The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 14, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 April 1979 — Page 13

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Art show winners named

Wawasee High School held its 10th annual Art Show last Friday and Saturday. There was judging in pastels, inks, oils, watercolor, macrame and other crafts. In each division there was a first, second, third and then honorable mentions. There was even a best of showaward which the winner would receive a SSO cash award for the purchase of the picture also a best of show ribbon The pen and ink winners were. Ist — Melodie Tom 2nd — Robin Heath and Amber Lehman 3rd — Lori GoyPrint Making first place winner was Tammy Smith. Also, Lori Coy and Jean Nyikos received a second and third place. In the pencil sketches, Marcia Fullinix received a first. Rene McNeal got a second and Vince Price received a third. Deb Taylor received a first for her basic lettering art work. In the oil paintings division Lori Kleinknight got a first, Donny Kreider received a second and Ginger McCreary got a third. Jo Hepler, who received a first, Cathy Method, a second, and Jama Everts got the third place ribbon for the contribution to the three-dimensional art section. In the Mixed Media division, Jo Hepler got a first, Judy Knudsen received a second and Mary Cox got a third place. The Basic Ink winners were Carol Meier, first place, Judy Wall, second place, and Denal Ladd, received a third. Rene McNeal, Angie Stoffel, and Boody Brewer all placed in the crafts division. In the basic art-pastel division, the winners were Kevin Marks, first place, Mike Brian, second.and Sean Beavers, third place. Deb Stump and Amber Lehman pulled through with a first and second for the design division. Also for basic design Brian Brannock, Brian Boyer and Dena

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Ladd received a first, second and third. In the advanced pastel class, Judy Knudsen, first and second place, and Kelli Price, third. Jo Hepler, Jeff Jorczak received the first, second and third place ribbons. Jo received both first and second. In the commercial art division, Linda Grisamer received a first, Judy Knudsen received a second and Jo Hanna Walls got a third place. Tammy Miller, first place, Doit Kreider, second place, and Kim Hill received a third place ribbon for the Water color division. The best of show this year went to Melodie Tom for her scratchboard art work of a cat.

County students complete studies There are five Kosciusko County residents among the 258 Ball State University students who completed work for degrees at the end of winter quarter and are eligible to participate in the May 19 commencement. Linda J (Stahl) Kramer, r 1 Leesburg, will earn a master of arts in education degree in elementary education. Graduates from Syracuse include Ganette C. Smith, r 2, w ho is receiving a master of arts degree in music and Anne P Mangas, daughter of Mr and Mrs. James A. Ernest, r 4, who is receiving a bachelor of science degree in elementary education Other students earning a bachelor of science degree are Debra Stutzman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Stutzman. North Webster, political science, summa cum laude; and Robert H. Himmel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans B Himmel. 1900 Park Avenue. Winona Lake, psychology

School news By The Wawasee High School Journalism Class

xxss:«xwss>x%»x«x»x«x"xwx«x«x«xvx-x-x«x»x*x"x«x-x’x-x-x<"x-x*x’x<»' I Walker's other world I Wawasee students were stunned recently when the school’s X legendary pay telephone was removed from the Commons, where it had held a place of distinction for nearly a decade. The’ phone, considered by many to be the school’s unofficial mascot. $ X was reportedly removed due to repeated acts of vandalism x directed at the machine after it had stolen the dimes of un- X Suspecting would-be callers. %; “Being ripped off by a pay phone goes along with being an X American,” commented inebriated telephone executive Mark •I; “Pudge” Wagoner. “These blasted radicals are going to learn $ £ that you can’t fight Ma Bell. They’ll go without a phone until they come up with a written apology and the price of reins: stallation . . . make that double the price of reinstallation.’’ Wagoner became furious when it was pointed out that the phone X had stolen over $600,000 from Wawasee students in the past four $ years. “Look, we’re entitled to make a little profit I" he muttered between clenched teeth. X The Wawasee controversy has prompted telephone X* designers to explore the possibilities of constructing phones $ >•: capable of taking a great deal of punishment. “We’ve actually X gone a step farther than that," says Sidney M. Bodenstern, a 20- x year veteran of the phone wars. “We’ve developed a phone that <• can defend itself.” According to Bodenstern, this model < which x won’t hit the streets until late 1980) is equipped with a special •X laser tjjat will pump deadly levels of radiation into the body of S X any customer that strikes, spits, or curses at it. “Sure, this X seems a bit harsh." concedes Bodenstern “But what are we X supposed to do. place trained cobras inside every phone booth? X We’ve been backed into a corner, and now we’re retaliating." x The effect of the loss of the phone on the Wawasee students X has been, in a word, devastating. “I’ve never seen anything like X it,” said one educator who asked to remain unidentified. “These X $ poor kids have been in a total daze, walking around like zombies ever since they yanked that phone off the wall. It’s pitiful." The X X teacher reported that during their free periods, students have been clustering around the area where phone was located and. X X with tears in their eyes, reminiscing about the great experiences * they shared with the device. X “This is a very grave situation,” said English instructor £ X Alan Zerkel. “These youths appear to be intent on remaining in a x state of mourning for an indefinite period of time . . . possibly for X X months, perhaps even years.” Zerkel was nearly lynched a few x days a go at a student body assembly when, in an attempt to $ X alleviate the tension and inject a little humor, he began to sing the old Fifth Dimensions’ hit, “One Less Bell to Answer" over S; the Public Address System. "I thought it was darn witty,“ X chuckled Zerkel. “Apparently it wasn't.” X

Lakeland schools hold non-certified dinner

By MARK STIFFLER The Lakeland Community School Corporation held its annual non-certified personnel dinner last night (Tuesday) in the Wawasee High School cafeteria. The non-certified employees, who include custodians, cooks, WHS band going to contest By CARLA EASTLVND The Wawasee High School Band will be competing at the NISBOVA State Band Contest this Saturday, April 28, at Elkhart Central High School. NISBOVA (Northern Indiana State Band, Orchestra, and Vocal Association) is an organization to promote better music across Northern Indiana. Two other schools. Concord and South Bend Adams are also entered in the same class as Wawasee. The bands will not be competing against each other, they will be competing against a standard. Mr. David Blackwell, director of the band stated, “The community should be proud we have a band that is able to compete”

secretaries, and bus drivers, and their spouses met in the cafeteria for a prepared dinner. Following the meal a guest speaker presented a short program. A highlight of the evening was the presentation of two special awards. Custodians Ed Green of Wawasee High School and Ed Caskey of Syracuse Elementary and Junior High Schools received awards for their years of outstanding service to the school corporation. New addition being used at Wawasee BY CYNDI CLEAVER After many months of anticipation, Wawasee High School now has its new addition completed, and it is used daily. The 24 million dollar project has been finished since the first of February. It was planned to be done earlier, but because of the weather and striking workmen, it was delayed a couple of months. *> The new gym has a lot of rooms and equipment that the “old gym" did not have. For example, it has a wrestling room, gymnasium area, weight room, eight basketball goals, new bleachers for the pool area, and locker rooms. Along with these and other; things, there are also new e offices for the coaches and athletic directors, and right across from the new concession stand is a trophy area with trophies and honors from all sports. Because of the little bleacher space, the new gym will not hold any high school meets except for possibly some girls' volleyball and basketball games, Freshmen basketball, and wrestling meets, according to Mr. Carl Meditch, athletic director at Wawasee. Mr. Meditch also said that the gym will be used for adult recreational and physical education classes, and will be open in the summer for recreation programs.

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Soap Operas

By LINDA PERRY It’s 2:30 p.m. on an ordinary-week-day afternoon. A housewife hastily finishes the rest of her cleaning and dashes to the living room, turns on the TV. and sits back in her easy chair. There she intends to remain for the next half hour or hour, engrossed in an exciting and traumatic adventure. She wouldn’t miss it for the world. What is this woman doing? Why is she doing it? To answer the first question, this woman, like 30 million other Americans, is watching her favorite soap opera. However, the answer to the second question is a little more complicated. According to an article in “Family Health" magazine, rriany people watch soap operas because they relate to w-hat their lives are or, more often, what they want their lives to be. One girl, for example, said, "One of the doctors in The Doctors" is a lot like my father only he’s much more understanding. Therefore. I look at him as my father." Another possible reason, according to the article, is the fact that soap operas offer solutions for many of life’s complex problems. Viewers identify

Spring concert ahead

By LINDA J AMES The annual spring concert, presented by the choirs of Wawasee High School, will be held on May 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the highschool auditorium. ’ This year's spring concert will be different from previous con certs because choreography has been added to some of the pop songs being done by the choirs. Some of the songs featured will be "Daybreak", “Three Times a Lady" (solo — Rusty Morrison), Medley of Cole Porter, “Don’t Cry Out Loud", “You Needed Me" (soloists — Ellen Meek and Mitzi Liles) “Sometimes When Mr. Berkey to speak today By KAY KIRKPATRICK Mr. Steven Berkey, an actuary at Lincoln Life Insurance Company, will be speaking in front of the Wawasee Delta Pi Math Club today after school. His talk was scheduled to be on how mathematics relates to his work as an actuary. Another guest lecturer spoke at the last club meeting, on March 13, Professor Rowe of Manchester College told of many ways that mathematics is used to solve problems that many businesses have, and how it is associated in some way with almost all fields of work. Only one other special activity is scheduled for the club this school year, and that is a party. Details of this event are not yet set. -

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themselves with someone in the story who has a problem like theirs, and thert handle the problem like they do. One study shows that at least 10 per cent of soap opera viewers have suicidal tendencies, and the story offers them hope because in stories, someone nearly always comes to the rescue of the suicidal person. The article went on to say that to some people, soap operas are more than just a part of their lives. To these people, who actually write letters to characters telling them where their kidnapped son is or who send gifts to newly wed couples, the soap opera is their life. And. contrary to popular myth, this segment does not include only women because at least 15 per cent of all soap opera fanatics are men . Many psychiatrists feel that soap operas are good for helping people with their problems. There are. though, some who feel that they are bad because they seem to emphasize the negative too much. For example, every act of immorality seems to result in getting caught or pregnant. However, even with these arguments, it is a pretty safe bet that soap operas will be here for some years to come

We Touch", .“Side by Side", “Circles ”, and “Hot Line" “Hot Line" will feature a brass group consisting of Jan Lawson. Kent Lawson, Curt Clevenger. Tim Bushong. Jill SligerAScott Greene, and Randy Hickman Along with the choirs, the Varsity Singers will be performing. Their songs include “Ain't Misbehaving", “All You Get From Love is a Love Song", and "Our Love". Since this is their last concert, the seniors will be recognized. Their farewell song will be “Times of Your Life". The seniors are Coleen Walker. Nannette Dipert. Brenda Dahl, Brenda Simmons. Tim Bushong. Mary Stover. Melissa Tom. Linda James. Kay Ferverda. Jan Lawson, Linda Glassley. Janie Drumm. Tana Shanahan. Linda Engleberth. Laurie Pryor, Lisa Harris, and Brad Brown The public is invited to attend There will be a small admission charge at the door Orchestra to hold concert By LINDA PERRY The Wawasee High School orchestra will present a concert with the Goshen and Bethanyhigh school orchestras Thursday. May 3, in the high school auditorium. The combined orchestras will feature such songs as Selections from the “Ballet Gayanne”. “Night on Bald Mountain.” “Schubert’s Symphony", and “A Fifth of Beethoven. ” The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m.and the public is invited to attend.

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LN OKLAHOMA — Liz Davenport and Curt Clevenger portray their parts as Ado Annie and Will in preparation for “Oklahoma".

Drama Club production of 'Oklahoma' a success

$ By DOUG W ALKER and X X SCOTT WILSON $ X “Dick and Oscar would have been proud.” That was the X X reaction of more than one pleased spectator after witnessing the X X Wawasee High School Drama Club’s production of Rodgers and X X Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma”. Though over 35 years have $ v passed since Richard Rodgers and Oscar Haminerstein ;> X collaborated to make “Oklahoma” a landmark in American X entertainment history, it was obvious in each of the Drama Club’s three performances that the musical has lost none of the X v excitement or freshness that made it a Broadway success in the x X mid 1940‘5. x The play's leads. Laurie Pryor and Chris .McFarlhnd. were <• X excellent in the roles of Laurey and Curly. Pryor has the $ X potential to go a long way with her singing ability . Lori Sliger, <• £. playing her first major role in a Wawasee musical, was out- X •X standing as Aunt Eller. Seniors Liz Davenport and Mike •> : S Wakeland were superb in their supporting roles of Ado Annie $ and Ali Hakim. Kent Lawson did a commendable job plaving the v £ villain. Jud Fry. as did Curt Clevenger in his role as Will Parker. X ■X J*“ff Jorczak. making his first stage appearance ever, reminded the audience of a young Don Knotts in his portrayal of Sheriff X X Cord Elam. X X The dancers especially \ ickie Evans, were outstanding X g under the direction of Lee Stewart, as were the orchestra. X X chorus, and lighting effects, supervised by Ganette Smith and X Steve Bailey . ( o-directors Alai, C. Zerkel and David Blackwell $ deserve accolades for the jobsMhey did putting the musical x X together. For Zerkel. who ended the play withone of his typical $ * well-organized, melodramatic curtain calls, it added yet •> X another feather to his already impressive directing cap. X

'A Night of Jungle Love' theme for Wawasee Prom

By KAY KIRKPATRICK As seniors are going through their last year of high school, there are many things they can look forward to, one of them being the Prom While the Prom is pretty much a set tradition for Wawasee. each one has been unique and unequaled in its test of the imagination. Each senior class has been responsible for their own Prom, and because each class has been different, the Prom has changed greatly since its origin at Wawasee. At first, the prom was held away from school at either Goshen or Fort Wayne. Various things prompted the switch to the WHS gym, including not being able to fully decorate the room and poor food service. The Prom itself constantly changes each year as far as decorations. Each class has formulated their own theme and decorated the room themselves. This year the theme will be "A Night of Jungle Love." Though the Prom committee consists of a large number of people, the cochairmen were Judi Kudsen and Kelli Price. For some years, an after-prom was formed. According to Mr. Smith, the seniors have never been limited to just the dance. If a class wishes to schedule other events, such as a movie, or breakfast, they are free to do so. as long as it is properly super-

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vised. Because of this freedom, a senior class might have the possibility of including the juniors in their Prom. One of the reasons this hasn’t happened in the past is the size of the graduating classes. There may not be enough room to include the juniors at the dance. The juniors have also been kept out of decorating ih the past. Mr. Smith feels that the seniors have fun decorating, and are proud of the decor while at the Prom In a way. it has even become a type of competition to outdo the previous class. By limiting the prom to the seniors in almost every way. it keeps the event a senior activity. In doing so. it is another way of honoring that year’s graduates. Milford man's jeep slides into rear of car Ricky A. Hollar. 17, r 2, Milford, slid his jeep into the rear of a car driven by John Fred Helfrich, 30. r 2 Warsaw on N. Detroit Street, Saturday afternoon Damage to Helfrich’s auto was estimated at $585 by the police officer. There was no damage to Hollar’s jeep. Nature does her best to persuade mankind that this is a pleasant earth.

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