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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1967
Page
14
The sectional finals are scheduled in the gym Thursday evening with a 7:00 game for third and fourth places and an 8:30 final to decide who advances to the district. No awards will be given then. the winner will later receive a plaque from the Boys Athletic Association.
Darlene Flanagan, senior at RVHS, stands out with four years of instrumental music I grades on small groups and solos, plays baritone sax, cheered sophomore and junior teams, edits the Newsletter, works on the annual staff layout, was junior class play director, and plans to major in chemistry at Mount Marty College in Yankton SD.
An emergency flame start tip describes using a rag on a stick soaked in fuel mix, removing spark plug wires, holding the spark gap near the plug, and yanking the starter cord to ignite a torch. This dangerous method risks severe burns and explosion and should not be performed.
Notes from RVHS students discuss Snow Ball at Junior High Gym and whether to hire a band after Fall Blast. Council delays date as President Doug Kaufman weighs costs and dancing expectations. The letter also shares Valentine card stories among RVHS girls and dating anecdotes.
Salute to Rock Valley High School as the varsity basketball team finishes second in the Siouxland Conference. The school thanks the players for their strong showing and dedication, celebrating the season and the team's place on the standings.
The Winter Band Concert is set for February 28 at 8:00 p.m. in the new gymnasium. Pieces include Joi silent Snow Music for a Carnival Scheherazade and Jesus Joy of Man's Desiring with solos by Donna Klein Norma Groeneweg and Luella Vollink. Sousa’s King Cotton and Under the Double Eagle are also featured.
Sixty nine girls paid initiation and await first meeting for GRA. Meetings planned two to three times monthly on Mondays after boys tournaments end. Basketball leads offerings with 65 of 69 in GAA. Rules set include four six minute quarters and coin toss to start. Syl and Hildonna arrange referees and scorekeepers.
A high school nickname feature traces origins of many school names. Wayne Van Berkum is the shoot er after a perfect jamboree game, while others derive from tall frames, poems, or real names. Names include Junior, squirt, Scratch, varsity, fuzz, Skelly, Wanda, and Bird, among others.
The Rockets lost 64 to 49 to Boyden Hull in the sectional at Rock Valley on Monday February 20. La Verné Boer led Rock Rapids with 16 points as Sietska poured in 19 for the Comets who controlled the boards 41 to 33. Central Lyon beat George 65 to 39 in the other opener with Rogers scoring 20. Sectional finals set for Thursday evening.
A student poem humorously asks for divine help to study and not flunk. The speaker vows not to beg pity if failing, asking instead to lay the books on the chest in the study hall and tell teachers the student did their best.
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