Northside High's Latin club has annual Christmas party for elementary
students
Donna Lewis For the past four years, students in Northside High School's Latin club have provided a "Christmas Fantasy" for selected Gideons Elementary School first-graders. This year, 16 Gideons students were chosen by their teachers to participate in the event. The group arrived to banquet-style refreshments and Santa Claus' presentation of gifts. Santa Claus was played by Latin Club Consul (president) Conrad Lehfeldt, a Northside High...
Latin Club: POLICE QUESTION MAN INVOLVED IN SHOOTING
One man was shot in the arm early this morning in front of the Latin Club, a downtown tavern which is likely to be closed shortly after the first of the year.Police had in custody one man they were questioning, said police spokesman Tom Snyder. ``We are still looking for others that we want to question,'' he added.The victim was not seriously injured.Police were called to the tavern in the 300 block of West Johnson Street around 1:30 a.m.Snyder said...
LATIN CLUB INDUCTS 12 MEMBERS
The Latin Club at Andrean High School will induct 12 new members at its annual celebration of Saturnalia on Tuesday.The inductees join 53 members of the Roman Society in marking the ancient Roman holiday, held in mid-December in honor of Saturn, the god of agriculture. For the ancient Romans, the festival signaled the end of harvesting and wine-making, an occasion they celebrated by feasting, exchanging gifts and offering sacrifices. "Many of our current Christmas customs are...
Latin Club: STUDENT ACCEPTS DARE TO MAKE SCHOOL BETTER
Sylvia Ciappina says her parents, who came to the United States from Italy, instilled in her the importance of education."They made me realize that school's important, the first priority," she said. "They didn't get a chance to get a full education, and they want us to get educated, unlike them," the Saddle Brook High School senior said of her family.It seems that she has heeded her parents advice. Ciappina, who...
FOOD FROM FAR SOUTH OF THE BORDER AT THE LATIN CLUB
You're hungry for a taste of Latin America, but a visit to most of the restaurants here takes you only about as far south of the border as Mexico. Fortunately, there's one place in town that will get you all the way to Bolivia.The Latin Club is known mostly as a nightspot for UW students and others hip to dance sounds from Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean and Asia. But the club owners, Fritz and Lidia Lazo, along with their son, Jessie, also serve lunch and...