The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 14, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 April 1979 — Page 9

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Syracuse Junior High has solar heating contest

By MARYANNE MILLER The Syracuse Junior High School eighth grade shop classes recently held a Solar Heat Contest. The classes each had to design and build a solar panel to be used next year in the heating of the S.J.H.S. shop area. The panels were judged by how much heat they produced, as well as by their cost to the school. The seventh period class’s panel came in third producing air at 136 degrees F starting with air at 61 degreesF The second period class’s panel came in second irr heat produc-

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tion by putting out air at 141 degrees F. This class's panel was also the least expensive to build: $9.55. The third period class’s panel came in first in heat production, putting out air at a temperature of 147 degrees F. This class also <3 took second place honors in the cost category by designing and building its panel for the sum of $12.11. < ; In making its solar panel, the third period class used the following materials: 20 ft. of 2” x 4” wood; 1 -] 4 x4' sheet of plywood; 1 —-i 4 x4' sheet of plastic; 35 tin cans; 1 can of flat.

black spray-paint; 1 tube of caulk; and limestone rocks. In making the solar panels, each class had to work together in a “factory” situation. Each class had four vice presidents: Vice president of research and 7 development ; vice president of personnel; vice president of purchasing; and vice president of production. The entire solar heating project was under the supervision of Rex Rymers, industrial arts teacher at S.J.H.S. The solar panels will be on exhibit at the annual Syracuse Junior High School Fine Arts Festival, Tuesday, May 22.

'Oklahoma' presented at Wawasee last week

By DEB FOX A well deserved standing ovation was given to those who participated in the Wawasee High School Drama Club’s presentation of “Oklahoma." The musical was presented April 1921 in the school auditorium and was well attended. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma” began shortly after 7:30 p.m. with the orchestra, under the direction of David Blackwell, playing a rendition of songs from the musical. A few instruments seemed to be out of tune but were hardly heard over the major instruments. The curtain opened right on cue and the audience was shown a realistic early morning sunrise in front of a farm house. From backstage the audience hears Curly, played by Chris McFarland, singing about the beautiful day and walking on stage singing to the audience and Aunt Eller. As a conversation begins the audience is aware of a love story involving Curly and Aunt Eller’s neice, Laurey. A word about the costumes and props should be made. Since.the setting was at the turn of the century the costumes were easy to duplicate. The men were dressed as either cowboys or farmers and the women wore long, not too fancy, dresses. Those persons working on the props did a very good job of making the scene as real as it could be. The Story Continues Curly askes Aunt Eller of his chances with Laurey and about the box social that evening when Laurey, played by Laurie Pryor, comes from the house singing “Oh What a Beautiful Morning.” When the song is finished Curly and Laurey have an argument on the reason she was singing that song and why she came outside. He does ask Laurey about the box social and she pretends she doesn’t care if she goes with him or not. During Curly’s dream of a “Surrey with the Fringe on Top," Laurey. tries not to show any feelings or desires to go with him that evening. After the song is finished she confronts him that he was only making it up so she would go with him. He finally gives up trying to persuade Laurey, when Jud Fry, played by Kent Lawson, the hired hand, comes from the side of the house and tells Laurie he’s taking her with him that night. The first act finishes with Laurey in a grove trying to decide what to do, when she falls asleep. During her sleep she dreams of her and Curly being married and when she reaches the front, Jud is the one who meets her. Curly and Jud end up GARAGE SALE Everything Must Go % PRICE Saturday, April 28 9 A.M. To 4 P.M. Beatty Drive, Oswego (One Block North Os Bridge)

in a fight and Jud pulls a knife, killing Curly. Laurey reaches for Curly but is dragged away by Jud. When she awakened Jud and Curly both were standing there and she is taken off stage by Jud. The play quickly moves along to the basket auction for the school house. The main attention is centered on Ado Annie’s basket and Laurey’s. When Ado Annie’s basket is auctioned off. Will almost ends up without the SSO until he is outbidded by Ali Hakim and thus has the money to give to her father. A long bidding process is made when Laurey’s basket was auctioned. Everyone made a bid but could not out bid Jud, until Curly sold his horse, saddle and gun, practically everything he owned. Jud then asked Curly if he wanted to look through a kaleidoscope, which had a knife hidden at throat level. Curly was just putting it to his eye when Aunt Eller yelled at Curly and asked him if her was going to dance with her. Before the scene ended Will found Ado Annie and told her that if she is going to be his it would have to be “All er Nuthin. After she makes a decision and finds she can’t change hi 4 mind she agrees but soon changes her mind when the peddler comes to say farewell. Will walks in while Ado is being shown the Persian goodby and is upset and shows Annie an Oklahoma hello Laurey and Curly come walking on the scene and Curly asks Laurey to marry him After her consent the two sing a reprise of “People Will Say We’re in Love.” The final scenes were of Curly and Laurey’s wedding and the singing of the theme song “Oklahoma.” A shivelrey was given to the young couple in the closing scene, when Jud came on stage and came at Curly with a knife. Curly threw Jud to the ground where he landed on the knife, killing himself. Jud was quickly taken to the doctors where he died and Curly was asked to turn himself in. Aunt Eller and others put up a fuss since it was his wedding night and they were to catch a train in 20 minutes. Aunt Eller persuaded Andrew Carnes, judge, to hold a court hearing right then so they could be on their way. Carnes rulled Jud’s death to be in self defense and the newlyweds were off. The whole entire company joined in singing “Oklahoma” as the fanale. Comments Overall I was impressed with the musical and what was done with the limited facilities the school has. The staff who worked with those involved in the presentation should be comrnended on a job well done. I enjoyed myself a great deal and could see the audience did also. I also feel that the charactors were well chosen for their parts and learned their parts well. Although there were some things that subtracted from the grandeur of the performance, I greatly noticed in the dances there were some who seemed unenthusiastic about what they were doing. Also in my opinon I feel the directors should have found other words to replace the use of the obscene language, especially with the impressionable children in the audience.

Spring awards concert to be presented Thursday

The Wawasee High School bands will present a spring awards concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the high school auditorium. The concert will feature the Concert Band. Cadet Band, Jazz Ensemble. and some solos and ensembles. Leading off the program will be the Cadet Band, composed of freshmen and sophomores. Their selections will include: “Cousteau's Underwater World," a composition featuring a synthesizer tape with band; the “Theme from M.A.5.H.,” with Portia Price playing electric piano; and "The Rockford Files," featuring Kent Butcher on guitar. Next, the Wawasee Jazz Ensemble will perform some current pop tunes including “Just

Expenditures for operating schools up

Expenditures for operation of Indiana Public Schools have increased an average of 77 per cent or 12.8 per cent per year since 1973, while do Jars collected from property taxes for school operation have decreased by 15 per cent. This is brought out in the 1979 edition of the Indiana Farm Bureau School Statistical Report, according to William Hadley, local governmental affairs co-ordinator. This dramatic reduction in property tax results from a 20 per cent property tax credit all property owners receive, a freeze on the dollars a school may levy for operational purposes and further reductions made possible by the local option tax in 37 opting counties. The report also reveals that most schools have declining enrollment. However, few have been able to make significant changes in the number * of classroom-related personnel. There are legitimate reasons why most schools feel boxed-in on personnel, Hadley points out. First, the loss of a few students per year does not tend to allow for immediate adjustments as there may be a reduction of only one or two students per class. Second, schools have been mandated to care for the total needs of special education students which require smaller classes and more specialized teachers. The Farm Bureau report shows proposed expenditures in the 1979 calendar year to be $1,371 per student or an increase of 11.8 per cent over 1978. The proposed expenditure per student varies statewide from a high of $2,574 to a low of $1,062. The school corporation wealth measured by assessed valuation per student in the 19?4-75 school year and current enrollment, varies from a high of $56,150 to a low of $7,127. The school with the high assessed valuation is the same one that proposes to spend the most per student, according to Hadley. A salary comparison shows the average beginning salary for a teacher with a bachelor’s degree is $9,838, an increase of 6.3 per cent over 1978. However, the

Wed., April 25,1979 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

the Way You Are," “Three Times A Lady,” and "MacArthur Park.” Performance of the Concert Band will be the highlight of the concert. This talented group will be going to the state contest this Saturday, and two of their contest numbers will be performed Thursday night. They are, “His Honor March”, and "The Finale from Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. ” In addition, the Concert Band will feature Kent Lawson, who will conduct the band in his own composition "Fantasy Fever.” Also to be featured is Rod Hamman. who will play a tuba solo, “The Egotistical Elephant,” with band accompaniment. The concert will end with a medley of songs from the movie “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart s

average across-the-board increase for a teacher with a or master s degree, including an automatic increment increase, is 9.3 per cent. Superintendent salaries range from a high of $45,410 to a low of $19,150 Os total monies collected byschool corporations, an average of 84 per cent is expended for operation, 10 per cent for longterm debt service and six per cent goes into a cumulative building fund. In the operational budget, about four-fifths of the expenditures go for salaries and related fringe beneiits. These benefits include retirement, social security, group insurance, workmen's and unemployment compensation. Schools with high transportation costs are penalized by having fewer dollars available for the educational program This occurs because schools are limited by law’ in total dollars available, according to Hadley. Available money, after transportation costs, is less for schools located where transportation costs are high because of low density or rough terrain than for those more highlydeveloped areas. The 1979 General Assembly has helped correct this funding problem by providing additional state support for transportation and by setting up a new transportation fund. This should help prevent schools from being penalized for high transportation costs, according to Hadley. The Farm Bureau report contains information on every school corporation in Indiana. Complete copies are available for review in every public library. Information on individual school corporations, with comparative data for eight other schools with similar enrollment,-is available at no charge from the Legislative Department, Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc., 130 East Washington St.. Indianapolis. Indiana 46204.

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Club Band.” Also on the program will be two Ensembles who received First ratings at the state contest. These are: “Intermezzo.” a clarinet quartet featuring Jamie White, Marth:i Baumle, Jackie Glon ahd Lori ' Sliger. and “Two Miniatures.” a saxophone trio featuring Mischelle Johnston. Jill Sliger and Kent Lawson There will be recognition of seniors, and awards will be presented. The following seniors will be recognized; Martha Baumle. Tim Bushong, Phil Danner, Marti Dewitt, Nanette Dipert. Missy Finney. Julie Garza, Jackie Glon. Linda Grisamer. Shelly Harting, Brian Hartman, Mischelle Johnston, Jan Lawson, Chris Packer. Julie Rhodes, Lori Sliger, Brenda Simmons. Charlotte Tatman and Deb Taylor. The community is Cordially invited to attend this program Thursday night. There will be a small admission charge Judging team completes year The Wawasee Future Farmers of America livestock judging team has completed competition for another year. At the Purdue Invitational, the team of Tim Butt,’Ron Aaron. Brian Roberts and Mike Tom placed sixth Over 150 teams from throughout Indiana competed. In the individual competition, Tim Butt placed 10th overall; Tim also placed as fourth place individual in the sheep judging section Sam Beer, Joe Sands, Jeff Hall and Gary Mast also competed. On April 16 the team participated in the county livestock judging contest. The team of Brian Roberts, Ron Aaron, Tim Butt and Charlie Cretcher placed fourth. Roberts finished as third place individual and earned the right to compete in the area contest to be held in Elkhart County this week Joe Sands and Dave Roberts also competed in the county contest. WEBSTER MAN RELE ASED ON BOND A North Webster man, Arthur William Smith, 24, r 2. was released on SSOO bond after he was arrested Sunday night on a Kosciusko County court warrant for battery (Class B misdemeanor). CALLANDER INSURANCE All Forms Os Personal And Business Insurance 155 W. Market Phone 773-4103 Nappanee

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