News
06.28.2008
Portsmouth
delegation
to
visit
70th
anniversary of Severodvinsk,
Russia
Plans are almost complete for the visit of our delegation of five
members to Severodvinsk in July to help celebrate the city's 70th
anniversary. The group will leave July 21st arriving in Severodvinsk
on the 23rd (the official celebration takes place July 25-27)
They leave Severodvinsk on the July, 30th by train for St.
Petersburg where they will stay until they return home on Aug. 4th.
After that point we will organize a party to hear about their visit
and see their pictures.
The delegation consists of:
Lou Salome - Veteran newspaper reporter, who covered the Soviet Union.
Betsy Kimball - Russian speaker and traveler and educator.
Roland Goodbody - UNH special collections archivist, actor and host of
WUNH's Ceili show.
Nicloe Kimball - Who visited Severodvinsk twice in 2001 and 2003 under
the student exchange.
Paul Josephson
- Who you all know and who helped the group with the travel plans.
06.28.2008
Pending visit from
students & teachers of Severodvinsk, Russia
Looking to the future, we can expect a
visit sponsored by the Severodvinsk city goverment and some business
people of a group of 8 students and 2 teachers next spring for ten
days; they will be staying with hosts from Oyster River HS in
Durham, Lee and Madbury, but will be spending a lot of time in
Portsmouth.
06.28.2008
PSC applies for
second "Open Word" grant!
As for Open World program, we will be
applying for a grant again to host a delegation next year, possibly
environmentalists.
