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At
the
1979 Mardi Gras
banquet, Eddie Mays and Lori
Kuhn were chosen as the
~sh
wide Foreign language
King and Queen.
FBLA used money made
from
candy sales to send
twenty
members to compete
in
state and district rallies.
Cooperative Office Education
financed its banquets and
service projects by selling Tom
Watts
items.
In a three-week
anti-shoplifting campaign,
members of the Distributive
Education Clubs of America
(DECAl compiled facts and
figures to join with other
groups in an effort to reduce
shoplifting in louisiana.
DECA members conducted
an attitudinal survey at WMHS
and at junior highs, manned
the peepholes at local stores,
posed as security shoppers,
and collected material
pertaining to shoplifting.
Under the instruction of
Mrs. Mary Coleman and Mr.
Charles Jackson, some 65
students from DECA were
LEFT: Students participate in the bike-a-thon for Cystic
Fibrosis, co-sponsored by Student Council. BOTIOM:
For publicity OECA members wore buttons featuring a
new version of a popular slogan.
ABOVE: As part of COE training, Sharlis Calhoun practices on the
dictaphone. LEFT: French Club members prepare friendship tags for
delivery.
involved in the local
anti-shoplifting campaign.
' 'Students who conducted
the survey found that most
teenagers thought shoplifting
was a game-a joke, and
that while most teenagers
believe shoplifting is a crime,
most don't see anything really
wrong with it," Jackson
noted.
Of
those surveyed, 977 said
they had shoplifted; 476 had
shoplifted by themselves; 161
had been apprehended; and
171 of those admitting to
shoplifting had planned the
event ahead of time.
"Students in this survey
ranged in age from 10 to 18,
with the majority of those
who had shoplifted in the 15
to 17 age group," Jackson
said.
More people are getting
caught todat than ever before
because stores are more in
tune to the problem and are
using more detection devices.
"The best defense against
shoplifting is still an alert
employee," he noted.
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