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President of RCESB takes CPDC children to lunch
Nigel, his wife Som and four
of his children: the two birthday boys Jay & Jonny, Jenni and Elizabeth,
along with friends from the Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard: Russell Iffland,
Tatiana Sokolova, Maggie Travis, Joy and Carl Dyson, Michael Todd-White, Jan
and Ket Abbink, and Elfi Seitz.
Elfi Seitz
Nigel Quennell, president of the Rotary Club of Eastern Seaboard
Pattaya, celebrated the birthday of his two sons on July 28 by taking
children from the Child Protection & Development Center out to a hefty
lunch.
Nigel was accompanied by his wife Som and four of his children: Jay, 16,
Jonny, 9, (the two birthday boys) Jenni and Elizabeth, as well as some of
his friends from the Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard: Russell Iffland, Tatiana
Sokolova, Maggie Travis, Joy and Carl Dyson, Michael Todd-White, Jan and Ket
Abbink.
The children at the center were more than delighted by the welcome change of
their daily routine and had the same fun as the visiting grown-ups, who were
happy to bring some smiles onto the children’s faces.
When Jay and Jonny were asked if they would get another birthday present,
other than taking the less fortunate kids out to lunch, they looked
questioning at their father - yet Nigel wouldn’t give the secret away.
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Navy School recruits students to sort trash to earn cash for facility
Teachers, local officials and
students ready themselves for the new recycling project.
Patcharapol Panrak
Separating garbage has joined reading, writing and arithmetic on the
syllabus at Sattahip District’s Navy School where students are manning a
“recycling bank” to raise funds for the school, as well as raise environmental
awareness.
Khet Udomsak Mayor Pairoj Malakul Na Ayuthaya announced the launch of the
recycling effort July 19 with Principal Suphanee klang-ngern about 100
government workers and students.
Faced with a worsening trash problem, the city is teaching students a whole new
set of R’s: reduce, reuse and recycle. Garbage is being delivered to the school
from homes and businesses and students separate glass, plastic and other
recyclables.
The Khet Udomsak Recycling Center then hauls away the reusable materials and
pays the school. Funds will be used for upkeep and renovation.
Suphanee told the kids that only 36 percent of the waste disposed locally is
done properly. Too many spots in Sattahip, she said, have turned into open
illegal dumps. Reducing trash totals, reusing the reusable and recycling the
rest is the best strategy, she said.
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Pattaya urges students
to kick junk-food habit
Students from Pattaya schools
listen to a lecture about proper foods for different age groups and the role of
nutrition in developing the physique for sports and exercise.
Warunya Thongrod
Pattaya schools brought in a nutritionist to lecture to more than 200
students, hoping they can kick the junk-food habit.
Ornanong Thaweesukh from the 3rd Sanitation Center spoke to 211 kids at city
hall July 29 about proper foods for different age groups and the role of
nutrition in developing the physique for sports and exercise. She also told the
students about the importance of getting adequate rest and how food can help
them grow and prevent disease.
“Food consumption is another important part of growing up and, currently,
children have a high tendency to suffer from obesity stemming from consuming
excessive fats,” said Pattaya Deputy Mayor Wutisak Rermkitkarn. “That shows
these children have not been given food-management care.”
The training, he said, was to make kids aware of disease related to obesity and
help them plan meals consistent with their age-related needs.
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Chonburi continues planning for January student games
Chonburi officials continued planning for the 31st Thailand City Students Sports
Competition in January, bringing in the province’s technology gurus to map out
broadcasting and statistics-collection issues.
 Deputy
Gov. Pornchai Kwansakul presides over a planning meeting for the 31st Thailand
City Students Sports Competition scheduled for January 2014.
Chonburi Provincial Administrative Organization President Wittaya Kunplome and
Deputy Gov. Pornchai Kwansakul presided over the July 25 meeting to plan the
January 19-28 “Chol Games.”
Chonburi will be hosting the finals of the competition, which stages qualifying
rounds in five regions across the kingdom.
Sports included in this year’s competition include table tennis, volleyball,
football, takraw, beach volleyball, futsal, petanque, badminton, Thai chess,
Thai checkers, 10 km. run, and track and field. Students are broken into four
age groups: 12, 15, 16 and 18 years old. (CPRD)
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