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CAST
OF CHARACTERS
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MS.
NETTIE SPIKES
(the PE teacher)
played
by Sandi Lawrence:
Nettie had tried out other
"gentlemen" in the school both single and married
after a series of one-sided unhappy romantic escapades with
the History teacher, Mr.Pat Boney. She was having a
quarrel with the English teacher. Ms. Nilda Hyphens,
right before Nilda
was murdered.
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MR.
CRAMER ABACUS
(the Math teacher)
played by
George Mitchell:
Mr.
Abacus is very intelligent and able to solve almost any
problem, math or otherwise. Highly
esteemed and well thought of by other teachers.
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MR.
ADAM NEUTRON
(the Science teacher)
played
by Rich Penner:
Mr.
Neutron is a mad scientist who had to go into teaching because
he kept blowing
up his laboratory. He has a crush on Nettie Spikes
the PE teacher despite her reputation
for playing around and around.
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MS.
NILDA HYPHENS
(the English teacher)
the
murder victim:
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MR.
PAT BONEY
(the History teacher)
played
by Dave Venable:
Boney had an
affair with Nettie Spikes. He wanted to continue the
relationship with Nettie but she broke it off. Boney is
completely infatuated with Nettie to the point of losing all
self-respect and reasoning. When they were together he would
do anything she wanted.
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MS.
ZELIG VON TRUTTEN
(the Librarian)
played by Marty Ware:
Von Trutten is a bit of a nut,
kind of crazy, and always in to the latest Stephen King novel.
Most people tend to keep their distance from Von Trutten. She
is also a gossip and will tell everything to anyone, no matter
who tells her what.
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MS.
CLAUDETTE TRUFFLES
(the French teacher)
played by Rebecca Sheriff
What a looker! Tres flamboyant!
She is the femme fatale of every male student. She also has a
problem with extra-marital affairs. Ms. Truffles had a
classroom across the hall from the English teacher, whom she
did not like because she came on to her once at last years
retreat.
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DR.
SUE RUTH
(the School Counselor)
played by Viola Penner:
Dr. Ruth is a happy-go-lucky
person. She does not have a problem with anyone and likes to
listen to their problems but maintains strict confidentiality.
She in the peace maker of the group and is in love with the
science teacher, Mr. Neutron.
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MR.
ED KENNEDY
(the Special Education teacher)
played by Arlan Ponder:
Kennedy is a little quirky but
everyone seems to like him and has their respect. He is always
coming up with unique ideas to better the school. Continually
visits the school nurse, Mary Rileee, to have his blood sugar
tested.
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SMARTY JONES
(the school principal)
played
by Ed Carlton:
Mr. Jones is rather an old
fashioned academic. He wants the school to get back to the
basics, reading, writing, and arithmetic, so that school test
scores will go up. He set up the retreat to introduce some
changes in how classes were to be conducted. Additionally, he
is getting ready to retire and wants "his" school on
a solid academic footing before he does. He is very
opinionated, stanch conservative, and adamantly opposes extra
marital relationships.
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MR.
PETER STIFFLY
(the school vice-principal)
played
by Robert Wright:
Mr. Stiffly is usually a
goody-goody type until he found out about the affair. He
threatened to expose the affair unless he got some "special
favors" from them while at the retreat. According to him,
"whatever happens in Cloudcroft stays in Cloudcroft."
Also has been trying to make time with Ms. Stacey Knowsall
a/k/a Ms. Janie Foster..
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MS.
STACEY KNOWSALL
(retired returning Life Skills teacher) and
her stage name
MS. JANIE FOSTER (the drama teacher)
played
by Gloria Wood
Ms. Knowsall had retired from the
teaching profession but decided to return to the classroom so
that she could "double-dip" from the state coffers.
She was treated like an academic pariah and relegated to
sharing office space with the school counselor. People
think she should have stayed retired and there-by make room
for someone else in the teaching profession. She feels
isolated and resents the other teachers. Being pursued by the
VP for romantic tryst but as Ms. Foster is the epitome of a
true drama queen! She is always over-the-top and is definitely
always on stage. She is always ready to tell what she knows,
even if she knows nothing. Even though everyone likes her,
most take what she says with a grain of salt.
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MS. MARY RILEEE
(the
school nurse)
played
by Bethani Sellers:
Ms. Rileee, the school nurse that
knows all the physical and mental problems enjoyed by the
staff and faculty of the school. Of course she wouldn't hurt a
fly, right?
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MR.
TARY NOTES
(the school secretary)
played by Gary Wood
As with most schools, the school
secretary runs the school. Mr. Notes has all the inside
information on anything and everything that goes on inside and
outside the school, as long as it concerns the staff and
faculty. If it weren't for him, nothing would get done.
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OFFICER
DAN REID (the local police detective)
played
by Tice Sheriff:
Detective Reid is a "never
off-duty" detective, and is always seen with his
detective notebook and pencil. He believes that murders are
just a puzzle in life and all you need to do is fit it
all together.
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SIGN IN DESK
Pat & Ken
Gwen & Beaumont
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THE
PLAY
"MURDER ON THE
BLACKBOARD"
By
Bethani
Sellers & Sandi Lawrence
Mystery
Scenario
You
are taken you back to school for an old Murder Mystery. It
seems the teachers and staff from Mesquite High School in
Columbia, Texas, came to The Lodge for a retreat to discuss
changes in curriculum, scheduling, and duties for the upcoming
semester. Everyone arrived Thursday night around 6:30 pm and
checked into their rooms. Prior to dinner, Nettie Spikes and
Nilda Hyphens were observed having a heated discussion by the
fireplace. Later everyone assembled and ate dinner at
Rebecca's at 7:30 pm and retired to their own devices around
9:00 pm.
Your homework is to find out who was not the
teacher's pet and why staying after school was not punishment
enough.
 ATTENTION!
ATTENTION!
Today students, we will put on our thinking
caps and try to solve a most troubling mystery that has
occurred at The Lodge in Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
Nilda
Hyphens was last seen alive stumbling down the hallway bumping
into objects as she went to her room around 8:30 pm.
Later on in the evening, having treated Ms. Hyphens for
unexplained bruising, the school nurse, Mary Rileee, stopped
by on her way to her own room to check on Ms. Hyphens. After
knocking on the door and receiving no answer she tried the
doorknob and discovered it unlocked. Immediately upon entering
the room she noticed Ms. Hyphens laying on the bed and
apparently not breathing. After finding no pulse nor
respiration, Mary quickly phoned the front desk notifying them
of her discovery. She then moved the victim to the floor and
began CPR. She continued to administer CPR until the EMS
arrived. Upon their arrival it was determined that Nilda
Hyphens was dead. Due to the suspicious nature of Ms. Hyphens
demise, Sheriff Dan Reid informed all Lodge quests and
employees that they were not
to leave Cloudcroft
until further notice.
The
investigation continues.
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AND THE MANY QUESTIONS
AT
THE COCKTAIL PARTY
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DID YOU ASK ALL
OF
YOUR QUESTIONS???
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Okay
students, now gather round,
You're about to go out on the
town.
Someone has been bad in school,
and played the
principal for a fool.
Use all your wits and skill,
and
find out who likes to kill.
You don't need hall passes or
cops,
just look for clues in some of the shops.
Take a
field trip down to our town,
where many clues can be
found.
Put them all together for an "A"
and
teacher's pet you'll be today.
To get to the right spots
for clues,
get your wraps and move those shoes.
Since
this will be easy just like recess,
your hard work will
bring success.
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FINAL
EXAM
IN ORDER TO PASS THIS COURSE SUCCESSFULLY YOU
MUST SATISFACTORY
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS BELOW.
SPELLING AND GRAMMAR ERRORS
WILL BE COUNTED AGAINST THE FINAL GRADE. THIS IS AN OPEN BOOK
TEST AND YOU MAY USE YOUR NOTES. GOOD LUCK!
QUESTION
1 (HOME EC.): BUTTON, BUTTON, WHO'S GOT THE
BUTTON? A PLACE WHERE MORK FROM ORK MIGHT FIND HIS ORT.
QUESTION
2 (SHOP): A PLACE WHERE A "FLATFOOT"
HAMMERS
THINGS INTO SHAPES.
QUESTION
3 (SKILLS CLASS): TRACES OF BRADY AND ADAMS
LINGER IN THE DARK CORNERS OF THIS ROOM.
QUESTION
4 (PE): YOU NEED PHYSICAL TRAINING IN ORDER
TO USE THIS EQUIPMENT IN THIS LOCALE.
QUESTION
5 (HISTORY): WHAT DO ZEST, LAVA, AND IRISH
SPRING HAVE IN COMMON? YES, I KNOW THEY'RE SOAPS! THEN
GO TO WHERE SITTING ON HIGH YOU SEE YOURSELF IN YOUR
CUPS.
QUESTION 6 (ARCHEOLOGY): WHEN
IT IS TIME TO GET SPIFFY WE DIG OUT OUR "OLD"
BAUBLES AND BANGLES. GO TO THE END AND ASK FOR A DANCER.
QUESTION
7 (BUSINESS): EEK! WHO'S THAT CREEPING ROUND
THE CORNER? AND THERE'S NEVER A TRACE OF RED. BE SURE TO
WATCH FOR THE SCARLET BILLOWS AND SHOW THEM PEARLY WHITES.
REALLY!!
QUESTION
8 (MATH-LOGIC): IT KEEPS THE PESTS AWAY WHILE
MOMMA "WORKS" ON THOSE EGG AS LITTLE JOHNNY WALKS
THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW.
QUESTION
9 (TV LAND STUDIES): LOOK FOR TONY DOW'S DAD
AND YOU WILL FIND THE OWNER OF WHERE THE EMPEROR, WHILE MAKING
AN ASS OF HIMSELF, FORGOT TO SHOP.
QUESTION
10 (PARANORMAL STUDIES): SEAN, TIM, AND KEVIN
WENT WHERE ONLY ONE OF THE FIVE IS NEEDED.
QUESTION
11 (MARKETING): THERE WAS A SIMPLE MAN WHO
HAD A SIMPLE PLAN TO STAY ON TOP AND EVERYWHERE HE WENT PEOPLE
THOUGHT HE WAS SOUPY SALES.
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