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Show Young designers throw convention to the wind . ' 4 , n ;J . ' . i 1 " ; o ' J S ' ; i fflV-- i xH, I -ft) - - y-vvv . . T . - - I Nan McPolin and Vilma Lewis deliberate over an elementary school entry in the Fall Fair. by Nan Chalat When you send a group of elementary school students out to create a fall centerpiece center-piece for your dining-room table, brace yourself. Their arrangements are more likely like-ly to resemble ET and Super Pickle than a typical sedate flower arrangement. But according to the senior citizens who were asked to select the best entries in last week's Fall Fair at the Parley's Park Elementary School, ET, and Super Pickle are just fine. "Aren't they clever? I never expected them to be so extensive or so original," said Nan McPolin, who volunteered with Anna Ed-dington Ed-dington and Vilma Lewis to judge the entries. "They are incredible," said Lewis. Armed with clip boards and pencils, the three judges scrutinized more than 50 arrangements of pinecones, seed pods, dried weeds, gourds, pumpkins, pineapples pine-apples and corn. There were bananas dressed up as papooses, a pineapple clown, a pine cone turkey, and a corn, cabbage and baseball mitt arrangement. The judges took their time and considered each one for its composition and originality. One commented that some of the unique techniques were giving her ideas for a centerpiece of her own. After much serious deliberation, de-liberation, the judges awarded Sweepstakes honors hon-ors to second grader Amanda Aman-da Kobler and first grader Dustin Sturges. Dustin's gourd and peanut ET had won the judges' hearts and Amanda's swallow's nest had won their respect. Amanda had collected a real swallow's nest and filled it with a mother and a baby bird made out of teasel, -' J--liL"- 111 I aspen leaves and seed pods. Dustin's ET came complete with a pumpkin house and peanut squirrels. He proudly pointed out that Super Pickle was one of his creations too. The judges also awarded recognition to the top entries in each of six other categories. categor-ies. Aimee Mitchell topped the minature arrangements with a pumpkin-top jelly fish, while Brian Lambert and Danielle Beck tied for first place among the huge arrangements. Chelsea Deckert's seed pod faces won the animal category and Cody ' Taylor's entry was honored as the best one using" recycled ingredients. Trisha Johansen's bristle cone jack-o-lantern was selected as the best in the Do Your Own Thing division and the judges created a special category in order to recognize Becky Walker's leaf collage. r 1 1 1 The Fall Fair was the first of several projects to be initiated by the Elementary School Science Club. According Accord-ing to Martha Crook and Linda Fleming, who are coordinating the club this year, the Fall Fair was a way to search out new members. The Science Club meets once a week during lunch hour. Last year, 25 third- and fourth-graders eagerly participated. During the school year members of the science club were introduced to the basics of scientific information informa-tion gathering. They observed ob-served and recorded data from the school s weather station and from simple experiments. This year they will also consult with outside resource people ar.-d will be asked to provide some of the direction for the program. Because enrollment must be limited, Crook and Fleming are looking for only those students who are willing to make a serious commitment. commit-ment. To become members they must also receive their teacher's recommendation. """J '"lll.WI.I I"' ' -i " I ,, , ,,., , f Sweepstakes winner Amanda Kobler. photos by Nan Chalat czzz, i " , - v , ; I. t Sweepstakes winner Dustin Sturges. Danielle Beck's Indian squash is not a typical centerpiece, but delightful nonetheless. |