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riness at Theatre of Deafiartled the audience ofhost two hundred of wholrmly applauded the goodpte and coherence of theio]e show.peggy White, a middle-led deaf-mute woman
and dedication they workedfor this event to happen, theyc a n a c h i e v e a l m o s tevery th ing tha t theypropose.
Penet ra t ing in to thesoundless world of the deaf.we should wonder if we careenough fo r them and,specifically, if we care for theten girls and seven boys deafat South Miami.
Mrs. Jeanne Phillips, theirspecial instructor in theschool, answers with apositive statement: "Yes, Ithink that the student body iscompletely aware of outhearing impaired students,and in spite of their naturaltendency to associate withothers of their kind, I believethey are very well integratedin our community."
"Being deaf is probably theworst physical handicap youmay have. It isolates youtotally. Besides taking awavfrom vou na.rt ia. l lv the
is drinking and driving," hesays. "If we can't eliminatethe drinking, then eliminatethe drinking and driving com-bination," he encourages.
One aspect of the programis a contract between parentsand teens. If the teen has beendrinking he or she can call theparents and arrange to bepicked up. The contract is in-tended to build a better rela-tionship between parents andtheir teens. Also stated in thecontract is an agreement todiscuss the issue at a latertime. "Parents should acceptthe contract as something in-
Miss Calle Ocho 19t3,students.
rear in such accidents, 5,000|re teens.
Maria Angelly Linares,reasurer of the Students\gainst Drunk Driving pro-ram, says she is interested in: because she had a closeriend who died in an accident.''We want to save teens fromilling themselves and we wanr
to help them not put theirfriends' lives or theirs on theline," she said.
M r . R o b e r t A n a s t a s .founder of the program, haispoken to teens for 20 yearsabout drugs and alcohol- Hehas also gone to 22 states trv-ing to promote SADD."Number one enemy to teens
tended to save the lives of theirchi ldren, " af f i rmed Mr.Anastas. He then adds,"Don't assume that yourparents won't sign the con-tract. ' '
David Brust, president ofthe SADD program, expressedhis feelings by saying, ,,I don'tthink you would want to havethe death of a friend or anyoneelse on your conscience.When you are on the road anddrinking you are not just put-ting your life on the line.There are innocent people onthe street who may also be in-volved,"
thearts Dress Up to Help)lcsrho flonted off their unusualgures and their femalebtires. The three categoriesf ju4ging were, dressing ups their favorite femal-eobbies, such as KendraK e n n y ) . P l a t t a s t h eiawaiian dancer, Willa Minalaxomina Goobinhermer\rt) Chavarry as a lady ofte _ evening in a genuineather mini skirt and Bebaimmy) Toranoas a modernmce dancer. The secondttegory was the "leg"lntest that drove thetdience wild with lauehtei.inally,the last categoiy wasre questioning and evening)wn competition of theght finalists.The three winners were
chosen f rom the e igh tfinalists. In third place wasJuana Palangana lJuanque)Victorero, the belly danier,second was Andrea (Andy)Vallina, the Cobra Charmerand the first place winneiw a s C a r l i t a ( C h a r l e s )McDermott, the Valley Girlon roller skates.
Mrs. Anton, the sponsor ofCivinettes said, "fhis maybecome an annual event."
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The audience of about 1b0people was bursting withlaughter from the momentthe first contestant walkedout. Also in the audience wasa small crew from Channel 10news, and parts of the showwere featured on the eleveno'clock news.
pong the crowd stated, "Ip it a lot, I love it" in bothi body Ianguage gesturesfl in writing language.pr spite of their logicall f icu l t ies
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constantand treatment since infancy,even so it will alwavs be verv
SM's, more
of the feeling you are missingsomething. For a born deaf
Cobra Sets Good Exampleas Miss Calle OchoBY: VIVIAN GUERRERO
Janette Arteaga, a junior atSouth Miami Senior High, haswon the title of Miss CalleOcho 1983. Also to her creditis the title of Miss photogenic.
There were 27 contestantsand 3 different contests held.of the three, Janette took twotitles, Miss Photogenic andMiss Calle Ocho.
"I didn't think I was goingto win. I thought it would bemore like a learning ex_perience. Of course, I wanted,like everyone else, to win but ididn't think I would," saidMiss Calle Ocho.
Along with the titles are
dq1je,s."I represent the Hispanic
community and therefore, Ihave to set a good example forother people to follow andrepresent the community asbest as I can. I also have tomake a lot of speeches," add-ed Janette.
Janette likes to spend herspare time with boyfriendRicky Alvarez, a senior atSo-uth Miami, and instructingballet at Miami-Dade's SouthCampus. She also enjoysseveral hobbies which includejazz, modern dance, ,karate,Spanish dance, piano andmodeling. Janette's futuregoal is to become a nurse.
great amount of effort