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Show S I Grand j Hi9h l I Happenings l ' News Items ot Interest J i ?f A - Prepared by the I 1 ;'! 'Xf"- Journalism Department at i 4 'KS7fXAJ " ' Grand County High School -." - ' v 1 1 , ' j 9 L itfitfjLi. t. . I Valerie Leavitt, slave, David Lawley, slave, Terri Dunnell, a master. K Slave Day ... i Senior slave day was held Friday, November the 5th. 1 Members of the senior class were auctioned off by Mr. Al Heaton Thursday, November 4, at noon. Bidding went as high as $9.00 9 for a slave. The minimum price was $2.00. The masters told their slaves how they should dress-up the following day. They could make them wear anything as long as it was proper dress for school. They had all kinds of cute little j slaves and had a lot of ideas for things to make them do. Some S had to carry their master's books to class; some even had to carry their masters to class. Others had races pushing pennies down the hall with their noses. Lorraine Chidester had to push a nickel down the hall while Karen Cozzens walked behind her playing her oboe. David Pack and Harry Holder had to pull their masters M around in wagons. David Lawley's master made him kiss Mrs. M Russell on the hand and Lorraine Chidester had to tell Mr. fj Lepnard she loved him. B Slave day was an exciting day for all who participated and H provided funds for the senior class. H v:,; S V' - " ' r Wt) 4 J : I I 1 . ;sl--'.J David Baughman, Robert Raymond, Mandy Knowles. Citizen of the Month... Mandy Knowles, senior, Robert Raymond, junior, Brad Burton, sophomore, and David Baughman, freshman were recently chosen citizens of the month for October by the committee at the G.C.H.S. and the Lions Club. These students were chosen by attitude and appearance, grades, citizenship, attendance, and how they participate and help in the community. Mandy Knowles is the vice-president of the Honor Society, and a drill team member. Robert Raymond is student body vice-president, member in the Honor Society, active in Explorer Scouts and in speech II. Brad Burton is in the Honor Society and on the tennis team. David Baughman is a new student at G.C.H.S. He has lived in Moab for 8 months. He plays school basketball and enjoys playing golf. Guest Editorial From Grand High School After having become quite excited about the past election, I had also become quite discouraged by the kinds of campaigns that were run. Many of them did very little except damage the character of their opponents. I feel that in an election, the candidate should run his campaign on his own merits and not the other's faults or backgrounds. I will cite a few examples of what I have witnessed. In the presidential election, President Ford and Jimmy Carter quite often made damaging remarks about the other. Also, many people came to calling Carter a peanut farmer as if that were the worst thing anyone could be. I'm sure he is proud of his business. But by the same token, the Democrats said things about the Republican party that were not involved with the election. The main one being that it was the Republicans that were involved in the Watergate scandal. So what? That is past and done. There isn't a politician alive who could tell me that none of the other elections had anything similar to Watergate. The only difference about Watergate was that someone was caught. In the statewide races, i was parxicuiar iy uiaouuiaycu u. there were more insults thrown into the campaigns than I ever thought there would be. For example, the senatorial race was the most widely publicized race of all in the state and it was probably also one of the least courteous of the races. Moss made statements about Hatch's past and his background, and used this as an aid in the election. Also, when Reagan endorsed Hatch, Moss was in a frenzy. However, when Carter came to Utah to speak, it was perfectly alright. Hatch had his turn to make statements against the Democratic opponent. Hatch also made some statements regarding the way Moss was handling his campaign. Again, who cares? About the proposals on the ballot, there were some bitter words said by both those for and against these proposals, especially about the tone on compulsory flouridation. Is this the way to convince people, by using unethical tactics? In the local races, I was pleased to see that the only race being fought over was the question on consolidation. This is hardly the way to handle an election or proposal. Shouldn't the people be able to make a choice without hearing all the quibbling by each of j the parties? I would, however, like to say that I was quite pleased that the candidates running for office handled their campaings very well and without defaming an opponent's character or background. Politics is not limited to just the city, -ounty, state and national levels, it is also evident in the schools, except that these elections aren't always serious elections. They are often popularity contests. It's hardly ever "who will do the best job?"; rather, it is, "Who is the most popular? Who do I like the best?" However, I am pleased to observe that this situation is improving at GCHS and students are becoming more demanding of their candidates. An election campaign should center around the candidates merits, and not his opponent's faults. After all, who wants a criticizing pulbic officer, when he should be helping us? Erika Nielson |