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FUDDLEFEST

Greetings from Fuddle River Schools. This was an exciting week in the district as the high school hosted the annual Fuddlefest - the district wide talent contest. As always, the contest featured the talents of the students and staff of Fuddle River Schools. The Fuddlefest planning committee wishes to thank all of the talent contest participants and express their regret that the program was not better planned. The committee promises to invite more participants and to actually audition acts for next year's contest. This year's participants did put on an interesting show.

Tina Guthrige, district copy room aide, performed an interesting collating demonstration.

Third-grader Anthony Elizardo performed an interesting dance choreographed to communicate his need to use the hall pass to visit the restroom.

Elizabeth Hickney, middle school office aide, did an interesting 20-minute print-merge performance.

High school nurse Shirley Carlson did an interesting rap song about "fakers" and "real sickies."

Mel Minkner, middle school math teacher, did an interesting attendance-taking demonstration and then calculated the odds that he had done it accurately.

High school social studies teacher Jeff Ferdman did a interestingly large ditto run.

Susan Shiffler, the high school drama teacher, did an interesting piece of performance art about the quality of the coffee in the teachers' lounge.

The final act was eighth-grader Thor Bugner and his group, The Truants, performing a paper-crumpling demonstration. It was, well, interesting.

After serious consideration, and a flexible interpretation of the contest rules, the Fuddlefest judges awarded first prize to Dave Palmquist, high school custodian, for setting up the folding chairs for the audience.

And that's it this week from Fuddle River Schools.

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