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January 11

Our Third Annual Banquet was held last night with a capacity crowd attending. Every seat was reserved by ticketing, and many people were turned away for lack of space.

The food was delicious, as you might expect from the expert smoking and grilling of Alvin Zook. With inclement weather, he was concerned that it would affect his ability to get all the grilled foods prepared on time. God held the rain off long enough that we could enjoy Alvin's grilled, seasoned baked potatoes.

The school board spent hours setting up the hall and preparing the food in the kitchen, and it all turned out wonderfully. The students worked the room like pros, serving our guests drinks and desserts.

Thanks to all who participated in supporting our school. We are grateful.

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January 10

Dress-Up Day for Kindergarten - Third grades made for some strange sights around the school.

There were cowboys and indians, of course, but also an Indian from India, a beach girl, a pirate/undercover officer, a baker/chef, and a cleaning maid. Miss LaRhonda was the Indian in authentic Indian clothing; Miss Rosita was dressed in period clothing representing Laura Ingalls Wilder of Little House on the Prairie fame.

Want to see them?

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January 9

Today the Honor Students from grades 4 - high school enjoyed a tour of the world-famous Tervis Tumbler factory. They make the only air-insulated tumbler in the world that carries a life-time guarantee.

The Tervis Tumbler company manufactures their own product right here in Sarasota County, and we were shown the entire operation from product development,  manufacturing, and testing, to shipping and marketing. We watched them laser-cut logos and emblems for the tumblers, then we followed the process as they assembled the inner and outer pieces and welded the two together. The welding is done in a machine that vibrates the two pieces together at 25,000 vibrations per second; this takes about 4 or 5 seconds total. After welding, the tumblers go through an oven set at 835 degrees. Then they are inspected, boxed, and out the door they go.

Tervis Tumbler says they run two working shifts per day, and manufacture 28,000 to 40,000 tumblers per day. Laid end-to-end, each day's production would reach about four miles. They are nearly maxed out with production in this facility, so they are presently in the early stages of planning an expansion.

The best part of the tour? That would be when they gave each student a personalized tumbler. Tervis Tumbler prepared each student's name as a decal, and gave it to them along with a Tervis Tumbler emblem. Then, on the manufacturing floor, the students gave these items to an employee, who applied them to a tumbler. After application of the decals and emblems, each student was allowed to run the machine that welded their tumbler together. After the tumblers went through the oven, they were given their personalized Tervis Tumbler. Each student also was allowed to have their choice of two different lids and a straw to complete their personalized tumbler.

Each Tervis Tumbler has a Lifetime Unconditional Guarantee, so if your student's tumbler fails, return it to the Osprey store, and they will give you another one just like it, as a free replacement.

Sadly, they did not allow us to take any pictures on the tour, so we can't show you what the place looks like.

After the tour, we browsed the Tervis Tumbler retail store in Osprey. Afterward, the students voted to eat lunch at Chic-Fil-A, then we went to the Colonial Oaks Park gymnasium for basketball, Extreme Indoor Kick-ball, and Team Two-Square.

As required, the day ended with Slurpees.