Jack Waldner named as Roosevelt's January Reader
A new calendar is hanging on the wall and the year 2010 has now been declared officially defunct. We now have a shiny new year brimming with hopes and promises stretching out ahead of us. Unfortunately, the holidays are over and it's a long, bleak period till the next causes for celebration, namely St. Valentine's Day and Easter. Luckily, before you take that plunge into the depths of those seasonable maladies the likes of post-holiday depression and the mid-winter doldrums, you have time for one last heel-kicking hurrah as you join the librarians and other associated perusing powers-that-be in Cherokee as they give a couple of chilblain cheers and a three snowball salute for Jack Waldner, the recipient of the laurels as the Roosevelt January Reader of the Month.
When the bell rings signaling the launching of another official school day, this young power reader can be found diligently hitting his lessons at his desk in the kindergarten classroom at Roosevelt Elementary. As a get physical sort of guy, Jack notes that Phys. Ed. has been his top subject this year. He also avers that Mrs. Hyndman has been carrying a straight 4.0 average as his favorite teacher the past five months.
Even though he's just getting his academic salad days underway, Jack knows that he will be needing some good reading skills if he hopes to scale the scholastic ladder. "Reading is important because it helps you learn!" he says. When it comes time to read for pleasure, Jack keeps his book bag loaded down with tales from the Where's Waldo and I Spy series of books as well as any stories revolving around action figures, all his idea of some great entertainment.
When those welcome extracurricular interims roll around, Jack quickly parks his studies and is out the door in a flash, As a budding athlete, he keeps his freetime hours filled by competing in a number of sports, especially baseball, soccer, football and wrestling. In addition, Jack enjoys going boating in the summer and playing with his action figures.
It should also be noted that he's a member in good standing of the After School Bunch at the Cherokee Public Library.
When it comes to future plans, this January reader has his eye on a uniform. He hopes to one day either become a policeman or join the U. S. Army. Until it's time for him to be all that he can be, however, Jack can be found over on Ash Street, a location where he shares the home barracks with his parents. Jeff and Korrie Waldner .
I searched the Chronicle Times website to get the article and picture, but they don't have it on there. So I scanned it into my computer. I tried to get it as a photo but you couldn't read it. I finally pulled it up as a document but when I put it on the blog the picture of him didn't transfer. But atleast you can read the article about my boy!
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