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<^«=(Cj3r^«-iTTp^*»™«?o*wj' w m^ AAAAOflfl \v»»4^-^N^_v/ v/ <n fOS k7 k7 \7< <>00<v> Food Serv/ces Plan 7000 Meals a Day Page 4 i< <VOs? J>0 <s A ^ £. % § ul » /7" E * f d 0|>N!> ^ 0<^ £/£> J/ Newsmen Pick Ten Top Stories of 1958 Page 2 VOLUME FORTY .CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, DECEMBER 19, 1958 NUMBER TWELVE A \i\ 4 P ncf1; y /-r^* :£.£CJS -u ■§? M~- v/r/ .<?>' $' /3 •<?'* V> J»vf Pi <$ KP o •* sv «A &'-<&• O Q ^ /7, BY ROBERT MITCHELL ;: o w n-h aire d, blue-eyed . nny Randolph, of 920 S. Kin-, : is only eight years old but' a very important element in ^higan's educational system. You see Johnny is in the third am BY BETTY LONGNECKER , - At county fairs a blue ribbon is given for distinction and at the j jpbristmas concert it was no more i plan appropriate that the concert; phoir was bathed in blue lighting | jft times. j! A grandioso entrance of march- ihg singers down the aisles of j SVarriner Auditorium began the j Svening. In the distance, white j fhe concert choir readied them-' Selves on stage, Jack Gridley pre- iaied the evening's mood by i jlaying the chimes. j The combined choral groups j marched in singing "Veni Im- f , manuel" and the curtain opened j on ihe concert choir. Holding their lighted candles in the blue lighting, the impressive choir 'sang "While Stars Their Vigil Keep". j Soprano Nancy Alexander, a ] seasoned veteran, sang the lead j of "Alleluia, Jesus Christ Is Born". j The concert choir was then re-! placed by the fashionably attired j men's glee club. Wearing their | new blue jackets, red ties, and i gray slacks the mens' glee club ] $ W<h ©fo x\\\W This is because both student f entrance was to have the earliest i Today children from 142 fami- and in-service teachers come to the College El lo learn ihe best methods of instructions and it is because the school's instructors write reports based on studies of Johnny and his class- application. ; lies attending the school represent : The school uses this system to j every section of Mt. Pleasant and I keep a student body represents-; its outlying rural areas* ' live of a cross section of society. : Johnny's parents wanted their High or low IQ. rich or poor fam-1 children lo attend the College ay background are not criteria > gl for three reasons—the qual. .. ,»., -.1 tho r"!W" pi"mo"tw" males l0 aid those >n«erested in for entrance. Theres no tuition! iiy and number pf teachers, the r ,,_•»,' College Elementary. elementary education lo know < fee,-the school is state supported.! personal attention offered, and F.-moI (College El). And it is how: d learn ,he mos, modern , Handicapped children will be! personaI aUeimon °ael^ sn& I i.r.ny and his 223 classmates re ...I to different teaching methods th.it will determine how hundreds ; <■! teachers instruct thousands of! pupil:-; in Ma hif,an. classrooms a 11 over admitted if the school feels they , can keep up with their tasks and i if, like all the rest of the chil- | dren, they have the earliest appli cation. Restrictions are few. The school hopes all children mmtimm M ISkkl§m §M® methods and techniques of teaching. '. How did Johnny, who wants to ! 1 be a doctor someday, get into the. I College El? j ! He owes it all to his parents.. ; Mr. and Mrs. William Randolph. i In 1950 they filed entrance ap- J plications for him, his sister Bar- i bara~now in the fifth grade, and ! his brother. David—now a senior' j at the University of Idaho. I The parents filed the apphca-; children in the classrooms the! j tions as soon as they moved to Mt.! school was forced to place a ceil- | Pleasant because they learned ing of 50 per cent for this group that lhe basic qualifications for in any one class. the special subjects taught. On the staff of the school are even classroom teachers, three j special area teachers, a Spanish ! teacher, a cook, a nurse, a princi- ! pal and a school secretary. j Besides these are 19-20 student will" stay'at "ihe"schooi"uAm \ teachers, juniors or seniors in col- graduation. Studies of teaching ! leSe- ™h? brinE a varied back- are more meaningful when the 8round of experiences to the chil- group does not change, ; dren. "Behold That Star". Their final! contribution was a boisterous ren- f dition of "The Boar's Head Carol". The Central Singers sang "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" with Gordon Vandemarlc as baritone soloist. The relentless '" repetition and length of ihe ar- - rangement narrowed lhe effec- ', tiveness of ihis portion of the .' program. '*' Contralto Judy Showers rendered a pleasant change of pace from the usual soprano soloists. With the concert choir humming in the background she sang "Sleep, Holy Babe". Barbara Schnepp, a soprano, sang the soloist portion of "Mary Had a Baby." The choral groups ended the program with "The Shepherd's Story" featuring three soloists: "Merry Christmas," one of the most universal of all greetings, j will be repeated hundreds of times by all of us during the following i week, Here's how the greeting may be said in various languages: {German Polish j Froehliche Weihmachten'. Czech ; French Joyeux Noel! Swedish 'Banish Glaedelig Jul: Greek | Japanese Kinge Shinnen! Portuguese Recently to meet a growing unrepresentative number of faculty i Cenlial'd Young Republican :i-p:t-cntatives attended a stute- viiie meeting of Ytf clubs a, Mulligan State University De '■■mber 11 and 12. Fi iday evening a Paul Bagwell j 'i. timomal dinner was held' othei guests at the dinner were Senator Potter and Republican members of Congress and the; m.M. c=rHFAi t •Slate Legislature. BY WOHMA SCHEALL A State Central Committee j Foreign students at Central will meeting was held preceding the be celebrating the holidays in a The school is steeped in the idea of meeting lhe needs of every student in every subject taught. And these subjects include music, art, physical education and Spanish, all taught ' daily, j j Italian " Buon Natale! Dutch ■ Chinese Tin Hao Nian! Bohemian Vesele Vanoce! j Hawaiian Mele Kalikimaka'. Serbian ,. Kristos Se Rodi: Spanish : Felices Pascuas! Romanian ... Sarbatori Ferieite: Russian .-Vesyoloye Rojdyestvo! Slovak Vesele Vianoce' Norwegian Gledelig Juil Wodka Awarded S. Joseph Wodka, CMC assistant professor of political science. Carl VunCannon, tenor; Charles' has ben awarded his Ph.D. degree Lain, bass, and Judy Adams, so-: from the University of Michigan, prano. who hit her high A like an j the social science department an- old pro. ' nounces. After the curtain fell the com-! His thesis "Some Correlations bined choral groups broke into of Political Stability in a Polisn 'spontaneous "Wish You a Merry • Language Voting Precinct in the n^".OD rt," ""i,™i ;.. ^ .k"1 Christmas" which could sum up: Detroit Metropolitan Area" was Because the school is on thej thc genera_ feelings of all. campus Johnny and his fellow) students enjoy such things as au-3 State Board meeting on Saturday. A resolution was passed com country which is foreign to them. Christmas and New Years are ii ending Richard Lichtenfelt and j celebrated around the world, and, the Isabella County Republicans I surprisingly enough, many hoh !»i the outstanding work they did in the the past election campaign. The problem of communications I the YR club to the students on day traditions are the same according to three foreign students at Central. IN THAILAND There is a feast called "No Rooz" which means New Day, but this is celebrated on ihe first day of spring. It is an ancient feast which has been observed for more than 2000 years. "The feast lasts for two weeks," Tourandokht said." The Wednesday before New Years is like your Halloween. The children go from dio visual services, the swimming : pool, dramatic production, art, exhibits, speech department assist- ; ance. psychological and testing I services besides many others. I Johnny's parents think the | school has made him more ma- j ture. Other parents say their child I is more at ease in the group and ■ has developed an intellectual curi- ' osity about everything, all thanks to the school. _.. ... Valai Ampatemee, special stu- j house to house asking for candy thi- campus was discussed at the ! dent from Thailand, explains that ant_ fruit." j State Board meeting Saturday * most of the people in her country j "0n the evening of the New j Meeting Scheduled for NY Travel Course afternoon. The importance of do not celebrate Christmas. How- -tiengthening communications be- ever, there are many Christians in tv.een college clubs was stressed. Thailand, and they celebrate ^ h__ & ^ ____ Heports of individual clubs and I Christmas by going to church, j espnciallv the children, their activities were given by; Valai received her primary and j " . cust0mary lo n flub representatives. In connec- secondary education in a Catholic Year, we have ceremonies, and on New Years day the older people give gifts to the younger. tion with this, a motion was passed requiring individual monthly club reports for the Board. The date for the annual Michigan Federation of College Young convent and learned about Christmas. They do not have cold winters or snow in Thailand, and although they do not have Christmas trees like ours, they decorate other | —. customary lo wear new clothes. We send greetings and letters of greetings lo friends in other towns and lo persons we will not be visiting during the (Continued on Page 2) All persons who are going on 1 the New York Theatre and Music; ; Travel Course scheduled for Jan- j uary 30 lo February 8, 1959 are requested to attend a meeting January 13 at 4:30 p.m. in Warriner Auditorium, i Dr. Hammack and Mr. Dietz j will present important informa- ' tion and hand out material con- ! cerning the trip. " accepted December 10 climaxing : his pre-doctorate studies. Wodka, who has taught here Centralites do care. Almost every organization on campus is helping a worthy cause as a Christmas service project. Many organizations are helping with several projects. At least 13 needy families, and probably more, in Isabella County are being helped by college organizations. Substantial amounts of money are being donated lo CARE by many organizations through ihe AWS CARE drive. The Panhellenic Council and the Interfralernily Council had a parly for underprivileged children. Kappa Gamma, Alpha Phi Omega, and Theta Sigma Upsilon have had two Christmas parties, one for the State Home and Training School and one for the Dav Center Children. Sigma Phi Epsilon had a party ""Kv.Ciiu,n vw+™?ii :for underprivileged children. .. Fsohjke Kerstmi,. ^ T£u AIpBha has gathered toys, gifts, and Christmas cards for the children at the State Home and Training School in addition to helping a needy family. Tate Hall has also collected cards and gifts for lhe children al the Slate Home and Training School. Alpha Sigma Tau and Sigma Tau Gamma had a Christmas benefit dance al which cans of food were gathered lo help a needy famliy. Pi Kappa Sigma is collecting clothing to be sent to a children's T.B. sanitarium. O'her organizations which are helping needy families are: the Central Michigan College office staff. College El. Club, AWS, Alpha Sigma Tau, Alpha Xi Delta. Sigma Sigma Sigma, Zeta Chi Wesolych Swiat.' .. Vesela Vanoce! Glad Julenl Chrystovjna! Feliz Natal: Ckasses iesiwe Jean. S Classes will close Saturday, December 20 at 4 p.m. for the Christmas holidays and will resume at 8 a.m.. January 5. Aliens Mist fepwf inuary All aliens in the United States, : except a few diplomats, accred- I Zeta. ited members of certain interna- Barn«rd Hall. Ronan Hall, and fg@\yW]7 | since 1950 except for a period tional organizations and those ad-1 S]oan Hal1 are helping two fam- j from 1952-55 when he was at the mitted temporarily as agricultural (llies- i University of Detroit, earned his i laborers, must report their ad- t B.S. degree at Ball State College dresses to the government each ! and his Master's at the University ; January. i of Michigan. Prof. Fred R. Bush had to return to the Hospital two weeks ago, but he is now on the road to recovery, his daughter reports. Mr. Bush had a heart attack Dec. 3 and another on Dec. 10, with a few complications, but he is now off the critical list. Prof. Bush received his B.A. from Central in 1920. He returned j .. ".;"" v,"iw." «u""i-I. ♦" "i"" . " . , , " _. _. attempting before thanks to elec to Central as a faculty member j * "*".__,.,_ • . _",.. Forms for this purpose are available at any Post Office or j office of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. They must be filled out in sad Ugly Man C@iS@sl Ed Phillips, I n t e r-Fraternity Difficult Probteffl! after receiving an A.B. in music from Wisconsin College of Music and a M.A. from the University of Chicago. Prof. Bush has been a faculty member since 1931, and has had the responsibility for dramatics work at CMC. Prof. Bush has been chairman of the committee on Artists Courses, Lectures and Conferences since 1953. Republican Clubs meetings was trees. set for March 7, 1959. It will be j kcld at Michigan State Univer-. sity. Colleges represented at t h e meeting were Albion, Central. F«'iiis, Flint Junior College. M.S.U. and the Universities oi Bctioit und Michigan. Students representing Central were Roger Barry, president: Mary Quaekenbush, secretary. Andrea Davis, Jim Jollv, and Jim Merit. The meeting closed with an informal coffee hour. Lawrence L i n d e m e r, Republican State Chairman, spoke to the group at that time. The next meeting of Central's Young Republicans will be Dec IT. Committees and activities for the rest of the semester will be set up. Dennis Connlev, Vice Chairman of the M.F.C.Y.R.C., will be the guest of the YR's. An informal coffee hour will follow the meeting. On New Years gifts are ex- chrnged," she explained. "The younger generation visits lhe older generation on New Years and wishes them a happy New Year." They give flowers, many flow- to Dr. Emil Pfister, director of ers, and New Years cakes which - are like our cakes. They also have parties and usually dance till about 1 p.m. Valai said that the women spend a lot of time cleaning and baking before New Years. IN IRAN Tourandokht Eshtiaghi, graduate student from Iran, explains <hat the Moslem people do not have a Christmas feast. But there are many Christians in Iran who celebrate Christmas and New Years. The stores are gayly decorated and well-stocked. Many Moslems go to parties which are given in the hotels and restaurants by their Christian friends. MMfoiDirs lJafe [Paiii Sod YsmqmomoIIs Central Michigan College deba-! The topic for debate was: Re-j gan sophomore, and Virginia tors took part in two debate tour- solved: that the further develop-! Schillinger, Carsonville freshman ! naments last weekend, according ment of nuclear weapons should The team won over Wisconsin forensies. Debate teams won nine of ten debates in the Eleventh Annual Cross-Examination Debate Tournament at the University of Pittsburgh, Dec. 12 and 13. Pat Phinisey, Coleman junior, and Lemuel Tucker, Saginaw junior, were undefeated on the affirmative side of the question. Barbara Blivin, Jackson senior, and Edwin Phillips, Lyons senior, won four of five negative debates. Fifty-five debating teams from 18 states, the West Indies, and two Canadian provinces participated in the event. be prohibited b y international agreement. The tournament was a five State University, Loyola Univer sity and the University of Notre Dame. "Central's victory over No- round cross-exam meet. This is tre Dame was sufficient since it more difficult than the usual orthodox style of debating since the cross-questioning is included as well as constructive speeches and rebuttals. Dr. Gilbert Rau, coach of debate, accompanied the debators. The other team of debaters participated in a tournament at thc Chicago Undergraduate School of the University of Illinois at Chicago. The negative debate team was awarded an "excellent" rating, according to Dr. Pfister, who accompanied the group. Team members were Ethan Bowen, Cheboy- was the only debate Notre Dame lost," Dr. Pfister stated. Members of the affirmative team were Ed Poyner, West Branch sophomore, and Carol Patterson, Mount Pleasant sophomore. Betty Johnson, Oscoda sophomore accompanied the debaters as an alternate. The topic for debate was the same as the Pittsburgh tournament. Central will be represented at a speech tournament at Illinois State Normal University the weekend after Christmas vacation. those offices and returned to the J Council President, recently an- clerk from whom received. Par- j nounced the appointment of Jay ents or guardians are required to • Trucks as chairman of the "Ug- Mathematicians and scientists | submit,reports of alien children liest Man on Campus Contest" 1 under fourteen years of age. —i—i. -.." i— j If you or any members of your ; imediate family are not citizens j of the United States, you should tell your parents of these require- i ments. If you have relatives or are solving mathematical prob- - lems that they never dreamed of tronic computers said Dewitt Cooper, a Flint I.B.M. applied science representative. Because the problems took too long, were too tedious or the conditions of the problem would change before completion they were never attempted. Now with computers capable of thousands of calcuations per second, amazing problems can be solved. Mr. Cooper revealed that small electronic computers rented for $65,000 a month. Mr. Cooper was the guest speaker of the CMC mathematical honorary society Monday. The contest, which will be the I.F.C.'s second held for the benefit of the "March of Dimes." Last year's contest raised more than S900.00 for the "March of Dimes". Each of Central's fraternities friends who are not citizens, you will be allowed to sponsor one will do both them and the gov- candidate for U.M.O.C. Campaign- ernment a great service by telling ing will be carried on throughout them of the requirements. The the Campus and town, time for reporters is from Janu-1 Dates for the contest are January 1 to January 31, 1959. i -nv 13th thru 17th. X tapdiii, ftikaS® ferity Setr^Q C,®liko!nB ^folUSE) President Anspach and male members of the faculty served coffee and dessert to the girls of Calkins Hall Tuesday night. The girls were awarded a smorgasbord as a result of their first place dining hall decorations. Theme for the winning decorations was "The Twelve Days of Christmas." / v -.. \ ;! - i i V] fssp £iM|fa#r* Roast - carving host to rotund guest: "Would you care for an- other 50 or 60 calories, Mr. Smith?" (THE READER'S DIGEST; The 'lass Exponents", a professional joss combo, pkjyesl ie* the Intor&eSemiSy Council's ccDttudi Ices concert teJ treoli He* teed tern left 4o right are: Bich: Elerdaa, dstims&oe; Seb S& ittolid, bassist," Bob Elliott, piafio; and Jaclx ©Eidloy, y&ajp&sao* ! - -\r
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|1958-12-19; Central Michigan Life
|Students of Central Michigan University
|Friday, December 19, 1958 issue of the student newspaper of Central Michigan University. Also known as CM-Life. Originally published biweekly. Later published three times a week during the academic year and once a week during the summer. Began publication in 1941. Previously known as Central State Life. Issues from 1999 to the present are available online at the CMLife website.
|Central Michigan University - Newspapers; Mount Pleasant (Mich.) - Newspapers; Isabella County (Mich.) - Newspapers; College student newspapers and periodicals;
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|Copyright 1958 by Central Michigan University. This material is copyrighted and any further reproduction or distribution is prohibited.
|1958-12-19; Central Michigan Life
|Students of Central Michigan University
|Friday, December 19, 1958 issue of the student newspaper of Central Michigan University. Also known as CM-Life. Originally published biweekly. Later published three times a week during the academic year and once a week during the summer. Began publication in 1941. Previously known as Central State Life. Issues from 1999 to the present are available online at the CMLife website.
|Central Michigan University - Newspapers; Mount Pleasant (Mich.) - Newspapers; Isabella County (Mich.) - Newspapers; College student newspapers and periodicals;
|Copyright Permission
|Copyright 1958 by Central Michigan University. This material is copyrighted and any further reproduction or distribution is prohibited.
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- Sep 3:
- Los Gatos football: New coach, veteran talent this fall
- Sep 2:
- Mitty football: Defense is the key for Monarchs in the tough WCAL race
- Valley Christian football: Led by its star tailback, the sky is the limit
- Prospect football: Last year's Plan B becomes this year's Plan A
- Bellarmine football: New group of Bells ready to make a run at another WCAL title
- Santa Clara Valley is--and has always been--a hotbed for QBs
- St. Francis football: Familiar name back as Calcagno steps in as head coach
- Harker football: Veteran receivers, a young QB keys to the season
- Saratoga football: Division's 'big 4'? Lugo thinks it's the 'big 5'
- Monta Vista football: Matadors may be small in numbers and size, but big on talent
- King's Academy football: Talented junior class the key for Knights' in their bid to rebound
- Cattolico leaves a legacy on the football field, and on report cards
- High school football preview: Players to watch
No matter what the schedule looks like, or what division they are playing in, the Westmont Warriors start each and every football season with the same goal--to contend for a league championship and earn a trip to the Central Coast Section playoffs.
So it's no surprise to discover what head coach Eric Buran and his Warriors are gunning for as they get ready for the Blossom Valley Athletic League Santa Teresa Division season in 2013.
"We're hoping to compete at a high level week in and week out," said the Westmont head coach. "Our goal is always the same ... to compete for a league championship."
To accomplish that, the Warriors must avoid injuries since the roster this year is not as deep as it could be.
"Our numbers are down this year, so we need to stay healthy," said Buran. "And if we do, we're hoping to be very competitive."
Though the numbers are low, Westmont has five returning all-league players and a lot of varsity experience.
The most important position for a team to have an experienced athlete is at the quarterback spot, and the Warriors have a good one returning for his senior season. Trevor Flint (6-foot-4, 195 pounds) is returning for his third year on the varsity after earning all-league first team honors as a junior. Flint was taking snaps his entire junior season and completed 111 of 196 passes for 1,229 yards and 12 touchdowns.
After the quarterback the offensive line becomes very important. Seniors Nick Meyer (6-foot-3, 205) and Jared Lynch (6-foot-1, 265) will be battling in the trenches. Lynch is another third-year varsity starter for the Warriors and Meyer earned second team all-league recognition as a defensive end for Westmont last year after notching 76 tackles, including three quarterback sacks.
Westmont also has Tommy Ly (5-foot-6, 160) running the ball again this season. Ly was a first team all-leaguer after having 125 touches for 796 yards and nine touchdowns. He added 22 catches for 181 yards and another score. Ly will also be a defensive back for the Warriors this season.
Mark Derobertis (5-foot-8, 185) is also running the ball again as a senior. Derobertis had 79 carries for 652 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior. He will also be in the middle as a linebacker this season.
Senior Kyle Burch (6-foot-2, 215) is coming back to head up the defense. He is a third-year varsity starter and was second team all-league as a junior tight end and linebacker. Burch had 38 tackles last year.
"To improve from last year we need our seniors to step up their level of play during practice," said Buran. "We need our three-year varsity players to lead this team."
The Warriors have only 31 players on the roster, but a decent amount of experience. There are 12 seniors on the squad this year: three offensive linemen in Meyer, Lynch and Joey Accacia (5-foot-6, 220); five running backs with Justin Elmensdorp (5-foot-9, 160), Liam Murphy (5-foot-5, 160), Ian Balbas (5-foot-7, 135), Ly and Derobertis; tight ends Burch and Sam Saidian (6-foot-1, 190); wide receiver Zach Primeaux (6-foot-6, 180); and of course, Flint at quarterback.
The Warriors start the year with a tough battle right away. Westmont heads to Willow Glen to face an always dangerous Rams on Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. The following week on Sept. 20 Westmont hosts Monta Vista at 7 p.m. before heading to Del Mar on Sept. 27 for the final game of the preseason.
After that Westmont gets into league play and starts out by hosting Evergreen Valley on Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.
Key Players
Trevor Flint (6-4, 195), Sr., QB
Kyle Burch (6-2, 215), Sr., OLB/TE
Tommy Ly (5-6, 160), Sr., RB/DB
Mark Derobertis (5-8, 185), Sr., RB/LB
Nick Meyer (6-3, 205), Sr., OL/DE
Jared Lynch (6-1, 265), Sr., OL/DL
Sept. 13, at Willow Glen, 7 p.m.
Sept. 20, Monta Vista, 7 p.m.
Sept. 27, at Del Mar, 7 p.m.
Oct. 4, Evergreen Valley, 7 p.m.*
Oct. 11, Lincoln, 7 p.m.*
Oct. 18, at Live Oak, 7 p.m.*
Oct. 25, Gunderson, 7 p.m.*
Nov. 2, at Silver Creek, 1:30 p.m.*
Nov. 8, at Leigh, 7 p.m.*
Nov. 15, San Jose, 7 p.m.*
*Denotes BVAL Santa Teresa Division game

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Rumors that Pocono Mountain East High School was locked down Tuesday are not true, according to the school district's website.
In a message posted this afternoon, district officials said no other schools in the district were locked down either.
"At no time today were the students and staff at the EHS or in any district school in danger," the message said.
View the district's message
The rumors apparently started after students reported to school officials concerns over comments possibly made by another student at the high school, according to a letter to parents sent home with students this afternoon.
"Due to the nature of the alleged comments, we began an immediate investigation and dealt with the situation without incident," Principal Todd G. Burns wrote in the letter.
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In the latest sign of California's persistent drought, the Tioga Road, a historic route through Yosemite National Park and the highest-elevation highway in the state, opened Friday to motorists -- the earliest in more than two decades.
Most years, so much snow covers the winding, two-lane mountain road that it can't be cleared and opened until late May or June.
But now, with the Sierra Nevada snowpack at only 18 percent of the historic average for this time of year, the road is opening on the earliest date since 1988, when it opened April 29 during California's last major drought.
"There is a little bit of snow on the north facing slopes, but not much," said Kari Cobb, a spokeswoman for the National Park Service. "There's just not a lot of snow up there."
Hiking trails are open now. But campgrounds, the visitor center at Tuolumne Meadows and other visitor services along the road won't be open for another two weeks or so, Cobb said.
Since records were first kept in 1933, the earliest the Tioga Road has ever opened was April 8, 1977, at the height of another severe drought. The road -- a key pass across the Sierra -- is usually closed to the public in early November, when the first snowstorms arrive.
Another high-elevation road in Yosemite, the road to Glacier Point, opened April 14.
Major waterfalls in Yosemite Valley, including Yosemite Falls, are thundering now, but by the end of June should be reduced to a trickle, Cobb said.
"The Merced River and Tuolumne River never dry up, but smaller creeks and seasonal springs are probably going to dry up, so the animals will have to go further to find water," Cobb said. "Backpackers also will have to carry more water."
Fire danger also will be higher this year than most.
Last August, the Rim Fire burned 257,314 acres in the remote northwestern part of Yosemite and the Stanislaus National Forest. That blaze, caused by a hunter's campfire in the national forest, was the third largest in state history.
One of the marquee drives in America's national park system, the two-lane Tioga Road bisects Yosemite's alpine center, passing through subalpine meadows and forests of lodgepole pine and juniper. It runs 46 miles from Crane Flat to Tioga Pass, where it crests at 9,945 feet in the highest highway pass in California.
The route for centuries was a footpath for Miwok Indians, upgraded to a mining road in 1883 during a brief silver boom, and then a private toll road that charged $2 per horse and rider.
In an unusual act of philanthropy, it became public and part of the park in 1915, when Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service, bought it for $15,000 with his own money and donations from the Sierra Club and the Modesto Chamber of Commerce. He sold it to Congress that year for $10, hoping to bring more tourists into the park.
Paul Rogers covers resources and environmental issues. Contact him at 408-920-5045. Follow him at Twitter.com/PaulRogersSJMN


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BERKELEY -- Like many artists, Monique Harris would love to make enough money to support herself full time.
For now though, Harris, who has limited use of her arms and legs and has used a wheelchair all her life, is happy just to display her work in public.
With cerebral palsy sapping the abilities of her hands to do art, she uses a pointer attached to her head to make computer-generated graphic art, one painstaking tap on the keyboard at a time.
"My mother was an artist and I love art, but I had to figure out a way I could do it on my computer," Harris said Wednesday at an opening for some of her works at Mo'Joe Cafe in Berkeley. "I love different colors and images. I don't know what I see when I start, I just start going."
Harris, who is 48 and lives in Emeryville, uses applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Publisher to sculpt her images.
Using her head to execute commands on software without the use of a mouse is a laborious process, but the only one she knows.
"What you and I could do using the mouse in a few minutes takes her hours," said Bill Hollis, who taught her how to use the applications at the Cerebral Palsy Center of the Bay Area in Oakland. "She's extremely strong. Perseverance is the true word here. Just yesterday, for the first time ever, and I've known her for years, she said, 'sometimes my neck gets stiff.'"
Harris concedes that "doing art is hard work."
Since she decided to make art her full-time mission about three years ago, she's created about 70 images that she's happy with, she said.
About seven years ago, Harris, who has a business degree from Merritt College in Oakland, started a business creating pointing boards to help disabled people communicate. The boards have words and symbols in small boxes that someone can point to for food, for example, or the bathroom. She also makes bingo cards.
Making those boards planted the creative seed for what she does now.
"When that part of my business slowed down, I got into art," Harris said.
She said she owes much of her development to Hollis.
In addition to the show at Mo'Joe, Harris' work is on display at the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley, a center for disability nonprofits above the Ashby BART station. She's also been able to put some work on consignment at a shop on Solano Avenue and has some work on display at a local ophthalmologist's office.
Vivian Taube of the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley, who works with Harris as an independent living instructor, said one of Harris' goals is "to be able to support herself with her work."
"We're really proud of her display at the Ed Roberts Campus," Taube said. "That was not easy to get because the art committee doesn't meet all that often. But everybody loves her art there, and she's such a very hard-working person."
Hollis agreed: "Nothing seems to stops her."
For more information on Harris' work and how to contact her, go to www.moniquescreations.blogspot.com
Doug Oakley covers Berkeley. Contact him at 510-843-1408. Follow him at Twitter.com/douglasoakley.


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Provost, best known for 2009's rave-winning "Seraphine," about painter Séraphine de Senlis, is carving out quite a niche for himself with his elegant portraits of talented, influential and complicated women. Avoiding the constrictions of a birth-to-death account, Provost and co-writers Marc Abdelnour and René de Ceccatty focus on the post-World War II period in Leduc's life, when she was taken under the wing of author and intellectual Simone de Beauvoir (Sandrine Kiberlain, lacing the part with confidence and sparks of jealousy). The two women develop a bond that only intensifies, most uncontrollably -- as does just about everything else -- for Leduc, who becomes obsessed with her mentor.
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Cast: Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE --The Buttermilk superpipe has been turned over to staff from ESPN and is closed to the public, according to a statement from Aspen Skiing Co. Jan. 10.
Spruce, Spruce Face and Government runs are closed as well. Panda Peak closed Jan. 13 for building of the snowmobile course. Also on Jan. 13, uphill access on Main Buttermilk was prohibited.
The Winter X Games in Aspen are Jan. 24 through 27.