PICTURED ARE MEMBERS of
Mrs. Jamie Briggs' class as they
show off their brushes: Carla
Bortell, Marcy Mitchell, Gerald
Roberts, Jody Lewis, Bryan Hix
on, Bryan Edgerton, Jennifer
Cody, Matt Allison, Nancy Ray,
Dacote Whitaker, Robert Krause,
Dustin Norton, Josh Boone, Scott
Briggs, Stephen Page, and Bren
da King.
I GREG PAYNE, far right, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Payne of
( Marshall, is one of those who per
formed with the North Carolina
School for the Deaf Cloggers in
the Raleigh Civic Center on
, Wednesday, March 12. They par
ticipated in the Arts and the Child
Conference. The young cloggers
are 10 to 13 years old, and all are
students at the state's School for
the Deaf in Morganton. They have
been performing together for two
years under the direction of Miss
Debbie Turner, a junior at the
school and a former member of
the Grandfather Mountain dog
gers.
'Gandalf Helps Students Learn
(Continued from 1)
Sprinkle. "It is definitely not a
toy Right now it's just set up
as a teaching aid so the
students can learn programm
ing. And it isn't too difficult
I'd say that any student just a
little to this side of average in
intelligence would be able to
pick it up
"And it's more important
every year to have a course on
programming To be blunt
about it, every high school
ought to have one, and is going
to have to have one soon. Com
puters are already used
almost everywhere on the job
? in cost accounting, payrolls,
inventories, sorting,
alphebetizing, information
storage, and so on. You have
to know computers for both
white collar and blue collar
jobs. And this is just a drop in
the bucket compared to what
it's going to be like in 10 or 15
years."
Most of the hardware that
went into Gandalf was
assembled by members of
David Cox's electronics class,
most of whom have
graduated. "The first goal of
the class was simply to put
together a calculator with a
big readout," said Cox. "But it
grew and it grew and it grew."
?Then he and Sprinkle decid
ed that what they were really
Minted was a computer. They
went to a seminar on
igicroprocessors held by
j?torola in Asheville, and the
^Was it fun building Gandalf?
fit's fun now, as we look back
ON it, ' said Sprinkle. "It
*|Mn't so much fun sitting up
at 3 a.m. scratching our
There wasn't any one
PAINTINGS
big problem we had. The only
problem was our own stupidi
ty. Our eyes were a little big
ger than our brains, I guess
We did have a problem with
the language. "
"We did have a problem
with the language," Cox con
tinued. "Every trade has its
own jargon, and it own buzz
words. The computer trade
has millions of buzzwords, it
seems like, and there's
nothing to do but learn em."
The biggest advantage to
the home-made Gandalf, now
that it's built, is that the
builders are always available
to make repairs.
"If it tears up," said
Sprinkle, "we can fix it. If we
had bought one from someone,
we'd never be able to fix it.
And we'd never be able to pay
to have it fixed by someone
else. The kids can learn to
take it apart and fix it, and if
they tear it up, the school
doesn't have to come up with a
big chunk of n\pney for
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repairs."
The builders point out that
most of the bulk of the com
puter is just the metal housing
and empty air. The "heart" of
the whole system is a little
semi-conductor unit about the
size of a little finger. A com
puter built 30 years ago,
powered by vacuum tubes,
would have filled the entire
classroom ; the first computer
built took 275,000 watts of elec
tricity to run. Gandalf hums
along happily on about 300
watts ? the power used by
three large lightbulbs.
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Area Students Say 'Cheese' For Dental Health
Although the had weather prohibited the
school system from active participation during
National Dental Health Week, area children found
a variety of ways to observe good dental care
habits. Bulletin boards abounded with the original
thoughts of students on what constitutes good den
tal care, and health classes demonstrated the
many facets of dental health. Students at Mars
Hill kindergarten received complimentary
toothbrushes with instructions on how to use them
properly.
Physical Education:
Student's Message
By PEGGY RICE
The following article was
written by Peggy Rice of
Madison County for a class at
Berea College in Berea, Ky.,
where Miss Rice is a student
She sent it to The News
Record in hopes that it might
be of interest to other county
residents.
I would like to bring to your
attention that March 1-7 is Na
tional Physical Education
Week. All throughout the
country, March 1-7 has been
set aside specifically to em
phasize physical education.
Just what is physical educa
tion and of what value does it
have?
Physical education has
evolved from influences of
history and at the same time is
making history. There was no
need for organized physical
activity in a primitive society,
but fitness in primitive times
was necessary for survival.
Although physical education
did not become an integral
part of the school curriculum
until the first quarter of the
twentieth century. Society
soon realized how important
physical education was and is.
School Menu
(Subject to Change
Without Notice)
BREAKFAST
Monday, March 17: dunkin
sticks, juice and milk.
Tuesday, March 18:
manager's choice.
Wednesday, March 19: waf
fle with syrup, juice and milk.
Thursday, March 20: donut,
juice and milk.
Friday, March 21: sausage
biscuits, juice and milk.
LUNCH
Monday, March 17: sea
dogs, cole slaw, french fries,
cake and milk.
Tuesday, March 18:
manager's choice.
Wednesday, March 19: piz
za, tossed salad, com but
tered, pear halves and milk.
Thursday, March 20: roast
beef on bun, lettuce and
tomato, potato salad, ap
plesauce cake and milk.
Friday, March 21:
manager's choice.
Physical education is educa
tion through the physical. It is
education in care and develop
ment of the human body with
the domain being movement.
Although man's culture no
longer requires physical ac
tivity for survival, his biologic
nature does. Man must choose
to engage in some form of
strenuous physical movement
since his environment no
longer forces him into activi
ty. If he does not choose to ex
ercise, he faces degenerative
effects biologically. People
must recognize that move
ment and its related play,
games, sports, exercise, he
faces degenerative effects
biologically. People must
recognize that movement and
its related play, games,
sports, exercise, and dance
are not just means of sweat,
fun, and weight reduction, but
they are basic to all types of
learning, intellectual as well
as physical.
Physical education is impor
tant. The difference between
mental and physical learning
is one of degree rather than
kind. I, Peggy Rice, am
challenging you to do
something for National
Physical Education Week, but
more importantly, for your
life.
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: BARGAIN HOUSE
SAT. MARCH 15, 1980
j 7:30 PM-MERCHANDISE SOLO
j EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT
EVERYONE INVITED
NEW MERCHANDISE
WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF
MAIN ST. MARSHALL, NC
MEMBERS OF the four-year-old
play school class in Mars Hill
visited the office of Dr. Reese
Steen to practice examining their
teacher Mrs. Ann Bussard for
cavities. Pictured are Michael
Wallin, Suphong Thavichith, Par
righ Phillips, Elizabeth Crawford,
Tracy Steen, Kelly Briggs, Todd
Blair, Bick Chapman, John
Michael O'Brian, Carey Burda,
and Michael McKenzie.
Real Estate Course At A-B Tech
Asheville-Buncombe
Technical College is sponsor
ing a real estate course entitl
ed, "Improving Your Real
Estate I-Q", to be held each
Tuesday evening from 7-10
p.m. beginning March U, and
ending April IS. The course
will be taught by J.D.
Jackson.
The subject matter will in
clude: how to protect yourself
in the purchase of and the in
vestment in real estate; the
different aspects in the financ
ing of the purchase of real
estate; the different ap
proaches to estimating value
of residential and commercial
real estate; how to sell your
home and how to prepare your
home for selling; and some of
the individual's legal rights
and responsibilities in the pur
chase, ownership, and sale of
real estate.
For further information and
reservations, please call the
Continuing Education Depart
ment at A-B Tech: 254-1921
ext. 137.
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We're proud to sponsor the Girl
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They meet on Mondays
Brownies meet at 2:30 PM
Girl Scouts Meet at 7:00 PM
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