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Organization

Academic Decathalon
This year's academic decathalon team consisted of six mem-
bers, and they were spon-
sored by Mr. W i 11 i am s.
Thi year's teamcompeted
atdistrictcom- petition at
J o h n s o n - Brock, where
Adam Petersen turned in an
outstanding performance.
He had the highest overall
scoreofallpar- ticipants. Un-
fo rt una tel y, the competi-
tion was very tough and the team did not qualify for state
Academic Decathalon (I to r): Aaron Nygren, Jenny Dahl, Adam Petersen,
competition. Kenny Scheele, Katie Deerson, Nicole Zaugg.

Odyssey of the Mind
Odyssey of the mind students again did quite well this year,
finishing third in regional
competition. Teammembers
worked hard af- ter being cho-
sen for the team during fall try-
outs. The team chose a prob-
lem that re- Jquired them to
develop and present a kit
that contained 10 lines of
Shakespeare, and element of
history, and a poster to adver-
Odessey of the Mind Back Row (I tor): Kevin Rasmussen, Colby Schutt, tise the skit. The team came up with a skit that combined the
Ju tin Schultz. Front Row (I to r): Shelby Morris, Keshia Selko, Alex
Carritt, Nikki Simons. Beatles and Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew.

Quiz Bowl
The quiz bowl was quite popular this year. The competition
started out dur- ing lunch and
the top scorers went on to
ECNC and Peru State
competitions. The teams
were spon- sored by Mr.
Dombush. For the ECNC
competition only the top six
scorers partici- pated, and for
the Peru com- petition, the
top twelve par- ticipated. Each
team consisted of six players. At Peru a team consisting of
five guys made it to the finals, where they got defeated in a
close match.

46 Academic Decathalon/O.M./Quiz Bowl