The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 40, Milford, Kosciusko County, 20 October 1982 — Page 11

School news

Wysong, vocational education director, 'excited' about proposed revitalization

Wawasee High School’s vocational education program could get a boost if plans for the rebirth of the now defunct building trades class are completed. "We’re really excited about revitalizing the building trades program,” says Dick Wysong, who serves as director of the vocational education program in three school systems — West Noble, Fairfield and Lakeland. Wysong explained the building trades class involves actual on-the-job training for qualified juniors. Six houses in the Syracuse area have already been built by prior classes. The class is a two-year course, done in three-hour time blocks in the afternoon. The program was dropped last year because of lack of interest. Right now, the vocational education department are screening potential candidates through Wawasee’s guidance department. Building a house from scratch is a major task, and none of the high schools Wysong serves could tackle such a project without community support. In Syracuse, the community involvement is centered around a non-profit organization headed by Chris Koher. chairman of the building trades committee. Koher, Syracuse, said the committee comes up with the money to purchase the land and all of the materials. After the project is completed, the com mit tee sells the house, pays back the bank loan, and invests any extra funds into the program for tools The committee meets monthly to oversee the progress of the class “I believe there are too many chiefs and not enough Indians in this country,” said Koher He said the vocational program is important because it gives a student actual experience and qualifies him for a job after successfully completing the course Not everyone is made for college, he said, and this program enables students not college-bound to learn a skill. Ruth Angle serves as the guidance counselor for sophomores at Wawasee and is selling the program to her students "It is exceUent experience for trade schools or for on-the-job experience," said Angle. She said many of the students qualify for jobs just from the experience and training from this course. "It is open to all guys and girls interested in building trades as a career, or as an avocation." said Angle Wysong plans to make some changes in the program to make the dass fit more in line with the current economic condition of the country "Let’s face it, there's not a lot of construction going on." To combat that problem. Wysong plans to push for a remodding or add-on to an existing house for the project Another reason for the slight change in the program is to

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.111 ft. ■■■■M ACCOMPLISHMENTS — Results are the name of the game when it comes to the Wawasee High School building trades class. These are six of the homes the class has built in the last few years. Not pictured is the Wawasee building trades structure located behind the tennis courts at the high school which was also built by class members. Details for next year's plans are in this week's edition of The Mail-Journal. < Photos by Gary Lewis)

compensate for the inexperience the class will invariably have. "Its best not to tackle a full house for the first year There's still a tot to teach," Wysong explained. Angle has just about reached the minimum number of students (12) allowed in the class. She hopes more will show an interest when knowledge of the rebirth of the program reaches the student body. Once the students sign up for the class, the process of hiring an instructor will begin Although Wysong does not make the final decision in the matter, he does give the principal his recommendations on a candidate. Angle is counting on a visit from the building trades committee to help in her recruitment. "They will make an interest.” she said The biggest problem Angle faces in selling the program as an elective to students is the threehour time block ‘That's a lot of time for an elective." Unless the student know’s exactly what his future plans are. most will not have a three-hour segment to fill, she said In an effort to keep the program afloat. Angle said the school is considering accepting seniors in the program for the first half of the class If the seniors are accepted, they will only have time to complete the basic course According to Angle, the

program offers much more than construction technology. Plumbing, electricity and wiring are also taught in the course If the students become a homeowner someday, these skills will be an asset regardless if the student chooses to pursue the field for a career.

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By far the most popular vocational course offered at the high school is auto mechanics, said Angle. Auto mechanics is popular because "most kids have a car when they’re 16, but they don't see themselves owning a home yet.”

Library history presented to Columbians Nineteen members and one guest attended the October 11 meeting of the Columbia Reading Circle at the home of Kathleen Heath. Edith Baumgartner introduced Mrs. Keriin who told the history of the Milford Library. In 1906. the first library was farmed and the Columbia Reading Circle was helpful in organizing the Milford Public Library Association. After the presentation, Mrs. Heath served dessert and coffee with the October 25 meeting scheduled for Evelyn Orn’s residence.

DRUG QUIZ QUESTION - How many persons were killed in automobile accidents caused by drinking drivers during the past decade? a) 50,000 b) 100,000 c) 200,000 d) 250,000 ANSWER - The annual auto death toll is over 50,000 per year. Approximately 50% of the total are caused by drinking drivers. This is five times greater than the average annual death toll in the U.S. armed forces during the Vietnamese War. This means, also, that the number one cause of traffic accidents is the drinking driver - not necessarily the alcoholic. Alcohol causes more accidents than all other factors combined. During the past decade, a quarter of a million of our citizens have died as a result of drinking drivers. Correct answer - d.

Good news for 2 million children with asthma

New research into the detection and pharmaceutical treatment of childhood asthma has made it "largely feasible" to allow 99.9 percent of children with the often-devas-tating, disease to lead close-to-normal lives, noted pediatric allergist Dr. Shirley Murphy says. “The right combination of new and established drugs works with 99.9 percent of all asthmatics, so we have made great strides," explains Dr. Murphy, associate professor of pediatrics at the New Mexico School of Medicine and director of the Regional Pediatric Pulmonary Center in Albuquerque. Asthma is the most common severe lung disease of childhood. Today there are an estimated 2 to 3 million youngsters under the age of

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BIG TOY AT MILFORD - "Big Toy” playground equipment is being assembled at Milford Elementary and Junior High School. The equipment was purchased by the Lakeland School Corporation and the Milford Parent Teacher Organisation. With the "Big Toy," up to 120 children can play on the equipment at one time. The "Big Toy” to designed for pre-school through sixth grade students. Volunteers will he working on the structure each Saturday morning, starting at 8 a.m.. every Saturday until the project to completed. Additional help would be appreciated, according to Ned Speicher, elementary principal Shown in the top photo was the work crew last Saturday. Oct. 18. To the right is a scale model of what the equipment will Workers were: Hubert Krull. Ned Speicher, Keith Bice and Don Bice shown at the bottom aad on top are Brace Rogers, Steve Marqnart, Cliff Wolf. Shawn Krall. Danny Schwab, Ben Shirk, Martin ("Butch") Stockey, Brian Schwab and Bob Cockburn. Also helping hut not pictured were Ivan Avery and John Miller. (Photos by Ron Baumgartner)

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17 who must deal physically and emotionally with the illness. "Asthma can be very difficult for a child whose activity is limited and who is perceived as different from other children,” Dr. Murphy says. "The goal of physicians and family members is to make the lives of children with asthma as close to normal as possible, and we have come a long way in pieeting this goal." She cites recent advances in detection of the disease. “Newborns, children who withdraw from play at school for reasons they cannot articulate, children who complain of ‘bugs in my chest,’ and children with chronic coughs or pneumonia are being recognized as sufferers of forms of asthma and are receiving treatment with bronchodila-

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tors such as theophylline," she says. Theophylline, used to treat asthma for 50 years, has become the first-line drug for childhood asthma in the United States in recent years because of tablets that deliver the drug into the bloodstream steadily over a full 12 hours. The main problems with using theophylline in children have been frequent dosing intervals (every six hours) and the extremely bitter taste of liquid preparations. She says that adults may take 12-hour theophylline tablets such as Theo-Dur, the No. 1 prescribed asthma drug in the United States, but that children often have trouble swallowing tablets. Dr. Murphy and her associates at the University of New Mexico recently have completed a study of a new theophylline preparation

specially designed for children which is in'the form of a sustained-release “sprinkle.” “Instead of having to force a bitter-tasting liquid into their children every six hburs, parents now are able to twist open a capsule and sprinkle its contents onto a spoonful of soft food such as applesauce or pudding," she says. “Because of Theo-Dur Sprinkle's ability to keep blood levels of theophylline steady for 12 hours, parents will not have to get up in the middle of the night to give the medicine.” She also says it will ease the emotional impact of the disease by allowing children to skip in-school administration of their medicine, which sets them apart from their peers. “These constant blood levels of the sprinkled medicine will lead to better control of childhootj asthma, "she says.

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