The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 39, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 October 1984 — Page 10

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed.. October 10.1984

School news

Student government serves student needs

By TOM CHARLES Staff Writer Todd Yeager and Steve Yoder don’t behave like your average politician. They dress in blue jeans, play football and don’t spend much time kissing babies. But they are elected officials all the same. Yeager and Yoder, both Wawasee High School seniors, are the president and vice president of the Wawasee Student Representative Council. They, along with treasurer Brad Mitchell and secretary Summer Bright, make sure that the students have a voice in what happens at the high school. A student government is not new to Wawasee although the school was without any form of student organization for a number of years. “Student government died out at Wawasee for awhile,” noted faculty sponsor Ron Corson. “Now it’s back and I think that student interest is growing each year. The kids seem to have a lot of ideas.” The Wawasee Student Representative Council had its beginnings in 1981 when the student body adopted a new student government constitution. Yeager credits that to increased student deisre to be involved. “I think that kids wanted to get things to run smoothly,” he noted. “There was a lack of participation at the school.” The council itself consists of 10 representatives from each class as Well as the student body president and vice president. Council votes are taken on the basis of a voice vote, with a show of hands used to decide close matters. The council meets on a monthly basis. Issues and Activities All four officers commented that the council is primarily occupied with organizing special events and keeping the administration informed of student concerns. “Right now we are concerned with the situation in the lunch line,” Yeager said "We have taken that to Dr. Hull and are trying to work something out on that.” But some of the council’s agenda is set up in the spring of the previous year. For example, the student government is in charge of School dances and must submit a list of proposed dance dates to the administration. That was done last spring. Dances are one -of the main fund-raisers for the student council. Other activities which raise profits for the council are mtim sales during homecoming week, underclass pictures and the sale of student I D. cards. “We get most of our money from underclass pictures," Mitchell said. "But we made almost $450 off of dances last year.” J Those funds are used to support projects within the school. Last year, the council bought a new saw for the shop class and this year funds will be used to purchase a portable public "address system and a new stereophonic television monitor. “When we bought the saw for the industrial ed class, it was good to see us give them

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something that they needed and didn’t have,” Mitchell noted. “Seeing the results and the accomplishments are what make the job fun,” echoed Yeager. Benefits Although the entire student body benefits from the council’s actions, the four executive officers are quick to admit that they are gaining valuable personal experience by serving. “I think that we are gaining a lot of personal leadership experience,” Bright said. “I have learned a lot in the four years that I have been involved.” “Plus it looks good on a college

BSH. MM BMM| GOVERNMENT BUSINESS —• The four executive officers of the Wawasee High School Student Representative Council have the responsibility of making administration officials aware of student concerns. ■',/ / Pictured above are Brad Mitchell, treasurer: Summer Bright, secretary; Steve Yoder, vice 1 president; and Todd Yeager, president. (Photo by Tom Charles) FWr ftA k. BL - El :v ''wvAk. ■F >v' ,r » 1 ft t- --'V w C. W yy / I \ K DEMOCRACY IN ACTION — Members of Milford Elementary’s second grade class line up to vote for the candidate of their choice in the election for Presidential Pet. Mrs. Yeager developed the idea for the campaign to teach the entire second grade how the election process works. The children nominated candidates, developed platforms, campaigned for their choice, and voted in a process identical to the one grownups go through at the polls. Mrs. Yeager said the children took the voting process very seriously. “We discussed how you weren’t supposed to make any mark on the ballot except an “X” — you couldn’t write or color on it, or that ballot would be disqualified.” The Silver Fox was voted the ideal Presidential Pet. with the Hamster running a very tight second. The Cat came in a respectable third, with the Fish in last place garnering only four votes. The fox ran on a platform of rich, grand looks and pledged to guard the President and eat all the White House mice. (Photo by Brenda Rhodes)

application,” added Yoder. “A lot of the benefit is social.” Anyone can run for president or vice president, but the job is usually held by a senior. Prospective candidates must obtain 10 student signatures and five faculty signatures before they can run. Once they have declared their candidacy, students put up posters and campaign much like any election. Each team gets a chance to make a speech before the entire student body before the election is held. “We thought we would run because we had some good ideas,” Yoder noted. ‘‘We

WHS offers photography class

Openings still remain for a photography class which will be offered at Wawasee High School on six Tuesday nights beginning Oct. 16. Classes are held from 6:30-9 p.m. Tim Yeager, a teacher at Milford Elementary School, will instruct the class. Topics to be covered include use of the camera, composition, film types and light techniques.

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thought we could contribute to the school.” Unlike most local and national elections, the candidates in this campaign don’t make a lot of promises. “We basically talked about our qualifications and some of our ideas,” Yeager said. “We wanted to put a representative on the school board and to , rename the street in front of the school.” The four officers enjoy their jobs and are looking forward to the year ahead. And although they won’t roam the halls at Wawasee next year, they will have left their mark.

This class is part of the Adult Education Program and any interested adult is invited to enroll. Registration shouls be made at the Wawasee High School vocational office during school hours. The deadline is Oct. 12. Weather satellite WASHINGTON - The satellite that provides weather pictures for the eastern half of the nation has failed at the onset of the hurricane season, and it will take nearly three weeks to maneuver another into position to offer similar coverage, the National Weather Service reported recent-

Soil judgers tops in county For the ninth consecutive year a Wawasee FFA soil judging team captured top honors in the County Soil Judging Contest. This year’s winning team, composed of Todd Roberts, Debra Schafer, Randy Beer and Scott Barker, scored 1,012 points to edge the 908 points scored by Tippe Valley. The four team members also captured the first through fourth place individual honors respectively. The Wawasee team of Kevin Grimm, Kent Nulf, Matt Van Kirk and Dale Grady placed third with 872 points. Grimm was sixth overall and Nulf was eighth. The team of Kirk Stidams, Jake Kizer, Marty Brown, Jeff Young, Mike Clark and Steve Carson finished fifth. The top two teams now advance to the area contest in the county on Thursday. The top two teams from that contest advance to the state competition. Earlham College announces new scholarships Concerned that Indiana continues to fall back among the states when it comes to educating its youth, Earlham College announces a new scholarship program designed to encourage qualified Hoosier high school students to attend college in Indiana. Under the Indiana Scholars Awards Program, Earlham will give $4,000 scholarships (SI,OOO per year) for attending Earlham to all Indiana students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class and score over 1200 on their SATs. ‘‘We want to encourage students to stay in high school and to attend college in the state,” said Dean of Admissions Lynette Robinson-Weening. According to a 1983 Purdue University study, Indiana ranks in the lowest 20 percent of states in college attendance rates. Indiana ranks last among five neighboring states in the level of education its adult population has attained. According to the Purdue study, Indiana’s education lag is one reason the per capita income of Hoosiers is below the national average and why Indiana has a “net out-migration” of skilled and better-educated citizens. The study urges state government and Indiana’s colleges to formulate programs that will encourage Hoosiers to continue their education. Earlham’s Indiana Scholars Awards Program is one such response. More information about the Indiana Scholars Awards Program may be obtained by contacting the Office at Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., 47374. PTO Carnival at Syracuse on October 24 The Syracuse ParentTeacher’s Organization will hold a Halloween Carnival in the Syracuse Junior High School Gym from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24. Featured at the carnival will be a country store with baked goods, a case for eating, balloons for the youngsters and a haunted house sponsored by Kappa Omicron Sorority of Syracuse. Marcia Fryback is chairman of the event. Kathy West is cochairman and Linda Stuckman and Sue Jones are serving on the gym committee. Cheri Martin and Karen Tranter are in charge of the general store and Nancy Luensmann and Bessie Stettler are in charge of the case. Everyone is welcome to attend. All urged to attend in costume.

D IS FOR DOUGHNUT — These first graders at the Syracuse Elementary are learning their alphabet. Each letter is symbolized by an alpha people. Mr. D likes doughnuts, so the students undertook the project of making doughnuts. Mrs. Perrin, first grade teacher, pictured in the back row, said she plans some activity for each letter of the alphabet, but it doesn’t always deal with cooking. The students getting ready to cook and eat their doughnuts above are Donald Drake, Sonya Hughes, Ann Baker, Melissa Wagner and Emily West.

Trees planted at Milford The Milford Junior High School sixth grade Pioneer Club made its first contribution to the school last week when club members had two blue spruce trees planted in front of the school. The Pioneer Club members have been selling candy at the junior high football games to pay for the trees. Lakeland Tree Transfer planted the trees last Wednesday, Oct. 3, after school. Club members will water the trees and care for them until they get a good start. Rick Baker and Gary Ringler located the trees for the school, and delivered and planted them. Baker’s wife is the girls’ physical education teacher at the Milford school. As the club earns more money, additional trees and shrubs will be planted around the school. Club sponsor Charles Haffner and Principal Ned Speicher are developing a landscaping plan to beautify the school grounds. The Pioneer Club is open to oil sixth graders who want to work on school improvement projects.

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