Fee Not Simple
Norfolk School Committee Wavers on $250-a-Year Band Fee
By Matt McDonald
      A $250-a-year band fee at Freeman-Centennial School next school year? Maybe, maybe not. The Norfolk School Committee appeared to be sounding a retreat this week on the band fee after hearing from parents this week about how important the band is and how many parents can’t afford the fee.
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Happy Trails
Don LeClerc Retires
By Matt McDonald
     Norfolk has a good elementary school system, but parents need to keep watch over the schools and the School Committee, said Norfolk’s outgoing superintendent Don LeClerc.
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Norfolk Community League Announces Date for Norfolk Casino Night Gala
Contributed to The Norfolk Boomerang
      Please save the date for the Town of Norfolk Casino Night Gala presented by the Norfolk Community League on Saturday, September 11, 2010, at the Four Points Sheraton in Norwood. Dinner - Dancing - Silent & Live Auctions – Vegas-style gaming! This community-wide event is NCL’s largest fund-raiser to benefit the Town. Everyone’s invited!
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Summer Reading at the Norfolk Public Library
Contributed to The Norfolk Boomerang
      It’s here! Summer at the Norfolk Public Library is back and better than ever! This year, we are reading with the theme, “Go Green!” and it’s going to be green-tacular! Your goal is to read, or be read to, at least 100 minutes per week. Read books, magazines, short stories, websites, newspapers, the back of the cereal box, ANYTHING!
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Notable
      Stephen Lukens of Norfolk has been named to the Dean’s List for the 2010 spring semester at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pa. Dean’s List status is awarded to students who earn a 3.6 grade point average or better. A Junior, Lukens is majoring in Student Ministry.
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Norfolk Lions Youth Soccer Registration
Contributed to The Norfolk Boomerang
      Registration for the Fall 2010 Season is now taking place. Registration is online only – visit our website at www.norfolklionssoccer. com Norfolk Lions Youth Soccer is open to boys and girls age 3 (by September 1, 2010) to 12th grade. You do not have to live in Norfolk to join in on the fun!
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KP Class of 2010 Scholarships
     ANNE POLICASTRO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Ellen Girouard BEATRICE H. WOOD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Lauren Morton BESMART WELLNESS COALITION SCHOLARSHIP: Ryan Bobillo, Jenna Butera, Matthew Carrison, Jennifer Lannigan CANTON TOWN CLUB SCHOLARSHIP: Casey McCourt CLASS OF 2008 BOOK GRANT: Catherine Owen DANIEL D.
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