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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1975
Page
6
Advertising promotes a school film festival with refreshments, proceeds funding an overnight trip to Iowa City April 11 and 12. The program features Paint Your Wagon on the Middle School stage with cast including Wes Klein and Lara Van Wyk, plus a full student and staff production team and a separate PHS Art Club film night.
PHS musicians Julie Sadler Karen Koehn Barb Bosch Ann Ver Meer Tom Thies Mary Overman Marv Van Wyk Barb Go Boertje joined Central College performers at the annual Music Festival held Thursday last week in Douwstra auditorium. About 225 high school students attended the all day event featuring Central’s A Capella choir Madrigal singers swing choir wind ensemble and jazz band.
Les Nieuwsma, a senior and two time state wrestler from the Des Moines area, has competed at 98 and 112 pounds across freshman to senior years. He wrestled at 98 as a freshman, 112 as a junior and senior, and also attended the state tourney as a sophomore. He trains hard, avoids liquids, munches ice cubes, and uses lemon drops to psyche up. Since season end he has gained over 20 pounds while working part time at Gibson's and enjoying cycling and ping pong.
Eight senior boys from Pella High ag class and 30 local farmers toured John Deere World Headquarters in Moline Illinois. They visited the factory where combines are assembled the office and conference center viewing field experiment films and product idea rooms then toured the foundry and learned about the computer controlled center. Students included Harris Steenhoek Bob DeHaan Lyle Vander Meiden Gerald Pleima Tom Kruseman David Boot Rick Van Zante and Lee De Prenger.
PHS students dominated the district individual speech and forensics event held March 1 in Fairfield. Kirk Caldwell and Beth Harmeling led in dramatic acting with top ratings, while Sandy Van Maaren Dyan Van Steenis and Lora Vanden Dever earned I ratings in humorous acting. Mary DeJong Connie Jaarsma and Linda Madden won poetry I ratings, and Overman Sharon Kirk Caldwell and Stu Vos also earned I ratings in prose and improvisational storytelling. Dave Meyer achieved an I in radio news announcing.
Pella Community high school will observe Music in Our School Day on Thursday by staging the musical Paint Your Wagon at the Middle School auditorium. The day, sponsored by the Music Educators National Conference, aims to acquaint the public with the goals and processes of present-day music.
A young minister rests from sermon prep to guide his son with a world map puzzle. The child assembles it quickly by focusing on the image of a man on the reverse side, teaching that self-honesty and inner reflection fix life’s problems. The story urges looking inward before blaming others.
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