Findlay High School - Trojan Yearbook (Findlay, OH)

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To be a director ... an actor's dream. Well, at least it was my dream. — Karl Beatty Starting at the left and moving clockwise, Victor Velasco (Jason Kies) lifts the skirt of Corie (Alisa Siebeneck) while Paul (Curtis Bennett) studies some legal papers in Barefoot In The Park, Jack Dalton (Jeff Nold) and Bertha (Trine Bech) prepare to embrace after a long period of not seeing one another in Curse You, Jack Dalton! , Aleric Carver (Larry Lindeman) prepares to per- form surgery on Nick Sherlock (Rob Patton) while Roxana (Tonya Seaholm) and Charles Wedgwood (Brian Lindamood) look on in The Mystery of Mouldy Manor, and, Miss Besson (Elaine Tussing), Janey (Jenny Mount) and a vil- lager (Maeg Romer) wait to draw a card in The Lottery. 19

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one act plays Directing students supervise production The one-acts were presented May 5, 6, 7 and 8 in Heminger Auditorium under the direction of seniors in the directing class. This year there were nine plays presented. Curse You, Jack Dalton was directed by Beth Rice. It was a quintessential melodrama from the days of old. The Mystery of Mouldy Manor was directed by Amy Wilson. This play took a humorous look at the manner in which murder mysteries are written. The Valiant was directed by Beth Candler. The plot examined a prisoner on death row using a fake name so his family would not be ashamed of him. The Lottery was directed by Jenny Yoder. It told of a town's backwards tra- dition of killing a person to ensure a good farming season. Old Detectives Never Die was di- rected by Scott Snyder. The story showed how Sherlock Holmes might adapt to life today. Greed's the Name was written and directed by Shawn Graham. This play was about a rich New England family's reunion where everyone was mysteri- ously murdered. Barefoot in the Park was directed by Kyle Parke. In this story, two newl- yweds, living in a fifth floor apartment, struggle to make their marriage work. Cornered was directed by Karl Beat- ty. This was a psychological study of a woman who was painting the floor and painted herself into a corner. Stuck Between Floors was a comedy written and directed by Tim Sarna. In this play, a group of eight totally dif- ferent types of people get stuck in an elevator together. The one acts were also presented as part of fine arts week. 18

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skill Olympics Give students chance to showcase talents This year's Skill Olympics was a suc- cessful opportunity for the students in trades and industries to show off their skills. Held during Vocational Education Week, its goal was for students to com- pete in categories of different skills to see how they can perform in comparison to others their age. The sixty competitors were seniors and juniors from our school and fourteen area schools who are in- volved in the Millstream Career Coop- erative. To kick off the event, there was an opening ceremony in which Shannon Thorn (VICA president) and Lori Hackworth (Northwest Region Female Ambassador) spoke. Also, Mayor Keith Romick made the proclamation of Vo- cational Education week. The categories of skills and this year's winners were: automotive, Rod Stahl; carpentry, Rodney Bartchlett; cosmetol- ogy, Jane Warnimont; electronics, Shan- non Thorn; machine trades, Jeff Unter- brink; and, welding, Heath Hill. Other competitions determined lead- ership abilities. The winners were: ex- temporaneous speech, Shannon Thorn; prepared speech, Matt Monday; job in- terview, LeRoy Stauffer; and, hand cal- culator contest, David Boyd. Winners of the Skill Olympics went to a regional competition which was held in Toledo and consisted of representatives from twenty-two area vocational pro- grams including our Millstream School. The winners of that competition were able to compete in national and even- tually international contests. 20