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Vol. 17. No. 9
Ashland High School, Ashland, Ore.
WED., JUNE 3, 1970
Visits Tijuana Dump
Assembly Honors
ahs class Helps Needy Ashland Students
The special education class at
Ashland High, for several
months has been planning a
project, which will take them
nearly 900 miles from Ashland.
The group plans to leave June
8, with four adults
accompanying them on the
two-week trip.
The students plan to extend a
helping hand to the
poverty-stricken people living in
a dump outside the city limits of
Tijuana, Mexico. Students in the
class have been collecting
donations of food, medical
supplies, and clothing.
They have also held many
fund raising projects, like
washing cars and collecting
bottles, to help finance the trip.
Travel to their destination is
estimated to taice at least two
days. Approximately three of
four days will be spent with the
Mexican people, helping
distribute the clothing and
medical supplies.
Dr. Neil Mothason attended
one of the special education
class sessions and gave the class
the trip idea.
Dr. Mothason discussed with
the students stories he had read
in a California newspaper about
a Joe Brown, from Pomona,
Calif., who at one time was
traveling with a church group,
when the bus they were traveling
in developed trouble near
Tijuana, Mexico. Brown walked
for help and in the course of his
search for help, he discovered
approximately 150 people living
in a dump. The people lacked
food, water, and medical
supplies.
THE SLOVENLINESS of a Tijuana dump soon to be visited
by the Special Education class is shown here.
Drama Club Play Staged
As Art Display Viewed
Many seniors received awards and scholarships during the Spring
Award Assembly Monday, May 25.
With a large number of seniors in close competion Ron Hartley
and Cathy Riffe were finally chosen for this years Valdictorian and
Salutorian. Ron Hartley also received a four year Carpenter
Scholarship and the Readers Digest Award. Cathy Riffe was given an
Oregon State University Dads' Club Award. She also received an
Oregon Scholars Award.
Other seniors receiving Oregon Scholars Awards are; Kirk Davies,
Christine Hald, Neil Ampel, Gary Knighten, Stephanie Sceva, Peggy
Jurgens, Cathy Riffe, Alice Dale and Margarie Rio.
Those receiving four year Carpenter Scholarships are, John
Briery, Jim Dickerson, Sylvia Roderick and Dennis Teskey.
A number of one year Carpenter Scholarships were also donated
to various students.
Beauty School Scholarships were awarded to Cindy Oelorich and
Gloria Decker.
"1 Dare You" awards were given to John Durbin and Vickie
Walters.
Along with Cathy Riffe, Randy Samuelson received an O.S.U.
Dads' Club Award.
Taking the Ashland Daily Tidings Awards were Cindy Krumdiek
and Sylvia Roderick for their contributions to the teen page.
Cathy Galati, Jacque Leigh and Kirk Davies received the Board of
Realators Awards. Cathy Galati also was awarded a $500 scholarship
to the college of her choice for taking of first place in the State
Speech Tournament.
Jim Pardee was honored with the Outstanding High School
Athlete Booster Award.
A number of students received letters or certificates in sports.
Also a few trophies were awarded.
Receiving a trophy in Tennis was Dave Hcgdahl.
Golf trophys were awarded to Bill Smith and Mark Wilson.
In baseball, the most improved player was Randy Nelson. Jim
Dickerson took the Pitching award and Kim Rickert collected the
Batting award.
Claude Neuenschwander took the most improved award in track
and Roger Hall was honored with the Most Outstanding Player
Award.
Ashland High School has
become culturally enlightened
through the presentation of
"Riders to the Sea" and the
Spring Art Show.
The play was presented by
the Drama Guild May 13 and 14
to the student body and then to
the general public Thursday
evening at 8:00 p.m.
Mr. London, the director,
selected the play because it
required a small cast and was
fairly short. Also because it is
sometimes referred to as the
perfect one act play.
Ragland Plays Lead
Vickie Ragland, playing the
lead role of Mauyra, (the old
mother), felt that it was a very
worthwhile learning experience.
Others in the cast were Sara
Fink as Cathleen, Jim Litchfield
as Bartley, Anne Mayea as Nora,
Betty Scull and Madeline Wright
as old women and Larry Taylor
and Danny Stephens as old men.
Mr. London feels that the
cast responded well to direction
and that the acting was of
college caliber.
The play was a tragedy
depicting the sorrows of an old
Irish mother who has lost six
sons to the sea.
Art Show Featured
In addition to the play the
Spring 'Art Show was also
presented on the same evening,
featuring a group of guitar
players.
Mrs. Marker, art and crafts
teacher, has wishes for
expanding the spring art festival.
"I would personally like to
see the Spring Art Show turned
into a well-attended festival
incorporating more music as well
as the art, drama and food
perhaps provided through AHS
club participation. All this
would be well publicized. She
also mentioned that parents
touring the presentation were
quite impressed.
The student body was invited
to view the show the following
day at noon.
AN ASHLAND High student views some of the paintings
displayed in the Art Exhibit, as a part of the cultural
enlightenment evening at Ashland High School.
Ashland Juniors Attend Boys ,
Boys State and Girls State are
set up like an American State.
The representatives attending are
divided into two political
parties, the Federalists and the
Nationalists.
Both the boys and girls are
also placed in one of four cities.
Two of the cities combine to
form a county. This small scale
state situation is set up for the
purpose of electing officials for
city, county and state positions.
Each convention is a plan for
training in the functional aspects
of citizenship. It teaches the
youth of today constructive
attitudes toward the American
form of government.
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Top row: Boy's Staters Tim
Slapnicka, Kit Nidever, and
Jerry Scannell. Bottom row:
Alternates Jim Cady and Dee
Christ lieb.
Boys State
Three juniors from Ashland
Senior High have been selected
to attend Boys State which will
take place June 14 through June
20 on the Oregon State campus
in Corvallis, Oregon.
Representatives from AHS
include Kit Nidever, Jerry
Scannell and Tim Slapnicka. Dee
Christlieb and Jim Cady were
picked as alternates.
These students were selected
by the faculty on the basis of
their performance and interest in
U.S. History. The students are
sponsored by the American
Legion.
Girls,
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Top row: Sharon Silver and
Cathy Galati to attend girls'
State. Bottom row: alternates
Debi Gates and Connie
Bulk ley.
State
Girls State
Two delegates have been
selected to represent Ashland
Senior High School at the Girls
State convention held this
summer in Salem, Oregon.
Cathi Galati and Sharon
Silver, both juniors at AHS, were
chosen by the faculty because of
their outstanding citizenship and
overall contributions to the
school and community.
The girls will spend six days
at Willamette University from
June 14-19. All expenses are
paid by the American League
Auxiliary.
Connie Bulkley and Debbie
Gates were selected as alternates.