A couple of months after Pateros Elementary School won a national award for good nutrition, the middle/high school is following suit.
Pateros earn a bronze award and $500 from the HealthierUS School Challenge, a voluntary certification initiative for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program.
This day in history
March 28
1797: Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.
1834: The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.
1885: The Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S.
1898: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen. This meant that they could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act.
1908: Automobile owners lobbied the U.S. Congress, supporting a bill that called for vehicle licensing and federal registration.
1911: In New York, suffragists performed the political play "Pageant of Protest."
1917: During World War I, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded.
1921: U.S. President Warren Harding named William Howard Taft as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1922: Bradley A. Fiske patented a microfilm reading device.
1930: The cities of Constantinople and Angora changed names to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey.
1933: In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.
1938: In Italy, psychiatrists demonstrated the use of electric-shock therapy for treatment of certain mental illnesses.
1941: Author Virginia Woolf drowned herself.
1947: The American Helicopter Society revealed a flying device that could be strapped to a person's body.
1962: The U.S. Air Force announced research into the use of lasers to intercept missiles and satellites.
1986: More than 6,000 radio stations of all format varieties played "We are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST.
2000: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that an anonymous tip does not justify a stop-and-frisk action against a person.
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