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Show School Lunch Week Readied in County shared all over southern Utah. "Guess What?" Day. when students Nutritionally the food is good, the said in reference to Sir Lancelot s meals well balanced, and attrac- sword, "Can't Mrs. Soper give us lively served. some d'P t0 8 witn e carrot A little of the magic went out of sticks?" sandwiches), "Possum Stew," "Ellie Mae's Delight" (cream puffs) and "Grandma's Secret" (milk). This Halloween and Thanksgiving the cafeteria will be decorated and the students look forward to this activity. School officials say that because of the training seminar, printed information available and the dedication of the cooks, students are eating better and enjoying the meals more. Currently lunch costs students 80 cents and adults $1.50. Forty-one students receive free lunches, 24 receive partial-pay lunches and 85 students pay full price under the federally subsidized program. If a particular menu or combination com-bination is a hit with students, it is National School Lunch Week Oct. 14-20 is a good time for parents and school food service professionals to take a look at the quality of food, -service, cleanliness and general health attitudes that pass from stove to service counter to the lunch trays of the school students. Fortunately, the situation is well in hand at Panguitch Elementary School. Marathon spaghetti, blue ribbon fruit choices, honor rolls, maestro tossed salad, honey-oatmeal-raisin cookies and TLC milk hardly seems fair to the older folks who remember a time when even pizza, tacos and sloppy joes were unheard of at school lunches. Today's School Food Service Journal keeps local food manager and cooks apprised of latest nutritional advances and various training seminars that keep public school food handlers on their toes.' At Panguitch Elementary a genie is at work, weaving flavorful gustatory spells around the students. Since the genie-Marlynn Soper-brought her wand into action, average school lunch attendance jumped to over 30 percent. What student-or for that matter, what adult-could possibly pass up a menu that reads "Guess What?" With a wave of Soper's wand, carrot sticks become "Sir Lancelot's Sword," mashed potatoes become "Castles in the Clouds," ham becomes "Dragon Meat," Twinkies magically become "Guenivere's Surprises, hot rolls beome "Magic Stones," and that old standby milk with a little special magic becomes "Merlin's Magic Potion." Other weeks have brought "Sea World Days" when an innocent fish stick was transformed into an octopus. oc-topus. In fact Jill Hatch, eight-year-old daughter of school secretary Kay Hatch, said, "Mommy, we just had octopus and it was delicious". "Hill Billy Days" brought Jethro's weakness, (peanut butter and jelly |