Cardinal Booster

A brief synopsis of the play is as follows: Brawny Prepatory High School is the school with the best sport teams ever. The school might be shut down forever if they don't show academic achievement. How will they figure out how to save the school or will it be closed forever?

"I am very excited about the play this year. I believe it will be a successful play, and I hope a lot of people come," senior Diana Stout.

Deb Turnbull and Julie Becker will be the directors. The teaching staff is as follows: senior Diana Stout is Coach Molloy; sophomore Katie Weigel is Miss Bickerson; and sophomore Chris Peavey is Dr. Bushland. The jocks are as followed: sophomore Chris Fogle is Davis, junior Cole Frederickson is Dumbbell, sophomore Luke Wise as Gross, sophomore Heather Plante is Kara, junior Lindsey Hamblet is Adele, senior Molly Becker is Marilee, and sophomore Katrina Jones is Kristin. The nerds are as follows: junior Auldin Morris is Wilmer, senior Jessi Young is Delores, junior Sarah Koehler is Eunice, sophomore Janell Darnell is Henrietta, and sophomore Linsey Weaverling is Claudia. The committee is as follows: junior Matthew Rodriquez is Dr. Boondogle, senior Tammy Gerhardt is Dr. Cogwheel, and senior Erica Harlan is Dr. Phignewton. The extras are juniors Tyler Plante, Trent Fuzzell and Byron Knight, and sophomore Matt Renk. The prompters are sophomores Renee Post and Kayla Fisher. Turnbull and Becker chose these actors and actresses out of 31 students who tried out.

"I'm so excited about this years production. We have an excellent cast of talented students who have the ability to make their characters come to life. This one should have the audience roaring with laughter," director Julie Becker said.

Journalism travels to FHSU for a workshop

The yearbook and newspaper staff took a trip to Hays for the yearbook workshop on September 23.

The members arrived early and were able to look at yearbooks that other schools brought. They could use any of the other school's ideas by looking at the yearbooks. The students were involved in many activities. To start the workshop, each of the schools needed to answer roll-call with a song or chant that had to do with yearbook. Whomever did the best won free designed endsheets. PHS students rewrote words to "All Star" by Smash Mouth, but they did not win.

After roll-call Jostens put the school to work. They learned a lot about cover and theme development, and saw some new ideas for yearbooks. Every person also had to write a caption for a picture. The school's staff was graded on every project it did. Plainville did not win any prizes.

PHS & SHS perform half-time

Approximately 160 band members, 4 drum majors, and 20 dance team members will unite to perform the half-time show during the Plainville-Stockton football game Friday October 28 at 7 p.m. in Stockton.

"There will be a cartoon show. We will play 'Merrily We Roll Along,' 'Flintstones,' 'Animaniacs,' 'The Pink Panther,' 'Scooby Doo,' 'The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down,' and 'This is it,'" Plainville Band Director Bill Schick said.

The formations created by the bands include a Flinstone mobile, Pink Panther, and Bugs Bunny.

"As a group, if everyone plays their parts right, we sound better. As a bigger group, we also get a chance to make formations on the field and that makes us look good when you can tell what we are making," junior Hannah Diebert said.

Students will practice in Stockton October 26 and October 27 at 2:15 p.m. as a joint group.

PHS choir performs the '99 fall concert

The Plainville High School choir performed a concert October 19 at 7:30.

The choir's selections included: "We're Singing Tonight" by Berta Poorman and Sonja Poorman, "The Majesty and the Power" by Jeff Funk, "Do Lord" by Ruth Elaine Schram, "Fiddler on the Roof" by John Leavitt, "Make a Joyful Sound" by Terre McPheeters, "Love Will Find a Way" by Jack Felton and Tom Snow, and "Coming Home" by Jay Althouse.

Members of the choir include sopranos Janell Darnell, Heather Ulrich, Lindsey Ostrom, Hannah Deibert, and Jenny Cronn; tenor Auldin Morris; altos ReBecca Masters, Rebekah Strawder, and Many Kraushaar, and basses Chris Peavy and Joe Kraushaar.

October Boosters

The Cardinal Boosters for the month of October are Juniors Jason Stahl and Kelcee Lowry.

Stahl is involved in football and wrestling. His favorite movie is Conair and his favorite artist is Too Short. His favorite food is pizza. After school Stahl plans to attend college. In the mean time he likes to hang out with his friends and party.

Lowry is involved in volleyball, softball, 4-H, MYF, and FFA and is Stuco Representative. Her favorite movie is Stepmom and her favorite song is "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera. Her favorite food is Mexican. She plans to go to Washburn or Fort Hays and major in animal science. Until then she likes to play volleyball and softball and go horse back riding.

PHS Band continues its fundraising efforts

The band has been busy raising money for their trip to the Citrus Bowl Parade on December 26. The final payment for the hotels and parks is due November 1. Buses and meals need to be paid for by December 1.

Currently, band and dance team members are selling cookbooks ($12), Cardinal Pins ($3.50), Cardinal necklaces ($4.50), mousepads ($4.50), belt buckles ($4.50), key chains ($3.50), Cardinal yard signs ($10), Citrus Bowl T-shirts($10), and Cardinal Band T-shirts ($5). The items can be purchased from any band or dance team member.

"The band is doing well working together to raise money. Some people aren't helping, though. We should of started raising money earlier," sophomore Stacey Dreher said.

Tom Wat sales kick off

The Family Career Community Leaders of America members sell Tom Wat. The FCCLA members sell Tom Wat every year as their main fund raiser.

TomWat has some items like porcelain dolls. This year they have a Indian porcelain girl doll, and a teddy bear with wings attached to it. Tom Wat sells candy and candles and they also sell equipment to use in your kitchen, like an egg slicer.

All members who sell about $25 to $49.99 can get a spiral coil wrist key chain. Anyone who sells over $900 can win the key chain and more different prizes. The biggest and most expensive prize is a portable CD player.

Movies 'N' Music

The Blair Witch Project

"In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared into the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found."

These two sentences introduced millions of unsuspecing viewers to the horror of The Blair Witch Project.

This movie will cause you to leave the theater clutching your stomach and repeating over and over again to yourself, "It's not real, it's not real."

My only thought is to encourage everyone to see this movie. It's one of those things that you need to do because it's never going to be done again- not well. And yes,The Haunting will undoubtedly be very engaging and possibly frightening, and even Sixth Sense might cause some hairs on the back of your neck to come to attention, but the Blair Witch is going to do so much more for you. It's a rollercoaster through purgatory- and no return ticket.

Have a nice fall. Oh, and go backpacking, hiking and camping as much as you can before you see this movie. I guarantee that you'll never want to do it once you've seen it.

Joan Osborne: Relish

Joan Osborne- Relish was the first album released by Joan Osborne. It is an excellent CD if you want to let loose and be mellow.

My favorite song in this album would have to be "St. Teresa," but "One Of Us" is a close second. "St. Teresa" has really awesome acoustics, which is one reason why I like it so much.

Particularly every song on Relish is above par but a few other songs to definitely listen to include "Man in a Long Black Coat," "Pensacola," "Dracula Moon," and "Crazy Baby."

If you do not have this CD, I strongly suggest buying it.

A review of Bag of Bones by Stephen King

Bag of Bones is by the thriller best seller Stephen King.

Mike Noonan and his wife Jo lived in Derry, Maine. Jo tells Mike she is going to go to the drugstore and pick up some stuff. Jo dies from an aneurysm. On the way home, she picked up a pregnancy test. Mike never knew she was pregnant. He found that out when he looked in the bag.

He wasn't able to write anymore. He had terrible nightmares of Jo after she first died. He calls his groundskeeper about his house, Sara Laughs, in Maine. When he goes there, his whole world changes. He dreams he is in the past history of the area. Several events happened.

Everything started happening after he saved Max Devore's granddaughter, Kyra. Devore does not like his daughter-in-law, Mattie. Mattie comes from the other side of the tracks. Devore's son died, so she is a single widowed mom. Somehow Mattie and Kyra pull Mike into their lives. Mike starts to fall in love with Mattie and has instant love for little Kyra. After a while, Kyra starts seeing and feeling all of what is happening to Mike.

Since Devore does not like Mattie, he is trying to get custody of the little girl. Mike starts getting harassed by Devore and threatened. Devore is 90 years old, so this is a little bit embarrassing for Mike to tell people. Mike helps Mattie by finding a lawyer for her. Mattie starts to feel for Mike, too. Before anything can happen between the two of them, the custody battle is over, and Devore sends people to come and kill Mattie and Kyra. Mike takes Kyra to Sara Laughs, and he starts to have a very interesting adventure.

If you want to know what happens to Mike and Kyra, read Bag of Bones by Stephen King. Don't read it alone. When you are finished, you might look at your friends and every little thing differently.

The Homecoming Survey

The Cardinal Booster staff asked some PHS students to share their feelings about Homecoming 1999. The following are some of their responses.

"Yes, I thought it turned out very well. The fake breathalyzers were very stupid."-senior Ashley Mick

"It was organized very nicely."-senior Shane Bird

"Yeah, I had fun with my friends. I had a blast, but I'm a little sad knowing it's our last Homecoming."-senior Molly Becker

"The DJ could have worked the floor more and if we would have had little more time."-sophomore Janell Darnell

"I had the most fun riding downtown of the float. We all had a great time."-senior Bobbi Dopita

The Halloween Survey

When the newspaper staff decided to get crazy and find out what some of the Plainville High School students used to dress up as on Halloween, they received the following responses:

Senior Ashley Mick said, "My mom got crazy with me one day in the fourth grade and dressed me up as grapes on a vine! This year I think I will dress up as Cat Woman."

Sophomore Joe Glisson said, "When I was seven, my brother painted my face up as the old Sting. I had long johns with a scorpion painted on them and a cardboard belt. Sting was my favorite wrestler back then. This year I am going as Chris Farley."

Senior David Hageman said, "I was in third grade and dressed up as Homer Simpson because I liked it when he made this slick little noise. I'm not dressing up for Halloween because I don't need anymore trouble."

Sophomore Jennifer Jones said, "In the fourth grade at the last minute, I decided to be a California raisin! For Halloween I am going as a GI JOE chick!"

Freshman Danielle Rogers (Elvira) said, "In fifth or sixth grade I saw a really cool witch costume and bought it with some black face paint and a witch bucket. That was my favorite costume and I should be it this year because I have black hair now. This Halloween Cassy Whisman and Christine Ganoung and I want to dress up as the three musketeers since we are always together."

The Work Survey

Hilariouscopes for October

Aries (March 21- April 19)
Privacy will be an issue today. This may possibly be because a group of foreign tourists will follow you everywhere, smiling and nodding the entire time.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20)
Good time to invest in stock. ( The canned kind, not the dry kind.)

Gemini (May 21 - June 20)
Today you will discover that you have no real friends. Or at least hey don't cast a shadow.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22)
Today asa a joke, you willa make fun ofa how somebody talk. You willa get beata up.

Leo (July 23 - August 22)
Most people are aware that it's supposed to be good luck to toss a pinch of salt over your left shoulder. Today you will discover that it's even better luck to toss a carton of yogurt over your right shoulder.

Virgo (August 23 - September 22)
Today you will begin a new hobby: collecting spores, molds, and fugus. You will find it richly rewarding, in a spiritual sense.

Libra (September 22 - October 22)
You will develop a strange fascination with steamed vegetables. Which is okay. Much better than, say, an enthusiasm for steamed toast. (Whenever someone asks what kind of toast I want, I always say "To friends, old and new!")

Scorpio ( October 23 - November 21)
You may have to spend a motel room with a business colleague to save travel expenses. Here's a tip to keep them from talking all night: bring along a teddy bear, and punch it really hard in the head a few times at bedtime, screaming "Shut up, Mr. Teddy! Shut up!"

Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21)
Due to a minor lymph-node infection, several dangerous toxins will shortly be released into your bloodstream. Not to worry. You'll survive, and the only permanent brain damage will involve an enthusiasm for polka music.

Capricorn (December 22 - January 20)
Beware the Ides of March. Also, if you have a friend named "Brutus," it might behoove you to be a trifle more selective...

Aquarius (January 21 - February 18)
You'll become best friends with a large invisible rabbit, today. Well, actually he's a "puke," which is a type of Celtic spirit, but he'll look like a large invisible rabbit.

Pisces (February 19 - March 20)
Your mind will go blank today. You won't mind - it'll be a refreshing change from the raging torrents that have been pouring through you lately. Plus, you'll get stretch out in a sunbeam and take a nice nap.

Birthday's for the month of October

Seniors take Hansen Scholarship test

Seniors Tammy Gerhardt, Martha Hammerschmidt, Tracy Hrabe, Brad Nuckols, Caroline Ramsay, Marcie Rohleder, Rebecca Siefers and Diana Stout completed the Hanson Scholarship Test at Hays High School on Monday, October 4.

The day began at 9 a.m. and the students were welcomed. Then a test was handed out. It had to be completed in three hours, but most students were finished much sooner.

"Some of the questions were really difficult, but some of them I knew. I was Surprised. The test wasn't what I expected," Siefers said.

What's it mean

The Booster staff asked some students what they thought "meacock" means. These are some of their answers.

"Atic" -Sophomore Michelle Rath
"A Tropical forest bird that eats peas and is discolored." - Sophomore Katrina Jones
"I think it means it's a very oddly shaped male peacock." -Junior Stephanie Ganoung

"Meacock" means a henpecked husband.

A past day in the life of .....Amy Krob

Amy Krob, high school English teacher, was always busy when she was in high school. She attended Hays High School. Krob was involved in National Honor Society, pep club, yearbook and was editor of the high school newspaper her senior year.

Krob's favorite class was genetics. All the hard work paid off when she was elected Valedictorian. When Krob was not studying hard, she could be found at friends' houses, going to movies, bowling or dragging main in her white Pontiac LeMans.

The dress was about the same as it is today, but letter jackets were a big thing.

Krob enjoyed listening to soft rock and country. While in high school, she worked at the Dickinson Fox theater in downtown Hays.

"I got to go to all the movies at both theaters for free - it was great," Krob said.

The only advice she has for kids today's teens is to slow down.

"It seems like today's teens are so involved with different activities that they don't have time to enjoy being in high school," she said.

FCCLA has kidnapped new members

The FCCLA officers had a surprise kidnapping for the new members. On September 30 the new members of FCCLA heard a knocking at their door at about 6 a.m.

Members included were freshman, Carissa Fredrickson, Abby Stagner, Mandy Cox, Morgan Fellhoelter, Jamie Dreher, Lolly Garvin, Danielle Moos, and Jessie Eisiminger, sophomore Janell Darnell, and seniors Tracey Hrabe, and Ashley Brown.

The officers had gotten up and went to every new arrivals houses and took them to the school for breakfast and games. The members had to go to school with pajamas that were decent. They could not even fix their hair; they had to come to school looking like a wreck. The new members were allowed to bring clothes to change in after the games. The breakfast consisted of muffins, fruit, and orange juice. Some of the games included a game where the members had to put their faces in powdered sugar to find a piece of gum. In another game, each member had to stick her hand in water with gummy bears and eat it. Some awards were given at this memorable day. There was an award for best hair and Brown won that, Eisiminger won best pajamas.

FCCLA officer Stephanie Fellhoelter said, "I loved to see all the new members have to get out of bed just to come to school. Jessie's pajamas were so funny. Ashley's hair was so cute."

Hrabe said, "My favorite part was watching everyone eat the slimy gummy worms. It would have been better on a Saturday, because I was almost late for school."

FFA going to Denver Stock Show

The Plainville FFA has been busy organizing events and going to judging contests.

The officers and advisor met with the school board on Oct. 11 to get permission to go to the Denver Stock Show. They were granted permission, and the school board said they would pay half of the students' expenses. The top seven fruit salespeople will be eligible to go to the stock show.

This year, the meat, fruit and cheese sales will begin Nov. 5 and run until Nov. 18. They will be delivered the week of Dec. 6.

"I think the sales will go good this year. The members will probably sell more because they are all trying to get to go to the Denver Stock Show," FFA President Rusty Hockett said.

The officers are currently working on putting together a hog roast. Not all the details are finalized yet.

Gridsters defeat Victoria Knights with a decisive score of 33-7

The Cardinal football team defeated the Victoria Knights 33-7 on October 15 in Victoria.

The Cardinals gained 270 yards in 61 rushing attempts, while the Knights gained only 12 yards in 18 attempts.

T.J. Staab and Andrew Benedick each scored a touchdown in the first quarter. Jarod Easterberg kicked a successful point after, also. In the second quarter, Victoria scored on a pass from Rome to Windholz. The point after was successful. Then Jared Ganoung initiated a safety with 4:16 remaining in the second quarter. Benedick scored again on a 3-yard run with 8:15 remaining in the third quarter. He also scored on a 33 yard run with 11:13 remaining in the fourth quarter. Shane Bird completed a 39 yard pass to Easterberg to end the scoring in the fourth quarter.

"The best part of the game was when we got the safety," senior Brad Nuckols said.

Leading the way defensively was Justin Balthazor with 8 tackles. Bird, Jason Stahl, Nuckols and Ganoung with 7 tackles each. Ganoung also recorded one sack.

The Cardinals also recorded wins against Osborne 21-0 on September 24 and Trego 13-7 on October 8.

Varsity tennis attends Regionals

The Lady Cardinal tennis team attended Regionals on October 11 in Ellis.

Freshman Tierra Fuzzell played singles and was defeated in the first round. Sophomore Audrey Bjornstad played singles and was defeated in the first round.

"I played better this year, but I wish I could have gotten in some more wins," Bjornstad said.

Junior Melissa Hageman and freshman Lolly Garvin played doubles. They were defeated in first round. Sophomore Thiannon Becker and junior Danielle Meitler played doubles. They were defeated in the first round.

PHS Netters travel to Ellis to make a strong appearance at the MCL Tournament

The Lady Cards traveled to Ellis on Oct. 16 for the MCL Tournament. They played a total of four matches. They won three, and lost one.

Their first game was against Hill City. They came out strong and beat them by scores of 15-4 and 15-10.

They played Trego their second game. They also won both matches by scores of 15-2 and 15-9.

In their third game, they played Smith Center. They played good their first match and won 15-7, but Smith Center came back and won the second one 9-15. Both teams went away with a win.

In their final match, the Lady Cards played Ellis. They got off to a rough start and lost both matches 3-15 and 8-15.

"We had our ups and downs. I think we played our best game of the season against Smith Center, but we can finally pull together, I think we can definitely come out on top during sub-state," senior Caroline Ramsay said.

PHS Cross Country competes at Downs

The Cross Country team traveled to Downs on Oct. 14. This was the last meet of the season other than regionals and state.

The teams competing were Ellsworth, Downs, Emmanuel Christian, Osborne, Southern Cloud, Belleville,Beloit Stockton, Hill City, Phillipsburg, Smith Center, Plainville and Southeast of Saline.

There was a total of 70 girls and 75 boys competing. Jessi Young placed 55th, Bobbi Dopita placed 57th and freshman Mandy Cox placed 3rd in JV.

"The girls showed improvement throughout the season. Mandy really had success in JV by the end of the year. Cross Country is an individual sport to some degree; every runner has different goals," Coach Norma Finnesy said.

JV football falls to the Ellis Railroaders

The PHS junior varsity football team was defeated by the Ellis Railroaders 0-34 in Ellis on Oct. 11. "The best part of the game was when Tanner Nelson and I laid a hit on the quarterback," junior Matt Axelson said.

"The team pulled together at the end and actually got close to scoring," freshman Willie Ruder said.

"The worst part of the game was when our second player got hurt and we only had eleven players," sophomore Luke Wise said.

The JV Cardinals defeated Victoria 21-0 on October 4 at Cardinal Field.

Stuco purchases sign for school