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May 3, 2012
The Lovell Chronicle I 11
'Wizard of
Oz' staged
this week at
RMHS
BY DAVID PECK
Students from both
Rocky Mountain High
School and Lovell High
School will take the stage
this week when RMHS
presents "The Wizard of
Oz" as the school's annual
school musical.
Directed by Eve-
lyn Carter, Chris Banks,
Mandie Asay and Spen-
cer Clark, "The Wizard of
Oz" will be staged tonight
(Thursday) and again Sat-
urday night in the RMHS
Great Hall (commons area).
The program begins at 6:30
each evening.
Main characters in-
clude: Dorothy - Mandee
Leonhardt; Zeke/Coward-
ly Lion - Dalton Banks;
Hickory/Tin Man - Jake
Loyning; Hunk/Scarecrow-
Casey Banks; Aunt Em and
Glinda - Sydney Tyacke;
Uncle Henry - Michael Ber-
nhisel; Miss Gultch/Wicked
Witch - Meryk McArthur;
and Professor Marvel/The
Wizard - Randy Carter.
Lorrie Brost is the ac-
companist.
'New look'
prom Saturday
night in Lovell
BY DAVID PECK
The newly revamped
junior-senior prom at
Lovell' High -School: will
take place Friday night
with activities at the Lovell
Community Center and the
Hyart Theatre.
The evening will be-
gin with an optional ca-
tered dinner from 5 to 8
p.m. at the Lovell Commu-
nity Center. According to
junior class sponsor Bret
George, the dinner - at $30
per couple - will feature a
choice of prime rib, shrimp
or chicken Alfredo, a salad,
rolls, potato and red vel-
vet cheesecake. There will
also be a drink bar featur-
ing Italian cream soda, fla-
vored lemonade and ice
tea.
George said it will be a
formal dinner including ta-
ble service, and valet park-
ing will be offered as cou-
ples arrive. Volunteers are
being organized by Matty
Moody.
The prom grand march
will be held at the Hyart
Theatre while the commu-
nity center is being con-
verted from a restaurant
to a dance hall. The march
will begin on the stage fol-
lowing the movie at around
9 or 9:15 p.m., George said,
adding that the public is
welcome to attend.
Included in the grand
march will be the an-
nouncement and crowning
of the homecoming royal-
ty. There will be no royalty
dance on stage, however.
A parade of vehicles
with a police escort will
take place at around 9:45
p.m., George said, taking
couples from the Hyart to
the community center. The
street in front of the Hyart
will be blocked off so par-
ents can get more photos as
the students emerge from
the theater.
The prom will last from
10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at
the community center with
music provided by Bret
Savage. The 2012 theme is
Roaring 20s. Pepsi has do-
nated a fountain soda pop
machine for the evening,
George noted.
An after-prom party
will be held at the Victory
Lanes bowling alley from
12:30 to 2:30 a.m. with free
pizza and drinks and free
bowling.
Bryce Ward
Jacob Asay
Dalton Banks
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Shay Kite
Area students to attend prestigious
American Legion conference
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Jacob Asay, Shay Kite,
Kassidy Hetland and Hol-
ly Wilkerson of Lovell High
School and Dalton Banks
and Bryce Ward of Rocky
Mountain High School,
have been selected to par-
ticipate in the American Le-
gion Boys State and Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary Girls
State programs in June.
Students selected
for the program are high
achievers academically and
generally involved in many
extracurricular activities.
Asay, Hetland and
Wilkerson of LHS are mem-
bers of the National Honor
Society. Hetland plays var-
sity basketball and runs on
the track team. Asay plays
football and is on the wres-
tling team. Wilkerson is a
wrestling team manager:
her school's team. Kite is a
member of the LHS Dance
Team and participated in
Skills USA. Asay also par-
ticipated in the Skills USA
program.
Rocky Mountain High
School student Bryce Ward
is a three-sport athlete in
basketball, football and
track. He sings with the
choir and is a member of
the National Honor Society.
His fellow RMHS student
Dalton Banks is Junior
Class President and is ac-
tive in his school's chapter
of Future Business Lead-
ers of America. He is also
a member of the National
Honor Society and sings in
both the regular and jazz
choir.
The American Legion
programs are designed to
teach participating high
school students how govern-
ment works, while develop-
ing leadership skills and an
appreciation for their rights
as a citizen. As a partici-
pant in the program each
student will have the op-
portunity to run for office,
learn public speaking, cre-
ate and enforce laws and
actively participate in all
phases of creating and run-
ning a working govern-
ment. They will also have
the opportunity to meet
Gov. Matt Mead and other
government leaders from
the state.
The Lovell boys are
sponsored by the Ameri-
can Legion Post No. 11 of
Lovell this year. The Lovell
girls are sponsored by the
Lovell Civic Action Group.
The Rocky boys are spon-
sored by the American Le-
gion of Powell. There are no
girls attending from Rocky
Mountain High School this
year.
Boys State has been
a program of the Ameri-
Holly Wilkerson and Kassidy Hetland
can Legion since 1935. The
girls program began a few
years later, in 1935.
The American Legion
Boys and Girls State pro-
grams expose participants
to their rights, privileges,
duties and responsibilities
as a franchised citizen of
the United States.
The training activi-
ties include legislative ses-
sions, court proceedings,
law enforcement presenta-
tions, assemblies, bands,
chorus and recreational
programs. '
High school juniors are
selected by local American
Legion posts to attend the
program and they are only
offered the opportunity to
attend once during their
high school career.
"Only kids who are
quality citizens, leaders
and who have good grades
are considered for the pro-
gram," said RMHS coun-
selor Tim Jones. "It is a big
honor for all those who were
selected to attend."
June 5
deadline for
Enzi page
position
application
U.S. Senator Mike
Enzi is encouraging Wyo-
ming juniors in high school
to apply to be a Senate
page for the fall session in
Washington, DC.
The deadline for fall
applications is June 5.
"The page program al-
lows students to have a
front row seat during de-
bates in the U.S. Senate,"
Enzi said. "The program
will provide experiences
that participants will car-
ry with them forever."
Page duties consist
primarily of delivering cor-
respondence and legisla-
tive material at the Capi-
tol. Other duties include
preparing the Senate
chamber for sessions and
carrying bills and amend-
ments to the appropriate
people on the Senate floor.
Pages attend classes
at the Senate page school
until 9:45 a.m. and then
work until 4 p.m. or un-
til the Senate adjourns for
the day. The Senate page
school provides the neces-
sary requisites for a junior
year course of study.
Fall page eligibility is
limited to juniors in high
school who will be 16 or 17
years old on or before the
date of appointment. Ap-
plicants must have a mini-
mum grade point average
of 3.0.
Pages live in Webster
Hall located near the Cap-
itol and receive a stipend
to cover the cost of the res-
idence. Breakfast and din-
ner are provided daily.
The fall session runs
from Sept. 10, 2012, to Jan.
25, 2013. Applications and
additional information can
be found by going to www.
enzi.senate.gov. Further
questions can be direct-
ed to Dianne Kirkbride in
Senator Enzi's Cheyenne
office at 307-772-2477 or
Dianne_Kirkbride@enzi.
senate.gov.
NWC team
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Three concerts in
Lovell next week
Three spring concerts
are scheduled next week for
Lovell schools.
On Monday, May 7, the
Lovell Middle School band
and choir programs will join
forces for a concert at 7 p.m.
at the Lovell Community
Center. Then on Tuesday, the
high school band and choir
programs will, likewise, stage
a joint concert, also at 7 p.m.
at the community center.
The annual Lovell Ele-
mentary School fourth- and
fifth-grade concert will be held
Thursday, May 10, at 7 p.m. at
the Lovell High School gym.
dominates
Model United
Nations
Wyoming
The Northwest Col-
lege Model United Nations
Team dominated the Wy-
oming Model United Na-
tions Conference hosted
April 20-21 in Laramie
by the University of Wyo-
RMHS students attend art symposium
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Fifteen Rocky Moun-
tain High School students i: !
attended the annual Wyo-
ming State High School Art ............
Symposiurh held in Casper ..........................................................
April 26-28. Jordan Arnold,
Jesse Maletare and Jerry'
Aagard took top honors for
their projects. Arnold, a
ninth-grader, took two blue
ribbons for his paper mache
"pike" fish and for his mixed
media "elk art." Maletere
won a blue ribbon for his
paper mache "walleye" fish.
The paper mache fish were
part of a classroom project
called "The Fish of Wyo-
ming."
Senior Jerry Aagard
won a blue ribbon for a ta-
ble and chair that he deco-
rated with recycled materi-
als and bright colored paint.
Approximately 1,500
students, 105 high school
art teachers and several
colleges and art institute
representatives participat-
ed in the event.
ming. Model UN is a pro-
gram that helps students
develop skills in writing,
speaking, negotiating and
critical thinking.
Even though this is
the first year NWC fielded
a team, Northwest took 13
of the 37 awards it compet-
ed for, leaving three high
schools, three other com-
munity colleges and UW to
split the remaining 24.
Every member of the
Northwest team won at
least one award, with sev-
eral members winning
multiple honors. The team
further distinguished it-
self as the only one with
every member receiving
an award.
Tyler Hetland of
Lovell won a Dais' Choice
Award--a special recogni-
tion by the chairs of her
particular committee.
At the two-day Lara-
PATti CARPENTER mie event, the NWC team
Jordan Arnold, Jesse Maletare and Jerry Aagard won blue ribbons for the of seven students compet-
artwork they entered in the Wyoming State High School Art Symposium held ed against 131 others from
in Casper last week. across the state.
"It was a great expe- have done," said RMHS spired. Many are already Advertising deadline for the Lovell
rience for the students art teacher Berta Newton. planning their projects for
Chronicle is Tuesday at noon.
to see what other artists "They came away so in- next year."
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