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Adult ed program to open
Adult education classes in the Cla
renceviile School District will start
the week, of Feb. j and run for tip to
10 weeks.
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CUunes will be held in the Clarenceville
High School. 20155 Middle Belt,
north of Seven Mile.
Among classes offered is "English
as a second language," free to foreign
born, and "completing high school,"
both meeting for 15 weeks.
"Do Something Different" will be offered
for two hours a week for a $24
fee. Students will have a choice to
pick six of eight topics.
The eight are astrology, handwriting
analysis, adventure in awareness,
houseplants, law for the layman,
"What happens to Mr. and Mrs. becomes
Ms.," unidentified flying objects,
and transactional analysis.
Interested persons may register by
mail using the form provided or in
person on Tuesday, Jan. 28, from 7:30
• 9 p.m. at the high school, or
from 9-11 a.m. or 1-4 p.iTi. al
school board offices, 28830 Eight
near Middle
Fees are
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January is cold and sunny
The month of January offers the unlikely
combination of steadily increasing
sunshine and colder temperatures,
according to University of Michigan
astronomer Hazel M. Losh.
One would think the coldest time
of the year would fall on or near winter
solstice (Dec. 21), when the number
of sunlit hours is at a minimum."
Prof. Losh says. "However, this is not
the case. For a period usually of four
to six weeks after the solstice, the
northern hemishere loses more heat
at night than the sun can replace during
the day "
This phenomenon, when the temperature
continues to drop until early
February, is known as the "lag of the
seasons."
BX THE END of January, the days
will have grown "lopsidedly longer"
by about one hour. She explains that
the lengthening will be more noticeable
in the evening, with the late; setting
of the sun, rather than in the
morning.
"This can be traced to the fact that
our clocks run at a constant rate
while the sun actually speeds up and
slows ddwn in a regular, predictable
pattern during its yearly orbit around
the earth."
One of the constellations which appears
during inng January is a grou p m
the east which ty not easily loca ed—
Cancer, the crab.
The faint stars of Cancer form a^i inverted
or upside down "Y." Nea the
junction of the upright and branc hing
lines forming th£ inverted letter is a
dim, misty objedt popularly kno )W11 as
the "beehive
"FOR AGES the beehive attrs ted
attention, but because of its faintiiess
no one knew exactly what it *|&s,"
Prof Losh say^, adding that it it was
one of the first celestial bodies Galileo
examined With] his primitive telescope
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Cville OK's anti-vandalism project
Clarenceville School District students
will be rewarded for helping prevent
vandalism in their schools
Hie school board recently approved
a vandalism prevention-incentive program
in which each high school, junior
high and elementary school will receive
Si per student to spend onwhatever
educational materials or activity
the student body approves at the end
of the school year
Damages due to vandalism at any
of the schools, however, will be subtracted
form that school's fund.
"THE OBJECTIVE of this program
is to give students a new sense of responsibility
and pride in their school
buildings," said Supt. David McDowell.
"Losses due to vandalism cost the
district nearly $6,000 last year. If this
program reduces the cost of repairing
or replacing items lost by vandalism,
it will have served its purpose," he
added.
He said it would allow more money
to be spent on education materials.
The $1 per student program will
cost the district about $3,300 for the
second semester, McDowell said.
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