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Sharpen your pencils and do your homework, because the first-ever Community Quiz Bowl is coming this month.
Brains will take priority over brawn Feb. 22 at the Warsaw Community High School Career Center gym when representatives from area businesses and organizations square off at the Quiz Bowl.
Also known as the "Battle of the Brains," the competition will include approximately 30 teams of up to six members each.
The event was the brainchild of the Warsaw Community Foundation for Public Education Inc. as a fund-raiser. Each team paid $100 for the privilege of showing how much, or how little, they know.
"This is encompassing this town," said foundation member Cathy Teghtmeyer. "The community is so excited about this."
The Quiz Bowl will serve a double purpose, Teghtmeyer said.
"The primary purpose is to enhance awareness of the foundation and what it does," she said. It also will raise funds for the foundation to use for grants and other educational uses.
"I think it's a celebration of learning for the community," said Warsaw Community Schools Superintendent Dr. Lee Harman. "It also can promote the value of learning to students."
The format of the competition will be based on the Brain Game, WCS' academic student competition. Each team will be required to answer a variety of questions on three topics: Warsaw, Kosciusko County and Indiana.
The winning team will have custody of a traveling plaque until the next Quiz Bowl.
The competition is open to the public, and admission is free for friends and relatives who want to watch the contest.
"We want to fill the Career Center gym with spectators," Teghtmeyer said. "We'd like to see people there rooting and cheering."
The foundation has a board of 21 members and is a not-for-profit corporation of local business and educational representatives. Some of the programs the foundation sponsors include the Partnership Program, which links local businesses with area schools; the Mini-Grant Program, which provides funding for special classroom projects; the Fall Arts and Craft Show; and the A-1 Program, which recognizes students in grades nine to 12 who earn straight A's throughout the school year.
