The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 March 1989 — Page 10
10
THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., March 8,1989
School news
Winning essays — Future Problem Solving competition
David Speicher and Trent Beer, sixth graders at the Milford School, placed first and third, respectively, in the Junior Division of the Future Problem Solving Scenario Writing Competition. The students were coached by their advanced language arts teacher, Mrs. Mary Pearl, and their efforts were selected from among 150 scenarios submitted L om all over the state. Speicher and Beer will be invited to an awards ceremony in Indianapolis during the state future problem solving competition in ' April. Their scenarios will be forwarded to the national scenario competition forevaluation. Aaron Kryder, a Syracuse f’fth grade student, was one of the five finalists Kryder is a member of the Up. Up and Away classes taught by Suzi Yeager David Speicher's scenario, entitled. "Floating Windmill’" follows. "Honey. I'm home." I yelled throughout the house after a long day at the ES A. (the Energy Solution Association, Why are all the lights off’ " I said. "Don't you remember.’" my wife answered. "We don’t have power today, it's Tuesday." "I forgot We don't have power on Tuesdays and Saturdays." I muttered The U.S., all 51 states, since now Puerto Rico is a state, has hardly any power on Tuesday and Saturday. The U.S, has some power, but most of it goes to the United States defense and transportation. After that, there is only enough power on Tuesday and Saturday to do only absolute
&r ' Hi k■HfcJfßßl ■K:WFWB WE CONCENTRATION AT SYRACUSE SCHOOL — The taking of a Indiana Statewide Testing of Educational Progress (ISTEP) test on math concepts is serious business to these sixth graders as they work in the old gym at Syracuse Middle School. Tom Jones, principal of Middle School, said (STEP testing for all students in grades one. two. three, six and eight was held from X to 10:15 a.m. on March 1.2, 7 and X. Students in grades four, five and seven took tests called California achievement tests instead of ISTEP tests. tPhoto by Glen Long)
School lunch menu
WAWASEE COM Ml NIT Y HIGHSCHOOL March 13-17 MONDAY — Chicken patty sandwich, criss cut fries, applesauce, cookie, and milk TUESDAY — Chili soqp. tossed salad, jello w/fruit. peanut butter sandwich, and milk WEDNESDAY - Ham slice. Irish potatoes w/cheese sauce, cherry cobbler, bread and butter, arid milk THURSDAY - Mostaciolli, mixed vegetables, peach slices, hot roll w/butter. and milk FRIDAY — Sausage meatbail, French fries, pineapple chunks.
457-2561
WHY WAIT 4 FOR YOUR *ttel?** TAX REFUND WHEN YOU CAN GET YOUR MONEY FAST! Use H&R Block’s Rapid Refund Program It's a loan against your expected federal income tax refund Available whether H4R Block prepares your tax return or not IT’S FAST! H*R BLOCK For more details or to see if you qualify call H4R Block now. st. M. 13$ - STUCUSI 457-2685 Open 9 To 6 Mon.-Fri., 9 To 2 Sot.
necessities, such as flushing the toilet and running very little water "Wake up. Dr Richardson. It s 5:30. Time to go to work," my alarm clock said I got up. took my shower and my chauffeur drove me to work. As I came through the door. I heard a constant ringing from hundreds of phones. "What in the world is going on?” I asked. "Complaints from people about less power on Tuesday and Saturday." an employee answered. It was 12 noon and all those complaints were stacked up on my desk After I read all of those I thought to myself. "These complaints are reasonable, but what can we do? " I didn't think much about it un til after this became an everyday procedure. Everyday this would happen. Now two weeks have gone by with the same thing happening. I knew I had to do something, anything. I hired an assistant. Dr. John A. Quimpson. to help me on the problem. We worked all day and decided to take the night off In the middle of the night, the phone rang. It was Quimpson He screamed. "I’ve got it! I've got it!" I answered. "Whooao, hold on a second Now what’’" Quimpson said. "Come on over I ll explain it at my house." When I arrived there, he was in his home office studying. "Ahh. Richardson, it's about time." he said sarcastically. "I've got the perfect idea. We use batteries to run cars, uten-
jello cubes in cream, and milk Menus are subject to change. MILFORD SYRACUSE NORTH WEBSTER ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH March 13-17 MONDAY — Pizza, buttered corn, strawberries and bananas, bread and butter, and milk TUESDAY — Hamburger sandwich. French fries, fresh apple slices, cookie, and milk WEDNE SD A Y - Baked chicken, criss cut fries, mixed fruit, baked item, bread and butter. and milk THURSDAY - Beef and noodles, whipped potatoes, buttered green beans, peach slices, peanut butter bread, and milk FRIDAY — Sausage meatbail. Irish potatoes, green jello w/fruit, cookie, bread and butter, and milk
Menus are subject to change
sils. and all kinds of things that batteries could work for." "Using batteries could work, but the only way to find out if we can do it is if we send it in to the White House." I replied. After we sent our solution in. we waited very impatiently for the turn-out. Two weeks had gone by and it finally came in 1 opened it very. fast, tearing the envelope into shreds, like a little boy opening a birthday gift. All there was on it was criticisms and rejection. "@#%&!" 1 yelled as I looked over it. All they did was say what was wrong with our solution They didn't say one positive thing about it When I told Quimpson. he wasn't so glad about it also After that we went back to the drawing board. We had a little meeting, just Quimpson and I. about thinking of a new idea "Windmills are the best darn thing there is! They're cheap, easy, clean, arid what more do you want ’" I said encouragingly "The only problem with that is that you don't get very much wind at ground level," Quimpson criticized.
r_ SUPER FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVERS — David Speicher, left, and Trent Beer, right, sixth grade students at the Milford School, placed first and third, respectively, in the Junior Division of the Future Problem Solving Scenario Writing Competition. They were coached by their advanced language arts teacher. Mrs. Mary Pearl, and theirs were selected from among 150 scenarios submitted from all over the state. Aaron Kryder, a Syracuse fifth grade student, was one of the five finalists. Aaron is a member of the Up, Up and Away classes taught by Mrs. Suzi Yeager. ( Photo by Kate Wolford i
Wawasee Speech Team will compete in sectionals Saturday
It s sectional time in Indiana and not just in basketball’ Next Saturday. March 11. marks the start of competition at Columbia City High School — the beginning of the road to Indianapolis About 26 members of Wawasee High School's Speech Team will be
- n MILFORD SPELLING WINNERS — Trent Beer, left, a sixth grade student, and Jennifer Seemeyer, an eighth grade student, were the top spellers at the Milford School Spelling Bee held on February 21. Trent.won the championship by correctly spelling "lay back." Jennifer was runner-up. There were 16 participants, representing the fifth through the eighth grades Trent is the son of Jack and Donna Beer and Jennifer is tindaughter of Steven and Barbara Seemeyer. Both students went on Io compete in the county spelling competition. (Photo by Ron Baumgart neri
School bus backs into car
Milford police were called to an accident near CR 13(X)N, on Monday A 1987 Nissan Maxima, driven by Lijen Lee Cheng, 145 Chickasaw Dr., Syracuse, sus tained at least SI,OOO in damages when it was struck by a Wawasee Community School bus, driven byDonald R. Losee.r2, Milford ' Cheng told police he was north bound on Old 15 following the school bus when he noticed Losee had stopped and was beginning to back up Cheng stated he honked
f DUST & SON DECORATORS I PAINTING 1 INSURED I RfSKXNTIAI CQMMERCIAIj FREf ESTI MA TES 457-2313 Quality Workmanship SYRACUSE
"You just gave me the most perfect idea! You say there isn't much wind at ground level, right’" "Right" "So. why can't we make a humongous floating platform from five to seven acres holding thousands of windmills on it?” I suggested. What do you mean floating, atid how'.’" Quimpson asked. "By air pressure. There would be little tubes ail over the bottom blowing out air. enough to keep it floating If-is. very efficient because using air it doesn't pollute. You could control the elevation so it can get the most wind possible for the windmills. It might be expensive, but it wouldn't be unreasonably expen sive." I explained Quimpson replied. "Let's send it in." We did just that, and at April 21. 2009. we received the answer The note said all good marks, not one negative mark It also said to see if the President would agree to it 1 was overjoyed! Finally, something might work! Quimpson and I'flew to Washington. DC. to have a meeting with the President. We
thereto vie lor w inning places in the events And those events, for those w ith more understanding of ball action than speech action, are numerous Wawasee High School is affiliated with two forensic associations: the Indiana High School
the horn in an effort io avoid the collision. - Losee said he had noticed that a telephone line was down on Syracuse Street and a United Telephone Service truck was nearby Losee stated that he at tempted to yell at the UTS driver but when he failed to get his at tention, he backed up Ixisee told police he looked back but could not see the Cheng ■ vehicle Neither driver was hurt in !!«• in cident that occurred at 5 40 p m
couldn't believe it. After we were there, we were sent to this big, long rectangular table. The President was sitting at the head of it. We gave him the outlined idea to read. He didn’t say a word for so long that I was so nervous. The President said. "This just might work," with a smile on his face. He let us put it to use in'2B different cities. Two months later. I received a phone call. The man said happily, "Congratulations! You have just received the Energy Nobel Prize and a $2,000,000 reward. After all the floating platform was put in all 28 cities, there were fewer energy problems in .the United States. There was power on all days of the week Two years later. Russia started to use my idea. Ten years later, the whole world benefitted from my solution. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The scenario written by Trent Beer will run in next week's edition of The Mail-Journal.)
Forensic Association and the National Forensic League These two separate bodies each set up their own guidelines, and stage tournaments This is the time to go lor the stale title of the IHSF A. Competition is divided into two categories: solo events and debate Some of Ihe 12 different solo events, include: impromptu speaking, poetry, radio broad casting, original Oratory, drama, humor The debate category includes: congress 'based upon the U S Congress), traditional debate < two-person teams i. and Lincoln/Douglas style debate, where individuals face off against each other This year, as in the past five years, members of WHS Speech Team have been coached by Charlotte Tyree, a teacher at the high school Coach Tyree believes in this speech team, and is ready to go to state with its fine members When she began sponsoring the team, there were only three members Today, membership has grown to 26 < Past achieve men t s so r Wawasee High School at state level have been tw:o consecutive ninth pla'ces in extemporaneous speech In this competition, contestants choose a current events topic from three possible categories They are then given 30 minutes in .which to prepare their presentations Wawasee High School will host the Regional Speech Competition on Saturday, March 18. This is open to the public and anyone interested in attending is request! d to check into the office ' Music Boosters sponsoring night The North Webster MusicBoosters are again sponsoring their annual "Music Booster's Basketball Night" at North Webster Schools March 10 from 6-9 30 p m All money from this project goes to the music departments of the elementary and junior high During the evening, the elementary students from second through fifth grades will be play ing each other in basketball games
L 111 * MIM 9 - L nr s^-*— , w■ PTO BOOK FAIR— In this picture, PTO representative Shirley Dick, left, and Rhonda Richardson. front, and Adina May, back, both sixth graders, are shown enjoying the PTO Bopk Fair, which is being held through this week at the Milford School. The Milford School Parent Teacher Organization is sponsoring the event and proceeds will go toward the purchase of educational materials. (Photo by Kate Wolford)
'Flowers for Algernon' this weekend at WHS
Vietnam vets are finally being honored; the movie, “ Rainman." is winning acclaim from all. The time is ripe for everyone to be made more receptive to the plight, and quiet beauty, of disabled adults. Wawasee High School's drama department presents, Friday and Saturday nights. March 10 and 11. "Flowers for Algernon." a touching story of retarded Charlie Gordon who undergoes an operation to improve his I.Q.
x ■ ■ • TraPWWRr- ■ i SWhMCT ■ M LfW HBPWSHSi /tH I • vWJ Im Ji J ■■■ iVB PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT — Wawasee students Brad Gerstner and Misty Carter rehearse one of the scenes from the play "Flowers for Algernon" which will be performed in the Wawasee High School auditorium on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The play, which involves about 25 students from Wawasee High School, is being directed by Charlotte Tyree and Karen Parr. Tickets for either one of the play s two performances are available from any cast member and will also be available at the door on both Friday and Saturday evening. ( Photo by Scott Davidson ' 1 -■ - J.; k l 1 BMM « • « I IMiI ’• P .Mk I «nr MUSK IN OUR SCHOOL DAY —On Friday . March 10. North Webster School will celebrate its 15th annual "Music In Our Scho<d" day. the national day established by the Music Educators National Conference. I he event is dedicated to the millions of children who make music, listen to music and learn about music in our schools. . . . . The celebration will be the final event following a week of various activities. \n assembly program provided bv the fourth and fifth grade singers under the direction of Karilyn Metcalf will egm in the school gymnasium at in a.m w ith Marcia C onkling serving as the piano accompanist. This year the students are taking a journey through a musical calendar of songs from, the many holidays that we celebrate throughout the year. Music and singing during the various holidays add to the fun and excitement of each special day. ■ Fourth and fifth grade singers in front from the left are Doug Hormann and Sean Hoffman. In th< m-< bnd row from the left are Elizabeth Brunner. Daniel Allen. Jevne Drake. Diandra Shock and Km. In row three are Michael Myers and Jeremy Plummer. In back from the left are Miles Wagoner. Heather Hoile. Shannon Jaress. Tausha Lambright. ( heryflloffert and Allison Lilly Parents and friends are invited to attend the program for which there is no admission charge. Seating for visitors will be on the bleachers in the south side of the gy m < Photo by (.ten Long)
Based on the novel written by Daniel Keyes. and similar to the movie. "Charlie." the story deals with a man’s sudden understanding of relationships, a new insight into his life, and the consequent resignation of its passing as he must return to his former self. All of this takes place over a six-month time period. During the last six months at Wawasee High School. "Flowers for Algernon" has grown from
the idea of Director Charlotte Tyree to this weekend’s presentation. Cast members have been busy, not only rehearsing, but gathering costumes and props, and learning a little about makeup application as well. Directed by Tyree, with the assistance of Karen Parr, "Flowers for Algernon” promises to produce an enjoyable evening of entertainment and enlightenment.