Traverse City Record-Eagle

Opinion

March 12, 2012

Cheers: 03/12/2012

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n To the Benzie Area Women's History Project for screening "The Harvest/La Cosecha" as part of its annual celebration of International Women's Day. The 2011 film documents the lives of children who work as migrant laborers. One of the three youths featured, Zulema Lopez, worked as a young child in Manistee County. Filmmakers said they hope to boost awareness about the nation's 400,000 child migrant workers, who help harvest an estimated one-quarter of the produce Americans eat.

n To organizers of the local Bullying Awareness Week this week. Tickets are available today at noon for the free screening at 6:30 p.m. of the documentary, "Bully." The Michigan Civil Rights Commission is scheduled to hold a regular business meeting Thursday at the Hagerty Center, with a a public forum on bullying from 4 to 7 p.m. A conference on bullying will be held Friday at the Hagerty Center.

n To organizers and all who participated in Sunday's biannual Clean Up and Green Up free community recylcing event at American Waste's facility along Hughes Drive in Traverse City. The event was sponsored by the Michigan Green Consortium, which launched in late 2008. It includes almost 100 regional companies that produce a green product, provide a green service or use green practicies in day-to-day operations.

n To Traverse City Central High School teachers and students who helped set up and participated in the FIRST Robtonics District Competition held at Central High School on Friday and Saturday. Forty high school robotics teams participated in the event. This is Central's seventh year with a team, the Raptors, and its fourth year hosting the competition. John Failor, a Central math teacher, is coordinator of the Raptors.

n To David Marek, of Traverse City, who recently won Best Fiction Feature and Best Cinematography at the International Student Film Festival London for his movie "Somewhere West." He also has been nominated for 10 Michigan Film Awards. Parts of his film were shot in northern Michigan. It focuses on Ian, who decides to forgo treament for a terminal illness and head West.

n To the faculty-student teams and spectators who participated in the Katie Heintz Tourney on Saturday. Named for the 16-year-old St. Francis High School student, athlete and leader who died of leukemia in 2005, it included a spaghetti dinner and faculty-student basketball games. From 2001 to 2011, it has raised $60,000 for the pediatic oncology unit at Munson Medical Center.

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