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Vol. 2(1. No. 7
Ashland High School, Ashland, Ore.
Kri.. Jan. 19. 1173
Clown Gives
His 'Outlook'
by Joseph Hawk
Under a brightly striped suit
and forty year-old puns lies a
man with a message.
And that man. Clown Art
Jennings, relayed this message
at a National Assembly on Janu
ary 5.
The message was: ". . . learn to
do your thing the best you can
when you don't want to do it."
Art Jennings is a clown who has
a philosophical undertone to any
thing he does in his routine.
Taking his clown pseudonym,
Happy Daze, the Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, native does not
seem any different than any
other clown. He juggles plates
and rides a unicycle like most
other clowns; but. as he said, "I
like to instill in young adults a
few of the things that us 'old
folks' have already discovered
about life."
Clubs
AFS:
American Field Service sold
notecards on January 13. The
money goes toward financing
AFS students to other coun
tries. Linda Carpenter left for
her new home in Wainate,
New Zealand on January 15.
The family she is to stay with
is going to take her with them
on a safari around New Zealand.
CHESS C I.I B:
Chess Club held the last chess
tournament of the school year
in the cafeteria January 13.
DEBATE TEAM:
The Debate Team is preparing
for two tournaments. The first
is at SOC on January 26 and 27.
The second is at Linfield on
February 15-17.
DRAMA Cl.l'B:
Drama Club is sponsoring a
talent review. Presently the
review is being planned and
the talent is being gathered
Happy Daze, the alter ego of Art Jennings, performed tricks for
students on the fifth of January. He also discussed his views on life.
Upcoming Events
Jan. 22 Mon. National School Assembly 11:15 a.m.
25 Thur. Wrestling at Klamath Falls 7:00 p.m.
26 Fri. Basketball with Medford Here
l.R.S. Dance
27 Sat. Basketball with Grants Pass Here
Wrestling - Marshfield Tournament
11:00 a.m.
Feb. 1 Thur. Drama Talent Revue
Wrestling with Medford Here 7:00 p.m.
Gymnastics - Phoenix & Rogue River at
Phoenix 3:00
2 Fri. Basketball at Roseburg
Drama Talent Revue Matinee
District in Process Of
P fanning 73-74 Budget
$2,024,727 of your tax dollars are about to be spent within the next
year. School District No. 5 is in the process of planning the 1973-74
school budget.
Last year, (71-72) property tax brought in $1,802,000. Each year
this "base" can be increased by .06 per cent making the 72-73 base
$1,910,120.
Beginning and cash balance and incoming money other than
current property tax, come to $1,265,378.
Budgeted expenditures in the 72-73 school budget equaled
$2,940,921. The Administration must now adequately operate all 7
schools in this district within this budget for the next year.
The budget is broken down into 13 different departments to make
the job of distributing money and receiving supplies more efficient.
EXPENDITURES
1972 - 1973
Department Include Amount
1 Administration Administration supplies and salary ... $ 59,028
2. Instruction Instructional supplies, teachers salaries 1,841.494
3. Attendance Attendance officers salaries 2.382
4. Health Items needed in health rooms 500
5. Pupil Transportation Bus driver's salaries 65,071
6. Operation of plant Heating, electric. Janitor's salaries 272.523
7. Maintenance of plant Tools, spec, workman's salaries 126,599
8. Fixed charges Ins., Social Security, State Ref 308.019
9. Food Service Cafeteria & Kitchen supplies 461.000
10. Student Body Activities Sports, extra busing, etc 37.259
11. Community Service Summer recreation, winter rec. 2,700
12. Capital outlay Improvement to grounds, new equip. 150.185
13. Transfer and contingency funds 20.000
TOTAL $2,940,921
Thespians' Efforts Pay Off
The Man Who came to Dinner,
Drama Club's first production
of year, has been termed a
success by drama coach Gerald
Merryman.
"I'm quite satisfied with the
performance by the students,"
Merryman said. He went on to
say, "Many people commented
that they were surprised at. the
professional job done by the cast.
I think it's the best job I've ever
Source
INCOMING MONEY
1972 - 1973
Amount
seen done by a high school."
The play was also financially
successful. It cost roughly $300 to
produce. Merryman could not
give exact figures but said they
were able to pay all expences
with the money they made.
The drama Club did make a
slight profit from the play but
Merryman said it was not meant
to be a money-making project.
1. Cash (Beginning Balance) $ 135,900
2. Local Sources 144,300
3. County Sources 1 16.655
4. State Sources 842,810
5. Federal Sources 15,800
6. Tuition Sources (Pinehurst) 9,913
TOTAL $1,265,378
Sum of the 72-73 base and incoming money, ($3,175,498, excluding
$234,577 for persons who are tax delinquent ) now totals $2,940,921 . The
amount budgeted for by the School District No. 5.
Special Ed Class Receives Award
Human Rights Day Award was
presented to Ashland High School
Special Education Class Decem
ber 10, 1972 by the Bahai Faith.
Speical Ed. instructor Miss
Ann Pykerman and eight stu
dents appeared on KOBI's Wom
an's World, December 22, to
Tyroleans To Present Austrian Folklore
By Cow Bell Ringing, Y ode ling. Singing
receive a plaque presented by
Donna Brackman and Bob
Ravalett.
The award was given to the
class for work with the orphans
and environmental clean up.
After receiving the award, the
students were given the chance to
express how they felt. All were
very honored and felt it was real
exciting.
Knopforgels and holzernes
glachters will be the means by
which the Tyroleans find their
way into your heart.
The Tyroleans are a trio of
Austrian singers and dancers.
The will present their program at
a National Assembly, Monday,
January 22.
Donned in authentic Austrian
garb, the Tyroleans will sing and
dance about some of their coun
try's folklore.
The Tyroleans will demon
strate some unusual musical
instruments. A knopforgel is the
forerunner of the accordion. The
holzernes glachter (wooden
laughter) is a pleasant sounding
type of xylophone.
Tyrolean Josef Plattner, the
chief yodeler of the trio, is an
expert in the schuhplatter (shoe
slap dance). He is also proficient
at ringing cow and goal bells.
One of Planner's partners,
Johann Bogner, is a ski racer.
Teen Of the Month
Teen of the Month committee
is now open to anyone that is
Interested in joining. The old
committee was abolished due to
absences during student council
meetings. One request is that if
you plan on joining, you must be
present at ALL meetings. Inter
ested persons are to sign up in
the office or contact Casey Dale.
Woodshop Students Constructing Various Projects
By Steve Schmelzer
Can you believe it? There i?
actually a class in Ashland High
where nearly everyone can be
found working constantly. It's
the woodshop.
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Students can construct furniture which would be very expensive if bought
at a furniture store. An example is this commode.
The Ashland High woodshop is
a site where young men utilize
their creative ability to construct
projects out of wood. Some of the
projects being undertaken are
gun cabinets, stereo cabinets,
cedar chests, a paneled drum
table, coffee tables and a 1901
Oldsmobile.
Jay Coldwell is making a New
England coffee table for his folks,
Coldwell said, "My parents
wanted a coffee table so I decided
to make them one." The walnut
coffee table will cost about 35
dollars to make. Junior Rone
Lewis said, "If you went to a
furniture store and tried to buy a
table like that it would cost
around 150 to 200 dollars."
The guys in woodshop who
really like their girl friends
prepare for their futures by
giving their girls cedar chests.
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A typical project for the woodshop classes includes a bookcase. Other
students are working on gun cabinets and wooden chests.