of single adults and completion along with the of- families in crises. John Ritter, fice space, living room, _show- director of the Sunrise Mis- ers, and reception area. The money will be used for the mission. It will take thousands of dollars to finish the project so all dona- tions are appreciated. Ritter said it would be 2002 before things will fall in place. Need- less to say, the renovation will be for the needs of the home- sion, admitted that he had to · Michigan State less, to better serve the needs turn away six families since Housing Development Au- of the public. Mayof2001. thority {MHSDA} awarded Some of the resi- The famous five amatchinggrantforremod- dentsofthemissionhelped words "I hope it will go away" eling and adding onto the tearing down the siding in 90- is a far cry for a town that at Shelter. Other organizations degree weather. When they onepointintimedidnothave arecontributingtotheexpan- look at th,e weather in De- a place for homeless to go to sion, to raise money for the cember they would wish for wheninneedofhousing.Be- mission and the coming the warmth of August, but fore 1989, a shelter didn't events for the 2002 renova- looking forward to the new exist for the people of Alpena, tion. shelter. ~ Michigan. November 11-1 7 To meet the de- !. Action has been 2001 is Homeless Aware- mands of the homeless, a taken to remodel and add ness Week. Call 354-1277 fundraiser was held in Au- ~ onto the shelter. Ritter and the to donate. All donations will gust. There were races with t board of directors have put be accepted. We need the bikers from different counties. f two years of planning into the community toge~ involved, to i upcoming renovation. see what is going on. Being • Mr. Ritter and the board of on the outside is nothing com-, : directors said they put two pared to looking in. ' , I One was held in August of 2001 with every rider raising money for the remodeling of the mission. Planning for ! Upward Bound=Cash for Good Grades r r ~ TRACISOBEK ~ Staff Writer • r , r ' i ' I t r r r , ~ education after high school. With the director Joe Klemens, secretary Deb Klemens, student adv_ocate Ed Retherford and counselor Julie Robarge, there is always help available. members meet both of the criteria ahd one-third meets one of the criteria. In the summer, Upward Bound members participate in a program on the college campus. The program includes math, science, foreign language another cycling fundraiser is in the works. When you see the cycles going your direc- tion, stop and think of all the warmth you will bring to the Center by donating money for a good charity. 585 S. Ripley Blvd. 989-354-8875 Hours: 6:00 am- 9:00pm Take Out available Sunday Breakfast Buffet Leavitt Here to Help JENI MANNING Staff Writer If you have been to the Van Lare Campus Services office this year, odds are you've seen Betty Leavitt, a new face to ACC's personnel. Leavitt has been employed with ACC since February 2001, butto great disappointment, many students still do not know her. Leavitt and her husband moved to Alpena from Clarkston fifteen months helping the students. It is very possible that Leavitt registen;d you for your classes this semester. She enters the admission applications onto the computer and updates them as required. Leavitt also coordinates the admission applications with the financial aid applications. Leavitt has never worked with financial aid before and she admits that she has a lot to learn but she is eager to learn it. Leavitt has worked in other college ·settings as well as ACC. She was the Senior Executive Secretary of the General Council and Board of Trustees at Oakland University in Rochester. rt Leavitt's experience doesn' end there she was also O:ffic Supervisor/ Executiv Secretary at Lansin Community College. feel comfortable when they walk into the Sp-vices office. "They need to feel like they can ask any question arid get the help they need", says Leavitt. · Every time I have entered the office, heavitt is smiling and eage~. to help. She has helped me with a variety of issues concerning college. I know that she is here to help and she is eager to do so. So, if you have questions about registering, financial aid, or just need help, go see Betty Leavitt at Campus Services office in Van Lare. r l Here's a thought: getting paid to go to school and get good grades. There is a program that makes this possible. It is called Upward Bound. Upward Bound pays its members $40 a month. The catch? Get good grades. · For ·over 20 years, Upward Bound has helped hundreds of students from Alpena, Alcona, and Posen High Schools ( currently there are 65 members). This has been possible because the program is federally funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Upward Bound is sponsored, by ACC. and English. While education is ago. They wanted to be out According to Leavi tt the community college setting, ~" "is i:nore student friendly an !r more student accessible.' f" She enjoys working with the t students and the studen P While for some people getting the extra spending money might be the main purpose of joining;• ,: that is not what Upward ""' Bound is all about. Director Joe Klemens said, "The purpose is to generate the i: skills and motivation necessary for the successful c: completion of post- secondary education." t" Upward Bound arranges field trips to t' ; different college campuses, 1., . where students can meet with a counselor in their field of interest. It also ·-' · offers free tutoring and workshops that help prepare students for Not just anyone can JOin Upward Bound. According to secretary Deb Klemens, being a member is based <m the "parents' educational attainment and income." This means that neither parent has graduated from a 4-year college, nor family income meets the federal income criteria. Director Klemens added that two-thirds of the the main purpose of ofthefastpacedlifeandthey Upward Bound, it focuses had been boaters of Lake on fun as well. Included in the summer program is a trip. Past trips have been to Cleveland, Cedar Point, and Chicago. Upward Bound's next trip is still being planned. They also do different things throughout the year. For example, AHS senior, Stephanie Skaluba's most memorable experience is when the members "all dressed like cowboys and Indians and presented Mackinac fudge to Dr. Newport." Applications can be picked up in the Upward Bound office at Alpena High School in the D-house teachers' lounge. Huron for many years. They both loved being on the water. After her husband ' s interaction. She is eager t help the students any way sh retirement from General Motor~, they choose to move to Alpena, even though they had no ties to the area. Leavitt and husband bought a home on State Street, which they are extensjvely remodeling. Leavitt currently holds the title, Coordinator of Campus Services office in Student Affairs. Leavitt's can. Ifshedoesn'tknowth answer to a question you ask, she"will gladly research to fin I it. Leavitt accepted the job !]fr it'. at ACC because she wante 1g, to be in the cornmunit Ii college setting once again. ;I: Hermostenjoyableworkha I been while working in the community college settin and she_ wanted to once aga· work closer with the students. responsibilities include Leavitt wants the students to admissions, financial aid, and ---,+--- ------~