SUBMITTED PHOTO Perry Meridian High School pre-Advance Placement Spanish IV students (from left) Zing Meng, Samuel Cook, Devon Duncan and Dina Carreto enjoy some mole poblano (chicken and rice) and agua de horchata after studying influences on Mexican cuisine.

SOUTHSIDER VOICE PHOTO BY NATHAN PACE Girl Scouts (front, from left) Addison Short and Katrina Roach, (back) Sammi Switzer and Kailah Roach helped me pass out scarves and candy canes to “our friends” at Greenwood Meadows Nursing Home. The girls are from Troop 1052 and were willing to join me in visiting with the residents while The Voice staff enjoyed spending time with Fred D. Cavinder, one of our retired correspondents.