| Teddy bears and tea for kids
Albany-- Thronateeska Heritage Center played host this morning to the fourth annual Teddy Bear Tea Party. Preschool children, teachers, parents and grandparents all gathered for a fun filled morning of sing-a-longs, story telling and teddy bear craft making. Teachers say it's a great chance for preschool children to interact and encourage learning. "This is a wonderful idea, this encourages all teachers, parents and children to read. Its very important that parents read to their children all the time, it obviously encourages going to your local library and picking up books and reading to your children every day" say pre-k teacher April Hogan. Proceeds from the Tea Party will benefit children's programs at the Heritage Center. Feedback: news@walb.com .
Controversy over Assam’s first indigenous tea planter
Tinsukia, Sep 26 : The Singphoo tribe has claimed that the coveted distinction of being the first indigenous tea planter in Assam belongs to one of its kings (Gam) Nirula Singphoo and not Maniran Dewan as recognized by the government. Staking the claim, the Singphoo Jatiya Parishad�s (SJP) leaders said their king had started plantation, decades before Dewan had even applied for the rights to grow tea. The king�s plantation was located in the present Ketekeng area of Margherita sub-division in Tinsukia district of eastern Assam, they added. The controversy has been triggered afresh following the naming of a tea centre in Guwahati after Maniram Dewan by Planning Commission Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia recently, recognising Dewan as the first indigenous tea planter of the state. Challenging the announcement, the Singhpoo leaders produced testimonials to support their claim.
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