RUSHVILLE —
Habits form beginning with the very first steps we take. The influences that bombard us from family, to TV/Social Media, and peer pressures are substantial. We have to decide which habits are good, not so good, and pretty great! This is where Tar Wars comes into the picture. All Rush County Elementary Schools are participating in the Tar Wars program. Mrs. Laura Proctor (Registered Nurse, RESE and RESW) brought a no nonsense message to the fifth grade class concerning the use of tobacco products. She shared that approximately 2 percent of elementary students ages 11-12 use tobacco products. This increases to 7% by ages 13-14, and 23% by ages 15-18. Closely associated with these percentages is the fact that school attendance and grades decline as tobacco use increases.
Students learned that cigarettes are made of much more than just tobacco! Most cigarettes contain the addition of arsenic, acetone, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, lead, methanol, nicotine, and tar. It was cited that there are several short term and long term effects from tobacco use. Some short term effects included addiction, cough, bad breath, erosion of teeth, and associated stains/odor on clothing and household items. Long term effects include difficulty in breathing, cancer, heart disease, blood clots and a shortened life span.
Besides the health risks of tobacco use, the financial strain from tobacco use can be equally alarming. Assuming one pack of cigarettes cost $5.00 and you smoke a pack a day, the final cost would be $1,825.00 for one year. If you smoked one pack a day for 50 years, then $91,250 would be the amount needed to fund this habit.
At the end of the day, the decision to or not to smoke is an individual choice and all agreed that saying no can be hard. A new awareness of what happens to your body when you smoke as well as the financial implications is helping make that decision a whole lot clearer.
Marianne Scott is the Legacy Fund director/information officer with Rush County Schools.
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Tar Wars program begins
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Fourth graders visit Indiana Statehouse
Knightstown 4th Graders Visit Statehouse — Fourth-grade students from Charles A. Beard School Corporation meet with State Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) and State Rep. Tom Saunders (R-Lewisville) after touring the Indiana Statehouse on Monday, May 13.
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RCHS Class of 1983 seeking classmates
The RCHS Class of 1983 is planning their 30 year class reunion for this summer. The event will take place starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Knights of Columbus.
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Kindergarten class hears guest book reader
Marlene Fudge, Rush County Farm Bureau women’s leader, read the book “A to Z Corn” to Mrs. Angle’s Kindergarten class and presented the book to the classroom. Mrs. Fudge also made a snack for each student out of different kinds of corn cereal.
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Local students named to University of Evansville Dean’s List
EVANSVILLE - The following local students earned a position on the University of Evansville Dean’s List for academic achievements during the Spring Semester 2013:
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Farming in the Classroom
Marlene Fudge and Barbara Powers recently visited Mays Elementary to teach the students about cattle.
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Students visit battlefield
On May 4, Mays History Club took a field trip to Tippecanoe County.
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RCCF Youth in Philanthropy Fund grants awarded
The Youth in Philanthropy Grants Committee, comprised of Rush County high school students from Rushville Consolidated High School, Knightstown High School and Home School High Schools, recently met to review grant applications for the annual grant cycle for the Youth in Philanthropy Fund.
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Art with a purpose
You need not go far to find a concentration of art featuring a variety of traditional works by Rush County artisans. There is a neat legacy right here at Benjamin Rush Middle School. And who knows what new and exceptional art pieces will be added in the years ahead.
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RCHS announces Character Counts winners for April
Rushville Consolidated High School Principal Matt Vance has announced the winners for the Character Counts Award for April. The trait was Integrity and the selected students are:
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Hunt receives honors at College of the Ozarks
Joy Hunt, of Carthage, received the Big Cedar Professional Development Award at the 2012-13 Annual Student Awards Ceremony held on April 25 at College of the Ozarks.
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