The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 52, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 February 1990 — Page 11

School news

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NORTH WEBSTER SINGERS — First and second graders at North Webster School will get a chance to show off their singing talents in a musical program on Monday. The program, titled “Love is a Magical Thing,” kicks off at 7 p.m. in the school gym. Shown in the picture are some of the second graders who will be participating in the show. The first row, from left, consists of Jon Olson, Jon McCullough, Alan Wilson, Evelyn Boesenberg, Jill Mock, Lorena Vallejo, Chris McCoy, Jennifer Mason, Krista Bestul, Erin Preston and Cheryl Muzyka.

Community supports music programs at Webster School

I By MITCHELL STINSON Staff Writer Music programs are a community affair at North Webster School. The elementary school puts on three major music programs a year and there’s a big turnout at the school gym for every one of them. - “Usually it’s standing room only and if you want a seat, you show up at 4 o’clock and camp out,” said music teacher Karilyn Metcalf. Metcalf and Melinda Roose make up the two-person music department at the elementary school. They will be in action

Local students win at District Music contest

The string players from Wawasee High School and the three area middle schools had a very successful day at district music contest. Twice as many students participated as in recent years, and 10 are going on to the state competition. The Wawasee High School Chamber Orchestra consisting of Linda Benning, Diana Doss, Becki Haab, Larry Horwitz, Tina Horwitz, Moni Lange, Anne Sims, Ron Sims, Karen Yoder, and Spencer Martin as conductor, earned first division ratings and will advance to state championship later this month. The ensemble receiving first division ratings was the Milford Sixth Grade Sextette comprised of Molly Buhrt, Jill Shaw, Megan Kinney, Eric Jackson, Heather Vanlaningham, and Sara Vanlaningham. Solists who earned first division ratings were Jaime Farber and Karen Yoder, violin;

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after school on Monday at 7 p.m., when they direct North Webster’s first and second grade choirs in a program called “Love is a Magical Thing.” There will be no admission charge and seating will be limited to the bleachers and chairs on the south side of the school gym. Musical selections will include “Love In Any Language,” “Friendship,” “Best Friends Should Be Together,” “Give A Little Love Away,” “Forever Friends,” “Together, Wherever We Go,” “Side by Side,” and “That’s What Friends Are For.” Piano accompaniment will be

Spencer Martin, viola; and Ben Yoder, cello. Ensembles which received second division medals include the Syracuse Sixth Grade Trio of Josh Patteron, Jaime Farber, and Ben Yoder; the Milford Seventh and Eighth Grade Quartette of Barry Beer, Mark Bowser, Suann Harbes, and Karena Zimmerman; and the North Webster Seventh Grade Violin Trio of Tim Helton, Angela Mason, and Amy McCullough. Also receiving second division ratings were the Syracuse Seventh and Eighth Grade Trio including Samantha Page, Susie Ritenour, and Sheila Teal; the North Webster Sixth Grade Ensemble of Daniel Allen, Sean Hoffman, and Valerie Vester ; the Syracuse Seventh and Eighth Violin Quartette of Morgan Blue, Samantha Page, Susie Ritenour, and Chris Stierwalt; and the high school string quartette of Larry

Standing in the second row are Brian Belcher, Sarah Huntsman, Josh Atwood, Scott Bryan, Viki Hunziker, Cecily Meyer, Shannon llichcreek, Amy Wagoner, Terry Gerke, Kerri Moorman, Lauren Street, Lisa Ummel and Gennie Brissette. Pictured in the third row are Tony Helman, Christi Weicht, Kristin Vandiver, John Gibson, Andy Ousley, Lisa Gehlhausen, Tristin Stahl, Danielle Smith, Bernice White, Case Hensler, Michael Eppenbaugh and Phillip Krantz.

provided by Marcia Conkling. Metcalf and Roose allow the children to be in on the decision making process when it comes to selecting songs to perform. They like to make the kids feel that they are a part of it. ' Some children feel so much a part of things that they sacrifice their recess time to'rehearse in special, small groups. These groups are made up of second graders, who place performing above playing. “The kids volunteer to do that, Metcalf said: “We don’t drag them off the playground. They have to try out for it and they know they have to give up their recess to be in it.”

Horwitz, Tina Horwitz, Spencer Martin, and Karen Yoder. Soloists who received second divison ratings include: Daniel Allen and Amanda Ousley, cello; Molly Buhrt, Sean Hoffman, and

-Junior High Update—-

The Milford eighth grade girls’ basketball team finished its season at 3-8 after losing 20-18 to Mentone in tournament action last week. Crista Dippon led the squad with eight points while Brandy Kozon added four. Denise Replogle paced the team with 10 rebounds. The eighth grade squad advanced to the second round of the tournament after posting a 21-2

Those second graders who prefer teeter-totters to treble clefs are still a part of the music program, however. All students in grades one and two will perform in one way or another on Monday: Whatever the program, Metcalf knows she can count on the parents to be there. It’s hard to tell who enjoys the programs more, the kids or the parents. "They really support their kids at the programs and that means a lot to the kids and me,” Metcalf said. Monday’s program is open to the general public, as well as parents. The doors will open at 6:30p.m.

Valerie Vester, violin. Students from the above also participated in two ensembles which received third division ratings. They were the string trios from North Webster and Syracuse.

win over Syracuse in its first game of the tournament earlier last week. Julie Magiera led the Lady Trojans with six points while Kozon scored five and Dippon had four. Teresa Crabtree and Jennifer Shipe led the team in rebounding while teammate Heather Leßlanc had an outstanding passing game. Milford Boys’ Hoops The Milford eighth grade boys' basketball team finished the

Area woman makes MSU dean's list A total of 489 Michigan State University students earned perfect 4.0 grade-point averages for fall term 1989. Among the honors list Wawasee High School graduate Jerlyn K. Sponseller. ? A resident of Pierceton, Sponseller is a sophomore at the | university studying prei veterinary medicine. I Wolkins bill bogged down I in politics A serious breakdown in political communication has taken place in the Indiana General Assembly. A solid waste bill being sponsored by 18th District Representative Dave Wolkins of Winona Lake is right in the middle of the controversy. The trouble came about when Democrats walked out of a Senate Environmental Committee meeting on Monday, after Republican committee members moved to have all solid waste legislation put under Wolkins bill, House Bill 1240. Democrats cried foul, saying they had been promised that House Bill 1109, backed by the governor, would be the primary vehicle. The result could be an impasse. District 13 State Senator 5 Robert Meeks says this year’s s assembly is fraught with political - fighting of this kind. With control 5 of the redrawing of districts as the door prize, both parties are 1 hoping to win big in elections statewide. » Jeep sustains ■ $6,800 ' damage s t Syracuse Fire Department responded to two fires on Wednesday, Jan. 31. At 10:21 a.m., the fire department was called to a location on Old 13A, north of the Poor Doll Shop when oil leaking on the engine of a 1983 Jeep ignited a fire. The jeep, owned by Bryan Buskirk, 124 Gants Dr., Cromwell, sustained $6,800 damage. , Firemen were called at 4:19 p.m., to a field fire at CR 29 (Hun- > tington Road) and the Elkhart- ; Kosciusko County Line Road, i When firemen arrived they found ; a burning trash pile had spread to I a field. There was no damage to the field.

season at 8-5 after a 39-37 loss to Syracuse in its season finale. Eric Speicher led the Trojans with 11 points while Craig Wheti ten scored 10, Kurt Beer tossed in eight, Dan Duncan had six and Ryan Kaiser added two. F Name omitted In last week's feature on Syracuse school’s kindergarten, Phyllis Matz’s name was inadvertently omitted from the story. Mrs. Matz is a morning kindergarten teacher at Syracuse Elementary School. Area residents booked at jail The following persons were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail recently: Joseph Jay DeWitt, 24, r 5 box 249, Syracuse, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail with no good time credit on a charge of possession of marijuana. Kenneth R. Brimhall, 32, 72833 CR 29, Syracuse, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and held on $450 bond. Edward Lawrance Stamer, 30, r 1 box 604 H, Leesburg, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and held on $350 bond. Jerry Arthur Walter, 26, r 2 box " 410, Syracuse, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving while license suspended and held on s4solbond. Juan Manuel Salas, 32, 305 Smith St., Milford, was booked on a charge of public intoxication and held on SIBO bond. Harold Holloway, 64, r 1 box 656, Leesburg, was charged with failure to appear and held on $5,000 bond.

Derailment

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Force And Weight Os Steel Caused Ingots To Dig 4V 2 Feet Into Ground And Bend The Rail ’• ’Q

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Workers From Hulcher Services, Inc., Bluffton, Cautiously Unbury One Ingot

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