6-THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, March 27, 2003
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Music students shine in %ct00o00l
1 PERKINS'TRYON
,recent competitions |
1 • Monday 3/31: Breakfast bar or
Kerry Morton, Jordie Myers,
Ashley Reynolds, Amanda
Smalley, Ashley Strauss, and
Matt Thompsen. Receiving
the highest rating qualifies
these musicians to compete at
the State Instrumental Contest
in April in Stillwater.
The high school choir solos
and ensembles received all
Superior ratings on their per-
tormances as well. P-T soloists
were Jordan Barker, Rebecca
Brown, Becky Bittle, Jolynn
Fultz and Stephanie Weis.
Ensembles performing were
Rebecca Brown and Heather
Custar (duet): Becky Bittle and
Jolynn Fultz (duet); Rebecca
Brown, Heather Custar and
Sabrina Cundiff (trio); Becky
Bittle, Jolynn Fultz. Tera Dou-
thit, Jorden Barker, Lexie Scott.
Stephanie Weis (SA); Rebecca
Brown, Becky Bittle, Sabrina
Cundiff, Jordie Myers, Jolynn
Fultz. Tera Douthit, Stephanie
Weis, Heather Custar, Lindsey
Grotheer, Lexie Scott. and
Jorden Barker (SSA). These
vocalists will compete at State
Contest in Shawnee at Okla-
homa Baptist University on
April 24.
The band is under the first
year direction of Pam Cartmell,
assisted by Rosalee Taylor who
is also the P-T choir director.
at In March, the Perkins-Tryon
at 'High School Band competed at
A the District Contest in Cushing.
'Continuing the high standard
ir 't)f excellence they have estab-
F, lished over the years, they
r 'received straight Superiors
.P from all 3 judges ill concert
tT performance and a Superior in
fi sight-reading as well. A judge
ci commended the band on their
professional appearance and
p nice, dark, rich sounds. The
h other judges wrote, "You have
tt many excellent musicians in
o this band & I enjoyed listening
to you": and "Good musicians
with great potential - an excel-
I lent performance."
Tlae band and choir solo and
ensemble members traveled to
1 Northern Oklahoma College in
( Tonkawa to compete in District
Contest on March 8. The three
It entries for the band all received
f' Superior ratings. These entries
1
vere Jordie Myers with a clari-
net solo. a flute quartet whose
nembers include Heather
tUustar, Lindsay Grotheer,
shley Reynolds and Amanda
malley and the P-T Wood-
,ind Choir. Members of
he woodwind ensemble are
es Andertom Becky Bittle,
;tacey Carter, Mitch Chandler,
eather Custar, Sean Duffy,
essica Dukes, Megan Hefner,
:ellowship programs
taking applications
students are chon from a pool
of applicants that is just aton-
ing. Their academic rs and
personal lives are 'always a txedit
to their hools mtd parents," he
stated recently. "The final stage
in the award process, a personal
interview, is always difficult for
t* cqmt interlews
them. "l'h' have tcr chmse three
students from a minimum of nine
finalists. Many have .said it's one
of the hmdest decions they've had
to make,"
Applications for the 2003
Summer Scholar prognun are now
being atvepted with a final applica-
tion due date of April 7. The SMC
Foundation has added infomaation
about the program to their web
site, www.smc- foundatkm.org,
and an application lbrm can be
downloaded from there. Guid-
ance offices at all of the applicable
schools have information and
applications. For more informa-
tion on the program, contact the
foundation office at 742-5728.
Cobb receives award
:' In 1984, Dr. Orville Rippy began
the medical Tellowship program at
tillwater Medical Center with the
y named Rippy Fellow. The
llowship lasts for six weeks,
ith the student observing and
tercting in a variety of health-
are setang s. ....
) did interct in expanding the
ram. In 1996, Dr. Glen Henry
ad his mother, Gienna Franklin
pproached the SMC Foundation
xlt cxemng a secorKt fellowship,
]ionoring the late Bill Franklin.
tM. Henry had been awarded the
ippy Fellowship in 1987, and
lelt it worthwhile to give another
tudent the same nity.
: Fach year the students involved
!n this program talk about their
Bay spent with Robert Breedlove,
¢l.D., a local dermatologist. Mctst
them speak of the thought pro-
oking questions he asks them
ng their time in his office. Dr.
reedlove "always enjoys working
Perkins-Tryon FFA member Abe Cobb II is shown with G.T.
Moody, Central District Sup. being congratulated for being picked
Central District Star Farmer. In April he will compete against four
others for the State Star Farmer Award.
Photo provided
Writing tips for high
school students
IOWA CIT; Iowa - By 2(X)5
some college bound students will
be required to complete writing
tests ,as part of their college entrarv
exams. Even students who men't
t;luired to take a writing test for
college need strong writing skills.
According to ACT, writing is one
of the top skills 1,.led for success
in college and the wkplace.
The Education Trust retxrts that
17 percent of college fi'eshmen
can't write well enough to do
college-level com'sework, and are
required to rake non-credit remedial
writing mid g.yamnmr courses in
order to raise their writing skills.
ACT provides the toUowing tips
on how parents can encourage
stlMents to strengthen their writ-
ing skills and prepare for college
as long as students realize that
writing for sch(xl and business is
usually more tbnnal than an e-mail
to a fi'ienL
if your teen isn't interested in writ-
ing, Allender offers thc tips:
- Serve as a role model. Yotn"
child should yxt tt(ling an(I
writing.
- Exe your teen to gxxt writ-
ing by rtx:ommending bxxks or by
listening to audiotxxks in the :
- Encourage extracurricular rit-
ing - school newspapers, year-
books md creative writing clubs
offer opporttmities to express ideas
in writing.
- Encourage your teen by linting
out the writing practice that he or
she is already getting, through writ-
ing in a journal or sending instant
cereal, hash brown potatoes, fruit
juice, ketchup, milk.
Tuesday 4/1: French toast or cereal,
fruit juice, toast, syrup, jelly, milk.
Wednesday_ 4/2: Sausage, scram-
bled egg or cereal, toast, fruit juice,
ketchup, jelly, milk.
Th0mday 4/3: Sausage gravy or
cereal, biscuit, fruit juice, jelly, mar-
garine patty, milk.
Friday 4/4: Professional Day
LUNCH
l¢ln 3731: Chicken quesadillas
or chicken nuggets, milk, ketchup,
margarine patty.
Tuesday 4/1: Hot turkey sandwich
or chicken nuggets, turkey gravy,
mashed potatoes, strawberries,
ketchup, honey, milk.
Wednesday 4/2; Ham slice or
chicken nuggets, scalloped pota-
toes, ambrosia fruit salad, white
bread milk, honey, ketchup.
Thursday 4/3: Hoagie sandwich
or chicken nuggets, baked beans,
applesauce, dill pickles, milk, salad
dressing, mustard.
Friday 4/4: Professional Day
Mth fle students, .so much so that
e created the Breedlove Extem-
hip in 1996.
: The Rippy and Franklin Fellow-
hips are open to students during
e sunmaer before their senior year
fhigh school, Students from Still-
ar, Yale, Ripley, Perkins/Tryon,
RIPLEY
BREAKFAST
Monday 3/31: Ham &
pockets, hash browns, or c
toast or biscuits & gravy,
Tuesday
syrup,
or biscuits & gravy,
Wedneiay 4/2: Steak
biscuits & gravy or
milk/juice.
Thursday 4/3:
muffin, tator tots,
milkJjuce.
Frida
fruit, or cereal & toast or
gravy, milk/juice.
LUNCH
Monday 3/31: Pizza, gold#
fruit snacks, milk/juice.
Tuelay 4/1:
garden salad,
milk/juice.
Wednesday 4/2:
oli, fried okra, hot rolls,
milk/juice.
Thursday 4/3: Egg rolls,
fortune cookies, cool
gummy worms, milk/juice.
Friday
tator tots,'pickte chips,
juice.
and beyond:
- Students should read ut write
frequenfly. Accoing to Dale,
Allender. Nonal Counci
of Teacher of En#ish, students
should read as much as they can
from a variety of srces, includ-
ing all types of fiction, poetry.
news stories, plays, business writ-
ing, magazine feattus and essays.
"'Students should read as much as
they cm to experience different
styles of writing." he .says.
- Students aim should practice
writing in diflerent lonnats and in
as many real situations as txssible,
Instead of just writing for school
assignments. Allender recom-
mends that students write letters to
the editor, or letters to a company
requesting inlbrmadon or com-
menting on a prodt or service.
Writing e-mails is gtxgd practice,
Youth wildlife camp
fun in the great outdoors
When school lets out for the safety, self-defense, rifle
summer, many Oklahoma youth gun training,
will have one thing in mind - and archery.
summer camp. Youth interested in The camp is
wildlife, fisheries or law enforce- will be limited to 35
ment can have fun and learn a thing Applicants should be
or two by attending the Oklahoma fish and wildlife man
Iepm'tment of Wildlife Conserva- law enforcement and
tion's fifth anntml Wildlife Youth a 75-word essay
Camp. The camp is conducted they want to attend the
each year by wildlife profession- they believe they
als including game w,'u'dens and and what they expect to I
biologists, attending. They must
['he cmnp is really a lot of fun a letter of reconunendatio
tbr the kids and they get the oppor- person of their choice otha
tunity to learn what wildlife profes- family member.
sionals do on a day to day to basis." 1he application deadline i
said Paul Cornett, Oklahoma game 15. To obtain applications
warden stationed in Woodward the Wildlife Departme
County. "'And one of the great Enforcement Division at
benefits is that it is ti'ee."
The weeklong camp, scheduled orby calling
June 1-6 at Camp McFadden near cations may also
Ponca Ciw. is open to Oklahoma local wardens or from the
messages to friends, youths ages 14 to 16. Applicants Ilartment',
For more inlbnnation m college must tu.n 14 priorto June 1;Partici-
' " o ........ pants wm attend courses m nrearms Simply
pianmng, ,t/.to AC*I S websle at handla._ wildlffektwene._,_.
.D...g... ? ": .... :', ,,, ....wiidle4,dhee}an_f . it OUt and mail it in with
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)lencoe, Perry and Morrison may
gply tor the Rippy Fellow. The
mnklin Fellowship is available
rely to students from Stillwater
tigh School. The Breedlove
temship is open to students the
unmr before their junior year of
figh school. Breediove applicants
nttst be sixteen years dd by the
of the program. It is q-'n to
plicants from Stillwater, Yale,
ipley, Perkins/Tryon. Glencoe,
.erry and Morrison.
Many of the students, while
aving an interest in healthcare,
iave never experienced it first-
d. "Observing in surgery or
luring a birth, or spending time
tt the bedside of a patient--you
lever know what will touch them
e most. We've had .students that
ame in convinced they knew wl
areer path they wanted and, by the
jtne they l-hfish, they realize there
options beyond being a doctor
" nurse -- such as a physk,,-al thera-
iist or ntclearmedicine tech--that
hey didn't know existed." T
lopkins, Executive Director of the
:tillwater Medical Center Fouxla-
on, s "rated.
Robert Henrickson, SMC Foun-
ation Board member, oversees
ae Allocations Committee, who
iltimately selects the finalists for
he fellowship program. "These
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