South Ripley to host all-school carnival on October 28
Mary Margaret Moorhead - Staff Writer

An all-school carnival will take place on Friday, October 28, at the high school from 5:00 till 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend, according to Guidance Counselor Joyce Druba, who is the coordinating staff person.

Booths sponsored by the school's clubs and organizations will be featured in the gym and hallways, and a silent auction will take place in the cafeteria. Some activities will also take place in the outdoor area behind the school.

"The purpose of the carnival is to raise funds for the participating clubs and organizations and to eliminate fundraisers that go on throughout the year," said Druba, who explained that each group will be able to keep what they make.

Among the activities the 23 clubs and organizations will sponsor are a corn hole toss, putt-putt golf, carriage rides, football toss, cake walk, a dunk tank, bobbing for apples, a haunted house, face painting, and a T-ball game.

In addition there will be food booths, pizza, tacos, and pop sold by some of the organizations, and candy bars with proceeds for the general fund.

A prince and princess will be chosen from the seventh and eighth grade. Already cans in support of candidates are appearing in local businesses.

Earlier in the afternoon those students in grades seven through twelve will be able to attend if they have purchased $4.00 worth of tickets. The hours for students alone are 1:30 till 3:00 p.m.

The school's newest organization - the National Junior Honor Society - has planned the silent auction, which will take place in the school cafeteria. Businesses from Versailles, Osgood, Napoleon, Batesville, Friendship, Greensburg, Lawrenceburg, and Madison have contributed a variety of gifts.

Well over one hundred items are included in the auction. Everything from gift cards to free rounds of golf, jewelry, porcelain dolls, lawn chairs, oil changes and tire rotation, meals at restaurants, haircuts and hair products, and a savings bond are among the items up for bid.

In addition, the silent auction will feature pictures from South Ripley's past sectionals. "We believe adults in the community will really be interested in seeing and bidding on these sectional pictures," said Druba.

The 21 eighth graders who have been voted into the National Junior Honor Society are raising money for a formal induction in November. A part of the funds they make from the silent auction as well as a sucker tree, dart throw, and a haunted house will go to the school's general fund.