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Vol. 1 Issue 7 M a vTropical e r Paradise i c k May 2, 2011 By Meghan Darnell The Kiowa County High School Junior-Senior Prom was held at the Greens- This Month’s burg Recreation gym on April 16th. The promenade began at six in the evening, followed directly by the dinner. The prom theme was Tropical Night and the Features juniors decorated with tiki men and palm trees. For dinner, the juniors chose to o serve pork loin, a mashed potato casserole, green beans, Hawaiian rolls and fruit bowls with a key lime pie dessert. Honor At the dance, attendants were subjectivly entertained by a swing dance by Mr. Banquet... and Mrs. Calkins along with a dance-off between senior Shannon Webster and pg. 6 another student’s date. It was a very upbeat dance with two-steps, line-dances and the right balance of fast and slow songs. After the dance, students were allowed 30 minutes to change, and then were n bussed to the Mullinville gymnasium for After-Prom. At the After-Prom party, students were provided with a vast variety of games to win either cash or tickets for four big prizes that would be drawn at the end of the night. The big prizes were an Apple I-pad, an automobile tune-up set, a camera, an X-Box 360, a tele- vision and Blu-ray player and an I-pod touch. There were also prizes for guessing State Music... games. These games consisted of guessing the amount of change or golf balls in pg. 9 t a container, the number of cotton balls in a shoe and matching a picture of all the senior’s eyes with their names. Games to win tickets for the drawings consisted of various carnival games, Minute-to-Win-It challenges and game shows like Cash Cab. One of the games for which names were drawn to play was Let’s Make a Deal in which Paco Torres won a bucket of “good ‘ol Kansas dirt”. Torres commented that “Prom itself was very entertaining… except for the h bucket of dirt.” Sports... Shannen Hall was another winner of the night, taking home both the X-Box pg. 12 360 and $100 in Deal or No Deal. Said Hall “There were lots of fun games. I flipped a lot of frogs.That was probably the most fun.” As for the Deal or No Deal prize, she stated “It was bad. I’m convinced the only reason I kept going was because my friend kept telling l me I had the case with the $100. I thought I was going to pass out I was freaking out so bad.” KCJH News... y pg. 14

Left to right: During the promenade, couples were introduced by Pastor Martin George. Some of the couples included Chloe Enfield escorted by Darren Hayse, Lindy McKin- ney escorted by Kasey Gamble and Dena Liggett escorted by Weston Jantz. Photos by Kayleen Stevens By Clint Scott Clint Knows All America loves a lot of things, stuff we’ve been ac- but she’s had fun every time my family has gone to a customed to for years. Things like malls, theme parks, game. I’ve shared opinions of why people like games, apple pie, fast food places and television. One of the but what is your favorite thing about baseball games? most famous pastimes though, is also one of our oldest Here are some KCHS students and teachers opin- American pastimes, baseball. A lot of favorite child- ions: hood memories for some are going to their very first “I like seeing the old people go, that have been to like major league baseball game. This is convenient be- every single game their team has had. I also enjoy the cause the major league baseball (MLB) loose and comfortable atmosphere, it is very season is finally starting up. The season traditional.”- Jamie Larsh starts with preseason games, all leading “I would definitely have to go with drunk up to opening day on April Fool’s Day, people fighting over bad calls, of course I like the first of April. The regular season now it too when mascots throw t shirts.”- John is still just beginning, giving the teams a Musquez chance to show us new players and new “The last out of the top of the 9th inning.”- rotations. I love going to baseball games, but person- Mr. Marshall Ballard ally when I watch them on television, I only pay atten- “Watching home runs”- Evan Williams tion to roughly 4 innings. I assume I’m not the only “The competitiveness is fun to watch, and it’s cool one who thinks it’s more fun to watch a game when when managers get ejected.”-Gage Hosheit you’re at the stadium, rather than from your couch. These are just a few opinions, and if you don’t agree So what makes live games better than on TV? My with any of these because you’ve never experienced a opinion is that you can feel the tradition in the atmo- game, then I encourage you to go to at least one game. sphere. Some people don’t even like baseball, and they There should be at least one thing about a game that still enjoy themselves at games, my sister is a perfect you can enjoy. example of this. She could care less about the sport,

By Jamie LarshWords from behind the scenes Spring is here and you know what that means, other crazy prints on shoes, shorts, shirts or even hand- shopping for new spring clothes!! It’s the bags are very in this season. Also, weave-straw time of year where the seasons are chang- hats are seen a lot on the runway. There are so ing and the sun likes to tease us by coming many more, but you can find great fashion ad- out and warming the air one day and then vice for this spring on any website of a fashion hiding the next. For those nice warm days magazine like Seventeen or Vogue. the sandals and shorts are broken out from Clothes aren’t the only things that change. their long stay in the closets and drawers. Hair styles are also a very big part of spring. The thing is, for most girls including me, it Braids and low buns are very popular this feels like last summer’s clothes have season, but if you don’t have long hair been worn way too much. It gets to put up, shortlonghairstyles.com has boring with the same outfits over many hairstyles for short cuts. Pixie cuts, and over. for example, are a great short cut and Now I don’t want to sound like a also wavy bobs. snob about this and say I have to get Now that you have an introduction to rid of the old and in with the new because you can al- the many styles of spring, you are ready ways mix and match pieces from three years ago with to go out and face the big spring sales. There are many this 2011 season. I love pulling out pieces from two websites that you can look at to help you look the best years ago and having it totally work with an outfit. this summer. After all, shouldn’t spring be all about So, what is “IN” this spring? According being fresh? 2 to Seventeen Magazine, floral prints and By Cody Headrick Bacon, Bacon, Bacon Throughout the history of mankind we have seemed to sir”. However my friends, there are chance upon some truly incredible things in the world like people walking among us, whom if I The Grand Canyon, dinosaur fossils, really big fish and the am told right, don’t like bacon. Do not most mesmerizing of them all, bacon. Anything that makes fret; these perpetrators of that natural you wish the world had drive through angioplasty1 is truly order will probably not hurt you. In way too extraordinary. In fact, adding bacon to anything fact, they won’t eat your bacon either. So I guess they are instantly makes it better (i.e. bacon wrapped pork, bacon all right as long as you don’t make them your friends, or bits in salad2 , Kevin Bacon and bacon & family3. eggs). Until well into the sixteenth century, For those of you amateurs of the mouth- bacon or bacoun was a Middle English term watering, awe inspiring, grease sizzling, de- used to refer to all pork in general. The term licious smelling bacon you may be pleasant- bacon comes from various Germanic and ly surprised to know that it has other uses. French dialects. It derives from the French Like, as my wise friend Jamie Larsh once bako, Common Germanic bakkon and Old put “getting rid of any undesirable smell in Teutonic backe, all of which refer to the your house” and thus replacing it with the back. There are breeds of pigs particularly grown for bacon, wonderful aroma that is bacon. notably the Yorkshire and Tamworth. All of which comes So remember my comrades in the culinary arts, whether from http://www.homecooking.about.com. Now today you’re whipping up some simple strips of bacon, or you’re nobody really knows who the first connoisseur of this deli- an over achiever and you’re crafting the wonderland that is catessen delight is, but if he were alive today I would walk the Bacon Explosion4 (right), be sure to make enough for right up to him, look him in the eye, and say “thank you me. 1For those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s where they mechanically go in and widen up your blood vessels. Presumably because you ate too much bacon, or bacon based food products. 2Which in all reality is just a game of find the bacon in the lettuce. 3Not that I have anything wrong with my family not eating my bacon. This way it’ll just save a lot of incredulous looks during thanksgiving and such. 4Recipe: 2 Pounds Thick Bacon Strips, 2 Pounds Italian Sausage, 1 Jar BBQ sauce, 1 Jar BBQ rub. You start by weaving a blanket of bacon. Followed by a rub of your BBQ rub, add a layer of sausage. Sprinkle bits of bacon on top of that. Douse in BBQ sauce, and then roll up into a nice delicious grease filled log. Smoke on grill for some time.Add final layer of BBQ sauce. Deliciousness awaits. For more detailed instructions along with illustrations go to http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/. Sneaky Clean Joke Peyton’s Poll By Cody Headrick Springtime is in full swing and spring sports have started, namely track. I would say something about A general noticed one of his soldiers baseball or softball, but as I have been readily informed behaving oddly. The soldier would pick up by the fanatics, our school doesn’t offer those sports. So I any piece of paper he found, frown and say: thought it would be cool to see how many people would “That’s not it” and put it down again. like to see certain sports played at our high school. These are the results. This went on for some time, until the general arranged to have the soldier psycho- 16 14 logically tested. The psychologist concluded 12 that the soldier was deranged, and wrote out 10 Soccer his discharge from the army. The soldier 8 Rodeo picked it up, smiled and said: “That’s it.” 6 4 Wrestling 2 Swimming/Water Polo 0 Baseball/Softball Gymnastics/Dance 3 C l a s s O f 2011 By Audrey Wheeler Miss the most: Miss the most: Playing basketball Good times in shop with Chase and Kayle Looks forward to: Being on my own and S Looks forward to: being more able to do Getting more involved what I want with our family farm Name: E Name: Lindy McKinney Residence after college: Denton Clark Residence after Around Greensburg college: Plans after high school: N Plans after high Back to my farm Attend Nebraska Favorite lunch day: school: College of Technical Italian Friday Attend Fort Hays for Favorite lunch day: Agriculture I AgriBusiness Hamburger Tuesday with Darren Hayse High school memory: High school memory: Freedom rodeo with O Football with Coach Tater and Morgan T. R Blattner and Coach Rose Miss the most: Miss the most: We’re not little kids Hanging with friends anymore friends

Looks forward to: P Looks forward to: Boot camp Getting out in the world Residence after college: R Name: Name: California or Florida Alex Brensing Residence after Ashley Heim college: Favorite lunch day: O Plans after high City (Maybe) Plans after high school: I don’t eat lunch at school: Join the army school..but I love Pueblo Go to college Favorite lunch day: Nuevo! F Mexican Tuesday High school memory: High school memory: 2008 Senior prank: Making a figurative filled fountain with gelatin I speech video with Evan L and John High school memory: High school memory: Sage and Peyton ran- Art class with Shane, domly chasing a turkey in E Adam, Kyle and Tim cross country practice. Miss the most: Miss the most: School spirit and the The good times in cinnamon rolls cross country practices Name: Name: Jessica Eller Looks forward to: Katelin Holland Looks forward to: Living near Taco Bell Making new friends Plans after high Plans after high school: school: Residence after Attend FHSU and Residence after college: Attend Friends college: major in Radiology Colorado mountains University and study Around Wichita Psychology Favorite lunch day: Favorite lunch day: Italian Friday Mexican Monday 4 By Jessica Moore Preparing for state The school year is coming to a close, along with the SPIAA One-Act Play tournament. The group placed first, forensics team and the meets. All the regular meets are out of four plays, for their The Brothers Grimm Spectacu- now over and all that’s left is state. The competition that all lathon. Webster, Eller and Scott performed another play, work for, but only some can prepare for. entitled Courting 101, placing fourth place in that. On March 5, the Forensics team headed to Pratt for a Only two days later, the group had acts performing at meet, returning with fifth place out of 17 teams and five the SPIAA tournament, returning home with second place people placing overall. Kendal Melton placed seventh in as a team and 13 students placing individually. In extemp, serious solo acting. Kadie Larsh and Elizabeth Spurgeon Hoyt placed first and Williams placed fourth. In poetry, placed fourth in improvised duet acting, while Kirby Lewis Eller took first, followed by Wade who placed second, placed seventh in poetry. Shannon Webster placed seventh McVay took third and Lewis placed sixth. In the IDA in humorous solo acting. category, Spurgeon and Larsh took fifth place. Hoyt placed On March 8, the team headed off to Spearville, earn- sixth in the informative category. In serious solo acting ing second place out of ten schools. They came back with Little took fourth, while in humorous solo acting Webster seven people placing. Peyton Wade placed third place in took third and Williams took fifth. Finally in duet acting, duet acting. Jessica Eller and Webster placed second place Wade and Larsh took third and Spurgeon and McVey took with their duet, Wade and Larsh placed third also, with fifth. their duet acting. Lewis placed sixth in Poetry, while Darin April rolled around, and for the last meet they headed McVay took fourth in Prose. to South Central, on April 11. The team placed first alto- The team traveled the short distance to Bucklin, on gether, out of 12 schools, and four more students qualified March 25, bringing home first place, out of seven teams. for state. McVey took sixth in the prose category. In poetry, Both Jordan Little and Wade placed in serious solo act- McMurry took fourth while Lewis took sixth. For humor- ing, Little bringing home fourth and Wade taking seventh. ous solo acting Williams took third and Lisa R. took sixth. In humorous solo acting, Webster took first place, with In serious solo acting Larsh took second followed closely Evan Williams behind him at third place. In improvised by Little who took third. In duet the students took the top duet acting, Webster and Clint Scott took first place, along three places with Spurgeon and McVey taking first place, with Larsh and Spurgeon in fifth place. Cody McVey and Wade and Larsh in second and finishing out with McVay Lewis placed in this same category at sixth place. In prose, and Williams taking third. Spurgeon and Wade placed Eller received first, Laina McMurry took third, and Lewis second in IDA. Darnell took fifth and Hoyt took sixth in the took sixth. In prose, Eller took first place, while Melton informative category of the competition. Finally in extemp, took second and Little took fifth place. In the informative Darnell took fifth while Housworth took sixth. category of the competition, Melton took first, Jimmy Hoyt With state right around the corner, on the first weekend took fifth and Meghan Darnell took seventh. For duet act- of May, the team must keep practicing and be prepared. Out ing Wade and Larsh took third, McVey and Spurgeon took of the year, there were 14 students who placed high enough fourth and Scott and Erica Bertram took fifth. Finally, in to make it to state. These students included were, Eller, extemp, Hoyt took first, Williams followed close behind Webster, Scott, Melton, Hoyt, Williams, McVay, Wade, with second place and Dottie Housworth took sixth. Larsh, Spurgeon, McVey, Grace Sirois, Little, and Bertram. March 28, the team performed their one act play at the

By Audrey Wheeler The Hunt! Thursday, April 21, the FCA huddle leader, Morgan Tyree, egg that contained the reference where the verse was found lead the group in a fun little game by combining verses from in the Bible. The winners, siblings Peyton and Kristin Wade, the Easter story before Jesus was crucified and the traditional received a yummy bag of Mini Reeses. egg hunt that goes along with Easter. She split the students Sophomore Kaelie Kendall commented after the hunt, “I into groups of two and gave each group a think that Morgan is really good at putting on activi- bag filled with plastic Easter eggs. Each ties to go with the lesson and verses that we are egg contained a piece of paper with part of reading and I thought it was a really creative game.” a verse on it and an added Reeses cup. The Left: Sophomore Trever Tyree and Junior Chelsea students had to place the pieces of paper in Oberle team up to unscramble the verses, trying to win the right order that the verse was in. After the egg hunt game. Photo by Jamie Larsh checking with Morgan to see if the verse was pieced together right, the students had to race out into the hallway and find the Easter 5 By Jimmy Hoyt Crisis in Libya In any comic book series, there’s a lineup of iconic stalemate, a situation which cannot be resolved peacefully. bad guys, called a rogues gallery. Batman routinely has Soon enough, others got involved, and the UN passed a to deal with the Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin and Two resolution to put in place a no-fly zone over Libya, effec- Face. The real world also has a gallery of villains. There’s tively negating Qaddafi’s air and armor superiority over the 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, the late Iraqi dictator rebels. The French led the charge, with other countries soon Saddam Hussein, the aging North Korean dictator Kim joining the fray, with American ships knocking out Libyan Jong Il and Libyan tyrant Muammar Qaddafi. anti emplacements with Tomahawk missiles, enabling Qaddafi is the one currently under pressure now, be- NATO warplanes to patrol Libyan airspace without the cause of an uprising in his country sparked by protests in threat of ground-based missiles. February, which were in turn sparked by revolutions in Tu- What does this all mean for you, fellow Americans? nisia and Egypt. After his military opened fire on protesters First of all, this is hitting you directly in the wallet. Libya protesting peacefully, they organized an armed resistance is a major supplier of oil in the world, and many of the for- which is now entrenched in the city of Benghazi, hoping eign workers working there in the oil refineries have evacu- for the ousting of Qaddafi. ated the country. Without any employees to work them, the That such a large amount of Libyan people want Qaddafi refineries have shut down. Gas was $3.70 per gallon last out is not surprising, given that he is considered by most of week. If, like me, you drive a 15 mile-per-gallon gas guz- the international community as a power-hungry tyrant.He zler, that’s a really bad thing. The first 10 days of the no-fly has been known as an international villain, who oppresses zone, where US involvement was the heaviest, cost taxpay- his people and sponsors terrorism abroad, such as the ers (read: your parents) $500 million dollars, for all of the Lockerbie Bombing which killed 181 American airplane Tomahawk missiles and jet fuel and bombs used. passengers. The civil war in Libya is probably not going to be over This resistance is made up mostly of untrained civil- anytime soon. Qaddafi and the rebels are not likely to back ians and a contingent of Libyan Army defectors. Qaddafi’s down until the situation is resolved. With the UN attempt- forces are made up of his military and foreign mercenaries ing to even the odds, the world will see if one of its time- he hired after he realized he would need a lot more firepow- less villains is finally defeated for good. er to quell the uprising in his country. So far the war is at a

By Jessica Moore KU and KSU honor the students On April 25, 63 of the Kiowa County High School Following this was the students were recognized for their hard work, ambition, main speaker of the night, the and drive for an education. Whether it was the success of Chancellor of KU, Bernadette the achievements, or just the excitement in the air, there Grey-Little from a family was definitely a feeling of happiness in the varsity gym that where neither of her parents night. attended college. Her speech The night started off with the invocation, from our started with the inspiring story superintendent, Darin Headrick. This was followed by the of her life. She was the first of greetings from the KU and KSU representatives who intro- her eight siblings to go onto college, with the rest following duced their schools. There was even a joke to follow, from after her. Also, she spoke about some of the advances that Barb Bradley, a KU Alumni member. the KU College is making in their school with the programs “How do you keep a wildcat out of your backyard?” She they offer. This all led up to her point, of how education can asked the crowd, “You put a basketball goal out there.” get- proceed to change one’s life forever. ting a laugh from the whole crowd, even the Wildcats that Then, came the moment everyone was waiting for, the were present. presentation of the certificates. To make it to the banquet, The three course meal, prepared by Anita Friesen, con- each student had to make one of the three honor rolls. This sisted of salad, roast beef, garlic mashed potatoes, green would be the Superintendent’s Honor Roll, the Principal’s beans, and a roll and wide variety of desserts that were on Honor Roll, or the Honorable Mention. the tables. To finish off the night, our Stuco president, Morgan After the meal, Peyton Wade, who is a state qualified vo- Tyree gave the response, thanking all the alumni for com- cal soloist, sang both “Morning” and “Green Eyed Dragon” ing out to support the pride in our education, then thanking as the evening’s entertainment. He left the micro- the students for a great year so far. 6 phone to a standing ovation from the audience. By Meghan Darnell Meg’s Memo A Look at What’s Ahead May 6 Registration deadline for the June 11th ACT tests held at PCC May 7 State Forensics in Wichita and State Journalism at KU May 8 Mother’s Day May 10 Kiowa County awards night. Junior high at 6:30 and high school at 7:30 May 11 7:00 Barclay College Home Concert in the Haviland Friends Church sanctuary May 14 1:30 KCHS Graduation in the high school gymnasium May 16 Regional golf at Elkhart May 18 Haviland youth group goes to Piester’s Pond May 20 Regional track and field at Kiowa County May 23 State golf at Garden City May 24 7:00 KC Eighth Grade Graduation May 25 Last day of school May 25 KCHS Powder Puff Football May 25 Little Olympics

May 27-28 State track and field in Wichita May 30 Memorial Day May 31 Beginning of Driver’s Ed.

7 By Kaelie KendallMusic students can tell the difference On Saturday, April 9, the Regional Choir Festival was to our full potential and I feel like I made a drastic step to- held at Dodge City High School. 17 of the Kiowa County wards that this year. The choir is ‘day and night’ compared students participated in the competition, 10 singing solos to the beginning of the year. We have a great group that re- and 16 in one or both of the two ensembles. The day began ally cares and tries their hardest every time they are asked. at 9:45 when freshman Lillian Hinshaw presented her two I think the scoring was ok, but we were all hoping for three solos and ended around 3:00 with senior Evan Williams ones. Everyone went out and sang their part and had fun, singing his. so that’s all that matters. I’m super excited that the girls’ Six of the soloists (Erica Bertram, Taylor Colborn, Adri- ensemble made it to state and also extremely excited that ell Hewitt, Lillian Hinshaw, Jordan Little and Peyton Wade) my solos made it. The girls’ ensemble sounded absolutely as well as the Ladies Ensemble (Ashlea Allred, Lillian amazing and on my solos I highly doubted I would make it, Hinshaw, Riann Heft, Kristen Spainhour, Adriell Hewitt, because I totally messed up my words, but it works out for Erica Bertam, Kaelie Kendall, Shaylee Erwin, Patty Torres the best and the judge must have thought it sounded decent, and Taylor Colborn) received a one on their performances, even though I was so mad at myself.” guaranting them a chance to compete at the State Festival. “The choir has grown tremendously since the first of the “Since the beginning of the year my voice has grown a year,” choir director Kim Stewart explained. “Musically lot,” said senior Peyton Wade. “Not just in experience but we are stronger, we blend better and we have a much more it has physically grown. It is a lot stronger and my range is mature sound than we had in the beginning. The individual about 3 or 4 notes higher than it was at the beginning of the soloists have made great improvements also. I think year. each of them has grown in confidence and vocal strength The choir has improved a lot in the same through the process of singing a solo in front of a way. Our voices have matured a little bit but judge. I love my choir students! We have a great the experience of singing music is what has sense of community because we know we are really helped us out. Our tone is much better doing something as a group that we cannot accom- than the first day of class, that’s for sure. I’m plish alone. The choir had a very clean and well pleasantly surprised that I qualified for state polished performance at the State competition. with my solo. Honestly, I kind of expected it You can’t ask for anything better than that! I felt and I had hoped for it, but I was still a little bit we did very well at Regionals. For many students afraid that I wouldn’t be good enough. I really this was their first time performing at such a high think that our mixed ensemble should have qualified for level of competition. I know many of them were extremely state. When we warmed up right before singing we sounded nervous, but they handled the pressure by relying on the so good! But then we went into the room and lost a lot of preparation and hard work we put in ahead of time. I think whatever it was we had a few minutes before.” we will do well at State also. We will continue to make On Thursday, April 14, Pratt Community College hosted sure we are doing everything possible to be ready to give the State Choir Festival. The Kiowa County Choir sang our best performances yet.” their two pieces, “Now Sing Before the Lord” by Mozart The next performance for the choir students is State for and “He Never Failed Me Yet” by Robert Ray. The choir soloists and the ensemble. They will perform in Salina, on finished their performances with the scoring of two ones April 30. and one two. Above: The ladies ensemble consists of (back row) Kaelie Ken- “I feel like I have personally improved drastically since dall, Ashlea Allred, Erica Bertram, Taylor Colborn, (middle row) the beginning of the year,” junior Taylor Colborn stated. Adriell Hewitt, Kristen Spainhour, Shaylee Erwin, (front row), “Mrs. Stewart has really worked hard on getting all of us Lillian Hinshaw, Riann Heft and Patricia Torres.

Class of the month -Computer Applications By Lymon Morehead and Jamie Larsh This month’s class of the month is Computer App 1, 2 and 3. websites they also learn to use Desktop Publisher. In Computer App. 1 students are taught how to use the programs McKinney now has Computer App. 3 that involves multime- of Microsoft Office. They also learn different skills to effectively dia. Students are taught through a program called Adobe Suite research on the internet. Premier. Students then produce many types of videos like inter- In Computer App. 2 students are taught how to create websites views, slideshows and short films. The program is very complex through an HTML programming software that Mrs. McKinney and the students learn many skills from it. says is a very difficult program. Taking a little over one month at “I think learning all aspects of technology are important for the end of the year the students are assigned to make a students in today’s world because technology affects all aspect of 8 full website with links to different pages. Aside from our lives,” stated McKinney. Top 10

According to Barnes & Noble: www.bn.com- bestsellers list- as of April 19. Songs Books By Jessica Moore By Rachel Schmidt Voted on by five chosen students Adult- Children- from each class. 1 The Dukan Diet 1 The Throne of Fire 1 E.T. by Pierre Dukan (Kane Chronicles Ser. #2) - Katy Perry by Rick Riordan ft. Kanye West 2 Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo 2 Vespers Rising 2 Just can’t get enough (The 39 Clues Ser. #11) - The Black 3 A Dance of Dragons by Rick Riordan Eyed Peas (A Song of Fire and Ice #5) by George R. R. Martin 3 Children Make Terrible Pets 3 Roll Up by Peter Brown - Wiz Khalifa 4 the Sixth Man (Sean King and Michelle 4 Guess How Much I Love You 4 S&M - Rihanna Maxwell Ser. #5) by Sam McBratney by David Baldacci 5 Rolling in the Deep 5 The Emperor of Nihon-Ja - ADELE 5 The 17 Day Diet (Ranger’s Apprentice Ser. #10) by Mike Moreno by John Flanagan 6 On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez 6 The Throne of Fire 6 The Very Hungry Caterpillar ft. Pitbull (Kane Chronicles Ser. #2) by Eric Carle by Rick Riordan 7 Blow - Ke$ha 7 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do 7 Bossypants You See? 8 Rocketeer by Tina Fey by Bill Martin Jr. - Far East Movement 8 Water For Elephants 8 Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Sara Gruen (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Ser. #1) 9 Moment 4 Life by Jeff Kinney - Nicki Minaj 9 Dead Reckoning (Snookie Stackhouse/Southern 9 Silverlicous 10 Jar of Hearts Vampire Ser. #11) by Victoria Kann - Christiana Perri by Charlaine Harris 10 I Broke My Trunk! 10 The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (Elephant and Piggie Ser.) (Ranger’s Apprentice Ser. #10) by Mo Willemsa by John Flanagan 9 By JimmyWhat Hoyt say you? Is Prom overrated? Brook Boman: “I don’t think it is because you get to wear a pretty dress and people actually make an effort to dance.”

Kimberlyn Hayes: “I don’t think it’s over- rated because I love decorating beforehand.”

Clint Scott: “Ehh, a little bit. I think sometimes people make a way bigger deal out of it than it should be.” By Kaelie Kendall Ashley Heim: “I don’t thnk prom is overrat- ed. It lets you know the year is almost over and the rush of buying dresses and tuxes and comparing with friends and planning your dates is just really great.”

By Kristin Wade Orange dots everywhere On Wed., April 20 the KCHS art classes went to an After looking around for a while the students ate art show at Fort Hays State Uni- and then came back to the gym to see how their versity. Once arriving in Hays artwork had done. The scoring was simple; if the the students set up their artwork judges liked it they would put a colored dot on the and looked around a little bit. art. Overall there were 20 dots among the students After everything was set up they work. Of the 20 dots there were 18 different people had to clear out to let the judges who received those dots. Jessica Moore, Kaelie Ken- critique their work. While that dall, Amanda Koehn, Adriell Hewitt, Anthony Ford, was going on everyone went over to Shaylee Erwin, Jessica Eller and Kristin Wade each one of the Hays buildings that con- received two dots. tained some college artwork. Top: The art class was able to fill up the display boards, front and "It was interesting to see how dif- back, with all of their work they brought. The orange dots meant ferent their art was compared to ours," they were recognized by the judges. Bottom: Along with drawings, the students were able to bring states sophomore Audrey Wheeler. "There didn't seem along clay projects made in the first semester of school. Photos to be any limitations on what they could create." by Kristin Wade The Maverick Monthly The Maverick Monthly It is distributed through out Writers and Photographers: KCJH Staff Members are: is produced monthly by the the schools at Kiowa County, Cody Headrick Morgen Ulrich journalism classes of Kiowa Haviland and Mullinville. Peyton Wade Sydney Headrick County High School and Member of the Kansas Scho- Clint Scott Josh Spicer Kiowa County Junior High, lastics Press Association. Lymon Morehead Olivia Dawson 706 S. Main, Greensburg, KS Kaelie Kendall KCHS Adviser: 67054. It is created on PC KCHS Staff members are: Audrey Wheeler Kayleen Stevens computers using the programs Editor: Jamie Larsh Rachel Schmidt KCJH Adviser: Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Photo Editor: Jimmy Hoyt Jessica Moore Liz Ballard Indesign and Copy Editor: Kristin Wade 10 Photoshop. Meghan Darnell Getting to know them By Kristin Wade -Ms. Cheryl Richard Ms. Richard is the art teacher at KCHS. Although she’s never forgotten that. After she is very qualified and experienced in the field of art, finishing her first art class she she wasn’t interested in having a career in art until she found that she really liked it and was in college. continued to take art classes. Richard’s mother always did artsy things. Richard graduated after five “She was always working on something; all kinds years of college. She was only of crafts,” comments Richard. taking classes during four and She stated that she picked up her artistic interest half of those years, but had to from her mother, but there weren’t any art classes of- stay since there was no early graduation at NOSU. fered when she was in high school. Richard graduated with a BA Ed. degree and a minor When Richard graduated high school and went in physical education. to Northwestern Oklahoma State University she was She didn’t begin teaching art immediately after required to take humanity classes under her business graduating, but did move to Greensburg with her fam- major. One of her options was art appreciation. ily during that time. She took jobs at both Greensburg “We did all kinds of things, more so drawing and Equipment and Farm Management before she began painting,” states Richard. teaching art at Greensburg High School. The teacher of that first art class once told Richard Ms. Richard continued teaching art at GHS and is that she should be an art teacher; she commented that now the art teacher at KCHS. May Birthdays 16 Tucker McKinney 29 Damien Odle 24 Charity Schmidt

By Jamie Larsh Lions, tigers,...penguins? The National Honors Society group was very busy in the attractions, but they gracefully gave up most of their money month of April. Frist they volunteered at the Blood Drive to Greensburg, Pennsylvania to help the school there after that was held in the recreational gym on April 1. In the they suffered tornado damage. morning a group of students helped unload the Red Cross At 9:00 a.m., Sunday, April 10, they loaded up on the trucks that were full of equipment bus to head to the Wichita Zoo. Before the zoo for the busy day ahead. Throughout though they stopped for lunch at Old Chicago and the day NHS members made their enjoyed everything from pizza to salad. At the zoo, way down to the gym to work one they spent three hours walking around, looking at the of three stations: registration table, animals and exhibits. To close out the day the group escort and canteen. Some students made a quick stop at Cold Stone Creamery to cool worked at two different stations. Ap- off. proximately thirty students gave blood that day and essen- Top: Lymon Morehead, Brandon Taylor and Bryce Yohn stand tially saved thirty lives. amazed at the “bobcat” in the wildlife exhibit. Photo by Jamie The second activity was more of a leisure trip for the Larsh group. NHS was Bottom: After the long day, the NHS lines up to take a group originally going picture before loading the bus to go home. The group consisted of to take a weekend (back row) Bryce Yohn, Ty Schaef, Keith Prosser, Weston Jantz, and travel down to Lymon Morehead, Brandon Taylor, Kendall Melton, Mrs. Green- Oklahoma City to do leaf, (second row) Morgan Tyree, Dezere Valles, Jessica Eller, some service work Jamie Larsh, Elizabeth Spurgeon, Meghan Darnell, Rayne J., Casie Price, (front row) Shannon Webster and have fun at local and Darren Hayse. Courtesy photo. 11 Girls Track Minneola Track Meet 1st place, 135 pts. 4x400m Relay-1st 4:25.26 Heft, Melton, Prosser, Fulton 4x100m Relay-2nd 53.98 Fulton, Gamble, Melton, Oberle 4x800m Relay-3rd 11:19.73 Bertram, Heft, Tyree, Wade Boys Track Katelin Holland Minneola Track Meet 3200-4th 14:27.36 2nd place, 122.5 pts. 1600-5th 6:31.63 4x100m Relay-1st 44.66 Morgan Fulton Headrick, Powell, Schaef, McVay 100m Hurdles-4th 16.73 4x800m Relay-1st 9:16.87 300m Hurdles-2nd 51.11 Davis, Negrete, Yau, Wade Adriell Hewitt Darin McVay Pole Vault-2nd 7’ 6” 100m Dash-1st 11.14 Elizabeth Spurgeon 200m Dash-2nd 23.78 Long Jump-6th 12’ 4.5” Ty Schaef Erica Bertram 100m Dash-3rd 11.44 Long Jump-2nd 13’ 4.5” Triple Jump-1st 40’ 11” 400m Dash-4th 1:05.68 Long Jump-1st 19’ 2” Chelsea Oberle Cody Headrick 200m Dash-4th 29.00 200m Dash-5th 24.64 Long Jump-1st 14’ 5.5” High Jump-2nd 5’ 8” Triple Jump-1st 32’ 11.75” Peyton Wade Angela Liggett 800m Run-1st 2:06.64 Triple Jump- 4th 31’ 0” 1600m Run-2nd 4:49.46 Halie Headrick 3200m Run-1st 11:16.66 Discus-1st 93’ 2” Keith Prosser Javelin-3rd 81’ 7” Shot Put-5th 30’ 5.5” Pole Vault-6th 9’ 0” Heather Melton Lymon Morehead High Jump-1st 5’ 2” Discus-5th 102’ 5” 100m Hurdles-2nd 16.46 Caleb Davis By Peyton Wade TrackRiann Heft Scoreboard 1600m Run-4th 5:07.62 Triple Jump-3rd 32’ 4.25” 3200m Run-2nd 11:20.00 Women Katelynn Gamble Men Trever Powell Girls Track 100m Dash-5th 13.67 Boys Track 400m Dash-3rd 55.00 Minneola Track Meet Meade Track Meet Minneola Track Meet Meade Track Meet 1st place, 135 pts. 1st place, 178 pts. 2nd place, 122.5 pts. 3rd place, 105 pts. 4x400m Relay-1st 4:25.26 4x100m Relay- 1st 51.70 4x100m Relay-1st 44.66 4x100m Relay- 3rd 45.97 Heft, Melton, Prosser, Fulton Fulton, Gamble, Melton, Oberle Headrick, Powell, Schaef, McVay Headrick, Powell, Schaef, McDonald 4x400m4x100m Relay- Relay-2nd 1st 4:22.3253.98 4x200m Relay- 3rd 2:00.60 4x800m Relay-1st 9:16.87 4x200m Relay- 4th 1:44.06 Heft,Fulton, Melton, Gamble, Bertram, Melton, Oberle Fulton Gamble, Rose, Liggett, Prosser Davis, Negrete, Yau, Wade McDonald, Powell, Perez, Prosser 4x800m4x800m Relay- Relay-3rd 3rd 11:19.73 11:24.67 4x400m Relay- 1st 4:22.32 Darin McVay 4x800m Relay- 6th 9:52.97 Tyree,Bertram, Heft, Heft, Holland, Tyree, BertramWade Heft, Melton, Bertram, Fulton 100m Dash-1st 11.14 Davis, Negrete, Yau, Wade KatelinKatelin Holland 4x800m Relay- 3rd 11:24.67 200m Dash-2nd 23.78 Ty Schaef 3200-4th 14:27.36 3200m Run- 4th 14:31.15 Tyree, Heft, Holland, Bertram Ty Schaef 100m Dash- 3rd 11.36 1600-5th 6:31.63 Morgan Fulton Katelin Holland 100m Dash-3rd 11.44 Long Jump- 1st 20’ 7.5” Morgan Fulton 100m Hurdles- 2nd 16.38 3200m Run- 4th 14:31.15 Triple Jump-1st 40’ 11” Triple Jump- 1st 40’ 4” 100m Hurdles-4th 16.73 Long Jump-1st 19’ 2” Cody Headrick 300m300m Hurdles- Hurdles-2nd 1st 51.11 49.95 Morgan Fulton 100m Hurdles- 2nd 16.38 Cody Headrick High Jump 1st 5’ 8” AdriellAdriell Hewitt 200m Dash-5th 24.64 PolePole Vault- Vault-2nd 1st 7’ 9’ 6” 6” 300m Hurdles- 1st 49.95 PeytonPeyton Wade Wade High Jump-2nd 5’ 8” ElizabethErica Bertram Spurgeon Adriell Hewitt 800m Run- 2nd 2:05.61 PeytonPeyton Wade Wade 400mLong Dash- Jump-6th 4th 12’ 1:05.52 4.5” Pole Vault- 1st 9’ 6” 1600m Run- 2nd 4:46.21 800m Run-Run-1st 2nd 2:06.64 2:05.61 Long Jump-Erica Bertram 2nd 13’ 9” Erica Bertram 3200m Run- 2nd 10:40.81 1600m1600m Run-2ndRun- 2nd 4:49.46 4:46.21 LongChelsea Jump-2nd Oberle 13’ 4.5” 400m Dash- 4th 1:05.52 Keith Prosser 3200m Run-Run-1st 2nd 11:16.66 10:40.81 200m400m Dash- Dash-4th 5th 1:05.68 29.38 Long Jump- 2nd 13’ 9” Pole Vault- 3rd 10’ KeithKeith Prosser Prosser Long Jump-Chelsea 1st Oberle 15’ 4.5” Chelsea Oberle Montana Ralstin PolePole Vault-6th Vault- 3rd 9’ 10’ 0” Triple200m Jump- Dash-4th 3rd 34’ 29.00 5.75” 200m Dash- 5th 29.38 Pole Vault- 4th 9’ 6” LymonMontana Morehead Ralstin LongAngela Jump-1st Liggett 14’ 5.5” Long Jump- 1st 15’ 4.5” Caleb Davis PoleDiscus-5th Vault- 102’4th 9’ 5” 6” LongTriple Jump-Jump-1st 5th 32’ 13’ 11.75” 5” Triple Jump- 3rd 34’ 5.75” 1600m Run- 4th 5:06.38 CalebCaleb Davis Davis Discus-Angela Liggett 88’ 5” Angela Liggett 3200m Run- 5th 10:55.47 Triple Jump- 4th 31’ 0” 1600m1600m Run-4thRun- 4th 5:07.62 5:06.38 Halie Headrick Long Jump- 5th 13’ 5” David Perez Halie Headrick 3200m3200m Run-2nd Run- 5th 11:20.00 10:55.47 Shot Put- 4th 29’ 7” Discus- 88’ 5” Pole Vault- 2nd 10’ 6” Discus-1st 93’ 2” TreverDavid Powell Perez Discus- 1st 89’ 7” Halie Headrick Pre State Shocker Javelin-3rd 81’ 7” 400mPole Vault- Dash-3rd 2nd 55.0010’ 6” Javelin- 6th 72’ 1” Shot Put- 4th 29’ 7” 4x800m Relay- 2nd 9:20.86 Shot Put-5th 30’ 5.5” MeadePre State Track Shocker Meet Heather Melton Discus- 1st 89’ 7” Davis, Negrete, Powell, Wade Heather Melton 4x800m3rd place, Relay- 105 2nd pts. 9:20.86 100m Hurdles- 1st 16.33 Javelin- 6th 72’ 1” Ty Schaef High Jump-1st 5’ 2” Davis,4x100m Negrete, Relay- Powell, 3rd 45.97 Wade High Jump- 4’ 10” Heather Melton 100m Dash- 5th 12.4 100m Hurdles-2nd 16.46 Headrick, Powell,Ty Schaef Schaef, McDonald Riann Heft 100m Hurdles- 1st 16.33 Cody Headrick Riann Heft 4x200m100m Relay- Dash- 4th 5th 1:44.06 12.4 TripleTriple Jump-3rdJump- 31’ 32’ 8.25” 4.25” High Jump- 4’ 10” High Jump- 2nd 5’8” McDonald,Cody Powell, Headrick Perez, Prosser HeideeKatelynn Prosser Gamble Riann Heft Peyton Wade 4x800mHigh Relay-Jump- 6th2nd 9:52.97 5’8” 400m100m Dash- Dash-5th 5th 13.671:06.76 Triple Jump- 31’ 8.25” 1600m Run- 1st 4:41.87 Davis, Negrete,Peyton Wade Yau, Wade Meade Track Meet Heidee Prosser 3200m Run- 5th 10:20.01 Pre State Shocker 1600mTy Run- Schaef 1st 4:41.87 1st place, 178 pts. 400m Dash- 5th 1:06.76 Keith Prosser 4x800m Relay- 5th 11:37.07 3200m100m Dash-Run- 5th 3rd 10:20.01 11.36 4x100m Relay- 1st 51.70 Pole Vault- 5th 10’ Holland, Heft, Tyree, Bertram Pre State Shocker Long Jump-Keith Prosser 1st 20’ 7.5” Fulton, Gamble, Melton, Oberle Below: The women’s track Montana Ralstin Adriell Hewitt 4x800m Relay- 5th 11:37.07 TriplePole Jump- Vault- 1st 5th 40’ 10’ 4” 4x200m Relay- 3rd 2:00.60 team took first at the Mead Pole Vault- 5th 10’ Pole Vault- 1st 9’ Holland, Heft, Tyree, Bertram Cody Headrick Gamble, Rose, Liggett, Prosser meet with 178 points. The Montana Ralstin Javelin- 6th 138’ 6” Chelsea Oberle Adriell Hewitt High Jump 1st 5’ 8” Pole Vault- 5th 10’ Caleb Davis Long Jump- 2nd 15’ 2” team consistsPole Vault- of (back 1st 9’ row) Peyton Wade Javelin- 6th 138’ 6” 1600m Run- 6th 5:05.58 Halie Headrick Erica Bertram,Chelsea Lilliam Oberle Hin- Caleb Davis Shot Put- 5th 29’ 2” shaw, LongHalie Jump- Headrick, 2nd 15’ Heather2” 1600m Run- 6th 5:05.58 Heather Melton Melton, DenaHalie HeadrickLiggett, Lakin Shot Put- 5th 29’ 2” Above right:Senior Peyton Wade runs High Jump- 3rd 5’ Titus, Angela Liggett, McK- Heather Melton in a comfortable spot during the 3600 enzie Rose,High Jump-Heidee 3rd Prosser, 5’ m, waiting to make his move. Photos by Shaylee Erwin, Riann Heft, (front row) Chelsea Jimmy Hoyt. Oberle, Katelin Holland, Morgan Fulton, Morgan Below right: Sophomore Caleb Da- Tyree and Elizabeth Spurgeon. Photo by Jimmy vis hand the baton to freshman Paul Hoyt Negrete in the 4x800 m relay. The team placed first in the relay. Photo by Kaelie Kendall

12 By Clint Scott Golf Scoreboard Green Valley Golf Tournament Scores Placings Tucker McKinney 89 4th Individual Weston Jantz 92 7th Indivitual Damien Odle 105 N/A Trevor Tyree 108 N/A Clint Scott 109 N/A KT Watson 115 N/A Top 4 Total 399 2nd Place as a team Larned Golf Tournament Tucker McKinney 88 N/A Clint Scott 101 N/A Weston Jantz 107 N/A Above: Following Trevor Tyree 117 N/A through, sophomore KT Damien Odle 118 N/A Watson tees off at the fifth KT Watson 132 N/A hole at the Greensburg tournament. Photo Top 4 Total 413 N/A by Jimmy Hoyt. Greensburg Golf Tournament Tucker McKinney 92 1st Weston Jantz 100 10th Damien Odle 100 N/A KT Watson 100 N/A Clint Scott 106 N/A Trevor Tyree 116 N/A Top 4 Total 392 2nd Place as a team Right: Senior Clint Scott takes a moment to breath before hitting the ball onto the green from the fairway on his last hole of the day. Scott shot a par 5 on his last Above: Placing his ball on hole. Photo by Jimmy Hoyt the green, junior Weston Left: Sophomore Trevor Tyree puts Jantz gets ready to putt the some muscle into his swing on the ball into the seventh hole. third hole. Tyree shot a 116 at the Jantz shot a 100 at the Greensburg tournament. Photo by Greensburg tournament. Jamie Larsh. Photo by Jimmy Hoyt 2011-2012 Cheerleaders The KCHS cheerleaders for 2011-12 are: (back row) Heidee Prosser, Erica Bertram, Lillian Hinshaw, (front row) Remi Grasz, Ashlea Allred, Audrey Wheeler and LaTosha Tuttle. SPIAA League BB Honors Senior Morgan Fulton and sophomore Caleb Davis both earned second team SPIAA All-League honors. 13 By Sydney Headrick Boys track take first With the season half over, tricksters are preparing for second with the distance of 14' 6 1/2" in long jump. Torres, the league meet at Ashland May 5. Their goal is to win the with 35' 10 3/4", took first in shot put. The Mavericks took meet as a team. first and second in discus; Torres with 107' 3" and seventh April 14 was cloudy, windy and very cold in Minneola. grader Aaron Heft with 90' 7". Colborn placed first in pole "It showed that we are tougher than other teams," said head vault with a height of 9'. coach Peter Blanton. The team placed first overall with 129 At St. John April 12, the Mavericks met seven new points. In discus taking first and second, eighth grader Ja- teams and one a team they know. Irvin took first in shot cob Irvin threw 132' and seventh grader Erik Torres 123' 9". put with 37' 7". Kiowa County swept discus. Torres took Eighth grader Clayton Coburn took second in the 100 meter first (114' 8"), Irvin second(112' 3") and Heft third (102' hurdles (17.5 seconds) and also took second in 200 meter 9"). Colborn took second in pole vault with the height of 9' hurdles (31.5). Irvin placed second in shot put with 37' 7" 6". And the 4x1 relay with Coburn, eighth grader Garrett and Torres took third with 35' 1". And in pole vault taking Kaltenbach and seventh graders Jaden Valles and Poncho first was seventh grader Jaden Valles. "The weather helped Banman placed third with the time of 54.99 seconds. "I the team improve," said Blanton. threw my heart out," said Torres. On the April 5 season opener, Hodgeman County Junior "Our goal is to get better every track meet," said Blan- High held their invitational meet, with 14 schools includ- ton. The team is reaching their goals. ing Kiowa County. Seventh grader Blaine Liggett took

By Morgen Ulrich Girls track sets records On April 14 a junior high meet was held in Minneola. discus. Miller also broke a record in pole vault. Kiowa In the 200 meter dash, seventh grader Hannah Durham was County girls as a whole were ranked second. awarded third place with a time of 32:3. Seventh grader April 12 was Kiowa County’s second track meet. The Jansen Miller was awarded second place in the 400 meter meet was held at St. John. In the sprint medley, the group dash with a time of 1:08.8. In the 3200 meter run, eighth was awarded third place with a time of 2:06.83 grader Skylar Odle finished in first place with a time of In the 4 x 2, Kiowa County won first place with a time 19:24.4. Eighth grader Shantae Wheeler placed third in the of 2:02.2. Wheeler came in third place for the 75 meter 100 meter hurdles with a time of 19.1. hurdles. She finished in 14.58 seconds. In pole vault Miller Miller said, “I’ve learned things I have not known in the came in second place and Durham came in third. Miller’s years I have done track.” height was 6’ 6”. Durham’s height was 5’ 6”. Heft won In the 4 x 1, Kiowa County finished in first place with first place in discus with a length of 88’ 9”. Heft also was a time of 58.1. They also won first in the 4 x 2 with a time awarded first place in shot put with a length of 35’3”. As a of 2:10.1. In the sprint medley(100, 100, 200, 400), the whole team, Kiowa County came in second place. Mavericks won first yet again with a time of 2:16.3. In pole Head track coach Kirk Miller said, “Our goal for the vault Miller placed second with a height of 6’. Durham season was to finish in the top three every meet. So far we came in third with a height of 5’ 6”. Seventh grader McK- have finished first or second, so I’m proud.” Miller said enzie Heft placed third with a distance of 25:10. She also there is still room for improvement. won first in shot put with a distance of 32:10. She placed “The season has started out great. We have broken a lot first in discus with a length of 81’ 9”. of records and improved overall,” said Heft. She agrees On April 6, the first junior high track meet of the sea- with Miller that there is still room for improvement. son was held in Jetmore. The seventh grade 4 x 1 won first place with a time of 56 sec. In the 4 x 2, sixth grader Nicole Ballard and seventh graders Durham, Aubrey VandenHoek and Alissa Morford won second with a time of 2:10.98. Tatum McKinney, Miller and Morford were awarded first place in the sprint medley with a time of 2:9:93. Miller was awarded second place in pole vault with a height of 7’. Heft won second in discus with a length of 73’ 1”. She also came in first place in shot put with a length of 31’ 11”. In this track meet three records were 14 broken. Heft broke records in shot put and Kiowa County Junior High Maverick track team Can you solve the problems? By Morgen Ulrich This year’s math contest was held on April 6. The Brylee Conrad(6), and Ben Spainhour(7), and Mental Math: contest was hosted by Kiowa County Schools in and the Spainhour(8), Ulrich(9). ceremony was in the varsity gym. The participants had to For eighth grade Problem Solving: Cole Kendall(5), take three tests: problem solving, geometry and mental Taylor Keller(9), Geometry: Kendall(4), Mental Math: math. Sponsor Audrey Pore said, “We had several students Kendall(6), Denisse Ramos(9). who came in during their free time for extra practice, so I Conrad said, “I think I could have gotten better than am proud.” sixth in Problem Solving if I would have tried harder.” For seventh grade Problem Solving: Morgen Ulrich(5),

By Morgen Ulrich Meet the new cheerleaders For next year’s cheerleading, 19 girls year’s cheerleaders because there is a nice vari- tried out, but only eighth made it. The judg- ety of girls with different talents. Also there are es were cheer sponsors from the surround- several girls where this is their first year cheer- ing area. The girls who made cheerleader leading, so it will be fun to watch them learn.” were seventh graders Tatum McKinney, McKinney said, “I was excited because I Mack Heft, Kaitlin Ross and Kelsi Francis; loved cheering so much last year. I am also sixth graders Morgan Powell, McKenzie excited for cheer camp again this year.” Kendall, Nicole Ballard and Lachelle The junior high squad will consist of: (back row) Tuttle. Tatum McKinney, Morgan Powell, McKenzie Heft, Junior high cheer sponsor Heather Nicole Ballard, (front row) Mackenzie Kendall, Powell said, “I am looking forward to next Lachelle Tuttle, Kelsi Francis, and Kaitlin Ross.

By Josh Spicer Band shows what they got On April 13 the 5-7 grade band took a trip to Lewis to why we took part in it was because I thought it would be a perform in a large group concert with Pawnee Heights, great way to get to know and meet other kids.” Lewis and Haviland. Seventh grader Tatum McKinney said, On April 18 the 5-8 grade had a spring band/vocal “My favorite part about going to Lewis was eating.” She concert in the varsity gym at 7:00. Seventh grader Ben also said, “The best piece we did was ‘Appalachian Over- Spainhour said, “I think the pep band music was the best ture’.” we did.” Band Director Tim Rogers said, “My favorite part about Rogers said, “My favorite part of the concert was when the band was that it was a great performance and conduct- the junior high band and the audience stood up and clapped ing them. I liked the way the band behaved and was proud when the fifth graders played the Fight Song.” for how hard they worked.” Rogers also said, “The reason

By Olivia Dawson JH has a green thumb It is now spring and many people are preparing their area. They will have the opportunity to watch a plant's life gardens, including the eighth graders. Science teacher from the beginning to the final harvest of the plant. Eighth Kirk Miller was given permission by Superintendent Darin grader Kris Crowley thinks the garden is a good idea saying Headrick to let his eighth grade students use the area that is it will help the understanding of the plant's life. Crowley on the east side of the school to build their own garden as also said it is a good experience because "we will learn how they are studying plants. Miller is hoping his students will to grow a garden on our own if we wanted to." learn the needs of a plant and its basic life cycle. He plans Eighth grader Maddie Cannon also said it was a good to have two gardens; one vegetable and one flower. The experience for the class. She thinks having the class take flower garden will be focused on having orange marigolds. control of the project is good. At the end of the unit plants The vegetable will contain peppers and tomatoes. will be given to students that want to continue caring for The students have much input into the garden including them. designing their own layout of the flowers in their group's 15 By Olivia Dawson Quiz team wraps it up The KCJH quiz bowl finished up their season this month the teams needed to be, "quicker with their answers." She with their league meet in Ashland on April 11. The seventh also said it was a good learning experience and it was nice grade team were 6-5 at the meet. The eighth grade team for them to be with friends and meet new people from other were 3-8. Neither team placed. towns. On March 31 the teams traveled over to Bucklin where Eighth grader Alexis Scheuerman wasn't happy with the the seventh grade won first place. The eighth graders were final meet at Ashland. But she said where she got most of 4-7. Quiz bowl Coach Cindy Carson was pleased with both the knowledge needed to answer the questions was from teams winning one first place during the season, but said "Mr. Miller's class." How can I keep from singing? By Sydney Headricik On April 20, the vocal students traveled to Jetmore to Amber Campbell. perform competitively at the Junior High Vocal Festival. Seventh grade solos included: Brylee Conrad-"Good "We sound good with the people we have," said eighth News Chariot's a Comin'" I- and Tatum McKinney- "Let grader Shantae Wheeler. Joy Awaken" I+. The Select Ensemble sang "How Could Anyone?" and Eighth grade solos included: Chelsye Racette-"How received a I. The 7-8th Ladies Ensemble received a I sing- Lonely" I, Maddie Cannon- "Let Me In" I+, Denisse ing "How Can I Keep From Singing?" The Mixed Ensem- Ramos- "I Saw Two Clouds" I, Jacob Irvin- "Come Sail" ble sang "Sinner Man" and got a I-. "It's my favorite song," I, Xander Brensing- "Homeward Bound" I-, Alexis Sch- said seventh grader Melanie Brown. The other Mixed euerman- "The Sundown Sea" I-, Miranda Kimble- "Your Ensemble sang "Wild Mountain Thyme" and received a I. Friend Shall Be the Tall Wind" I and Addi Price- "Send And the Choir received a II-, I, II while singing "When the Forth a Song" I-. Sun Goes In" and "Wade in the Water." "I think I did pretty good," said Kimble. "I was mostly proud of my soloists," said Vocal Teacher JH Student Spotlight Topics they were Seventh asked about... Eighth Darius Scheuerman Name Jacob Irvin Nintendo DS Favorite Keepsake Girlfriend Video game designer Future Career NFL football player Chocolate chip ice cream Favorite Food/Dessert Swedish meatballs SpongeBob Favorite Childhood T.V. Show MTV Cribs Hawaii Vacation Destination Russia Basketball Favorite Sport Football Video games Hobby Texting I wouldn’t change my name State/Capitol to be named after California because I like big states 16