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mittee members graded the
tests and another committee
member and a guest at camp
regraded them Tuesday morning
to ensure their accuracy.
With scores ranging from 74
to 97 percent, the court was
introduced as their names were
randomly drawn out of a hat fol
lowing lunch on Tuesday.
The court (listed here in
alphabetical order starting with
the girls’ name, their Junior
Grange and home county)
included Nichole Blair, Perry
Valley, Perry County; Vicki
Kieffer, Marion, Berks County;
Shelley Reppert, Virginville,
Berks County; Marci Schaeffer,
Pioneer, Berks County; and
Rebecca Vonada, Logan, Centre
County.
Prince candidates were; Nick
Fishkovitz, Big Knob, Beaver
County; Andrew Keiffer, Marion,
Berks County; Jeff Ruckert, Big
Knob, Beaver County; and Dave
and Doug Sattazahn, both of
Marion, Berks County.
There was no time to cele
brate, however; immediately fol
lowing the announcement came
the next and most frightening
round.
Step 2 - Impromptu
question
This, undoubtedly is the most
nerve-racking portion of the con
test
‘The impromptu question is
definitely the hardest,” 13-year
old David Sattazahn said.
“Going into it you don’t have
much time, you’re in front of
your peers and you’re afraid
that you might mess up in front
of all those people looking at
vou.”
Following the announcement
of the court, they were quickly
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ushered outside the dining hall
where they were told that they
would answer in the same order
as their name had been selected.
One by one, each contestant
must enter the dining hall, walk
to the microphone and, in front
of about 90 sets of staring eyes,
give an answer to an unknown
question.
Despite the nervousness that
filled the air, it quickly became
evident that these kids do,
indeed, have the qualities the
judges are looking for as they
answered the question: “What
problems do you see in the world
today, and how can we make
them better?”
Answers varied from a need
for more recycling to ending
poverty and starvation and how
the Grange could play a role in
addressing these problems.
One problem, however,
seemed to be on their minds
more than any other: violence.
“Kids with guns and using
them in school,” Rebecca Vonada
said. “Maybe we need more
strict gun laws or do a better job '
of informing kids about the con
sequences.”
“Drugs and gangs,” Nichole
Blair said. “We need to get the
guns and weapons and knives
off the street. We should, use the
Grange, our schools and the
community in general, to pro
vide activities to keep kids from
hanging out on the streets.”
“The biggest problem I see is
all the fighting that is going on
in the world,” Jeff Ruckert said.
“I can try and do something as
an individual, but as a group, it
would be nice if we would work
together to help each other out
and get along with one another.”
Pretty heady stuff from kids
who, for the most part, were try
ing to fight back the butterflies
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It is all over in a few minutes
- but those few minutes seem
like an eternity.
Step 3 - The group
interview
Unlike the impromptu ques
tion, this round is a “rap” ses
sion with Campbell to allow the
court to share their feelings
about important issues in a
relaxed atmosphere. As the
director asked the questions, the'"
group sat in a semi-circle and
answered her informally and
very politely. Based on the
answers the campers gave at the
impromptu session, Campbell
decided to follow up with the
issue of violence in today’s soci
ety.
Vicki Kieffer felt that the
media was partly to blame for
being too negative and suggest
ed that they offer some of the
better things occurring in our
communities.
Doug Sattazahn, as did sev
eral others, said the Grange
should sponsor activities for
youths because the ones who get
in trouble “have too much time
on their hands.”
Dave Sattazahn, Doug’s twin
brother, said youths should join
the Grange instead of gangs as
they seek acceptance from their
peers.
With three of the five judging
categories behind them, the
court had a 24-hour reprieve
before the next round.
Step 4 - Individual
interviews
This is arguably the easiest,
and therefore, the most enjoy
able of all the categories
During recreation time on
Wednesday morning, each court
member sat down with three
judges to answer six questions
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about themselves, their non-
Grange activities and how they
would involve juniors at the sub
ordinate Grange level.
Two contestants said they
enjoyed the individual interview
because it offers them the oppor
tunity to “let their hair down”
and be themselves.
“I liked the individual inter
view those most,” Shelley
Reppert said. “I felt relaxed and
that allowed me to give confi
dent answers.”
“All in all, I’d say they were
pretty relaxed,” junior commit
tee member and judge Kelly Van
Ord said. “We told them that we
had a couple of questions for
them and to simply relax and
answer them to the best of their
ability"
As the end finally appears on
the horizon, there is just one
more stop on the journey
Step 5 - The essay question
Interestingly enough, one of
the six questions during the
individual interview was also
the question for the 500-word
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written essay. This happened
because Campbell selected the
essay question while the three
judges were required to come up
with two questions for each indi
vidual interview.
The question?
“What do you think about
being required to wear uniforms
to school?”
As might be expected some
supported the idea and listed
their reasons while others felt it
hurt individuality and freedom
of speech.
“More said ‘yes,’ they should
wear them than said ‘no’ and
that was kind of surprising,”
Van Ord said. “But I don’t recall
anyone saying they wanted to
wear them.”
Two committee members
read essays to three judges as
the judges ranked each one on a
scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the
very best During steps 2-5, the
judging is performed the same
way. TVo court members could
score, say a 4 out of a 5, in a par
ticular category. All four cate-
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gories are tallied, plus
the judges’ preference,
and the boy and girl
with the highest
scores are the new
prince and princess.
(The judges’ prefer
ence is factored based
on several criteria
including the contes
tants’ behavior during
camp, attitude and
how helpful they are
to others at camp.)
With the judging
over, all the campers
can do is wait for the
coronation pageant on
Friday night.
As the time ticks by
and Thursday gives
way to Friday, those
pesky butterflies
return
By Friday after
noon several contes
tant say they are ner
vous, but would be
happy for whomever
the new royalty is
because they are all
such close friends.
Statements like
that make you wish
you could give the
prince and princess
tjjtle to all the candi
dates.
But, alas, only one
boy and girl get to live
the dream
As the pressure
mounts, the evening
meal give way to
dressing up -for the
pageant
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