The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 5, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 February 1978 — Page 10

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., February 22,1978

School news

gttd i—— j i—i ■■■■ BUB <IB I fl |flcl HESSSII EMT CLASS—A different class is being held In Wawasee High School each Tuesday and Friday night. It is an emergency medical technician’s class designed to teach participants the techniques of becoming certified EMTs. Instructor of the class is Corky Wong of the Syracuse EMS program. Volunteers learn EMT procedures

By SHARON KORTENBER Emergency medical training techniques are currently being taught to 30 community people. The instructor, Corky Wong, is teaching these volunteers how to operate the equipment on EMS vehicles by having EMT every Tuesday and Friday night at Wawasee High School at 7 o’clock p.m., February through May.

Eight to represent Wawasee at state musical contest

Eight Wawasee High School music students will represent their school at the state solo and ensemble contest in Indianapolis next Saturday. Those receiving first at the solo and ensemble contest at Culver last Saturday and who will •represent Wawasee in Indianapolis are Jim Snyder, drum 'solo; Kathy Iden, Brenda .Howard, Jamie White and .Martha Baumle, clarinet .quartet; and Mischelle Johnston, • Steve Walker and Kent Lawson, .saxophone trio. These students 'will perform in group one. All totaled, the Wawasee groups received 20 first place ratings and 12 second place

FCA holds Superstar competition

By DOUG WALKER The Fellowship of Christian Athletes held their annual “Superstars” competition at the Zurcher home Monday evening, Feb. 6. John Locke was the overall boys’ champion, while Laurie Brouwer captured girls’ honors. Tom Kroh had the dubious distinction of coming in last in the standings. The competition is made up of various

j Walker's Other World | | By DOUG WALKER | •:• Federal Judge Jed “Boozer” Larmick of Ohio g $ recently ruled that girls (or boys) can participate :$ £ in high school sports usually reserved for boys (or :•:? £ girls). This means that there may eventually be a female lineman on the football squad, or a boy * £ diver on the girls swim team. According to sports £ $ enthusiast Mike Ray, the ruling “may end athletic £ competition as we know it today.” K § “That judge had to be some kind of maniac,” £ | said Ray when contacted at his uncle’s sugar £ | plantation in Havana, Cuba. “I say we string him £ § up by his thumbs and tar and feather him.” £ £ Ray feels that the decision might have a far- £ £ reaching effect on the nation. “This thing won’t £ £ limit itself to sports,” he commented. “I’m afraid £ £ that in the not-too-distant future, you’re going to g £ see people entering cats in dog shows. When that £ g happens, you’ll know country has hit rock- £ £ bottom as a society.” $ £ Ray plans on raising money in order to fight the £ £ decision. “I’ve received calls from dozens of £ £ celebrities offering their services to try to block £ g this thing,” he said. £ g “We originally wanted to have a telethon, but £ g decided against it. A group calling themselves the £ g Beatles offered to put on a benefit concert, but £ g when I learned they hadn’t performed together for £ g eight years, I turned them down flat. As of right £ £ now, we’re planning on having a combination ping- £ g pong match-sword fight between Elton John and g £ Anita Bryant. That ought to bring in the money.” g £ Area sports fans received another shock when g g consumer advocate Ralph Nader showed up at g g Wawasee recently and announced plans to reform £ g the high school sports structure. “The taxpayers g g support the athletic system, so as consumers, they g g deserve a voice in how it is run,” said Nader. “If g £ the taxpayers have a chance to make a little profit, g £ why shouldn’t they take advantage of it?” g £ Nader then made sports history by announcing g g that he had worked out a trade that would send g g Warrior basketball player Pudge Wagoner to a £ $ Hershey, Pa., high school in exchange for three £ tennis rackets, a subscription to TV Guide, and £ g $617. “What this means is, in exchange for Pudge, g £ every taxpayer in this area will be receiving a little £: | over 13 cents,” said Nader, who reportedly set up g g the deal in a Hershey bar several weeks ago. g

In this class adult students will be practicing CPR methods and administering first aid on dummies. They will also be riding in the EMS vehicle to watch some first hand experiences. This group will be having doctors in with lectures and other people in with demonstrations. They also have textbooks and workbooks in which they work.

ratings, to bring home 34 gold and 18 silver medals. Students receiving first place are tuba solo, Rod Hamman; flute solos, Sandy Koeningshof, Linda Reed, Nanette Dipert, Judy Wall, Stephanie Baumgartner; trumpet solos, Randy Hickman, Brenda Iden; baritone solo, Mary Baumle; and clarinet solos, Jill Lewis and Mike Vanderveer. Student groups receiving first are clarinet quartet, Lori Slinger, Jackie Glon, Jill Lewis, Deb Taylor; clarinet quartet, Ray Hively, Mike Vanderveer, Mark Mignery, Rosalee Keim; clarinet trio, Jill Lewis, Jennifer Nor-

“sports”, ranging from table hockey to ping-pong. “All in all, it was an exciting evening,” reflected FCA member Mike Kissinger. “On behalf a the group, I want to extend our gratitude to the Zurcher family for the use of their home, especially to Mr. Zurcher fa the sizeable contribution he made to the Wawasee FCA chapter.”

The EMT program was started because all the departments needed more volunteers for the EMS vehicles. Mr. Wong said he was doing this because he enjoys working with EMT. The people are doing it so they can take their certification test and get their license. Then they will also be able to operate the EMS vehicles when they are needed.

thrup, Rosalee Keim; clarinetflute duet, Jackie and Jill Lewis; clarinet duet, Mark Mignery and Mike Vanderveer; clarinet duet, Kathy Iden and Brenda Howard. Students who received seconds are flute solos; Carla Eastlund, Janet Wall and Jackie Lewis; clarinet solos, Jamie White; saxophone solos, Kent Lawson, Mischelle Johnston, Richard Rhodes, Desiree Neibert. Receiving seconds were student groups of saxophone quartet, Steve Walker, Mischelle Johnston, Diane Darr, Jerry Gans; saxophone duets, Kent Lawson, Diane Darr and Roberta Busch, Annette George; and flute duet, Janet and Judy Wall.

Hello Dolly cast chosen

By LINDA GRINDLE The cast for Wawasee’s annual spring musical, which will be “Hello Dolly,” has been chosen. In preparation they are building sets and rehearsing. Because so many tried out the process of elimination was used to select the cast. Each person had to learn two pages of dialogue and was judged by how well they act the part. The dancers tried out in groups of four and were judged by the local dance teacher, Mrs. Lee Stewart. The play will be presented April 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wawasee High School auditorium. The director, Mr. Blackwell, said, “I think it’s going to be tremendous, possibly even the best we’ve ever done.” Below is a list of the main cast members, dancers and staff. Staff David Blackwell — Director (also orchestra, sets, lighting and sound) Mrs. Maxine Robinson —

Bio II dissecting sharks

By KAY KIRKPATRICK At approximately 11 a.m. a strange aroma often fills the halls of Wawasee High School. Some say the stench is dead fish, while others associate the smell with formaldehyde. Both are correct, for the biology II class has been dissecting sharks during fourth period. Most of the students in biology II enjoy the shark dissection, once the smell dies down. The average class comment on the anatomical experience was, “I like it.” Roger Hawn had a more specific attitude about the dissection. He said it made him feel like a surgeon. The first “surgical techniques” were used by the class in skinning the sharks. This phase was very interesting to Mischelle Johnston. She related that she was learning a lot about skin in how it peels off the body and the different textures the skin has. Miss Juday, the biology II Lettermans' Club By MARK STIFFLER The Wawasee Lettermans’ Club is planning to attend an Indiana Pacers game in late March. Mr. Traviolia, club sponsor reported that the trip will be toward the end of March because the outing must be made after the completion of the Wawasee basketball schedule.

Written by Wawasee Journalism Class

Reminiscence of the blizzard

By BETH BURKE AND TRACY RINKER Over the snow days, life for most of Wawasee students, putting it in one word, was “boring.” This could be seen by some people gorging themselves the second day of the stain while food was scarce. After trudging to the store, they went on diets. Cards were in a big demand over the blizzard. Laurie Brouwer, who worked at her dad’s store, sold out of playing cards. Carol Phillabaum had a spellbinding game of cards with herself. Boredom was reflected also by the many people who watched television. Sets were kept burning from 8 a.m. till they signed off with the Motional anthem. Las of people caught up on their favorite soap opera as they ran out of kleenex. Teachers weren’t left out of these exciting days. Mr. Mahnensmith enriched his knowledge by reading many books. Sone popular titles were “Three Bears,” “Snow White,” and “Alice in Wonderland.” Mr. Minegar kept busy by walking three miles to a store. Meanwhile, Mr. Minton, our own cross country coach, trudged 2M hours to get to a store three blocks away. Os course, not all people were bored. Snowmobiling was the most popular form a transportation. Tim Kroh and Chris Darr did something constructive with their time; they delivered medicine to people in need. Other good deeds were, Steve Kortenber who took groceries to people in the Dewart Lake area, and Debbie Dieterly, who shoveled an elderly lady’s drive. Excitement struck some students. The Burt twins called the hospital which flew their sister out to have her baby. Joel Korenstra called the fire

Chorus, tickets, publicity Terry Iden — Drama, tickets, publicity Ervin Orban — Orchestra Miss Linda Kehoe — Props, makeup, costumes Mrs. Lee Stewart — choreography Student Staff Tami Franke — Stage Manager Terry Smith — Set Decoration Kent Lawson — Set Construction Jerry Gans — Lighting and Sound Sandy Mullett — Makeup Mary and Martha Baumle — Props Lori Sliger — Costumes Jill Grindle — Publicity Jo Easter — Tickets and Program Cast Dolly — Shelly Dahlstrom Horace — Randy Clayton Mrs. Malloy — Laurie Pryor Minnie Fay — Pam Hamilton Cornelius — Tracy Bartow

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teacher, also enjoys the shark dissection. The class is dissecting sharks during their unit in zoology because Miss Juday thinks the shark is a fun animal to explore. The biology II class will be

Freshman athletes

By MIKE RAY The Wawasee chapter of Freshman Athletes has been meeting this year in order to inform the “rookie” athletes of the codes and policies of the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA). “I’ve really learned a great

department after he came home to a smoking house. Still other students engrossed themselves in dramatic physical feats. John, Phil and Heather Beer jumped off buildings into snow drifts. The task performed the most was shoveling snow, which everyone claims to have done. For the most part, reminders a the blizzard of 1978 will remain for a long time." Memories will pop up when you step on the scales, break your snow shovel, and play cards. FFA judging continues By LORI KLEINKNIGHT The Future Farmers of America Club has had one judging contest since reattending school after Christmas vacation and the snowstorm. Our two teams came in eighth and ninth place in the contest. The judging was an all day event, taking place January 14, at Marion High School. Eight students participated: Ron Aaron, Jeff Beezley, Tim Butt, Allen Coy, Charlie Cretcher, Brian Roberts, Gene Tylor, and Gary Weaver. Jeff Beezley came in eighth out a the “Top 20.” Another all day contest judging is planned for February 25, at Purdue University. About twenty students will be leaving for Purdue after school on Friday, February 24, and will stay all night somewhere in order to participate the next day in the Dairy and Livestock judging. FFA Club members are also busy filling out applications for their Dairy, Livestock, and Grain judgings. They will compete with other chapters of the FFA throughout the state with these forms.

Barnaby — Mike Wakeland Ambrose — Steve Deck Ermengarde — Teresa Ogden Rudolph — Achim Eckhardt Erenestina — Sherry Young Judge (Chorus) — Ray Hively Mrs. Rose (Chorus) — Nannette Dipert Court Clerk (Chorus — Linda Perry Policeman (Chorus) — Steve Payne Ist Cook — Bob Hickman 2nd Cook — Don Curry Paper Hanger — Jerry Gans Singing Waiters (Chorus) — Greg Reed, Tim Bause, Kent Lawson, Scott Karbach, Jim Kampf, Kurt Allen, Todd Niles, Todd Brunner, Pam Custer Dancers — Doug Mock, J. D. Carl, Jim Glon, Randy Wheeler, Darsee Stahley, Dave Stewart, Curt Clevenger, Michelle Wakeland, Lisa Walker, Marjie Gans, Angie Long, Kelli Price, Kathy Stewart, Lisa Gant, Kathy Iden, Vicki Evans

dissecting sharks for approximately three weeks. During that time the class will be learning a lot about the anatomy of sharks. The only area that is not expected to be covered is the skeletal system.

deal,” said one competitor. “There are quite a tew regulations I never knew existed.” Ted Mahnensmith, the sponsor of the program, advises any freshman that is participating in athletics to attend the groups* meeting.

|||y I Ji I ’Sr' jOw U jiff B a S lb ibl wH i ’ Isl WAWASEE DECA CLUB — Members of Wawasee High School’s DECA Club are shown above with awards won in the District Two convention held February 14 in Scottsdale Mall, South Bend. Sitting from left to right are: Kim Bachelder, Julie Henning, Katie Harwood, Diana Lozano, Renita Owen and Mary Clark. In the second row, left to right, are: Larry Blade, Sherrie Leiter, Jill Hartman, Janet Wright, Debbie Lantz and Wayne Gronendyke. Third row DECA members include: Matt Fry, Tim Weisser, Chris Henning, Tom Campbell, Steve Charlton, Jim Hoover and Jim Knisely. Na shown is Roger Fetters. DECA ties for first place

Members of Wawasee High School’s DECA Club participated in a convention last Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the Scatsdale Mall, South Bend, where students were judged on tests and displays and given awards. Wawasee’s Club tied for runner-up out of 11 schools in the convention and will receive a plaque for its effort. Winning awards in the convention, listed by categories entered in, were: human relations decision team — Janet Wright, Tim Weisser and Kim Bachelder; food markfeting series — first place, Tom Campbell and fourth place, Chris Henning; food services — first place, Jill Henning; student of the year — girl, first place, Sherrie Leiter, boy, second place, Roger Fetters; and apparel and accessories — third place, Mary Clark. Also, petroleum series — third place, Jim Knisley ; job interview — fourth place, Diana Lozano; general merchandising — fourth place, Sherrie Leiter; and adArt club ByBARRYHAYDEN The Art club is again planning a plaster craft workshop at Doll’s Decorating this month. It has been postponed last month because of bad weather. Listen to announcements to find out the exact time and date. February’s spoon ring workshop will then take place in April.

Merchandise windows at Wawasee

By TERI SMITH Any alert students at Wawasee have noticed display cases by the entrance of Mr. Minton’s sales and merchandising class. These carefully constructed, expensively adorned window displays are created by students of the sales and merchandising class, and the students who are involved in distributive education. “The purpose of these show case windows are to show practical examples in visual merchandise,” explains Minton. “Also,” he adds, “many of the D. E. students who take sales and merchandise will use the skills they learn in class for their future jobs.” Students who construct these display windows find doing it fun and educational. “I think window displays are good ideas because it breaks up the monotony of the classrodm,” explains Mark Phillabaum. “The experience of constructing window displays gives students skills that they may use in future careers.” There are really no requirements for the window displays. “The students,” Minton relates, “are totally on their own as far as what they make their window displays on. However,” Minton continues, “the basis for a credit in these window displays include the student’s ability to attract attention. Some of the criteria includes the use of light, motion, effect and balance.” Some materials for displays have to be approved by the school’s officials. For example, guns, weapons, or explosives fit into this category. There are three different types of displays that are required of each D.E. and sales and merchandising student. They are open-back, closed-back, and interior. Students can be very creative in thinking up ideas for displays. Jill Hartman, a sales and merchandising student, explains how she came up with her idea of a Sesame Street toy display. “Some girlfriends and I were

vertising services series — ninth (dace, Katie Harwood. Several club members are now eligible for the state DECA convention to be held March 18-20

Class of '7B looking ahead

By RACHEL STIFFLER The senior class is beginning to make plans for their end-of-the-year activities. Cap and gown measurements, class meetings, prom band selection, and the choosing of committees for the prom are only some of the preparations that have taken (dace or will occur in the near future. Measurements for caps and gowns were taken for all seniors on January 5, during period five, in the bookstore at the high school. An important class meeting, which gave class members times, dates, and instructions for graduation practices, the honors awards program, and graduation day, were passed out at this meeting held period one, January 9. Mr. Alford, chairman sponsor of the class, and Mr. Smith, principal, talked with the seniors during this meeting. The committee in charge of getting a band for the prom chose

looking in a store,” Jill remarked, “when we came across a bunch of Sesame Street toys on a shelf. We thought they would look cute in a display.” The material used in visual merchandise displays are borrowed from stores. Much of the merchandise used, such as snowmobiles and motorcycles, can be very expensive. Some D.E. students design window displays professionally. Roger Fetters and Mary Clark are some examples. You have probably seen their work in Fee’s and Marise’s. Visual merchandise window displays decorate Wawasee’s halls. However, many students do not realize the reason for these displays, nor how much work can go into a window case. “Anyone interested in visual merchandising should look into the class,” concludes Minton. “It is a prerequisite to D.E., and opai to juniors.” r7T*7l ! School lunch menu February 27-March 3 MONDAY — Bar-B-Que sandwich, hash brown potatoes, mixed fruit, cookie and milk TUESDAY — Corn dogs, baked potato, celery sticks, bread and butter, cherry cobbler and milk WEDNESDAY — Ravioli, tossed salad, fruit, batter bread and milk THURSDAY — Steakette, mashed potatoes, gravy, carrot sticks, fruit salad, bread and butter and milk FRIDAY — Toasted cheese sandwich, vegetable-beef soup, crackers, baked apple slices, ice cream and milk

in French Lick. Winners at the state convention go on to the nationals. Jerry Minton is advisor a the club.

a group called South Shore. Since this band cost more than was allotted for a band in the treasury, the class voted and decided each senior planning on attending the prom would pay $4.00 to make up the difference. Other prom committees will be chosen during the first part of February. They will then be able to get started making preparations for the prom, which is scheduled for Saturday. Mav 6. Various kinds of scholarship and financial aid applications have been, are, and will be available to any senior who is interested in any type of further education. These may be obtained from guidance counselors, Jack Marlette and Maxine Robinson. Students learn tax procedures By DEBBIE DOVE In the past 10 years, the juniors and seniors of Wawasee High School have been doing a unit in taxes in their history and government classes. According to Mr. Clouse, the IRS started this program because when some of the high school students got out of high school, they did not know how to do their taxes. Mr. Clouse also stated that this type of program makes the students aware of the functions of taxes. The juniors and seniors each do an Indiana tax form in class. They also do federal taxes which consist of 1040A, which is the short form used with juniors, and a 1040, which is the long form used with seniors. Two of the students doing a unit in taxes stated their opinions. Jim Whitehead said, “It’s a lot easier than others and it’s practical.” Penny Hawkins stated her opinion as, “It makes me understand why the government does it.” Mr. Clouse had also stated that the units in taxes is a practical learning tool that the students will use a long time. -1 1 [- 1 - r~b— WHAT HAPPENED to Recess