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At Worren Academy Fifth Grade Has Trip On April 3, the fifth grade went on a class trip to Williamsburg and Jamestown, Va. The fifth-graders especially enjoyed their ferry ride, watching a cannon being fired, and eating din ner at the Pizza Hut. The historic sights in Williamsburg and James town were very interesting and beautiful. The juniors and suphomores will be having a bake sale Friday, April 20, on Main Street. The project will be one of their last fund-raisers in preparing for their prom on May 4. The junior high and high school students will be taking orders for doughnuts, which will be delivered April 27. The proceeds from this project will go toward the cost of the annual. The students selling the most doughnuts will win a prize of $15. Students in grades three through 11 took the Cognitive Abilities Test on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The test is given annually to assess each student's ability to use and manipu late abstract and symbolic relationships. The tests help to identify areas of strengths and weaknesses for each student. Warren Academy students will be dismissed from school Thursday, April 19 at noon for the Easter holiday. Kindergarten students will be dismissed at 11:45 a. m. Classes will resume on Wednesday, April 25, at the regular time. We wish a safe and happy Easter to all! At John Graham Educators Are On Way ByGAREYBALLANCE The faculty and staff of John Graham Middle School are busy preparing for a visit this week from a team of educators from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. John Graham Middle School is seeking accreditation by the group. The educa tors will visit classrooms and interview students as part of an effort to evaluate our school. Last Wednesday, the Jacket boys' baseball team was defeated by Gold Sand on the athletic field at Warren County High School. The loss left the boys team 0-3 for the season. Wednesday the girls hosted Chewning on the John Graham field. The next game for the Jackets will be on April 30 when we host Norlina. Last Wednesday, the Student Council launched balloons as a part of media day. The balloons all contained slips of paper that said good things about our library. Thursday of this week, the Student Council will sponsor an Easter Egg Hunt for the Trainable Men tally Handicapped Students at John Graham. John Graham students, along with other Warren County public school students, will observe Easter holidays April 23-27. We hope everyone has a good time. School will resume on Monday, April 30. At Norlina Middle School Media Day Celebrated Statewide Media Day was an outgrowth of beliefs such as those held by Warren County School Super intendent Mike Williams that, "Quality school library media programs are essential to our stu dents who must develop the reading and informa tion skills necessary for lifelong learning and plea ' sure." Week-long activities to celebrate jointly National Library Week and School Library Media Day in volved students in the preparation of reading and media-related bulletin boards, door decorations, poetry, slogans, and jingle writing, designing of tall-tale heroes, book marks and posters. Special academic awards for excellence in media skills were awarded to the following students from each instructional group: Helen Pierce, Maceo Harrison, Billy Pike, Warren Branch, Kennedine Bishop, Leonard Daeke, Roberta Allgood, Opherral Eaton, Mary Hargrove, Wendy Little, Samuel Downey, Kim Fuller, Sherice Seward, and Jennifer Rooker. Winners in the slogan contest were: 1st place, Terry Light, "Today's Readers, Tomorrow's Leaders;" 2nd place, Kim Fuller, "Reading ip'a thriller, so beat it to your Media Center;" piost original, Kelly Lovelace, "Listen you fool, reading is cool (signed Mr. T.)" All students who entered the contest were a part of the "Great Helium Balloon Release." Winning bookmarks were submitted by Sherry Rudd, Maceo Harrison, and Stacie Dickerson. First place honors in the door decoration contest went to a group of Mr. Fuller's reading students comprised of Terry Light, Angela Richardson and Dawn Howard. Second prize for door decoration went to a group of Ms. McLeod's reading students. Mr. Shulenburger's reading students won first prize in the bulletin board contest. These students were: Wanda Smith, Angelique Cooper, Leonard Daeke, Troy Davis, Frank Talley, and MacDonald Henderson. Mr. Fuller's reading class took second place. In other contests, a poem written by Sandy Walker, and a tall-tale hero designed by James Powell were chosen as winners. All students received a newspaper, "Knowledge Is Real Power," filled with funny and challenging media related activities. Michelle Meadows from Ms. Clark's reading class was the first student to suc cessfully complete this sheet Lastly, Norlina Middle School winners in county wide and local school storytelling competition helped Northside School to celebrate by telling their ^ tales in various classrooms. These students joined with their counterparts from John Graham Middle School for this activity and lunch at Hardees. PITCHFORD Kim Pitchford Wins Top Place In Event Kim Pitchford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Pitchford, Jr., was first place winner in public speaking at the FHA HERO proficiency events held on Saturday at Smithfield-Selma Senior High School. Kim's topic was "Everyone is a Home maker." He will repre sent Region 3 in the state proficiency events to be held at the Raleigh Civic Center on May 11. Other Warren County High School Chapter winners included second place for Creative Cloth ing Display by Loren Hundley. The chapter scrapbook won second place. Committee members receiving cer tificates in this event were Eyvonne Kearney, Sallie Durham. Stantina Evans, and Kim Pitch ford. Robin Soper received third place on her Child Develop ment Display. Other members who participated and were awarded certificates were Karen Harrison, Lisa Robinson, Henri etta Tuck, Michelle Richardson, Kelly Red cross, Tilda Jones and Mary Ann Burchette. Assisting Mrs. Sue Skinner, extem poraneous speech event manager, were Annetta Green and Walter Alston. Mrs. Janis Meek, who will be serv ing as district co adviser in 1984-85, took part on the program by introducing special guests. Adcock Is Winner In Bass Tourney The Warren County Bass Club held a tourna ment at Lake Gaston Saturday with first place going to Allan Ad cock and second place to Robert V. Allen. Carl Lynch won the "Big Fish" award by catching a fish that weighed six pounds, nine ounces. The club members and their families had a cook-out following the tournament at the lake home of Jesse and Doris Brannan. The May tournament will be held at Phelps Lake near Columbia. Registration Is Scheduled Registration for the Junior Baseball League and T-Ball League will begin Saturday, April 21. Director Dickie Wil liams, who will once again head this program, has an nounced that reg istration will be held from 10-11:30 a. m. at the Armory Field beside the National Guard Ar mory in Warrenton. T-Ball will be for boys and girls ages six to eight and junior base ball will be for boys ages nine to 12. Registration is necessary in order to play, and will also be held Saturday, April 28 from 10-11:30 a. m. and Monday, April ■ 30 through Wednesday, May 2 from 6 to 7 p. m. at the Armory Field. Coaches and umpires are needed for these activities, which will be played under the lights for the first time, Williams said. Game time for junior baseball will be 6 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. Monday through Thursday. For more infor mation, call Dickie Williams at 4564118. Health Week (Continued from page 1) Allen, environmental health coordinator with the Health Department, hospitals, schools, nurs ing homes, day care centers and restaurants are all inspected by the same criteria in food preparation. Not only does the de partment look for the obvious, such as insects and generally un sanitary conditions, it also checks refrigera tion temperatures and equipment safety, and traces the route food travels from purchase through storage to cooking to determine if there is any point at which food could become contaminated. Allen said the depart ment is available to help civic or church groups plan food storage, cook ing, and serving to avoid contamination in the preparation process. Allen said the service is offered to the com munity free of charge as a part of the depart ment's emphasis on prevention of illness. Wayne Bottoms of Roanoke Rapids, a native of Warrenton, is shown above with trophies he received during competition sponsored April 6 and 7 by the Roanoke River Coon Hunt Association. Bottoms won second place on April 6 and first place for high scoring dog on April 7. The event was held at the Halifax County Sheriff's Department Club. (Staff Photo) Friday 13th Lucky Day For Warren County Eagles Friday the 13th proved to be a lucky day for Warren County's Eagles as they took a 3-2 win over homestanding Northampton West to win their third Roanoke River Conference base ball game of the year against three losses. The visiting Eagles drew first blood, scoring twice in the first inning and adding their final run in the second. The Eagles, paced by a three-for-four day by catcher Franklin Hargrove, pounded out nine hits while commit ting two errors. North ampton West had five hits and a lone error. Todd Davis started on the mound for Warren County, striking out five and walking only one until the sixth inning when he was relieved by Davis Capps, who fan ned four and allowed a single walk. The Eagles, scheduled to play another confer ence game yesterday at Southeast Halifax needed Friday's win to rebound into the victory column. On Tuesday of last week, the Eagles lost a 4-2 decision to North ampton East in a game played there when a seventh inning rally fell short. Capps, tagged with the loss, struck out five and walked three. Northampton East's Slade got the win, striking out five and walking two. Lester Henderson had three hits in four trips for Warren County, while Capps and Dan Blaylock each had two hits in four appear ances. Warren County outhit the winners, 7-4, but committed six errors to two for North ampton East. Grain Signup (Continued from page 1) payment yield. Eligibility producers not currently participat ing in the 1984 Wheat Price Support and Production Adjustment Program or the 1984 Wheat Payment-in-Kind Program may sign agreements to par ticipate in the revised programs at the ASCS office through May 4. Farmers already par ticipating in the program have the right to withdraw from par ticipation. To withdraw, farmers must notify the county committee in writing by May 4.
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