Produced Club “Safety” Is the Theme for Skits by Choteau Elementary Drama
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Sports & S c h o o l Choteau A cantha • Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999 • PAGÈ 7 | r . Bulldogs start season with dual meetConrad i ■ 24 students out turnout of 1996, when head coach four juniors and five seniors - Ben a returning divisional champion. CMR junior varsity, Great Falls High Steve French was hired. Collins, Levi Maltby, Austin Sessions, French said the team will open junior varsity, Big Sandy, Townsend, for 1999-2000 On Monday French said practices, Lars Selby and Finnish exchange stu with a tough competition in Conrad, a Fort Benton, Harlem, Deer Lodge, which began about two weeks ago dent Perttu Pulkka — round out the team that has fielded many state cham Whitehall, Simms, Stanford and the wrestling campaign have been going well. The younger program. pions. With two open weight classes, Conrad JV. athletes, coming from French’ s junior French said the varsity squad will Choteau will start at a 0-12 deficit, but All the teams of the Southern Divi By Acantha staff high program, are already familiar open with 12 out o f 14 weight classes French says he hopes his team will sion will be competing in the tourna with the way things are done and are filled. The team will have vacancies in win big and lose by only small mar ment and that should give Choteau’s The Choteau High School wres learning that the high school program the 98-pound and heavyweight classes. gins to come out on top. “We’ve got a team a good preview of the competi tlers will open their season with a dual is just an extension of what they’ve The team will include a core of tough squad in the middle,” he said. tion this season, French said. at Conrad on Dec. 2, beginning with already experienced. The older kids experienced wrestlers, including sev The varsity and junior varsity Overall, in the Southern B, Cho junior varsity matches at 6:30 p.m. are shaking off the rust and focusing eral state qualifiers and two state plac squads will get a good work out on teau, Cascade, Fairfield andDeerLodge Choteau High’s wrestling program on conditioning and offensive and ers. Maltby took fourth at state at 135 Dec. 3 and 4 as they travel to Cascade are favorites to come out on top. took a big jump in size this year as 10 defensive skills. French is being as pounds last year and Sessions won for a double elimination invitational “I think we have the horses to com freshmen went out for the squad, bring sisted, for the fourth year in a row, by third at 125 pounds. tournament. Other teams participat pete this year,” French said, adding ing the total number of wrestlers in the Joe Pearson. State qualifiers include Selby, ing will include Cascade, Butte junior that the team wants to advance as far program to 24 — exactly twice the Ten freshmen, five sophomores, Collins, Matt Roberts and Matt Stott, varsity, Boulder, Fairfield, Cut Bank, as possible and is showing a good attitude and working hard to make that happen. “Safety” is the theme for skitsproduced Join us for the by Choteau Elementary dramaclub Augusta By Nancy Thornton now, the concentration is on theater as to what one can or cannot do with Shanell Bryant. Acantha reporter____________workshops, writing skits, preparing kids,” she added. •Stranger Danger Skit: Daniel Christmas prop lists, and gaining knowledge After the school assembly in Janu Calvert, Annie Lusky, Aubrie Beard, Calling all budding actors and ac about characters and stage direction, ary, the drama club will stage a musi Blayne Sullivan. tresses! Choteau Elementary School and everything that is involved with cal review for the public. The club •No to Drugs Skit: Amelia Hall, Rendezvous has a drama club destined to put them putting on a production, she said. will sing and choreograph hit songs Alyse Sena, Chase Woith, Kristina on the stage. Repko is also collecting things for the from popular musicals, and will dress Purkett, Jessica Jackson. The drama club, under volunteer prop box. in costumes, she said. The Choteau •Underage Drinking Skit: Mike drama coach Christa Repko, has 37 Last year Repko coached a drama High School drama teacher is giving Scott, Nicole Garramon, Rachel ^muÉclÎM^ members who meet Wednesday and club for the Boy Scouts here, and it her advice on how to go about using Pannabecker, Mellisa Smith, Nicole Friday in the CES cafeteria after school was so successful, she said, that this the copyrighted material, she said. Lindgren. for one hour and IS minutes. year she got approval to offer her If there is enough interest, Repko •Anti-smoking Skit: Katelyn ¿ ïû m ly ’s dècisu>n to jmioye'to So far it is going well, Repko said. services to CES. would like to offer a summer pro Mathis, Katie Van Setten, Ashley ít^oneanda hilf yean ago.SÜëiÎ She and her two adult volunteers, Bee The club membership, mostly gram. She would appreciate comments Bach, David Barlow. Brewer and Michele Hensley, have ¿jjMttdíshe.has managed to.m e-hçri fourth and fifth graders, is restricted to and suggestions and may be contacted •Kids Against School Violence assigned each club member to a group ÿ|wheelchkirl<5*sand less butcannôt^ students in third through sixth grade, at 406-466-5580. Skit: Roman Christiaens, Korine Rea, and each group has a different theme the limitation on the lower end being The school assembly production Jesse Repko, Ethan Lindsey, Kevin ^^pi^j»lpn¿Uxne¿She;occ^CMuOL>^ for a skit. The drama club will host a £u»ei abane and manages hêr con'-^ the ability to read, Repko said. with a safety theme set for January Neill, Macie Lindgren, play with a safety theme at a school She said her goal is to teach all the includes the following skits and per •Accepting Differences Skit: Zack Y^diüqn^y assembly in January, she said. aspects of drama to her charges so that formers: UWliàt' she Kas'noticed moatbf;all,’;s Repko, Simone Howard, Nicole A major production for the public they gain an appreciation and a love •Fire Skit: Hannah Sylling, Josh Lightner, Kasey Kimberly, Autumn will be planned later, Repko said. For for it. “I have no preconceived notions Repko, Derek Calvert, Logan Ley, Hall. “There is something atout0K6-i . teau. The.pebple here1 have been ’ f very supportive,” shë said,.whether^’ Contraband search yields positive results In Augusta >'¿its hfclping.her at die. g r o c e ty s to ^ Detection Canines Inc., conducted a ^ànd elsewhere; She added, that the:^ By Nancy Thornton “alert” at three student lockers com Wedum said he was pleased with Saturday,Dec. 4th ^move-’Kas dohe> wonders, for hert, Acantha reporter____________random search for alcohol, drugs and pared to 181ockerslastMarch. Wedum the results for the search of the interior 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ¿.whole family as well.'. „ t\ - black powder. and Godfrey then accompanied the of the school, adding, “We may also No contraband was found during PShe was very activé in theimH^i The search covered the lockers of three students to his or her locker, expand our coverage to include the <• Over 40 Exhibitors an unannounced search of Choteau students in grades seven through 12, which was opened and searched. high school parking lot.” At least one ♦ Demonstrations by local High School by a private detective ¿engirtéimechanicfai^M pi^! hallways, closets, the vo-ag shop and None of the locker searches yielded more search will be scheduled during artisans using a golden retriever on Nov. 23. j^nagem ént^r^p^l the industrial arts room. Only the ad any contraband, Wedum said. The the school year, he said. The results of Principal Neal Wedum said Tanya ♦ Augusta Youth/Senior Center ?,Malmstrom Air Ik^ B iaeiaO m afes ministration knew in advance that the dog may have picked up the scent of the search as well as whether to ex and Legion Club Godfrey, an employee from the Lau sweep would take place. black powder from students who had pand to the parking areas will be dis ♦ Barbecue under the Big Tent S ? 'f f U w V t n ’ r rel branch of Texas-based InterQuest A golden retriever signaled an been hunting last weekend, he added. cussed at the Dec. 9 board meeting. ♦ Pictures with Santa or ;tint to themiumvm Mystery Snowman _____ _____________ ♦ Hay Ride - Tree Lighting How to produco that “big buck” and eat itCeremony too • Live Nativity By Quentin Kujala deer bucks would prefer the season end substance. Some advocate a four point vest. Such an action may merely “cram” before Thanksgiving. 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