The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 7, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 March 1978 — Page 12

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., March 8,1978

School news

it * < I l\ PI ■tai., X •I \\ /( *~* «iirA*d»' fl *'Wwmm^»—-. -" _ ,;'•; l **y>'J|S P^jSe^ Mftfe iflfl ■•• flr? UK - K wWHL -IwW* -*1 R®V KI I W ("‘fl - S 19 FIRSTS AT STATE — Nineteen students from Wawasee received firsts at the state music contest, held on February 25, at Arsenal Tech High School in Indianapolis. Out of the 19. seven were from the band. A saxophone trio consisting of Steve Walker. Kent Lawson and Mischelle Johnston received a first. Kathy Iden, Jamie White. Martha Baumle and Karen Howard received a first for their clarinet quartet. The band was npt the only group to participate. Hie choirs of Wawasee came home with 12 of the 19 firsts. Solos receiving firsts were done by Nanette Dipert, Deb Taylor and Cindy Solomon. A trio consisting of Pam Hamilton. Sherry Young and Jo Hamell was also awarded a first. Sue Nulf, Pam Hamilton. Cindy Solomon. Dave Stewart. Ryan Owen and Marshall Minnicks earned a first on their Madrigal. A barbershop consisting of Shelly Dahlstrom. Sherry Young. Jo Hamell and Pam Custer received a second for their efforts. ( Kent Lawson and Jeanie Dye were given a second for their solos. A piano solo was given a second, being done by Jill Sliger. Varsity Singers consisting of Kent Lawson, Sandy Koenigshof, Brenda Simmons, Randy Hick* * man, Lisa Gant, Laurie Pryor, Cindy Solomon, Scott Jones, Mike Wakeland, Deb Taylor, Rod Hamman, Marshall Minnicks, Jo Easter, Chris Taylor, Raymond Hively, Ryan Owen, David Stewart, Angie Long, Kay Ferverda and Steve Walker received a second— (By Linda James) Wawasee's scheduling process

By SHARON KORTENBER Arena-style registration at Wawasee for classes in 1978-79 is tentatively scheduled for March 27 in the auditorium. Registration starts out with the issuing of Wawasee course offering booklets. These books include specifications on what grade levels can take the course, how many credits can be earned, how many weeks the course is offered and a brief summarization of the course. Then the students will go to their guidance counselors to fill out a survey form to choose which classes they desire to take next year. This will tell the teachers and counselors approximately how many students want to take that class. The next step is receiving the registration pamphlet which is issued to the students with the target date being March 13. This

| Walker's Other World | | By DOUG WALKER ■:•: The current coal situation has prompted many g Americans to cut down on the amount of energy g § they use, and no one individual has done more to $ $ reduce than Wawasee English instructor Alan § g Zerkel. “I’ve tried to do my part,” said Zerkel at a $ press conference last week. “I feel I owe it to S myself and the community.” § “The key to energy conservation is a set S | schedule,” said Zerkel. “Every morning at the £ crack of dawn, I go outside and cook my breakfast X over an open fire. This isn’t too pleasant when the :j:j temperature dips below zero, but it needs to be £ g done.” Zerkel then rides his horse, Shemp, to the high § $ school, where he continues his rigid energy cut- | backs. “I haven’t had a light on in my classroom -j since this thing started,” he said. “I want my £ $ students to understand how important it is to g conserve energy, and at the same time, be able to grasp just what it would be like to work in a coal mine.” Parents and school administrators thought g # that Zerkel overdid it recently when he locked a group of students in a small closet for two days in S an attempt to show them “what a mine cave-in is £ $ all about.” $ g “I suppose my ability to live without electricity goes back to when I was a kid,” reflected Zerkel. “My uncle was an Eskimo, and I used to spend the g summers with him at his igloo on the Arctic $ Ocean.” . $ g Zerkel has encountered few problems with g keeping entertained during the evenings without electricity. “I do the same things I did when I was g | growing up during the Depression,” he said. “The £ $ family and I have good, clean, non-electrical fun. We play stickball in the street, tip over outhouses, S | and do a little window-peeping.” g $ Zerkel’s actions have brought him national £ prominence in recent weeks. He has received £ congratulatory phone calls from Red Skelton and Muhammed Ali, and NBC has announced plans to g film a movie based on Zerkel’s life that will star g S Woody Allen. § ft*

book contains information about which period the classes are offered, and what teacher will be teaching them. Then on the target date Monday, March 27, the juniors will be going to the auditorium to select their computer cards for each class. Tuesday, March 28, the sophomores will choose their cards and Wednesday, March 29, the freshmen will do the same thing. Thursday and Friday will be left as make-up days. Many people do not understand or know how they get the order of registration. Mr. Marlette explained that for the freshmen they put all the letters of the alphabet into a hat, and the order in which the letters are drawn is the order of registration. Then the sophomores get the drawing they had as freshmen reversed. So if you were last in your freshman year you will be

first in your sophomore year, and if you were first you will be last. When you are a junior you will get another new drawing. So there is not any way you can go last three years in a row. Mr. Marlette went on to say that these drawings and reversings of drawings are the fairest way they can think of for getting a good fair registering order. Wawasee did not always have this type of registration system. They used to do it by full computer. Then Mr. Marlette found out from his son that there is an easier way of achieving student registration. Mr. Marlette’s son, a teacher at Flint Northern High School, told him about Flint’s arena-style registration. Mr. McGrew and Mr. Marlette joumied up to Flint High School to observe the arena-style registration at work. They both agreed that it looked easier than doing it by full computer. They brought the idea back to Wawasee and combined it with a few of their own conceptions on how registration should work and then fit the combined ideas to suit Wawasee’s needs. * $ ? Vl In 1814 a Harvard education cost about S3OO per year.

■ “tr J< I ■ IN PHOTO CONTEST — Marianne Mullinix, Amy Bales, and Dave Shank got honorable mention in the Regional Scholastic Art and Photography Contest. The work was displayed at Robertsons in South Bend during the last week of February. All three students won in the black and white category. Amy was in the category grades 6-9. and Marianne and Dave were in 10-12. Other participants were Becky Ball and Tammy Deßolt, who also had entries in the contest. Pictured left to right: Marianne Mullinix. Dave Shank, Amy Bales and Terry Smith had entries in the Regional Scholastic Art and Photography Contest. Marianne, Dave, and Amy had entries in the photography section and Terry Smith had entries in the art section. — (By Tracy Rinker)

Written by Wawasee Journalism Class

Wawasee students win speech contest

By KAY KIRKPATRICK Jan Grindle, a senior at Wawasee High School, won the Knights of Columbus Speech Contest at Saint Martin De Porres Catholic Church on February 26. This contest was the first step toward the possibility of a SI,OOO scholarship for Jan. In compliance with the rules set up by the Knights of Columbus Organization, Miss Grindle wrote the speech herself. Hie topic of the nine to 11 minute speech was social justice in America. Jan said that one

Prom committees meet

By RACHEL STIFFLER The chairmen and co-chairmen for the prom committees met for an organizational meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The following people are serving as leaders of prom com mit tees: Food Committee — Chairman - Basketball for charity By KAY KIRKPATRICK A basketball game between area businessmen and the faculty of Wawasee High School is scheduled for March 21. The game is being sponsored by the Wawasee Foreign Language Club for the purpose of raising enough money to support a foreign foster child. Support of the foster child will be by mail correspondance. The WFLC will be sending a specific amount of money (approximately sls) each month to the foster child organization. In exchange, the organization will send information on the child, including letters written personally by the child. The game starts at 7:30 on Ma.nch 21. Tickets will be sold at the door, with preschool children having free admission. With businessmen from all three communities playing, the WFLC hopes to have people from the whole area attend the benefit game. A fairly large turnout is needed to raise enough money to support the foster child. The WFLC invites all the public to attend. Letterman's club to Indy By MARK STIFFLER The Wawasee Letterman’s Club is planning for an outing to Indianapolis this Sunday. The members who have signed up to go and paid their $2 fee will be attending the pro basketball game between the Indiana Pacers and Cleveland Cavaliers. The Pacers have well-known players Ricky Sobers, Earl Tatum, and Ron Behagen. The Cavaliers have Walt “Clyde” Frazier, in his first season with the Cavaliers after spending his entire career with the Knicks following his college days at Southern Illinois University, and Austin Carr, a former Notre Dame star.

reason she went into the contest was that she found the topic interesting. She had the opportunity to view her own explicit opinions in a written oration for the first time in her speaking career. The next step for Jan is the district contest in the Warsaw Knights of Columbus Hall on March 9. After district is regional, and then state competition. The state finalists will receive varying awards, with a SI,OOO scholarship going to the Ist place winner.

Diane Pittman and Co. - Kathy Brouwer Decoration — Chairpersons - Lydia Tucker, Lisa Gose and Ted Knudsen Construction — Chairman - Phil Stichter, Bryan Smith and Brent Stutzman Artistic Staff — Kim Richardson, Nancy Shock, Lisa Gose, Lydia Tucker, Terry Smith and Robin Auer. These people will be in charge of decorating the gym and making all the preparations for the prom, which is to be held May 6. Elementary students come to Wawasee By RACHEL STIFFLER The fourth and fifth graders of the corporation saw a play in the high school auditorium on Tuesday, March 7. According to Mr. Kessler, who is in charge of reservations at the high school, a fine arts group came in to perform for the elementary students. This is an annual event. Each year some of the students in the corporation come to Wawasee for a drama presentation of some kind. Mr. Naab was in charge of making the arrangements for this program. The fourth and fifth graders came to Wawasee at 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, and were scheduled to remain in the auditorium until approximately 11:00, when they returned to their schools. The Milford fifth graders also have the pool reserved for March 15 and 22. They will be coming then since there will be no physical education classes using the pool during this time. Freshmen party By DEBBIE DOVE The freshmen class has planned to have its second class activity on Friday, March 10. They will leave at 7 p.m. and go to an open gym for refreshments and various types of games. They will then return at 9 p.m. Mrs. Powers stated that those students who sold magazines at the beginning of the year will be let in free while those who did not sell any magazines will have to pay 50 cents. Mrs. Powers also stated there will be four other class sponsors at the party. They will be Mr. Warren, Mr. Mahnensmith, Mr. Umbower and Mr. Zerkel.

W I -' ■ if ■a I* 1 - Uh ■ "4 ?’ ■ ' A fl ■ - h WAWASEE AND GOSHEN STUDENTS EXCHANGE PLACES — Wawasee and Goshen students recently participated in an exchange of students. The exchange was sponsored by Wawasee’s Pride Committee with the purpose that the students would see how other schools are administrated and what they are like. The students who came from Goshen to Wawasee were Dave Shoup, Brad Keim, Linda Leichty, Jane Gorham, Lori Cripe, and Lynn Hinkley. Those who went to Goshen from Wawasee were Laurie Brouwer, Kathy Bice, Judy Fouts, Melissa Tom, Ted Knudsen and Lydia Tucker. Through this program Wawasee students came back with a greater appreciation and pride for Wawasee High School. As quoted from Laurie Brouwer, “Goshen had a neat lunch hour, everyone did what they wanted but after being their for a day our school seems more organized and it gives me much more pride and respect for it.” — (By Beth Burke) f

Wawasee athletes to be busy

By MARK STIFFLER Spring is coming, and at Wawasee High School that means the beginning of the baseball, boys’ track and boys’ golf seasons. The boys’ track team began practice last week with Jerry Minton in the coach’s seat for another campaign. He will be assisted again this year by Ted Mahnensmith. The track instructors will be busy making

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assignments to the various events before the season opens. The baseball team has a new head coach. He is Larry Shook. Gregg Minegar will be assisting with the baseball program this year. Mr. Shook has several starters returning. Bryan Smith, a four-year player, is returning for his senior season. Also Jay Kaiser, last year’s only sophomore starter, will be back in Centerfield for his junior year.

Rudy Cesco will be coaching the boys’ golf team again this year. Like the other spring squads, the golf team has several of last year’s team members back. Jim Hoover, a senior, is one of these boys. Another is Rob Smith, a fine junior prospect. The 1977-78 school year may be heading down the home stretch but the athletic program shows no signs of slowing down. FHA active By LINDA JAMES FHA week was February 12 thru the 17th; but due to the blizzard, a week before, activities had to be cancelled. According to Mrs. Bales, the new FHA advisor, the members did make Valentines and put them in teacher’s mailboxes. Some activities have been planned, but have not been as of yet. Daddy Date Night will be held on March 14 here at Wawasee. The girls bring their fathers for supper and a program. Other activities being planned are a mini convention, district FHA meeting, state convention, and a mother-daughter banquet.