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Show Park Record Thursday, April 14, 1 988 Page A9 h mmm m m mm mm mm m mu MMHMkHMHHkflkkkkkaHMkVkMkakakak Little laureates may leave literary legacy . SsBla! IBrSeffs As part of Treasure Mountain Middle Mid-dle School's Spring Evening with the Arts, students participated in a creative writing contest title, "The most Embarrassing Moment of My Life." Two students were chosen to share the honors, as the judges couldn't decide between the two budding writers. This is the first contest Vanessa Burns has won, but this is the second first place for Ben Schlenske, who has also seen his work published in the Record once before. Ben is considering con-sidering writing as a career. Stage Fright by Ben Schlenske I was in front of a lot of people peo-ple and I was embarrassed. There is NOT another torture in the world more horrifying that that. There I stood, red in the face, sweaty palms, and a fake smile that expanded two inches on my blank face. It was a Friday and our fourth grade class was putting on their annual talent show. Obviously I had no talents to show, and there was no way that this kid could compete against front handsprings and an imitation of Liberace on the piano. I was in a fix, and it was required that ALL students participate in the act of of making mak-ing of fool of their God-given gifts one day of the year. I was a slick talker, and I knew that the position of announcer an-nouncer had not yet been filled. All I would have to do is announce an-nounce the next act and sit down. What a cinch! I thought the fourth grade would be hard. Now I was really in the high life, and my limiting talent factor fac-tor would be forgotten when I jazzed up the show, building up these blessed kids. Of course, there was a catch. I would have to be voted into this position. I thought that perhaps I built my hopes up too much. The fact that I was not too popular took its toll on me. . Who would vote for someone with a crew cut and a determination deter-mination to become an artist. It doesn't mix, and that's exactly what I was thinking sitting alone at the table writing a poem Friday. But the next morning as I arrived ar-rived at school, I was finding red marks on my back from everyone congratulating me. I figured it was because I combed comb-ed by hair that morning, but as I arrived to math class I was notified that I had been given the position of announcer. I was overwhelmed! I was ecstatic! Me, the announcer for the fourth grade talent show! What a great event! And it's me at the helm of this spectacle for all ages. I was flattering myself, and I had to get a grip on things. I have to memorize the kids and their acts. Wouldn't be so hard, might take me a couple hours, but I'd live. Ha!, and they said this kid was meant for nuclear science. Soon it was Friday, and it was the big day. I went over my lines one more time, and I was set. Just five more minutes and the show would be under way. "Welcome ladies and gentlemen to this annual event! The fourth grade talent show!" I announced acts left and right, and I didn't even have butterflies. "Two more acts to do and I'm outta' here!" I thought to myself. The show was going great and so was my stamina. The last two acts didn't go easily at all. I eyed the crowd with a smile and clenched the microphone. "The ah. ..ah. ..next act is ahh...well it's ah...um..." I had dug myself a hole and I knew it. I glanced at my teacher as she smiled at the crowd and giggled. She uttered a few words and leaned back in her chair. "What was that? I couldn't hear you!" She repeated her sentence in an embarrassed tone and raised rais-ed her eyebrows. I positively couldn't hear her, so I looked at the crowd. They stared at me and started to laugh. Laugh, laugh, laugh. They were hysterical and I was red. "The next act is me!" I ' si . . . ' .--...r .Ml A" ;rV XX ; V X "C" ' ft"' C 1 - t2 " z Ben Schlenske and Vanessa Burns Ron Georg jolted out in depression. I sang a few lines of "Mary had a Little Lit-tle Lamb." In the worst tone of voice that I thought the windows win-dows would break, now the whole school was laughing and I was red as a tomato. I went and sat down, too embarrassed to think. After it all, my teacher patted my on the back and complimented my. Whether or not I will be that embarrassed again I will never know. And as some kind of profession, pro-fession, I know it won't be announcing. an-nouncing. Maybe nuclear science, it kinda' has a ring to it. Exterminator by Vanessa Burns The musty theater was all quiet. It was filled with people of all different ages. The smell of fluffy, oily, buttered flavored popcorn filled the room. You could hear people sipping their drinks. The movie, "Mr. Mom" was starting. On my right sat my sister, Cassandra, with her long hair and pointy nose like a witch's. On my left sat my mom Christine, with blond hair and a lady -like laugh. Next to my mom sat my dad with brown hair, a beard, and a curled moustache like the cowboys had in the old movies. Everything was going along fine in the theater, but not the movie. For example, the little kid was eating a can of chili, the washer was broken, the dinner din-ner was burning, and the vacuum, "Jaws," was eating the little kid's blanket, otherwise other-wise known as his whoobee. Through all of this racket an exterminator was knocking at the door. The father kept saying say-ing "Who is it?" and the man kept screaming back, "the exterminator!" ex-terminator!" This cycle kept repeating, and I was getting pretty "sick of it," so I screamed scream-ed out "exterminator" really loudly. Everybody in the theater said, "Shhhhhh!" For a minute I didn't realize I had done it, but then I found out that I had because my family was laughing. I was so embarrassed. embar-rassed. From that day forward I try to remember that "it's only a movie!" Play opens at high school The Park City High School drama department is putting on its second production pro-duction of the school year this week. The play, directed by high school teacher Chris Maddux, is a spoof version of the classic, "Frankenstein." The play is scheduled for April 21, and all are welcome to attend. Call the high school at 649-8361. Student is on honor roll . Staci Annette Richards, a Park City resident, has been named to the Utah State University honor roll. Richards, an eduation major, had to maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or better, while carrying a class load of at least 15 credit hours to earn the honor. New administrator chosen As of April 18, the Park City School District will have a new business administrator ad-ministrator to replace Bill Sampson, who left the school district for greener pastures in St. George. Bert Jolley, a Harvard Business School graduate, will be filling Sampson's shoes. He is expected to begin his duties Monday. Dozier taking a break Park City High School principal Jack Dozier has applied for a personal leave of absence for the second half of the 198889 school year. The board of education decided at its April 12 meeting to go ahead and seek a temporary replacement for Dozier. Kid's quote of the week Who do you want to be President? The overwhelming winner: .., . .. Kid s quotes are provided by "Michciel JclCkSOn" Parley's Park Elementary School. District presents capital outlay budget By RON GEORG Record staff writer The Park City Board of Education continued its 198889 budget discussions discus-sions at its April 12 meeting, beginning beginn-ing work on the capital outlay portion por-tion of the budget and continuing last week's discussion of the maintenance and operations budget. Maintenance and operations had been addressed as an entire budget at the previous meeting, and the board was only looking at staffing requests April 12. Staff costs come out of the maintenace and operations opera-tions budget. At the previous meeting, the board had been looking to make some serious cuts in maintenance and operations, and it was clear there would be no additions to the budget. With this in mind, the board voted April 12 to begin seeking applicac tions to fill positions in the district which have been vacated, as well as to meet increased needs of a larger population. The board will not, however, do any hiring until the budget is complete to avoid budget shortfalls. The capital outlay budget presented to the board last night was a preliminary list of wants and needs from the administrators of the schools and the district. The capital outlay portion of the budget is money intended to go to lasting purchases. As a reference, the district says anything which costs more than $100 and lasts more than one year should fall into the capital outlay budget. The largest item in each existing school's budget is roof repair, and each school administrator stressed these are not problems which will go away, they will only get worse. Aside from the roofs, the schools each have a long list of things great and small," from chairs to computers. com-puters. The schools' list, however, greatly exceeds the budget. For 198889; the district has . $660,439, and the requests total $899,979. To slim the budget requests, the school administrators will have to sit down with the superintendent and Bert Jolley, the district's new business manager. While he suggested slimming the capital outlay budget was just a matter of debating a bit about who needs what, superintendent Ron Mclntire was not as hopeful about the maintenance arid operations budget. 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