Teen has opportunity of a lifetime, but needs support
My name is Emily Papenhausen and I am 15 years old. I have Type I Diabetes. I was diagnosed when I was 14 months old. Type I Diabetes is a form of diabetes mellitus that results from autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. Type I Diabetes is treated with daily injections of insulin.
I am currently a freshman at Anzar High School in San Juan Bautista. My two favorite things are volleyball and softball. I am currently playing varsity softball at Anzar and volleyball with the Hollister Volleyball Club. Someday I hope to enter the medical arena and specialize in the field of Endocrinology.
I have recently been given the opportunity to take a journey of a lifetime. This summer, July 2012, I will be joining nine other teenagers with Type I diabetes and together we will embark on a 10-day, 90-mile journey to the summit of Mt. Whitney. Mt. Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,500 feet. This program is registered through the Diabetes Youth Foundation, in Concord (DYF.org.)
I am writing today asking for help. The cost of this journey approaches $2,000. I am seeking monetary donations in any amount to help defray the cost of this trip. We have several options available to make donations.
1.) Tax deductible donations can be made to the Diabetic Youth Foundation. Please visit my web page using the following link to make a donation: www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/emilypapimtwhitney.
2.) Paypal donation to: ba***********@ya***.com
3.) You can donate directly to me at: Emily Papenhausen, 871 Laguna Ct. Hollister, CA 95023.
Any donation in any amount would be greatly appreciated.
Please contact me with any questions at ba***********@ya***.com.
Emily Papenhausen
Hollister
Voters, citizens need to stand up for their city
My name is Keith Snow, I used to live in Los Banos, and I moved to Gilroy and now I am living in Hollister. I’ve always loved Hollister, especially the Hollister Bike Run. I hope they can create extra revenue I think they can afford the bike run, especially with the water being so high here.
Coming up in June I want the people to know there will be an election for the people to be able to vote for the mayor of the city. I feel there should be a mayor in this community, I just moved here and I have noticed little things here and there on how they run the city. I feel there should be more things in the city for the children to do. I think they can create a lot of revenue for the city. I seen that there is a lot of private sectors in the city and it should be local.
We need to take charge of our city I feel it is not. I came from a city that had more than one embezzlement going on where they lost millions of dollars, $2.4 million and another over $200,000 due to dirty politics. That is not how a city should be ran.
Now there is going to be a toll road and that is ridiculous especially to have to charge the people that have to travel over the hill for work and such things. April 13 at 11 a.m. at the community center in Los Banos they will be talking about the toll road and I think people should speak their mind and go and say no they don’t want it. I feel it’s just going to hurt the cities around.
I know a lot about politics and I lived in that city for 11 years and I didn’t like what I saw. I tried my best to speak out and voice my opinion and reach out to my community but one man can only do so much. I may be disabled but I am very able. I think Hollister should be in control of everything, there own garbage and all. I think the community can do a lot for their city and also the city itself can create so much revenue. I feel the children our are future. If not for anyone else we need to make it happen for them.
Keith Snow
Hollister
Local art a ‘must-see’ experience
Few things impel me to speak publicly anymore, but the show at Blak Sage Gallery, two doors from Draopel’s, is a must-see experience, which I encourage townspeople to take in.
High school art teacher John Robrock is a very gifted teacher and his students’ works are so amazing.
Blak Sage hosted the show through March 30 and then some of the pieces will be on display at Ella’s Italian Restaurant.
Janice Van Loon,
Hollister
Tragedy of Iraq hits close to home
The tragedy of the Iraq war reached my “doorstep” Thursday, March 29 around noon. Earlier I waved to the vineyard workers as I breezed past my mailboxes determined to arrive on time tat 9 a.m. water exercises class at Rovella’s pool.
When I returned hungry for lunch, yellow “Crime Scene” tape spread aross the entry to the frontage road leading home. Groups of highway patrol cars further discouraged any entry. Across the highway at the driveway to Cedar House restaurant were grouped TV vans, reporters with microphones, cameramen, photographers, sheriff deputies, highway patrolmen and a few neighbors. A highway patrolman told me the whole area was considered a crime scene.
Now the well-known fact proved the body belonged to the poor woman shot by her Iraq veteran son who later shot his sister and then himself. It seems that this tragedy of nightmarish terror and confusion of a previously idealistic young man is what we do not want to confront. Was he really fighting for liberty and justice for all? Did he have the freedom to choose a job other than bagging at Nob Hill? Did he have an opportunity to further educate himself?
Why was he going back to a fifth tour in Iraq? Haven’t we left that poor county yet?
Mary Zanger
Hollister
