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Forest Lake High School December 21, 2007 IssueIssue 3 3 The forest BreezeBreeze Inside ‘nuf said! page 2 page 7 page 8 page 10 Ranger Nation the years’ hottest fashion by Annie Hinrichsen You hear a roar from the crowd by the girls’ basketball coach, pretty cool,” said and it’s coming from a blob of Jen Wagner, who got Olson and Urness. gold and maroon catches your Dr. Massey involved. From there The proceeds eye. Across the basketball court the rest of the office got involved. cover the loss of where the girls are playing to There was a committee with all admission due the opposite side, is the boys’ the coaches and office staff,” said to the shirts. The basketball team, all wearing the Dean Scott Urness. shirts are also exact same shirt. So what’s going The whole point of the shirt is to being sold at junior on? Ranger nation has arrived. make the school and community highs and a flyer “We’re selling them (T-shirts) more involved in their schools. was sent home for merchandising class. This “The shirts show kids are part to elementary has never been done before; it’s of a Ranger Nation. It looks kind students’ parents. our big project for the year,” said of cool when you look over and “We’ve sold Senior Chelsie Sobieck. everyone is wearing the same about 200 to The T-shirts allow students to thing and kids are yelling and elementary- Senior athletes Chelsie Sobieck, Brad Kopp, Corey Moore, Tory Jung, and Megan McKenzie get in free to all Ranger home having fun,” said Urness. aged kids,” said sport the new Ranger Nation T-Shirts. Students may wear the T-shirt to get into any home game games, excluding hockey. They The shirts are also a good deal Urness. (excluding hockey) for free. Photo provided by Jamie Bullock were sold during lunch, but can for students who go to a lot of If you have any questions about be purchased through Joel Olson, games. the shirts or what they’re for, ask Activities Director. They’re 10$, “I think the shirts are a great Ms. Bullock, the merchandising Want to join the Nation? and only 5$ if you have a season idea. When you’re a coach teacher, or any of the deans in the Stop in to the Activities Office sport’s pass. and you look up and see your office. Buy a shirt and support $10 each, $5 with a season pass “The idea was first thought of school colors represented...It’s your Rangers! Survey suggests FLHS has good hand hygiene by Kurt Johnson The best and easiest way to many students wash their their hands because someone 70 prevent diseases is to simply wash hands. Though the county was watching. So should the your hands. Before and after eating officially recommends school board look into hiring 60 meals, handling body fluids, and you wash your hands staff to promote hand washing? Boys after using the restrooms. If done with soap for at least 25 No. It’s not the responsibility 50 properly, soap and water can kill seconds, we didn’t time of any one to make sure we 40 99% of all bacteria that cause each student to see how practice good hand washing Boys sicknesses such as the flu and the Girls long they did wash. techniques besides ourselves. 30 common cold. People are more As you can see, this So before and after meals, vulnerable in the winter because of survey was only taken and especially after using 20 Girls all the time spent indoors. of 184 students out of the restroom, help prevent So how many FLHS students 10 hands are killed? 2,000+ students and staff, diseases and take the time to wash their hands after using the but it gives a sample of how many wash your hands. In order to answer these questions, 0 restroom? More importantly, how practice hand hygiene. It is also Didn't Washed w/ water Washed w/ soap several students and I collected Note: Thank you to all those in & water many wash their hands with soap a survey. We recently hit the taken into consideration that some the Introduction to Health Care and to insure all the bacteria on their students might have only washed journalism classes who helped me restrooms to awkwardly watch how collect the information. Please ma’am, may I have some more? The inside scoop on the ladies in the FLHS kitchen by Kayla Hofeld You see them every day, their Louanne Murphy- two years are very nice to be around. Keckhafer- My mom and brother Nelson- Ebay, Barbie kitchen smiles, and you eat their food. Betty Nelson- Ten years Jenny Rohe- I like the people. And are coming in from International Johnson- I love traveling, Although you see them, you don’t Lauralee Johnson- Six years the ability to be home when my son Falls. scrapbooking, writing, reading and know them, nothing more is really Monica Keckhafer- Since the goes to school and comes home. Rohe- Going ice fishing cross country skiing. said besides a quick hello and your beginning of the year. Rohe- Fishing and scrapbooking. name. I got a chance to get to know Jenny Rohe- One and a half years Who is one of your greatest Do you have another job? Keckhafer- I like to rearrange these wonderful ladies. You don’t as well as subbing for two and a inspirations? Murphy- I’m a full time mom. furniture, paint and make stained know what you are missing until half. Murphy- My father. Nelson- Nursing Home Serving glass. you really get to know someone. Johnson- Chuck Swindol elderly dinner. So here’s to you ladies, thank you What do you like about the job? Keckhafer-My mom, she has Johnson- Yes, I do. At Kohl’s A sentence that describes you... for the time and effort that you Murphy- The hours are perfect, always been there for me, and has Keckhafer- I am a domestic Murphy -A caring, sensitive women take to make our breakfasts great co- workers and the kids. been so giving to others. engineer, working the balance of individual who is thankful for the and lunches a little bit brighter with Nelson- Working with my children Rohe- My dad. my day after leaving FLHS. life she has. the smiles that emanate from your and other moms. Playing with What are you Christmas plans?: Rohe- No Johnson- We are never too old to face each and everyday. food. Murphy- Spending time family continue educating ourselves: I’m Johnson- Interacting with the Johnson- I’m looking forward to What are your hobbies? all for pushing ahead in life! Length of employment at FLHS? teens! spending time with my five children Murphy- Running, down- hill Keckhafer- I like to try to see the Keckhafer- The staff and students and my daughter-in- law skiing and scrapbooking. best out of life, and try to be fair. Pg. 2 December 19, 2007 NEWS Tyler Wilcox Cut n’ Keep Unique Classes Calendar Flips, tucks, and the scoop on all of the above December 20 by Amanda Nyberg-Markling Boys Varsity Hockey Gymnastics Game vs. White Bear Did you know that there is @ Lake Maroon and a gymnastics class offered at Gold Ice Arena 7:30 Forest Lake High School? This p.m. is a fun way to get exercise and shake up your daily routine. Throughout this course tumbling December 22 skills will be emphasized. Meet @ Trollhaugen Additional activities include 6:00 p.m. skills on the vault, rings, parallel bars, uneven bars (girls only), Mrs. Elias’s 4th hour gymnastics class studies the art of Seniors Kurt Johnson and Tyler Wilcox hard at work on a balance beam and floor exercise. the balance beam. Photo by Allie Cockburn. page for the issue. Photo by Allie Cockburn. December 24-31 Students will also work on their to gymnasts, and for the grade, the page layouts to be published to have experience with each job Holiday Break cardiovascular fitness, muscular skill isn’t the biggest part of it. and read by fellow students. and get a new one each issue. No School strength, and endurance, and Gymnastics is a great class to try You might not know, but a Then the pages are sent off to be flexibility. Students will set goals, whether it’s for the first time or lot of work goes into making published and then distributed on December 27-29 design and apply a personal fitness you just want to further your skills. an issue of the Breeze. The home room days. Then the process Boys Varsity plan and evaluate the plan with a students have about a week to begins again the next week. Basketball final paper. The only prerequisite Journalism get the interviewing and other The prerequisite for this class Tournament Away for this class is to have completed Who puts together the Forest information for their articles. is to fill out an application to the Physical Education in 10th grade. Breeze? It’s the students that are Following this would be about instructor and through selection. “It’s a fun class to teach, part of the journalism class.. The two days to edit the stories, and This class is great for students January 1 to see the students learn new Breeze is run entirely by students then some students are selected who enjoy writing, but want Holiday skills and take some risks,” said with the guidance of the instructor, to put together the pages, which to try a different type,” said No School the instructor Nancy Ellias.