The first month of the summer break from school is nearly gone and students and parents can already get prepared soon for the next school year. Online registration opens July 20th and some of the students will already be back in school by September 1st.
Superintendent Susan Burris says all students will be back by September 3rd. She says there’s the new Bound fee system for student athletic and activity participants and for purchasing tickets to games and other events.
Burris says there was a recognition program at the end of this past school year for retirees and others leaving the Litchfield School District, and she also presented some fun facts at the program. She says 252,560 meals were served in the last school year; there were 130 athletic events, 19 fine arts events; and 11 major weather events.
Burris says the Litchfield School Board is looking towards November with the possibility of placing two questions before voters regarding and operations levy and a capital projects levy and the questions will be fine-tuned at the July 13th meeting. She says the operating revenue would allow the District to maintain what it now offers without having to make major reductions, and a capital levy would address various improvement that are needed, especially for the Wagner building.
Burris says people can find more information on the Litchfield School District website. She says there will be a link on the website by mid-July with specific information about the November ballot questions.
The Valley Daze celebration begins today in Eden Valley. Events will continue through Sunday and you can find a complete schedule on the Valley Daze Facebook page.
Some of the Valley Daze highlights include a kiddie parade at 6 p.m. Friday on Main Street and fireworks at 10 p.m. Friday. The 27th annual car and bike show will be on Saturday from 8-to-2 at EV-W Elementary School. The parade is at 6 p.m. Saturday.
A street dance will be held on Saturday night from 8:30-to-12:30 featuring the Stifle Band of Brothers. Valley Daze will conclude with the Youth Fishing Contest from sunrise to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Eden Valley Sportsman’s Club.
In 2016, Drake set a new UK chart record for the digital age when “One Dance” feat. Wizkid & Kyla became the longest-running No.1 single since downloads and streams were included in the ranking. The song, which appeared on the Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter’s fourth studio album, Views, spent 11 weeks on the chart, while it also marked Drake’s first No.1 hit as a lead artist in 15 countries, including the US, Australia, and Canada.
In 2007, The White Stripes topped the UK chart with their seventh and final album, Icky Thump. The release marked their second No.1 LP in the UK (following 2003’s Elephant) while across the Atlantic, Icky Thump earned the duo their third Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.
In 1965, The Hollies scored their first No.1 hit in the UK with “I’m Alive.” The song, which spent three weeks in the top position, was one of 25 Top 40 singles for the long-running group.
In 1967, Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” began its run on the Billboard Hot 100. The enduring Baroque pop tune, which has been covered more than 1,000 times, peaked at the No.5 position, while it would top the UK pop chart. One of the world’s best-selling singles of all time, the song would later be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and included on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ranking.
In 1965, John Lennon released his second book, A Spaniard in the Works. A follow-up to his 1964 debut, “In His Own Write,” the book’s title was a play on the saying “a spanner in the works.” Much like its predecessor, it featured a variety of drawings and nonsensical stories by The Beatle.
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1944: Jeff Beck
1944: Chris Wood (Traffic)
1944: Arthur Brown
1945: Colin Blunstone (The Zombies)
1947: Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac)
1949: John Illsley (Dire Straits)
1957: Astro (UB40)
1961: Curt Smith (Tears for Fears)
1967: Richard Zven Kruspe (Rammstein)
1986: Solange