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PHOTOS COffniil/nED WACCAMAW SIXTH-GRADERS Joshua Cox and Renee Nixon decorate their chocolate houses while (in photo at right) Matthew Russ, Brandon Hughes, Reginald Walker and Efrain Campos work intently on theirs. Learning Is Sweet At Waccamaw Wacccamaw Elementary School sixth-graders re cently experienced "Chocolate Across the Curriculum," using the sweet stuff as the basis for activities in all sub jects. Students of Carla Bass, Michael Stanley and Sherri Pratt began by reading a novel excerpt from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. As a writing assignment, students were asked to bring in chocolate recipes and rewrite them using time order words. The recipes will be compiled in a cook book for parents. Students also graphed their favorite chocolate bars and researched related topics using the school media center's new computer program, "Search Plus." In science and social studies, students researched ge ographical regions of the world where chocolate is pro duced. In Cheri Skaggs' music class, students learned songs from the Willy Wonka video, and in Sonia Johnston's art class they made a collage using chocolate wrappers. Activities culminated in building of "chocolate houses" from graham crackers donated by the cafeteria and various kinds of chocolate candies, frosting and oth er materials. Each group of students had to use problem solving skills, multiplication and division to determine which ingredients were needed to distribute the "con struction materials" for each member to construct an in dividual chocolate house. ? Parents have participated by donating chocolate products to be used in students' activities. Military Art To Be Topic Of Veteran's Program Cape Fear Museum in Wilming ton will host art curator Mary Lou Gjernes of the U.S. Army Center of Military History on Nov. 11, speak ing on Army art as part of the "Bit of History" lecture series. The slide presentation, which is free and open to the public, is being held in conjunction with "Behind the Lines: A Wilmington Soldier Paints War-Torn Europe, 1944-45" exhibi tion in the museum's North Gallery. The Army began to officially commission art works in World War I. "The army has a tradition of inter est in telling its story, and one of the primary means of doing this is through sponsoring work by sol diers ? soldiers looking at the army," Gjernes said. Her presentation on Veteran's Day will encompass the history of military art in the U.S. beginning with John Trumbull, Revolutionary War battle painter, to the artists cur rently documenting military activity in Haiti. Her discussion will concentrate on World War II because of the re cent anniversary of the D-Day inva sion and the museum's MacMillan exhibition, a show of watercolor ob servations by Henry MacMillan of U.S. Army XIX Corps in the European threader of World War II. Gjernes has been with the U.S. Army Center for Military History for 22 years. She edited the first vol ume of the art book "Portrait of an Army," which was published in 1991. She is working on a second volume. New Exhibit A new exhibit focusing on modes of transportation opens Nov. 11 at the museum. The exhibition in the museum's 600-square-foot 20th Century Gallery will be the first modification to the core exhibit "Waves and Current," since the opening of the 1992 expansion. It includes the rein stallation of the popular "trolley ride" from Wilmington to Wrights ville Beach. The gallery will be divided into three themes ? water, land and air transportation ? with photographs and objects to illustrate each. Featured are ferry, rail, motorcycle, air and automobile travel. On display will be the steering wheel rescued from the ferry John Knox which operated across the Cape Fear River in the 1920s. Also on display will be a collection of trolley operational equipment and photographs illustrating the work ings of the apparatus. Cape Fear Museum is at 814 Market Street, Wilmington. It is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday, 2-5 p.m. Admission is $2 for adults, and $1 for children 5-17, college students with valid ID and senior citizens 65 and older. It is free for children under 5 or members of Cape Fear Museum Associates. Free days are the first of each month and the first and third Sundays. ^ CONVENIENT TOURS AND TRAVEL ^ FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS Christmas in Opryland! Includes: Transportation, Accommodations at Opryland Hotel, Visit Opryland Park, General Jackson Luncheon Cruise, Dinner Show, pV Tour of Nashville, Grand Ole Opry ff. k DEPOSITS NEEDED NOWI * Call 754-4222 Leland School On Meeting Agenda The Brunswick County Board of Education was to meet in spccial session Wednesday, Nov. 2, to consider action relating to the new Leland Elementary School. The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the confer ence room of the board of education offices in South port. Board members will consider a plan to finance the school through county issuance of certificates of partici pation, review architect Boney & Associates' plans for the project and bidding for contractors, and transfer of the deed to the property to the board of county commis sioners Author To Speak At Round Table Meet The November meeting of the Cape Fear Civil War Round Table will host Robert G. Elliott, author of Ironclad of the Roanoke: Gilbert Elliott's Albemarle. The program will cover the histo ry of the Albemarle, a Confederate ironclad which was built in North Carolina. The warship played a sig nificant part in the Confederate naval effort in the Pamlico Sound area. The Round Table, which has more than 50 members, will meet Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 101, King Hall, University of North Carolina at Wilmington. For more information call George Slaton, (910)452-7448 (evenings) or write CFCWRT, Box 10535, Wil mington NC 28405-3757. A Fall Festival * Of Savings Sweaters 25% OFF ^ v? , N.uitlr.i. (i.mt Northern Isle \\\ Dress Shirts 25% OFF ' ( . . Ill I 1 1 1 ! ( ? _ _ ' ??- * ' I ^port Coats Reduced Savane Wrinkle-Free Pants *31.99 Rugby Shirts Reduced hv ( t. ml .ind Wool I irh Flannel Shirts by Woolrich 25% Off ?C y ci othinci ??he roM Mi tst M ON tHURS 9 6 F Rl & SAT 9 7 ? -STAl PLAZA SHAlLOTTE ? 75- 5000 ft* Greater Holden Beach Merchants Association thanks all the volunteers for helping at the very successful North Carolina Festival by the Sea. Jim Lowell President wumaup? There's only one way lo know if you've got high blood pressure - see your doctor for a checkup. Because high blood pressure isn't something you can feel. But left untreated, it could develop into a serious heart problem. Thai's why the sooner your doctor gets your blood pressure under control, the better your chances. You should also call your doctor immediately if you notice any of these warning signs of a heart attack: chest pressure, shortness of breath, pain or tingling in the arm, jaw and neck pain, anxiety, nausea or dizziness. And if you're referred to a specialist, take heart: The Coastal Heart Center serves Wilmington COASTAL HEART CENTER ? and the Carolina coast. And that's a comforting thought. + New Hanover Regional Medical Center Wilmington, NC 1-800-432-7899
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