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Shelton Mason County Journal
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September 25, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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i~I~'~ ~i/!~i//! ~i ~ ~'' ~ ~i~i~i~ EVERYBODY READS every school day from 12:20 p.m. until 12:45 p.m. in Middle School. Pure pleasure is the goal. in By JAN DANFORD At 12:20 p.m. each day, Monday through Friday, a hush falls over Middle School. Silence walks the halls and the stillness of the classrooms is broken only by the whispering of a turned page. Recreational reading period is in progress. For a dedicated 25 minutes no footsteps echo in the building and not one single voice is raised. The project, casually called "pleasure reading," is formally known as USSR -- Un- interrupted Sustained Silent Reading. Statistics quoted in publications and by teachers who have attended reading conferences indicate that read- ing skills are considerably increased by participation in this program. Each Middle School teacher In Tax revenue is reported supervises approximately 25 students during the reading period. The person in charge will neither talk nor pace the floor to shatter the achieved tranquillity. No tests will be given and no reports required. The only goal is enjoyment. Everyone reads -- students, teachers, administrators and non-certificated personnel. It has been undeniably demonstrated that recreational reading conducted in the rooms of those who do not necessarily specialize in language arts tends to encourage the habit in students who might otherwise never learn the joys to be found in books. A sports-minded, reading-hating pupil may benefit nobly by the sight of the much admired coach immersed in a book. Any type of reading material, within reason, is acceptable. Magazines and paperbacks are not only condoned but welcomed, and racks of publications are available in the classrooms for the few who fail to bring their own books. In USSR young people sprout wings to soar through the world of words. The City of Shelton has received $34,213.92 and Mason County $25,394.82 from the half cent sales tax for May and June the State Department of Revenue announced this week. The state share of the money from Mason County was $907.75. The total amount of the tax collected in the county was $60,516.49 for the two months, the department said. So far this year, the city has received $124,945.77, the county $87,931.79 and the state $3,241.80, a total of $216,119.36, the department said. i¸¸ U.S.S.R. stands for Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading. The program is designed to acquaint students with the recreation to be found in books. SHS forensics team plans for activities Senior Karen Kramer, 1975 state AA champion in ex- pository speaking, leads an experienced group of Shelton High School students com- peting on the 1975-76 forensics team. Coach Bonnie Rice said Kramer will also compete in interpretive reading and ora- tory this year. Juniors Allen VanCleve and Dan Brown, both of whom competed in individual events in the state meet last year, return to form a debate team. VanCleve will see duty in extemporaneous speaking and oratory as well as debate. Brown will also compete in those events. Junior Gerrit Shilman and sophomore Steve Brady, two returnees from 1974-75, form another debate team. Brady will also be in expository and oratory competition. Sophomore Hal Studer, a returnee, sophomore Herb Van Cleve and freshman Tim Radzykewycz form another team. Studer's extra duties will include oratory; VanCleve will add oratory and extemporan- eous speaking; Radzykewycz will also be in interpretive reading. Three more sophomores, Kevin Mercer, Chris Danielson and Jim Pettyjohn, form another debate team. Mercer is back with experience from last year. He competed in individual events at state last year and will be in interpretive reading and extemporaneous speaking this season. Danielson will compete in interpretive reading as well as debate; Pettyjohn will be in interpretive reading and im- promptu speaking. Other new members of the team are senior Oliver Chap- man (expository), senior Rich- ard Baillie (oratory), sophomore Christine Fearn (interpretive reading), and sophomore Ste- phanie Brady (interpretive reading, oratory). This year's debate topic is, "That the development and allocation of world energy resources should be controlled by an international body." The season gets underway in November at a meet for experienced people at Lower Columbia College. A novice tourney will be I held in mid- November, then the league competition starts in December and continues through January. Subdistrict, district and state competition follow league. The forensics team now meets once each day during the lunch hour. 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