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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1976
Page
8
Lyle Zimmerman, a sophomore in an introduction to art class, created the surrealist painting for this month’s art project. The work, based on a rough math class sketch, explores dream imagery with two titles: Death can cause blindness and See the light. Display in room 277.
An anonymous creative writing student expresses appreciation and care, noting strength drawn from the presence of another. The verses emphasize that affection stems from genuine care rather than wealth or status.
A recipe fragment lists ingredients for cookies including peanut blossoms with half cup shortening, half cup peanut butter, half cup sugar, and half cup firmly packed brown sugar. The text seems to be a partial shopping or preparation note rather than complete instructions.
SHS library releases include James Baldwin's Beale Street Could Talk with Tish narrating loving ties to Fanny as she faces an arrest before their wedding and a hoped for acquittal. Also reviewed are A Cry of Angels by Jeff Fields about Earl’s Georgia upbringing amid racism and injustice and House of Stairs by William Steator, a science fiction tale of five youths in a wallless place under a controlling machine. Recipes for glazed cookies follow.
A fragment describes a four or five year old girl with brown eyes and hair, the youngest of four with three older siblings. She sometimes withdraws but can be sociable, plays piano well in private, and enjoys riding a 10 speed bike cross country. She is cherished by Lorenzo.
Thirty SHS individuals answered what animal they think they resemble, yielding humorous pairings like Carl Steiner and Steve Dugan raccoon, Grace Garcia and Ken Lynn Schueler lon, and Lori Younger fox. The list pairs each respondent with a creature, many common and whimsical.
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