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i Schools prepare students now
»For ‘expected’ college careers
GROOM (AP) — In this largely
"Airal community in Carson County,
ij, lachers are preparing to send Tra-
kjA s.Bi itten of f to college.
I But first, they’ve got to get him
ia itolecond grade.
B Travis, 6, began (irst grade this
V tontli. In Groom, teachers said they
P' ork their lessons around the idea
^ latfhe student is college bound.
Most of the time, they’re right.
“That’s the way I teach my En-
lish IV class,” Janetta Lamb, a
ierkljroom teacher, said. “They’re col-
—^jgepound.”
All 15 of the students who grad
ated from Groom High School in
ay have enrolled in a college.
Principal Kenneth Sweatt said he
not surprised by the high percent-
;ebf students continuing their ed-
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be close every year,” he
, ^id[“Tlte community puts <iuite an
piphusis on education. It’s ex-
—ejected. Most of them go to school
jr omewhere.”
According to Sweatt, the graduat-
ng tlass comes close to 100 percent
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tltUj; ISibility, he said, is one of the key
t full actirs, with most students spending
hide 11 IE years in the Groom system.
haitlMso, most of the teachers in the
tsi ystem have been teaching in Groom
faiii\ or several years, Sweatt said,
land Ji|dy Babcock, a Groom teacher
and administrative assistant who
handles college counseling, said that
going to college has become “the
thing to do” among graduates in the
community.
“The fear is that if they don’t go,
they’re not going to have anything to
do,” she said.
Small schools, she said, seem to
have an advantage in preparing stu
dents for college.
“Since there are just 15 students,
it’s easier for me to keep an eye on
each one,” Babcock said. “They
don’t get lost in the shuffle.”
Sweatt said he believes a higher
percentage of students from rural
communities go on to college than
do their metropolitan counterparts,
in part, because vocational opportu
nities are not available at the smaller
schools.
Officials from area districts of
similar size agreed that rural district
students were more likely to at least
attempt higher education.
“We have this trend, too,” Don
Johnson, Channing High School
principal, said. “We have a high,
high percentage that go to college.”
Johnson said that of last year’s 12
graduates, 11 went on to college and
one entered the military.
“We try to prepare them for col
lege. Here in our neighborhood,
there’s not a lot for them to come
back to.”
' Dukakis trys improving
defense issue image
Associated Press
tele -.fBchael Dukakis, criticized for
ailing to spell out clearly his defense
iVfI , iqliiy, conferred with Democratic
ere(1 , ongiessional leaders Sunday on an
iffepsive to improve his image. Run-
ting mate Lloyd Bentsen accused
lepublican George Bush of kowtow-
igtothe hard right in his choice for
ice president.
^^^■hile the Democratic ticket
jnfed to campaign duties, Bush
nd his running mate, Sen. Dan
Hyle of Indiana, spent a quiet day
jgetlter, gathering their families for
n informal lunch at the vice presi-
enj’s residence in Washington,
j. , Bush planned to resume cam-
aigjning on Monday when he trav-
/ Is to New Jersey and Ilinois.
Dukakis, who has t,aken a more
!^tjMessive stance in recent days,
poke with congressional leaders in
losjon about his image on national
scui ity and foreign policy issues
nd promised to restate my positions
orcefully this week.
The Democratic presidential
ominee criticized President Reagan
‘ ar pis veto of a defense authoriza-
1 on bill that had bipartisan support,
ubtu
and faulted the administration for
its handling of the defense procure
ment scandal.
Dukakis suggested that the ad
ministration is searching for scape
goats instead of solutions to influ
ence-peddling and the exchange of
secret information at the Pentagon.
“What you see here is an example
of the way we’re going to make na
tional security policy beginning in
January 1989,” Dukakis said.
The GOP nominee, dogged by
questions last week after a defender
of a former U.S. citizen convicted in
Israel of war crimes resigned as co-
chairman of his campaign’s organi
zation for ethnic groups, faced new
criticism on Sunday in light of a pub
lished report about a man he ap
pointed to a Republican National
Committee job.
The Washington Post reported
that Frederic V. Malek, whom Bush
picked to manage the Republican
National Convention and who later
moved to the RNC deputy chair’s
post, had compiled figures in 1971
on the number of Jews among top
officials in the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics.
Bill Mayfield, superintendent of
Happy Schools, said that most stu
dents in tiis district attend college,
but attributed it to the work of the
schools.
“I think in a lot of cases they have
more counseling in that area,” he
said.
Miami Superintendent Allan
Dinsmore said that rural students in
this area seem college-oriented, but
that it is not a universal trait among
small districts. He said the lifestyle
and economic condition of the peo
ple in the community seem to be the
determining factor.
“In Miami, the community and
the people in the community value a
good education,” Dinsmore said.
“They’re willing to put forth the ef
fort in materials and time ”
In Groom, Lamb said students re
alize few opportunities exist in small
towns.
“They see that there’s nothing for
them here and they’ve got to get
away,” she said.
Sweatt maintains that Groom edu
cators do nothing out of the ordi
nary to direct students toward col
leges and universities, but points to
the newly adopted school motto as
an example of the district’s philoso
phy.
A sign outside the school reads,
“Excellence Now. A commitment to
the future.”
Sweatt said, “I think we have an
excellent little school system here.”
New Miss America:
winning ‘not luck’
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) —
Newly crowned Miss America Gret-
chen Elizabeth Carlson, a classical vi
olinist and Stanford University stu
dent with hopes of law school, said
Sunday she plans to become a cor
porate executive.
“I’m definitely an overachiever,”
she told reporters.
“This wasn’t luck,” Carlson, who
entered in the pageant as Miss Min
nesota, said of her selection as Miss
America 1989. She added that she is
not superstitious and brought no
good-luck charms to the pageant.
Carlson, 22, of Anoka, Minn.,
performed a spirited violin solo ti
tled “Gypsy Airs.” She has been
studying violin for 17 years, winning
national and state competitions and
performing a solo with the Minne
sota Orchestra.
After Winning a preliminary tal
ent competition last week, she confi
dently told reporters parts of her
performance were “exquisite.”
Pageant officials took pains this
year to emphasize that the judges
were looking for an “articulate, edu
cated, dynamic role model” and not
a beauty queen.
Carlson was crowned early Sun
day by her predecessor, Kaye Lani
Rae Rafko. The selection of Miss
America 1989 was delayed almost 12
minutes when judges had to cast new
ballots to break a tie for second run
ner-up.
During the delay, Carlson said,
“I’d lost confidence ... I really
thought it was all over at that point. I
saw a judge look down at a book and
look at a picture and shake their
head and I thought, ‘Oh, no, it’s
me!”’
Carlson is several credits away
from graduating from Stanford with
a degree in organizational behavior.
She said she would like to attend
Harvard Law School and become a
successful corporate executive.
For the next year, she will tour the
country promoting not only the Miss
America scholarship program but
also the products of the pageant’s
corporate sponsors, including un
derwear, orange juice, pantyhose
and hair coloring.
Rafko, a registered nurse, used
her reign to promote the nursing
field.
Carlson said she would like to fo
cus on “education for the children of
tomorrow.” Specifically, she would
like to see children receive more ed
ucation on values, teaching children
to be “less narcissistic.”
“Today children tend to be more
in love with themselves instead of be
ing in love with other people,” she
said.
When asked what kind of Miss
America she would make, Carlson
laughed and replied: “A short one.”
She stands 5-foot-3.
Carlson, a green-eyed blonde of
Swedish descent, admitted she light
ens her hair with hair coloring but
said contestants should not be al
lowed to change their bodies
through cosmetic surgery, as some
have.
Carlson also said she would like to
see the Miss America pageant in
clude a scholarship category. The
competition now has talent, swim
suit, evening gown and interview
categories.
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HOUSTON (AP) — The USS Texas has sat
listing in its muddy berth on the Houston Ship
lhannel for more than four decades, but as early
5 December the historic battleship will be towed
) a dry dock where a $13.5 million restoration
ffort will begin.
The Texas’ once-busy gang plank is gone and
s deck stands empty after officials closed the
:teran of both world wars to prepare for the re
air work.
The effort is meant to restore the ship to the
atertight condition of the days when its 14-inch
Lins bombarded Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The
|SS Texas is the lone survivor of the pre-World
far I dreadnought class of vessel named for the
ritish battleship that was the first high-powered
arship in the world.
exas Parks and Wildlife Department spokes-
Jim Eaves said the 74-year-old ship and nau-
fmuseum will never again be seaworthy. But
rians and others who called for major re
pairs are pleased that the ship will be preserved
for future generations.
“We have a unique piece of history,” said Ber
nard Olive, a Baytown firefighter who founded
the First Texas Volunteers, a battleship restora
tion group. “All of us should be proud that she’s
going to be restored.
“What gets me is sometimes people in the
Houston area don’t realize how gallantly she did
serve in two world wars,” Olive said. “She fought
in North Africa, Europe and the South Pacific.
She was a real workhorse.”
Officials plan for tugboats to push the 34,000-
ton vessel from its berth sometime in December
and take it to a shipyard for repairs. While in dry
dock, crews will restore the ship’s hull, deck and
masts, as well as repaint its gray hull navy blue —
its World War II color.
Once completed, two-thirds of the ship’s sel
dom-seen compartments, including the boiler
room, dentist’s office and officers’ living quarters
will be open to the public, Eaves said.
A Houston company has already been working
under a state contract to rig the ship with hoses
and lines so workers can remove flammable oil
residue from its 93 fuel tanks. The 573-foot-long
ship, with its 12-story-high conning tower, can
not be towed until numerous leaks are welded.
In December, 1.7 million gallons of seawater
and oil were pumped out, refloating the “Mighty
T” for the first time since 1948.
Eaves said the liquids were used to settle the
ship in its berth, but enacted a toll over the years.
“The decision was made in good faith back then,
but it hasn’t helped in preserving her,” he said.
Crews will soon begin dredging mud and silt to
clear the way for the ship’s scheduled departure
and its expected return in late 1989.
After the first phase of the restoration project
is complete, the Texas will return to an expanded
and refurbished berth at San Jacinto State Park.
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