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- WA hosts Inter-City soccer tournament
- Crew’s ‘unwise decision’ to blame last year’s Tara Air crash
- BNCS presents first cultural show
- Students in GA receive appreciations, honor
| WA hosts Inter-City soccer tournament Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:37 PM PDT A report received late says that a one-day Bhutanese Inter-City Knockout Soccer Tournament 2011 successfully concluded in Washington after 'Tukwila A' team bagged the winner trophy on Saturday. At least seven different Bhutanese teams from six different cities in Washington area participated in the tournament, which took place at the Valley Ridge Sport Complex, SeaTac, WA.  The struggle for a ball. Photo courtesy/Pralhad Gurung The highest Scorer of the tournament, Prem Khadka’s hat-trick smoothed the path for 'Tukwila A' to bag the winner trophy. Team caption, Yawan Tiwari from the Everett Team was announced 'man of the match' while SeaTac/Burien Team was awarded for its fair play. An estimated 200 Bhutanese and local audience watched and cheered the tournament throughout the day. Meanwhile, all audience and players participated in a silence mourn for a minute to pray and remember the three deceased Bhutanese youths in the Washington area prior the award distribution function. According to the organizer, the Bhutanese Family of WA tournament sponsored the tournament while the Bhutanese Youth of WA along with Tukwila family helped organize it. It is reported that the tournament was aimed to select best player from each city to form a strong soccer club of Bhutanese in Washington. Below follows the result of tournament. First Round Pool ‘A’ Pool ‘B’ Semi-Final Final |
| Crew’s ‘unwise decision’ to blame last year’s Tara Air crash Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:37 AM PDT The official team, which recently completed its probe into Tara Air plane crash that killed 22 persons including 18 Bhutanese pilgrims last December in Nepal, said it found the unwise decision of the crew to descend the aircraft, without considering the mountain terrain, as the sole cause of the accident. Among those killed in the crash, 18 were Bhutanese nationals and one American. Releasing the report on Monday, investigator Rabindra Kumar Sherchan said the plane “descended on the instructions of air traffic control to avoid a helicopter in the area, but it then clipped a hill top with its left wing” “The cause of the accident was the unwise decision taken by the crew to descend without taking the harsh mountain terrain into consideration,” AFP quoted Sherchan as saying. According to the finding, the pilot and the co-pilot were confused, with the latter controlling the flight as the aircraft entered the cloud. The aircraft, which was carrying Buddhist pilgrims from Halesi Mahadev of Khotang district, had crashed while returning to Kathmandu. |
| BNCS presents first cultural show Posted: 11 Jul 2011 06:12 PM PDT The Bhutanese Nepali Community of Scranton (BNCS), Pennsylvania organized a cultural show at the Scranton High School Auditorium Scranton, Pennsylvania on Sunday. The president of BNCS Narad Pokhrel, Joint Secretary Kedar Kafley and Tek Pandey presented a brief history of Bhutanese refugee problem, the third country resettlement program, among others. The different cultural presentations such as the group and solo dance and solo patriotic song by Bhutanese children and guests, traditional fashion show by small children, music presentation and the different varieties of Bhutanese cultural foods were the major attractions of the this program. Christopher Doherty, the mayor of the Scranton city, Sonya Sarner, Program Supervisor, Catholic Social Services, Sushma Barakoti from Nepalese Women Organization in USA and representatives from Migrant Education Program, local schools, College and University, assured their continued support to the Bhutanese community in its every effort along the way of integration, assimilation and empowerment in a new environment and society of cultural diversity. Meanwhile, the president of BNCS acknowledged the moral, financial and material support of Catholic Social Services of Lackawanna County, CSIU/NE Migrant Education Program, Scranton School District, Shalom Scranton and Shiva Shakti Indian Food Mart and the community members and volunteers. The Bhutanese Nepali Community Scranton was formed in 2010 with an objective of empowering and advancing the Bhutanese community in the area through education, job skills and facilitating social services. |
| Students in GA receive appreciations, honor Posted: 11 Jul 2011 05:16 PM PDT A report received late says that the community in Georgia has offered honor and appreciations to the high school graduates (2008-2011) on Saturday amidst a special function. A temporarily formed Bhutanese Honor Society, which comprised the community leaders, among others, extended sincere appreciations to younger generation for successfully graduating from the high schools. So far an estimated 50 Bhutanese have graduated from the six different high schools in Atlanta, GA beginning 2008.
BM Rai, one of the honor organizing committee members informed BNS over telephone that the main motive of the program was to encourage younger generation Bhutanese to explore more opportunities. "It is the community's responsibility, in general, to encourage younger generation folks to continue with the western education and explore more opportunities in future," said Rai, adding—"we just initiated here in Georgia and this short of encouraging function is worth organizing in other regions where community folks live." According to Rai, at least 35 high school graduates, including Ram Siwakoti, recipient of the Gates Scholarship Award program, which will pay for his needs until he finishes the Ph.D. in any colleges in the US, attended the function. The honor society also provided appreciation letters along with khada to the high school graduates. Meanwhile, the community leaders, addressing the function, encouraged students to continue with the modern education. The local artists from the Bhutanese Artists of Georgia had rocked the floor with various presentations. The community also tasked Raman Dahal, a long time teacher back in Nepal, with the responsibility of working closely with younger generation students in Atlanta to help them explore further opportunities. |
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