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Show Lakeside 2 lutrsn.iy January f 8 1907 Lot&S3d Animals Freedom rings at From CHS UArm bands, assemblies drill in tough lesson By JAMS CARTER lmw. C! m LARI HU)-Arm- ed bandv. Clcartkld High any-em- students were bound to obey certain rules; No ts times, and greeting all teachers. As rjft of Freedom Week Jan. students voluntarily gate , up some rights in order to better appreciate living in a free country. Anyone wearing arm hands who didn't obey these simple rules were subject to do whatever the "team - members from the 729th patrol squad and the 3Kth I ighter Wing from Hill Air I oree Rase - wanted them to do. . . Of 2.000 students only about . 250 participated in the red band activity. Student Sara Carter, who wore an arm band, said some people didnt participate because they didnt want the commitment or were afraid of potential embarrassment. The embarrassment from wondering what came ' would happen if the team caught them slipping up. Several students had to do and because ROTC . push-up- s. .student Dion Terry was late to class, he had to do push-up- s plus he was yelled at because his cam- -' ouflage pants werent pressed, and his boots didnt shine. Because he talked in class. Rod Earl had to stand on his chair to cat his lunch with a roll balanced on his head and then hold an apple in his mouth until he started drooling. Other students had to sing the school song and other songs loudly, shine shoes, dance and do . 4. Dance Senior cotillion will take place-"'thCrTbUt 'JAllI be eliminated; , next year. is White Taza BorfagnoHi sings a patriotic song, members ol the Clearfield High ROTC strike the pose of Marines rasing the Stars and Stripes on two Jima that was caught in the famous AP photograph dunng World War II. The assembly was one of the events during the high schools Freedom Week. various . other That is true in some respects. One of-thother changes the school is making is ownership of a dance. In the past classes or e reaped all the proceeds the dance brought in. Other classes and clubs could attend, but the general feeling was that the dance was mor?- for the.sponspring group. competi- -' tion at this particular school. formal dances Three were within weeks of each other ;and it was putting a drain on parents and students to get to the high-cos- t, tdances, said Principal Michael 'Duckworth. .Tv. - The dance-wadropped because in years past there have s been three dances prior to s Christ-'-ma- break nhe break. ules three break and four dances after The new plan scheddances before Christ-'ma- s and three after. who have few rights, such as in those not participating in the arm Ecuador, Peru and Kuwait. ! band activity were supportive of Week is designed to help those who did, they said. educate the students in that sense. Most folks dont realize d Along with day, oththe freedoms they have because er activities throughout the week they are Americans, Grimmcts-se- n included concentration camp said. talks, with students speaking for By losing my freedoms, 10 or 15 minutes to the English Melissa Facer said, it helps me classes on what it was like to live realize what I do have realizin a concentration camp. Tuesday some that ing people go through was an army recruitment day. this on a daily basis." FreeMichelle Sessions said The week concluded on Fridom Week made a big impact on with an assembly. Repelling her. Now she realizes what it day from the catwalks above the means to live in a free country and not take a lot of things for stage, the ROTC entered surrounded by darkness and smoke. granted. Some said that Clearfield High students are aweTerry was Martin Luther King, some because everyone gets inreciting his I Have A Dream volved and is respectul. Even speech. - can see why the changes were needed. Some students may be upset, but if they take the time to read the policy and understand school dances, they will understand," said senior Spencer th-se- pressure will Megasports Channels 1st Month Programming (with this coupon) mi TAC 05 .things," said senior Jenny Philips. I spent a fortune getting iready for cotillion this year. ' their students to follow the new rules. . Jan Rollins, the parent of a Northridge High student, says she will encourage her student to follow the rules. 21597 FABULOUS FINANCIAL REWARDS IN AS LITTLE AS 2 WEEKS! FREE Seminar! Cround Floor Opportunity! With Unlimited Income Potential) Be Your Own Boss! d Business) Set Your own Hours! Start Today! College students, school teachers, housewives and many others have quickly achieved an Income level of $90,000 per yearjYOU CAN TOO NEW, learn how to earn $1600 per week! Part-Tim- e Home-Base- I am thrilled wit VS fund-raisin- a- Invest in Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! 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Door Prizes Free Crft for first 10 people who bring In this ad! . it takes nior dance away, but now I m for . it because it really will uncompli-;cat- e Mures HOMElSATELLITElSYSTEMl g -- Money is tight for seniors' close to graduation after renting a cap bring satellite television (loan to earth. showing up overdressed. He also I gossipTharwe are eliminating all I I "e ing up in a tuxedo or spending a fortune on dinner. He hopes peer members. Council members admit that the whole group didnt always agree while they reviewed options to create the best dance policy for the students. . change because; cared about them, it took having one emu die last year before they realized how attached their daughter Desiree was to the animals. She cried and cried for a whole week, Dueila said. The other day one hjd lain down on a mound of fresh snow and didnt move for a while and Dc- -. sircc started watching it really dose. Finally, she came to me and said, Mom. that bird is worrying me. I had to go out and get it to move before she : was convinced it was OK." PRIMESR red-ban- -- - the suJJen. theyll just reach out pinch you rretty hard. 1 think its their way of just wanting you to know theyre there.' Sometime its a pretty good pinch and can kind of hurt." , Even so, the birds are a big attraction and responsibility around the Williams home and though Lonnie and Duella knew how much the children: rcc-do- m From a parent's perspective, the new policy. ....Other guidelines stress that These kids are spending way to the dance shSUd be the focus of much and each dance it seems ,u- -, like they are getting bigger and activity Other day outings dates should be avoided. more extravagant. They all try to Limousines are discouraged and out do each other with huge, exc Zv I?, the. dances l!h anything that adds unneeded or pensive plans. This will save the lirageous Expense js discour- parents and students held iraiofldf"or,;rfSartittlIar books from suffering. I know aged. 23 class. For example, tlxeJujUQT who dread dances beparents class can decorqte-th- e The council'says the next step gymnast cause $300 gone in one night. its is to relay the information to parum, provide the refreshments Few people can afford three hunand reap the profits of the dance, ents and students. They are senddred bucks in one night, especial. but they can no longer ing a handbook to parents with "sponsor ly when there are so many dances ithe. junior prom and have thej. next years registration packet. during the year, said Rollins. ; dance exclusively for juniqrs.on-;ly- . There wjjy no clear guideThey also must refer to the lines, Clearfield High has fewer things -- were getting out of dance as prom, not junior prom. hand. An awful lot of students dances that require great exwere excluded from dances bepense, they supplement the dance Seniors will host the Home-comindance, and lose cotillion. cause of cost:., Cost shouldnt be a schedule with casual dances, such factor in dances that are as Sadie Hawkins and Morp. Traditionally,. Homecoming is . deterring The biggest dance of the year, so normally partof the high school said Duckworth. "They (Northridge) dont need to tone the dances down, they g better, from a, pep .f.The school'district leaves it up need to hold fewer of them. spective, said community council to each school to formulate its just Three really formal dances a year members. 'own policy on .the issue. is a good number. Getting all IU I The changes were made by-Duckworth admits the new dressed up and having your date community council made up- of policies mayiffe hard to enforce, wear' a tux is part of the fun of administrators, teachers, stu- - Students wilTobt be penalized or growing up, said Clearfield removed from1 dances for show 'den fs, parents,' 'and community High senior Amber Bradshaw. It was eliminated because of fthe continued Sh stress and - embarrassing things. Some of the kids said it was tough. 1 dont think I coulJ live without being able to talk, DeNtille. Others said, that without freedom they didnt have anything - no life and especially no social life. The Air Force team, dressed in camouflage, made a big impact on the students, giving the morning announcements and patrolling the halls classrooms and lunchroom. Some team members were tougher on the students than others, though still the restrictions on the students didnt compare with being in a foreign . country, said Tech. Sgt. John Grimmeissen. They consistently see people year." t'star dance; prom, three stars; and ,Morp (prom spelled backwards), one star. nooc nr nc gan semew Ecmwnr FREEDOM WEEK: and gown and paying to apply to colleges. The seniors will still have a dance; it will just be Homecoming at the first of the From 1 ' Using this rating system the school has established its dance schedule for next year as: Homecoming, two stars; Halloween dance, one star; Christmas dance. ! concern with others in the community. Other evottc bird rat-ehave even tillered their incubators tf they were ever needed in hatching eggs. "Theyre a real pretty egg. Lonnie said, green in color and about 5 inches long. It was a few mote of those green eggs that the Williams were anticipating when they ventured into Mising emus. Sc saw the first ones out in Vernal, Lonnie said, when we had gone out there to visit my folks. People were doing pretty well with them, and even my father had one pair that produced forty eggs. Right now, weve only gotten two eggi out of ours and we dont know exactly why such a big difference. Theres a lot more noise here, Lonnie said, tike with the jets flying over and things like that. We just dont know. Still, the birds are an impor rs i cr-4sy- i talking to Iricndt or other no gum or candy in clav oes no Mrdtes smiling at all 21-2- 1 theyve gotten out and before ou know it. the whole involved in neighborhood vaulting them." Duella said. Its quite a sight." Intending beond their neighborhood, the Williams have found the emus to be a point of interest and ongoing times tant rart of their lives and the' : lives of their children, They talk about them all the time. T hey report about them at Svhool and draw pictures of them constantly. Duella said of their four children, IfesireeV MsKajIa, Hannah and Parker. ; The birds sometimes lean over the fence and snip at peoples hair. "Its the same they do tf youve got your bask to them." Lor me said. 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