Parkland High School - Par Key Yearbook (Orefield, PA)

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Audience jury decides ‘not guilty We find the defendent Karen Andre not guilty of first degree murder, was the verdict of the twelve jurors chosen from the audience of the Senior Class play, The Night of January 16th. On November 21 and 22, cast members came to testify before the jurors, Judge Heath, portrayed by Junior Dave Heintzelman, and the audience. Karen Andre, portrayed by Junior Karen McShane, was accused of the first degree murder of Bjorn Faulkner. To prove her innocence, Senior Lisa Csencsits played Defense Attorney Stevens, and her assistant Maria Shurilla, sophomore, had all charges against Miss Andre answered for. Larry Regan, portrayed by Sophomore Eric Neulight came to the defense of Karen as he rushed in at the end of Act II with an extra piece of evidence which cleared her name. District Attorney Flint, portrayed by Senior Tom Carthew, and his assistant. Senior Stacy Luyben, were ready to allow their witnesses to take the stand on behalf of Bjorn Faulkner's widow, Nancy Lee Faulkner, played by Junior Danielle Mowery, and her father, portrayed by Junior Karl Schappell. All witneses held tight to their stories, but under the fire of both attornies' questioning, the stories weakened. Verbal battles on stage took place, but Lisa commented, Tom Carthew and Karen McShane really contributed to the overall outcome of the play; all of us really had the patience and cooperated with each other. After seeing both cases from Defense Attorney Stevens and District Attorney Flint on Friday and Saturday night, the jurors made their decision of not guilty. But it proved to be a tough decision with the verdict on Friday night We had the patience and cooperated with each other. resulting in a hung jury. Did the jury make the right decision or, did Karen Andre commit first degree murder? What do you think?

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Nobuyuki Baba finds that his Japanese dictionary is most useful to Parkland students and other exchange students. Senior Mike Hirsch questions Nobuyuki as Lisbeth Stegman, Hrland Prytz and Dave Konuch examine the book. Southern and mid-western students seems to enjoy publication work. New students Wanda Williams, Steve Ridgway, Kim Storey, Kathy Nicolin, and Scott Ridgway have all joined Parkland publications. New arrivals-1 7

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The jury for the Saturday night performance of The Night of January 16th” pays close attention to the courtroom scene. After much deliberation, they rendered their verdict: not guilty. Some performers work offstage as well as onstage. A smiling Junior Debbie Cooper, a witness for the defense, adds the finishing touches to Junior Stacey Barrin, a cleaning lady in the Faulkner building. Under the pressure of the interrogation, Senior Tom Carthew, the prosecuting attorney, comforts Junior Danielle Mowery, the distraught wife of the late, Bjorn Faulkner. A reserved Karl Schappell, the father-in-law of Bjorn Faulkner, controls his emotions and refuses to divulge the truth to defense attorney Lisa Csensits. Later, he loses his cool and betrays Faulkner.