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\b Wish List;

\ib Carole Smartt---an extra listening headset for tape recorder;
parents who could come tell about their jobs; ideas for field trips.

\ib Veronica Ellison---international music and pictures, large world
map; ibm pc software; educational and international games; parents,
internationals to give a lecture on a particular country.

\ib Karen Ragsdale---beanbag chair (red, blue, or yellow preferred);
${}+{},{}-{}$ Quizmo (Math bingo game).

\ib Gary Cusimano---single volume encyclopedia (e.g., Concise Columbia
Encyclopedia); special resource books (see Gary); file cabinet; U.S.
\& World maps, atlas; tutors for students who need some extra help.

\ib Janelle Anderson---help with science experiments and labs: 
gathering materials, setting up, etc.

\ib Wayne Coleman --- extra copies of math and science texts; 2 to 3
professional quality microscopes; spanish versions of games like
Scrabble.

\ib David Hare---manipulatives for teaching math concepts; computers;
money for multiple copies of selected titles for DCA library;
Gymnasium fund.

\b Onsides with Coach Opazo;

The DCA soccer coach, Julio Opazo, is a native of Santiago, the
capital of Chile.  Soccer is his country's national sport. Coach Opazo
received a BS in English at the University of Chile and a MA in
Spanish at Appalachian State. He teaches Spanish at Blacksburg High
School and coaches their spring JV soccer team. Julio's wife, Bridget,
teaches high school English and History at the Academy. Their son,
Danny, is an avid soccer player although he's not quite two years old.

Julio explains: one of the most controversial issues in soccer is the
rule of the offside.  The National Federation of State High School
Associations in its 1993--94 National Federation Edition has ruled as
follows (Rule 11 Offside [page 23]):

\item {1)} A player is in an offside position if that player is nearer
to an opponents' goal line than the ball, unless:
\itemitem{a)} the player is in his/her own half of the field of play,
or
\itemitem{b)} the player is not nearer to the opponents' goal line
than at least two of the opponents.
\item{2)} A player shall only be penalized for offside position if, at
the moment the ball touches/is played by a teammate, that player is,
in the opinion of the officials:
\itemitem{a)} interfering with the play of an opponent, or
\itemitem{b)} seeking to gain an advantage by being in that position.
\item{3)} A player shall not be penalized for offside position if
he/she receives the ball direct from:
\itemitem{a)} a Goal kick,
\itemitem{b)} a Corner kick,
\itemitem{c)} a Throw in,
\itemitem{d)} a Drop by an official.

\b Editor's Update;

From our pre-inaugural edition we now have a name for the newspaper.
Welcome to the inaugual edition of the {\bf DCA Times}.  

You see many articles in this edition from our second and third
graders.  As a reminder to all grades: we need your articles.
Remember, the class which makes the biggest contribution, in the
opinion of the staff, will receive a yogurt treat. 

{\it Spring Survey results} -- favorite Biblical characters: Queen
Esther and King David; favorite foods: ice cream, watermelon, pizza
and corn on the cob; favorite books: ``Mandy'' series, ``Great Brain''
series.

\b Academy News;

There are 108 children enrolled in the Academy (K--12), including four
seniors. The teaching staff includes 8 full time positions and 8 volunteer
positions.

Our seniors are learning to use Microsoft Windows software including
word processing and spreadsheets. The sophomores will receive training
during the second semester. Many thanks to Ken Robertson for teaching
the classes. The contributors who enabled the purchase of the
computers and software are very appreciated; certain expenditures are
still required to complete the computer lab.

The August yard sale, coordinated by Ray Stell, raised over \$800 for
the academy.


\b Summer Vacations;

James went to Washington, D.C. He sort of liked it.  He drove in a
van.  There was a bridge you could go under.  He went swimming. He
stayed in a motel. It did not have a diving board.  He went to
Museums. \r Tim Hay; 

Daniel went to Maine.  He went swimming.  He drove to it. He had lots
of fun!\par \r Aaron Koontz; 

Lucas went to Ocean City. He swam and he went in a pit.  He made a
sand castle out of it.  Lucas went by van.  It was very fun!  It was
very, very hot!!!! The temperature was near 100.\par \r David Houff;

In August, Tim went to Main with his family.  They went by van.  The
weather was hot but the lake was cold.  He went inner--tubing in the
cold lake.  He liked it.  \r James Hill;

One day Julie went to her Grandma's in Knoxville, Tennessee. By car.
Julie's Grandma asked if she wanted to go to a party.  Yes! Julie said
the party was the best.  Julie's favorite thing was the party. 
\r Amie Thomas;

Paul stayed home.  He played G.I. Joe's.  He had fun.  \r Prescott
Conley;

Prescott went to Columbus, Ohio.  He got 6 Milkshakes.  Prescott
played with a 2 or 3 year old bulldog!  Prescott drove a big tractor!
He got there by a car.  He had pizza, ``Yum.'' Prescott was hot.  I am
glad Prescott had lots of fun! \par\r Paul Demere;

Aaron went to Emerald Isle.  He went swimming and went miniature
golfing.  Aaron drove there. He ate pizza and he really liked it.
\par\r Dan Hay;

Allison went to North Carolina beach.  She went swimming.  Allison
went in a car.  She liked it.  \r Jenny Reach;

David went to Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 14. He
looked at the house. He got there by car.  He liked it a lot!  David
really liked Jefferson's grave.  \r Lucas Cusimano;

One day Jenny went to Burch camp. She had fun.  She went swimming and
to a campfire. She liked that too. \r Allison Mock;

Kelly went to Disney World ant then to the beach.  She rode on rides.
Kelly stayed in a motel.  She had fun. \r Bethany R. Harris;

Amie went to California.  She went fishing and caught 8 fish.  Amie
got there by a plane.  She said it was pretty good.  Amie said her
favorite thing was going to the beach.  \r Julianne Smartt;

Bethany went to Mt. Rogers and and also to Mt. Manadnok.  She hiked.  
Bethany rode in the car.  She liked it there.  \r Kelly N. Redican;

\b Book Review -- {\it Elizabeth Diller};

I highly recommend the Ramona books. They are funny and very entertaining. If
you need to know more about her, well, just keep on reading!

Ramona is a little straighthaired, troublesome, but very self\-defensive
girl.  She has a very big imagination that I guess the author (Beverly Cleary)
added into her small head, with a touch of what 
Ramona herself would call, braveness.

In her stories, Ramona Takes a new way to school, which travels right in front
of a house with a big black dog.  It, of course, attacks her and chews 
on the shoe Ramona thrusts at him and, with the dog distracted, Ramona 
runs off down the street, going the usual way to school.

Here are some of Ramona's books; {\it Ramona the Pest, 
Ramona and her Father, Ramona and her Mother, {\rm and} Ramona the
Brave.}

\b Jokes;

\i Q: What is the first thing that you put in the garden?

\i A: Your foot. \r Paul Demere;

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\i $\bullet$ My ear is bothering me.
Does it hurt? Not exactly, but it's ``ear-itating.''\par \r Lucas Cusimano;

\i $\bullet$ Knock, knock. Who's there? Me. Me who? Meow. \r
Bethany~Harris;

\i Q: If a butcher is 6 feet tall and wears size 8 shoes, what
does he weigh?
\i A: Meat, of course. \r Sara Zeckoski;

\i $\bullet$ A little boy came to school and the teacher said, ``I
know what you had for breakfast today!'' ``What?'' ``Egg!'' ``Oh, no,
that was yesterday.'' \r Laure Travis;

\ib What did Tennessee? What Arkansaw.\par \r Julie Reach;

\i Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
\i A: To prove to the opossum that it could be done. \r Owen Hill;

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\b Volleyball Team Progress -- {\it Brian Smith};

The first year Dayspring Academy had a volleyball team, they never won a 
match.  The following year they won two while losing twelve. Last year it 
was four wins and 15 losses. This year the season ended with six matches 
won and eleven lost.

Normally, the fourth year for a high school program would indicate the 
program has matured.  However, in the situation with the Christian schools
where we play, teams have players that start in 7th grade or earlier.  Thus,
our program is still maturing.  This year, we had a young team that played
well.  The team was undefeated when playing against the younger players on
other teams.

Last year was the first year that a sophisticated offense called a five one
(five hitters, one setter) was used.  This offense is used by most 
college teams and all but one (Cuba's) of the Olympic teams.  It took 
the team most of last year to learn and adjust to the new offensive scheme.
This year, the team was able to use the new offense to 
great advantage in most matches.  
Dayspring's offense was 
the equal of Christian Heritage's and
Grace's, only a little less potent than Southall's, and 
superior to those of other teams played.

The two weaknesses of the team were defense, especially passing serves, and
not serving as tough as opponents.  The defensive skills in volleyball 
are the hardest to learn so the youth of the team accounts 
partially for this weakness.

The future looks bright, with growing experience, the serves should get 
tougher and the defense should improve.  Jennifer White is the only senior
graduating from the team and we had no juniors this year.  Our nucleus of sophomores may well bring Dayspring
its first winning season soon.  Our toughest opponents, Grace and Christian
Heritage, also had young teams this year so good competition is expected.


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\centerline{\bfont Suggestions from a Haried Kitchen}
\centerline{\it Lynn Hare}\medskip

\ib Don't forget to buy posterboard of several colors when you don't
need it.  The `posterboard rule of school' is your child will always
need a piece when you simple can not get a piece and/or it got bent or
has too many mistakes. Buy lots.

\ib In one stage, I no longer had conversations with my children. On
sight of me, they began what became known as ``Can I have? Can I Go?
Can I do?''  I only dispensed information and had to process an
enormous amount of requests.  `No' is a frequent answer in this state
of mind.  The refrigerator door began to have a center with postanotes
(one color per child), a pen and a sign that said ``put it in
writing.''  My children wrote down the needed soda on their color of
paper, the \$1.00 lobrary fine, over to friends request, request for a
special talk or a private note (folded from view). What an amazing
transformation from a walking answer dispensing machine back to Mom
who talked to her children about ideas and events.  I collected the
notes and made them into reasonable lists. Those who had trouble
wanting to think ahead responded to ``if it's not in a note, the
answer is no'' -- said kindly.  Not every child responds to a request
to do something a certain way.  This extra push helped to begin a good
habit of thinking ahead and being responsible for their own needs.
Now we are back to conversing without notes--it was worth the effort
in one stage of family life.

\ib Start cooking bacon when you get up -- the smell through the house
works wonders.

\ib Whenever a small thing (a smudge on the wall, cluttery counter, an
unfed dog) is becoming a reason to want to be upset about ten other
problems, make yourself (with prayer, too) stop and do that one thing.
(Often the ten things are only worries and not real expected events.) 
Once the simple job is done, the `ten things situation' is diffused
and clear thinking is restored.


\ib Buy or grow fresh flowers and keep them on the table.  Even a
single mini-carnation can add the unspoken encouragement needed by
someone.

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\ib Work on getting all the `I needs' the afternoon or night before.  
``Didn't I tell you my poster board got bent?'' right as you 
walk out the door is not a good start to the day.

\ib One unexpectd source of help that prings tremendous results is to 
read out load in your home. Done regularly (with stops and starts for 
the busy times and not so busy times), it has far-reaching benefits 
even to the {\it Morning Sendoff}.  Something far bigger and better happens
than can be expressed in words when children are read to out loud.
