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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1976
Page
3
The Pirates Press lists Co Editors Jackie Kulow and John Millen as editors with Sallie White as Faculty Advisor and Mike LaVelle as Photo Advisor.
Randy Simington reports that Dave Petersen led the Junior High team with a five touchdown effort totaling 180 rushing yards and two receiving scores on passes from Bruce Masters. Coach Ted Yarnes praised Petersen as the best Junior High halfback seen. Pirates improve to 3 1. They close season October 27 against Emmetsburg Public.
Laure Miller reports on a Graettinger Ruthven homecoming pep rally where Sophomores claim overall Spirit Week victory with 325 points. Tim Crowley wins Mr Feet, Tim Lewers Mr Cool by ice melt feat, and Junior girls win TAG OF WAR. Bananas beat out in Banana Eating contest, class floats impress, and dance at Legion Hall caps the week with D J Mike Rivers.
Readable profiles of Jane Kempf and Bob Fields list their birthdates in 1958 and 1959, family names, and personal favorites. Kempf shows Baja blue priorities, softball passion, a Mustang, and Clint Eastwood as actor. Fields lists Big Mac, cross country, dating as pasttime, and trade school as plan.
A survey asks students whether they will vote in the coming election and records party registration. It lists candidate options Carter Ford Maddox McCarthy and asks for the most important national issue and a brief reasoning.
The Band Department this year includes 35 fifth and sixth graders, 27 junior high students, and 37 high school members. The high school marching band sounds strong at home games. Director Paul Leman leads a dedicated program with plans for the Homecoming Parade and game on October 8.
National Honor Society meeting on Friday October 1 during fifth period discussed Hat Day sales to high school and elementary students at 25 cents for hats and flags. Faculty Council breakfast date undecided. Wheelchair benefit basketball game undecided. Planed student exchange program with surrounding towns. Marjie McQuown to send letters.
Area teens aged 13 to 17 are urged to enter the sixth annual Miss Iowa Teen-Ager Pageant to be held June 4, 1977 at the Des Moines Hilton Inn. The event serves as the state preliminary to Miss National Teen-Ager in Atlanta. Reigning Miss Iowa Teen-Ager is Lisa Plum of Glenwood. Contestants will be judged on scholastic achievement leadership poise and beauty with no swimsuit or talent competition. The winner receives a scholarship and an all expense paid trip to Atlanta for the national pageant.
Community counselor notes good response to a school survey. Highlights include interest in ILCC adult Ed Programs and available course catalogs. Mentions Masonic scholarships, an article on educational decline by William Raspheny, and Berkley Bedell office deadline for military academy appointments on November 1. Upcoming events list PSAT testing and Wayne State College reps in Wayne Nebraska.
On October 11 four vocational agriculture students joined Mr. Charles Moser at Emmetsburg for the FFA Soil Conservation Speech Contest. John Tindall placed first in the senior division, earning fifteen dollars and a traveling trophy for the school. He advances to the district contest in Fort Dodge on November 6 with the same topic.
The tale follows Gyro the navigator on a battered ship named the Fighter facing a fierce storm near an uncharted island. A sunlit beach greets him with Furigzlot the goddess of beaches and Surfalot who halts the storm. A double jointed octopus destroys Gyro’s boat, but a magical replacement appears, and he begins the journey home as thoughts of dying and isolation loom.
Principal Dave Haggard calls for better parental cooperation with Graettinger School, noting monthly calendars, attendance checks, and targeted orientations for seniors, eighth graders, and sixth graders. He says teachers discipline while at school and parents reinforce rules at home, aiming to prepare students for life after graduation.
A fragment notes that SOS did not stand for Save Our Souls or Save Our Ship. It says the Morse Code letters were adopted for convenience three dots three dashes three dots.
Graettinger J V football defeated West Bend 20 to 0 on Monday night. Tom Kulow opened with a 45 yard run for Graettinger and kickoff points failed. Pat Brobst threw two TD passes to Tim Rooney and Tim Leners, with Kulow adding a two point run. Graettinger’s defense held West Bend scoreless.
Iowa State Trooper Jim Bonsteader visited Graettinger School on Wednesday morning October 6 to present last summer's driver education class film slides. He displayed statistics on highway fatalities and showed photographs of people involved in accidents.
A reflective meditation on timeless survival and isolation as all others perish. The speaker anticipates centuries of life while friends, life itself, and voices fade, questioning how long one can endure in such lone continuity.
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