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A2 THE PANTAGRAPH, Monday, March 31, 1986 Space Camp launches boys' dreams young achievers History awards MARGARET H. THEIS paragraph staff I David and Andrew Hogenson have had the dream of thousands of boys and girls fulfilled. They went through astronaut training activities the week of March 9 that lead to a simulated mission in space at the United States Space Camp at the Marshall Space Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. I 'The 10- and 11-year-old sons of William and Toni Hogenson, 5 White Place, Bloomington, learned atl-kinds of exciting things including experiments similar to those fc'enducted during a mission: weightlessness, eating freeze-dried food and using a zero-gravity ma chine. Each trainee was required to keep a log of their daily activities.

-In describing the camp, Andrew said they "stayed in a large domed structure that looked like a tent, but was concrete inside. We slept in bunks in the basement of the -building. We sat in a moon-buggy that had tires made of piano wires that would collapse if it was used on earth." They learned about the history of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, the physical properties of other planets, holography, rockets and rocket engines and how they Andrew Hogenson week to identify their respective team. Building a space structure was a team effort. "Everyone had a job to do to make the mission a success," Andrew said.

After the structures were built, each team was questioned by other campers on how they would get their space structure on the moon, pressurization and what to do in an emergency. Math competition PONTIAC Two area schools were winners in the Class A Regional Math Contest March 15 at Illinois Central College in East Peoria. Trevor Loy received the highest score of all students taking the algebra I written examination and Britton Roth placed third. Greg Manabat scored second highest in the geometry written examination; Greg Blunier received the highest score on the algebra II examination, and Mike Rhode, third highest overall in pre-calculus. Manabat and Loy won first place on the freshman-sophomore two-person team.

The geometry team received first place. Team members are Manabat, Paula Beyer, Nicole Philyaw, Sarah Taylor John Weber and Tim Lanstrom. Precalculus first place team winners were Denise Trainor, Dan Weber, Rhode, Rob Davenport, Richard Wolf and Hector Gutierrez. Members of the eight-person freshman-sophomore team placing first were Trenton Roth, Paul Taylor, Jennifer Bashore, Theresa Bammann, Joni Roberts, Kari Bevers, Jeff Craig and Steve Gale. Miss Trainor was the recipient of a second place trophy for her oral presentation of geometric constructions.

Second place algebra I team members are Loy, Erik Sear, Britton Roth, Chris Urosevich, Ed Ren-ner and Tine Larsen. Placing third were the two-person junior-senior team of Blunier and Davenport. Algebra II team members Blunier, Theresa Cade, Lisa Fuss, Vince Monica, Debbie Dobb and Marge Boyko placed third. Other members of the math team include John Monical, Kim Knoll, Howie Black, Chris Moore, Chris Wayman, Chuch Sherman and Dave Compton. The whole team will advance to state finals May 3 at Illinois State University.

Beth Rolf is the team coach. Essay winners HARTSBURG First place winners in the Americanism essay contest sponsored by Hartsburg Unit 1146 American Legion include Holly Byrd, Lori Parr and Matthew Rogers. Placing second were Heather Klopp, Aaron Hayes and Jill Lessen. Brandon Beekman, Amy Groth and Jeff Eads were third place winners. Each received a monetary award.

Another experience was trying to close a cargo-base door. The trainees were given an option of man maneuvering until the door was fixed, or go through deorbit-ing. They opted for the man maneuver. Deorbiting could cause disintegration. Andrew said, "sitting in an electronic chair gave you 5 degrees of freedom so you could go forward and backward.

It was fun and made you feel like you were really on a shuttle mission. It felt pretty good experiencing one-sixth gravity like on the moon not complete weightlessness. It was kind of weird at first, but then you get used to it," Andrew continued. The Hogenson boys got to try on a space suit and later a flight suit which astronauts change to after they go aboard. Space camps continue through Sept.

5. The week-long camp Level I is for youngsters age 11-13 and an advanced program, Level II, for 14-16 year-olds. The Level I program costs $400. The campers live in the Space Camp and meals are included. Participants may purchase a flight suit for $65.

"I was truly impressed," Mrs. Hogenson said. "Its one thing you can do for your child that's worth every effort." Summer job plan screening starts Young economically disadvantaged people, ages 14-21, may call for a screening appointment for the Summer Youth Employment Program for 600 jobs available in a 4-County area served by the United Private Industry Council. Offices are in Fulton, Mason, McLean and Tazewell Counties. The SYEP is funded through a federal grant totaling approximately $800,000.

UPIC has awarded contracts to four organizations who will use the money to place youth in temporary summer positions for minimum wage. Primary eligibility requirment, income in relation to family size, will apply when youths are screened between 1 and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday beginning April 1 through May 30. Jobs will include cleaning parks and repairing school buildings to working as interns for various municipalities and will range from 15 to 40 a week for an eight week period beginnig June 9. The McLean County UPIC office is at 201 E.

Grove Bloomington, phone (309) 8274026. SCHOOL NOTES MELVIN Three seniors at Melvin-Sibley High School earned superior ratings at the regional meeting for history students March 15 at Shelbyville High School. Thirty-nine Melvin-Sibley students entered 24 projects and seven research papers pertaining to central Illinois history. Blue ribbons winners were Kristi Armstrong, Karen Kearney and Jill Moore. They will advance to State Historian Award Day May 14 in Springfield when Gov.

James R. Thompson will be the speaker, present awards and host a reception at the executive mansion. Trophies will be awarded at the state award day to four schools in the state for meritorius service based on participation in local activities, performance at the re gional meeting and submission of research papers to Illinois History Magazine. Students receiving excellent ratings for history projects or research papers were Michael Duer-inger, Roger Ford and Tim Robertson, seniors; Sandy Heavilin, DeAnne Siders and Quenten Schumacher II, juniors; Jody Moore, sophomore; Leslie Thackeray, Melanie Schall and Jill Howk, freshmen; Dave Brown, Jenifer Brucker, Lesley Doyle, Laura Plese, Barbie Schultze, Gena Thompson and Lyn Wilson, eighth grade. Kathy Freehill and Sarah Mueller had articles published in Illinois History Magazine during the current school year and also will attend state award day in Springfield.

Art contest Three Bloomington Junior High School art students were recipients of Certificates of Merit for achieve-; ment in the 1986 Scholastic Art Contest of the Central Illinois Re-; gions. Winners include Harold Hannon, grade 7, acrylic; Krista Kennel and Peter Mikesell, both eight grade, both watercolor. Presentation of certificates will be made during an awards assembly at the school in June. Photo contest winner David Hoyt, 16, a son of Fred and Carolyn Hoyt, 600 N. School Normal, received two honor awards in the Boy Scout division of the 1985 Scout Photo Scholarship Awards, sponsored by Eastman Kodak Company.

The awards are $25 Kodak gift certificates. Hoyt, a member of Troop 19, earned his award for a pictures of a butterfly and a boy on a beach. FEELINGS SUPERB SIMMONS Any Bed Can Bo A Waterbed with a SIMMONS David Hogenson heat tiles, and everything there is to know about space. They also were taken to a pool to experience weightlessness and splash down. Each student had to build a rocket into which crickets were placed.

The challenge was, if the rocket was constructed properly, the crickets would live. If it was not, the crickets would die. The Hogenson crickets made it. The trainees were divided into groups up to 12. As team members, each was given a visor to wear all vided by the State Legislature for a summer school program for giftedtalented students and students in remedial education.

The free classes for Olympia District students will meet from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays June 16-July 10. Classes will be at the Stanford Grade School, except the middle school-high school field biology class, which will meet in the high school.

Transportation will be pro-videdfrom each town to the program site. Enrollment information will be provided students during the next few weeks. Classes for the gifted student program include field biology, grades 7-12, Olympia High; Introduction to Spanish, grades 7-12; Comparative European Cultures, grades 7-12; Outdoor Science Education, grades 3-6 and Computer Camp-Beginning LOGO, grades Stanford Grade School. The remedial student program titled Applications of Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, grades 3-8, all at Stanford Grade School. St.

Clare Holy Trinity Parish has established a kindergarten program for the 1986-87 school year as part of its K4 grade levels at St. Clare School. Parents may register their children, who will be five-years-old by Nov. 1, at the school any day from 9:30 to 3:30 p.m. A baptism or birth certificate is required at the time of registration.

Saybrook-Arrowsmith The annual kindergarten roundup in Unit District No. 11 or children who will be five-years-old by Nov. 1 is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. April 7 and 14 at the Arrowsmith Grade School. Parents should call the elementary school, 727-1242, Tuesday through Thursday to make an appointment for one of the two sessions.

The Gesell School Readiness Screening Test will be discussed during each meeting. Parents should bring their child's birth certificate to the meeting. Parents are also encouraged to bring their child who will attend kindergarten this fall to the meeting. Report cards will be given out Friday. Tri-Valley, Downs Registration for preschool early childhood screening and fall kindergarten will be from 9 a.m.

to 3 p.m. April 8 and 9 in the Tri-Valley Elementary School office in Downs. During the registration, parents will arrange an appointment for the early childhood screening for children who will be three-years-old by May 1. Children five-years-old by Nov 1 are eligible for fall kindergarten. Parents registering their child for kindergarten must bring the child's birth certificate to the registration.

Parents will be given physical and immunization forms to be completed prior to the student's entry into kindergarten. Unit 5 Friday is the end of the third grading period. Chiddix Junior High A group of junior high students from Asahikawa, Japan, will visit the school Tuesday. Installation of 19887 PTA officers will take place during a 7 p.m. meeting Thursday.

Parkside Junior High A Sister cities farewell party for Japanese exchange students is scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the school. FLOTATION SYSTEM rrtTm. A. Raymond The annual Red White basketball game is scheduled for Friday in the evening.

The free event will begin with an auction at 6:30 p.m. followed by the faculty and parents playing the Raymond team at 7:30 p.m. Sheridan The annual balloon release is scheduled for 1:50 p.m. Tuesday at O'Neil Park. On Thursday The Children's Theater of McLean County will present a program titled "Step On A Crack" at 9:30 a.m.

for students in grades four through six. LeRoy The Council on Total Education, LeRoy's parent organization, will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the elementary cafeteria. LeRoy Elementary "Follow Your Rainbow Read a Book," the elementary school's month-long reading program, will start today. Students are encouraged to read as many books as possible during the month of April.

Program rules will be distributed at the kickoff. LeRoy High Future Farmers of America will conduct a Farm Day Friday at the elementary school. A short film about career possibilities and the importance of agriculture will be presented. Classes also will view various types of farm machinery and farm animals. Metcalf Students will perform for "Excellence Week 1986" at a "Celebrate '86 International Arts Fest" beginning at 7:30 p.m.

tonight in Hayden Auditorium. The international program of plays, dances and songs will be provided by students from 2A, 5A, 6A, 6B, 7B, the junior high chorus and the swing choir. The fourth through sixth grade and junior high choruses, 6A and and Parsuka Intaraprawat, a student in 5A, will perform at an "Ex-cellence-in-Education" luncheon scheduled for noon Wednesday in Bone Student Center. Mulberry School A Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight at the school.

Parents and teachers will be available to discuss the school and its philosophies at an Open House planned for 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the school at 320 E. Mulberry Bloomington. Octavia All children three-years-old by March 27 to five-years-olds must attend the vision, hearing, academic and motors school preschool screening program April 8 and 9 at the elementary school. Parents must call the elementary office between 8:30 a.m.

and 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesdayfor an appointment. Children attending kindergarten next fall must register in the library at the same days as the preschool screening. Parents should bring their child's birth certificate to the registration. Health forms, enrollment sheet and check list will be given to parents at that time.

The kindergarten will be divided into a morning and an afternoon class. Bus routes will be organized during the summmer and parents will be notified what class their child will attend during the 198637 school year.The morning class will be from 8:30 to the afternoon class from 12:35 to 3:05 p.m. Bus schedules will be available at the August registration time. Normal Community High The national test for students in the foreign language department is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in rooms, 147, 157, 158, 159, 161 and 163.

Clinton Parentteacher conferences will be Wednesday and Thursday. Elementary classes will be dismissed on at 11:40 a.m. junior high, 11:50 a.m. and high school, noon, on Wednesday and Thursday. Junior high cheerleading tryouts will be Thursday.

The Future Farmers of America banquet will begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the school. FFA members will attend a farm bureau acquaintance program Friday at Illinois State University. Clinton Elementary Registration for children who will be five-years-old by Nov. 1 and entering kindergarten in the fall is scheduled for 7 p.m.

April 8 at Washington Elementary School, and 7 p.m. April 10 at Douglas School. Clinton parents should register their child at the school heshe will attend. Parents living in the DeWitt-Lane area should register at Douglas School. Other rural parents should register at Washington School.

Parents should bring their child's birth certificate to the registration. Health records to be completed before the child enters kindergarten will be available. Cornell Precious Moments Preschool Early childhood screening for kindergarten will be April 14 and for preschool April 15, at the Cornell Grade School. Self-help class planned for kids HEYWORTH The SOLO Self Help Skills Program will be offered by the Randolph Township Library on April 5 for students in grades one through three and on April 12 for students in grades four through six. Sessions will be from 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Saturdays in the north rooms of the library. The program will cover personal and fire safety, first aid, phone skills, basic nutrition and coping with boredom. The sessions are limited to 20 children. Parents should register at the library for children to attend.

Children should bring a sack lunch. A beverage will be furnished. Katherine Watson is the coordinator for the program provided by the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service. Details are available by calling 473-2313. The Pantagraph Published daily and Sunday by Evergreen Communications 301 W.

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