Good Bye May, Hello June!

Hi Friends.

I hope your summer is off to a great start. Here are some events to look forward to in Indiana.

Come when you can for part or all of the time to say hi and catch up with your Accent and English class friends!

When: Monday, June 12th, 10:00-12:00. 

Where:  Needlers Grocery Store coffee shop Lemons....at the front of the store

4755 E 126th St, Carmel, IN 46033 

Just a few blocks south of Cornerstone Lutheran Church where we meet in person for classes and meetings.

Safety on the Water

As you get out on the waterways, be sure you and your family members wear your lifejackets and flotation devices. We want you to keep safe this summer! Read more here.

Indiana Fun 

National Taiwan University of Arts: Enchanting Dance and Music Show

June 7, 7:00 PM ET, at the Palladium, Free (you need get a ticket)

Vera Bradley Outlet Sale

The big sale is back June 14-18. June 17 and 18 are non-ticketed days (free, but fair warning, there is a long line. Head up to the Fort Wayne Coliseum for a shopping experience 4000 Parnell Ave, Ft. Wayne.

Hamilton County Indiana in May (and Beyond)

May is wrapping up, but there is so much to see and do in this last week (and not just the Indy 500!). Check out the Memorial Day celebrations and swimming pool and beach openings. Find a list of summer concerts (both free and famous).

Visit Madison County

Just a hop, skip and jump from Carmel and Indianapolis is Madison County. There is plenty to see and do. Click on this calendar link to see events that are happening on specific days.

Indiana Parks and Lodges

Book a vacation stay! Discounts for two or more nights.

Indiana State Nature Passport

Have fun visiting parks and attractions and earn points! Get a nature passport. It is free. You may be charged entrance fees at parks.

Indiana Free Fishing Days June 3-4

Fish without needing a license on these days. You will get hooked! Check the pages for more to see and do.

Recommended Resources 

Upwardly Global: provides training and education specific to jobs.  Employers, employees, and individuals have the opportunity to advance workforce to be certified locally in their field (many counties have different certification requirements).

The Constitution of the United States

We are getting hot and heavy into election season. As the candidates cue up for president, it is good to look at the job description...

The Constitution of the United States of America: Article 2, Section 2

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

just a hop, skip and a jump: close

get hooked: become addicted to an activity or substance

hot and heavy: intense

Last Classes and Meetings of Our 2022-2023 Academic Year

Hello Friends.

We are officially on break for the summer! We great wrap up classes and meetings. We said thank you to Kathy Petrovic and Gene Bruns for years of leading our American Accent Classes. 

Thank you to all our Friends for coming to our meetings and helping us help others. We are all looking forward to a normal American-style summer break. 

Of course, Updates will continue...maybe not so often.

Of course, we will meet up (once a month) in person and on Zoom for those of us who can't come in person.

Of course, we look forward to hearing from you. What do you need to know.

Have a great summer!

American Sign Language wrapped up with review and conversation.

American Accent Training wrapped up with a party!

American English wrapped up by welcoming a new Friend and reviewing mindsets and storytelling.

Kid's Conversation wrapped up sharing interesting things about our lives and learned how to say them in American English.

The Constitution of the United States: Article 2, Section 1

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows

Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.

The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.

The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:—"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Wrapping Up the 2022-2023 Year

Hello, Friends.

This year has flown by and we are having our last official meetings this week. We are looking forward to spending the summer months hanging out with our families, taking vacations and learning more about American English and life in the United States.

Never fear! We are planning "Drop In" meetings at least once a month as well as Zooms for our Friends who live farther away.

And, of course, we will continue to publish Updates (but maybe on a more limited and sporadic basis).

Watch for our fall schedule of classes and meetings beginning after Labor Day. Please email us with your suggestions and ideas for next year.

Thank you for a great year!

Carolyn Willard

Tick Solution 

The Constitution of the United States of America: Article 1, Section 10

This is the last section of Article 1 of the Constitution. There are seven more articles with the Constitution with a total of only four pages. Be sure to visit the site and read more!

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.