1985 [PDF] - Yosemite

LEmployee Dayat Badger PassEl Portal SchoolHolds Science FairBy Dave Wynn, Employee RecreationBy Linda McKenzieEmployee Day at Badger Pass shifted gears from free skiingWhat do rye grass and Haley’s Comet have in common? Bothand slalom races, to a fun-filled party that left the participatingwere subjects of Science Fair projects recently at El Portalemployees tired but happy from all of the day’s activities. Althougha two-day snow storm preceded Employee Day, theSchool. For several months, fifty students in grades two throughweather turned out to be terrific in the early afternoon with someeight experimented with physical and biological science projectsand analyzed their findings. The results were presented inlight snow by late afternoon. Many employees took advantage ofthe distribution of free lift tickets and skied all day long or tookwritten and display forms for the judges on April 12, and for thecommunity that evening at a Science Fair Show and Award Cer.part in the slalom races on Bruin. Of the four winners, EricAbbott skied away with the First Place trophy, Noe Resendiz emony.took Second Place, Mike Gover received the Third Place prize, Projects were judged on research value, scientific thought,and Fara Mayeda took Fourth Place overall and First Place for oral presentation, display and written report, consideration wasalso given to ingenuity, originality and understanding. Each participantpresented the project orally for the judges and answeredthe women in the slalom course.As the sun went down and the Yosemite guests left for the Valley,the fun was just beginning for the employees who elected to questions about concepts, methods and conclusions.remain, also for some employees who came up on the later El Portal students and staff took great pride in the consistentlybuses from the Valley. In the Snowflake Room, the band, HOT high quality of the projects, the vigorous questioning and outstd.ndingwork of the judges Art Baggett, Scott Carpenter andSHOT, began strumming their guitars and belting out somegreat dance music. Obviously left with a surplus of energy, the Jan VanWagtendonk.employees danced the night away with both group and duetdancing.The barbeque was open to all hungry party goers withchicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, chili and chips. Beer and sodawere als0 served.When the band took a break, the fifty cent raffle began as everybodyeagerly waited, hoping to hear their numbers called out.The lucky winners brought home new ski goggles, ski hats andbota bags.Employee day continued on with dancing and eating until wellinto the night when all employees climbed aboard an awaitingbus to be taken home.