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Mexico Trip
Special
The Special Education class at
Ashland High has several proj
ects under way.
Mexico Trip
The class is planning a trip to
the Mirical Ranch Orphanage
near Ensenada, Mexico, June
12-2:5. They would appreciate
donations of items which are
needed by the orphanage, such as
food, medicine, clothes, toys,
tools of any kind, and educational
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Trial Members Recognized
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Ashland Hinh School, Ashland, Ore.
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At the orphanage the Special
Education class will be helping to
build a dormitory, will be
painting and repairing other
buildings, and will be gardening
and doing other chores.
Community Servies
As a public service, the class is
also asking for coupons of all
kinds, Betty Crocker coupons will
be sent to the Oregon Kidney
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Machine Foundation. Others will
be redeemed for the poor people
in Mexico.
Cancelled postage stamps will
be sent ot Norway. There they
will be redeemed for milk for the
orphans. Persons donating can
celled stamps are advised to
leave about one-half inch of paper
around the stamp.
Persons wishing to donate any
of the above items should drop
them off at the Special Education
room, 11-10, or should call 482-8771
extension seven.
AFS Seminar
Held For District
AFS Oay was held at Ashland
High Monday May 8. American
Field Service students from the
District were here. Two were not
able to attend the all day event.
The students present were
Elizabeth Gcnter from Sweden, a
student at Grants Pass; Luis
Quaranta from Argentina, a
student at i'hoenix; Guillermo
llernadez from Chile; a student
at Medforri; and Nong from
Ashland High. Cynthia Kagland
was in charge of the event at
AIIS.
The panel type discussion was
held in the lecture hall. There
students from English classes
directed questions to the AFS
students who would then answer
them.
AFS Day was preceded by a
picnic in the school cafeteria on
Sunday for AFS students and
anyone who wished to meet them.
The picnic was originally planned
for l.ithia Park, but was rained
out and was held in the cafeteria.
Students spent Sunday night at
peopl's homes in Ashland.
Purpose of AFS Day is to
"promote cultural understanding."
Mock City Government Draws Interest
The Mock City Government
program which was organized
and carried out earlier this year
by Student Body Vice-President
Lesli Peterson, consisted of three
seminars and culminated in a
mock City Council meeting
March 6.
Three Seminars
At the first seminar, held
February 15 in the gymnasium.
City Administrator Mr. Brian
Almquist talked to the student
body about current issues con
fronting the city of Ashland. He
discussed the "Stop and Frisk
Law," the disrepair of streets,
the hotel-motel tax and limitation
of population among other issues.
City officials attended the
second seminar w hich took place
February 22 in the Mountain
Street Theatre. Almquist, Mr.
Robert Nelson, Director of Fi
nance, Mr. Garth McGuire,
Director of Parks and Recre
ation, Mr. Allen Alsing, Director
of Public Works, Mr. Herb Hays,
Police Chief and Mr. William
"Color My World" is the theme
of this year's spring Prom to be
held May 20 in the cafeteria. It
will begin at 8:00 p.m. and
continue until midnight.
Juniors and seniors are ad
milted free. A junior or senior
can invite a sophomore or a
student from another high school
if he obtains a guest pass for $:1.00
from Mrs. Margaret Zwick. "No
student of junior high school age
will be admitted under any
circumstances," Mrs. Zwick
warned.
Commenting on the decoration
for the prom, junior class social
chairman Paula Krebs stated,
"It's going to be left up to the
imaginations of the individuals . .
. There will be mobiles, lines that
lead nowhere, blank paintings
Prom Princess ( L-R (back row) Cindi Dale. Linda Massey. Tana
Henry. Lori Waldren. (front row ) Karen Kittridge. Becky Nickodemus
pose briefly after learning of their selection. Princess Pam
Krumdieck is not pictured.
Reed, Fire Chief, each gave a
short presentation on the purpose
and problems confronting their
departments. A question and
answer period followed.
Council members spoke at the
last seminar which was held
February 29.
Officials Elected and Appointed
Students elected the mock City
Council members. City Recorder
and Mayor February 23. They
chose I-arry Taylor as Mayor,
Sue Randies as City Recorder
and Betsy Goff. Jim Huett, Dave
Jensen, Zan Nix, Mike Tester
man and Paul Turnbleson as
Council members.
Mayor Larry Taylor appointed
department heads and other
officials. He appointed Julie
Harrison as City Administrator,
Neville Archambault as Parks
and Recreation Director, Itosario
De La Torre as Police Chief, Nick
Choate as Fire Chief, Bill Ellis as
City Attorney. Dennis Leybold as
Municipal Judge. Mark Wilson as
Municipal Judge pro-lem. Sue
and abstracts." The prom com
mittee chose pastel pink, green,
yellow, blue and lavender as
colors.
Juniors selected the prom
princesses. They and their
escorts are: Cindy Dale and Kick
Gruber; Tana Henry and Handy
Litwiller; Karen Kittredge and
Bill Turner; Pam Krumdieck and
Dana Fey; Linda Massey and
Keith Wen tela: Becky Nicko
demus and Hugh Huck; and l.ori
Waldren and Kevin Litwiller.
Seniors will vote on the queen
today.
The Pastels will perform at the
dance. Refreshments will be
served. Mr. Whit Locke will be
present to take pictures. Dress is
semi-formal.
Green as Finance Director and
Arden Strycker as Public Works
Director.
Most mock officials spent half a
day with their counterpart in
actual city government to see
what the job was really like.
The mock City Council meeting
was held the night before the real
Council meeting and followed the
same agenda.
Mock Trial
After the City Government
program, a mock trial was
organized with mock Municipal
Judge Dennis Leybold presiding.
In a preliminary session March
29, a jury was selected.
The trial took place during a
second session on April 5. Bill
Turner was the accusor and Berk
Palmer the accused. Bill Ellis
acted as Prosecutor and Pat
Overand as Defense Attorney.
Lawyers Mr. Jim Barnes and
Mr. Hank Hampton and Munici
pal Judge pro-temp. Mr. Richard
Cottle were available for advice.