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Moore, Pelto Receive Golden Anchors

A pair of instructional assistants was honored with this month's Golden Anchor award for going above and beyond for students in Kent County Public Schools. Sara Moore from Kent County Middle School and Henry Pelto at Rock Hall Elementary School were announced as the Golden Anchor recipients at a Kent County Board of Education meeting Monday night, Jan. 13.

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UM Shore Regional Health Announces 2025 Safe Sitter® Dates

The University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) is hosting upcoming Safe Sitter® courses at UM Shore Medical Centers at Chestertown and Easton, and the 2025 dates were recently announced. UM SRH is a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System.

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For All Seasons is the Mental Health Partner for the 2024 Military Bowl

For All Seasons recently participated in the festivities of the 2024 Military Bowl at Navy Stadium in Annapolis, MD as this year’s mental health partner. The Military Bowl Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates premier events in the National Capital Region to benefit the nation’s service members. Originally formed to operate the region’s first-ever college football postseason bowl game, the Foundation now not only operates the Go Bowling Military Bowl, but operates the DC Touchdown Club and Patriot Point, a retreat for recovering service members, their families, and caregivers on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

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Walls Retires After 51 Years

Having started her career with Kent County Public Schools during the Nixon administration, Virginia "Ginnie" Walls retired this month after 51 years of service.

Walls was an administrative assistant in the school system's Office of Finance. Among her responsibilities assisting with bookkeeping and payroll for KCPS' nearly 500 employees.

"I started when I was 17," Walls said.

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KCPL is Happy to Welcome the Award-Winning Shore Community Outreach Team (SCOT) back for Another Workshop!

Whether you're managing your own health or the health of a loved one, SCOT can help you learn the best ways to communicate with your health providers, how preventative care supports well-being, the importance of having an advance directive, how to manage medications, and what medical technology can make things easier to manage. Questions are welcome and encouraged at this free, interactive program!

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