The family of Raymond and Marian Pentlin, Oskaloosa, is having a card shower to celebrate the couple’s 62nd wedding anniversary.

Raymond Lawrence Pentlin and Marian Louise Gorden were married Dec. 16, 1945, at Perry United Methodist Church. They have lived in Jefferson County all of their lives.

The couple have 10 children, 26 grandchildren and 42 great-grandchildren.

Cards may be sent to 815 Union St., Oskaloosa 66066.

¢Terri Durgan and Patricia Zimmerman are among 34 Kansas teachers who recently earned National Board Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Durgan is a fourth-grade teacher at Quail Run School in Lawrence, and Zimmerman teaches fifth-graders at Perry-Lecompton Middle School.

The certification is the highest credential in the teaching profession and is achieved through a rigorous performance-based assessment that takes between one and three years to complete.

¢The Model United Nations team at Johnson County Community College received an Outstanding Delegation Award for its portrayal of New Zealand at the American Model United Nations International Conference. The conference was conducted Nov. 17-20 in Chicago. The team also represented Ukraine at the event.

Area residents who participated include Norman Decelles, executive vice president of the team, Stephanie Goings and Wesley Barnes, all of Lawrence.

The team has received awards at its last eight conferences. Members recently dedicated the JCCC Model United Nations honors wall and were honored for outstanding performance during the previous academic year by the U.N. Association’s Greater Kansas City Chapter.

More than 1,400 students participated in the conference in Chicago, proposing resolutions and writing reports dealing with global issues.

¢Drs. Steven Thomsen and Brad Phipps, who are family physicians in Lawrence, hosted Adam Todd, a medical student from the Kansas University School of Medicine, for four weeks this fall as part of a community-based educational experience.

Thomsen and Phipps are preceptors, or volunteer mentors, with the KU School of Medicine’s Kansas Rural Preceptor Program.

The program introduces students to the practice of primary care and the professional opportunities available in nonurban areas. The students also have the opportunity to use their diagnostic and clinical skills under the guidance of their mentors.

¢Ruth Penny, Lawrence, was inducted into the Alpha Chi honor society at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark. The society accepts juniors and seniors in the top 10 percent of their class.

Penny is a junior majoring in Spanish and history.

¢Kirsten King and Amilee Turner, both of Lawrence, have been selected to participate in the 2008 Miss Kansas Teen USA Pageant, planned for Friday through Dec. 16 in Lawrence.

King will compete as Miss Douglas County Teen USA, and Turner will be Miss Lawrence Teen USA. The winner will represent Kansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

Both students attend Lawrence High School.

¢Students of the Month for November at Oskaloosa High School are juniors Cassie Allen and Drew Beisel, and seniors Kristin Henry and Dillon Robbins.

The students were recognized for their positive contributions to the school and community.

¢Students from ATA Black Belt and Leadership Academy, Lawrence, are raising money for the HALO Boardbreakathon today in Kansas City, Mo.

Participants raise money by breaking as many boards as they can in 30 seconds, or by receiving donations. Games, booths and food as well as stunts and skits also will be featured at the event.

The third annual fundraiser supports the HALO Foundation (Helping Art Liberate Orphans), which provides orphans worldwide with food, water, shelter, clothing, education and art therapy. Organizers of the Kansas City event are hoping to raise $40,000.

The fundraiser runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Crown Center Exhibit Hall, 2323 McGee, Kansas City, Mo. For more information about the HALO Foundation, go to www.haloworldwide.org.