Club's Arts Festival first-place winners: L-R ?? Melinda Smith. Danta Harp. Jo Hudson, Denise Brewster.
Stephanie McFadyen. Mary Lee Motherly. Kay Thomas. Frances McLean, and Linda McLeod. There were other
first-place winners but they are not in the picture. [Staff photo by Pam Frederick].
Clubs Hold Arts F estival
The Raeford Woman's Club and
Raeford Junior Woman's Club held
an Arts Festival January 4 at
Raeford United Methodist Church
for their members.
Mary Archie McNeill, cultural
arts director for the Hoke County
schools, was guest speaker. Betty
Gil gave a demonstration of basket
weaving.
The festival participants selected
as first-place winners by the judges,
and the classes which they won are:
Stephanie McFadyen. nature craft:
Linda McLeod, basic embroidery;
Harriet Mauney, counted-thread
embroidery; Mary Lee Matherly,
crochet; Frances McLean, knitting
(pattern); Harriet Mauney. crewel
(pillow); Kay Thomas, needlepoint
and creative stitches. Faye Lip
pard, basic embroidery: Denise
Brewster, crocheting; Dante Harp,
counted cross-stitch; Melinda
Smith, crewel; and Jo Hudson,
needlepoint.
Awarded second place in the
classes listed were: Stephanie
McFadyen. nature craft; Linda
McLeod. basic embroidery;
Stephanie McFadyen. counted -
thread embroidery; Joan Balfoor%
crochet and crewel; and Jean
McPhail, needlepoint (stamped or
pattern).
Awarded third place: Stephanie
McFadyen. nature craft; Kay
Thomas, basic embroider.: Sarah
Leach, counted-thread embroidery;
Caroline Parker, crewel: and Linda
McLeod. needlepoint (stamped or
pattern).
In creative writing. Ann Hos
tetler placed first and second.
Frances McLeod placed first and
second in sewing.
The District 9. N.C. Federation
of Women's Clubs, competition
will be held February 20 in
Sanford. The winners will parti
cipate in the state competition
March 20 at Salem College in
Winston-Salem.
Guest speaker Mary Archie McNeill [left] and Betty Gil. who ga\<e a
demonstration of basket weaving. [Staff photo by Pant Frederick].
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A native of Henderson. Short
graduated from Townsville High
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Barbara Aiella \left\. creator of 'The Kids on the Block, 'with Renaldo Rodriguez, a blind puppet, and puppeteer
Kathleen McArdle.
Shows Held In Hoke Schools
Puppets Debunk Prejudices'
Twelve-year-old Mandy Puccini
has been deaf since birth. But that
didn't stop her from boogying to
her favorite disco tunes and at
tending public school.
With cerebral palsy. Mark Riley
11. has a difficult time speaking
and must travel around in a
wheelchair, but his spunk and
self-reliance make him an asset in
his public school classroom.
Nine-year old Renaldo Rodri
quez relies on his white cane and
Braille watch to get him to public
school on time. Renaldo was born
blind, but especially enjoys playing
baseball with his verv own buzzer
ball.
Ellen Jane Peterson, at 18. has a
full-time job at a veterinary clinic:
Ellen Jane is mentally retarded.
Mandy. Mark. Renaldo. and
Ellen Jane along with their able
friends. Melody James. 9. and
Brenda Dubrosky, 10. comprised a
very special troupe of players whose
aim was to debunk prejudices and
fears about the disabled.
They recently appeared in a
first-time personal performance for
students at Scurlock Elementary
School and J.W. Turlington
School. They were really just like
"The Kids on the Block." ac
cording to Rhenda Cameron, co
ordinator of programs for ex
ceptional children for the Hoke
County schools. They were actually
the well - known likesize puppets
who "speak, act. and dress like real
kids." but their bodies are made of
foam rubber and velour.
Conceived by innovative special
educator Barbara Aiello. "The
Kids" were, as actor Gary BurghotT
said in the television film about
them, the "most unique puppets in
the world." The television film.
"The Invisible Children", received
national acclaim in 1980. and the
troupe had been touring the U.S.
and other countries extensively
during 1981, especially in cele
bration of 1981 being designated by
the United Nations as "The
International Year of Disabled
Persons."
"We were extremely fortunate to
have had this special troupe of
kids' visit in two of our schools"
said Mrs. Cameron. "We regret
that all of our faculties and
students missed this superb presen
tation. It is hoped that our school
system might obtain replicas of
these special puppets in order that
many others in our schools and
communities might have the op
portunity to meet them". Local
school personnel could be trained
in this special technique as local
puppeteers upon purchase of the
puppets.
The "Kids on the Block" have
been so effective that the troupe has
been expanded by their creator.
Barbara Aiello an educator, writer
and special educator consultant, to
10 puppeteers and 18 puppet
characters. Mrs. Aiello appeared
personally for the two per
formances in Hoke Countv Schools
in mid-December. The formal skits
were followed by candid informal
questions from our own students.
Somehow. Barbara Aiello
realized it was easier tor a curious
child to ask a question of a puppet,
whose feelings are less fragile. The
puppets answers were equally ,
candid and went a long way to
dispel children's fears and preju
dices about special students who
are now enrolled in public schools.
DONT STICK YOUR BUSINESS
INTO MY NOSE
When I was a kid we had a
saying. "Your rights end where my
nose begins." 1 always interpreted
that to mean that another guy was
at liberty to swing his arms around
all he wanted to. unless his
swinging threatened to damage my
nose.
There's a lot of simple-minded
talk about rights nowadays, by
individuals who don't pay much
attention to other people's noses.
For instance, this is literally true of
the person who stoutly defends his
"right" to smoke in confined public
places, like elevators, airplane
cabins, and hospital waiting rooms.
Just one smoker can have everyone
else near him (or her) smelling like
a tobacco factory in a matter
of minutes.
Sometimes the damage to other
people's noses isn't so obvious. One
example is the continuing contro
versy over laws mandating the use
of motorcycle helmets. Helmets
provide an important safety mar
gin. There can be little doubt of
that. In states where motorcycle
helmet use laws have been repeal
ed. since federal restrictions were
relaxed in 1976, the numbers of
deaths associated with motorcycle
accidents have soared. In states
where such laws have been retain
ed. motorcycle accident death rates
have stayed much lower.
The big argument of those
opposed to motorcycle helmet laws
is that they violate the freedom of
indi%iduals to risk injuries which
affect only themselves. But his
"Things That Matter"
by Lucien Coleman
argument doesn't take into account '
the huge economic burden which
falls on other taxpayers and in?
surance policyholders when an
accident results in permanent brain
damage and turns the cyclist into a
paraplegic or quadraplegic.
This side of the picture was
stated graphically in a ruling by the
Massachusetts Supreme Court,
which said, in part:
"From the moment of the injury,
society picks the person up off the i
highway: delivers him to a munici
pal hospital and municipal doctors;
provides him with unemployment
compensation if. after recovery, he
cannot replace his lost job. and. if
the injury causes permanent disabi
lity. may assume the responsibility
for his and his family's subsistence.
W9 do not understand a state
of mind that permits plaintiff to
think that only he himself is
concerned."
Today, among politicians, it's
popular to talk about "getting
government off the backs of the
people." No doubt, some forms of
bureaucratic red tape do need
trimming from time to time. But a
great many laws and government
regulations are there to protect us
from one another.
For example. I don't want
government to get off the backs of
industries who, if not regulated, <
would insist on dumping chemical
wastes into rivers and pouring
pollutants into the air. I don't want
strip-miners in my state to be free
to rape the earth and break up
roadways with overloaded trucks.
Sometimes it takes the power of
government to keep their business
out of other people's noses.
*ri i /"?T? AJf ?? The Hoke County Chapter of the
i^i AALiI Meeting NAACPwill meet Thursday at 7:30
| p.m. at Freedom Masonic Hall.
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