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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1994
Page
11
Five-year-old Derek C. Nelson from Germantown Tennessee wins the 1994 Young Game Inventor contest with a board game titled Take A Hike about collecting leaves rocks and nature. He enjoys hikes and nature items and will soon start collecting checks.
Wonders beat out 640 entries from children in the U S and Canada to win a $5,000 prize. The winnings include a trip to San Francisco for himself and his family, a U S savings bond, and a marketing deal with Imaginarium, which runs 68 toy stores nationwide. He will earn about 25 cents per game sold with Take A Hike retailing at about $15.
University Games President Bob ce describes a new interactive board game by sponsor Derek’s company. Players move safari hats on a forest board collecting creature cards such as caterpillars and beetles while dodging bears and rainfall. The winner is the first to collect five creature cards and return to camp.
Nicholas Keith Cannon of New Castle High School is named a United States National Honor Roll Award winner by the United States Achievement Academy recognizing his academic achievement. Son of Keith and Annette Cannon.
Carlow College offers a 16 month surgical technology certificate with college credit and field work under nurses or physicians. Applications are being accepted for fall 1994 classes and inquiries can be directed to Barbara Shema at 578-6059.
Lockley Primary Center youngsters created cards and notes for Indian Creek and Golden Hill Nursing Home residents. St. Vitus School kindergartners visited St. Francis Hospital during Hospital Week. Preschool Dino Week featured a dinosaur celebration with crafts and a field trip to New Castle Airport for early aviation learning.
Lynn Harris's class in Hampton Township Pittsburgh raises 4000 for 195 baseball gloves via peanut popcorn and a pie festival. Roberto Clemente Jr. accepts the gift at Three Rivers Stadium. The project promotes RBI donation campaigning and community service lessons for 13 to 15 year olds in Hill District Homewood and North Side. The district aims to broaden its programs beyond Pittsburgh.
The Whittle Educational Network plans to deliver its free PE-TV program to 11,500 secondary schools funded by Reebok. The 12 minute, commercial free segments feature interactive routines using sports and music role models to motivate students to be active. Judy Young of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education notes it should enhance, not replace, classroom learning.
Kilpatrick surveys frequent misspellings of its and it's across sources from the Constitution to newspapers. He notes correct possessive ITS and contraction IT'S usage, highlighting repeated errors and calling for consistent punctuation. The essay blends humor with linguistic detail.
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