Volume 58 " " Number 2 eptember 1999 The Official Publication of LOHS 'Welders win 11th state championship News Megan Williams Co-Editor-in-Chie}

Dedication. The welders of LOHS and their coach Mr.Wood know the meaning of this word well. It's their knowledge of this word that led Jason Carnine (12), Josh Goodwin (II), Kyle Ather­ ton (12) and Lee Sullivan (12) to th J larching band ...... 2 LOHS's 9 consecutive tate weld­ ing title at the state fair in August. An LOHS welding team has won the state champion hip II out of the la t 15 years. At the contest, judged by the Lin­ coln Welding Foundation this year's welders received a perfect Left to Right: Lee Sullivan, Kyle Atherton, Jason Carnine and Jo h Goodwin core in safety. arnine, Goodwin and Atherton al 0 made welding compete for the highest honors one ers. history when they tied for I st place can receive in welding. If history The welders were not the only in the individual welding contest. repeat it elf, the welders will win Agriculture students who were suc­ "Welding i a way of life after at the Mid- outh competition be­ cessful at the state fair. Nathan . chool pirit. : ...... 4 you make the team. You eat sleep cau e they have ne er been de­ Churchwell (graduate) placed 4th and weld" aid Atherton. feated there. in state auctioneering Josh Payne Feature The team will n w repre ent Ken­ "The success of the welding team (10) placed 7 th in eed and Weed I. tucky at the Mid- outh competition is a result of hard work and guts" D. and Ro nza hildre (12) in Memphis TN where they will aid Mr. Wood, coach of the weld- placed fir t in cattle showman hip. Help is just around the corner tum to for help and up port. The told of the importance of confiden­ pr bl m were ranked and om of tiality. Mo t importantly, they the tru tworthy p ople that multiple were trained to be good helpers, tudents named wer asked to par­ and not simply junior coun elors. Earlier this month we all found ticipate in further education tf' pro­ There will hopefully be follow up ...... 8 ourselves asking thi ame que - vide better help for these people. training in the future. However, if tion ... What are the Natural Help­ Nineteen students and twelve fac­ anyone currently needs someone to ers? Well Natural Helper is a na­ Ulty members attended this training. listen, the e students and adult tional program. The weekend wa led by a profes- leader are available to lend an ear, A few elect LOH students and ional Natural Helper trainer from and are eager to u e their new faculty members attended a week­ Bowling Green, KY: Through role­ knowledge to help. end of training to help them be bet­ playing, videos and bonding exer­ "I was impre ed by the quality of ter Ii teners for tudents who ju t ci e , the participants were shown the students involved, and very ap­ need someone to talk to about their effective ways to be good listeners preciative of the adults who partici­ problems. and to successfully address the is­ pated as well. .. it was really a posi­ .La t year, LOH students filled sues that plague students of today. tive experience" said Edd Roe, out a survey about problems they The Natural Helpers were shown coun elor. For a Ii t of the Natu raJ face in everyday life, and who they the limitations of their skills and Helpers see page J. oce r ...... 10 LOHS Band marches towards excellence A"drea RameIJ Contest Adverti ing Manager- Oct. 23 - K.M.E.A. State Quarter­ final (Hart Co.) With previous successes, the Oct. 30 - K.M.E.A. tate Marching LOHS marching band will no doubt Band hampionships (Bowling see their way to state this year. The Green) program is entitled "Wildflowers," Nov. 10-13 - Bands Of America th music of Peray Grainger. The "Grand ational" Marching Band class AA band demonstrates great Championships leader hip within it's organization Nov. 21 - LOH Fall B'and on­ as Monty Breneman (12) takes over cert ( oncert and ymphonic as band captain, J.e. Warren (II)­ Bands) field commander, Amanda Bowden "With such an early start of the (11) - color guard commander, Al­ school year, we have been able to lison Light (12) - rifle captain, and hold more practices than in previ­ Andrea Phelps (II) - flag captain. ous years. This will surely help us The dates for competitions and as we prepare for the beginning concerts are as follows: season," said Mr. Light, marching band director. Sept. 25 - Heath Marching Contest Tbe LOHS Marcbing Band performs at balf-time of a Friday nigbt football Oct. 2 - Reidland Marching Con­ Hard work and determination are game. the qualities that will carry them test Pboto by M. Langston Oct. 16 - Hopkinsville Marching through the active season. a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a u a a a n .------~------.I planning the fifteenth annual Hon- u 880M Highlights I ors Day program for distir.guished a ~Senior News: -English department addressed a need sights (to do projects with their class) I African America., High School sen- a (As if you all don't have enough to ~ for additional staffing and funds for was explained. I a ior. See Mrs. Reeves if interested. ' a a stress about!) u purchasing textbooks. -A Title VI allocation ofS2,615 ac- : a t; -Will vote next week to amend the cepted to be used for arts and humanities I ~ lnformation on a career in the a ~ KeUy Reeves valedictorian/salutatorian require- programs at LOHS I Coast Guard can be picked up in a ments. -Preparation for the annual board pres- I a Editorial Editor a a the guidance office. a -A system in which teachers can open entation was discussed. 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®lb Jti asqioneb QIooking In Lone Oak at the traffic light next to Unton Planters Bank Home Owned and Operated by Dan and Anita Williamson 554·3()17 ~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~ ~ . ~ ~ LOHS atural JIelpers ~ cademic team begins·a great season! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Students: ~ : Catherine Dick (12) : Lucy Jacksoll ~ Lucy Jack on (12) ~ Co-Editor-in-Chief ~ Da id Jolley (12) ~ ~ Beth Mason (12) ~ : Lori Millner ( 12) : Back again for another presttglous ~ Josh Reid (12) ~ year no doubt is Lone Oak's Academic ~ Kelley Cline ( II ) ~ Team. This year Amy Chapman : Rachel Le ea e ( I I) : (I I), Lyndi C urtis (12), Tim Mur­ ~ Erin Lyles (II) ~ phy (12) Corey 0 Brien (\ 2), Brett ~ Brandy Orenduff ( II ) ~ ander (II), Jay Paul wacker : Kell y eely ( I I) : (I I) Mike Vick (12), and Garrett ~ Jason (J .c.) Warren ( II ) ~ Wheatley (11) make up the all-star ~ Chris handler ( I 0) ~ : lint Cunningham ( 10) : team. wacker and Wheatley are this ~ Jonathan Hayden ( 10) year's co-captains. "* ~ Jenna Midkiff ( IO) ~ Gening ready for a very competiti e : Whitney Morreau ( 10) : season, the team has been practicing ~ Blake Owen (1.0) ~ since the beginning of school every ~ Lauren Vin on (10) ~ . weekday morning from 7:00 to 7:30. ~ ~ ~ ~ till, the team started out this s ason ~ Faculty: ~ with a disappointing double loss to ~ Michael eglinski ~ ~ Tony McGroarty ~ Graves ounty and Reidland. Luckily LOHS Academic Team (left to right): Garrett Wheatley (II), Amy Chapman (II), : Amy Morefield : though, the tearn pulled back together Lyndi Curti (12), Jay Paul wacker (II) Brett anders (II) Not Pictured: Tim Mur­ ~ Andy Poore ~ for their next two matche and beat phy (12), orey O' Brien (12) and Mike Vick (12). ~ Ellen Powle s ~ both Marshall ounty and Heath, eve­ : Sharon Reeves : ning out their record to 2-2. ~ uzan Roberts ~ The a-team's goals for this season ing their two-year title as the West ''I'm excited! We're young but expe- ~ Ed Roe ~ include doing bener at State Gover­ Kentucky Academic Bowl h~mpions . rienced. everal members went to J : Stephanie helton : nor's up, where the team has been The JV Academic Team is also look­ State Governor's Cup finals in middle ~ Lawrence mithmier ~ knocked out two years in a row in the ing forward to this season. They' e school and we're really looking for a ~ Carol tubblefield ~ 2nd round, winning the Murray tate started out with a 4-0 record, and good next two years," aid Mr. Toy, : Linda Wyall : ~ • ee related article pg. I ~ ni er ity Tournament, and reclaim- they're hoping to have a third consecu­ ponsor of the academic team. ~ ~ tive undefeated sea on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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,. , . .. pers about how our children are do- children with tests that serve no ability to play poker with a bunch ing so well on the KlRJS tests, but purpose; we should teach them im- of cyber-dogs). Jay Paul Swacker' is that an accurate depiction of portant things, like 2+2 is 4 and the The solution is simple: Drop the Features Editor tests, and spend our resources what is go- -;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ letter B ing on in. com e s wisely (buying textbooks and hiring new teachers, instead of spending the class- before D room? No, "We shouldn't be burden- in the thousands on agendas with holo­ graphic covers that give you a mi­ Flashback to 1990, the Kentucky that just ing our children with tests alphabet. State Legislature, after we were means we No, the graine if you stare at them a little th ranked 49 in education, drafts a get . in- that serve no purpose; we people in too long). We need to start fulfill­ reform bill called KERA (Kentucky creasmgly Louis­ ing our promises to younger gen­ Education Reform Act). Things lucky on should teach them v i I I e erations. This is how we can. were looking up; Kentucky was go­ those mul- important things like see m ing to change it image. Finally, the tlple- , dead- et o 1m by JaM P WOOd tate would educate it youth (i f not c hoi c e' 2+2 is4 and the letter B on main­ put shoe on all their feet and give re~ ili~ • taining their homes electricity). Ye , life take up our comes before D In the the e in­ was good. weet, pre- efficient Now, here we are nine year later ciou time. alphabet." way th CNN still say that we 're 49 in KERA for-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~We have education (ahead of Mis i ippi, got to re- spent our what a surprise!), and I'm wonder­ form one thing when it was drafted, federal grant money on making se- ing, "When is the reform going to the bureaucracy that' running this lect congressmen a little richer and get here?" state educational sy tern. buying computers with internet Sure, you can read in the new spa- We shouldn't be burdening our service (so every student has the

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• surfers wanted. 270.442.5363 - 800.500.4084 , www.apex.nef LOHS Class officers ... where are you? la Pre ident organize the future • -.0 -III[] -III[] -III[] -III[] -III[] -Kl.. cIa reunion but other than that - ~ no one ha b en able to give me an g example of anything our officer • ;::>_ accomplish. · •• In my opinion, our hool need f! more fun acti vi ti e , more thing to i tie u together as a chool. We With all the signs, free candy need e ent th ~ t will get us inter- • • pencils and even t- hirts, one might ested in what' going on around us think being elected cia s officer and refresh' our chool pirit. Bon­ ~ was a huge deal. Which I gue s in fires, field trip , dances and pi ri t a way it is. But how come all that days would all add to the environ­ • effort is spent simply on campaign­ ment of Lone Oak High chool. • ing and not on post-election proj­ And who could possibly be better at ect ? It seems like the econd the organizing the e lovely events that ~ ballot are turned in all the hype the mo t prestigiou and powerful automatically ends and we never crew at LOHS? I can't think of • hear from our class-officers again anyone more qualified than the • with only a yearbook picture as a good old cabinet members. reminder they even exist. So, leaders of99'-00', I propose ~ So, what is the purpo e of our ex­ that you have some meetings, or­ ecutive branches? Is there even ganize orne functions, and get us, • one? Well, the Junior las Pre i­ your p ople, onto the road to a hap­ - dent organizes prom, and th enior pier, more eventful high school life. ~ ~- a.I- a.I- a.I- a.le a.I- t:-.-. HAVI ASAH, fUN Our side needs serious Flash Pride! a ociate with, however, is the part lack school spirit must have never of the student body who refuses to figured this out. Now they know. cheer at game because they are In remedy of this lack of spirit of HOME(OMING Mandy Langston afraid of what others will think of some of our LOHS brothers and Coroner them. sisters, I suggest that those of us AND fALL BREAK! It is understandable that orne peo­ with pep bring our friends and let ple have jobs that prevent them them know what it feel s like'to be a / from regular attendance a~ these part of the group. Hopefully we The eason that we know a events. Those who do attend games will spark in them that Flash pride! autumn tirs up sporting events, but do not cheer are an enigma. I Our players need to know that we school fun, and pride. Teens from assure you that going out onto the love and appreciate them. If you all around dress up in their school football field every Friday night are a non-peppy person, at least sit colors and attend football games after a week of practice takes com­ with us and act like you care. It and pep rallies to how their sup­ mitment and courage. It does not still baffles me how orne choose port. It is awesome to be in a feel good to be tackled. The foot­ not to cheer for a team as awesome crowd chanting for Lone Oak, I ball players CAN hear their class­ as ours ...... But as for me and my know from experience. The feeling mates and teammates cheering for flashes, give me school spirit or of togetherness is incredible; there them, and it motivates them to play give me a ferret." . is nothing like it. What I cannot them hardest. Those people who •• • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R. Donald Heine, D.M.D. Dur"~n C~t.O Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 3401 Lone Oak Road lone Oak little Castle 554-2026 Paducah, KY 42001 Bayley Square Suite #5 (502) 554- • Restaurant ~

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up in tead of eeing a movie the way the manager and police were Kellv Reeves taring me down. And when my Editorial Editor Popcown: date and 1 strolled up happily to the ticket-taker lady he a ked u $892.00 for our i.d.'s to get in .. . and we weren't even intending to ee a Welcome to Kentucky Oaks Thea­ rated R mo ie! And if we were, tre in Paducah. Now playing: ~ what would' ve been the huge deal Food for Expen i e Price , The ix­ in going to ee a rated R movie? thousandth Sen e That We're Pay­ I' m 16 not 6, and I think that if I'm ing Way too Much for Movie Tick­ Candy old enough to watch the" hild 's ets, The 'Let's be really rude to Our Play" at the tender age of five, Customers' Project, and .. .The Peo­ Baws: then I don ' t think a cary movie is Rle Strike Back. Okay, so I gue s by going to bother me now! now you've started to realize that In conclu ion, I'd ju t like to ay these aren't real movies, but in $456.00 that I hope that The Kentucky Paducah these are realities. Oaks Theatre gets what they de- First of all, what i it with all the e own temperature, peak as loudly about us then maybe more teens erve. I hope orne awe orne movie rising movie ticket and concession or as softly as you please and even would be wasting their hard­ theater with stadium seating, cheap prices? What used to be a cheap bring your own food. And at Ken­ earned money on seeing their concessions, more movies and date has now gotten to be something tucky Oaks, it's cold, expensive cheap movies instead of having $3 .50 tickets is built right beside reseped only for the seemingly rich ($6.00!! !), strict and especially much cheaper dates at football them. Then they'll be forced to and fsmous. I mean, for only $4.00 rude. Which brings me to my next games and restaurants. A couple lower prices and be just a little bit you can roll up to the drive-in movie point. .. of weeks ago, when all that "Blair nicer, and weekend , a we know in Calvert City, be in the safe con­ If the movie theater in Paducah Witch Project" madnes wa going them, will be a much brighter fines of your. own car, control your would even pretend that they care on, I feIt like I was being locked place! Embrace.the outsiders It is appoint.ed to man once to and uttering, whether to our elve Erin Malmqui t or to other "I bet they could do it." die and then .. .Judgement irculation This imply cau e the e people to Manager be feared and ostracized e en more. I am urpri ed by how accepted it has become to make tho e who don ' t fit in feel like gr ater out­ I know we are all tired of hearing ca t . In tead, I believe we hould about the rampant chool hooting do the good moral thing and em­ around the world in recent years. brace them. ( am not aying we These occurrences have awakened must frolic around the world and school official ' en e to probable hug the unhappy (although that may cause of this maliciou ne s. work). In tead of continuing to ig­ School faculties all around the U.S. nore the oppressed, I believe we are trained like basset hounds to should attempt to include them. By sniff out possible problem children this I mean imply peaking to the e and identify them with bells, sirens, people and learning who they are .. . flashing lights or all three. These you may discover something you children are the oppressed, the like. Try to understand why they teased, the ignored and the hopeless are the way they are, and why peo­ of our generation. These are the ple are so quick to judge them. "bad seeds," the ones that could be These are not dangerous assassins, pushed to do the unthinkable. The they are just like everyone else. ironic thing is, with the increased What I am proposing is not hard October 21-23, 28-30 awareness to their existence, the so­ to do. I just think we, as a society, First Baptist Church of Paducah cially wounded children are now should attempt to weave these kids found under yet another label: the back into the network of the world, hursdays 6-10 P.M. feared. nther than cutting the final threads Fridays 6-11 P.M. 2890 Broadwa We are all guilty of identifying and leaving them completely sepa­ aturdays 5-11 P.M. 442-27278 possible Kleobold and Cameals rated. Profes ional cardboard Katie Taylor (12) and ara Kelly mith (12) laugh a he arti t colt heppard (12), Angelly (12) practice new yoga walks into the wrong bathroom. works on hi late t piece. technique. enior band member get ready for their performance.

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Save a life "The coolest part of being a lun- She is also thi year's enior la s ior Rotarian is that I was com- o-Reporter. Last week she de- pletely surprised to be selected " cided that L H needed a Pep lodv Su/,rltei",iC/, admit eptember's Rotarian. Be- lub, and now school pirit i rac- News Editor ing selected wa an honor for ing through the hall like a banshee. Mandy Langston. Mandy is a sen- Mandy is a fervent upporter of What if you could buy a D that ior here at LOH fr.!~~~~~~~~~~i Purple Flash teams was both enjoyable, and beneficial and is a proud mem- of all kinds. She is to war-tom Kosovo? Surprise­ ber of The Oak "K" "Your gotta fight considered by many you can! Over the summer I and a very enthu ias- to be the fro nt runner for your right picked up No Boundaries. a com­ tic football fanatic. to hug people for this year's Most pilation of talented artists, in Mandy has been without their ISchool pirit Award. which the proceeds go towards re­ awarded " Who's IShe also was the Junior Rotarian Mandy Lang ton. lief efforts for victims of war Who Among Ameri- master of ceremonies permission." atrocities in Kosovo. I actually that team, too. She hopes to major can High School Stu- ~Mandy Langstor a Poetry Slam early didn't feel guilty about paying $14 dents" and she is an this year at Th e Cof in Communications and find a. ca­ bucks for CD this time. No honor student. She f ee Connection. reer in photography. Mandy wi shes Boundaries includes a wide variety is a member of the Math Club, As for the future, she will more to encourage her fellow seniors to of artists such as: Neil Young, TCIM Club, Beta Club, Student than likely attend UK. and cheer for make the best of this year. Tori Amos, Kom, the Indigo Girls Rage Against the Machine, Sarah McLaughlan, and of course Pearl Europeans invade Lone Oak High School Jam. Some of you may be familiar Andrea Ramey Anne Fisher (12), Melanic! with the some what annoyingly Adv r(ising Manager Laubereau (11), and Simon infamous "Last Kiss" which is a Gatermann (11) are all from quirky remake of a 50's rock On' roll doo-wop tune done by Pearl This year five foreign exchange Germany. Oa.uss Alberda Jam. However, Pearl Jam also students are attending LOHS. The (12) is from Holland, and contributes another track called process of becoming a foreign ex­ Irene Garcia (11) is from "Soldier of Love" which I found a change student is a vigorous one. Spain, both play on the refreshing change from the over­ Not only must the student go LOHS varsity soccer teams. played radio hit, "Last Kiss." through many interviews, but also a "The students are very Other notable songs include an host family must apply to accom­ friendly over here, but the acoustic version of Bush's "Come modate students from abroad. The big difference between high Down,I' as well as Tori Amos' pre­ pupils, while studying at LOHS, school in Holland and LOHS viously unreleased, "Merman." I must take English and U. '-' . History is that everyone here drives also found Neil Young's haunt­ courses. to school. Back home you ingly accurate, "War of Man" must be eighteen to receive your The opportunity that these stu­ which combines Young's emo­ driver's license. Also, we don't eat dents have to experience our cul­ tional voice with folksy acoustic a warm lunches; we bring bread ture will not only provide them guitar, incredibly sobering. 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Breaking UplS very hard to do Kelly Reeves Editorial Editor can give you from experience: it's not what you want. 1 mean, if two broke up. What is for the best? you broke up there had to have been Will I, in reality, be a bit happier? For those of you who haven 't expe­ If you're tbe bearer of bad a good reason ... remember it. If he/she didn 't want me, do 1 really rienced the trials and tribulations of news: *Make sure your friends are suppor­ want himlher? high school coupledom (i.e. "true *Be gentle .. . everyone's feelings ti ve. Does your best friend hang with *Find your supportive friends love") I'd like to infonn you that it's matter. (Even if that "everyone" hap­ your ex more than she hangs with ASAP. Friends can help A LOT. wonderful. You and your signifi<:ant pens to be the inconsiderate, lying, you? Does she flirt with himlher? They can help put things in per­ other always get along the guy i a guy/girl who has broken your heart Does she bad-mouth you for breaking spective and realize that you can be complete gentleman, and the girl is ten times before.) you ex 's heart? With friends like happy all by yourself. alway in a great mood. However for *Make a clean break. Don 't tring that, who needs enemies? *Get or do one thing that your boy­ those of you that know what it's himlher on after you've done what friend/girlfriend would have never really like, you already know that you had to do. It only makes your If your beart bas been crusbed approved of. Was your ex allergic ometimes getting along is simply ex 's heart break more if you do the involuntarily: to cats? Get an adorable-Jittle kitty not an option, guy can be occasion­ whole "Wel1 , we can still date if you *Give yourself at least a day, maybe to help ease you pain. Did your ex ally thoughtless and girls can ome­ want to" thing, e pecial1y if your two to just mope around . Sorry to HATE scary movie ? Go to Block­ time be a little on the "bad mood" ju t aren 't there anymore. get mu hy, but when you gi e away buster and stock up on all the cary ide of thing. It 's not all bad (ro e , *Remember: it ' going to be hard for your heart to someone and it' re­ movie you want. .. ha e a night to movie , flirting at football game) you, too, even if you broke your . jected you de erve to be ad. 0 eat your elf. Wa your ex alway too and your relation hip may be going weetie' heart. Don 't let anyone tel1 ice cream, bawl your eye out, lay in broke to take you to dinner and a extremely mooth at the moment. .. you any different becau e even if bed from the minute you get home movie? Get all your hard-working but if it 's not, and 10 e ha recently you didn't get dumped you' re til1 from to chool to when you have to pals and go ee the movie of your gone bad, you know that breaking up going to feel major loss. go back in the morning ... whatever choice after dining at Whaler's is hard to do. Since 1 have gone * A you' re going through the makes you feel good. Catch. through orne hurtful breakups in my "rebound" time, don't let your ex *When you're started to want to * Just try to get along by yoursel f. life thus far, here 's the best advice 1 convi nce you to go back with them if th ink rationally ... analyze why you Be happy with who you are. Staff members truck it to see Tori Amos Lucv Jackson We spent our two days prior to the Trying to play it cool and at the most incredible piano player I've Co-Editor-ill-Chief perfonnance preparing for the show same time run into the amphithea­ ever seen. Her lyrics, the intensity with a li~le Rand R. 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