APRIL 27-
THE CITIZEN
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ievers for £ ards
ac
b invited to attend the KOOL
Ach iver A rd banquet in
a hin ton, D.C. onJuly 30.
A ard ill be made in five
cate ori : bu in ; ClV1C; com­
munic tions; arts and educa­
tion.
omin tions hould be ent
to The KOOL Achiever A ard
Pro ram, P.O. Box 35090,
Loui vill, Kentucky 40232.
D adline for nominations i
ay 10, 19 6. Any qu tion
about th pro ram hould b
forw rded to ich el Bateman,
Pro ram Coordinator, at (502)
56 -7235.
cience students find a bias .
By . in Hay
COY RT - Students in Gar-
ret Leffler enth grade class
t Covert hools are finding
ut that ien can be a real
blast.
To Ie rn about erodynami s
and phy ics the students assem­
bled then model rocket. Last
wee they tested II ten on the
I un hin pad. Five of the
r ket lifted ofT and landed
without hitch. One blew up
n the I unching pad and one
did a no dive when it para­
chut failed to open. Lerner
said when something goes wrong
on the launchin p d it's till
a le rning e perience for the
students. Just like with the
.hallenger in real life the stu­
dents will have to figure out
what ent rong and correct it.
Th rockets were part of a
display at th Bulldog po
an open hou for junior and
senior high school students
held last we. Th r ckets
are reuseabl nd ost about
40 each. The Covert hool
b rd paid for the purcha e
of the kits.
The rockets ar 500 feet
in the air and make a soft
landing, if II goes well, with the
id of a plastic parachut.
ext year Lerner hopes to
attach a camera the nose
cone of one of the rockets.
Seniors make trip to Canada
Twenty-four
overt High chool juniors got
t ste of history r entIy wh n
th y visited a fort in Amhear t­
burg Canada for a d y.
Hi ory came alive for the
tudent as they re-enacted the
life of a 19th entury British
lider - th yoked a sav ry
t w ov r an pen flre donn d
the r d uniform of th ing's
th Regiment and endur d
drill nd in pections by th ir
own officer .
History t h r Thomas
Greiffendor said th udcnts
re maz d at how much the
Cand di ns know bout Ameri­
can hi ory. He id that part
o Can d w clo ly ti d with
lchigan history nd the ar
of 1812. uth e ichigan
ndian n otiat d with the
Briti and fought alongside
th Briti ain the invading
American in 1 13.
Among the intere ing tidbits
of information the students
learned was the derivation of the
word deburns, When the
soldiers shot flintlo ks they
were often burned on the cheek
by the flash from their neigh­
bor's gun. T pr teet their
cheeks, they be an to I t the
hair on the side of their f ces
grow. This custom became
kno n growing sideburns.
Greiff ndorf said visiting the
Canadian fort gave the students
the opp rtunity to vie Ameri­
can history from another coun­
try's point of vie .
The field trip was paid for
by the ational Parks Service
of an da. The overt Scho I
distri t paid for transportation
and the vittles.
Spon ors Richard cCree and
Greiffendorf said they would
lik to m e thi field trip an
annual event. Greiffendorf said
if any other school distri t is
interested in the program, school
officials can contact him t
Covert High School.
COY rt tud nts vie for
y . in Hay
COVERT - Some 23 junior
high hool udent from V n
Buren, Berrien and C countie
participated in the Solo En-
m bl Fe ival held t Covert
001 Saturd y, April 19.
Thr Cov rt junior high
hool udent on ond
itl s
divi ion red ribbon medals for
clarinet 10. They were Tina
Quinn, Shannon Rendell and
Vekek Lewis. ccordlng to
band instructor Kenneth Henn­
ing, this i the first year that
Covert ha hosted this musical
event.
SPEAKER ._ Wa hington
corre pond nt Sarah e­
Clendon will p ak at a
me ting of th Southw s­
tern Michigan Women'
Political Coalition on Wed­
nesday, April 30. cClen­
don is a new pap r, radio,
and television journalist
with 34 year of xperienc
cov ring Congre , the
White Hou .. , and the P n-
gone Sh I. I�known
for her cov rag of eight
pre Idents - and some
pre • conf renee. that In­
cl ud8d t.1 vlMd exchan­
g • with pr Id n over
matt r. they didn't .want
dlscu Md. cClendon ha.
locked horn. with Pr
ident Reagan on ex dl
crimination In the federal
government, Nixon· on
neglected vet ran, and
K nnedy on curley ri k .
The m ting on April 30 will
run from 7-9 p.m. and will b
held at the aud Preston
Palenske emorial Library,
500 ark t St., St. Jo ph.
he meeting i open to th
public, according to coali­
tion Pr ident Dorothy
Golz .
- Bobby L J ck­
son, 18, 240 S. cCord St.,
B.:H. died April 18 a.a r ult
ofa tabwoundtoth neck.
Th. Incld nt occured dur­
Ing a dane at the former
Grin II building. Keith A.
ovall, 15, I being h Id In
connection with the ata'"
bing. Th two youth. h d
f uded for y ara, wltn a
said. Jac son wa burled
edn aday In rvlc.a at
Unity T.mpl. C.O.G.I.C.
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Covert schools hire architec
for roof bids
The di -
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ICHIGAN WO AN WINS INK - Deborah Robin on of
Detroit expres es joy after r ceiving a full-length mink
coat h won in a national weep tak program. king
th pre ntation ar Victor . Juli n (at left) and J me
Hunter. Robin on and her husband Ron Robin on also
rec ive an all-expen e paid vacation for two to Jamaica.
r. Robinsonent redthecouple'snam . Mrs. Robin onis
a rgeant with the Detroit Police Department.
Covert Township Board
hires former BH cop
Court holds La
eek activities
Berrien County Juvenile
Court will ob rve Law ee
1986 from onday, April 28,
1986 through Friday, ay 2,
1986.
According to Dr. Don
Chairman of the Law eek
Committe for the Court, La
Week ctivities will include
peaking engagement at public
schools, parochial hool nd
rvice club a Poster onte
amon client 0 Juvenile ourt
n Op n Hou for the general
public t Berrien ounty Ju­
venil Center and lecture for
Court clients and their parent .
Any youth ishing to parti­
cipate in the Poster Contest
may contact his Probation
Officer at 983-7111 ext.