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! COPPER CENTER PT.* NEWS
|The regular meeting for the Copper Center
;PT.v was held ..pril k at the Copper Center
|School. Those attending enjoyed.a delicious j
ipot-luck dinner held just prior to the meet- i
ling. Plans are underway for the end-of-school!
:picnic. The P.T.-*.. has agreed to set aside a !
jcertain amount of funds for the teachers to ;
|order books for the school. ^ new project
|for next year was introduced and met with
great enthusiasm, We will be working on the ;
possibility of sending one of our older
native students on a trip to Washington,
‘D.C. Election of officers was the main new I
Ibusiness introduced. The newly elected off
jicers are: President, Pauline Lincoln; Vice- '
jPresident, Oscar Craig; Secretary, Donna
‘Donnelly; Treasurer, Beth Jackson. dis
* cussioh was held on the school board advis
!ory council election and it was decided they
!would be held at a special meeting Thursday, ,
Lpril 11 at 7 p.m. The meeting was adjourned.
Everyone is looking forward to a nice summer.;
|We wish to express our thanks to everyone
I who has helped make this oast year a success
jin all our P.Ta.*.. projects. D. Donnelly
|The hentasta Pete family had all sorts of
jexcitement this oast week. Their son Howard,
!was called by Uncle bam, and another son,
|David, is due- to answer the call next month,
jTheir highschool boy, Carl, fell and hit his
j knee on a can and suffered a very severe cut
( below the knee. The cut required stitches, ;
and Carl is on crutches.
The annual Spelling Bee for the 5th through
jthe 8th grades was held this year at the
Glenn alien Highschool. Schools participating
were Kenny Lake, Copper Valley, Gakona, Glen
alien, and Copper Center. Gakona had a
I winner in the fifth with Harley hehahon
scoring a close decision over Glenallcn
contestant Houghton. Sixth grade honors
were captured -by Donald Morgan of Copper
Center School, and Marion Cyril and Steve
Bennis, both of Copper Valley School took j
prizes in the 7th and 8th grades. Winners
were presnted written promises of a pin to
be presented at a later date by the Copper
Valley Teachers association. The next spell
ing Bee will be held ..pril 19th, aid will
for the lower -k grades.
The regular meeting of the ^NB was held last
week at Gulkana. The group is still working
on their economic development plan concern
ing a tannery in the Basin area.
The ‘Frank Hobsons were guests at the lovely 1
wedding of their granddaughter, Evelyn Hash,
to Louis Williams, held on Larch 30th, at thej
lit. View Baptist Church. .HLso in attendance j
was the great grandmother of the bride, hrs
Lary ,mn Billum. The bridegroom is with the |
rjrmy, and the bride attended East High.
Purebred Labrador Retriever pups to be
given away* Papers can be obtained. Inquire
Summit Lake Lodge, i.ilc 195, aichardsog.
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On -».pril 5> Copp. r Center school voted on j
who should have the Sportsmanship award. j
Kenneth Johns, Warren Johns, Donald Johns j
and Lark Lorgan were elected, ^fter they
went out of the- classroom we voted. Donald f
Johns won. Captain Paul Pete presented the j
badge to- him with congratulations.
Shirley Weeks Gr 5 i
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Last Friday mpril 2, we played basketball |
against Gulkana North Stars. The score was.-!
20 to- 13, our favor. mfter we played them
we played the Glen 5th and 6th grade and
won by 20 points,- 26 to 6. We all came
home happy that night. On Monday, we played'
the 7th and 8th1 graders from G nnallcn.
We didn't lose by too much.- ,rt half the
score was h to 23. In the 3rd quarter we
caught up and were only behind on the last I
quarter, /e lost the *game by 7 points, 31 'j
to 2h* We still felt good because everytime!
we've played them we've gotten skunked by !
at least 15 points. Doanld Craig, 7th gb•
We got our uniforms on Monday, -*pril 1. We j
played three games of basketball wearing
them dlready. We sure like them. The Copper
Center school wants to thank the PT^ for
the uniforms. Thank you for all your int
erest in our school] Paul Pete,- gr. 6
The 7th and 8th grade students from our ;
school, Donald Johns, Donald Craig, Paul
Pete, ai d James Lorgan, went to Glennallen
Highschool on *.pril 10 to see the National
aeronautics bpa ce Administration program.
We were shown models of space cap sub s,
rockets, and sattellit es. There were also |
some solar batteries that took the pla ce of j
electricity when a powerful light shone on
them. The man showed us how they are making
the electronic brains smaller than ever,
'even though they can still do as much work
as the bigger ones. .JTter the program we
spent the day in Lr. Kawaglcy's 3th grade
classroom. We found they were studying
the same things we ere. James Lorgan, 7 gr*
3..STE**
Easter is a happy‘day
..11 the children are so gay.
The eggs are all kinds of colors
dome have very special collars.
The egg you find has your name,
None of the eggs are the same.
The funny bunny hid the eggs for you
I think it's a nice thing for him to do.
I am glad it's here to stay
I do like Easter Dayl j
Larlene Craig Gr.5
The lower grades are making totem- poles
and caterpillars out of egg cartons. The
3rd grade are finishing their geography
booklets. The Uth grade is studying*about
Japan. Library checker for this week is
hark Lorgan. ,/e have been playing baseball
during our recess. Danny Pete is captian
of one team. i/c are also practicing for
our spelling bee.
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hark Morgan, Gr. 3