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Nominate A Student For An

Annual Youth Character
Award

Instilling good character in children as they prepare for
the real world is a big deal in Martin County.
United Way of Martin County’s CHARACTER
COUNTS! program sits at the forefront of this effort. It
recognizes local students for exemplifying good character
during the annual Joe Kordick Youth Character Awards.
Each year, United Way of Martin County’s CHARACTER
COUNTS! presents the Joe Kordick Youth Character Awards
to honor students whose lives and achievements demonstrate
an enduring commitment to any or all of the Six Pillars
of Character – Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility,
Fairness, Caring and Citizenship.
Examples of qualities associated with good character Javaris Hampton, Indiantown Middle Johanna Cruz-Deleon, Martin County Christian Molina, Martin County High
include uncompromising integrity and courage shown by a School, was a 2019/20 Joe Kordick High School, was a 2019/20 Joe School, was a 2019/20 Joe Kordick
willingness to do the right thing despite social pressures or Youth Character award winner. Kordick Youth Character award winner. Youth Character award winner.
personal risk; generosity of spirit and a willingness for self-
sacrifice in devotion to helping others; community service students will receive application information. Middle the community and change lives together through the
in working for the common good; or perseverance and inner school award recipients will be presented with a plaque, collective power of advancing the common good. Since
strength to overcome physical, financial or other difficulties. and high school award recipients will receive a $1,000 1972, United Way has been working to create long-term
Nominations for this year’s Joe Kordick Youth Character cash award. Nomination forms and guidelines are available social change and provide support to Martin County
Awards, Friday, Nov. 14, can be submitted either by the at www.unitedwaymartin.org/JKYCA or by contacting residents by investing in programs that strive to enhance
student’s school, or any community member who has seen Tara Zweben at (772) 283-4800, Ext. 234 or tzweben@ healthy living, improve education and support financial
the student continually display good character. unitedwaymartin.org. stability.
Nominees must be Martin County public school About United Way Of Martin County For more information about United Way of Martin County,
students in eighth or 12th grades. Once nominated, United Way of Martin County’s mission is to lift visit www.UnitedWayMartin.org or call (772) 283-4800.

trivia

I Didn’t Know That ... Bet You advising William Howe on the best way to capture Which Broadway Musical Holds The Record For Most
Tony Nominations?
Philadelphia. Lee was released in a prisoner swap in 1778,
Didn’t Know It Either but was later court-martialed by the Americans for the Hamilton, the hip-hop Broadway musical about the
offense. life and death of Alexander Hamilton made Broadway
Fascinating trivia facts Who Introduced The Word “Hello” As The Customary history when it was nominated for a record-setting
compiled by Stanley Way To Answer A Telephone Call? 16 Tony Awards. The show was nominated in every
Morgenbesser The use of the word “Hello” as a telephone greeting has category, including two categories that had Hamilton
Which Was The First been credited to Thomas Edison. Alexander Graham Bell, actors competing against each other. At the 2016 Tony
Pizza Chain In The United who invented the telephone in 1885, never liked “Hello” Awards, Hamilton ultimately won 11 awards, including
States? and advocated the use of “Ahoy” as a telephonic greeting. Best Musical. Hamilton has also won a Grammy Award
Pizza Hut is older than However, “Hello” quickly became the standard when the and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Domino’s by two years, and first telephone exchanges, equipped by Edison, were set up How Many American Presidents Died On Independence
was officially the first chain across the country. Day?
pizza restaurant in America. Who Inspired The Name “Uncle Sam”? James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams all
Two brothers borrowed During the War of 1812, a meat packer named Samuel passed away on July 4th. In fact, Jefferson and Adams
$600 from their mom to Wilson was in charge of supplying beef to U.S. troops. passed away within a few hours of each other in 1826, on
open a pizza place in Wichita, Kan. They named it Pizza He was affectionately known as Uncle Sam, and when his the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of
Hut, because their sign only had room for eight letters. products arrived in containers marked with “U.S.,” troops Independence! America’s fifth president, James Monroe,
Six months later they opened a second outlet, and within joked that they were from Uncle Sam. The nickname was passed away on the same date five years later ... all
a year they had six Pizza Hut restaurants. There are now noticed by a local paper, and “Uncle Sam” quickly became remarkable coincidences of history.
more than 16,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. associated with government business. Who Is The Only U.S. President To Have Earned An
Why Was Fort Lee, New Jersey, Named After A Which Song Has Made The Most In Royalties? MBA?
Traitor? Happy Birthday to You is the top earner, with an estimated Though you might not think of George W. Bush as a
Charles Henry Lee served as a general of the $50 million in royalties. The happy birthday song was originally brainiac, he is actually the only president in the history
Continental Army during the American Revolutionary composed in 1893 as Good Morning to All by Patty Smith of the United States to have his master’s in business
War. Though he had far more military experience, Lee was Hill, a kindergarten teacher. Happy Birthday to You is the most administration degree. He first received a bachelor’s degree
passed over for commander-in-chief in favor of George recognized song in the English language, followed by For He’s in history from Yale University in 1968, and continued his
Washington. In an attempt to soothe Lee’s ego, George a Jolly Good Fellow. Today, the famous happy birthday song is education at Harvard Business School, where he earned a
Washington had Fort Lee named after him in 1776. Soon finally in the public domain, meaning you can sing it anywhere, Master of Business Administration degree in 1975.
after, Lee was captured by the British at a tavern in New at home or in front of a crowd, to your heart’s content, without
Jersey. While in British custody Lee committed treason, technically having to pay a royalty.