Babysitters Prove Inflation Hits Pocketbooks
Madison area teens discuss babysitting wages from 50 cents to 1 per hour as inflation raises costs. Lora Crow earns 75 cents to watch five families with about two kids per job while Robin Haines averages 75 cents to 1 dollar hourly for weekly sits. Pam Wilson at Country Cousin Club earns 3 dollars for a two hour session and Cindi Bush charges 1 to 1.25 dollars for two children. All four say last minute calls are their least favorite task.
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Lora Crow
Madison High School
Lora
Robin Haines
Madison
Robin
Pam
Julie
Cindi Bush
Lori French
Pam Wilson
Lori
Mahany
Fenwick interns gain real teaching experience for Miami students
Miami University students David Heil and Pat Meade switched roles to teach at Fenwick High as part of a field service internship for state certification. They teach algebra, geometry, and senior civics, unpaid and paying tuition, gaining firsthand classroom experience and reflection on discipline and student relations. The program began Jan. 3 and ends the coming Monday.
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Miami University
Oxford
David Heil
Pat Meade
Fenwick High
Miami
Chardon
Ohio
Hamilton Badin
Fenwick
Meade
Cincinnati
Middletown High: A Century of Pride and Firsts
The oldest high school in the Journal area, Middletown High, traces its history from 1871 with 100 graduating classes and over 20 000 alumni. Its notable firsts include The Middletonian paper debuting in 1917, The Optimist yearbook in 1913, seven state basketball titles, and a 1940 marching song by Vincent Carter. The Middies nickname and white and purple colors symbolize tradition and achievement.
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Journal Area
Middletown High
Middletonian
Middletown
Vincent Carter
California
Middletown High School
Middies
Teen workers and a roughing it classroom project headline
Greg Mahany plans a followup on this week's babysitting story showing teens at work outside. Donna Williams profiles Jim Bair a Middletown High junior who chose to rough it in Neanderthal style with an interior decorating class project by the school newspaper staff. Ginger Williams reports.
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Greg Mahany
Greg
Donna Williams
Jim Bair
Middletown High School
Ginger Williams
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Cindi
Lori Crow
Heil
Dave Heil
By Lori Larson
Old South
City Building
MHS
Girard Avenue
Breiel Boulevard
Mighty Middie
SUR Bee
Direct NT
Cee Et Cie Reka
Eeu le
Dohn’s
C.E. Greathouse
Middletown Mall
Miller’s Jewelry
G.C. Murphy Co
Worthmore
J.C. Penney Co
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