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VOLUME 31 NUMBER
Students Do Well
At Literary Meet
By TRACY WARREN
The annual District
Literary Meet took place last
Friday, March 17, at fieinhardl
College in Waleska. Chattooga
High School students brought
home four awards from the
competition.
The meet was a competition
among area schools in the field
of academics. Those students
who competed in the meet from
Chattooga included Edward
Bennett, Mark Lindsey, Jason
Stephens and Danny Hester in
Boys' Quartet; Brenda
Johnson, DeAnna
Westmoreland, and Jennifer
Edwards in Girls' Trio; Charlie
Long in Boys' Solo; and Kris
Dawson in Girls' Solo. All
music competition was coach
ed by Miss Ann Evett and
Mrs. Gwen Colwell.
Greg Leming and Gina Led
ford competed in Boys' and
Girls’ Essay. coached by Mrs.
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The boys’ quartet was made up of Danny Hester, Jason
Stephens, Mark Lindsey and Edward Bennett. (Photo By
Alan Perry).
Spanish Classes Hear Guest Speaker
By GREG LEMING
Ms. Rivers' Spanish classes
enjoyed a guest speaker on
Tuesday, March 7. Mrs. E.
Amelia Billingsley, a tem
porary assistant professor of
language arts from Floyd Col
lege, came to the high school to
speak to the students about
her recent trip to the ruins of
the Incan civilization in Peru.
The lecture was accompanied
by photos, curios and exhibits
from her trip. She also spoke to
the students on the importance
of an understanding of and the
ability to speak Spanish when
traveling to such places.
Mrs. Billingsley said that
she learned Spanish, what she
called “'street’” Spanish, from
the Mexicans she encountered
while living in southern Texas.
Spanish is one of the two of
ficial languages spoken in Peru,
as is the case in most South
American countries, and her
knowledge of the language pro
ved to be very useful to her
during her trip.
Mrs. Billingsley described
the geography of Peru as well
as telling t%e class about the
native people. She gave a con
densed version of Incan history
and told the classgmany in
teresting things about this an
Chorus Will Perform “Cinderella”
By SYLVIA LEE
CORDLE
Preparations are under way
by the CHS chorus to present
the Rogers and Hammerstein
version of ‘‘Cinderella.”” The
chorus is under the direction of
Mrs. Gwen Colwell.
Mrs. Colwell is being
assisted with direction and
choreography by Paula
Chamblee. Judy Hair is in
charge of costumes, Shelly
Jones is in charge of props, and
Beth Kendrick wifi be the
accompanist.
The gerformance is set for
Afiril 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the
CHS cafetorium. Tickets are $3
for adults and $1 for students,
with no ‘charge for
Tennis Teams Split Whitfield Match
By CRAIG PENDER
The Chattooga High School
tennis teams s%lared off
against Southeast Whitfield on
Friday, March 24, and split the
decision with the girls winning
their first team match of the
year, 8-1, while the boys lost
1-8. Whitney Summerlin
managed the only win for the
boys’ team, 8-6.
The boys’ team fought hard
all evening but came up short
as Craig Pender dropped his
game 2-8, Guy Chambless lost
4-8, Nick Evans dropped his
gasme 5-8, and Greg Leming fell
~ln doubles, Pender and
Summerlin were blanked 0-8,
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Judy Hair and Mrs. Venice
White. Luke Warren and
Sylvia Lee Cordle competed in
Boys' and Girls’ Ora? Inter
pretation, coached by Alan
Perry. Guy Chambless and
Tracy Warren competed in Ex
temporaneous Speaking,
coached by Ms. Cindy Rivers.
Tracy Warren and Ralph
Shropshire competed in Spell
ing, coached byfiodney_wgite.
Tina Snyder and Guy
Chambless competed in Typ
ing, coached by Mrs. Wylene
Selman. Missy Smith entered
the meet in Home Economics,
coached by Mrs. Darlene
Scoggins.
Chattooga High School has
been involved in the District
Literary Meet for many years.
During the past few years,
more interest has been
generated in the meet among
the students. The time spent in
preparation and practice by the
cient civilization. Instead of
saying "Hello" or **Good mor
ning,” the Incans would say
this greeting: *“Don’t be a liar,
don’t be a thief, and don't be
lazy.”” She told of the *‘hitching
post of the sun’” — a great
stone the Incans used to “tie
down the sun so that it
wouldn't leave their settle
ment. The Incas, she said, prac
ticed mummification and even
had ““'mummy keepers’ to care
for their dead.
Mrs. Billingsley's exhibits
included a mounted piranha, a
blowgun bought from a native
Peruvian, and jewelry made by
and similar to that worn by the
natives. Her pictures
documented all parts of the
trip on film, from the train sta
tion to the tops of the Andes
mountains, the site of the In
caruins. She ended her presen
tation with a question and
answer session.
Mrs. Billingsley is one of
many speakers available from
Floyd Collegs, and her presen
tation can be suited to the
needs of almost any group. For
more information about this or
other programs, contact the
college at 295-6357, or Mrs.
Billingsley at 235-6667.
pre-schoolers.
Those students with leads
in the production include Kris
Dawson as Cinderella, Charlie
Long as the Prince, Danny
Hester as the King, Krista
Whitley as the Queen, Amy
Johnson as the stepmother,
and Mereta Perry an&f Sabrina
Scolélgins as the stepsisters.
rs. Colwell commented,
“This year's production of
‘Cinderella’ involves the
largest number of people and is
the most ambitious undertak
ing of any choral performance
we ve done. We expect that it
will be done exceptionally well
and will be a reaf) treat for the
community.”
Chambless and John Prince fell
5-8, and Evans and Leming
lost 3-8. . .
The girls fared much better
with Amanda Park winning
8-3, Valerie Maxwell taking her
match- 8-6, and Alisha
Shireman earning a 9-7 victory.
In a mirror image of the boys’
match, Emily Ratliff won a 7-5
tiebreaker, Kelly Howard won
her game 8-1, and Dawn Roach
took home a forfeit victory.
The only loss of the night
for the girls came in doubles ac
tion, as the team of Park and
Maxwell fell 4-8. Ratliff and
Shireman won 8-5, while
Howard and Amber Tallent
won on a forfeit.
competitors paid off Friday.
This year, CHS had more com
petitors who placed in the com
petition than in previous years.
Four CHS students placed
in their areas of competition.
Greg Leming on second place
in Boys' Essay. Tracy Warren
received third place in Extem
poraneous Speaking. Sylvia
Lee Cordle placed third in Oral
Interpretation. Charlie Long
received third place in Boys
Solo.
Literary Meet coordinator
Ann Evett commented, ‘I was
pleased with the participation
and the performance of virtual
ly everyone. The students who
participated worked very hard
and | was proud of all of
them.”
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boys’ solo. (Photo By Alan
Perry).
FFA Greenhou
The Chattooga High School
FFA organization is selling
flower and vegetable plants
from its greenhouse for spring
planting. These plants may be
purchased by contacting David
Matteson, FFA advisor, at the
high school at 857-2402 from
7:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Plants
may be purchased and picked
up today and tomorrow, but
due to spring break next week,
plants will not be available
again until April 10.
Vegetable plants available
include cabbage in the Green
Jewel variety (averaging six to
seven pounds) and the hybrid
variety (averaging up to 22
pounds); broccoli in the Green
Comet variety; cauliflower,
Snow Crown variety; bell pep
per; and tomatoes, availabfe in
the Better Boy, Beefmaster,
Celebrity, Park’s Extra Early,
Park’s Vzhop er, Rutgers, Bet
ter Bush, an(f Mapglobe Select
varieties. All vegetable plants
are for sale at a price of $5 per
flat of 48 plants, 60 cents for a
tray of four, or 15 cents per
plant.
Flower plants available in
clude begonias in the vodka,
Whiskey, Gin (with bronze
leaves), and green leaves
varieties; petunias in Red
Miss Chattooga Pageant Saturday
The Junior Miss and Miss
Chattooga County Pageant
will be held this Saturday even
in%, April 1, in the CHS
cafeteria.
Sign-ups for contestants
concluded Tuesday. Girls ages
13 to 15 will be vying for the
Junior Miss title, while those
girls ages 16 to 19 will compete
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cluded (left to right) Tina Snyder, Jeremy Worsham, Jason
Stephens, Brenga Johnson, Sabrina Scoggins, Greg Lem
ing, Deanna Westmoreland, Shawn Fellers, Charlie Long,
Jennifer Edwards, Edward Bennett, Guy Chambless,
Sylvia Lee Cordle, Kris Dawson, Cheryl R((eiynolds, Ralph
SK.ropshire, Tracy Warren, Gina Ledford and Missy Smith.
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The girls’ trio consisted of Jennifer Edwards, Brenda
Johnson and Deanna Westmoreland. (Photo By Alan
Perry).
Yearbook Video Entered In Contest
By TRACY WARREN
The CHS Student Publica
tions staff's yearbook video,
‘‘Nightmare on Lyerly
Highway,” has been entered in
competition in the Berry Video
Festival, which will be held on
Saturday, April 15, at Berry
College.
The video was previously
shown to CHS students at the
beginning of the yearbook sales
program in February. Since
that time several revisions
have been made to the movie.
A title sequence was created on
e Selling Plants
Cascade, White Cascade, blue,
Penny Candy, and Sugar Dad
dy varieties; Vinca Minor
(periwinkle) in the Little Bright
Eye and Little Pinkie varieties;
marigolds in the Janie Yellow,
Inca Yellow, red, and orange
varieties; dianthus; salvia in
red, white or blue; portulaca
(moss roses); Dusty Miller in
the New Look variety; feather
type Celosia; Coleus in the
Wizard or Princess types; and
impatiens in red, white, scarlet,
fushia, orange and lipstick col
ors. All these plants except the
impatiens are available at a
cost of $6 per flat, 60 cents per
tray, or 20 cents per plant. Im
patiens cost $8 per flat, 80
cents per tray, and 25 cents per
plant.
Also available are Boston
ferns at $8 per 10-inch hanging
basket and Staghorn ferns at
$5 per basket. Geraniums are
available for $1.25 per 4-inch
pot and in the red, pink and
violet colors with double
blooms rooted from cuttings.
Other hanging baskets are
available at a cost of $5 each.
Supplies are limited and a
rush is expected, so to be sure
to get the plants you want, con
tact Mr. Matteson today or
tomorrow.
in the Miss Chattooga County
competition. All contestants
must be residents of Chattooga
County and unmarried.
Practice will be held Friday
after school in the cafeteria.
Event coordinator Kay
Worsham said, “We hope to
have a lot of participation and
a big turnout.”
the staff's new graphics
generator, and music from the
award-winning Broadway
show ““Phantom of the Opera”
was added.
Publications advisor Alan
Perry and students Jason
Beck, Jason Espy, Nick Evans
and Whitney Summerlin will
be attending the Video
Festival, which will include
workshops on video produc
tions, a screening of all the
entered videos, and an awards
ceremony. Though staff
members have attended a
video workshop at Berry Col
lege in the past, this is the first
time they have entered the
competition.
“I think we have a pretty
good chance of winning,”” com
mented Mr. Perry. “The movie
is pretty well put together with
no major technical errors, and
it's pretty creative and in
teresting. I'm looking forward
to seeing what the other
schools have come up with.
We're always looking for new
ways to improve our video pro
ductions, especially the Smoke
Signals program.”
Nunn Wants College Financial Aid Tied To Public Service Programs
By GINA LEDFORD
If some congressmen get
their way many high school
students’ dreams of going to
college will be tied to bedpans,
teddy bears or combat boots.
Earlier this year, two
powerful government leaders
— Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia
and Rep. Dave McCurdy of
Oklahoma — introduced
legislation that, if passed,
would require teen-agers to
work in hospitals or day care
centers, or enlist in the armed
services in order to get federal
financial aid for col%ege.
They envision an “‘army’’ of
young, altruistic workers
enlisted in sort of a Peace
Corps for kids. They aren’t
alone.
Sen. Edward Kennedy of
Massachusetts wants the
government to make SIOO
million available to schools to
create student summer youth
corps and year-round com
munity service programs.
Other legislators recently
have offered Congress national
service plans, too.
Among them are Sen.
Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island,
Two Chattooga Juniors Selected For
1989 Governor’s Honors Program
While most other high
school students will be spen
ding their summer working or
relaxing, two Chattooga Ifigh
School students will be spen
ding their summer in a dif
ferent way, by attending a very
special school. Tracy Warren
and Guy Chambless were
selected to attend the 1989
Georgia Governor's Honors
Program (GHP), to be held at
Valdosta State College in
Valdosta.
GHP is asix-week program
that will begin June 18 and end
July 29. Students will live in
dormitories and attend classes
that are taught by teachers
from all over the state.
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Band Boosters Sponsor Coffee Break
Bv TRACY WARREN
The Chattooga High School
Band Boosters sponsored a cof
fee break on Saturday, March
25, from 4 until 10 p.m. in the
(CHS cafeteria.
No admission was charged
for the event, and free co?fee
was furnished compliments of
Hardee's. Other refreshments
were for sale, as were tickets
for door prizes furnished by
local merchants. There was
also a cakewalk and other
games and activities. Radio
station WGTA broadcast live
from the event, and booster
club president Ken Johnson
and \BGTA announcer Jason
Beck served as emcees.
Entertainment was provid
ed by local churches and
organizations. The New Bethel
Baptist and Four Mile Baptist
Church choirs performed. Oak
Hill Baptist Church presented
a skit, ‘'Try Jesus, Not
Drugs.” A local clogging group
performed, as did a new local
band, ‘‘Passion,” made up of
students from Chattooga and
Trion High Schools. Martha
Catrett sang and played the
piano, and Steve and Scott
Brown, the Teague family, and
David Daniel also sang. A jazz
ensemble made up of CHS
band members closed out the
Rep. Morris Udall of Arizona,
Sen. Barbara Mikulski of
Maryland, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen
of Texas, and Rep. [Yeon Panet
ta of California.
Even President George
Bush has said he favors
creating a foundation to give
government money to groups
that promote community ser
vice work to teens.
Hoping to inspire a ‘‘new
spirit of citizenship Sen. Sam
Nunn and Rep. Dave McCurdy
want federal college financial
aid applicants to earn their
money in government service.
Under their plan, about one
million high scfiool graduates
would earn SIOO a week and
SIO,OOO a year for working in
homeless shelters, hospitals,
and other community centers.
Otherwise, graduates could
sign up for two years in the
military. They'd receive wages,
plus a $24,000 college grant.
Nunn and McCurfy say
their program would get more
young people interested in
government service, They con
tend it would simplify the cur
rent financial aid system,
which is loaded with bad debts
students were selected for
GHP in a multi-part process.
First the students were
nominated by their teachers.
After anvinterview with school
faculty to receive the school's
nomination, students moved
on to the state-wide interview.
This year the state interviews
were i;eld at Clayton State Col
lege in Morrow. There the
students were interviewed by
GHP faculty and
administration.
Last week participants
were notified by a letter from
the Georgia Department of
Education informing them that
they had been chosen for the
prestigious program.
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event.
CHS band director Ron
Becton commented, “Even
though the first attempt at this
event didn't make us much pro
fit as hoped, I feel that if it
were to become an annual
event it might be a good profit
making activity for the band
boosters. A lot of the apprecia
tion goes to the band parents
and band students who gave
up their time and effort to
make this a successful event.”
Pilot Pen
Chattooga High School will
hold a journalism contest for
junior year students to com
pete for the Pilot Pen Jour
nalism Scholarship.
The four-year scholarship
covers all tuition, books, room
and board at the university of
the winner's choice. It is spon
sored by the Pilot Pen Corpora
tion of America, a leading sup
plier of writing instruments
based in Trumbull, Conn.
In the local contest, the
competing students will read
background materials, listen to
an audio tape of a mock press
conference, and then have an
hour to write a 500-word
newspaper story covering the
event.
from students who have not
repaid their loans, and current
ly costs the government about
$9 billion each year.
However, some high school
students and guidance
counselors say the plan won't
work because as soon as they
graduate young people are
ready to go to college.
*“Kids that have aspirations
includin% college don't want to
put it off,”’ said Ben Harbor,
Olathe, Kansas High School
senior class treasurer.
“That would be a problem,”
said Margaret Steed, a
%uidance counselor at Butler
igh School in Augusta. ““Kids
are gung ho to get into college
after they leave high school. 1
don’t think it would work.
Many would lose interest in
ever going to school.”
“I think the delay would
cause some to not continue,’’
agrees Shirley Benn, junior
class guidance counselor at
MacArthur High School in
Houston, Texas.
Others doubt young, un
trained students can make
meaningful public service or
military contributions.
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Guy Chambless was
selected in the area of
Technology, while Tracy War
ren was chosen in music.
“There was really a lot of
tough competition going into
the event, and I am reafiy ex
cited and pleased that I was
chosen out of so many par
ticipants,” Tracy said. ‘I ex
pect to have a wonderful time
this summer at GHP. I hope to
gain more knowledge in the
area of music by attending the
program. I feel that the ex
perience I gain from attending
GHP will help me in the
future.” e
Guy commented, ‘“This has
been a dream of mine for
several years, and now that
I've mad}; it, I can't believe it.
I feel really honored to have
been accepted to such a
restigious program. It's a real
Eonor to be one of only 600
students in the state that has
been selected.”
Track Team Has
Good Showing
Against Dalton
By WHITNEY
SUMMERLIN
The Chattooga High School
track team traveled to Dalton
on Friday, March 24, to do bat
tle with the Dalton Cata
mounts. Both the boys’ and
girls' teams finished second
behind good efforts.
On the boys' side, Chris
Moore came in ?irst place in the
100- and 200-meter runs and
tied for first with Jerry
Padgett in the high jump.
Moore also took second p[]ace n
the long jump. Luke Warren
placed third in the triple jump
and third in the 800-meter run.
Corey Perry received first place
in the 400-meter run. Russell
Lamb placed third in the two
mile run. The 400-meter relay
team came in first place, while
the 1,600-meter relay team
came in second.
Angel London placed first
in the girls’ 100- and 200-meter
runs. In the 100-meter hurdle,
Tara Bankston came in second,
followed by Angel Murphy,
who came in third. Chandra
Smith came in second in the
shot put. Tara Bankston and
Stephanie Dallas placed second
and fourth in the discus throw.
In the long jump, Angel Lon
don came in third whi%e Chan
dra Smith finished fourth. The
girls’ 400-meter relay team
came in second place behind a
strong Dalton team.
“It was an excellent effort
by all team members,” com
mented coach David Mcßay.
“We improved our times in all
races and had a good showing
in the field events, even though
we have limited field equip
ment. I'm looking for good
results from this team in the
rest of our meets and continued
improvement as theK get
stronger and better in shape.”
“We have discussed this
guite a bit,” said Pat Lorimer,
irector of North Eu%ene,
Oregon High School's college
advisory assistance program.
“They (students) say, ‘what
will we do? And one of the
questions I have is how train
ed is the average high school
student to be a major help in a
hospital or nursing home?”
Earlier this month, Grant
S. Green, who heads personnel
services for the U. S. Depart
ment of Defense, said he didn’t
think the national service pro
posal would help the military.
By enlisting a large number
of young fpeople in the armed
services for only two years,
Green said, it “would reduce
recruit quality, increase train
ing costs and adversely affect
the productivity of military
personnel.” :
College presidents say the
plan unfairly distributes
government money because
poor students would receive
the same amount of aid as
students from wealthy
families. Right now, most
financial aid is awarded based
on need.