32 - CAPE GAZETYE, Friday, April 14 - April 20, 1995
School & Education
Kerry Kezter photos
Comcast buys lighthouse, Prudential Crallo donates swing to playground drive
Comcast Cablevision of Delmarva, Inc. donated $1,000 for a
lighthouse to be placed in the new Shields Elementary School
playground. The donation, part of a community effort to lmild
the new facility, helped the playground committee climb to
$23,000 toward its goal to reach $40,000. The playground com-
mittee also has $7,000 pledged.
Shown from (I. to r.) are Marian Phill/ps, Comcast's direc-
tor of government and community relations, with Clifford
Gibbs, Shannon Swiger, Ashley Holton and Brian Lynch, area
general manager.
Prudential Gallo Realtors donated $900 for a tire awing in
the new'Shields Elementary School Playground.
The playground is a community effort, and all monies for
the $40,000 goal have been donated. Prudential Gallo's contri-
bution helped the playground committee reach the $23,000
mark on Wednesday, April 5. Shown from (L to r.) are Lee Ann
Wilkinson, realtor, with Michael Dolgas, Christopher Wade,
and Sarda Hudson.
U.S. Army cinema van visits Cape Henlopen High
By Kristen Seal
Cape Henlopen High School
students were offered a different
approach to learning U.S. History
with the visit of the U.S. Army
Cinema Van on Thursday, April 6.
Slide presentations the U.S. Army
offers include military history,
• government, communications,
math and science and nursing pro-
grams. Cape's history classes
viewed either "We the People" or
"The Day of Infamy" slide shows,
depending upon the relevant sub-
ject matter currently being taught
in the classroom.
The Cinema Van, which is actu-
ally a traveling tractor trailer,
accommodates 40 people and
houses nine projectors and three
screens. All power needed for the
projectors and sound is generated
from the cab of the vehicle.
According to Sgt. First Class
Barney Pinckney, "we travel
across the country to different
high schools, vocational and tech-
nical schools and junior colleges
when a local field recruiter sub-
mits a request for the presentation.
The main topic of our visits are to
stay in school and to stay off of
drugs."
Sgt. First Class Kenneth Dooley
is the U.S. Army field recruiter
from the U.S. Army Recruiting
Station in Seaford who requested
the cinema van visit several
Delaware high schools.
Joten ,e! photo
Sgt First Class Barney Pinckney leads the discussion during the U.S. Army Cinema Van pre-
sentation at Cape Heniopen High School on Thursday, April &
"We work with the U.S. Army
Recruiting Command, JROTC
programs and the schools to
accommodate the presentation.
We hope to do these presentations
annually and let students know of
the large numbers of jobs we offer
and the amount of scholarship
money available," says Dooley.
"These shows really illustrate
the positive and negative effects of
war on history and how our soci-
ety today still benefits from tech-
nology developed during war
time," says Cpl. Ronald Erale with
the JROTC program at Cape.
"It was definitely educational -
the show actually reinforced
everything we have been learning
in the classroom. I really liked it,"
adds junior Doug Parke.
Sue Lore, history teacher at
CHHS, feels the Army Cinema
Van's visit to Cape made an
impact on her history students.
"Basically all of the history
classes are just finishing the
World War II unit, so 'The Day of
Infamy' visually reviewed all that
the students have been learning
about. 'We the People' also was a
nice overview of the effect of the
military on history."
The U.S. Army Cinema Van
will visit Dover High School after
its one day visit at Cape.
Wilmington College sets
summer registration
Wilmington College, located in
the Higher Education Building on
the campus of Delaware Technical
and Community College, George-
town, will hold registration for its
Summer I Block April 10-13.
Graduate, undergraduate and doc-
torate classes begin May 1.
For more information, call Dana
Painter at 856-5780. Registration
hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Monday through Thursday, and
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday.
Cape High PTSA
plans flea market
The Cape Henlopen High
School Parent Teacher Student
Association Scholarship Commit-
tee is planning "Cape Treasures",
an outside flea market from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 22 at
Cape Henlopen High School,
Lewes. Space rental is $10 - non-
refundable - and there is no rain
date. Call 645-6703 for reserva-
tions.
Richard Garey heads to
national symposium
Richard Garey, son of Allan and
Sherry Garey of Rehoboth Beach
and a student at the University of
Delaware, has been notified that
he's a winner in the 1995
Delaware Junior Science and
Humanities Symposium, and will
present his paper at the National
Symposium in Huntsville, Ala.
April 27-30.
In addition to the trip to the
national symposium, Garey also
was awarded a one-year scholar-
ship at the University of Delaware
for his freshman year.
Kids' Conference
set April 29 upstate
"Kids as Leaders: Respecting
the Earth and Us as One" is the
theme of the second annual Rain-
bow Leaders Kids' Conference of
Delaware, scheduled from 9 a.m.
to 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, April 29,
at Bayard Elementary School in
Wilmington. Students in fourth
through eighth grades are wel-
come to attend.
The conference is created for
kids by kids to help develop and
nurture leadership skills and abili-
ties. This year's conference kicks
off with a presentation by the Nan-
ticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe on the
theme of oneness with Mother
Earth. It will be followed by dis-
cussion groups on ecology, the
environment and what kids can
do, activities focusing on conser-
vation and recycling, paper-mak-
ing and educating children about
the environment.
