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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1970
Page
2
IMC backs Earth Day on April 22 as a national action day. The campus display invites students and faculty to explore environmental facts, crises, and actions, stressing that Earth Day marks the start of ongoing environmental education. New books include Silent Spring and The Population Bomb.
At a DeKalb corn awards banquet in DeKalb on March 24, 1970, Vo-Ag students and attending FFA members were recognized for DeKalb corn projects. Merle Peugh earned the top Sterling score of 100 with a wall plaque, while Steve Long posted the lowest cost per bushel at 36¢ with other attendees receiving pins and certificates. Twenty one area schools participated as the DeKalb project, active in over 1000 schools for twelve years.
Pepsi sponsors a nationwide essay contest titled Why Ive got a lot to live. Students submit letters to governors praising life in the United States. Karen Albert of STHS won $25 in district competition. essay advances to state level. Grand prize totals $2,000 to student and school.
Teachers at Sterling Township High School Driver Education, R. June Lee and Raymond Gibble, attended the Illinois High School and College Driver Education Association Conference in Peoria on April 17 and 18 at the Hotel Pere Marquette. Lee is a past president. Gibble joined a three year term on the Special Problems Commission. Paul Powell spoke Friday morning and Ray Page spoke at Friday luncheon.
A dated set of environmental tips urges reducing one way beverage containers and returning them to makers, cutting foil and plastic use, saving water, and flushing less. It questions electric appliance use, promotes muscle power, and urges checking air quality standards and reporting polluters while sharing guidelines with others.
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