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— The Summerville News, Thursday, February 10, 2000
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Menlo Students In ‘Spirit Clinic’
Part Of Super Bowl XXXIV Week At Georgia Dome
By D. J. LAAN
Staff Writer
Eight Menlo Elementary
School students participated in
an all-day “Spirit Clinic” as Eart
of Super Bowl XXXIV Week at
the Georgia Dome.
Six competed in tryouts to
attend the event by learning a
“competitive fight” song and
dance and then performing in
front of a judge. Two were se
lected from the fifth grade be
cause of their “positive person
alities,” officials said.
All participants were re
quired to have a 3.0 grade aver
age.
The event was sponsored by
the American All-Stars cheer
leaders group, which promoted
the clinic as a place where young
sters could learn about footbafi,
cheers and pompom routines
and dance techniques.
It offered an opgortunity to
meet National Football League
glayers and cheerleaders. In ad
ition, other celebrities and busi
ness professionals shared posi
tive information about their
lives, officials said.
PLANNING
Paula Buice, a Menlo
Middle School teacher, spon
sored the event with help ?rom
other teachers, including Carol
Hosmer and Mark Pickle, plus
volunteer Jimmy Hosmer.
“Only 1,000 girls in grades
five through 12 ha%i the opportu
ni?' to Y]articipate . . . the week
betore the actual Super Bowl, in
this event,” Ms. Buice said.
She said she was “very
pleased” that the Menlo stu
dents’ registrations were ac
cepted.
“Six different schedules
were set up for the girls to move
through and in each one there
was a cheerleading and sports
learning field,” she said, “as well
as a professional community
leader that they could meet and
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Celebrities Met At Clinic
Menlo School students Whitney Price, left, and Amanda
McGuire, right, spend time with American All-Stars cheer
leader Tamika Lee, second from left and a Bob Stein, a
N}zlltional Football League representative. (Contributed
Photo).
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Menlo Girls Attend All-Star Clinic
Eight Menlo Elementary School students
were chosen to attend the 2000 Super Bowl
Cheerleading Clinic at the Georgia Dome.
From left, in ?ront are Whitney Price, Amanda
talk to.”
_ Inaddition, Ms. Buice said,
six outstanding women'’s role
Hegwood, Ashley Thompson and Brandi
Durham; second row, Amanda McGuire, Kim
Middleton, Tabitha Justice and Bryanne
Hatt. (Contributed Photo).
models conducted “Cheerlead
ers of Life,” a session about their
personal lives and achievements,
with an emphasis on the impor
tance of education and staying in
school, remaining drug-free and
becoming self-motivated.
CHEERLEADER
The “Cheerleaders of Life”
team included Lynne Russell, a
Cable News Network Headline
News anchor; Jill Lieber, re
porter for USA Today; Yvonne
Ca&lc, a National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
(NASA) astronaut; Jennifer
Arnold, founder of Canine Assis
tants; Dr. Delores Cross, presi
dent of Morris Brown C(Rlege,
Atlanta and Paula Abdul, enter
tainment star, singer, actor and
choreo%‘rapher.
“These women gave our
girls a message that ‘anything is
possible through hard work and
perseverance,” Ms. Buice said.
She explained that the girls
also met Lesslee Fitzmorris,
(CQ) president of the American
All-Stars organization. - :
“Ms. Fitzmorris directed
and developed the choreography
for Super Bowl XXXIV pre-game
show for the 15th year,” Ms.
Buice said.
GOAL
Amanda Hegwood, a Menlo
sixth grader who participated in
the clinic, said the goal OP the trip
was to help each girl learn about
teamwork and develop self-con
fidence.
The Menlo participants said
they met celebrities, coaches and
football stars.
“We were all for that,”
grinned Whitney Price, a Menlo
sixth grader.
Early on Saturday, Jan. 22,
the girls and their sponsors met
at Menlo school to begin the trip
to Atlanta.
The group arrived in the
Capital near 11 a.m. and stopped
at The Varsity drive-in for lunch.
VARSITY
Amanda McGuire, a Menlo
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Paula Abdul Meets Menlo Fans
Paula Abdul, seated right at table, a famous
]s)gfi singer and dancer, met all eight Menlo
00l students who attended the All-Stars
Cheerleading Clinic. She also gave each %i:'l
an autographed photo. Menlo’s Tabitha
seventh grader, said she was sur
prised at the way the waiters and
waitress placed orders at the fa
mous Atlanta drive-in.
“When the waiter came
over, he said, ‘What 'cha havin,’
she said, “instead of, ‘May I take
your order?”
The girls said they were
“amazed” at the size of the res
taurant.
Bryanne Hatt, a Menlo sev
enth grader, said one memorable
event that occurred during the
trip involved interaction between
the Menlo students and a home
less person.
“He was a black man, about
30 and had raggedy clothing,”
Miss Hatt said. “I think that’s one
of the first things we noticed, be
sides a sifzn that he was holding
that said he was hungry an
needed help.”
The man was standing at the
main intersection near The Var-
Sity.
FREE DONUT
The Menlo students had
some leftover donuts and cook
ies from their trip. They decided
to share their food with the
stranser. In addition, they col
lected about $5 among them
selves for him.
All the girls walked to the
man and gave him the food and
money.
“He said, ‘God bless you,
girls,” said Tabitha Justice, a
Menlo seventh grader.
She said Ms. Buice, the
teacher who accompanied them
when they approached the home
less man, was apprehensive
about the meeting.
“She was saying things like,
‘Hurry up girls, come on — we
have to go,” Tabitha said.
GEORGIA DOME
The Menlo group traveled
on to the Georgia Dome after that
encounter.
Brandi Hall, a Menlo' fifth
grader, said she was “astonished”
to see so many students, in addi
tion to viewing the Dome for the
first time.
Justice, standing left with a sports bag loo&ed
over her left shoulder, waits in line with other
fans to meet Ms. Abdul as the star’s
bodyguard, right, watches crowd.
(Contributed Photo).
“There was a football clinic
right before the cheerleading
clinic so there were all these foot
ball players on the field,” she
said.
As the girls were called to
the floor, th_%began to meet the
celebrities. The girls spent time
with Tamika Lee, their personal
cheerleader representative from
American All-Stars. Miss Lee
showed the girls specific cheers
and talked to them about lead
ership.
USA TODAY
Ms. Lieber, the staff writer
with USA TODAY, talked to the
Menlo girls about achievinfi all
they could dream of in their life.
She was the writer who broke the
Pete Rose gambling story, which
eventually led to Rose being
banned from baseball.
The Menlo girls also met
NASA Astronaut Cagle and Ms.
Arnold, who started a canine as
sistance company for the handi
capped.
“I never saw myself as being
able to be like any of these celeb
rities before attending the clinic,”
said Ms. Hatt.
Ms. Arnold said that by
meetinf the women who she said
seemed so “down-to-earth,” she
saw that determination and per
severance are the most impor
tant parts of success.
‘Th%y had a lot of confi
dence and they knew how to use
teamwork Srinciples, as well as
allocating duties to team mem
bers. They were interested in
others — notjust in themselves,”
Bryanne said’.
MIDDLETON
Kimberly Middleton said
meeting so many successful, pro
fessional women encouraged
her.
“Living in a small commu
nity, it’s easy to get consumed
with your little environment,”
Kimberly said. “But, going to this
kind of event helped me to visu
alize such a bigger world and a
Flace where I could be success
ul, just like those women.”
Miss Middleton said she
likes to write stories and the jour
nalists she met inspired her.
All the girls said they were
in awe of Paula Abdul’s dancing
abilities.
“I can only imagine what it
would be like to dance like Paula
Abdul,” Brandi Dunn said.
All the girls expressed their
appreciation to Paula Buice and
the other sponsors who used a
personal day off to take the girls
to Atlanta.
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Trion PTO
Barbecue,
Meet Set
The Trion Ci(tjy Schools will
hold a Parents and Teachers Or
ganization (PTO) meeting at
6:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the
lunchroom.
Faculty members will advise
and discuss class selection for the
2000-2001 school year for
grades eight through 11. Detailed
information will be available on
college preparatory classes and
technical school preparatory
cLa_sses and the HOPE scholar
ship.
Trion schools administra
tors said they particularly want
all eighth gradeJ)arents and
guardians to attend the meeting.
Before the PTO meeting,
Trion soccer teams will play from
4:30 p.m. through 6:15 p.m. The
team will sponsor a barbecue
sandwich supper.
Adult tickets are $5 and
children’s meal tickets ares2.so.
Carryout plates will be available.
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Summerville Elementary School held its
annual spelling bee recently. The winners of
the event will represent t{ne school at the
countywide contest sponsored by the
Chattooga Education Assn. on Feb. 15. From
left, in front are Haedyn Mitchell, first grade;
Rashad Ramsey, second firade; Meéan
Burdick, first grade and Emily Wilson, first
TRION NEWS
Compassion Shown
Friends, relatives and
neighbors visiting with and
checking on Charlie, Clara and
Charles Ware during the ice
storm were: Don Elam, Wesley
and Helen Bartlett, David and
Katie Helms, Jo Lancaster, Anne
and Leonard Meadows, Nell and
Walter Love, Butch and Tammy
Cordle and Bernard and Mildred
Cordle.
Airman Dustin Hines and
wife Keisha from Eglin AFB, Fla.,
were visiting relatives in the
Trion area this past week.
Friday night Dustin’s mom,
Janet Carroll, his sister, Nikki
Hines and grandmother, Nell
Love, hosted a baby shower for
them.
Those attending were:
Dustin and Keisha Hines, Jenni
fer Rivers, Becky McConnell,
Rhonda, Ariel and Stevie
Gilreath, Talitha Meadows,
Nikki Hines, Janet and Robert
Carroll, Nell Love, Anne Mead
ows and Clara Ware.
Mrs. Jessie Williams re
turned home Saturday from a
lonfi visit with her daughter,
Linda Vines, and her husband
Tommy in Abilene, Tex. She had
been Eone since Nov. 14. They
brought her home and went right
back. While she was there ghe
had knee surgery at Fort Worth,
and is almost completely recov
ered. She also spent two weeks
in Phoenix, Ariz. visiting with her
niece and three nephews. She
very much enjoyed a familK get
together with 34 relatives there.
She reports a wonderful trip, but
is very glad to be home.
Sammy and Judy Tapp were
at Callaw?' Gardens from F ridat\)'
until Sunday at an Optimist Clu
Convention. They also enjoyed a
trip to Warm Springs to see the
Roosevelthome.
Danielle and Abbey Tapp
and Ciji Sabo spent Saturday
night with Dan and Louise Tapp.
Gene and Emma Gowens
visited Mr. and Mrs. Louis
gomer and LaFayette on Thurs
ay.
i’ Betty and Henry Miller vis
ited Thursday with Jackie
Wilkinson, Micaela and Briana
in Acworth. They met Eddie
Miller and Mrs. Hall at Town
Center Mall for lunch. Micaela
came home with the Millers and
they carried her home on Satur
day. Mrs. Verna Adams visited
with them on Sunday.
Clara and Matt Warren vis
ited H. B. and Sarah John
Durham on Thursday. Lois
Clements also visited Thursday.
We send get well wishes to
Mrs. Sammie Dover. She’s still in
the hospital in Atlanta and hop
ing to come home soon.
The ladies, of Chelsea Bap
tist Church gave a baby shower
for April Gentry in the fellowship
hall on Saturday evening. A large
crowd attendec{ and she received
many nice gifts.
We send good wishes to Rev.
G.W. Rosson. Heis hopinfi tobe
home from the hospital this
week. : .
Deffus and Mary Ruth Tay
lor, Calhoun spent Saturday
evening with Gene and Emma
Gowens. 7 .
We extend congratulations
to Betty and Henry Miller. The
are celebrating their 56th wecf-’
ding anniversary today (Thurs
day%.
Miss Minnie Smith’s Sun
day lunch guests were: Lula Mae
Gentry, Susan and Rick, Bet?;
and Kelly Wentz, and Bet
Wentz, Nathan and Aaron.
Scott Maxey has been back
in 4 Rome hospital. He moved to
a rest home in LaFayette this
week. : a o
Josegh Croy celebrated his
third birt dagawnh a party at his
home on Sunday. His parents are
Randy and Rhonda Croy. Lizand
Lar?' Jones and Tara Jones,
Hayden and Landon were among
those attendix?.
Elsie and Ab Abernathy,
Cedartown, visited with Carrie
and Cecil Parker on Tuesday.
They had been to see Arnof;l
Spelling Bee Winners
Parker and he was feeling better.
Others visiting with the Parkers
last week were: Willie Bell
Rodgers, Rev. “Bud” Davis, Caro
lyn Blackmon, Kathleen Daven
port, Wayne, Charlotte and Car
rie Parker, Barbara Perkins and
Peggy Clem.
Liz and Larry Jones are
spending most of their free time
visiting with her mother, Mrs.
Marie Sumner, at the nursing
home.
Good wishes to Hayden
Jones who celebrated his eighth
birthday on Tuesday. Hayden is
the son of Joey and Tara Jones.
George and Carolyn Yates
enjo‘y;ed having Lisa Harris and
Stephen, Birmingham, spend the
weekend with t%wm. Anthony
Yates came for supper with them
on Saturday night.
Wanda Watson and Kim
Tinney enjoyed dinner in Rome
Friday night. They, and Taylor
Tinney were shogpiniand had
dinner at Fort Oglethorpe on
Sunday.
Ms. Idelle Greenwood was
shopping in Calhoun on Sunday.
Ms. Reba Johnson'’s dinner
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February 21, 7:00 p.m. at the Fire
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grade; in back are Alex Sentell, second grade;
Jesse Willingham, second grade; Kyle
Millican, thirfi grade; Johnny York, third
grade and Hannah Price, second grade. Not
shown are Alicia Combs, third grade; Perie
Fineley, third grade and Jessie Tudor, first
grade. (Staff Photo By Gene Espy).
guests Saturday night Were Dow
and Kelly Shore ans Brittany and
Jim Long.
We send get well soon
wishes to Mrs. Vennie Brewster.
She is still having problems with
her leg.
Jeanette Shore was dinner
guest of Wanda Watson on
Wednesday. Kim and Taylor
Tinney were also there.
Carla Keef was treated out
to dinner Saturday evening at
Folk’s restaurant in Rome by%wer
husband Wayne Keef Jr. for her
birthday on Feb. 7. They enjoyed
an evening of shopping for their
daughter Teresa Denise birthday
on Feb. 14 and her sister Ann-
Marie birthday in March.
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Shore at 734-3221.
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