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Volume 46 — No. 4
ALBEMARLE SENIOR HIGH NEWSPAPER
311 Palestine Road Albemarle, N.C. 28001 982-3711
December 19,1980
Student Council
Spreads
Good Cheer
By ANN NOVAK
On December 17, the Student
Council brightened Christmas for
the children at Greenwood
Center. Greenwood Center is an
Albemarle day care center for
retarded and emotionally and
physically disabled youngsters
aged three months to five years.
Council members traveled to the
center Wednesday to give a
Christmas party for all of the
children. Greg Underwood
played the role of Santa Claus,
and gifts were brought for all the
children to enjoy.
The Student Council has also
been busy discussing new ideas
for the upcoming spring
semester. Students are re
questing picnic tables so that
they can take their lunches out
side. The Council would like to
landscape an area that could ac
comodate several picnic tables.
The Council has already set up
committees to plan the layout of
the area. Thanks to the efforts of
the Student Council, lunch time
may be more enjoyable!
“Moonbeams”
Congratulations
To The Band
Marching Band was award
ed third place in the Spencer-
Salisbury parade. The band
presented a Christmas con
cert at ASHS Thursday, De
cember 18.
Hark, The Herald
Angels Sing
On Sunday, December 14, at
3:00 the chorus presented a
Christmas Concert at ASHS.
The varsity singers sang for a
countywide Senior Citizens
group on December 4, and also
for the Rotary and Lioness
Clubs. The Senior Choir enter
tained the Senior Citizen Club
at the YMCA on December 17
and the Lutheran Home on the
18.
Students Honored
The student Rotarion for De
cember is Todd Hauss, and the
student Lion is Mark Talbert.
Hurray For The
Holidays!
Christmas vacation begins
December 19, and students do
not return to school until Janu
ary 5th!
VICA Works Hard
The VICA Club has sold Na
tional pens, and is very close
to reaching their goal of rais
ing $1,000. The high salesman
will receive a prize, and the
class which sales the most will
go to Burger King for lunch.
Planning Ahead
DECA is preparing for their
District Contest Meeting
which is to be held in March.
The club is in the process of
setting up committees for 15
different contests. They must
also secure 45 judges from the
community. Over 700 students
from 32 schools will partici
pate in the Albemarle District
Contest Meeting.
Oh,
How I
Love
A Parade!
Heading Towards the Boston Marathon
When someone asks, “What do
you do?”, do you respond: a)
“I’m unemloyed right now”, or
b) “About ten miles a day.”? If
yours is the second answer, then
you are one of the many students
of Senior High who enjoys run
ning. Distance running has be
come very popular in the United
States in recent years, and for
many people it has become a way
of life. Although Albemarle has
not yet produced a Boston Mara
thon winner, running is an impor
tant part of every day for many of
Albemarle’s student athletes.
Much of running’s popularity
can be attributed to its physical
benefits. No other sport or form
of exercise does as many positive
things for the body. Running is an
aerobic exercise, meaning that it
strengthens the cardio-vascular
system. A person with a healthy
cardio-vascular system has
much more endurance and may
actually live longer than a person
who has not participated in aero
bic exercise. Running is excellent
for weight control, since it causes
A
iSMintn'
the use of more food content cal
ories than any other exercise.
Muscle tone also improves with
running because all muscles of
the body are involved in some
way when you run.
Running benefits more than
just the physical condition, how
ever. Most runners report a great
psychological boost after a work
out. After a few months of regu
lar running, the athlete is almost
always noticeably calmer and
more confident. Running often
acts as a release from the pres
sures of work or school. More
than in any other sport, the run
ner is in control. He chooses his
own pace, direction, and dis
tance. This selectivity offers a re
assuring contrast to the restric
tions imposed by society.
To many runners, becoming
fast enough to compete is not im
portant. For them, covering the
distance is enough in itself. For
those who want more, however,
there is road racing. The most
common distances for road rac
ing are the marathon and five
and ten kilometers. Many groups
now sponsor races on both the
local and national levels. Entry
fees for the race often go to chari
ty organizations such as the
United Way.
A small number of Albemarle
students have chosen to test their
running abilities in such races.
These include seniors Mark Tal
bert, Mark Hawn, Chris Free
man, and sophomores Todd
Rogers and Lucy McKeithen, Of
this group three have placed
highly in various races. Lucy
McKeithen captured the first
place award for her age division
in the Asheboro Elephant Stam
pede ten kilometer race on
November 15. Mark Talbert plac
ed second in the Albemarle Jubi
lee ten kilometer race and third
in the Gold Hill Gold Rush ten ki
lometer. Talbert runs track for
Senior High and should do well in
the mile and two-mile races this
year. Another outstanding run
ner, Mark Hawn, has competed
in eleven races. He has one third
place finish, one second place
spot, and a first place win for his
age division in Asheboro last
November. Hawn runs fifty to
seventy miles a week in training
and says he plans to continue rac
ing during his senior year at
Albemarle. He is a member of
Albemarle’s track squad and is
an All-Conference possibility this
season. Hawn and Freeman are
now training for the Charlotte
Observer Marathon to be held
January 3, and Talbert and Mc
Keithen plan to compete in the
Observer-sponsored 10 kilometer
race on the same date.
As the interest in distance run
ning increases, more Albemarle
students will become involved.
This year an attempt to organize
a cross-country team at Albe
marle narrowly failed; next year
may be better. This year’s track
team should do well in the dis
tance races with many good new
runners joining the team. At pre
sent, there is a movement to start
a running club at Senior High.
Anyone interested in being part
of such an organization should
contact Mark Hawn as soon as
possible.