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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1978
Page
8
Parents across Trenton and surrounding areas cite fights over chores and homework, driving rules, peer pressure, and drug use as major teen challenges. They stress the need for calmer talks while teenagers seek independence and peer validation.
Six high school juniors joined the Journal's Page staff, bringing total to 23 juniors and six seniors. New enrollees include Barb Bennett and Andy Gray from Middletown, Kristy Daly from Fenwick, Ben Richmond and Ursula Schroth from Madison, Jim Browning from Carlisle, and Wayne Dunn from Preble Shawnee. No new students will be accepted this year. applications for next year open in spring.
Fenwick plans flag protests at home games as an experimental program awaits Gary Dilworth approval. A new flag corps led by junior Mary Beth Warmoth has rehearsed two weeks, with members Sharon Adams Anne Klouman and others under adviser Mrs. Chery Brandenburg.
Mrs Paula Roose, a Madison High School home economics teacher, guides her third year class in a fiber flammability demo. A polyester blend sample instantly ignites to show burning behavior and safety implications.
Lynn Love will lead the senior class as president with election held at the school last week. Other senior officers include Tom Sawyer as vice president Karen Rowbridge as secretary and Dwight Streeter as treasurer. Junior leaders are Marty Flesher president Billy Best vice president Paula Logan secretary and Beth Davis treasurer. Sophomore results name Ken Kirksey president Kippy Moore as vice president Lori Beck as secretary and Kelly Hardeman as treasurer.
Dawn Malarkey and her father Donald spent May through August converting a dark green 1934 Frazier Nash into a custom sportscar with VW parts. The family built it largely themselves, sourcing components from magazines and catalogs. The car, nicknamed a replica rather than an antique, seats two with a possible third in the luggage area and gets about 24 mpg. It will mainly shuttle Dawn to Lemon Monroe High School, with hopes for future builds. Neighbors and teachers stop to admire the unusual vehicle, provoking plenty of questions and rides.
Senior Lynn Love and junior Drew MecCartt spent a week at Dennison University in Granville Ohio attending a Kiwanis sponsored seminar on teen substance use. The program used psychsocial drama with skits to place participants in drinking and drug use scenarios. They concluded teens feel the need to experiment because it is the in thing. Drew notes drug use in Middletown is a bigger problem than believed. Lynn says community involvement raises awareness and that the problem can be solved if there is concern. She also points out the issue cannot be solved until it is accepted. The group learned statistics and real examples, and Lynn was elected regional representative to the state board on alcohol and drugs.
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