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Show ( I I ar& Grand j VV H,gh ! r''-' Happenmgsl XtX , jtf News Items of Interest j ?f .J j . Prepared by the sed i f ijv .. .' Journalism Department at i ln' , V'' ''V ' ' Grand County High School hec " i opn- ., s"fW SEMESTER sho Dcanne Tranter 'Monday, January 16th be-e,ns be-e,ns a new semester at Grand .j junty High School. Students needing schedule langes should take care of it Bfili the office. The school will ts&ive days scheduled to make n ss changes. PtMr. Theron Johnson, prin-uot prin-uot pal, stressed that students !s' ho were in wrong classes or ''nld finished make-up work will need schedule changes. But unless the student fits in this category, he would rather not change schedules. Mr. Johnson said, "If it was not necessary, that your schedule be changed, I will not change it." CHILDREN'S FANTASY By Margie Snyder The Grand County High School drama department is presenting a children's fantasy Jan. 2(th through 2H(h. The cast of the renowned "Wizard of O." includes Michelle Springer and Laurie Stocks as Dorothy, the role that made the late Judy Garland famous in the MGM musical production in 1939. The tin man is played by Katy White and Leslie Officer. The cowardly lion is played by Cathy Walston and the scarecrow scare-crow is Vicky Farnsworth. The secondary roles include Janis Spencer as the Wizard, Tammy Tam-my Fredericks as the Wicked Witch of the West, Gaylene Merz as the Good Witch of the North, Julie Johnson as Glinda the Good Witch who helps Dorothy through all of her travails; Scott Pogue as Toto, Dorothy's dog, and Heather Bentley as Aunt Em. The high school production of the "Wizard of Oz" will be a play with music. The high school chorus will help to back up the cast in the musical numbers. The public is invited to come and watch the performances of this play, especially children from six to sixty. OUTSTANDING AWAKI) lly Jamie llolvoak Mike Koedel, a freshman at Grand County High School, took Outstanding Wrestler in the J.V. 98-132 lb. division at the Second Annual Durango Invitational Wrestling Tournament Tourna-ment Jan. 7. After wrestling three matches, winning the first by a pin and the second by a superior decision 18:2, Mike was placed in the championship champion-ship bracket where he met a tough opponent from Brighton High School. Mike defeated him with a fall in 5:45, taking the 1st place medal. From the 62 J.V. participants in this same division, Mike was then selected to receive the trophy for Outstanding Wrestler. GET THE BOOKS IN By Brett Bentley Mrs. Frances Foy, librarian at the high school, would like parents of GCHS students to help her get overdue library books in. There is no fee for overdue books, but if a book is lost, Mrs. Foy would like the borrower to see her and pay for the book. Mrs. Foy has found an Encyclopedia Britanniea, Mac-ropaedia, Mac-ropaedia, Volume 12, Knowledge Know-ledge in Depth. It is a 1977 edition. If you have lost a Volume 12 Encyclopedia Britanniea, Bri-tanniea, see Mrs. Foy at the high school. WRESTLING TOURNEY By Wes Key On Jan. 7th, the Devils of Moab traveled to Durango, Colo, for an all-day tournament. tourna-ment. The tourney consisted of 12 teams. There were 12 wrestlers in each weight but only 8 could qualify for the tournament. Every one from Moab except the following weights qualified for the tournament: 112, 167 and 185. The Devils took two varsity medals, second places won by Billy Roedel, 138 and Charles Winder at 145. Both were beaten out for the championship champion-ship by close decisions. At 155 Jim Key came close to a medal, placing fifth as he won 2 matches and lost 2. The Devil wrestlers have one home match this week when they face San Juan Thursday, Jan. 12. INTRAMURALS By Jim Key Grand County High School Intramural Basketball resumed resum-ed Monday, Jan. 9, with the following scores: Game 1, Animals over Raiders 42 to 40, Game 2 Chair Lifters forfeited forfeit-ed to Jazz. Game 3, Mean Machine forfeited to Big Mac Attack. The next round of games will be played Jan. 16, Game 1, Big Mac Attack vs. Jazz. Game 2, Raiders vs. Mean Machine. Game 3, Animals vs. Chair Lifters. Come out and watch the stiff competition. SOPHOMORE MEET By Deanne Tranter The sophomore class officers offi-cers of Grand County High School met Tuesday morning to discuss upcoming events, including setting a date for the Sophomore Swing. They also decided to go on a pop bottle drive Monday, Jan. 16 after school to raise money for the dance. The plans were finalized finaliz-ed for the sophomore pep assembly on Friday the 13th. CERAMICS CLASS The ceramics I class last week was working on things that they need to pass the . class. Mr. Gary Guymon, the instructor, made a chart of projects that the students needed to pass the class. They need a minimum of projects and the required reading and cleaning points. The students have to accumulate 600 points by Friday the 13th to pass the class. WRESTLING MEET By Terry Hunt On Jan. 5, the Grand County High School wrestling team wrestled their 3rd region match during the 1977-78 season, when they faced the Richfield Wildcats. It was a close match but the Wildcats came out on top 37 to 21. Coming up for wins for the Devils were Jim Key at 155 and Shane Martineau at 126, with decisions, while Billy Roedel at 138 pounds won by a superior decision, Charles Winder in the 145 weight class won by a major decision, and at 185, Tom Taylor won by a fall. MONTICELLO MATCH By Terry Hant The Devil wrestlers faced the Bucks of Monticello last Tuesday, Jan. 3. The match was held in Moab where the Bucks defeated the Devils 34 to 15. The Devils looked strong in the middle weights coming up with wins in the following divisions: 138, 145, 155 and 167. At 138 Billy Roedel won by a forfeit, Charles Winder at 145 won by a decision, in the 155 pound bracket Jim Key won by a decision, and at 167, Terry Hunt also won by a decision. FOREIGN LANGUAGES? by Kristi Duncan Should foreign languages be offered at Grand County High School? Nuclear power, male cheerleaders, required competency compe-tency tests, equality of girls and boys sports, and mandi-tory mandi-tory sex education in schools, are just a few of the subjects that journalism students in the high school are using for survey questions. These students are doing these surveys as an assignment. assign-ment. Some are asking all students, some all adults, and some a mixture, depending upon the depth of the subject. The purpose of this assignment assign-ment is to give students the experience of doing surveys as a different form of interviewing, interview-ing, the main area of study during the second quarter. After the students have done these surveys, they are to write up the statistics and their findings. Some of their write-ups write-ups may be published. The students are required to ask at least 30 people, more if possible, to keep the ratio of men and women 50-50 and to keep the ages of the people varied. They have found it an interesting experience with several unexpected results. SPEECH CLASS By Bart Victor The Grand County Speech I class is in its last week. This class is a half-year subject and students who wish to go on can take Speech II which will be offered 5th period only. The last exercise that the students will take part in will be the oration speeches which will last from eight to ten minutes. Later in the year the Speech II students will participate in state activities which will include orations, pantomimes, interpretations, etc. The speech class has done well and put out some good items and most speakers plan to keep going strong. CHORUS By Steve Croasmnn On the 20th of December, the week before Christmas va cation, the high school choir was involved in their first concert of the year. The concert, directed by Wendell Bowthorpe. centered around Christmas and consisted of songs such as "Joy," and "Carol of the Bells." Mr. Bowthorpe was pleased with the performance of this relatively rela-tively young choir. The class is now preparing a wide variety of songs to be used in state competition this spring. JV WRESTLING By Robert Robinson The J.V. wrestling team went into action Tuesday, Jan. 3, against a tough Monticello team. In the 112 lb. class David Noorlander won by a fall; at 119 lbs., Richard Bowen achieved a superior decision 21-3. In the overall match Monticello won 24-11. RODEO CLUB By Dana Lance In its regular monthly meeting, the rodeo club made a choice on the type of awards that will be given at their high school rodeo, which will be held April 7-8. The awards will be provided by Trophies and Things. The club decided for first place to present buckles, for second, plaques and for third, trophies. tro-phies. INTERACT CLUB By Kevin Peterson Interact Club met last Wednesday at the Park Service Ser-vice building. Main subject discussed was the changing of the by-laws to accept freshmen into the club. After a short discussion, it was passed by a show of hands and five freshmen were voted into the club. The president of the club, Ray Couch, made the reservations for Jan. 7th and 8th at Telluride Resort, where the club will go skiing. The skiing trip will cost the club around $300, and will be financed by their money-making money-making projects. |