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Warren Jr. High School stages cardboard canoe regatta By Tony Carton EDITOR
Have you ever thought of doing something most folks think couldn’t or shouldn’t be done? Of course you have, and so have the Warren Jr. High School students in Sarah Robbe’s Eighth Grade Pre-Engineering class. They’ve been working on the “impossible” for part of a semester and showed up poolside at Apple Canyon Lake last week to not only test their design and engineering skills, but to have fun. “Today we are racing our cardboard canoes that we’ve been designing and building as a class proj-
ect since October,” said Robbe. “We actually do three design challenges during a quarter. We started with water bottle rockets, then we did chip the chips, and the canoes are their final culminating design challenge.” She said the goal is to make the canoes waterproof. The students had to first design their canoes, then build and test a model, and finally build the “real deal.” “They had lots of conversions and they had to calculate volume and surface area, so they could calculate how much weight their canoe would
hold,” said Robbe. “This is the first year we’ve done this, so next year’s students stand to benefit from the experience if the thing that worked and didn’t work and decide what they would do differently. It’s good project for all of us and an opportunity to enjoy the mathematics and the creativity they get to bring to it. They are really proud of what we’ve accomplished.” Jaylyn Carter worked as one of a five member team building the “SS Arrrrg!” She said the project was a learning experience. “It’s a lot harder than I expected
to build a boat out of cardboard, and if you don’t protect it properly it’s going to sink,” Carter said. We knew early on that duct tape is the only thing we could use to hold the boat together, so we decided to use it all around.” Carter and the other “SS Arrrrg!” Team members calculated correctly because they not only took second place in the race, but also received recognition for “Longest Distance Traveled.” Jason Niemann is a member of the team that built the winning vessel which was christened “Silver Cas-
ket.” He said he entered the project knowing nothing about building cardboard boats except to use a lot of duct tape. “I’m going to farm, but this was definitely a learning experience,” he said. Apple Canyon Aquatics Manager Julie Janssen said the races were not only a fun educational experience, but an opportunity to talk water safety. “This is National Water Safety Awareness month, so prior to today’s canoe race event we will have a little chat about water safety.”
SOS+ to present Assassination of President Garfield program
The SOS+ program on Thursday, June 13, will be a history program presented by Mark Peterson on the Assassination of President Garfield. Mark, an instructor of history and culture at Highland Community College thought SOS+ seniors would be interested in this particular US president and his assassination because the assassin was Charles Guiteau, a man who grew up in Freeport, IL. Mark invites all the seniors to come and learn what happened on July 2, 1881 at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington DC. The program will include the capture, trial and execution of Guiteau and what really caused the death of our 20th US President, James Garfield. Historians often forego listing Garfield in rankings of US presidents due to his short duration of presidency; serving as US 20th president from March 4, 1881 until his death by assassination 6 1/2 months later. Mark will share his knowledge of the history of both Garfield and Guiteau. A time of fellowship and refreshments will follow the program. The Stockton SOS+ (Senior Outreach of Stockton and surrounding areas) is made up of volunteers working together to provide interesting programs and fellowship to our seniors. In its 15th year, SOS+ continues to provide fellowship and interesting programs for all seniors of our surrounding areas. There are no costs and all area seniors and residents are most welcome. A free will offering is taken at each meeting which helps in providing interesting and educational programs throughout the year. Volunteers are much needed. If you would like to volunteer to help or volunteer to entertain or have a story of interest to share, please let us know. Fifteen years later, “SOS+” is going strong. For more information on SOS+ or this special event, please feel free to call Mary Feltmeyer 815-297-5425, Nancy Rice 815-9473683 or Shirley Toepfer 815-947-3639. If you are in need of a ride to the church, please call. We would be more than happy to accommodate you.
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Warren Pre-Engineering students Ava Heidenreich and Joey Nolty will be heading back to the drawing board after the day’s races at Apple Canyon Lake.
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