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PAGE 4 - The Perkins Journal Thursday, February 23, 1984
VOL. 8, NO. 25
PERKINS-TRYON SCHOOLS, PERKINS, OKLAHOMA
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FEBRUARY 23,
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Cast and crews for "Ar- Brewster -- Connie Kir- Wampler
senic and Old Lace," were by; Mortimer Brewster -- Props: Becky Butler,
named Friday by Mar- Daryn Casey; Mr. Gibbschairman; Lisa Sharp, Ka-
garet Hrencher after -- Guy Gill; Jonathan ran Kirby.
tryouts on Wednesday Brewster -- Dennis Lights and Sound:
and Thursday. Strickland; Dr. Einstein Scott Briggs.
The play, a combined -- Glen Johnson; Officer MakeUp: Leslie Ows-
effort of the junior and O'Hara -- David Cypert; ley, chairman; Pare
senior classes, will beLieutenant Rooner -- Rhoads, Tammy
presented April 4, in the Mary Anne Cole; Ms. Johnson.
afternoon, and April 5 in Witherspoon -- Tammy House:Marvin Lanier.
the evening. Johnson; Elaine Harper Video: Todd Higgins.
Cast members are: -- Stacy Thurman. Costume: Pare Rhoads,
Abby Brewster -- Au- Crew members are:
tumn Baker; Rev. Dr. Publicity and Pro-" chairman; Leslie Owsley,
Harper -- Marvin Lanier; grams: Daryn Casey, Sta- Tammy Johnson.
Teddy Brewster -- Alan cy Thurman, Karen Student Director: Lora
Hawxby; Officer Brophy Kirby, chairman. Caldwell.
-- Mike Spillars; Martha Set: Rex Branstetter, Prompters: Mary Anne
Caryn Hughes, JonathanCole, Tammy Johnson.
From left to right: Nora Caldwell, Lora Caldwell,
Lonny Lowe, Glen Johnson, Alan Hawxby, Van Hawx-
by, and Karen Kirby.
Physics Cl
P~rLA attorneys Scott Briggs, Julaine Robereon, t~reg Wolfe (his back), Connie
Kirby, and Daryn Casey instruct a Lawton Eisenhower student. Not seen is Autumn
Baker.
Jazz band and choir
Indian Education
Program
The Parent Committeesion of an application on
entertain at Westhaven of the Perkins-21Ton Pub- March 16, 1984. This pro-
lic Schools Title IV-A, In- gram is available for grade
dian Education Program, levels K-12.
Residents of the Chorus, a speech by urgently needs the as- Sufficient copies of
Westhaven Nursing Mayor Christine Salmon sistance of parents or blank 506 Forms are avail-
Home chose Valentine's and the coronation of a guardians of Indian stu- able in the office of each
Day to "do their part" to King and Queen put the dents enrolled in the school principal for each
help the Heart Associa- finishing touches to an el- Perkins-Tryon Public child {student) enrolled,
tion, and the Perkins- fort which brought in Schools. Each child (stu- along with a copy of a
Tryon Jazz Band and $350 for the Heart fund. dent) of Indian Parentage Needs Assessment Survey
Choir were privileged to Residents of the home or Ancestry is eligible for form. Complete both
help them in their efforts, were especially apprecia- enrollment in the progran~ forms in accordance with
After a week of con- tive of the performance To be included in the pro- the directions on the forms
tests and other activities, by the Band and the gram a Form 506, Indian and return them to your
a celebration was held Fri- Choir and invited them Student Certification, child's principal as soon as
day. A performance by back whenever they must be completed and on possible in order to meet
the P-T Jazz Band and wished to come. file in the Board of Educa- the March 16 application
tion office prior to submis- deadline`
containing only a cen- n
Wave theory is the main timeter of water. A fight ca m u ses
topic for the third nine source above the tank
weeks period in physics casts shadows of the C U rtla! ]
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s
class. Students Nora waves through the bottom
Caldwell, Lora Caldwell, of the tank onto a sheet of
Lonny Lowe, Glen John- white paper. Both Perkins and
son, Alan Hawxby, Van By observing the result- Tryon auditoriums
Hawxby, and Karen Kirbying wave shadow pat- received new stage cur-
have been learning what terns, students saw tains last week. The cur-
to expect from waves un- demonstrations of wavetains, bought from the
der a variety of circum- refraction, diffraction, Capital Stage Equipment
stances, reflection, and interfer- Company from general
Since water waves are ence patterns. Studying funds from District
easily created and ob- these wave behaviors Revenue, are made of a
served, a ripple tank was helps students under- flame resistance 25 oz.
constructed for class use. stand how and why sound velo, r fabric. The cost Of
The ripple tank looks like and light behave as they the Perkins curtains were
a large, shallow aquarium do. $3,172.50 and $1,739.00
leces
ATTENTION anyone wanting to be a BAT GIRLI
Coach French is the man to get in touch with about
filling out an application that will have your GPA on
it and other personal information. These applications
have to be turned in before Friday. All you have to be
is female with a good GPA, be a freshman, sophomore,
junior or senior and be chosen by Coach French.
Congratulations to Dawn Bradley, 1977 graduate,
now coaching her 2nd year of girls basketball at Felt,
Oklahoma. She needs only one more win to make it to
the state tournament.
in on
Congratulations should
go to senior yearbook
staffers Daryn Casey, Liz
Bates, Leslie Owsley,
Julie Payne, and Dennis
Strickland for meeting
their deadline on the An-
nual's sixteen color pages.
Mrs. Platt says that in
this, her fourth year in
working with the year-
book, it is the first time
that the deadline has been
n
new
comin,
,Seniors need to have permission forms in for the trip
by Friday -- note to parents: All students need an in-
surance card or identification number to take along in
case of accident.
for the Tryon curtains.
The Perkins curtains
replace a set presented to By David Cypert
The freshman girls
the school many years
ago by Nina Wilhite, closed out their 83-84
mother of Barbara Freed. campaign with a 27-24
win over the Chandler
The new curtains are
black with a white P-T on Lions. The game was held
in the newly repainted
them and the Tryon cur-
tains are red. The first use Tryon gym. The girls had
of the curtains will be the to overcome a 8-16 deficit
at the end of the first half
Junior-Senior Play on
April 4. to take the victory.
The Demonettes start-
ed the game in good
fashion. Suzann Casey
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The
foreign language classes will be celebrating Na- 1- !'~
tional Foreign Language Week Feb. 27 - Mar. 2. It is ,,,~ ii ,, , ,,f
regularly scheduled for Mar. 4 - 10 but P-T is celebrat- Feb. 27 thru Mar. 2
ing a week early due to Spring Break. MONDAY
Students in Mrs. Platt's Spanish and French class- Fish Krispies, Cheese
es have made posters to be put up in downtown Per- Stix, Green Peas, Hot
kins and Tryon. Mrs. Platt hopes this will bring the Rolls, Peanutbutter-
needed attention to National Foreign Language Week. Honey Whip
According to the foreign language teacher, "the stu- TUESDAY
dents have worked hard and done an excellent job." Lasagna, Vegie Stix,
Tossed Salad, Fresh
Orange
WEDNESDAY
Grilled Cheese Sandwich,
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scored 6 of her game high
15 early in the contest to
keep the girls within
striking distance.
However, Jamie Green
was to get the only other
met.
'~I~ey'veshownagreat first half score for the
deal of initiative and a Lady Demons.
good sense of responsibil- Third quarter action
ity. They've also taken a saw a new team in the
great deal of worry off my game, or so it looked. The
mind," says Mrs. Platt in P-T girls came out and
praise of these students, shut down the Lady
She reports that the Lions, outscoring them
next deadline for the year- 11-4 to bring them to wi-
book will be on March 16, thin one point at 19-20 af-
and "well be ready for
it."
Wh Lt's H
Lunch B
The P-T FFA attended the Noble County Farm
Bureau Field Day at the Noble County Fairgrounds
last Saturday. P-T came home with the top two teams
and Derek Herring was the High Individual of the en-
tire contest.
Thursday, Feb. 23
Boys Regional Tourney -
Pawnee
Friday, Feb. 24
Losers Bracket, Crescent
Saturday, Feb. 25
Winners Bracket-Cres-
cent
P-T Livestock Show, 10
a.m. at the Co-op Ware-
house
Monday, Feb. 27 thru
MAr.
~pring Livestock Show
Blue and Gold Sausage is being sold this week by
FFA and 4-H members. Proceeds go to the stock show
bonus. Order from any 4-H or FFA member.
This Thursday, February 23, P~r Varsity basketball
will compete in Regionals against Pioneer at 8:30.
Perkins-Tryon FFA and 4-H Livestock Show will be
held this Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Coop Building on
Kirk Ave`
Cushing High School Baseball tournament is March
29, 30, 31. P-T's first game is to be played Thursday,
Nfl}rf h 29~ ~d 6:00 against Perry.
~Potato Salad, Chilled
Tomatoes, Fruit
THURSDAY
Tacos w/trimmings,
Green Beans, Brownies
FRIDAY
Bar-B-Que Pork, French
Fries, Fruit Cobbler
Choice of Hamburger or
Salad each day. Each
Meal served with milk.
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Wed. February 29
Sophomores to Vo-Tech
to enroll
Thurs. March 1
Student Council Meeting
second hour
Friday, March 2-3
Dist. Concert Band
Contest-Tonkawa
Friday, March 2
Seniors leave at 10 p.m.
MARCH 5-9
SPRING BREAKI!
win
season
By Harlan McKosato
The P-T Freshmen
came away with two nail-
biting wins last week to
finish the season with an
impressive / 17-5 record.
Last Monday P-T
squeezed by Crescent,
57-56, before barely beat-
ing Chandler, 42-39 last
Thursday.
In the Crescent game,
the Demons fell behind
early but stayed within
striking distance through-
out the game. Wes
Hedges worked his way
for 12 of his team high 21
points in the first half to
keep P-T close, 27-30 at
the half.
~':,e Tigers stretched
their lead to four points,
42-46 at the end of the
third period before
The P-T Legal Associa- Suzann Casey,
tion brought to a close its pick, Jennifer
participation in this and Lori Luster
year's Oklahoma Mock attorneys Autunm'
Trial competition by los- Scott Briggs,
ing to more experienced Casey, Connie
teams. The competition Julaine
was held Saturday at the Greg Wolfe for a
Cleveland County Court- nitive and well
house in Norman. fort. These people
As the scores revealed, have to think
the competition was very often in the midst
close and the team was versity. They
pleased with its standing, well," said Mr.
Said coach Mr. Dotson, "I Mr. Dotson
feel this round of compe- this year's
tition was at a very high P-TLA now that
level and P-T LA made an of competition.
outstanding showing-- ly well prepare
third place.(in this round) season. Well
We were well prepared meet and
and had improved upon other aspects of
our initial effort by 100 system,
percent." lic speaking, etc.
The two teams that P- to present a trial
TLA faced finished well community."
last year. Lawton Eisen- Mr. Dotson
hower finished eighth and ing but praise
Western Heights finished team, saying,
second, group of very
"I would like to corn- individuals. The
mend the whole team for nity
its 'esprit de corps.' In of their effort--thei
particular I'd like to com- and I certainly
mend the witnesses
lim "
There once was a man named
He was a coward
His teeth were so big
He ate through a twig
He said, "I'm no coward."
Howard
There once was a cat
Who ate a big rat
He said, 'This is fine,
tar three periods. A good way to dine."
The fourth quarter was But he got very fat.
a slow period with points --Jennifer
scored evenly throughoutI once knew a man from Peru.
the score of play. P-T fi- He ate purple worms from the zoo.
nally took the lead with His stomach got sick
about 5 minutes to play at His belly got thick
25-24 although the Lady So instead he played the kazo(x
Lions had a couple of --Matt
chances to score. Good There once was a man in Peru
defense by the guards and Who lived in a zoo
a good stall by the for- The cows were purple
wards kept Chandler from It all was murple
scoring. Jamie Green hit And the horses were blue`
two free throws j~ith only --Tab
seconds remaining to the There was an old duck
end. Who never let out a cluck
The P-T freshman girls Who lived on a farm
ended the season with a fi- And woke up by an alarm
hal 7-13 standing. And never had any luck.
Following Casey in
scoring were Green with 6 There once was a man named Max
and Dawn Coffman with Who was putting up pesters with tacks
He dropped them all
6. Shannon Antle was
also a forward. Guards Then he started to fall
were Beth CaldweU, Tam- For a year he had to pick out tacks.
--Sean
my Deer, Stephanie
Miller, Deena Jo Has- There was an old man I know.
tings. I believe his name was Mce
He had a pickup truck
That' always got stuck.
So he walked in the rain and snow.
the Demons started to
make their move.
Hodges hit two buckets
and a free throw, Cory
McDaniel canned two
shots, and Tony Tabor
and Travis Harris added
a basket apiece to make
the score 55-56 with :02 to
play and the Demons' ball
out of bounds.
The Demons inbounded
the ball and McDanlel
was hacked immediately
which sent him to the line
with a one-and-one. He
stepped up and calmly
sank them both to put P-
T on top 57-56. Crescent
tried a desperation shot at
the buzzer to no avail as
P-T put away their 16th
victim.
Continued on next page
There was a man from Peru.
He wore a very big sho
His feet were so big,
He couldn dance a jig.
So sitting was all he could do.
There was a little boy
He had a little toy
He threw it against the wall
He rolled down the hall
With all his pride and joy.
I have some mice
That are real nice
One is fat.
The other is a brat
Isn~ it nice that I have
some
mice?
There was a Kangaroo
He was from Angaroo.
It sat on its tail
because it was a bad tail
said ' angnro "
There once was a big lazy cat
That sat on the front door mat
When a big dog came by
It let out a cry
And set off to catch a fat rat.
--Billy
--Sonya
