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When Arizona-based photographer Chad Castigliano asked his
friend, Wildland Firefighter Tim
Wilson, to participate in a photoshoot to help raise funds and awareness for his wife Jasmine’s non-profit
organization, neither knew what
was coming.
Just a few days and over 80,000
Facebook likes later, the formerEmporian’s photos had spread like a
wildfire around the internet.
According to Castigliano, he
and his family moved to Emporia in
1978 and lived in the Becker Addition before moving on in 1987. He
now lives in Prescott, Arizona and
said the idea for the photoshoot
came from a style known as “dude-
By John Robinson
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Chad Castigliano and Tim Wilson
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WHITE BOOK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Special to The Gazette
Solving puzzles and finding a new
family are the themes for the winning titles in the 2016 William Allen
White Children’s Book Awards.
“The Boy on the Porch” by Sharon Creech was selected by voters in
Grades 3 through 5.
“Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s
Library” by Chris Grabenstein
was selected by voters in Grades 6
through 8.
Creech’s book tells the story of a
new family after John and Marta find
a boy asleep on their porch. Unable
to speak, the boy Jacob can’t explain
his history. All John and Marta know
is that they have been chosen to care
for him.
And, as their connection and
friendship with Jacob grow, they
embrace his exuberant spirit and talents. The three of them blossom into
an unlikely family and begin to see
the world in brand-new ways.
“Three mornings in a row, I woke
hearing this phrase in my head: ‘the
boy on the porch,’” said Creech, explaining her inspiration for the book.
“I had no idea to whom or what
those words referred, but after the
third day, I thought I’d better pay attention and write a story about the
boy on the porch! I’ve learned to
trust those instincts. …”
“I discovered that the boy, who
does not speak, is like all characters that do not have a voice until a
writer is ready to listen to them; and
he is like so many children who do
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not have a ‘voice’ in this world; and
he is like all children who come into
our lives: when they arrive — at any
age — we wonder who they are and
what they think and fear and feel and
who they will become.”
Before beginning her writing career, Sharon Creech taught English
for fifteen years in England and Switzerland. She and her husband now
live in Maine.
Sharon Creech
Puzzles take center stage in Chris Grabenstein
Grabenstein’s book, the first of two
featuring Mr. Lemoncello’s Library,
described as an action-packed cross
between “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Night at the Museum.”
Hero Kyle Keeley is the class
clown and a huge fan of all games
— board games, word games, and
particularly video games. His hero,
Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in the
world, just so happens to be the genius behind the construction of the
new town library. Lucky Kyle wins
a coveted spot as one of twelve kids
invited for an overnight sleepover
in the library, hosted by Mr. Lemoncello and riddled with lots and lots
of games. But when morning comes,
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the doors stay locked. Kyle and the
other kids must solve every clue and “Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s
“The Boy on the Porch” by
figure out every secret puzzle to find Library” by Chris Grabenstein
Sharon Creech was selected by
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ior,” a play on the “boudoir” style
seen in mid-20th century, risqué
photographs of women.
“(Jasmine and I) came with the
idea of doing a “dudeior” photoshoot,” Castigliano said. “We saw
some examples online so we contacted our friend Tim. We knew he
would do it because he’s just a cool
guy.”
Armed with a handful of props,
a camera, and Wilson’s personality,
Castigliano said the first ten minutes of the photoshoot were unproductive due to hysterical laughter,
but once the work was finished Castigliano uploaded them to his Facebook page in hopes of attracting just
a bit of attention to “Books to the
Rescue Yavapai County.”
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was selected by voters in Grades
6 through 8.
voters in Grades 3 through 5.
The Lyon County Extension
Council receives funding via
Kansas State University, one of
the higher education institutions
facing a combined, additional cut
of 17 million dollars at the state
level. The near-definite looming
budget cuts to the council serves
as an exercise in patience.
“Right now we really don’t
know what the status is going
to be,” said Brian Rees, county
extension agent. “Obviously the
budget was passed by the legislature. (We) don’t know how
the governor is going to handle
that.”
In an effort to combat the
$290 million budget gap, Kansas lawmakers passed a budget
plan 63-59 early Monday morning. The plan allows Gov. Sam
Brownback to delay KPERS
payments and take $185 million
from the state highway fund. In
addition, the plan allows the governor to cut funds from Regents
institutions.
“Kansas State has gone ahead
and told us to figure for a four
percent permanent reduction in
funding,” Rees said. “With this
latest round, we’re guessing it
will be another two to four percent as well.”
Rees said he hopes the extension office is able to still fill
needs in the community.