THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2022 A9
COFFEE BREAK
FLASHBACK
Only losers missed Methodist Church party in 1922
100 Years Ago
Nov. 16, 1922 — Methodist ladies
to stuff the public
Menu: Relish, cranberry jelly, stewed
chicken, mashed potatoes, noodles,
buttered carrots, peas, hot biscuits,
gravy, cabbage salad, pumpkin pie and
whipped cream, coffee.
The ladies of the Methodist Church
are arranging for a regular, old fash-
ioned get together to take place at the
church Wednesday evening Nov. 22.
The affair is to start off with a supper at
6:30 p.m. and there will be something
along the entertainment line constantly
running all the evening.
The object of the blowout is just
to get everybody together and have a
great big time, and anyone who fails to
be on hand will certainly be the loser.
If a feed like the one above won’t bring
you out, you are a hopeless case.
75 Years Ago
Nov. 20, 1947 — Wellman’s Band
plays for dance
A large crowd turned out for the Le-
gion-VFW dance Saturday night with
Bob Wellman’s Orchestra being fea-
tured as a stand in for Bob Summers’
band, which was originally scheduled.
Summers’ appearance here was can-
celed due to a scheduling error made
by his booking agent, the sponsoring
committee pointed out. Wellmann’s or-
chestra, however, provided a good vari-
ation of music and was well received by
the dancers. Wellman is currently play-
ing an extended engagement at a Port-
land night club.
Submitted photo
Students learn to spell words by writing them in shaving cream in this 1997 photograph.
50 Years Ago
Nov. 22, 1972 — Future of Ore-
gon-California marketing order topic
of poll
The Oregon-California Potato Mar-
keting Order Committee is conducting
an informal poll of growers in the pro-
duction area to determine producers’
opinions on the effectiveness of the pro-
gram, reports manager M.E. Knicker-
bocker.
The poll is being undertaken because
committee members do not feel they
have an adequate view of grower think-
ing due to the poor attendance at grower
meetings during the past summer in
each of the five districts comprising the
production area.
A questionnaire is being mailed to
each known grower with a request that
it be returned to the committee office
not later than Nov. 30, Knickerbocker
stated. Shortly thereafter the committee
will meet to consider the course of ac-
tion suggested by the poll. In addition to
those mailed, additional questionnaires
will be available at each extension office
for any grower which might not receive
one in the mail. Returns from individ-
ual growers will be kept confidential and
only the composite results will be made
available for committee study.
25 Years Ago
Nov. 19, 1997 — Classroom games se-
rious business for educators
Brooke Thomas, 10, doesn’t know
much about writing conventions. What
she does know is that writing spelling
words in shaving cream, stomping, jiv-
ing and clapping those words and play-
ing the spelling Concentration game all
make practice more fun.
“It’s funner to get to move around,”
Thomas said.
Desiree Margo, a fifth-grade teacher
at Tumalo Elementary, works hard to
make sure her students have fun with
learning. But for Margo, a member of
the school district’s new committee
charged with implementing the state’s
education reform, the games are seri-
ous business.
Writing conventions — spelling,
capitalization and punctuation, for ex-
ample — is one of the areas the Ore-
gon Department of Education expects
students to be skilled in before they re-
ceive the new Certificate of Initial Mas-
tery, or CIM. The first CIMs will be
awarded to this year’ ninth graders —
at least the ones that achieve the new,
higher standards.
Test scores from last spring indicate
students in Redmond and across the
state have their work cut out for them.
Last year, a respectable 81 percent of
Redmond third graders met the CIM
standards in reading and literature; 68
percent met the math standards. Sev-
enty percent of fifth graders achieved
the standard in reading while 64 per-
cent passed the math standards.
In the eighth grade, the numbers
slipped. Fifty-nine percent met the
reading standard, with 58 percent scor-
ing high enough to pass in math. In the
10th grade, less than half, 48 percent,
met the reading standards, and a mere
24 percent were able to do the required
math.
Those figures mirror results across
the state, with Redmond students gen-
erally achieving slightly above the state
averages.
Margo’s spelling centers are just one
way teachers are making sure students
— all students — have a shot at meet-
ing those standards.
Puzzle solutions can be found in today’s classifieds.
Thank you Redmond!
I am honored to continue
serving on City Council,
and keep working
together as we shape our
community everyday!
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