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90’s Mania Obama goes techno You know your a child of the 90’s... p.12-13 Editorial Cartooning at its finest p.8 THE PAWPRINT 200 North Center, Clay Center, NE 68933 CLAY CENTER PUBLIC SCHOOL 402.762.3231 February, Volume 5 Issue 7 Revallo steps into line of fire By: Jesse VonSpreckelsen Revallo passed this test on his way to will take approximately a year for Staff Writer being a fully certified firefighter. Revallo to complete all of his train- Four to five minutes, that is the Revallo’s task of become a Vol- ing. amount of time it takes the average unteer Firefighter while still in high “I think it will be a fun learning American person to get dressed each school is very rare and difficult be- experience, and it will help me also morning before beginning their day. cause of the amount of time spent when I train for the armed forces. Thirty seconds is how much time balancing training and schoolwork. This will help me get a jump start on Clay Center’s newest volunteer fire- Clay Center Volunteer Firefighter my way if I want to make a career out man has to get boots, bibs, jacket, and Clay Fisher said, “It is pretty cool of firefighting,” said Revallo when Nomex fire resistant hood on. to see a kid step up to the plate for asked just why he was becoming a Another 30 seconds to pull on his something like this, it is impressive volunteer fireman. air mask, oxygen bottle and regulator, when you step into the fire hall and Valiant, motivated, gritty, dogged gloves and helmet is all the time Ma- see only older men with Mateo stick- or determined, these might be a few teo Revallo has to be ready before he ing out, not with oddness but with words that come to mind when most has to leave for the fire. bravery and passion.” people think of firefighters. Firefight- In this situation, the fire is actu- After all the training is through, ing is a task that calls for more than ally a stopwatch timing his progress Revallo will have completed six dif- just the average person to accomplish jesse VONSPRECKELSEN/The PawPrint before he meets his limit to pass this ferent sessions of training, he attends and Mateo Revallo is just that person Senior Mateo Revallo listens intently to advice from a Clay Center Volunteer step in his training. Without a doubt training each Monday in Grafton. It for Clay Center. Firefighter during training. Revallo must complete six different sessions of train- ing before he can become a Volunteer Firefighter. Art class has kids all Art I/II class goes outside the box with unique tape sculpture project By: Kayla Essink Staff Writer “Why are those kids taping each ment is to make tape sculptures of other?” You may have asked yourself their own figures, which are to be this question after being in the art posed in a certain environment, and fit room recently. Mrs. Haasenstab has into their chosen theme. They start by started her Art I/II class on a figure selecting the environment they want unit. In this unit, they start by draw- their “scene” to take place. Then they ing the human figure, which was prac- decide on how to pose appropriately ticed by students posing in the middle to accommodate that scene. Finally of the room, while others used 30-60 they take turns taping different sec- kayla ESSINK/The PawPrint second timings to get the position and tions of their body to create the basic Sophomore Mersaydes Tessman form drawn. “I liked being a model,” form. They then carefully cut the tape wraps tape around Sophomore junior Blake Whitcomb added. The forms off and fix them to their origi- Brooke Yates to form the shape of her body sculpture for their “Athletics” purpose of these particular lessons, nal shapes. “It was pretty interesting. scene. are to get the students to pay attention Taping the shape of my body was to the propor- cool because I kayla ESSINK/The PawPrint tions and cap- see what I look Senior Jair Perez works on wrapping Senior Jessie Sorensen’s lower body for ture movement. like to other her tape body sculpture. Groups worked together by taping different sections of After several people,” senior their bodies to create the basic form, then cutting the forms off and fixing them sessions, the Nick Neuwirth. back together. Each group came up with their own unique scene to put the timings begin T h r e e figures in. to get longer, themes were to give the stu- chosen by the dents more time students for the to apply shapes project. “Ath- and details to letics”, “Ran- Vlk “Czech’s” into US their drawings. dom blind man By: Mat Nolan At first, Vlk had doubts about “Figure draw- at Emergency” coming to America, “I was scared of ing seems easy, and “When hor- Staff Writer flying because I almost got lost at the but it is actually ror attacks” When all the students came back airport,” Vlk said. He really wasn’t tough to under- are the various from Christmas break, they discov- enthused about coming to America at stand how to scenes you can kayla ESSINK The PawPrint ered a new face in the halls. first. Vlk, like many people traveling draw in that / see displayed Kalib Faltys, Blake Whitcomb, and Gar- That face belonged to the foreign to a different country, was worried. way,” senior in the school rett Calhoun connect a leg onto one of exchange student, Filip Vlk, who is After he got here, however, his Jessie Sorensen hallways.“The their tape sculptures in Art class. staying with host parents Bill and Do- doubts were put to rest. “I don’t miss said. “But it is kids always ris Hoyt. Vlk came here from Liberlc, anything from my town because it fun once you get used to it.” seem excited when I start this project. Czech Republic. was so big and Clay Center is nice The latest project is an idea based They like to see life-size figures of Many of his hobbies back home and small,” Vlk said. Take that back, off of the life-size plaster sculpture themselves,” Art teacher Mrs. Haas- kayla ESSINK/The PawPrint include playing soccer, being on the there is one thing he misses, and that’s work of George Segal. The assign- enstab said. Filip Vlk carefully works on a figure computer and being with his pets. all the good Czech food. drawing project in Art class. 2 February NEWS The PawPrint Speechers speak well Singing Along By: Vanessa Ponder Business Manager The speech team is off to a great start. The students have been up at the school night after night working their hardest to get their speeches perfect so they can be the best. There are 22 dedicated students out for speech. At the Deshler meet on January 24th Mat Nolan placed 2nd and Jesse VonSpreckelsen placed 4th in Extem- poraneous. In Poetry Ceirra Tompkin placed 4th. Brooke Yates placed 5th and Sara Slater placed 2nd in In- jeremy CHEVALIER/The PawPrint formative. In Persuasive, Jill Baxa Morgan Woodbury gives her Entertainment speech on Edward Cullen in finals placed 2nd. at the Sandy Creek meet February 14. At the Sandy Creek meet on Feb- formative. Working his hardest Chad jeremy CHEVALIER/The PawPrint ruary 14th Slater placed 6th in Serious Veik placed 7th in Poetry. Sophomore Kalib Faltys signs a duet with senior Jessie Sorensen at and 5th in Informative. Baxa placed “I’ve never placed at a meet be- the Winter Concert on January 8th. The two sang an acoustic version of 4th in Persuasive. VonSpreckelsen fore in an individual event. When “Swing LIfe Away” by Rise Against. The UNK honor clinic was held January 26 at the UNK Health and placed 4th and Nolan placed 2nd in I placed at the Deshler meet it was Sports Center in Kearney. Sophomore, Kalib Faltys was the only student Extemporaneous. In Entertainment, exciting to be rewarded for all of my to tryout from Clay Center. “I wanted to try out for the honor choir so I Morgan Woodbury placed 6th. hard work and effort I give to speech,” could get a better chance of singing in a choir at college,” Faltys said. The “It’s a really short season, but our sophomore Brooke Yates said. tryout included recording a scale and the first verse of America the Beau- kids are making excellent progress. Clay Center will be hosting the tiful. There were three choirs, women’s choir, festival choir, and honor Those that are working are seeing Conference speech meet that the choir. Faltys was in the honor choir. Over 106 schools were at the event many awards and are also encourag- speech team placed 2nd at last year and around 720 students participated. After rehearsing the entire day, they ing others to work hard too,” Speech on February 25th. performed five songs that night. They sang songs such as: Sing, ye Righ- Coach Jeremy Heneger said. Then the team will go to districts teaus by Viadana, Agnus Dei by Halley, Arise my Love and Omnia Sol, In Sutton on February 21st Nolan on February 28th and hoping for a bit jeremy CHEVALIER/The PawPrint both by Stroope, and Stomp Your Foot by Copeland. “There were really placed 5th in Extemporaneous. Slater of luck they will be district champs Aaron MacArthur gives his Humorous cool students there and I think it really pushed my limits vocally,” Faltys placed 3rd in Serious and 7th in In- like last year.