Vol 25 issue 12

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Liquid Siiver set to flow at South The 1989 Marhn show. Liquid Silver, promises to be better than ever in this, its twenty-fifth year. The show begins with a bang as the Florida-bound swimmers present "A Bite of the Apple." These girls will also be performing two other acts, "Street Beat" and the traditional "Faith of the Free," all choreographed by Miss Dawn Butler. The lead parts in the show are: solos by Kristina Algminas, Kristen Kimura, and Leslie Shewfelt; duets by Cathy Bilson and Amy Zeman, Greta Malten and Jamie Scafa, Annika Schnider and Kris Thorsson, Katie Carlsen and Linda Riordan, and Jenny Miller and Katie Oberheide. There will also be a quartet by Colleen Durack, Katrina Flener, Karen Kerber, and Margie O'Connor. The Marlin officers (President Kristen Kimura, Show Chairman Amy Zeman, and Assistant Show Chairman Leslie Shewfelt) will be ^ presenting a trio. The Marlin show adds twenty-five years of tradition and a few surprises to all of these acts to make a fun and exciting show. This synchronized swimming event will Members of Maine South's synchronized swimming club, Marlin, express a variety of moods in be held on the 17th and 18th of March at 7:00 preparation for their 25th Anniversary show. Liquid Silver, set to open March 17. p.m. and the 19th of March at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are S3.00 and can be purchased at the door or from any Marlin member. Last Friday, on March 3, the annual for prevention, not intervention or treatment." Operation Snowball was held at the Park Also, students chosen displayed positive Ridge Community Church. Studentsfromall attitudes as well as the ability to serve as three Maine Township schools met from 8:00 positive role models for their peers. The maa.m. to 10:30 p.m. in a unique program de- jority of the participants were selected from signed to prevent substance abuse while de- the sophomore and junior classes. veloping positive attitudes and self-esteem. The program itself was composed of large Snowball is a statewide program that encour- groups where students got to know each other, ages students to adopt a drug and alcohol free learned about the facts of drugs, learned about According to a college follow-up study, life by learning relational skills to deal with alcohol and alcoholism, and learned the iman increase of students in the District 207 are problems. As Mrs. Natalie Dranoff, social portance of self-esteem. Most important were attending colleges after high school. This worker here at South, said, "The program's the small groups sessions composed of about increase was from 79.2 percent for the 1987 goal is to educate students with the right ten students. Here, students developed closer class to 80.7 percent for the class of 1988. This knowledge so that they will be able to make relationships and discussed the ideas learned is important because the percentile is increas- important decisions on their own." in the large group with more depth. ing on a smaller number of students. Operation Snowball was begun in the The program will be followed by activiThe number of students that complete their Maine Township High Schools in 1986. The ties that will focus on self-examination and college courses is also on the rise. During the first co-directors were Natalie Dranoff and sharing through student supported groups. ^ p a s t two years, there has been an increase of Karen Pflederer, English teacher at South. Operation Snowball and its follow-up activiI P 1.4 percent. Most of the students from the Although the program is relatively new to the ties provide a place to leam, practice, and use class of 1988 (91.3%) attended midwestem Maine schools, it was begun in the early '70s coping skils as alternatives to the use of alcocolleges while 3.5% chose western colleges in Illinois. hol and other drugs. The benefits that the and 2.3% chose southern colleges. Also, most The students selected to attend were not program offers have contributed to its success students tend to major in business upon enter- involved in drug use, for as Mrs. Pflederer this year, in past programs, and hopefully in ing college. i. said, "Operation Snowball is more a program the following years to come.

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