Tots learn fire safety
Matt Hunt
Capital Times Staff
Children at the Stepping Stone Day
Care Center received lessons on fire safety
and participated in a fire drill on October
5, when members of the Middletown Fire
Department paid them a visit.
The instructional visit came one week
before Fire Prevention Week. The program
is one in a series of safety-oriented
programs to be held on campus this year.
The program began with a short film
produced by Disney studios called "I'm No
Fool With Fire." It gave a simplified
history of fire and and a few basic tips on
fire prevention and safety.
Following the film, Fire Marshal Mick
Shrauder went over some basic fire safety
tips with the children, from telling a adult
if they find lighters and matches, to what
to do if their clothes catch fire.
To aid in his presentation, Mick
brought in special guest, Sparky the Fire
Students want cocktails,
Stacey Simmers
Capital Times Staff
Planning a night for a mocktail party
and karaoke is tough when the audience
runs to bars three nights a week.
"We can't have it on Wednesday.
Everybody goes to the Burst," said Joe
Zmitrovich, president of resident student
council, during the Organizational
Advisory Board meeting on Thursday,
Sept. 24.
"Forget Thursday. Everybody goes to
Spanky's or the Alley," said Lori Gring,
vice president of student government
association.
And Friday, of course, kicks off the
weekend. So that leaves Monday and
Tuesday.
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Dog (played by Shrauder's daughter, Jen).
T6gether, they helped the children
practice the "stop, drop and roll" procedure
to put out a fire on their person. They
also helped the children practice crawling
out of a smoke-filled room.
Then Shrauder brought another special
guest--Freddy the Fire Truck, a remote
control vehicle appoximately the size of a
tricycle. Shrauder operated Freddy, and
supplied its voice.
Following Freddy's appearance, the
children participated in a fire drill.
Middletown fire trucks were parked outside
the day care center following the drill.
"This is just one of several safety
programs we're planning to hold this
year," said Charles Alesky, head of police
services.
Alesky said the Middletown Fire
department was visting schools in the
area, so he asked them to make an
appearance on campus.
"Monday is out too," Gring said.
"People are studying."
"And recuperating," added another
person.
Don Vinciguerra, president of the
institute of electrical and electronic
engineers, wondered about the purpose of
the mocktail party.
"Isn't the idea to tell people that they
can have fun without alcohol?"
Vinciguerra said. "Shouldn't we have it on
a so-called bar night to try to keep them
out of the bars?"
Everyone agreed that the idea was a
good one.
"But let's face it," Zmitrovich said,
"dorm people like to party."
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Bonnie Etzweiler
Capital Times Staff
Edgar Allen Poe fans received some
insight into the author's private life during
a lecture on Tuesday evening, Sept. 29, in
the Gallery Lounge.
Dr. Jeffery Meyers, an internationally
known scholar, author and journalist,
shared a segment of his new biography
about Edgar Allen Poe's life.
"I really enjoyed this," said one
student. "I'm not a big Poe fan, but this
was fascinating."
As one of the first self-doomed poets,
Poe provided the material for his own
poetry, Meyers said.
The lecture revolved around Poe's
bizarre and simultaneous courtship with
three women. While beg: in one woman
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to marry him, he would send love letters,
sometimes copies, to the others.
According to Meyers, whenever one of
Poe's women was on the verge of saying
"yes" to his marriage proposal, he would
get drunk and sabatoge the relationship.
Then he would beg the woman to forgive
him and save him from his alcoholism.
Meyers portrayed Poe as an artist who
was totally out of control in his personal
life, while producing very cold and
controlled writing.
"It was informative. I hope it will
affect my writing a lot in the future," said
Jeremy McCarter, a visiting Bishop
McDevitt High School junior and long
time Poe fan.
Meyers' lecture was sponsored by the
School of Business Administration and the
Humanities Division.
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