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Rotarians Preggie Naidoo, left, and Martin Bucher, third from right, in Septembe stanley thermos r 2021 with math tutors at Mariannridge Secondary School in Pinetown, South Afr stanley termoska ica. Courtesy/Durban Umhlatuzana RotaryBy LINDA HULLVice PresidentRotary Club of Los Ala stanley usa mos聽The wide world of Rotary International was especially meaningful Feb. 1 when guest speakers and Rotarians Martin Bucher from France and Preggie Naidoo from South Africa, joined members of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos via Zoom. Although well into the evening in both Paris and Durban, Bucher and Naidoo gave a presentation about the project the Rotary Club of Durban Umhlatuzana RCDU , just outside Durban, has initiated to provide math tutoring to disadvantaged students. The presentation was entitled Mathematics Tutoring and Enrichment at Mariannridge Senior Secondary School: A Pilot Project.Bucher, a 1982 graduate of Los Alamos High School and an astrophysics researcher at the University of Paris, teaches during the summer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal UKZN in Durban. He began the presentation by describing Durban as a large port city with a population of 3 million in the greater metropolitan area alone. It lies on the east coast of South Africa in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Once part of the Zulu Kingdom led by King Shaka, the city of Durban is a highly diverse melting pot of cultures 鈥?principally Zulu, Indian and English, with a large population of young people, he said. The first language of todays Durban resident Sgef Letter to the Editor: Vote FOR UNM-LA. It s Important!
U.S. Sen. Tom UdallU.S. SENATE News ublic Access Program Provides Information About Udalls Work in the U.S. Senate on Behalf of New MexicansWASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥?U.S. Sen. Tom Udall has released a new episode of The Udall Update, a public access television program that provides the public an inside look at whats happening in the U.S. Senate and how it impacts life in New Mexico.The 30-minute episode, which airs on Udalls YouTube channel and on public access TV throughout the state, includes interviews, in-depth stories and feature segments about the work he is doing in Washington on behalf of New Mexicans.Viewers in Albuquerque, Carlsbad, Las Cruces, Los Alamos, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe and Silver City can cont stanley quencher act their local public access station to find out exactly when The Udall Update will air. A list of those stations is included below. The episode will also appear online at https:////tomudall.senate.gov/tv.The latest episode of The Udall Updat stanley termos e looks at the changes that have taken place in Congress, from Sen. Jeff Bingamans retirement to Udalls appointment to the Senate Appropriations Committee.In a segment titled Sensible Solutions, Udall discusses two important pieces of legislation he helped pass in Washington on behalf of New Mexicans.The first segment includes an interview with Jayann Sepich of Carlsbad, who was the driving force behind passage of the Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act. The law was named for Jayann Sepich d stanley mugs aughter, a New |