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Southside called School board roundup:
a leader among Move CHOICE? Concerns aired
smaller schools
};¢mthside School District has
been named a Washington State
:-mall School Leader because of
tb, district's work in staff devel-
,mmnt to meet the needs caused
by the state's education reform
I 1 { ) V ( nl (} I1 {,
Southside Superintendent Har-
v%, Hazen notified the district's
(:loot board of' the award at its
m(:4ing Monday evening. Hazen
.aid Southside was one of 16
,,malt districts m the state so des-
i:,mi, cd,
The award followed a study
hst spring by Kathy Shoop of the
t,,a(?onner School District, who is
dso Wash;ngton's Christa McAu-
itl. Fellow. Southside, under
former Superintendent Debbie
Wing, embraced education reform
and started moving ahead early,
Hazen said. That led to high test
scores by Southeide students on
state-mandated tests.
Because most of the state's dis-
tricts are small (less than 2,500
students), Shoop first worked
with leaders at the state and re-
gional level to identify small dis-
tricts that were seen as leaders.
Those smaller districts have few
office staff members to manage
the training and organization the
education reform requires.
Shoop will return to Southside
to take a look at how and why the
district is doing so well, Hazen
said.
Sbelton resident Kevin
lh)urgault is one of 10 1997-
1998 Central Washington Uni-
vwsity McNair Scholars hon-
ored at a recent reception on
the F, llensburg campus.
The program, named for
ttona]d E McNair, one of the
a.tronauts who died in the ex-
t)h)sion of the Challenger space
shuttle, is designed to encour-
a;t low.income, minority and
fir,t,generation college stu-
d(rts to pursue graduate-level
(t'v.rees.
13ourgault, a political sei-
ncc major at CWU, was
paired with faculty advisor
Rex Wirth to work on a re-
:,'arch project, ttis study was
entitled Policy Analysis of the
Federal Energy Regulatory
:mti:io, A C,se Study of
he Skokomish Indian Tribe.
Four former and current
Sh(:ltun residents received
(.heir degrees from South Pu-
,et Smmd Community College
:t th,' end of /'all quarter in
[)eccmbcr
Associate of arts degrees
tam t:he Olympia college went
t, ) Heidi Brotche, a 1996
Simit.n lligh School graduate
:rod daughter of Al and Chris
Br.tche of Shelton; Donald
llornal, a 1987 graduate of
Big Bend ttigh School; and
Frank Parascondola, a 1987
!raduate of Shelton High
School.
Kerri Olsen, a 1976 gradu-
t( of Stadium High School,
received her associate of tech-
nicaJ arts degree in informa-
tion systems technology.
Although no formal gradua-
tion is held for students com-
pleting degrees fall quarter,
graduates have the option of
participating in graduation
festivities in the spring.
Several local students made
the University of Washington
Dean's List, according to a
spokesman for the university.
'they include Allison Rose
Peake of Belfair, a sopho-
more, and Rachel Suzanne
Speaks, a senior from Union.
Sheltonians who made the
list were UW junior Craig
James Brimmer, sophomore
Katie Joleen Carlson, junior
Joshua Paul Gnerer, senior
Dieu-Hien Thi Hoang and
sophomore Kyle Jameson
Smith. Each carried a credit
load of at least 12 and earned
a grade-point average of at
least 3.5.
Central Washington Uni-
versity named three local resi-
dents to its winter quarter
honor roll, according to Dr. Da-
vid Dauwalder, provost.
Earning at least a 3.5
grade-point average while car-
tying at least 12 credit hours
were Erin L. Settle, a Shelton
junior; Cody G. Jones, also a
junior from Shelton; and se-
nior Kevin J. Bourgault, also
from Shelton.
Three Shelton students are
among recipiente of Washing-
ton State University College of
Engineering and Architecture
scholarships.
Daniel M. Best, a material
science engineering major, has
received a $500 Charles W.
Harrison Scholarship. The
1998 Shelton High School
graduate is the son of Sandra
and Martin Best of Shelton.
Casey D. McGovern, a
computer science engineering
major, has received a $1,500
Harold P. Curtis Scholarship.
The 1998 SHS grad is the son
of Laurie and Steven McGov-
ern of Shelton.
Matthew R. McLin, a com-
puter engineering and music
major, has received a $1,000
Charles W. Harrison Scholar-
ship. The 1998 Concerto Com-
petition winner is the son of
Kathryn and Ralph McLin of
Shelton.
Oklahoma State University
has announced that Shelton
resident Kellt Anne Goldsby
is a member of its dean's honor
roll. To qualify, Goldsby
earned a rade-point average
of 3.5 or higher with no grade
below a C and no incomplete
courses in a full academic load.
Woody J. Bell of Bremer-
ton was named to the Clare-
moat McKenna College Dean's
List for the fall 1998 semester.
He is the son of Sherry and
Larry Bell of Bremerton and
the grandson of Jack and Nor-
ine Jeffery of Shelton.
(Continued from page 1.)
become a "school-within-a-school."
District and community offices
would be moved to the current
Evergreen Elementary building.
A HANDFUL OF people at
Tuesday's Shelton School Board
meeting spoke against the recom-
mendation to move CHOICE to
the SHS campus.
One of them was Leslie Dolan,
whose daughter attends CHOICE
as a freshman. Dolan said she
chose CHOICE because it has
high expectations, students and
staff treat one another with re-
spect, and it appeals to those who
are self-motivated. Her concern,
she said, is that if CHOICE is re-
located onto the main high school
campus without the respect it de-
serves, the alternative school will
dissolve.
Dolan asked the board not to
let CHOICE succumb. She pre-
dicted that if it does, the district
will have high dropout rates.
What works at SHS won't work
at CHOICE, said Rae Whitten, a
literacy tutor at CHOICE. The
two schools need to be separate,
she said, adding that maintaining
CHOICE's separate identity is
very important. She worries
about bullying and baiting of
CHOICE students by SHS stu-
dents. She agreed with Dolan
that if the move is made, many
students will drop out.
IT'S WISHFUL thinking to
believe that all students can be
housed on one campus, said
Kathy Harrigan, a former SHS
teacher who now teaches at South
Puget Sound Community College
in Olympia. Now is the time for
the board to make adjustments to
the administration's plan, she
added. Others speaking up for
Timberwolf Tales:
keeping the alternative school
separate were Skokomish educa-
tor Ralph Pulsifer and retiree Jim
Lane, who tutors at CHOICE.
Board chairman Jim Smith
said the board recognizes
CHOICE has been a superior pro-
gram. "There is nothing at all
that is (set) in concrete," he said
of the superintendent's recom-
mendations. "We're trying to find
places where all these programs
can grow in a small-school
atmosphere."
Smith said the board is not try-
ing to pit SHS against CHOICE
in any way. The board, he said,
intends to look at the whole dis-
trict and decide what directions it
wants to go.
IN OTHER school district
business, the board:
• Heard from Hundley that the
phone system at SHS cannot be
modified to compensate for any
Y2K computer problems. The dis-
trict continues to work on Y2K
problems, but Hundley added
that fixing the phone system at
the high school is going to cost
money.
"It's extensive," SHS Principal
Mellody Matthes told The Jour-
nal. "Each building has phones.
The computer center has several
phones." The cost of fixing the po-
tential problem is unknown for
now. The district learned about
the phone system problem last
Thursday.
• Received key elements of the
district's strategic plan, submit-
ted by Hundley on behalf of the
Core Vision Team. The team de-
veloped a set of goals and values.
Values identified by the team in-
clude quality learning, quality
teaching, partnerships and rela-
tionships, and accountability.
Goals include student achieve-
Assembly features snake-boarders
By MELISSA SPEIGLE
An Honor Level I assembly last
Thursday featured two profes-
sional snake-boarders. The as-
sembly was used as a reward for
the many students who were
staying out of trouble.
Snake-boards, which are like a
cross between skateboards and
roller blades, were created about
nine years ago but have only been
available in the United States for
seven years.
Students were shown the bas-
ics of riding one of the boards,
and two, a girl and a boy, were se-
lected from the crowd to give it a
try with the rest of the students
as their audience. Although it
wasn't quite as easy as it looked,
the two students eventually got
the hang of it and were even able
to participate in a race.
SINCE BOTH of the students
completed the race, Shelton Mid-
de School was rewarded with a
snake-board of its own.
Another part of the event fea-
tured the two professional board-
ers, who happen to be brothers, in
a race of their own. And at the
very end of the assembly, one of
the two performed a student ride
including jumps, twists and
amazing speed.
Also on Thursday, Team
Voyagers held a goodbye and wel-
come party for their language
arts teachers. One of the teach-
ers, Mrs. Farrow, will leave Shel-
ton Middle School to teach a
third-grade class at Mountain
View School.
The other teacher, Miss Smith,
will return to SMS to teach her
seventh-grade English class
again. The party, which was held
in the SMS Commons during
third period, featured a lot of
food, balloons and cards. A team
meeting was also held in the
course of the party. Student of the
quarter awards were given at the
meeting.
Students of the second quarter
were Kelly Clark, Ian Schreiber,
Sasha Alvarez, Amber Van Sick-
le, Michelle Reinholt, Kyle Good-
hart and Lee St. Paul.
ANOTHER TEAM meeting
was held Thursday as well.
Eighth-grade Team Tahoma par-
ticipants received awards, took
part in a relay race and saw
Children's theatre
group set to start
Olympia Junior Programs, part Olympia and the surrounding
of a national movement in chil- communities since 1944," Jen-
dren's theatre, has announced the nings said. For more than 50
inception ofaSheltonchapter, years the nonprofit group has
Shelton-Mason County Cham- worked in cooperation with area
ber of Commerce executive direc- schools to provide performances
tot Michele Jennings said this during school hours for elementa-
week that the chapter is seeking ry school students, she noted.
adult volunteers to serve as ush- "Olympia Junior Programs is
ers for plays and as liaisons as unique within children's theatre
school representatives for the organizations because it contin-
chapter. Board members are also ues to operate as an all-volunteer
sought, Jenning said. program," Jennings said. Its pur-
The fledgling chapter has tw 9 pose, she added, is "to present the
Shelton performances slated for junior citizens of the community
the remainder of the current educational and entertaining pro-
school year. Students in grades 1- grams in the fields of drama, mu-
3 will get to see Sylvester and the sic and the interpretive arts at as
Magic Pebble, a presentation by low a price as possible."
the Seattle Mime Theatre. The Additionally, she said, the pro-
Central Washington University gram helps develop audiences
Theatre Arts Department will who will continue to enjoy cultur-
present the Greek adventure tale, al programs throughout their
The Odyssey, for grades 4-6 on adult lives.
April 9. Both performances will Anyone interested in volun-
be held in the Shelton High teering or ensuring that their
School Auditorium. children attend a production can
"The Olympia Junior Programs contact Don Anderson at 426-
organization has been active in 2239.
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ment, community inte
with the district, and district
staff accountability. O
and action plans for achieving t
goals will be developed
next five years.
"This is a start. It's an im
ant first step only," said
O'Brien, a member of the
Hundley asked the board to
sider the document for a couple
weeks, then discuss it at
board meeting.
• Approved the purchase
three used school buses
Kent School District for a total!
$7,000. The buses, all built
1977, are in very good
ttundley said. They will
three buses built before 1977.
Washington State Office
intendent of Public
wants districts to dispose
1977 buses because they were
required to have reinforced
tanks, flame-retardant seats
other safety features.
names drawn for candy.
This quarter, the overall stu-
dents of the quarter were Josh
Holbert and Tessa Cavaille. Two
students were selected as student
of the quarter from each individu-
al academic class as well as
several from shop class.
Awards were also given again
to the many all-stars from Team
Tahoma in recognition of their
ability to remain infraction-free
for the whole school year so far.
Shelton Middle School's cheer-
leading and pep club has been go-
ing extremely well, thanks to Jen-
ny Morgan, its advisor, and to
Tricia Nagel and Deidre Eaton for
getting the idea approved through
the Associated Student Body, and
to all the other students who have
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shown interest in it' and are now
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Participants performed at the
basketball game last Thursday
during the half-time at the
eighth-grade boys' game, and
they hope to do so at many other
games this season.
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Southside called School board roundup:
a leader among Move CHOICE? Concerns aired
smaller schools
};¢mthside School District has
been named a Washington State
:-mall School Leader because of
tb, district's work in staff devel-
,mmnt to meet the needs caused
by the state's education reform
I 1 { ) V ( nl (} I1 {,
Southside Superintendent Har-
v%, Hazen notified the district's
(:loot board of' the award at its
m(:4ing Monday evening. Hazen
.aid Southside was one of 16
,,malt districts m the state so des-
i:,mi, cd,
The award followed a study
hst spring by Kathy Shoop of the
t,,a(?onner School District, who is
dso Wash;ngton's Christa McAu-
itl. Fellow. Southside, under
former Superintendent Debbie
Wing, embraced education reform
and started moving ahead early,
Hazen said. That led to high test
scores by Southeide students on
state-mandated tests.
Because most of the state's dis-
tricts are small (less than 2,500
students), Shoop first worked
with leaders at the state and re-
gional level to identify small dis-
tricts that were seen as leaders.
Those smaller districts have few
office staff members to manage
the training and organization the
education reform requires.
Shoop will return to Southside
to take a look at how and why the
district is doing so well, Hazen
said.
Sbelton resident Kevin
lh)urgault is one of 10 1997-
1998 Central Washington Uni-
vwsity McNair Scholars hon-
ored at a recent reception on
the F, llensburg campus.
The program, named for
ttona]d E McNair, one of the
a.tronauts who died in the ex-
t)h)sion of the Challenger space
shuttle, is designed to encour-
a;t low.income, minority and
fir,t,generation college stu-
d(rts to pursue graduate-level
(t'v.rees.
13ourgault, a political sei-
ncc major at CWU, was
paired with faculty advisor
Rex Wirth to work on a re-
:,'arch project, ttis study was
entitled Policy Analysis of the
Federal Energy Regulatory
:mti:io, A C,se Study of
he Skokomish Indian Tribe.
Four former and current
Sh(:ltun residents received
(.heir degrees from South Pu-
,et Smmd Community College
:t th,' end of /'all quarter in
[)eccmbcr
Associate of arts degrees
tam t:he Olympia college went
t, ) Heidi Brotche, a 1996
Simit.n lligh School graduate
:rod daughter of Al and Chris
Br.tche of Shelton; Donald
llornal, a 1987 graduate of
Big Bend ttigh School; and
Frank Parascondola, a 1987
!raduate of Shelton High
School.
Kerri Olsen, a 1976 gradu-
t( of Stadium High School,
received her associate of tech-
nicaJ arts degree in informa-
tion systems technology.
Although no formal gradua-
tion is held for students com-
pleting degrees fall quarter,
graduates have the option of
participating in graduation
festivities in the spring.
Several local students made
the University of Washington
Dean's List, according to a
spokesman for the university.
'they include Allison Rose
Peake of Belfair, a sopho-
more, and Rachel Suzanne
Speaks, a senior from Union.
Sheltonians who made the
list were UW junior Craig
James Brimmer, sophomore
Katie Joleen Carlson, junior
Joshua Paul Gnerer, senior
Dieu-Hien Thi Hoang and
sophomore Kyle Jameson
Smith. Each carried a credit
load of at least 12 and earned
a grade-point average of at
least 3.5.
Central Washington Uni-
versity named three local resi-
dents to its winter quarter
honor roll, according to Dr. Da-
vid Dauwalder, provost.
Earning at least a 3.5
grade-point average while car-
tying at least 12 credit hours
were Erin L. Settle, a Shelton
junior; Cody G. Jones, also a
junior from Shelton; and se-
nior Kevin J. Bourgault, also
from Shelton.
Three Shelton students are
among recipiente of Washing-
ton State University College of
Engineering and Architecture
scholarships.
Daniel M. Best, a material
science engineering major, has
received a $500 Charles W.
Harrison Scholarship. The
1998 Shelton High School
graduate is the son of Sandra
and Martin Best of Shelton.
Casey D. McGovern, a
computer science engineering
major, has received a $1,500
Harold P. Curtis Scholarship.
The 1998 SHS grad is the son
of Laurie and Steven McGov-
ern of Shelton.
Matthew R. McLin, a com-
puter engineering and music
major, has received a $1,000
Charles W. Harrison Scholar-
ship. The 1998 Concerto Com-
petition winner is the son of
Kathryn and Ralph McLin of
Shelton.
Oklahoma State University
has announced that Shelton
resident Kellt Anne Goldsby
is a member of its dean's honor
roll. To qualify, Goldsby
earned a rade-point average
of 3.5 or higher with no grade
below a C and no incomplete
courses in a full academic load.
Woody J. Bell of Bremer-
ton was named to the Clare-
moat McKenna College Dean's
List for the fall 1998 semester.
He is the son of Sherry and
Larry Bell of Bremerton and
the grandson of Jack and Nor-
ine Jeffery of Shelton.
(Continued from page 1.)
become a "school-within-a-school."
District and community offices
would be moved to the current
Evergreen Elementary building.
A HANDFUL OF people at
Tuesday's Shelton School Board
meeting spoke against the recom-
mendation to move CHOICE to
the SHS campus.
One of them was Leslie Dolan,
whose daughter attends CHOICE
as a freshman. Dolan said she
chose CHOICE because it has
high expectations, students and
staff treat one another with re-
spect, and it appeals to those who
are self-motivated. Her concern,
she said, is that if CHOICE is re-
located onto the main high school
campus without the respect it de-
serves, the alternative school will
dissolve.
Dolan asked the board not to
let CHOICE succumb. She pre-
dicted that if it does, the district
will have high dropout rates.
What works at SHS won't work
at CHOICE, said Rae Whitten, a
literacy tutor at CHOICE. The
two schools need to be separate,
she said, adding that maintaining
CHOICE's separate identity is
very important. She worries
about bullying and baiting of
CHOICE students by SHS stu-
dents. She agreed with Dolan
that if the move is made, many
students will drop out.
IT'S WISHFUL thinking to
believe that all students can be
housed on one campus, said
Kathy Harrigan, a former SHS
teacher who now teaches at South
Puget Sound Community College
in Olympia. Now is the time for
the board to make adjustments to
the administration's plan, she
added. Others speaking up for
Timberwolf Tales:
keeping the alternative school
separate were Skokomish educa-
tor Ralph Pulsifer and retiree Jim
Lane, who tutors at CHOICE.
Board chairman Jim Smith
said the board recognizes
CHOICE has been a superior pro-
gram. "There is nothing at all
that is (set) in concrete," he said
of the superintendent's recom-
mendations. "We're trying to find
places where all these programs
can grow in a small-school
atmosphere."
Smith said the board is not try-
ing to pit SHS against CHOICE
in any way. The board, he said,
intends to look at the whole dis-
trict and decide what directions it
wants to go.
IN OTHER school district
business, the board:
• Heard from Hundley that the
phone system at SHS cannot be
modified to compensate for any
Y2K computer problems. The dis-
trict continues to work on Y2K
problems, but Hundley added
that fixing the phone system at
the high school is going to cost
money.
"It's extensive," SHS Principal
Mellody Matthes told The Jour-
nal. "Each building has phones.
The computer center has several
phones." The cost of fixing the po-
tential problem is unknown for
now. The district learned about
the phone system problem last
Thursday.
• Received key elements of the
district's strategic plan, submit-
ted by Hundley on behalf of the
Core Vision Team. The team de-
veloped a set of goals and values.
Values identified by the team in-
clude quality learning, quality
teaching, partnerships and rela-
tionships, and accountability.
Goals include student achieve-
Assembly features snake-boarders
By MELISSA SPEIGLE
An Honor Level I assembly last
Thursday featured two profes-
sional snake-boarders. The as-
sembly was used as a reward for
the many students who were
staying out of trouble.
Snake-boards, which are like a
cross between skateboards and
roller blades, were created about
nine years ago but have only been
available in the United States for
seven years.
Students were shown the bas-
ics of riding one of the boards,
and two, a girl and a boy, were se-
lected from the crowd to give it a
try with the rest of the students
as their audience. Although it
wasn't quite as easy as it looked,
the two students eventually got
the hang of it and were even able
to participate in a race.
SINCE BOTH of the students
completed the race, Shelton Mid-
de School was rewarded with a
snake-board of its own.
Another part of the event fea-
tured the two professional board-
ers, who happen to be brothers, in
a race of their own. And at the
very end of the assembly, one of
the two performed a student ride
including jumps, twists and
amazing speed.
Also on Thursday, Team
Voyagers held a goodbye and wel-
come party for their language
arts teachers. One of the teach-
ers, Mrs. Farrow, will leave Shel-
ton Middle School to teach a
third-grade class at Mountain
View School.
The other teacher, Miss Smith,
will return to SMS to teach her
seventh-grade English class
again. The party, which was held
in the SMS Commons during
third period, featured a lot of
food, balloons and cards. A team
meeting was also held in the
course of the party. Student of the
quarter awards were given at the
meeting.
Students of the second quarter
were Kelly Clark, Ian Schreiber,
Sasha Alvarez, Amber Van Sick-
le, Michelle Reinholt, Kyle Good-
hart and Lee St. Paul.
ANOTHER TEAM meeting
was held Thursday as well.
Eighth-grade Team Tahoma par-
ticipants received awards, took
part in a relay race and saw
Children's theatre
group set to start
Olympia Junior Programs, part Olympia and the surrounding
of a national movement in chil- communities since 1944," Jen-
dren's theatre, has announced the nings said. For more than 50
inception ofaSheltonchapter, years the nonprofit group has
Shelton-Mason County Cham- worked in cooperation with area
ber of Commerce executive direc- schools to provide performances
tot Michele Jennings said this during school hours for elementa-
week that the chapter is seeking ry school students, she noted.
adult volunteers to serve as ush- "Olympia Junior Programs is
ers for plays and as liaisons as unique within children's theatre
school representatives for the organizations because it contin-
chapter. Board members are also ues to operate as an all-volunteer
sought, Jenning said. program," Jennings said. Its pur-
The fledgling chapter has tw 9 pose, she added, is "to present the
Shelton performances slated for junior citizens of the community
the remainder of the current educational and entertaining pro-
school year. Students in grades 1- grams in the fields of drama, mu-
3 will get to see Sylvester and the sic and the interpretive arts at as
Magic Pebble, a presentation by low a price as possible."
the Seattle Mime Theatre. The Additionally, she said, the pro-
Central Washington University gram helps develop audiences
Theatre Arts Department will who will continue to enjoy cultur-
present the Greek adventure tale, al programs throughout their
The Odyssey, for grades 4-6 on adult lives.
April 9. Both performances will Anyone interested in volun-
be held in the Shelton High teering or ensuring that their
School Auditorium. children attend a production can
"The Olympia Junior Programs contact Don Anderson at 426-
organization has been active in 2239.
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with the district, and district
staff accountability. O
and action plans for achieving t
goals will be developed
next five years.
"This is a start. It's an im
ant first step only," said
O'Brien, a member of the
Hundley asked the board to
sider the document for a couple
weeks, then discuss it at
board meeting.
• Approved the purchase
three used school buses
Kent School District for a total!
$7,000. The buses, all built
1977, are in very good
ttundley said. They will
three buses built before 1977.
Washington State Office
intendent of Public
wants districts to dispose
1977 buses because they were
required to have reinforced
tanks, flame-retardant seats
other safety features.
names drawn for candy.
This quarter, the overall stu-
dents of the quarter were Josh
Holbert and Tessa Cavaille. Two
students were selected as student
of the quarter from each individu-
al academic class as well as
several from shop class.
Awards were also given again
to the many all-stars from Team
Tahoma in recognition of their
ability to remain infraction-free
for the whole school year so far.
Shelton Middle School's cheer-
leading and pep club has been go-
ing extremely well, thanks to Jen-
ny Morgan, its advisor, and to
Tricia Nagel and Deidre Eaton for
getting the idea approved through
the Associated Student Body, and
to all the other students who have
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Fahrenheit (In.)
January 20 48 40 .15
January 21 46 40 .89
January 22 42 38 .46
January 23 44 35 .17
January 24 ** ** **
January 25 42 26 0
January26 42 31 0
Measurements for the previ-
ous 24 hours are recorded for the
National Weather Service at 4
p.m. each day at Olympic Air at
Sanderson Field.
Meteorologists with the Na-
tional Weather Service predict
periods of rain, heavy at times,
for the weekend. Tonight, Fri-
day morning and Sunday are
also expected to see windy condi-
tions. Highs are expected to
range 40 to 45 with lows 35 to 40.
shown interest in it' and are now
participating.
Participants performed at the
basketball game last Thursday
during the half-time at the
eighth-grade boys' game, and
they hope to do so at many other
games this season.
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