School News Sandy Gets Part In UNC-G Opera Isaac A. Sandy of Raeford will be in the cast of "Cosi fan tutte," Mozart's popular comic opera of love and infidelity, which will be presented Friday through Sunday, April 8-10 in Aycock Auditorium at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. A music major at UNC-G, San dy will play one of the soldiers in the comic opera. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie M. Sandy of Route 2, Box 121 -C, Raeford and a graduate of Hoke County High School. Written in 1790, "Cosi fan tutte" is considered by many to be operatic comedy at its best. The plot involves two couples in 18th century Naples as they test the bonds of true love and loyalty, with amusing consequences. Curtain time for the perfor mances will be at 8:15 p.m. on Fri day and Saturday, April 8-9, and at 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 10. Tickets are available by contacting the Aycock box office, 379-5546, weekdays from 1-5:30 p.m. Directing the production will be Dr. Arvid Knutsen, director of opera at UNC-G. Dr. Richard Cox, a professor of music, will serve as conductor and musical director of a chorus of 21 singers and an orchestra of approximately 35 musicians. Set design will be by Dr. Andreas Nomikos, a professor of communication and theatre. ECU Student Teachers Given Assignments Two hundred and 72 East Carolina University teacher educa tion students have been assigned practice teaching in North Carolina public schools this semester. The intern teachers are from 62 counties in North Carolina and nine other states. Dr. Thomas A Chambliss, direc tor of student teaching, said each practice teacher will conduct regular classes under the direction of a supervisor and will receive a grade for performance. Raeford resident Pamela G. Key has been assigned to teach music in the Pitt County schools. Contest winners Hoke and Scotland counties public health dental hygienist Kim H oodall (right) presents a plaque to the South Hoke school winners of the Dental Health Month Award. Hoke County Spelling Champ Named Can you spell acccntuator? What about accommodable? Tricky words, wouldn't you agree? Yet, correctly spelling such challenging words as these and many others won Lisa McLean, a sixth grader at J.W. Turlington, the honor of becoming Hoke County's Spelling Bee Champion for 1983-84. Lisa, an "A" student, captured this highly coveted title by just suc cessfully competing in a series of hair-raising spelling competitions with other homeroom champions at her school. She then triumphantly rivaled Upchurch Junior High's spelling whiz, John O'Tuel in a nerve tingling exercise of subperb spell ing wizardry. Because of her spelling v ictories. Lisa has earned the opportunity to compete in the Regional Spelling Bee to be held in Charlotte, April 22. There, Lisa will use her spelling units and unique skills to over throw others local county cham pions for a chance to win valuable prizes and to travel to Washington, D.C. for the national competition in June. How does Lisa feci about her ac complishments? "Happy and very excited," beamed the 12-year-old champion. School principal, Emma Mims, responded to the news of Lisa's triumphs with words of praise and a big hug for this talented student. "Lisa will represent our county well in Charlotte and we are all so very proud of her," Mims said. Two of Lisa's teachers at Turl ington, Mrs. Beverly Bowden and Mrs. Helen Sellars, both describe Lisa as being a "sharp, intelligent, and extremely well-mannered stu dent." Mrs. Bowden went on to describe her as "a model student." The youngest child of Mr. Alfreeda and Margaret McLean of Raeford, Lisa also enjoys Girl Scouting, crocheting and collecting T.V. Guide covers. FIRST CROSSWORD PUZ ZLE. Crossword puzzles, now published by the millions, got their start with publication of a puzzle, prepared by Arthur Wynne, in the Sunday supplement of the New York World, Dec. 21, 1913. South Hoke Garners T op Dental Award South Hoke Primary School has received the Hoke County Children's Dental Health Month contest award. The school was presented the award, an inscribed plaque of recognition, on Monday from Kim Woodall, public health dental hygienist for Hoke and Scotland Counties. The contest, in observance of Dental Health Month, February, included three levels of competi tion, with the school making the highest number of points receiving the special plaque. The plaque will remain at South Hoke school until the 1984 winner is named. South Hoke will present contest materials at the district event which offers a permanent plaque for the school and a $100 cash award. Mrs. Monroe was the school coordinator for South Hoke. On the state level, the winning school will receive a permanent trophy and a $500 cash award, ac cording to Mrs. Woodall, who coordinated the activities. Scurlock school will receive a cer tificate for their participation in the contest. The school contest included the superintendent, office staff, prin cipals, teachers and the students. The activities included dental messages announced each morning to the students at school, a PTA program related to dental health, wearing smile buttons, snack display in the cafeteria, a scrap book on dental health activities, a non sweet snack day at school, dai ly brushing and or flossing by the students, art projects, watching films about dental health and visits to a dental office. The contest was sponsored by the North Carolina Dental Society the State Dental Health Section and the State Department of Public Instruction. In addition to promoting Dental Health Month activities, Mrs. Woodall provides other educa tional and preventive activities during the school year. Mrs. Woodall visits the schools in Hoke and Scotland counties of fering educational lessons in toothbrushing, flossing and nutri tion. She also is the co-ordinator of the weekly fluoride mouthrinse program in the schools. This year she will also be providing a teacher dental health workshop to Hoke County teachers. Mrs. Woodall was the 1982-1983 recipient of the Annual Communi ty Dental Health Award given by the North Carolina Dental Hygienist Association. THE WALL STREET APPROACH TO RETIREMENT. UCB offers a flexible type of Individual Retire ment Account. This plan offers the benefits of competitive market rates and greater flexibility. And it is available to everyone . . . even those al ready covered by an employer's retirement plan. 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